The Red Deer Rebels have signed defensemen Owen Archer and Nolan Wolitski to WHL Scholarship and Development Agreements.
Archer, a Stony Plain, AB product, joined OHA Edmonton for the 2023/24 CSSHL U15 Prep season. In 12 games he would tally 7 assists. The Rebels selected Archer in the second round, 32nd overall at the 2025 WHL Draft.
Wolitski joined the Northern Alberta Xtreme (NAX) for the 2023/24 U15 season, tallying 53 points in 25 games as he was named a CSSHL U15 Prairie Division First Team All-Star and U15 Top Defenseman. The St. Albert, AB product would add five points in five playoff games as NAX captured the 2024 CSSHL U15 Western Championship.
This past season he recorded 8 goals and 40 assists in 29 U15 Prep games with NAX as he was named a CSSHL U15 Prep Prairie Division Second Team All-Star. The Rebels would then select Wolitski with the seventh overall pick at the 2025 WHL Draft.