SMHA Players Selected in the WHL Draft
Congratulations to the following players whose dedication, hard work and commitment was recognized, resulting in being drafted by a WHL team:
Note: (1) *= drafted by NHL or signed to NHL contract; (2) ** = played in the NHL
Photos courtesy of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix
1991 (1) Rhett Warrener**
Note: Played WHL & NHL
1992 (0)
1993 (1) Trevor Wasyluk*
Note: Played WHL & Drafted by NHL
1994 (3) Brad Twordik*, Lonnie Diener, Chris Anderson
Note: 2 of 3 players played at least one season in WHL
1995 (5) Garrett Prosofsky*, Dreu Volk, Ryan Tew, Marvin Foth, Justin Holmes
Note: 2 of 5 players played at least one season in WHL; 1 of 5 played NCAA
1996 (5) Shane Endicott**, Brent Twordik, Lincoln Beaudry, Chet Camrud, James Sedgewick
Note: 2 of 5 players played at least one season in the WHL
1997 (12) Warren Peters**, Billy Thompson*, Matt Brown, Jonathon Lupul, Chad Yaremko, Lee Labas, Colby Armstrong**, Bryce Thoma, Tom Ross, Brad Jalbert, Jared Reiger, Michael Garnett**
Note: 7 of 12 players played at least one season in WHL
1998 (8) Justin Lucyshyn, Scott Roy, Robbie Kemp, Jason Smith, Trent Adamus, Kyle Smeltzer, Aaron Star, Brent Timmerman
Note: 2 of 8 players played at least one season in the WHL
1999 (10) Brendan Cuthbert, Brooks Asham, Chad Krienke, Todd Rendall, Ryan McDonald, Matt Girling, Byron Bitz**, Steve Flamand, Jamie Langen, Jeremy Pexa
Note: 2 of 10 players played at least one season in the WHL; 1 of 10 played NCAA
2000 (6) Daniel Dasilva, Mark Breker, Justin Magnuson, Jonathon Bubnick, Jordan Boldt, Riley Ness
Note: 2 of 6 players played at least one season in the WHL
2001 (2) Luke Boyer, Brett Holubetz
Note: 0 of 2 players played at least one season in the WHL
2002 (11) Chris Durand*, Michael Kaye, Dave Falk, Preston Mosowich, Luke Brisebois, Steven Dasilva, Dylan Thornton, Curtis Patterson, Logan McGillies, David Reekie, Patrick Cox
Note: 5 of 11 players played at least one season in the WHL. 1 of 11 players played NCAA hockey.
2003 (13) Keegan Dansereau, Todd Panchyson, Kyle Bortis, Eric Gryba**, Brendan Dowd, Jordan Knackstedt*, Josh Elder, Levi Lind, Elliot Hoines, Travis Yonkman, Riley Clark, Keldon Sanderson, Zach Sim
Note: 9 of 13 players played at least one season in the WHL. 1 of 13 players played NCAA hockey.
2004 (13) Luke Schenn**, David Richard, Justin Leclerc, Dustin Cameron, Delan Dahl, Kory Gursky, Kirk Belyk, Derek Hulak,Garret Zemlak, Lyndon Proctor, Curtis Willoughby, Eric Steffl, Jordan Braid
Note: 7 of 13 players played at least one season in the WHL
2005 (13) James Wright**, Chad Suer, Zach Stebner, Jeremy Boyer, Darcy Kuemper**, Gaelen Patterson*, Taylor Pillar, Brendon Wall, Kyle Aschim, Mitch Stretch, Tyson McCarty, Travis Eggum, Dan Lind (photo below)
Note: 8 of 13 players played at least one season in the WHL. 1 of 13 played NCAA
2006 (10) Jimmy Bubnick*, Carter Ashton**, Brayden Schenn**, Mitch Berg, Justin Bertow, Jake Trask, Darren Gillen, Garrett Leedahl, Brennan Dishko, Andrew Saunders (photo below):
Note: 6 of 10 players played at least one season in the WHL
2007 (16) Christian Magnus, Carter Berg, Sean Aschim, Colton Stephenson, Josh Thorimbert, Lane Scheidl, Max Adolph, Braeden Johnson, Braeden Laroque, Neil Landry, Kyle Janzen, Dylan Macnab, Josh Roach, Jesse Mychan, Jonathon Lashyn, Spencer Mault
Note: 9 of 16 players played at least one season in WHL. 2 of 16 played NCAA hockey
2008 (9) Boston Leier, Matthew Pufahl, Robbie Newton, Logan Sproule, Matt Saunderson, Carson Trask, Drew Burko, Brett Blatz, Corbin Boes (photo below):
Note: 3 of 9 players played at least one season in WHL
2009 (11) Chandler Stephenson**, Andrew Johnson, Taylor Leier**, Kohl Bauml, Cody Pettapiece, Mitchell Schwark, Landon Robin, Dylan Fluter, Regan Santoro, Jesse Roden, Carter Coben (photo below):
NOTE: 4 of 11 players played at least one season in WHL
2010 (15) Austin Calladine, Colby Harmsworth, Brandon Scheidl, Daniel Wapple, Mack Shields, Matt McLeod, Brett Lewchuk, Robbie Cameron, Connor Kortko, Carson Stadnyk, Dawven Berggren, Chris Thorimbert, Tanner Lischynsky, Max Powiada, Elliott Peterson (photo below):
Note: 7 of 15 players played at least one season in WHL
2011 (11) Rourke Chartier**, Collin Shirley, Kolten Olynek, Dawson Leedahl*, Rylan Parenteau, Braden Oleksyn, Vukie Mpofu, Ross Hnidy, Rodney Southam, Jesse Shinkaruk, Cody Young
Note: 10 of 11 players played at least one season in WHL
2012 (8) Tate Olson*, Wyatt Sloboshan, Cameron Hebig*, Connor Hobbs*, Dustin Perillat, Lane Pederson**, Brad Bigsby, Kody White (photo below):
Note: 6 of 8 players played at least one season in the WHL.
