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Lethbridge, AB – <\/strong>The Lethbridge Hurricanes Hockey Club selected a total of eight 2011-born players in the 2026 Western Hockey League Prospects Draft, including four forwards, three defenceman and one goaltender.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the Hurricanes selected forward Artello Forestal with the 14th<\/sup> overall selection in the first-round of the draft. The Edmonton, Alberta, product appeared in 21 regular season games with OHA Edmonton U15 Prep team where he totaled 47 points (22g-25a) along with 22 penalty minutes. Forestal added four points (2g-2a) along with 16 penalty minutes in three playoff games. He also collected nine points (5g-4a) with four penalty minutes with Team Alberta Gold at the 2026 Alberta Cup after racking up 12 points (7g-5a) and six penalty minutes at the John Reid Memorial with OHA Edmonton U15 Prep.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were really impressed by his ability to put the puck in the net every opportunity that he got, he sees the ice very well and makes his linemates around him play well too,\u201d said Hurricanes Head Scout Garry Carson on Wednesday. \u201cWe really stressed that we wanted way more speed and skill in this draft and Artello is one of those players who has the attributes that we were looking for. We needed to add more scoring to our group moving forward and he will bring that to our lineup right away.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u2018Canes opened the second day with their first selection by picking 2011-born forward Ronan Gow in the third-round (50th<\/sup> overall). The Nanaimo, British Columbia, product appeared in 30 regular season games with the Delta U15 Prep team amassing 52 points (26g-26a) along with 22 penalty minutes. The 6\u20191, 175-pound centre finished second in points while leading Delta U15 Prep in goals. He also finished 13th<\/sup> in league scoring with his 52 points. Gow also served as Captain of the Delta U15 Prep team during the 2025-2026 season. He added five points (2g-3a) and four penalty minutes in three post-season games.<\/p>\n

With their second third-round pick, the Hurricanes selected defenceman Evan Cuthbertson. The Kamloops, British Columbia, product spent the 2025-2026 season with the Yale U15 Prep team where he collected 12 points (2g-10a) along with six penalty minutes in just 16 regular season games. He also collected three points (1g-2a) in five playoff games. The 6\u20191, 150-pound rearguard recorded 21 points (6g-15a) along with two penalty minutes in 16 games with Thompson of the BC U15 league during the 2024-2025 season.<\/p>\n

Lethbridge had a pair of fourth-round draft picks. The \u2018Canes selected American forward CJ Dornfeld with the 70th<\/sup> overall pick. The St. Paul, Minnesota, product had a standout season with the Woodbury Bantam AA team where he finished the season with an impressive 92 points (36g-56a) along with 100 penalty minutes in 61 contests. The 6\u20191, 185-pound forward finished third in team scoring while leading his team in penalty minutes while ending the campaign sitting 15th<\/sup> in league scoring with 92 points.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Canes then selected American goaltender Chay Ekblad with the 77th<\/sup> overall selection in the sixth round. The Williston, North Dakota, product spent the 2025-2026 season with Fox Motors 14 team in the T1EHL14 league. In 13 regular season games, he posted a 3-5-2-0 record with a 3.34 goals against average and one shutout. The 6\u20192, 159-pound netminder also appeared in two playoff games with Fox Motors 14.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes continued with two sixth-round draft picks. First, Lethbridge selected forward Knox Kehler with the 116th<\/sup> overall pick. The Yellow Head County, Alberta, product amassed 44 points (21g-23a) along with 74 penalty minutes in 33 regular season games with the St. Albert Sabres of the ABU15A league. He added an impressive 22 points (13g-9a) along with 16 penalty minutes in just nine playoff games with the Sabres while adding 10 points (6g-4a) along with 10 penalty minutes in the AEHL U15 AAA Provincials. The 6\u20191, 181-pound forward is the son of former WHLer Joff Kehler who played five seasons with the Spokane Chiefs from 1999 to 2004.<\/p>\n

With their second pick of the sixth-round, the \u2018Canes chose defenceman Kai Genereaux with the 120th<\/sup> overall selection. The Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, product skated in 30 regular season games with the Calgary Edge U15 Prep team where he finished with 13 points (4g-9a) along with 30 penalty minutes. The 6\u20191, 166-pound rearguard added six penalty minutes in two playoffs games with Edge U15. Genereaux collected 20 points (6g-14a) with 34 penalty minutes with the Lloydminster Athletics 14U of the JPHL.<\/p>\n

In the seventh round, the Hurricanes made their final selection of the draft by choosing defenceman Rowen Norrie. The Calgary, Alberta, product had 15 points (2g-13a) along with 60 penalty minutes in 34 regular season games with the Calgary Bisons U15 AAA team. He added one assist in three post-season games. The 6\u20191, 165-pound blueliner also appeared in one game with the CBHA Hawks U16 AA team and one game with the Calgary Bulls U17 club during the 2025-2026 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very pleased with how this draft went for us and are excited about the eight players that we selected,\u201d said Hurricanes Head Scout Garry Carson. \u201cOur group had an objective and a plan for this year\u2019s draft in adding a lot of skill and speed to our team and we feel that we accomplished that. The blend of high-end scoring ability, mixed with the three puck moving defenceman and an exciting goaltender, we feel that this group has a lot of potential and we are excited for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes also made four trades during the draft. Lethbridge traded the 154th<\/sup> and 160th<\/sup> overall picks in the 2026 draft to the Saskatoon Blades in exchange for a sixth-round draft pick in 2028 and an eighth-round draft pick in 2029. The \u2018Canes also dealt their 150th<\/sup> overall pick to the Swift Current Broncos for a sixth-round pick in the 2028 draft before acquiring an eighth-round draft pick in the 2028 draft from the Kamloops Blazers in exchange for the 174th<\/sup> overall pick. Finally, the Hurricanes flipped their 185th<\/sup> overall pick to the Edmonton Oil Kings for a ninth-round draft pick in 2029.<\/p>\n

Season Tickets for the 2025-2026 season, which will mark the Hurricanes 40th<\/sup> Anniversary season in Lethbridge, are now on sale with Loyalty Pricing available until July 2nd<\/sup> at 5:00pm. Premium Season Tickets are also available for an additional $250 per seat. Season Tickets can be purchased by visiting the Yates Memorial Theatre and VisitLethbridge.com Arena Ticket Centre, by calling 403-329-SEAT (7328) or online at www.visitlethbridgearena.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lethbridge, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes Hockey Club selected a total of eight 2011-born players in the 2026 Western Hockey League Prospects Draft, including four forwards, three defenceman and one goaltender. On Wednesday, the Hurricanes selected forward Artello Forestal with the 14th overall selection in the first-round of the draft. The Edmonton, Alberta, product appeared…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":371,"featured_media":35604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1301],"tags":[{"term_id":1556,"name":"Ronan Gow","slug":"ronan-gow","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1556,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1"},{"term_id":1557,"name":"Evan Cuthbertson","slug":"evan-cuthbertson","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1557,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2"},{"term_id":1558,"name":"CJ Dornfeld","slug":"cj-dornfeld","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1558,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"3"},{"term_id":1559,"name":"Chay Ekblad","slug":"chay-ekblad","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1559,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"4"},{"term_id":1560,"name":"Knox Kehler","slug":"knox-kehler","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1560,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"5"},{"term_id":1561,"name":"Kai Genereaux","slug":"kai-genereaux","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1561,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"6"},{"term_id":1562,"name":"Rowen Norrie","slug":"rowen-norrie","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1562,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"7"},{"term_id":1555,"name":"Artello Forestal","slug":"artello-forestal","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1555,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw","term_order":"8"},{"term_id":1554,"name":"2026 WHL Prospects Draft","slug":"2026-whl-prospects-draft","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1554,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw","term_order":"9"}],"class_list":["post-35609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-ronan-gow","tag-evan-cuthbertson","tag-cj-dornfeld","tag-chay-ekblad","tag-knox-kehler","tag-kai-genereaux","tag-rowen-norrie","tag-artello-forestal","tag-2026-whl-prospects-draft","category-1301","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/05\/05171328\/26Draft_recap.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/371"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":35606,"date":"2026-05-06T22:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T02:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/?p=35606"},"modified":"2026-05-06T22:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T02:17:19","slug":"hurricanes-select-artello-forestal-in-first-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/article\/hurricanes-select-artello-forestal-in-first-round","title":{"rendered":"Hurricanes Select Artello Forestal in First Round"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lethbridge, AB – <\/strong>The Lethbridge Hurricanes Hockey Club announced on Wednesday they have selected 2011-born forward Artello Forestal in the first-round of the 2026 Western Hockey League Prospects Draft.<\/p>\n

