[{"id":268612,"date":"2026-07-07T09:50:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/?p=268612"},"modified":"2026-07-07T09:50:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:50:24","slug":"former-rebels-forward-mpofu-named-nashville-predators-assistant-general-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/article\/former-rebels-forward-mpofu-named-nashville-predators-assistant-general-manager","title":{"rendered":"Former Rebels forward Mpofu named Nashville Predators Assistant General Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nashville, Tenn.-\u00a0<\/strong>Former Red Deer Rebels forward Vukie Mpofu&#8217;s impressive rise through NHL front offices has landed him an office in Music City.<\/p>\n<p>The Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations\/General Manager Chris MacFarland announced Tuesday that Vukie Mpofu has been hired as Assistant General Manager.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are very pleased that Vukie has elected to join the Predators hockey operations staff as Assistant General Manager,\u201d MacFarland said in a press release. &#8220;He is one of the great young minds in the game today, and we are confident he\u2019ll be a great fit with the rest of our management team as we look to build a winning franchise in Nashville.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mpofu&#8217;s duties will touch all aspects of hockey operations, spanning from professional and amateur scouting and contract negotiations to salary cap and collective bargaining agreement compliance and player acquisition strategy and roster and personnel decisions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to Smashville, Vukie! \ud83d\udc4b<\/p>\n<p>We&#39;ve hired Vukie Mpofu as Assistant General Manager. <\/p>\n<p>Full details \u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SKqeZhr28b\">https:\/\/t.co\/SKqeZhr28b<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H8g9WoWK0g\">pic.twitter.com\/H8g9WoWK0g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PredsNHL\/status\/2074493669600571810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My wife and I are thrilled to join the Predators organization, and I want to thank Chris MacFarland for his trust and belief in me,&#8221; Mpofu said. &#8220;The Predators are a world-class franchise with a promising future, and I&#8217;m grateful for the opportunity to help shape the next chapter here in Nashville.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Saskatoon, Sask. product has spent the last three seasons as the Director of Hockey Operations and Legal Affairs with the Pittsburgh Penguins and previously served as the Manager of Hockey Operations and Legal Affairs for the Los Angeles Kings.<\/p>\n<p>Mpofu, 30, played parts of two seasons with the Red Deer Rebels and picked up 15 points (9G-6A) in 69 regular-season games before heading to the University of Saskatchewan to obtain a political science degree.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRed Deer was a great opportunity for me to mature and learn a lot about pro-style hockey,\u201d Mpofu said in an interview with WHL.ca about his time with the Rebels. \u201cPlaying for Brent Sutter, who had extensive experience playing and coaching in the NHL and getting to go there and play for him, I think he taught us a lot about accountability and self-evaluation and discipline and work ethic. Those are the sorts of things that I\u2019ve kept with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was later accepted to UCLA, where he completed a unique sports and entertainment law program that got his foot in the door of the NHL as an intern with the Vegas Golden Knights.<\/p>\n<p>Sutter even put in a good word for Mpofu with the Los Angeles Kings and then-General Manager and current Predators Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations Rob Blake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told Blakey he\u2019d be awesome,&#8221; Sutter recalled. &#8220;Very smart young man. Back when he was at that age when him and I sat and talked, you just knew this was going to happen at some point for him.<\/p>\n<p>He was always game. He wore his heart on his sleeve, but he did that in everything he did. He cared very deeply about his teammates. He cared very deeply about wins and losses.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, Tenn.-\u00a0Former Red Deer Rebels forward Vukie Mpofu&#8217;s impressive rise through NHL front offices has landed him an office in Music City. The Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations\/General Manager Chris MacFarland announced Tuesday that Vukie Mpofu has been hired as Assistant General Manager. &#8220;We are very pleased that Vukie has elected to join the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":487,"featured_media":268616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1110],"tags":[{"term_id":2422,"name":"Vukie Mpofu","slug":"vukie-mpofu","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2422,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"},{"term_id":1528,"name":"WHL to NHL","slug":"whl-to-nhl","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1528,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":129,"filter":"raw","term_order":"832"}],"class_list":["post-268612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-vukie-mpofu","tag-whl-to-nhl","category-1110","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/07\/07094950\/Generic_1920_Mpofu.