The five CSSHL alumni selected in the first round ties the previous CSSHL record set in 2021 and 2023. A record 25 CSSHL alumni were selected at both the 2023 and 2024 NHL Entry Draft.

A total of 224 players were selected at this year’s draft with 8.9% of players selected having played in the CSSHL.

The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) led the way with 90 total players selected and 40.2% of the draft, more than three times that of any other development league in the world. 33 of those 90 players were from the WHL, with all 20 of the CSSHL alumni making up 60.6% of WHLers and 22.2% of CHLers.

In total, 170 CSSHL alumni have now being selected at the NHL Draft since 2012. 114 of those 151 (75%) have been selected in the last six years. 48 CSSHL alumni have gone on to play NHL games. 

Former Edge School student-athlete Justin Kipkie was selected at this weekend’s 2025 NHL Entry Draft after being selected previously at the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. In total, 170 CSSHL student-athletes have made up 171 NHL Draft selections.

Number of Players Selected Per Draft

1. 2024 – 25
2. 2023 – 25
3. 2021 – 23
4. 2022 – 21
5. 2020 – 20
6. 2025 – 20
7. 2019 – 7
8. 2016 – 7
9. 2018 – 6
10. 2017 – 6
11. 2015 – 3
12. 2014 – 3
13. 2012 – 3
14. 2013 – 2

Most Players Selected from a CSSHL Program In League History

1. Yale Hockey Academy – 25
2. Pursuit of Excellence/RHA Kelowna– 21
   • 14 POE, 7 RHA Kelowna
3. Edge School – 20
4. BWC Academy – 18
5. Northern Alberta Xtreme – 18
6. Okanagan Hockey Academy – 16
7. Delta Hockey Academy – 15
8. RHA Winnipeg – 15
9. OHA Edmonton – 10
10. West Van Warriors – 8
    • 5 West Van, 3 NSW
11. St. George’s School – 7
12. Pacific Coast Hockey Academy – 4
13. Notre Dame Hounds – 2
14. South Alberta Hockey Academy – 2
15. CIH Academy – 1
16. Coeur d’Alene Hockey Academy – 1
17. Mount Academy – 1
18. Prairie Hockey Academy – 1

9 CSSHL Programs saw student-athletes selected at this years draft:

• Edge School – 5
• RHA Winnipeg – 5
• Yale Hockey Academy – 5
• Northern Alberta Xtreme – 2
• RHA Kelowna – 2
• BWC Academy – 1
• North Shore Warriors – 1
• Okanagan Hockey Academy – 1
• South Alberta Hockey Academy – 1

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North Shore Warriors U15 Prep Head Coach Steve Marr and St. George’s School U18 Prep Head Coach Brayden Toma have both been named as an Assistant Coach with the Blazers.

Marr, who is originally from Kamloops, BC, played four seasons in the WHL with the Medicine Hat Tigers recording 44 points and 330 penalty minutes in 242 games.

The defensemen would make the jump to the pro ranks in 2005/06, splitting the season between the AHL and ECHL with the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben-Knights and the Las Vegas Wranglers. He would spend the 2006/07 season in the AHL with the Knights before playing for the Rockford IceHogs and Pensacola Ice Pilots in 2007/08. Marr would head to Germany in 2008/09, playing for Herner EV 2007 in the German third tier for his final year of pro hockey.

Marr would begin coaching in the Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú (CSSHL) during the 2017/18 season, spending three seasons as the West Van Academy (now the North Shore Warriors) U18 Prep head coach. Marr would go 9-25-2 his first season, but he laid a foundation that would lead West Van to a 40-26-6 record the following two seasons.

After a three year hiatus from the CSSHL, Marr returned to the North Shore Warriors in 2023/24, this time with their U15 Prep team. In two seasons with the Warriors U15 Prep team Marr would lead them to a 16-40-6 record while producing three 2025 WHL Draft picks.

During his tenure with the Warriors, Marr coached future NHLers Connor Bedard and Fraser Minten.

