Get To Know Carter Yakemchuk
The Calgary Hitmen Hockey Club selected defencemen Carter Yakemchuk with the 65th overall pick in the third round of the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft.
Yakemchuk, a product of Calgary, AB, played Bantam with the Calgary Flames AAA this past season. The 5’9″146-pound defencemen notched 28 points (7g, 21a) in 32 games.
“Carter is a mobile, puck moving defenceman who projects to be a potential powerplay quarterback. He also wore a letter with the Flames this season” said Hitmen Director of Player Personnel Dallas Thompson.
Get to know Carter Yakemchuk here:
Birthday: September 29, 2005
Height: 5’10
Weight: 155lbs
Hometown: Calgary
Position: RD
Current Hockey Club: NWCAA
For Fun:
What’s Your Favourite Movie? Avengers End Game
What’s Your Favourite TV Show? Modern Family
What’s Your Favourite Food? Pizza
If You Could Have Dinner With Anyone In The World, Who Would It Be? Connor Mcgregor
Hockey Side of things:
Who Is Your Favourite NHL Team? Vancouver Canucks
Who Is Your Favourite NHL Player? Brock Boeser
Who Do You Model Your Game After? Morgan Reilly
How Would You Describe Your Play-Style? Offensive puck moving defensemen.
What is your favourite hockey memory to date? Winning gold in overtime at the North American classic tournament in 2019.
How Was This Past Season For You And Your Team? The last season was very good for my team, we went into 5 games in the south final and we also made the John Reid Memorial Tournament.
Where Can Fans Follow you on Social Media?
Twitter handle? CarterYakemchuk
Instagram account? carteryakemchuk_17