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\/268612","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\/487"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268612"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268615,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268612\/revisions\/268615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":268609,"date":"2026-07-06T16:02:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/?p=268609"},"modified":"2026-07-06T16:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:02:37","slug":"mcsweeneys-whl-community-collective-spokane-chiefs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/article\/mcsweeneys-whl-community-collective-spokane-chiefs-2","title":{"rendered":"McSweeney&#8217;s WHL Community Collective: Spokane Chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of any given match, Carter Esler emerges from the Spokane Chiefs&#8217; crease battered, weary, and covered in the familiar black streaks that come with facing a lot of rubber.<\/p>\n<p>But the 17-year-old knows that the on-ice struggle pales in comparison to many of the challenges faced by people from all walks of life around the community.<\/p>\n<p>For his sophomore season, Esler decided to put a new twist on a classic in hopes of helping out.<\/p>\n<p>The star goaltender teamed up with Bauer to create custom goalie pads, blockers and gloves honouring different causes and jersey theme nights on the Chiefs&#8217; calendar, and auctioned them off afterwards to benefit numerous organizations.<\/p>\n<p>While Esler wanted the main focus to be on each cause and the money raised, he also did his research on each cause and looked for meaningful details to include in each set.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think a big thing for me, doing this project with all the special jerseys, is just to kind of make sure that everyone sees that the battles that people go through every day, just to know that there&#8217;s someone there to always be there for you, and to help you out,&#8221; Esler said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to miss anything, and I want to make sure that everything&#8217;s on. I want to make sure they&#8217;re perfect as can be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chiefs\u2019 goaltender Carter Esler partners with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BauerHockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BauerHockey<\/a> and Providence Sacred Heart Children\u2019s Hospital to create holiday-themed pads for charity \ud83e\uddf8<\/p>\n<p>These game-worn pads will be up for auction through December 16 at 11:59pm PT with all proceeds going back to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/providence?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@providence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BID\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s47neYJOky\">pic.twitter.com\/s47neYJOky<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Spokane Chiefs (@spokanechiefs) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/spokanechiefs\/status\/2000633441055080609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Okotoks, Alta. product started off by teaming up with young patients being treated at\u00a0Providence Sacred Heart Children\u2019s Hospital in Spokane.<\/p>\n<p>Esler and the Bauer team turned the kids&#8217; holiday-themed drawings into a wrapping paper-style setup that ended up raising $2,500 for the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The enthusiasm for his visit was crazy,\u201d Providence associate art therapist Katie Rongey said. &#8220;I have never had so many children and their families be excited to tell me about a visit in over five years. And then, the call for art like that, trying to get people roused to make Christmas art the week of Halloween, was one of those really wonderful moments of trying to make it playful and connective and offer this opportunity to do something really phenomenal. So while some of our kiddos got to meet Carter on the other end, he had a wider impact that was ongoing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Esler and Chiefs equipment manager Tom Frater flexed their creative muscles again with a fighter-jet-inspired getup for Chiefs&#8217; Military Appreciation Night in February in support of the Washington Fallen Heroes Project, and followed it up with a bold pink-and-purple setup for Chiefs Fights Cancer night, benefiting Every Woman Can PNW.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the series, Esler also took the time to sit down with a representative of each organization to learn more about the cause.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Part of our mission is to support the families, because they&#8217;re the ones that are still here, and every day they wake up with that loss,&#8221; Washington Fallen Heroes Project director Keirsten Lyons told Esler. &#8220;When you have community that you can turn to, or even just one person that you&#8217;ve connected with that you know you can call, whether it&#8217;s three in the afternoon or three in the morning&#8230; It really helps. It helps you get through that hard moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Carter Esler sat down with Amanda Krautkraemer to learn more about Every Woman Can PNW, a local organization that supports women cancer fighters and survivors \ud83d\udc9c<\/p>\n<p>Esler\u2019s Chiefs Fight Cancer pads are up for auction through tomorrow with all proceeds going to Every Woman Can PNW!