Toma, a Sherwood Park, AB product, boasts an impressive resume within the CSSHL having won three CSSHL Western Championships in five seasons.

He would join the league as an assistant coach with the Northern Alberta Xtreme (NAX) in 2017/18, before taking over as head coach of the Elite 15s (U16 Prep) team in 2018/19. That season he would lead NAX to a 2019 CSSHL Western Championship. He would have his team sitting in first place heading into the 2020 CSSHL Western Championships before they were ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2021/22 he would lead the NAX U15 Prep team to a 29-1-0 regular season record before falling short with a shootout loss in the semi-finals. Under his guidance, NAX would again finish the regular season in first place in 2022/23 before capturing their first ever CSSHL U15 Prep Western Championship with an overtime win. Toma and NAX would defend their title in 2023/24, as they beat first-place Edge School in overtime of the 2024 CSSHL Western Championships. In his three seasons with the NAX U15 Prep team, Toma would produce 38 WHL Draft picks.

Toma would head west to Vancouver, BC for the 2024/25 season as the Head Coach of the St. George’s School U18 Prep team. St. George’s would go 20-12-4 under his guidance, finishing in seventh place in the regular season before being eliminated by the eventual U18 Prep Champions, RHA Kelowna, in the playoffs.

In his six CSSHL seasons, Toma led his teams to a regular season record of 154-33-8.

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The Kraken selected the Langley, BC defenseman in the fifth round, 148th overall at the 2023 NHL Draft.

Hammell spent two seasons in the CSSHL with the North Shore Warriors (previously the West Van Warriors). During the 2018/19 U15 Prep season he tallied 10 points in 22 games. The following U15 Prep campaign he recorded 12 goals and 29 assists in 29 games, leading to the Kamloops Blazers selecting him in the first round,19th overall at the 2020 WHL Draft.

After playing seven games with the team in 2020/21, he would join the Blazers full time in 2021/22, posting 14 points in 57 games. He would split the 2022/23 season between the Blazers and Everett Silvertips, finishing with 26 points in 67 games.

Hammell finished his WHL career with the Silvertips, producing 63 points in 111 games the last two seasons, including a career high 38 in 2024/25 as he captained the team.

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18 of those 21 CSSHL alumni come from the Western Hockey League (WHL) Champions, the Medicine Hat Tigers. 75% (18/24) of the Tigers playoff roster played in the CSSHL. The three remaining CSSHL alumni played for the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and the Moncton Wildcats of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).

The 21 CSSHL alumni will now compete at the Memorial Cup in Rimouski, QC starting May 22 and going until June 1. The Rimouski Océanic are the fourth and final team in the tournament, entering as the hosts, having lost to Moncton in the QMJHL finals.

London Knights (OHL)

• Austin Elliott – Notre Dame Hounds

Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)

• Andrew Basha – South Alberta Hockey Academy
• Carter Cunningham – South Alberta Hockey Academy
• Cayden Lindstrom – Delta Hockey Academy
• Kadon McCann – RHA Kelowna/South Alberta Hockey Academy
• Gavin McKenna – RHA Kelowna/South Alberta Hockey Academy
• Harrison Meneghin – Delta Hockey Academy
• Tanner Moldendyk – Yale Hockey Academy
• Tyson Moss – Yale Hockey Academy
• Ethan Neutens – Edge School
• Marcus Pacheco – OHA Edmonton
• Liam Ruck – Okanagan Hockey Academy
• Markus Ruck – Okanagan Hockey Academy
• Ryder Ritchie – RHA Kelowna
• Hunter St. Martin – OHA Edmonton
• Jordan Switzer – Northern Alberta Xtreme
• Josh Van Mulligen – South Alberta Hockey Academy
• Mathew Ward – Delta Hockey Academy/North Shore Warriors
• Oasiz Wiesblatt – South Alberta Hockey Academy

Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)

• Aiden Diamond – Mount Academy
• Étienne Morin – CIH Academy

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For the second straight draft a St. George’s School (Vancouver, BC) defenseman was selected second overall as Holden Wouters was taken by the Edmonton Oil Kings.

