Hurricanes acquire Bentham from Royals

The Lethbridge Hurricanes have acquired defenceman Nolan Bentham from the Victoria Royals in exchange for a second round selection in the 2024 WHL Prospects Draft, seventh and eighth round picks in the 2022 draft and the playing rights to 2004-born forward Chase LaPinta.

17-year-old Bentham was originally selected by Victoria in the first round (13th overall) in the 2018 WHL Draft. The 6-foot-3, 190-pound Victoria, B.C. product has totalled three points (1G-2A) in 52 career WHL regular season games, all with the Royals.

The #WHLCanes have acquired '03 D Nolan Bentham from the Victoria Royals in exchange for draft picks and the playing rights to '04 F Chase LaPinta! #CaneTrain #YQL

Details 👉 https://t.co/zaWUfoqkX9 pic.twitter.com/YO9u6hQhgx

— Lethbridge Hurricanes (@WHLHurricanes) June 10, 2021

Bentham also represented Canada at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in 2019 where he collected three assists in five contests.

🚨 Trade Alert 🚨

We have acquired prospect Chase LaPinta (@LaPinta_21) and multiple draft picks from the @WHLHurricanes for Nolan Bentham.

Full details: https://t.co/CznRlvihkP pic.twitter.com/zikGC814wc

— Victoria Royals (@victoriaroyals) June 10, 2021

LaPinta, a 17-year-old product of Frisco, Texas, recorded 12 points (6G-6A) for the Dallas Stars Elite 16U AAA during the 2020-21 season. The 5-foot-7, 148-pound forward was selected in the 8th round (164th overall) of the 2019 WHL Draft.