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Portland, Ore.<\/strong> – The Portland Winterhawks Hockey Club announced today the acquisition of Mason West’s WHL Playing Rights from the Vancouver Giants in exchange for a conditional 2028 WHL Prospects Draft First-Round pick and a 2030 WHL Prospects Draft Seventh-Round pick.<\/p>\n

West, of Edina, Minnesota, spent the 2025-26 season with the Fargo Force of the United States Hockey League. In 38 games, the 18-year-old forward buried 10 goals and added 15 assists for 25 points. West was selected 29th overall in the first round of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks.<\/p>\n

Standing at 6-foot-6 and weighing 218 pounds, West collected 114 points in 91 games played at Edina High School \u2013 with 51 goals and 63 assists. West was a member of the Edina Hornets team that won the 2024 Minnesota High School Class AA State Championship in front of 20,346 fans.<\/p>\n

Welcome to the Rose City Mason!<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/p>\n

The Winterhawks trust<\/i> Riverside Payments<\/i><\/a> for all of their credit card processing as the team\u2019s official credit card processors.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The Western Hockey League is mourning the passing of former Regina Pats and Kamloops Blazers star Kyle Calder.<\/p>\n

Calder passed Monday at the age of 47.<\/p>\n

Hailing from Mannville, Alta., Calder enjoyed an outstanding four seasons in the WHL, racking up 232 points (95G-137A) in 212 career WHL regular season games. The 5-foot-11, 176-pound left winger broke into the WHL as a member of the Pats during the 1995-96 season. In 1996-97, he emerged as a legitimate offensive weapon in the Queen City, tallying 59 points (25G-34A) in 62 games. That campaign put Calder on the radar of NHL scouts, and he was selected in the fifth round (130th overall) by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1997 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n

On the heels of the 1997 NHL Draft, Calder returned to the WHL where he registered a career best 77 points (27G-50A) in 62 games during the 1997-98 season. Calder split the 1998-99 campaign between the Pats and Kamloops Blazers. In 61 contests, he exceeded his previous mark by collecting 88 points (42G-46A). That season, he also represented Canada at the IIHF World Junior Championship, recording eight points (2G-6A) in seven games, helping secure a silver medal for his nation.<\/p>\n

Dealt to the Blazers ahead of the 1999 WHL Trade Deadline, Calder went on to post 16 points (6G-10A) in 15 playoff games as Kamloops advanced to the WHL Championship, before falling to the Calgary Hitmen in five games.<\/p>\n

Calder made his NHL debut the following season, seeing action in eight games and tallying two points (1G-1A) with the Blackhawks. He went on to play 590 career regular season games across 10 NHL campaigns, scoring 294 points (114G-180A).<\/p>\n

In Chicago, Calder\u2019s time peaked during the 2005-06 season when he served as an alternate captain and collected a career best 59 points (26G-33A) in 79 games. From there, he went on to make stops with the Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, and Anaheim Ducks, before ultimately retiring from pro hockey at the conclusion of the 2011-12 season.<\/p>\n

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Brandon, Man. \u2013 The Western Hockey League is mourning the passing of Lyn Shannon, longtime Executive Assistant for the Brandon Wheat Kings.<\/p>\n

Shannon spent 31 years with the Wheat Kings, making an impact on players, staff, billets, and more. She handled a wide variety of duties in the Wheat Kings office, including accounting, billet coordination, the Wheat Kings education fund, and much more.<\/p>\n

Known for her kind and caring demeanour, Shannon was a cherished member of the Wheat Kings family.<\/p>\n

Shannon retired from the Wheat Kings in May 2021.<\/p>\n

The Western Hockey League sends its condolences to Lyn\u2019s husband, Barry, her children Tricia and Tom, her grandchildren, extended family, and all those lucky enough to have known her over the years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Tri-City Americans General Manager Bob Tory today announced the team has signed 2011-born forward Ethan Zhang to a scholarship and Development Agreement. The Americans drafted Zhang 19th overall in the 2026 WHL Prospects Draft.<\/p>\n

\u201cEthan is an exciting dynamic skilled offensive player. We welcome Ethan and his family to the Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zhang, from Plano, Texas, spent the 2025-26 season with the Dallas Stars 14U AAA program, racking up 87 points (36-51-87) in 51 games.
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Zhang became the first Texan to be taken in the first round of the WHL Prospects Draft since Seth Jones went 11th overall to the Everett Silvertips in 2011.<\/p>\n

He is the third member of the Americans\u2019 2026 draft class to sign with the team, joining fellow first-rounder Kenzo Gibson and second-round selection Lincoln Baschuk.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Tri-City Americans General Manager Bob Tory today announced the team has signed 2011-born forward Ethan Zhang to a scholarship and Development Agreement. The Americans drafted Zhang 19th overall in the 2026 WHL Prospects Draft. \u201cEthan is an exciting dynamic skilled offensive player. We welcome Ethan and his family to the Americans.\u201d Zhang, from Plano,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":268332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1110],"tags":[{"term_id":2394,"name":"Ethan Zhang","slug":"ethan-zhang","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2394,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"3"},{"term_id":27,"name":"tri-city americans","slug":"tri-city-americans","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":208,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":893,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2046"},{"term_id":57,"name":"WHL Draft","slug":"whl-draft","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":907,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":150,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2127"}],"class_list":["post-268330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-ethan-zhang","tag-tri-city-americans","tag-whl-draft","video-channels-tri-city-americans","video-channels-whl-draft","category-1110","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/15234310\/Zhang_Signed-1920.png",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\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":268326,"date":"2026-06-15T23:23:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T05:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/?p=268326"},"modified":"2026-06-15T23:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T05:29:29","slug":"rockets-royals-complete-trade-involving-signing-rights-of-defenceman-dane-sorensen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/article\/rockets-royals-complete-trade-involving-signing-rights-of-defenceman-dane-sorensen","title":{"rendered":"Rockets, Royals complete trade involving signing rights of defenceman Dane Sorensen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kelowna, B.C.<\/strong> – The Kelowna Rockets have acquired the playing rights to defenceman Dane Sorensen from the Victoria Royals in exchange for a conditional 2030 fifth-round pick and a conditional 2027 sixth-round pick (Seattle).<\/p>\n