STAR Hockey Academy (Kent, WA) captain Levi Ellingsen became the second ever CSSHL student-athlete selected first overall at the U.S. Priority Draft, joining RHA Kelowna (Kelowna, BC) forward Brody Gillespie, who was selected by the Spokane Chiefs in 2023.

Overall, 11 CSSHL student-athletes were selected in the first round while 84 players were selected in total at the 2024 WHL Prospects Draft. Of those 84, 48 were taken in the first 4 rounds/92 picks. Overall, 37% of the WHL Prospects Draft came from the CSSHL, the third highest percentage total in league history, behind 2021 (45%), 2022 (40%) and tied with 2024 (37%). 

The CSSHL three round total of 39 players selected is the second most in league history, trailing 2021 when 40 players were selected in the first three rounds, including a record 16 in round one.

All 16 CSSHL U15 Prep teams saw at least one student-athlete selected at this years draft.

Of the 200 Canadians selected in the WHL Prospects Draft, 80 (40%) were from the CSSHL. The remaining 27 players selected were from the U.S.A. or Europe, with 4 of those having played in the CSSHL including Luke Warrener and Vladislav Ibragimov, who both played in the CSSHL U18 Prep division as 2009 born players.

With 16 players selected, the Northern Alberta Xtreme tied the CSSHL program single draft record held by Edge School, who had 16 in 2024.

By the Numbers

Program Breakdown:

• Northern Alberta Xtreme – 16
• Delta Hockey Academy – 9
• St. George’s School – 9
• BWC Academy – 7
• Edge School – 7 (+ 1 US Draft)
• RHA Kelowna – 7
• North Shore Warriors – 6
• OHA Edmonton – 6
• Yale Hockey Academy – 6
• Okanagan Hockey Academy – 4
• Pilot Mound Hockey Academy – 4
• Notre Dame Hounds – 3
• Pacific Coast Hockey Academy – 2
• RHA Winnipeg – 2
• Shawnigan Lake School – 1
• South Alberta Hockey Academy – 1
• STAR Hockey Academy – 1 (+ 2 US Draft)

WHL Prospects Draft Round Breakdown:

• First Round: 11/23
• Second Round: 14/23
• Third Round: 14/23
• Fourth Round: 9/23
• Fifth Round: 8/23
• Sixth Round: 6/23
• Seventh Round: 5/23
• Eighth Round: 7/23
• Ninth Round: 3/18
• Tenth Round: 2/12
• Eleventh Round: 3/7
• Twelfth Round: 0/3
• Thirteenth Round: 0/1
• Fourteenth Round: 1/1
• Fifteenth Round 1/1
• Total: 84/227

WHL U.S. Priority Draft

WHL Prospects Draft

Former CSSHL Student-Athletes WHL Prospects Draft

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The 40 CSSHL alumni are currently playing in the QMJHL, NCAA and WHL. Of the 67 WHL players who find their names on the list, 57% (38/67) are CSSHL alumni. 98% of the 40 CSSHL alumni are currently playing in the CHL (OHL, QMJHL, WHL).

Jackson Smith is the highest ranked CSSHL skater coming in at 13th. Lynden Lakovic, Braeden Cootes, Benjamin Kindel, Cole Reschny, and Blake Fiddler all find themselves ranked inside the Top 32.

The 40 CSSHL alumni represent 15 different member programs, with Edge School and RHA Winnipeg leading the way with eight:

• Edge School – 8
• RHA Winnipeg – 8
• Yale Hockey Academy – 6
• Northern Alberta Xtreme – 6
• RHA Kelowna – 4
• North Shore Warriors – 3
• BWC Academy – 2
• Delta Hockey Academy – 2
• Notre Dame Hounds – 2
• Okanagan Hockey Academy – 2
• South Alberta Hockey Academy – 2
• Bourget College – 1
• Calgary International Hockey Academy – 1
• Mount Academy – 1
• Pacific Coast Hockey Academy – 1

Among the 225 ranked North American skaters include 36 CSSHL alumni:

Among the 32 ranked North American skaters include 4 CSSHL alumni:

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Ethan Edwards, Charlie Elick, Trey Taylor and Matthew Wood have all signed NHL Entry Level Contracts, while Evan Friesen has signed in the ECHL.