Forestal, 14, was selected with the 14th<\/sup> overall pick in the 2026 WHL Draft. The Edmonton, Alberta, product had an impressive 2025-2026 season collecting 47 points (22g-25a) along with 22 penalty minutes in 21 regular season games with the OHA Edmonton U15 Prep team. He also added four points (2g-2a) and 16 penalty minutes in three post-season games with OHA Edmonton. Forestal, was born in December of 2011, is a late birthday which makes him not eligible until the 2030 National Hockey League Entry Draft.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were really impressed by his ability to put the puck in the net every opportunity that he got, he sees the ice very well and makes his linemates around him play well too,\u201d said Hurricanes Head Scout Garry Carson. \u201cWe really stressed that we wanted way more speed and skill in this draft and Artello is one of those players who has the attributes that we were looking for. We needed to add more scoring to our group moving forward and he will bring that to our lineup right away.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the 2025-2026 season, the 5\u201910, 147-pound centre totaled 16 points (9g-7a) along with two penalty minutes with First Class U15 at the TED U15 tournament. He also collected nine points (5g-4a) with four penalty minutes with Team Alberta Gold at the 2026 Alberta Cup after racking up 12 points (7g-5a) and six penalty minutes at the John Reid Memorial with OHA Edmonton U15 Prep. Last year, Forestal recorded 44 points (22g-22a) along with 10 penalty minutes in 28 regular season games with the OHA Edmonton U15 Prep team during the 2024-2025 season.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes will hold 10 selections in round two through seven, including two third-round picks, two fourth-round picks, two sixth-round picks and four selections in the seventh round. Lethbridge also holds picks in round eight to 15.<\/p>\n

The WHL will hold Day 2 of the Prospects Draft which will feature rounds two through 15 on Thursday, May 7th<\/sup> beginning at 10:00am MT., Fans can follow the rest of the draft online by visiting www.whl.ca\/draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Season Tickets for the 2025-2026 season, which will mark the Hurricanes 40th<\/sup> Anniversary season in Lethbridge, are now on sale with Loyalty Pricing available until July 2nd<\/sup> at 5:00pm. Premium Season Tickets are also available for an additional $250 per seat. Season Tickets can be purchased by visiting the Yates Memorial Theatre and VisitLethbridge.com Arena Ticket Centre, by calling 403-329-SEAT (7328) or online at www.visitlethbridgearena.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lethbridge, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes Hockey Club announced on Wednesday they have selected 2011-born forward Artello Forestal in the first-round of the 2026 Western Hockey League Prospects Draft. Forestal, 14, was selected with the 14th overall pick in the 2026 WHL Draft. The Edmonton, Alberta, product had an impressive 2025-2026 season collecting 47 points…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":371,"featured_media":35608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1301],"tags":[{"term_id":1555,"name":"Artello Forestal","slug":"artello-forestal","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1555,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw","term_order":"8"},{"term_id":949,"name":"WHL Prospects Draft","slug":"whl-prospects-draft","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":958,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":7,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1452"}],"class_list":["post-35606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-artello-forestal","tag-whl-prospects-draft","category-1301","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/05\/06221705\/Forestal-scaled.jpg",2560,1440,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/371"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":35603,"date":"2026-05-05T17:54:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/?p=35603"},"modified":"2026-05-05T17:54:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:54:22","slug":"2026-whl-draft-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/article\/2026-whl-draft-preview","title":{"rendered":"2026 WHL Draft Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lethbridge Hurricanes will embark on arguably one of the most important drafts in recent history for the organization on Wednesday and Thursday when the Western Hockey League holds the 2026 WHL Prospects Draft.<\/p>\n

The Prospects Draft will begin on Wednesday. May 6th<\/sup> when the league will hold its first round with a live draft show streamed free on Victory+ beginning with the pre-draft show starting at 5:30pm MT. The league will then host rounds two through 15 on Thursday, May 7th<\/sup> beginning at 10:00am MT.<\/p>\n

In 2026, players born in the United States will be eligible for the Prospects Draft after the WHL abandoned the two-round US Priority Draft which was held for six years from 2020 until 2025. Players eligible for the WHL Prospects Draft\u00a0 are 2011-born players who reside in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes enter the 2026 WHL Draft owning a total of 19 draft picks in the 15-round draft, including 12 picks in the first eight rounds. Lethbridge\u2019s first selection will be with Saskatoon\u2019s pick, 14th<\/sup> overall, which was acquired from the Kelowna Rockets in November in the Shane Smith and Vojtech Cihar trade. The \u2018Canes will also hold a total of two third-round picks, two fourth-round picks, two sixth-round picks and four seventh-round selections. The following is all the draft picks held by the Hurricanes:<\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> Round \u2013 14th<\/sup> overall (via Saskatoon \u2013 acquired from Kelowna in Smith & Cihar trade)
\n3rd<\/sup> Round \u2013 50th<\/sup> overall (via Wenatchee \u2013 acquired from Spokane in Wormald trade)
\n3rd<\/sup> Round \u2013 58th<\/sup> overall (via Spokane \u2013 acquired from Spokane in Wormald trade)
\n4th<\/sup> round \u2013 70th<\/sup> overall (Lethbridge \u2013 re-acquired from Spokane in Wormald trade)
\n4th<\/sup> round \u2013 77th<\/sup> overall (via Regina \u2013 acquired from Kelowna in Smith & Cihar trade)
\n6th<\/sup> round \u2013 116th<\/sup> overall (Lethbridge \u2013 re-acquired from Kelowna in Smith & Cihar trade)
\n6th<\/sup> round \u2013 120th<\/sup> overall (via Moose Jaw \u2013 acquired from Moose Jaw in Ziprick trade)
\n7th<\/sup> round \u2013 139th<\/sup> overall (Lethbridge)
\n7th<\/sup> round \u2013 150th<\/sup> overall (via Spokane \u2013 acquired from Spokane in Gizowski trade)
\n7th<\/sup> round \u2013 154th<\/sup> overall (via Calgary \u2013 acquired from Moose Jaw in Petersen trade)
\n7th<\/sup> round \u2013 160th<\/sup> overall (via Prince Albert \u2013 acquired from Prince Albert in Fabrizi trade)
\n8th<\/sup> round \u2013 174th<\/sup> overall (via Kamloops \u2013 acquired from Kamloops in Olsen trade)
\n9th<\/sup> round \u2013 185th<\/sup> overall (Lethbridge)
\n10th<\/sup> round \u2013 208th<\/sup> overall (Lethbridge)
\n11th<\/sup> round \u2013 231st<\/sup> overall (Lethbridge)
\n12th<\/sup> round \u2013 254th<\/sup> overall (Lethbridge)
\n13th<\/sup> round \u2013 277th<\/sup> overall (Lethbridge)
\n14th<\/sup> round \u2013 300th<\/sup> overall (Lethbridge)
\n15th<\/sup> round \u2013 323rd<\/sup> overall (Lethbridge)<\/p>\n

The likelihood of the Hurricanes, or any other team for that matter, selecting a player with every pick they hold is very rare with most teams passing by the time the 10th<\/sup> round opens. In fact, the most recent draft in 2025, there were only 13 players selected in rounds 11 through 15.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not to say that you can\u2019t find a late bloomer or \u2018draft surprise\u2019 in the later rounds; current Hurricanes forward Kayden Longley was the last player taken in in the 2021 WHL Draft when he was selected by the Kelowna Rockets in the 13th<\/sup> round, 281st<\/sup> overall; the previous 21 selections were passed on.<\/p>\n

Other noteworthy players that were selected in the final rounds of the WHL Prospects Draft include:<\/p>\n

2023 \u2013 11th<\/sup> round, 236th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Riley Thorpe (MJ)
\n2021 \u2013 12th <\/sup>round, 259th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Ismail Abougouche (KEL)
\n2019 \u2013 11th<\/sup> round, 234th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Marcus Nguyen (POR)
\n2019 \u2013 13th<\/sup> round, 286th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Max Hildebrand (PA)
\n2017 \u2013 10th<\/sup> round, 212th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Daylan Kuefler (KAM)
\n2015 \u2013 10th<\/sup> round, 211th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Max Paddock (REG)
\n2015 \u2013 10th<\/sup> round, 215th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Adam Evanoff (MJ)<\/p>\n

While you can occasionally find steals as the draft goes, the first-round picks are where teams make their money and typically select players that will shape the future of the team for years to come. Lethbridge\u2019s recent history of first-round selections include:<\/p>\n

2024 \u2013 13th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Tyden Lafournaise
\n2023 \u2013 14th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Dayne Beuker
\n2022 \u2013 11th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Will Sharpe
\n2021 \u2013 10th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Miguel Marques
\n2021 \u2013 17th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Tristen Doyle
\n2020 \u2013 16th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Cole Miller
\n2018 \u2013 8th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Zack Stringer
\n2017 \u2013 16th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Noah Boyko
\n2016 \u2013 19th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Dylan Cozens
\n2015 \u2013 2nd<\/sup> overall \u2013 Calen Addison
\n2014 \u2013 2nd<\/sup> overall \u2013 Jordy Bellerive
\n2013 \u2013 17th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Stuart Skinner<\/p>\n