Sorensen, 19, is a 6’1″, 183-pound left-shot defenceman from Los Angeles, California. He holds dual American and Canadian citizenship and spent the 2025-26 season split between the Sioux Falls Stampede of the USHL and the Brooks Bandits of the BCHL, where he was part of a championship-winning team. He added one goal and four assists for five points and 32 penalty minutes in 13 playoff games with Brooks en route to the BCHL title while averaging close to 19 minutes a night during the final series versus the Nanaimo Clippers.<\/p>\n

The year prior to his BCHL championship with Brooks, Sorensen won the US 18U National Tier I Championship with Shattuck St. Mary’s 18U Prep.<\/p>\n

Sorensen previously suited up alongside Rockets goaltender Harrison Boettiger on the Shattuck-St. Mary’s 14U AAA program during the 2021-22 season, giving him an existing connection within the organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kelowna, B.C. – The Kelowna Rockets have acquired the playing rights to defenceman Dane Sorensen from the Victoria Royals in exchange for a conditional 2030 fifth-round pick and a conditional 2027 sixth-round pick (Seattle). Sorensen, 19, is a 6’1″, 183-pound left-shot defenceman from Los Angeles, California. He holds dual American and Canadian citizenship and spent…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":268329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1110],"tags":[{"term_id":2393,"name":"Dane Sorensen","slug":"dane-sorensen","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2393,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"4"},{"term_id":33,"name":"kelowna rockets","slug":"kelowna-rockets","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":166,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1109,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1675"},{"term_id":41,"name":"victoria royals","slug":"victoria-royals","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":183,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1002,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2091"}],"class_list":["post-268326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-dane-sorensen","tag-kelowna-rockets","tag-victoria-royals","category-1110","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/15232919\/Trade_1920.png",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\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":268305,"date":"2026-06-15T22:19:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T04:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/?p=268305"},"modified":"2026-06-15T22:19:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T04:19:30","slug":"former-raiders-captain-seeley-named-assistant-gm-of-nhls-canucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/article\/former-raiders-captain-seeley-named-assistant-gm-of-nhls-canucks","title":{"rendered":"Former Raiders captain Seeley named Assistant GM of NHL’s Canucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vancouver, B.C. \u2013 Former Prince Albert Raiders captain Richard Seeley is the newest Assistant General Manager of the NHL\u2019s Vancouver Canucks.<\/p>\n

Seeley, 47, was unveiled as Assistant GM of the Canucks and General Manager of the AHL\u2019s Abbotsford Canucks on June 11.<\/p>\n

\u201cRich is someone I have admired and respected for a long time, after watching him run the Kings AHL team in Ontario,\u201d said Ryan Johnson, General Manager of the Canucks. \u201cBesides knowing the game of hockey inside and out, he is a great communicator, goes to work every day with an open mind and sets his players up for success by creating an environment that tries to eliminate any excuse that would stop them from making progress. Rich understands our values and vision, and I believe his mindset and mentality will fit in nicely with what we are trying to establish with our organization in both Abbotsford and Vancouver.\u201d<\/p>\n

From 2015-16 to 2017-18, Seeley served as Head Coach of the ECHL\u2019s Manchester Monarchs. He then moved up to the AHL, where he became General Manager of the Ontario Reign \u2013 a position he held from 2018-19 through the conclusion of the 2025-26 season. During Seeley\u2019s final season with AHL Ontario, the Reign enjoyed a franchise-best season with a record of 47-20-3-2 en route to capturing the AHL\u2019s Pacific Division title.<\/p>\n

Hailing from Powell River, B.C., Seeley played three seasons in the WHL from 1996-97 through 1998-99. During his final WHL campaign, he served as captain of the Raiders and posted 58 points (10G-48A) in 61 games. A 6-foot-1, 205-pound defenceman, Seeley was a sixth-round pick (137th overall) of the Los Angeles Kings in the 1997 NHL Draft and went on to play 399 career AHL games. Seeley\u2019s playing career wrapped up in 2010-11 following five seasons in Europe.<\/p>\n

Seeley was selected by the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the fourth round (63rd overall) of the 1994 WHL Draft. He was dealt to the Raiders ahead of the 1997 WHL Trade Deadline in the blockbuster trade that saw Chris Phillips moved to the Hurricanes. Over 147 career WHL regular season games, Seeley accrued 88 points (18G-70A), a plus-27 rating, and 233 minutes in penalties.<\/p>\n

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General Manager Ryan Johnson announced today that the #Canucks<\/a> have named Richard Seeley General Manager of the Abbotsford Canucks and Assistant General Manager of the Vancouver Canucks. pic.twitter.com\/CCtHci3d07<\/a><\/p>\n

— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) June 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n