Selected in the fourth round, 120th overall at the 2020 NHL Draft by the New Jersey Devils, Edwards has signed a two year contract with the team. The St. Albert, AB defenseman has spent the last four seasons in the NCAA with the University of Michigan, tallying 56 points in 130 games.

Edwards spent two seasons in the CSSHL with the Northern Alberta Xtreme (NAX), capturing a U16 Prep Championship in 2018. Overall, he would play 63 games split between the NAX U16 Prep and U18 Prep teams, recording 49 points.

Elick has signed with the Columbus Blue Jackets after they selected him in the second round, 36th overall at the 2024 NHL Draft. The Calgary, AB defenseman joined Edge School in 2020/21, playing with their U15 Prep team. In 2021/22 he would tally 25 points in 26 U18 Prep games while being named the CSSHL U18 Prep Top Freshman Award winner.

The Brandon Wheat Kings would select Elick with the third overall pick at the 2021 WHL Draft where he would spend his first two-and-a-half WHL season before joining the Tri-City Americans midway through this year. In 196 career WHL games Elick has 10 goals and 45 assists.

Undrafted to the NHL, Taylor has signed a contract with the Dallas Stars. Taylor spent the 2017/18 season with the Delta Hockey Academy U16 Prep team, posting 12 goals and 16 assists in 35 games.

The Richmond, BC defender would join Clarkson University of the NCAA in 2022/23, playing three seasons with the team. In 110 NCAA games Taylor finished with 16 goals and 38 assists while being named the NCAA (ECAC) Best Defensive Defenseman and a Second Team All-Star in 2023/24.

Woods spent the 2019/20 CSSHL U15 Prep season with the West Van Warriors (now the North Shore Warriors), finishing second in the league in goals (40) and fourth in points (71) in 30 games. At the conclusion of the season the Regina Pats selected Wood in the second round, 41st overall at the 2020 WHL Draft. However, Wood took the NCAA route.

TheLethbridge, AB forward spent two seasons with the University of Connecticut before transferring to the University of Minnesota this season. In 109 NCAA games Wood recorded 44 goals and 57 assists while being named to the NCAA (Hockey East) All-Rookie Team in 2022/23.

Selected in the first round, 15th overall at the 2023 NHL Draft by the Predators, Wood has represented Team Canada on three separate occasions: twice with the U18 Team, and once with the World Juniors Team.

A forward from Winnipeg, MB, Friesen has signed an ECHL Contract with the Utah Grizzlies. Friesen has played two games with the team already, having played one with them last season.

Undrafted to the WHL, Friesen has spent the last four seasons in the top junior hockey league in Western Canada. This season he would captain the Wenatchee Wild, finishing with 61 points in 66 games. In total, Friesen had 146 points in 240 WHL games.

Prior to his time in the WHL, Friesen spent two seasons in the CSSHL with RHA Winnipeg, playing for their U15 Prep and U16 Prep teams. In 66 CSSHL games he would record 14 goals and 20 assists.

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This is the second CSSHL Western Championship in program history having previously won the 2020 CSSHL U17 Prep Western Championship.

Pilot Mound (Pilot Mound, MB) came into the Western Championships as the five seed and finished third in Pool A at the conclusion of the Round Robin. They would knock off STAR Hockey Academy (Kent, WA) in the quarter-finals, setting up a game against the number one seed St. George’s School (Vancouver, BC) in the semi’s. They would fall behind 3-1 late in the game but rally back to force overtime where Collin Friedrich scored with 1.6 seconds left to send Pilot Mound to the finals.