\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PxGcJsF2v5\">pic.twitter.com\/PxGcJsF2v5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Spokane Chiefs (@spokanechiefs) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/spokanechiefs\/status\/2033301681660993736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Esler capped off the season with an old-school brown-and-red set for the team&#8217;s throwback night to raise money for local minor hockey programs.<\/p>\n<p>In total, Esler raised nearly $9,000 for local charities through the four auctions and was named a finalist for the Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy, which is awarded annually to the WHL&#8217;s Humanitarian of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Now preparing for his NHL Draft season, Esler is expected to have as big an impact on the ice as he&#8217;s having off of it.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>The Western Hockey League strives to promote and foster a welcoming environment in communities close to our 23 teams in Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest. Each club\u00a0has the creative freedom to allow its players and staff to work with the organizations and groups that they are most passionate about. The end goal is to create and maintain long-lasting relationships and ongoing partnerships within their community.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Through McSweeney\u2019s WHL Community Collective, we aim to highlight these outstanding initiatives done by each club throughout the season.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of any given match, Carter Esler emerges from the Spokane Chiefs&#8217; crease battered, weary, and covered in the familiar black streaks that come with facing a lot of rubber. 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I\u2019m super excited for training camp, and I just can\u2019t wait to get started and I\u2019m excited to join the Hurricanes; it\u2019s going to be a very exciting season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stuart, 19, was acquired by the Hurricanes from the Brandon Wheat Kings in May in a three-team trade. He was \u00a0originally selected second overall by the Wheat Kings in the 2022 WHL US Priority Draft. The Manhatten Beach, California, product has split the 2025-2026 season with the Muskegon Lumberjacks and Sioux Falls Stampede in the United States Hockey League where he collected 16 points (6g-10a) along with 31 penalty minutes in 51 regular season games. He has also tallied one assist in 10 post-season games helping the Stampede capture the USHL Clark Cup Championship. Jake has a commitment to the University of Denver.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJake is a player we&#8217;re excited to welcome to our organization. He&#8217;s a talented player with a strong two-way game, excellent character, and significant upside,\u201d said Hurricanes Interim General Manager Barclay Parneta. \u201cHe also brings valuable experience from a championship program in Sioux Falls, where he learned what it takes to compete and win a championship. We&#8217;re pleased that Jake has chosen to continue his development with the Hurricanes, and the opportunity to see him play alongside his brother Logan makes this an especially exciting addition for our organization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 5\u20199, 165-pound forward previously spent two seasons with the US National Team Development Program where he appeared in a combined 132 regular season games collecting 42 points (24g-18a) along with 46 penalty minutes with the NTDP U17 and U18 programs. Last year, Stuart amassed 31 points (17g-14a) along with 36 penalty minutes in 67 regular season games at the U18 level while also recording four penalty minutes with the USNTDP team in the inaugural CHL-USA Prospects Challenge where he appeared in two games. Before his time with the USNTDP, he spent three seasons in the Los Angeles Jr. Kings 15U and 14U programs. In his draft year, Stuart collected an impressive 90 points (50g-40a) along with 36 penalty minutes in 71 regular season games with the Jr. Kings 14U team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really excited to be able to go play with my brother [Logan] and [Dayne] Beuker, it\u2019s going to be pretty cool, the last time that we played a full season together, I was 12. Joining my brother, not a lot of people get to do, and I think this is the best option for me and it was a no brainer [to sign],\u201d added Stuart. \u201cMy parents, especially my mom, are really excited to be able to come see us in the same spot, and it\u2019s really cool to be able to play in the same league as my Dad did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jake is the older brother of Hurricanes forward and Washington Capitals draft pick Logan Stuart, who signed with the club in June. He is also the son of former WHL and NHL defenceman Brad Stuart, who also spent parts of four seasons in the WHL with the Regina Pats and Calgary Hitmen before spending 18 seasons in the NHL with the San Jose Sharks, Boston Bruins, Calgary Flames, Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think next year, I want to be a really consistent player who can be reliable. I\u2019m a really good two-way forward, I take pride on the defensive side of the ice, but I can also contribute offensively. I\u2019m not the biggest guy, but I like to to be really physical and do what I can in that aspect,\u201d said Stuart.