Silvertips trade for Flyers prospect Vlooswyk ahead of 2026 WHL Trade Deadline

Everett, Wash.- Everett’s blueline just got a lot more intimidating.

The league-leading Silvertips have picked up Philadelphia Flyers prospect Luke Vlooswyk and a fifth-round pick in the 2027 WHL Prospects Draft in a Friday trade with the Red Deer Rebels.

Heading to the Central Division are forward Cole Temple and rearguard Cameron Dillard.

Vlooswyk, a 6-foot-5, 210-pound right-shot defenceman, was selected by the Flyers with the 157th overall pick in the fifth round of the 2025 NHL Draft.

Standing 6-foot-4, Luke Vlooswyk’s booming presence will be hard to miss at the NHL Draft – literally.@Rebelshockey | #NHLDraft pic.twitter.com/CAgqTk2NW9

— Western Hockey League (@TheWHL) June 21, 2025

The Calgary, Alta. product has six assists and a +6 rating in 32 matches with the Rebels in 2025-26.

The Rebels originally chose Vlooswyk with the 17th overall pick in the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft.

He’s collected four goals and 21 assists for 25 points and a +14 rating in 108 games over parts of four seasons in Red Deer.

Vlooswyk,18, was also named a 2025 finalist for the Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Memorial Trophy for WHL Scholastic Player of the Year.

He’ll join a stacked stable of defensive talent that includes Anaheim Ducks prospect and ‘Tips captain Tarin Smith and exceptional-status defenceman Landon DuPont.

Temple, who hails from Brandon, Man., has nine points (1G-8A) in 43 contests for the Silvertips so far this season.

The 5-foot-10, 168-pound centreman has 24 goals and 46 assists for 70 points in 163 regular-season tilts, which have been played over parts of four seasons with the Silvertips and the Regina Pats, who picked him up with the fifth-overall pick in the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft.

PERFECTLY PRECISE🎯

Cole Temple's first goal of the season!👏🚨@WHLsilvertips pic.twitter.com/dgsFjvNVOC

— Western Hockey League (@TheWHL) November 17, 2025

Dillard, 17, is eligible for the 2026 NHL Draft.

The rookie from Flower Mound, Texas, has two goals and an assist in 17 appearances for the Silvertips and cuts a foreboading figure with the 6-foot-4, 218-pound frame.

Everett (28-5-2-1) is on the hunt for a second consecutive Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy as WHL regular-season champions.

The quest for another regular season title- and the team’s first WHL Championship- continues when the Tips host the Wenatchee Wild (13-20-1-1) on Saturday, January 3, at 6:05 p.m. PST.

Red Deer (10-20-2-2) hosts the Seattle Thunderbirds (14-15-2-2) on January 3 at 6:00 p.m. MST.