North Shore (North Vancouver, BC) came into the Championships as the four seed and finished second in Pool A, beating Pilot Mound in the Round Robin. Victories against BWC Academy (Burnaby, BC) and Notre Dame (Wilcox, SK) in the quarters and semis sent them to the finals.

The finals were controlled from start to finish by Pilot Mound. Adam Zamecnik and Friedrich scored 1:36 apart midway through the first to take a 2-0 lead into the intermission.

It was more of the same from Pilot Mound in the second; an even strength goal from Luke Adam 24 seconds in, and a power play marker from defenseman Chadrick Schulz late in the period.

Jack Perrier started the third off with a goal 42 seconds in before Casey Silverman and Willem Kirk-Bertens put the game well out of reach late in the game.

Netminder Barrett Hayes (30/30) made 30 saves for a shutout in the finals.

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Friday, January 124, 2025 – 5:00pm MST: Edge School – Kyle Stuart Memorial

Pilot Mound Hockey Academy (11-12-2) vs Edge School (17-6-1) U15 Prep

10th ranked Pilot Mound Hockey Academy (Pilot Mound, MB) and third ranked Edge School (Calgary, AB) have met three times this season, with Edge holding a 2-1 advantage. After a lopsided game one, Pilot Mound took the second meeting 2-1, with Edge taking the rematch 4-2 the next day.

Pilot Mound is led by St. Claude, MB forward Cole Landreville (20-30-50) who is tied for the league lead with 50 points. Now in his second U15 Prep season with PMHA, Landreville has 30 goals, 52 assists and 82 points in 51 career regular season games. Maddox Ramage (21-14-35) and Brock Vodden (11-13-24) are the only two other PMHA skaters sitting on the plus-side of 20 points this season. Defensemen Brett Buors (4-12-16) and Fynn Huberdeau (0-14-14) sit fifth and sixth in team scoring this season. Another player in his second season with the Pilot Mound U15 Prep team, Gavin Hildebrand (6-7-0) has won his last three starts, including a 54 save performance in the 2-1 win over Edge School.

Edge netminder Delano Pockar (10-2-0) sits fourth in the U15 Prep division with 10 wins, fifth with a .921 SV%, and sixth with a 2.48 GAA. Offensively, Edge does not have a skater inside the top 35 for points, but has eight players with 20-plus points and all but one skater has hit double digits. Luke Huska (10-17-27) and Grayson Bauer (9-16-25) lead the forward group while defensemen Easton Perzylo (4-21-25) and Remy Koch (7-17-24) sit third and fourth on their team and seventh and eighth among all U15 Prep defenders. Along with defenseman Ethan Parkinson (7-15-22), forwards Charlie Tobin (11-12-23), Keagan Grant (10-12-22) and Jayden Maschke (6-14-20) all join the 20 point club.

Saturday, January 25, 2025 – 11:15am PST: Kal Tire Place

Shawnigan Lake School (14-7-0) vs RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna (21-1-0) Female U18 Prep

This will be the fourth meeting between third ranked Shawnigan Lake School (Shawnigan Lake, BC) and first place RHA Kelowna (Kelowna, BC). RHA Kelowna won the previous three meetings by a combined 15-4

Alix Walchuk (9-2-0) and Aidyn Carkner (5-5-0) have split the work in net for Shawnigan this season, with Walchuk seeing the majority of the success. Among all Female U18 Prep goaltenders her 2.09 GAA and nine wins rank fourth, her .919 SV% seventh, and her three shutouts are tied for third. Captain and Cornell University commit Taya Lonsdale (25-15-40) leads the Female U18 Prep division with 25 goals while sitting sixth in league scoring with 40 points. Forwards Zoe Cramer (12-24-36), and Grace Cooper (13-19-32) each have 30-plus points while Meera Smith (9-18-27) joins the trio with over a point-per-game this season. Defenseman and Bemidji State University commit Lola Macuiba (7-11-18) leads all Shawnigan defenders with 18 points. RIT commit Cassandra Kehler (2-13-15) and Alyssa Worsley (2-12-14) sit close behind Macuiba for the team lead among defensemen.