<\/p>\n<p>Season Tickets for the 2026-2027 season, which will mark the Hurricanes 40<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary season in Lethbridge, are now on sale. 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitlethbridgearena.ca\">www.visitlethbridgearena.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lethbridge, Alta. &#8211; The Lethbridge Hurricanes Hockey Club have announced the signing of 2007-born forward Jake Stuart Western Hockey League Scholarship and Development Agreements. \u201cA couple of years ago I didn\u2019t think it would have been possible to play in the WHL, but with the [NCAA] rule changes, I thought the opportunity was really good&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":268607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1110],"tags":[{"term_id":2365,"name":"Jake Stuart","slug":"jake-stuart","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2365,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw","term_order":"43"},{"term_id":35,"name":"lethbridge hurricanes","slug":"lethbridge-hurricanes","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":197,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":986,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1728"},{"term_id":1027,"name":"WHL US Priority Draft","slug":"whl-us-priority-draft","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1059,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":36,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2227"}],"class_list":["post-268605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-jake-stuart","tag-lethbridge-hurricanes","tag-whl-us-priority-draft","category-1110","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/07\/06124419\/Stuart-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\/268605","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=268605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268608,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268605\/revisions\/268608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":268600,"date":"2026-07-06T11:26:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T17:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/?p=268600"},"modified":"2026-07-06T11:26:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T17:26:56","slug":"moncton-wildcats-quebec-remparts-named-finalists-to-host-the-2028-memorial-cup-presented-by-kubota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/article\/moncton-wildcats-quebec-remparts-named-finalists-to-host-the-2028-memorial-cup-presented-by-kubota","title":{"rendered":"Moncton Wildcats &amp; Qu\u00e9bec Remparts named finalists to host the 2028 Memorial Cup presented by Kubota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) is proud to announce that the Moncton Wildcats and Qu\u00e9bec Remparts of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) have been selected as the two finalist clubs in the bid to host the 2028 Memorial Cup presented by Kubota.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moncton and Qu\u00e9bec were selected by the 2028 Memorial Cup Site Selection Committee, an independent panel of five individuals with extensive experience across the sports landscape. As the first step in the process, the committee reviewed submissions from QMJHL clubs that declared their intent to bid before identifying the two finalist clubs that would advance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Both organizations will now be invited to submit formal written bids, before delivering bid presentations and hosting site visits. The committee will evaluate each bid across four categories: Business Operations; Local Atmosphere, Events &amp; Community Engagement; Event Logistics; and Hockey Operations, before determining the host of the 2028 tournament. The 2028 host city is expected to be announced by the end of October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Memorial Cup holds a special place in our game because of the players, fans, volunteers, and communities who bring it to life each year,\u201d said Dan MacKenzie, President of the CHL. \u201cMoncton and Qu\u00e9bec are two proud hockey markets with deep connections to this championship, passionate fan bases, strong organizational leadership, and a clear understanding of what it takes to host an event of this calibre. We are confident either city would provide an exceptional stage for the 2028 Memorial Cup presented by Kubota, and we thank all of the QMJHL clubs that expressed interest in being part of this process.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Moncton Wildcats are thrilled to be named a finalist to host the 2028 Memorial Cup. We look forward to presenting our vision of this major event to the selection committee. We know we have the fans, sponsors, hockey organization, and community support both in the Greater Moncton Area and the province to host another successful national championship,\u201d shared R.J. Irving, President of the Moncton Wildcats. \u201cWe also have state-of-the-art facilities and an established standard of winning on the ice. With additional events planned in the community to complement the on-ice competition, Moncton will be the place everyone will want to be in May 2028.