2013 (6) Kaden Elder, Gage Ramsay, Declan Hobbs, Nick Darling, Curran Reeve, Cole Young (photo below - missing from photo - Elder and Ramsay):
Note: 3 of 6 players played at least one season in the WHL.
2014 (6) Jake Leschyshyn**, Dawson Holt, Ty Prefontaine, Ashton Heidt, Keegan Randell, Evan Thomas (photo below):
Note: 3 of 6 players played at least one season in the WHL.
2015 (4) Eli Lieffers, Matthew Smith, Luke Penner, Matt Allardyce (photo below):
Note: 1 of 4 players played at least one season in the WHL.
2016 (10) Cole Beamin, Connor Zary*, Jack Michell, Adam Beckman**, Cole Nagy, Alex Morozoff, Kade Olsen, Riley Little, Logan Rawlyk, Jagger Prosofsky (photo below:)
Note: 5 of 10 players have played at least one season in the WHL thus far.
2017 (10) Cohner Saleski, Tom Cadieux, James Form, Ethan Hein, Boston Maxwell, Graham Skinner, Kaeden Watkins, Alec Saretzky, Logan Holm, Josh Paulhus (photo below - missing from group photo - Tom Cadieux)
Note: 4 of 10 players have played at least one season in the WHL.
Tom Cadieux (below):
2018 (10) Karter Prosofsky, Logan Bairos, Jacob Hoffrogge, Matthew Hodson, Adam McNutt, Alex Bernauer, Hunter Larocque, Rylan Jockims, Karter McNarland, Brett Mirwald (photo below - missing from photo - Prosofsky)
Note: 7 of 10 players have played at least one season in the WHL. 1 Player has committed to NCAA.
Karter Prosofsky (below):
2019 (7) Kevin Korchinski*, Nolan Flamand, Ethan Chadwick, Tye Spencer, Logan McCutcheon, Mason Bueckert, Liam Rodman (photo below):
Note: 5 of 7 players have played at least one season in the WHL.
2020 (15) Riley Heidt*, Brayden Yager*, Reid Andresen, Caden Price*, Noah Chadwick*, Luke Korte, Tyson Yaremko, Matthew Edwards, Connor Gabriel, Dustin Renas, Alex Garrett, Isaiah Arnold, Jeter Korte, Josh Zakreski, Adam Beamin
Note: 12 of 15 players have played regular season games in the WHL to date.
2021 - (16) Berkly Catton, Roger McQueen, Cole Peardon, Tyson Buczkowski, Trae Wilke, Zach Moore, Raiden Zacharias, Eric Kahl, Ronan Buckberger, Samuel Rousseau, Kanye Huang, Luke Dahlen, Rhett Ewen, Mason Karakochuk, Tyrone Sobry, Rowan Guest (photos below):
Note: 7 of 16 players have played regular seaosn games in the WHL to date.
2022 - (14) Lee Shurgot, Corban Almen, Kash Andresen, Brayden Smith, Emerson Clark, Leo Seitz, Rylan Hue, Dayton Deschamps, Tao Flory, Preston Baerwald, Logan Edmonstone, Wyatt Bouvier, Tyce Penrod, Sean Shiels (photo below):
2023 -(17) Caine Wilke, Nigel Boehm, Will Degagne, Jake Missura, Owen Chapman, Eric Grandberg, Jack Lavallee, Kohen Volk, Barret Berger, Shaan Basran, Luke Norman, Luke Senick, Sam Lukenchuk, Cooper Ernewein, Charlie Kay, Davey Fisher, Madex Kabrud (photo below):
16/17 in photo above - Kohen Volk below:
2024 -(10) Cash Arcand-Vandale, Jake Evans, Cooper perrin, Hudson Postnikoff, Tyson Medernach, Seth Gutenberg, Millar Anderson, Matt Henkelman, Karter Hilbig, Nash Coquet (photo below):
Missing from photo above - Jake Evans