Other notable first-round picks in Hurricanes history include:<\/p>\n

2012 \u2013 4th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Giorgio Estephan
\n2006 \u2013 7th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Carter Ashton
\n2004 \u2013 4th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Dwight King
\n2000 \u2013 6th<\/sup> overall \u2013 Brent Seabrook<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes ended the 2025-2026 season with a record of 17-47-3-1 in their 68-game schedule failing to qualify for the WHL Playoffs for the first time since 2015. Lethbridge\u2019s own pick, which turned into the first overall pick, was traded to the Kelowna Rockets in January of 2025 in the Caden Price trade. Despite not owning their own first-round pick, the Hurricanes will select in the first round holding the 14th<\/sup> overall pick, a pick selection which has proved to produce some impressive talent in the history of the WHL Draft, including:<\/p>\n

2024 \u2013 Chase Surkan (Brandon)
\n2023 \u2013 Dayne Beuker (Lethbridge)
\n2022 \u2013 Connor Schmidt (Moose Jaw)
\n2021 \u2013 Ryder Ritchie (Prince Albert)
\n2020 \u2013 Zach Benson (Winnipeg)
\n2019 \u2013 Mathew Ward (Swift Current)
\n2015 \u2013 Dawson Barteaux (Red Deer)
\n2014 \u2013 Jaret Anderson-Dolan (Spokane)
\n2011 \u2013 Brayden Point (Moose Jaw)
\n2009 \u2013 Hunter Shinkaruk (Medicine Hat)
\n2004 \u2013 Tyson Sexsmith (Vancouver)
\n1999 \u2013 Kyle Brodziak (Moose Jaw)
\n1993 \u2013 Josh Holden (Regina)<\/p>\n

Other notable players taken over the years with selections held by the Hurricanes in this year\u2019s WHL Draft include:<\/p>\n

50th – 2008 – Cain Franson (Vancouver)
\n58th – 2024 – Leif Oaten (Lethbridge)
\n58th – 2020 – Aiden Oiring (Winnipeg)
\n58th – 2019 – Kyle Chyzowski (Portland)
\n58th – 2017 – Dylan Garand (Kamloops)
\n58th – 2014 – Nick Henry (Regina)
\n58th – 1996 – Jamie Lundmark (Moose Jaw)
\n70th – 2022 – Brayden Klimpke (Saskatoon)
\n70th – 2012 – Noah Juulsen (Everett)
\n77th – 2014 – Brett Davis (Lethbridge)
\n77th – 2013 – Cale Fleury (Kootenay)
\n77th – 2009 – Jaimen Yakubowski (Lethbridge)
\n120th – 2022 – Ethan Bibeau (Prince Albert)
\n120th – 2019 – Daniel Hauser (Winnipeg)<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s draft will be the first under the vision of new Interim General Manager Barclay Parneta. The former head man with the Vancouver Giants was hired as a Senior Advisor by the Hurricanes at the start of the 2025-2026 season before he replaced Peter Anholt following the long-time GM\u2019s resignation in January.<\/p>\n

Parneta has spent a long time in the Western Hockey League spending the previous seven years as the General Manager with the Giants, but his time also includes eight years as the Head Scout \/ Assistant General Manager with the Tri-City Americans which came after seven years as an Amateur Scout in the National Hockey League with the Phoenix Coyotes and St. Louis Blues.<\/p>\n

During his time as both a General Manager and Head Scout, Parneta has made some important picks over the years, including:<\/p>\n

6th<\/sup> overall \u2013 2023 \u2013 Ryan Lin (Vancouver)
\n7th<\/sup> overall \u2013 2022 \u2013 Cameron Schmidt (Vancouver)
\n19th<\/sup> overall \u2013 2022 \u2013 Aaron Obobaifo (Vancouver)
\n119th<\/sup> overall \u2013 2022 \u2013 Burke Hood (Vancouver)
\n10th<\/sup> overall \u2013 2020 \u2013 Mazden Leslie (Vancouver)
\n32nd<\/sup> overall \u2013 2020 \u2013 Ty Halaburda (Vancouver)
\n56th<\/sup> overall \u2013 2020 \u2013 Ethan Semeniuk (Vancouver)<\/p>\n

With the Giants, Parneta also made WHL history selecting standout women\u2019s player Chloe Primerano in the 2021 WHL Draft, making her the first ever female selected in the draft.<\/p>\n

In his time with the Americans, the draft success continued with many highlighted selections including:<\/p>\n

80th<\/sup> overall \u2013 2018 \u2013 Tyson Greenway
\n102nd<\/sup> overall \u2013 2018 \u2013 Parker Bell
\n53rd<\/sup> overall \u2013 2017 \u2013 Talyn Boyko
\n6th<\/sup> overall \u2013 2016 \u2013 Sasha Mutala
\n7th<\/sup> overall \u2013 2015 \u2013 Carson Focht
\n7th<\/sup> overall \u2013 2014 \u2013 Michael Rasmussen
\n44th<\/sup> overall \u2013 2014 \u2013 Kyle Olson
\n49th<\/sup> overall \u2013 2014 \u2013 Brett Leason
\n115th<\/sup> overall \u2013 2014 \u2013 Riley Sawchuk
\n63rd<\/sup> overall \u2013 2013 \u2013 Dylan Coghlan
\n89th<\/sup> overall \u2013 2013 \u2013 Morgan Geekie
\n21st<\/sup> overall \u2013 2012 \u2013 Parker Wotherspoon
\n175th<\/sup> overall \u2013 2012 \u2013 Jordan Topping
\n211th<\/sup> overall \u2013 2011 \u2013 Brandon Carlo<\/p>\n

Parneta will guide the Hurricanes into the future as they hope to land a top-end talent at pick #14 and continue to add to a prospect pool which includes Cohen Pentney, Reid Soper, Matteo Di Stefano, Liam McFadden, Luka Samu, Graham Gard, among others.<\/p>\n

Regardless of whom the \u2018Canes brass will select in the first round of the 2026 WHL Prospects Draft, it will mark the first time since the 2014 draft that a new General Manager will oversee the draft for Lethbridge.<\/p>\n

Fans can follow along with the FREE WHL Draft Show beginning at 5:30pm MT on Wednesday on Victory+ (www.victoryplus.com) or follow Round 1 and Rounds 2-15 on Thursday by visiting www.whl.ca\/draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n

– Dustin Forbes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Lethbridge Hurricanes will embark on arguably one of the most important drafts in recent history for the organization on Wednesday and Thursday when the Western Hockey League holds the 2026 WHL Prospects Draft. The Prospects Draft will begin on Wednesday. May 6th when the league will hold its first round with a live draft…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":371,"featured_media":35605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1301],"tags":[{"term_id":1554,"name":"2026 WHL Prospects Draft","slug":"2026-whl-prospects-draft","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1554,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw","term_order":"9"}],"class_list":["post-35603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-2026-whl-prospects-draft","category-1301","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/05\/05171331\/26Draft_preview.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/371"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":35593,"date":"2026-04-16T16:02:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/?p=35593"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:00:13","slug":"heger-lesiuk-listed-on-final-rankings-by-nhl-central-scouting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/article\/heger-lesiuk-listed-on-final-rankings-by-nhl-central-scouting","title":{"rendered":"Heger, Lesiuk Listed on Final Rankings by NHL Central Scouting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lethbridge, AB – <\/strong>The Lethbridge Hurricanes Hockey Club have announced that 2007-born defenceman Kyle Heger and 2008-born forward Gavin Lesiuk have been listed in the Final Rankings by the National Hockey League Central Scouting Service for the 2026 NHL Entry Draft.<\/p>\n

Heger, 18, was ranked 66th<\/sup> among North American Skaters. The Eagan, Minnesota, product was acquired by the Hurricanes from the Medicine Hat Tigers prior to the 2026 Western Hockey League Trade Deadline. He appeared in 64 regular season games collecting 35 points (11g-24a) along with 37 penalty minutes split between the \u2018Canes and Tigers during his rookie campaign in 2025-2026. Heger totaled 20 points (6g-14a) along with 12 penalty minutes in 29 regular games with Lethbridge following the trade.<\/p>\n

The 6\u20191, 192-pound rearguard finished fifth in Hurricanes scoring during the 2025-2026 season while leading all defenceman with his 35 points. Heger ranked tied for sixth among first-year WHL defenceman in scoring. He was named a co-winner of the Hurricanes Hardest Working Player while also a co-winner of the Hurricanes Top Defenceman Award. Heger was previously ranked 67th<\/sup> by NHL Central Scouting on the Midterm Rankings in January.<\/p>\n