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe are very pleased to have been selected as finalists and are very confident that the bid we submit will be strong and meet the expectations of the CHL\u2019s Site Selection Committee,\u201d stated Tommy Castonguay, Vice-President of Operations for the Qu\u00e9bec Remparts. \u201cFor the past three years, we have expressed our interest in hosting this tournament, which will coincide with our team coming into its own. The work is only just beginning, and we will put everything in place to demonstrate that the Remparts and the beautiful city of Qu\u00e9bec are recognized for hosting major events like the 2028 Memorial Cup presented by Kubota.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Moncton Wildcats and Qu\u00e9bec Remparts each boast meaningful connections to the Memorial Cup and a proven track record of hosting major hockey events. Moncton proudly hosted the tournament in 2006, when the Wildcats reached the championship game against the Remparts, and later returned to the Memorial Cup as QMJHL champion in 2010 and 2025. The city has also welcomed several major CHL events, including the 1994 CHL All-Star Challenge, Canada\/Russia Series games in 2005, 2017 and 2019, and the 2024 CHL\/NHL Top Prospects Game at the Avenir Centre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Qu\u00e9bec, meanwhile, owns one of the richest Memorial Cup histories in the CHL. Across the original and current Remparts eras, the club has captured the Memorial Cup three times, winning in 1971, 2006 and most recently in 2023, when the Remparts capped a run of four straight Memorial Cup titles by QMJHL clubs \u2014 the longest championship streak by any CHL Member League since the tournament adopted its round-robin format in 1972. Qu\u00e9bec City has also served as a frequent stage for the event, staging the 1971 championship and hosting the Memorial Cup tournament in 1991, 2003 and 2015, while welcoming major CHL showcases such as the 2007 and 2017 CHL\/NHL Top Prospects Games and Canada\/Russia Series contests in 2004 and 2011. The Remparts are also set to serve as one of two host clubs for the 2026 CHL USA Prospects Challenge, with Game 2 scheduled for Dec. 2 at Vid\u00e9otron Centre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The most recent Memorial Cup was held this past May in Kelowna, B.C., where the Kitchener Rangers defeated the Everett Silvertips 6-2 in the final to capture the third Memorial Cup title in franchise history. With the victory, Kitchener joined the Cornwall Royals, Kamloops Blazers, Windsor Spitfires, and London Knights as the only clubs to win three Memorial Cup titles since the tournament adopted its round-robin format in 1972. The championship marked Kitchener\u2019s first since 2003, capped a perfect 4-0 run at the 2026 Memorial Cup presented by Kubota, and extended the OHL\u2019s Memorial Cup winning streak to three straight years following Saginaw in 2024 and London in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Looking ahead, the 2027 Memorial Cup presented by Kubota will be hosted by the Guelph Storm of the OHL and staged in Guelph, Ontario, from Thursday, May 20, through Sunday, May 30, 2027. The 107th edition of the tournament will mark the Royal City\u2019s third time hosting junior hockey\u2019s premier championship and will coincide with Guelph\u2019s bicentennial celebrations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>About the Memorial Cup<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/memorialcup-history\/\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Memorial Cup<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is the Canadian Hockey League\u2019s iconic championship event, bringing together the league champions of the Western Hockey League (WHL), Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), along with a host team, in a four-club round-robin tournament to crown the CHL champion. First awarded in 1919, the Memorial Cup has become one of the most storied and prestigious trophies in hockey, shaping more than a century of junior hockey history in North America.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Originally donated by the Ontario Hockey Association to honour Canadian soldiers who gave their lives in the First World War, the trophy was rededicated in 2010 to commemorate all fallen members of the Canadian Armed Forces. Today, the Memorial Cup stands as a powerful symbol of remembrance, sacrifice, and national pride, while showcasing the best junior hockey talent in the world.