RHA Kelowna is led by four Team Canada U18 student-athlete’s who recently captured gold at the 2025 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championships. Netminder Ava Drabyk (11-0-0) leads the CSSHL in GAA (0.75), SV% (.961), wins (11), and shutouts (5), having surrendered just eight goals this season. 2008 born forward Alida Korte (17-29-46) leads all Female U18 Prep skaters with 29 assists and 46 points, while Hayley McDonald (20-21-41) rounds out the Top 5 with 41 points. Penn State University commit Danica Maynard (9-28-37) sits eighth in league scoring, while her 9 goals, 28 assists and 37 points lead all Female U18 Prep defenseman.

Sunday, January 26, 2025 – 10:00am PST: Winfield Arena

North Shore Warriors (15-9-1) vs RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna (12-9-5) U18 Prep

The two teams have not yet played this season, with their first matchup coming the day before on January 25. The 13th ranked North Shore Warriors (North Shore, BC) and 14th ranked RHA Kelowna (Kelowna, BC) both find themselves fighting for the final spots in the U18 Prep Tier I Western Championships.

North Shore is led by a trio of forwards in Jonathan Lee (8-27-35), Vladislav Ibragimov (15-17-32) and Matteo Paradiso (17-14-31). Dominic Seminoff (10-14-24), Ashton Beriana (2-22-24) and Mark Lee (9-11-20), the 2024 CSSHL U17 Prep Tier III Western Championships MVP, make-up the next wave of North Shore offence. A sixth round pick by the Kamloops Blazers at the 2024 WHL Draft, defenseman Liam Kilfoil (5-14-19) leads the North Shore backend, with Jan Lucan (1-17-18) trailing close behind. Georgi Milanov (11-8-1) has played 20 of the 25 North Shore games, recording a 3.15 GAA and .917 SV%.

In net for RHA Kelowna, Louis Gu (4-4-3) and Conner Nicolson (8-4-2) have combine for a 2.80 GAA, .908 SV% and 3 shutouts, with those all belonging to Nicolson. Offence has been tough to come by so far this season for RHA Kelowna, but an eight goal outburst in their last outing has the team trending in the right direction. Leading the offence that game with a hat-trick, and on the season with 26 points, is 2007 born Aidan Fisher (13-13-26). Saskatoon Blades 2023 WHL Draft pick Benjamin Bowtell (12-13-25) sits one point behind Fisher for the team lead, while Brady Walker (14-8-22) has a team high 14 goals. Defenseman Ruben Stone (0-13-13) and Maxson Reed (0-12-12) lead the RHA Kelowna blueline, playing the role of distributor with 25 total assists.

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The 43 CSSHL alumni are currently playing in the QMJHL, USA High-School and WHL. Of the 66 WHL players who find their names on the list, 59% (39/66) are CSSHL alumni. 95% of the 43 CSSHL alumni are currently playing in the CHL (OHL, QMJHL, WHL).

Jackson Smith is the highest ranked CSSHL skater coming in at ninth. Lynden Lakovic, Benjamin Kindel, Braeden Cootes, Blake Fiddler, Peyton Kettles, Cameron Schmidt, and Nathan Behm all find themselves ranked inside the Top 32.

The 43 CSSHL alumni represent 16 different member programs, with Edge School and RHA Winnipeg leading the way with eight:

• Edge School – 8
• RHA Winnipeg – 8
• Yale Hockey Academy – 5
• Delta Hockey Academy – 4
• North Shore Warriors – 4
• Northern Alberta Xtreme – 4
• RHA Kelowna – 4
• BWC Academy – 3
• Notre Dame Hounds – 3
• South Alberta Hockey Academy – 3
• Okanagan Hockey Academy – 2
• Bourget College – 1
• Calgary International Hockey Academy – 1
• Mount Academy – 1
• Pacific Coast Hockey Academy – 1
• St. George’s School – 1

Among the 224 ranked North American skaters include 41 CSSHL alumni:

Among the 32 ranked North American skaters include 2 CSSHL alumni:

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