Lesiuk, 18, was ranked 189th<\/sup> among North American Skaters. The Duncan, British Columbia, product set a new career high during the 2025-2026 season collecting 14 points (9g-5a) along with a team-high 106 penalty minutes in 63 regular season games. The former second-round draft pick of the Hurricanes has appeared in 96 career regular season games amassing 19 points (10g-9a) along with 128 penalty minutes.<\/p>\n

The 6\u20194, 216-pound forward ended his sophomore season sitting seventh in the WHL in penalty minutes while sitting second among players from the Eastern Conference. Lesiuk became the first Hurricane since Landen Ward in 2023-2024 to hit the century mark in penalty minutes while becoming just the seventh player for Lethbridge in the last decade to record over 100-PIMS in a season. He was previously ranked 177th<\/sup> by NHL Central Scouting on the Midterm Rankings.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Hurricanes prospects Landon Hafele (64th<\/sup>), Dayne Beuker (76th<\/sup>) and Logan Stuart (127th<\/sup>) were also ranked among North American skaters while Filip Novak (22nd<\/sup>) was ranked among European skaters.<\/p>\n

A total of 88 Western Hockey League players were listed by NHL Central Scouting on the Final Rankings, including 80 skaters and eight goaltenders. The 2026 NHL Draft will take place on June 26-27, 2026 at KeyBank Center in Buffalo.<\/p>\n

Season Tickets for the 2025-2026 season, which will mark the Hurricanes 40th<\/sup> Anniversary season in Lethbridge, are now on sale with Loyalty Pricing available until July 2nd<\/sup> at 5:00pm. Premium Season Tickets are also available for an additional $250 per seat. Season Tickets can be purchased by visiting the Yates Memorial Theatre and VisitLethbridge.com Arena Ticket Centre, by calling 403-329-SEAT (7328) or online at www.visitlethbridgearena.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lethbridge, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes Hockey Club have announced that 2007-born defenceman Kyle Heger and 2008-born forward Gavin Lesiuk have been listed in the Final Rankings by the National Hockey League Central Scouting Service for the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. Heger, 18, was ranked 66th among North American Skaters. The Eagan, Minnesota, product was…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":371,"featured_media":35594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1301],"tags":[{"term_id":1552,"name":"Landon Hafele","slug":"landon-hafele","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1552,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"10"},{"term_id":1553,"name":"Final Rankings","slug":"final-rankings","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1553,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"11"},{"term_id":1541,"name":"Kyle Heger","slug":"kyle-heger","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1541,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":13,"filter":"raw","term_order":"22"},{"term_id":1499,"name":"Filip Novak","slug":"filip-novak","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1499,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw","term_order":"61"},{"term_id":1097,"name":"Dayne Beuker","slug":"dayne-beuker","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1107,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw","term_order":"589"},{"term_id":1099,"name":"Gavin Lesiuk","slug":"gavin-lesiuk","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1109,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":21,"filter":"raw","term_order":"714"},{"term_id":1095,"name":"Logan Stuart","slug":"logan-stuart","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1105,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw","term_order":"926"},{"term_id":647,"name":"NHL Central Scouting","slug":"nhl-central-scouting","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":652,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":12,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1003"}],"class_list":["post-35593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-landon-hafele","tag-final-rankings","tag-kyle-heger","tag-filip-novak","tag-dayne-beuker","tag-gavin-lesiuk","tag-logan-stuart","tag-nhl-central-scouting","category-1301","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/04\/16154435\/2526_NHL-CS_Final_web.jpg",2400,1500,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/371"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":35591,"date":"2026-04-13T13:52:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/?p=35591"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:52:24","slug":"oaten-named-to-world-u18-championship-preliminary-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/article\/oaten-named-to-world-u18-championship-preliminary-roster","title":{"rendered":"Oaten Named to World U18 Championship Preliminary Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lethbridge, AB – <\/strong>The Lethbridge Hurricanes Hockey Club are proud to announce that Hockey Canada has named 2009-born goaltender Leif Oaten to the Preliminary Roster for the 2026 IIHF World Under-18 Championship.<\/p>\n

Oaten, 16, was one of three goaltenders named to the preliminary roster by Hockey Canada. The Calgary, AB, product is one of 23 players named to the roster which includes nine players from the Western Hockey League. He previously represented Canada at the 2025 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge where he led Canada Red to a Gold medal finishing the tournament with a 3-0-1 record while collecting a 2.95 goals against average and a .905 save percentage. He was named a tournament all-star for Canada Red, posting 38-saves in the Gold medal game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to congratulate Leif on earning the opportunity to compete for a spot on Canada\u2019s U18 team,\u201d said Hurricanes Interim General Manager Barclay Parneta. \u201cLeif is a young goaltender with a very bright future ahead of him, and this selection is a testament to his work ethic, character, and performance both with our club and on the international stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 6\u20193, 194-pound goaltender was originally drafted in the third-round (58th<\/sup> overall) in the 2024 WHL Prospects Draft. Oaten appeared in 31 regular season games with the Hurricanes posting a record of 6-19-2-0 with a 4.23 goals against average and a .876 save percentage with one shutout during the 2025-2026 season. He finished the campaign 10th<\/sup> among rookie netminders in the WHL in games played (31) and was the lone 16-year-old goaltender in the league. Oaten posted an impressive 2.87 GAA and a .909 SV% with one shutout while collecting a record of 6-4-0-0 in 10 home contests last season with the \u2018Canes.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeif has represented his country and the Hurricanes with pride, and we are excited to watch him take this step. We wish him the very best through this process and look forward to him bringing that experience back to continue helping build and strengthen our program,\u201d added Parneta.<\/p>\n

Canada will look for their third-straight gold medal at the World U18 Championship having won the tournament in 2024 and 2025. Since it\u2019s inception in 1999, Canada has won the World U18 Championship on six occasions (2003, 2008, 2013, 2021, 2024 and 2025). The 2026 IIHF World Under-18 Championships will take place in Trencin and Bratislava, Slovakia beginning on Wednesday, April 22nd<\/sup> running through until Sunday, May 2nd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Season Tickets for the 2025-2026 season, which will mark the Hurricanes 40th<\/sup> Anniversary season in Lethbridge, are now on sale with Loyalty Pricing available until July 2nd<\/sup> at 5:00pm. Premium Season Tickets are also available for an additional $250 per seat. Season Tickets can be purchased by visiting the Yates Memorial Theatre and VisitLethbridge.com Arena Ticket Centre, by calling 403-329-SEAT (7328) or online at www.visitlethbridgearena.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lethbridge, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes Hockey Club are proud to announce that Hockey Canada has named 2009-born goaltender Leif Oaten to the Preliminary Roster for the 2026 IIHF World Under-18 Championship. Oaten, 16, was one of three goaltenders named to the preliminary roster by Hockey Canada. The Calgary, AB, product is one of 23…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":371,"featured_media":35592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1301],"tags":[{"term_id":1551,"name":"World U18 Championship","slug":"world-u18-championship","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1551,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw","term_order":"12"},{"term_id":1390,"name":"Leif Oaten","slug":"leif-oaten","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1390,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":49,"filter":"raw","term_order":"159"},{"term_id":446,"name":"Hockey Canada","slug":"hockey-canada","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":448,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":17,"filter":"raw","term_order":"757"}],"class_list":["post-35591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-world-u18-championship","tag-leif-oaten","tag-hockey-canada","category-1301","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/04\/13135217\/Oaten-U18_web.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/371"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":35589,"date":"2026-04-10T12:09:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/?p=35589"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:09:33","slug":"aasman-anholt-named-to-world-under-18-championship-canadian-coaching-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/article\/aasman-anholt-named-to-world-under-18-championship-canadian-coaching-staff","title":{"rendered":"Aasman, Anholt Named to World Under-18 Championship Canadian Coaching Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lethbridge, AB – <\/strong>The Lethbridge Hurricanes Hockey Club are proud to announce that Hockey Canada has named head coach Matt Anholt and assistant coach Ryan Aasman to the coaching staff of Canada\u2019s Men\u2019s hockey team for the 2026 IIHF World Under-18 Championship.<\/p>\n

Anholt, 31, will serve as an Assistant Coach for the World U18 Championship. He will represent Hockey Canada for the third time, first at the U18 level. He has previously represented Canada at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in 2024 and 2025 serving as an Assistant Coach in both tournaments. In 2025, Anholt helped lead Canada Red to a Silver medal in Truro, Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n