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CHL announced today that the Moncton Wildcats and Qu\u00e9bec Remparts have been selected as the two finalists to host the 2028 Memorial Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":268601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1110],"tags":[{"term_id":2421,"name":"2028 Memorial Cup","slug":"2028-memorial-cup","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2421,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"}],"class_list":["post-268600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-2028-memorial-cup","category-1110","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/06110722\/GENERIC_2_16x9_.jpeg",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\/268600","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=268600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268602,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268600\/revisions\/268602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":268597,"date":"2026-07-04T08:29:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T14:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/?p=268597"},"modified":"2026-07-04T08:29:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T14:29:46","slug":"vp-sports-entertainment-presents-2025-whl-player-of-the-year-gavin-mckenna-inks-entry-level-contract-with-toronto-maple-leafs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/article\/vp-sports-entertainment-presents-2025-whl-player-of-the-year-gavin-mckenna-inks-entry-level-contract-with-toronto-maple-leafs","title":{"rendered":"VP Sports &amp; Entertainment presents: 2025 WHL Player of the Year Gavin McKenna inks entry-level contract with Toronto Maple Leafs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2025 WHL Player of the Year and 2026 NHL first-overall pick <a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/players\/29192\/\">Gavin McKenna<\/a> has put pen to paper on a three-year, entry-level contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the club announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The 5-foot-11, 170-pound winger is the first player with WHL experience to be selected first overall in the NHL Draft since Regina Pats star Connor Bedard in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think pressure is a privilege,&#8221; McKenna said in a press conference after the pick was announced by pop star Justin Bieber on June 26. &#8220;When you go to a fan base like that, and you do well, it&#8217;s the best spot to be. I mean, you said it&#8217;s the biggest market out there, so I&#8217;m confident in myself, and I want to do good, so hopefully the fan base falls in love with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McKenna, 18, broke into the WHL after being selected by Medicine Hat first overall in the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft and put the league on notice with four assists in his debut in a call-up appearance.<\/p>\n<p>His first full season saw him bury 97 points (34G-63A) in 61 games and earn WHL Rookie of the Year and WHL East Division First Team All-Star honours.<\/p>\n<p>The Whitehorse, Yukon product erupted for 129 points (41G-88A) in 51 games in his sophomore spin to finish second in the league scoring race and help the Tigers top the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 WHL Playoffs saw McKenna log a monster 38 points (9G-29A) in 16 playoff matches to help the Tabbies win the Ed Chynoweth Cup as WHL champions.<\/p>\n<p>He was also named the WHL and CHL Player of the Year and wrapped up his WHL career with a whopping 244 points (79G-165A) in 133 regular-season games.<\/p>\n<p>At the international level, McKenna has collected gold for Canada at the 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup and 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship and bronze at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship, where he registered 14 points (4G-10A) in seven outings.<\/p>\n<p>He spent 2025-26 with the Penn State Nittany Lions, where he was named a Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalist.<\/p>\n<p>McKenna is the first WHL alumnus to be selected first overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs since franchise legend Wendel Clark (Saskatoon Blades) topped the 1985 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 WHL Player of the Year and 2026 NHL first-overall pick Gavin McKenna has put pen to paper on a three-year, entry-level contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the club announced Friday. The 5-foot-11, 170-pound winger is the first player with WHL experience to be selected first overall in the NHL Draft since Regina Pats&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":487,"featured_media":268599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1110],"tags":[{"term_id":1528,"name":"WHL to NHL","slug":"whl-to-nhl","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1528,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":129,"filter":"raw","term_order":"832"},{"term_id":1179,"name":"Gavin McKenna","slug":"gavin-mckenna","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1179,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":97,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1151"}],"class_list":["post-268597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-whl-to-nhl","tag-gavin-mckenna","category-1110","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/07\/04082938\/McKenna-ELC.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\/268597","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\/487"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268598,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268597\/revisions\/268598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":268593,"date":"2026-07-02T14:57:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/?p=268593"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:57:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:57:42","slug":"regina-pats-sign-montreal-canadiens-prospect-parker-trottier-to-whl-scholarship-and-development-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/article\/regina-pats-sign-montreal-canadiens-prospect-parker-trottier-to-whl-scholarship-and-development-agreement","title":{"rendered":"Regina Pats sign Montreal Canadiens Prospect Parker Trottier to WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"s10\"><span class=\"s8\"><strong>Regina, Sask.