Chiefs sign 24th-overall WHL Prospects pick D Kaden Allan

Spokane, Wash. — The Spokane Chiefs are proud to announce that defenseman prospect Kaden Allan has signed a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement. Allan was selected in the second round (24th overall) of May’s WHL Prospects Draft.

“We are excited to welcome Kaden and his family to the Chiefs organization,” Chiefs General Manager Matt Bardsley said. “He is an excellent-sized defenseman who has good mobility and likes to get up the ice. He possesses a heavy shot and was an offensive contributor to his team from the point. We look forward to watching Kaden’s development in Spokane.”

Allan, a 6-foot-3 blueliner from Hamiota, Manitoba, spent the 2022-23 season with the Yellowhead Chiefs U15 AAA squad where he piled up 49 points on 25 goals and 24 assists in 34 games, adding on another four points on four assists in the playoffs.

At the end of the season, he was named his team’s Co-MVP alongside fellow 2023 Chiefs draft pick Cole Hunter (7th round, 134th overall).

Team windup with awards took place on Monday with awards going to:

Co-MVP’s: #14 Kaden Allan & #19 Cole Hunter
Players Choice: #8 Adam Chipelski

Congratulations & fantastic season to all players!!! pic.twitter.com/U3IFTKPppX

— Yellowhead AAA U15 Chiefs (@bantamchiefs) April 13, 2023

“I’m super excited and grateful to be drafted to a great organization and super excited for what’s to come,” Allan said.

He joins recently signed 2023 draft class prospects F Brody Gillespie (1st-overall, U.S. Priority Draft), F Mathis Preston (3rd-overall, WHL Prospects Draft) and G Carter Esler (22nd-overall, WHL Prospects Draft).

Allan is first eligible to join the Chiefs as a full-time player during the 2024-25 season and can play up to five games as an Affiliated Player in 2023-24.

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The Spokane Chiefs are a member of the U.S. Division of the Western Hockey League, the world’s finest development league for junior hockey players. Since 1985 the Chiefs have been a pillar in the Spokane community, offering family-friendly entertainment and a winning tradition, which includes: two Memorial Cup Championships in 1991 & 2008, two WHL Championships in 1991 & 2008 and four Western Conference Championships in 1991, 1996, 2000 & 2008. Over 60 alumni have gone on to play in the National Hockey League.