The Prince Albert, SK, product was named the Hurricanes head coach on June 25, 2025. Anholt has been a member of the \u2018Canes coaching staff for the past eight seasons, serving in various roles including Skills Coach, Assistant Coach, Associate Head Coach and Assistant General Manager. He led Lethbridge to a record of 17-47-3-1 in his first season as Head Coach during the 2025-2026 regular season and has amassed a record of 22-51-3-1 record as Hurricanes bench boss.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to sincerely congratulate both Matt and Ryan on being selection to represent Canada at the U18 World Championships. This is an outstanding and well-earned opportunity and to be a part of Team Canada at this level speaks volumes about the reputation they\u2019ve built and the trajectory they are on in our game,\u201d said Hurricanes Interim General Manager Barclay Parneta who has also represented Hockey Canada at various levels during his career.<\/p>\n

Aasman, 34, will also serve as a Video Coach for the World U18 Championship. He will represent Hockey Canada for the second time after first serving as a Video Coach for Canada Red at the 2022 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Langley, British Columbia, where he captured a Silver medal. He also worked as a camp coach at the 2025 U17 development camp in Calgary.<\/p>\n

The Medicine Hat, AB, was originally hired by the Hurricanes as a Video Coach prior to the 2021-2022 season. Aasman has spent the last five seasons with the \u2018Canes with the last four as an Assistant Coach. Prior to joining the Hurricanes, he served as the head coach of the Calgary Northstars U18 AAA team after one year with the Alberta Junior Hockey League\u2019s Grande Prairie Stom where he served as Interim Head Coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are incredibly proud of both Matt and Ryan and know that they will not only contribute to Canada\u2019s success, but also return with invaluable experience, knowledge and perspective that will have a direct and lasting impact on the continued growth and development of the Lethbridge Hurricanes,\u201d added Parneta.<\/p>\n

Anholt and Aasman will serve on the Canadian coaching staff under to former St. Lous Blues head coach Drew Bannister who will serve as head coach. Moose Jaw Warriors head coach Mark O\u2019Leary and Kamloops Blazers goaltending coach Dan De Palma have also been named to the staff. In addition, Red Deer Rebels athletic therapist Terence Robertson will serve on the staff. Canada will look for their third-straight gold medal at the World U18 Championship having won the tournament in 2024 and 2025. Since it\u2019s inception in 1999, Canada has won the World U18 Championship on six occasions (2003, 2008, 2013, 2021, 2024 and 2025).<\/p>\n

The 2026 IIHF World Under-18 Championships will take place in Trencin and Bratislava, Slovakia beginning on Wednesday, April 22nd<\/sup> running through until Sunday, May 2nd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Season Tickets for the 2025-2026 season, which will mark the Hurricanes 40th<\/sup> Anniversary season in Lethbridge, are now on sale with Loyalty Pricing available until July 2nd<\/sup> at 5:00pm. Premium Season Tickets are also available for an additional $250 per seat. Season Tickets can be purchased by visiting the Yates Memorial Theatre and VisitLethbridge.com Arena Ticket Centre, by calling 403-329-SEAT (7328) or online at www.visitlethbridgearena.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lethbridge, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes Hockey Club are proud to announce that Hockey Canada has named head coach Matt Anholt and assistant coach Ryan Aasman to the coaching staff of Canada\u2019s Men\u2019s hockey team for the 2026 IIHF World Under-18 Championship. Anholt, 31, will serve as an Assistant Coach for the World U18 Championship.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":371,"featured_media":35590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1301],"tags":[{"term_id":1551,"name":"World U18 Championship","slug":"world-u18-championship","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1551,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw","term_order":"12"},{"term_id":446,"name":"Hockey Canada","slug":"hockey-canada","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":448,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":17,"filter":"raw","term_order":"757"},{"term_id":712,"name":"Matt Anholt","slug":"matt-anholt","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":717,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":8,"filter":"raw","term_order":"950"},{"term_id":960,"name":"Ryan Aasman","slug":"ryan-aasman","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":969,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":6,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1191"}],"class_list":["post-35589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-world-u18-championship","tag-hockey-canada","tag-matt-anholt","tag-ryan-aasman","category-1301","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/04\/10114521\/Matty-Azer-U18_web.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/371"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":35581,"date":"2026-03-22T16:07:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T20:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/?p=35581"},"modified":"2026-03-24T16:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:08:00","slug":"2025-2026-hurricanes-award-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-hurricanes\/article\/2025-2026-hurricanes-award-recipients","title":{"rendered":"2025-2026 Hurricanes Award Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lethbridge, AB –\u00a0<\/strong>The Lethbridge Hurricanes announced their 2025-2026 year-end Award winners on Sunday morning at the second annual Awards Breakfast and Hot Stove at the Coast Hotel and Conference Centre.<\/p>\n

In total, 11 different awards were handed out including the the Top Scorer, Three Star Award, Hardest Working Player, Top Defenceman, Rookie of the Year, Scholastic Player of the Year, Community Relations, Fan Favourite, Most Valuable Player and the Joan Kobal Award. The Hurricanes introduced a new award named the ‘Better Than Yesterday’ award given to the player who lead off the ice and in the gym during the season.<\/p>\n

Here are the winners for the 2025-2026 season:<\/p>\n

Hockey Hounds Scholastic Player of the Year:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Hockey Hounds Scholastic Player of the Year was defenceman Will Scott.<\/p>\n

Scott was spent his Grade 12 year enrolled in both online and in-person classes. His positive work ethic and dedication to his studies allowed him to achieve academic excellence while balancing a demanding hockey schedule. He completed Law-12, English 30-1 and Capstone in semester one with an overall average of 91%. He also was enrolled in Chemistry 12. Scott also excelled on the ice in his rookie season amassing 22 points (2g-20a) in 59 regular season games.<\/p>\n

Past Winners:
\n<\/u><\/strong>2024-2025: Kash Andresen
\n2023-2024: Noah Chadwick & Trae Wilke
\n2022-2023: Noah Chadwick
\n2021-2022: Logan McCutcheon
\n2020-2021: Logan McCutcheon
\n2019-2020: Alex Thacker
\n2018-2019: Logan Barlage
\n2017-2018: Logan Barlage
\n2016-2017: Josh Tarzwell
\n2015-2016: Tyler Wong
\n2014-2015: Tyler Wong
\n2013-2014: Tyler Wong
\n2012-2013: Craig Leverton
\n2011-2012: Adam Henry
\n2010-2011: Michael Sofillas
\n2009-2010: Philip Tot
\n2007-2008: Craig Orfino & Brennan Yadlowski
\n2006-2007: Drew Todd
\n2005-2006: Dwight King
\n2004-2005: Michael Kaye
\n2003-2004: Colton Yellow Horn
\n2002-2003: DJ King
\n2001-2002: DJ King
\n2000-2001: Matt Fetzner
\n1999-2000: Derek Ruck
\n1998-1999: Brady Block
\n1997-1998: Shaun Sutter
\n1996-1997: Luc Theoret
\n1995-1996: Bryce Salvador
\n1994-1995: Bryce Salvador
\n1993-1994: David Trofimenkoff
\n1992-1993: David Trofimenkoff
\n1991-1992: David Trofimenkoff
\n1990-1991: Lance Burns
\n1989-1990: Darcy Werenka
\n1988-1989: Casey McMillan
\n1987-1988: Peter Schmid<\/p>\n

106.7 ROCK Three Star Award:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The 106.7 ROCK Three Star Award winner was goaltender Koen Cleaver.<\/p>\n

Cleaver was named a star on 10 occasions during the 2025-2026 season. Of the 10 times he was named a star, the netminder was named a first star five times, a second star three times and a third star two times. During the season, half of the times that he was named a star the Hurricanes were victorious while being named a star three times in ‘Canes wins. Cleaver was named a star 22.7% of the time.<\/p>\n

Past Winners:
\n<\/u><\/strong>2024-2025: Logan Wormald
\n2023-2024: Harrison Meneghin
\n2022-2023: Tyson Zimmer
\n2021-2022: Justin Hall
\n2020-2021: Dino Kambeitz & Logan Barlage
\n2019-2020: Dylan Cozens
\n2018-2019: Jake Elmer
\n2017-2018: Jordy Bellerive
\n2016-2017: Tyler Wong
\n2015-2016: Tyler Wong
\n2014-2015: Stuart Skinner
\n2013-2014: Jamal Watson
\n2012-2013: Ty Rimmer
\n2011-2012: Damien Ketlo
\n2010-2011: Cam Braes
\n2009-2010: Cam Braes
\n2008-2009: Carter Ashton
\n2007-2008: Zach Boychuk
\n2006-2007: Mitch Fadden
\n2005-2006: Colton Yellow Horn
\n2004-2005: Colton Yellow Horn
\n2003-2004: Logan Koopmans
\n2002-2003: Mike Wirll
\n2001-2002: Tomas Kopecky
\n2000-2001: Nathan Barrett
\n1999-2000: Radek Duda
\n1998-1999: Jason Hegberg
\n1997-1998: Mark Smith
\n1996-1997: Byron Ritchie
\n1995-1996: Byron Ritchie
\n1994-1995: Byron Ritchie
\n1993-1994: Domenic Pittis
\n1992-1993: Domenic Pittis
\n1991-1992: Kevin St. Jacques
\n1990-1991: Brad Rubachuk
\n1989-1990: Mark Greig
\n1988-1989: Wes Walz
\n1987-1988: Jeff Ferguson<\/p>\n