<\/strong> \u2013 <\/span><span class=\"s9\">The Regina Pats Hockey Club is proud to announce the signing of forward <strong>Parker Trottier<\/strong> to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s10\"><span class=\"s9\">Trottier, 18, was selected by the <strong>Montreal Canadiens in the sixth round (189th overall) of the 2026 NHL Draft<\/strong> this past weekend. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound left-shot forward joins the Pats after spending the 2025-26 season with the U.S. National Under-18 Team, recording 27 points (11 goals, 16 assists) in 61 games<\/span><span class=\"s9\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s10\"><span class=\"s9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-268592 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2026\/07\/01104247\/TrottierIG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2026\/07\/01104247\/TrottierIG.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2026\/07\/01104247\/TrottierIG-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2026\/07\/01104247\/TrottierIG-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2026\/07\/01104247\/TrottierIG-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s10\"><span class=\"s9\">A native of Edina, Minnesota, Trottier is committed to the University of Notre Dame and was originally selected by the Pats with the <strong>12th overall pick in the 2023 WHL U.S. Priority Draft<\/strong>. Prior to joining USA Hockey&#8217;s National Team Development Program, he developed at Shattuck-St. Mary&#8217;s, one of the premier hockey programs in the United States, from 2022-24.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s10\"><span class=\"s9\">Trottier also has deep Saskatchewan roots. He is the grandson of <strong>Hockey Hall of Famer Bryan Trottier<\/strong>, the Val Marie, Sask. product who captured six Stanley Cups during his legendary NHL career. Bryan also played junior hockey in the WHL with the Swift Current Broncos and Lethbridge Broncos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s10\"><span class=\"s9\">&#8220;We&#8217;re thrilled to welcome Parker and his family to the Regina Pats organization,&#8221; said Pats General Manager Dale Derkatch. &#8220;Parker plays a fast, direct game and is an exceptionally intelligent player. He&#8217;s the type of player who can contribute in every situation. He competes hard, is responsible in all three zones, and does a lot of the little things that help teams win. We&#8217;re excited to see him continue his development in Regina.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s10\"><span class=\"s9\">The Regina Pats welcome Parker and the entire Trottier family to the organization.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regina, Sask. \u2013 The Regina Pats Hockey Club is proud to announce the signing of forward Parker Trottier to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement. Trottier, 18, was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the sixth round (189th overall) of the 2026 NHL Draft this past weekend. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound left-shot forward joins the Pats&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":268595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1110],"tags":[{"term_id":2420,"name":"Parker Trottier","slug":"parker-trottier","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2420,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"},{"term_id":1399,"name":"Montreal Canadiens","slug":"montreal-canadiens","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1399,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw","term_order":"940"},{"term_id":42,"name":"regina 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USA Hockey has invited 10 WHL-developed players and incoming skaters to take part in the 2026 World Junior Summer Showcase, which runs from July 26-August 1 at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ont. The group includes six NHL prospects, highlighted by reigning WHL Rookie&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":487,"featured_media":268580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1110],"tags":[{"term_id":2414,"name":"2027 IIHF","slug":"2027-iihf","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2414,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"},{"term_id":362,"name":"usa hockey","slug":"usa-hockey","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":387,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":11,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2096"}],"class_list":["post-268537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-2027-iihf","tag-usa-hockey","category-1110","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/07\/02122350\/USA-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\/268537","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\/487"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268537"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268578,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268537\/revisions\/268578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}]