Canadian Tire South & North Top Scorer Award:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Canadian Tire South & North Top Scorer Award winner was Easton Daneault.<\/p>\n

Daneault ended the season leading the Hurricanes with a total of 53 points (13g-40a) along with 30 penalty minutes in 67 regular season games. He finished first in points and assists for the ‘Canes while ending the year sixth in goals. Daneault ended the season with points in nine of his last 12 games.<\/p>\n

Past Winners:
\n<\/u><\/strong>2024-2025: Brayden Yager (82 points)
\n2023-2024: Miguel Marques (74 points)
\n2022-2023: Cole Shepard (55 points)
\n2021-2022: Justin Hall (74 points)
\n2020-2021: Justin Hall (27 points)
\n2019-2020: Dylan Cozens (85 points)
\n2018-2019: Nick Henry (94 points)
\n2017-2018: Jordy Bellerive (92 points)
\n2016-2017: Tyler Wong (109 points)
\n2015-2016: Brayden Burke (109 points)
\n2014-2015: Tyler Wong (56 points)
\n2013-2014: Riley Sheen (49 points)
\n2012-2013: Russell Maxwell (55 points)
\n2011-2012: Brody Sutter (60 points)
\n2010-2011: Cam Braes (61 points)
\n2009-2010: Carter Bancks (55 points)
\n2008-2009: Colton Scevior (80 points)
\n2007-2008: Mitch Fadden (89 points)
\n2006-2007: Zach Boychuk (91 points)
\n2005-2006: Colton Yellow Horn (75 points)
\n2004-2005: Colton Yellow Horn (86 points)
\n2003-2004: Nick Tarnasky (49 points)
\n2002-2003: Jeremy Jackson (102 points)
\n2001-2002: Nathan Barrett (107 points)
\n2000-2001: Nathan Barrett (99 points)
\n1999-2000: Radek Duda (106 points)
\n1998-1999: Jason Hegberg (75 points)
\n1997-1998: Shane Willis (112 points)
\n1996-1997: Byron Ritchie (126 points)
\n1995-1996: Byron Ritchie (106 points)
\n1994-1995: Scott Townsend (92 points)
\n1993-1994: Domenic Pittis (127 points)
\n1992-1993: Domenic Pittis (119 points)
\n1991-1992: Kevin St. Jacques (140 points)
\n1990-1991: Jason Ruff (136 points)
\n1989-1990: Corey Lyons (142 points)
\n1988-1989: Corey Lyons (112 points)
\n1987-1988: Bryan Bosch (55 points)<\/p>\n

Dennis Dirtworx Fan Favourite Award:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Dennis Dirtworx Fan Favourite Award winner is Kade Duell.<\/p>\n

Duell was the landslide winner obtaining over 38% of all total votes cast during the 2025-2026 voting process. He received over 1,400 votes total which marked nearly one-thousand more votes than the next closest person. The Taber, AB, product recorded 46 points (18g-28a) in 65 games during his first season with the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n

Past Winner:
\n<\/u><\/strong>2024-2025: Miguel Marques
\n2023-2024: Miguel Marques
\n2022-2023: Jett Jones
\n2021-2022: Jett Jones
\n2020-2021: Dino Kambeitz
\n2019-2020: Jett Jones
\n2018-2019: Jake Elmer
\n2017-2018: Jadon Joseph
\n2016-2017: Tyler Wong
\n2015-2016: Tyler Wong
\n2014-2015: Tyler Wong
\n2013-2014: Tyler Wong
\n2012-2013: Tyler Wong
\n2011-2012: Brody Sutter
\n2010-2011: Michael Sofillas
\n2008-2009: Carter Bancks
\n2007-2008: Mike Wuchterl
\n2006-2007: Zach Boychuk
\n2005-2006: Colton Yellow Horn
\n2004-2005: Colton Yellow Horn
\n2003-2004: Brent Seabrook
\n2002-2003: Jeremy Jackson
\n2001-2002: Jeremy Jackson
\n2000-2001: Thomas Scantlebury
\n1999-2000: Jason Hegberg
\n1998-1999: Jason Hegberg
\n1997-1998: Mark Smith
\n1996-1997: Jason Hegberg
\n1995-1996: Mike O\u2019Grady
\n1994-1995: Mike O\u2019Grady
\n1993-1994: Shane Peacock
\n1992-1993: Shane Peacock
\n1991-1992: Rob Hartnell
\n1990-1991: Brad Rubachuk
\n1989-1990: Brad Rubachuk
\n1988-1989: Brad Rubachuk
\n1987-1988: Zac Boyer<\/p>\n

Hardest Working Hurricane:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Hardest Working Hurricane Award winner were Kade Duell and Kyle Heger.<\/p>\n

Duell was named the co-winner of the Hardest Working Hurricane. He recorded 46 points (18g-28a) in 65 games during his first season with the Hurricanes finishing fourth in team-scoring. His 18-goals were the second-most scored on the ‘Canes during the 2025-2026 campaign. Duell ended the season with a six-game point streak while collecting points in 17 of his last 23 games.<\/p>\n

Heger was named the co-winner of the Hardest Working Hurricane. The Minnesota product finished his first WHL season amassing a total of 35 points (11g-24a) in 64 games. He appeared in 29 regular season games with the Hurricanes totaling 20 points (6g-14a) along with 12 penalty minutes. Heger finished the year leading the Hurricanes in defenceman scoring.<\/p>\n

Past Winners:
\n<\/u><\/strong>2024-2025: Logan McCutcheon
\n2023-2024: Brayden Edwards
\n2022-2023: Chase Pauls
\n2021-2022: Jett Jones & Ty Nash
\n2020-2021: Ty Nash
\n2019-2020: Logan Barlage
\n2018-2019: Jake Leschyshyn
\n2017-2018: Ty Prefontaine
\n2016-2017: Giorgio Estephan & Tanner Nagel
\n2015-2016: Giorgio Estephan
\n2014-2015: Tyler Wong
\n2013-2014: Brady Ramsay
\n2009-2010: Mike Reddinton
\n2008-2009: Cam Braes
\n2007-2008: Carter Bancks
\n2006-2007: Kyle Bailey
\n2005-2006: Yashar Farmanara
\n2004-2005: Michael Gulasi
\n2003-2004: Mark Ashton
\n2002-2003: Brett O\u2019Malley
\n2001-2002: Brett O\u2019Malley
\n2000-2001: Blake Ward
\n1999-2000: Jason Hegberg
\n1998-1999: Jason Hegberg
\n1997-1998: Mark Smith
\n1996-1997: Mark Smith
\n1995-1996: Mark Smith
\n1994-1995: Todd MacIsaac
\n1993-1994: Aaron Zarowny
\n1992-1993: Jason Widmer
\n1991-1992: Jamie Pushor
\n1990-1991: Brad Rubachuk & Terry Hollinger
\n1989-1990: Brad Rubachuk & Mark Greig<\/p>\n

HARD Training Better Than Yesterday Award:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The winner of the HARD Training Better Than Yesterday Award is defenceman Carsen Adair.<\/p>\n

Adair was named the first ever recipient of the Better Than Yesterday Award. The Clavet, SK, recorded a career-high of 16 points (4g-12a) along with 65 penalty minutes in 65 regular season games. He helped lead the Hurricanes during the 2025-2026 season as part of the leadership group while embracing the commitment to off-ice training.<\/p>\n

Past Winners:
\n<\/strong><\/span>N\/A<\/p>\n

Herman Elfring Community Relations Award:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The recipient of the 2025-2026 Herman Elfring Community Relations Award was Tyden Lafournaise.<\/p>\n

Lafournaise spent countless hours during the season volunteering his time in the community, including volunteering at the Lethbridge Soup Kitchen, supporting schools and hockey practices. He also spent time volunteering at the Chinook Regional Hospital. Lafournaise went above and beyond with committing his own time to help with extra shifts at the Soup Kitchen and at the hospital.<\/p>\n

Past Winners:
\n<\/u><\/strong>2024-2025: Shane Smith
\n2023-2024: Joe Arntsen
\n2022-2023: Joe Arntsen
\n2021-2022: Ty Nash & Bryan Thomson
\n2020-2021: Zack Stringer
\n2019-2020: Dino Kambeitz
\n2018-2019: Jake Elmer
\n2017-2018: Jake Elmer
\n2016-2017: Tyler Wong
\n2015-2016: Tyler Wong
\n2014-2015: Andrew Nielsen
\n2013-2014: Jamal Watson
\n2012-2013: Russell Maxwell
\n2011-2012: Brody Sutter
\n2010-2011: Mitch Maxwell
\n2009-2010: Carter Bancks
\n2008-2009: Carter Bancks & Carter Ashton
\n2007-2008: Carter Bancks & Adam Chorneyko
\n2006-2007: Kris Hogg
\n2005-2006: Mark Olafson
\n2004-2005: Aaron Sorochan
\n2003-2004: Logan Koopmans
\n2002-2003: Andy Thompson
\n2001-2002: Ryley Layden
\n2000-2001: Brian Bellman
\n1999-2000: Jason Hegberg
\n1998-1999: Kris Knoblauch
\n1997-1998: Shane Willis
\n1996-1997: Dale Purinton
\n1995-1996: Randy Perry
\n1994-1995: Scott Townsend
\n1993-1994: Jason Widmer
\n1992-1993: Jamie Pushor
\n1991-1992: Jamie Pushor
\n1990-1991: Jamie McLennan & Brad Rubachuk
\n1989-1990: Jamie McLennan & Dusty Imoo
\n1988-1989: Brad Rubachuk<\/p>\n

Serfas Farms’ Top Defenceman Award<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Serfas Farms Top Defenceman Award recipients were Kyle Heger and Matteo Fabrizi.<\/p>\n

Heger was named the co-winner of the Top Defenceman Award. The Minnesota product finished his first WHL season amassing a total of 35 points (11g-24a) in 64 games. He appeared in 29 regular season games with the Hurricanes totaling 20 points (6g-14a) along with 12 penalty minutes. Heger finished the year leading the Hurricanes in defenceman scoring.<\/p>\n

Fabrizi was named the co-winner of the Top Defenceman Award. He recorded a career-high 23 points (5g-18a) along with 62 penalty minutes in 56 regular season games with the Hurricanes. The overage defenceman finished third in defenceman scoring for the ‘Canes while serving as an alternate captain during the year.<\/p>\n

Past Winners:<\/strong><\/span>
\n2024-2025: Noah Chadwick
\n2023-2024: Noah Chadwick
\n2022-2023: Joe Arntsen
\n2021-2022: Kade Nolan
\n2020-2021: Alex Cotton
\n2019-2020: Koletrane Wilson
\n2018-2019: Calen Addison
\n2017-2018: Igor Merezhko
\n2016-2017: Brennan Menell
\n2015-2016: Andrew Nielsen
\n2014-2015: Nick Walters
\n2013-2014: Lenny Hackman
\n2012-2013: Dan Johnston
\n2011-2012: Dan Johnston
\n2010-2011: Mike Reddington
\n2009-2010: Brennan Yadlowski
\n2008-2009: Ben Wright
\n2007-2008: Ben Wright & Jeff May
\n2006-2007: Tomas Kudelka
\n2005-2006: Mark Ashton
\n2004-2005: Brent Seabrook
\n2003-2004: Brent Seabrook
\n2002-2003: Brent Seabrook
\n2001-2002: Kris Callaway
\n2000-2001: Thomas Scantlebury
\n1999-2000: Thomas Scantlebury
\n1998-1999: Thomas Scantlebury
\n1997-1998: Luc Theoret
\n1996-1997: Chris Phillips
\n1995-1996: Randy Perry
\n1994-1995: Randy Perry
\n1993-1994: Jason Widmer
\n1992-1993: Jamie Pushor
\n1991-1992: Terry Hollinger
\n1990-1991: Terry Hollinger
\n1989-1990: Peter Berthelson
\n1988-1989: Peter Berthelson
\n1987-1988: Peter Berthelson<\/p>\n

Carl Trentini Memorial Award – Rookie of the Year<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Carl Trentini Memorial Award winner as Rookie of the Year was Easton Daneault.<\/p>\n

Daneault ended the season leading the Hurricanes with a total of 53 points (13g-40a) along with 30 penalty minutes in 67 regular season games. He finished first in points and assists for the ‘Canes while ending the year sixth in goals. Daneault ended the season with points in nine of his last 12 games. The Red Deer, AB, product also ended the year as the eighth highest scoring rookie in the entire Western Hockey League.<\/p>\n

Past Winners:<\/strong><\/span>
\n2024-2025: Koen Cleaver
\n2023-2024: Landen Ward
\n2022-2023: Harrison Meneghin
\n2021-2023: Logan Wormald
\n2020-2021: Logan McCutcheon
\n2019-2020: Zack Stringer
\n2018-2019: Carl Tetachuk
\n2017-2018: Dylan Cozens
\n2016-2017: Calen Addison
\n2015-2016: Egor Babenko
\n2014-2015: Stuart Skinner
\n2013-2014: Giorgio Estephan
\n2012-2013: Ryan Pilon
\n2011-2012: Sam McKechnie
\n2010-2011: Russell Maxwell
\n2009-2010: Mitch Maxwell
\n2008-2009: Austin Fyten
\n2007-2008: Luca Sbisa
\n2006-2007: Carter Bancks
\n2005-2006: Zach Boychuk
\n2004-2005: Chase Henitiuk
\n2003-2004: Michael Gulasi
\n2002-2003: John Lammers
\n2001-2002: Brent Seabrook
\n2000-2001: Tomas Kopecky
\n1999-2000: Simon Ferguson
\n1998-1999: Brandon James
\n1997-1998: Bart Rushmer
\n1996-1997: Matt Demarski
\n1995-1996: Luc Theoret
\n1994-1995: Travis Brigley
\n1993-1994: Brad Mehalko
\n1992-1993: Ivan Vologjaninov
\n1991-1992: Lee Sorochan
\n1990-1991: Jamie Pushor
\n1989-1990: Shane Peacock
\n1988-1989: Corey Lyons & Wes Walz
\n1987-1988: Jeff Ferguson<\/p>\n

Joan Kobal Memorial Award – Preseverance, Dedication & Sportsmanship<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The winners of the Joan Kobal Memorial Award is Tyden Lafournaise and Matteo Fabrizi.<\/p>\n

Lafournaise is a co-winner of the Joan Kobal Memorial Award. The Winnipeg, MB, product spent his first season in the WHL amassing 18 points (11g-7a) along with 17 penalty minutes on the ice. While off the ice, he spent countless hours volunteering his time at the Lethbridge Soup Kitchen, school visits, minor hockey practices and the Chinook Regional Hospital. Lafournaise showed great perseverance after the unexpected passing of his father Marc during the 2025 off-season.<\/p>\n

Fabrizi was named the co-winner of the Top Defenceman Award. He recorded a career-high 23 points (5g-18a) along with 62 penalty minutes in 56 regular season games with the Hurricanes. The overage defenceman finished third in defenceman scoring for the ‘Canes while serving as an alternate captain during the year. During the season, Fabrizi took time away from the hockey club on a personal leave and returned to finish his final year in the Western Hockey League.<\/p>\n

Past Winners:
\n<\/u><\/strong>2024-2025: Miguel Marques & Jordan Gustafson
\n2023-2024: Logan McCutcheon
\n2022-2023: Bryan Thomson
\n2021-2022: Alex Thacker
\n2020-2021: Justin Hall
\n2019-2020: Ty Prefontaine
\n2018-2019: Jordy Bellerive
\n2017-2018: Logan Flodell
\n2016-2017: Stuart Skinner
\n2015-2016: Giorgio Estephan
\n2014-2015: Giorgio Estephan
\n2013-2014: Tyler Wong
\n2012-2013: Michael Sofillas
\n2011-2012: Brady Ramsay
\n2010-2011: Brody Sutter
\n2009-2010: Austin Fyten
\n2008-2009: Craig Orfino
\n2007-2008: Nick Hotson
\n2006-2007: Jacob Dietrich
\n2005-2006: Jacob Dietrich
\n2004-2005: Brennan Chapman
\n2003-2004: Scott Bolland
\n2002-2003: Brett O\u2019Malley
\n2001-2002: Tim Green
\n2000-2001: Ryley Layden
\n1999-2000: Brian Ballman
\n1998-1999: Eric Godard
\n1997-1998: Mike Varhaug
\n1996-1997: Bryce Salvador
\n1995-1996: Bryce Salvador
\n1994-1995: Bryce Salvador
\n1993-1994: Jason Widmer
\n1992-1993: Jason Widmer
\n1991-1992: Jason Widmer
\n1990-1991: Terry Hollinger
\n1989-1990: Pat Pylypuik
\n1988-1989: Peter Berthelsen
\n1987-1988: Peter Berthelsen<\/p>\n

Harry Ingarfield Memorial Award – Most Valuable Player<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Harry Ingarfield Memorial Award winner as Most Valuable Player is Owen Berge.<\/p>\n

Berge had a breakout season in his first year with the Hurricanes amassing a career-high in goals, assists and points. He finished the year with 48 points (23g-25a) along with 36 penalty minutes. The Edmonton, AB, product led the team in goals (23) as the only 20+ goal scorer this season while finishing third in points (48). Berge collected 22 goals and 43 points in 53 games with the Hurricanes. He served as an alternate captain with the ‘Canes.<\/p>\n

Past Winners:<\/u><\/strong>
\n<\/u>2024-2025: Logan Wormald & Brayden Edwards
\n2023-2024: Harrison Meneghin
\n2022-2023: Jett Jones
\n2021-2022: Justin Hall
\n2020-2021: Dino Kambeitz
\n2019-2020: Dylan Cozens
\n2018-2019: Nick Henry
\n2017-2018: Jordy Bellerive
\n2016-2017: Tyler Wong
\n2015-2016: Brayden Burke
\n2014-2015: Tyler Wong
\n2013-2014: Brady Ramsay
\n2012-2013: Ty Rimmer
\n2011-2012: Damien Ketlo
\n2010-2011: Austin Fyten
\n2009-2010: Carter Bancks
\n2008-2009: Juha Metsola & Zach Boychuk
\n2007-2008: Mitch Fadden & Ben Wright
\n2006-2007: Zach Boychuk
\n2005-2006: Colton Yellow Horn
\n2004-2005: Brent Seabrook
\n2003-2004: Logan Koopmans
\n2002-2003: Jeremy Jackson
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Calgary, AB – <\/strong>The Lethbridge Hurricanes ended the season with an 8-5 defeat to the Calgary Hitmen at Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes entered the game on an eight-game losing streak as they wrapped up their 2025-2026 season. Calgary, who held their Awards Ceremony prior to the game, jumped out to an early 1-0 lead just 30-seconds into the game when Blake Vanek tucked home a rebound for his 18th<\/sup> goal of the season; Harrison Lodewyk and Axel Hurtig picked up the helpers on the goal. Calgary doubled their lead at the 4:38 mark when Caine Wilke buried his 15th<\/sup> goal lifting home a back-hand to make it 2-0. Under a minute later, the Hurricanes cut the Hitmen lead in half when Andrew Petruk buried his fifth goal of the season in his final WHL game to make it a 2-1 game; Mykolas Skadauskas and Kyle Heger earned the assists on the goal. Lethbridge tied the game at the 12:36 mark when Gavin Lesiuk ended a 14-game point drought with his eighth goal of the year to tie the game 2-2; Skadauskas and Kayden Longley were credited with the assists on the equalizer. The Hitmen pulled back in front with a goal on an odd-man rush when Ethan Moore ripped home a shot over the blocker of Leif Oaten to make it a 3-2 game. Just over a minute later, the Hitmen restored a two-goal lead with a power play goal by Ty Meunier scored his 12th<\/sup> of the year to make it a 4-2 Calgary lead after one period. The Hitmen outshot the Hurricanes 16-11 in the first period.<\/p>\n

The see-saw offensive battle continued in the second period as the Hurricanes pulled back to within a goal with a two-on-one goal by Lesiuk who shelfed a short over the glove on Eric Tu to make it a 4-3 game; Longley and Kyle Heger earned the assists on Lesiuk\u2019s first ever two-goal game in the WHL. Lethbridge erased the two-goal deficit again just under a minute after the Lesiuk goal when Lukas Lima potted his second goal of the season as his shot deflected off a Hitmen defender and in to tie the game 4-4; Grady Pichette was credited with the lone assist on the tying goal. Calgary once again pulled back in front less than a minute later when Lodewyk chipped home his 17th<\/sup> goal of the season to make it a 5-4 Hitmen lead; Vanek and Keaton Jundt picked up the assists on the tally. Before the end of the period, the Hurricanes would once again pull even with a power play goal when Longley tapped home a back-door pass from Easton Daneault to tie the game 5-5 after forty minutes of play; Duell earned the second assist on the goal. Lethbridge outshot Calgary 11-9 in the middle frame.<\/p>\n

In the third period, the Hitmen pulled ahead with a goal at the 7:10 mark when Vanek buried his second goal of the game to give Calgary their fourth lead of the game making it a 6-5 score; Meunier and Ben MacBeath picked up the helpers on the goal. Lethbridge had a power play shortly after the Hitmen took the lead but failed to score with the extra man as Calgary remained up by a goal. The Hitmen struck again to take another two goal lead when Lodewyk netted his second goal of the game making it a 7-5 Calgary lead. Late in the game, the Hitmen added an empty-net goal for an 8-5 final when Keaton Jundt buried his 12th<\/sup> of the season. Lethbridge was outshot 11-8 in the third period by Calgary.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes were outshot 36-30 in the game by the Hitmen. Lethbridge went 1\/4 with the power play while Calgary was 1\/1 with the extra man.<\/p>\n

Three stars of the game were the Calgary Hitmen overage players:
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\n2) Hitmen – #6 Axel Hurtig (1 assist)
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The Hurricanes end the regular season with nine consecutive losses as they end the year with a record of 17-47-3-1 on the season. Lethbridge ended the season with a road record of 6-25-3-0 this year while finishing their campaign with a 3-5-0-0 record against Calgary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Lethbridge, AB – <\/strong>The Lethbridge Hurricanes suffered their eighth-straight loss on Friday falling 2-1 to the Edmonton Oil Kings at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena.<\/p>\n

It marked the final home game of the regular season for the Hurricanes who entered with a 2-11-3-0 record in their previous 16 games. Lethbridge had a strong start to the game as they opened the scoring just 4:13 into the contest when Easton Daneault buried his 13th<\/sup> goal of the season to make it a 1-0 game; Matteo Fabrizi and Kade Duell earned the assists on the goal as the \u2018Canes struck first for the third straight game. Edmonton tied the game at the 12:52 mark when Aaron Obobaifo ripped home his 17th<\/sup> goal of the year beating Koen Cleaver with a wrist shot over the blocker from the high-slot to make it 1-1; Kanjyu Gojsic and Austin Zemlak were credited with the assists on the goal. The Hurricanes were outshot 16-9 in the first period by the Oil Kings.<\/p>\n

Lethbridge had a strong second period as they pepped Edmonton\u2019s netminder Parker Snell early in the period. The Hurricanes came close to taking the lead on a glorious opportunity for Lukas Lima who wired a shot just wide of the net just over four-minutes into the period. The Oil Kings took the lead with 6:04 remaining in the second period when Lukas Sawchyn buried a rebound for his 26th<\/sup> goal and team-leading 84th<\/sup> point to give Edmonton a 2-1 advantage; Kayden Stroeder and Adam Jecho picked up the helpers on the tiebreaking tally. The Hurricanes outshot the Oil Kings 11-9 in the middle frame.<\/p>\n

In the third period, the Hurricanes had a trio of power play opportunities including a four-minute double-minor man advantage after Daneault was clipped with a high-stick. The \u2018Canes pressed for the equalizer with the extra man but couldn\u2019t solve Snell as Edmonton managed to kill off the extended power play. The Oil Kings had a power play late in the game and peppered Cleaver with a barrage of chances, but the \u2018Canes netminder made a quartet of wonderful saves to keep it a one-goal game. Lethbridge pulled the goaltender for the extra attacker with less than 30-seconds left in the game and came close to finding a tie, but Snell turned aside a Duell shot in the final seconds to preserve the 2-1 Oil Kings victory. Lethbridge was outshot 7-6 in the third period.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes were outshot 32-26 in the game by the Oil Kings. Lethbridge went 0\/5 on the power play while Edmonton was 0\/2 with the extra man.<\/p>\n

Three stars of the game were the three overage players dressed in the game:
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\n2) \u2018Canes – #26 Andrew Petruk
\n3) Oil Kings – #55 Austin Zemlak (1 assist)<\/p>\n

The loss for the Hurricanes ends their home schedule for the 2025-2026 season with a record of 11-22-0-1 on the year. Lethbridge\u2019s record slipped to 17-46-3-1 on the season with the defeat as their losing streak extended to eight-straight games. The \u2018Canes end the year with a 1-7-0-0 record against the Oil Kings.<\/p>\n

Lethbridge will conclude the 2025-2026 season on Saturday as they travel to face the Calgary Hitmen at 6:00pm at Scotiabank Saddledome. The game can be watched on Victory+ or heard on 106.7 ROCK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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