The 2018 WHL Draft was a record breaker for the Canadian Sport School Hockey League as 15 student athletes were selected in the first round.
A total of 81 CSSHL student athletes were selected, breaking the record of 66 the previous year, while the 15 fist-rounders surpassed the 2017 total of 13.
For the second straight year, and third time in the past four years, a CSSHL student athlete was selected with the first overall pick as the Edmonton Oil Kings took Dylan Guenther of the Northern Alberta Xtreme. The Edmonton, Alta. product just completed his first season with the Oil Kings, notching 59 points (26-33-59) in 58 games, earning him WHL Eastern Conference Rookie of the Year honours.
The 2018 WHL Draft also marked the fourth consecutive year a student athlete was selected from the CSSHL’s U15 Division, as Trevor Wong of St. George’s School went in the first round, 18th overall, to the Kelowna Rockets. In total, five student athletes from the St. George’s School U15 team were selected.
Of the 81 CSSHL student athletes selected, 46% were drafted in the first, three rounds.
All 22 WHL clubs selected at least two CSSHL student athletes, with the Rockets leading the way with six selections.
|
ROUND |
OVERALL |
WHL TEAM |
STUDENT ATHLETE |
CSSHL PROGRAM |
|
1 |
1 |
Edmonton Oil Kings | Dylan Guenther | Northern Alberta Xtreme |
|
1 |
2 |
Kootenay Ice | Carson Lambos | Rink Hockey Academy |
|
1 |
4 |
Calgary Hitmen | Sean Tschigerl | OHA Edmonton |
|
1 |
5 |
Kamloops Blazers | Logan Stankoven | Yale Hockey Academy |
|
1 |
6 |
Saskatoon Blades | Colton Dach | OHA Edmonton |
|
1 |
11 |
Medicine Hat Tigers | Cole Sillinger | Okanagan Hockey Academy |
|
1 |
12 |
Vancouver Giants | Zach Ostapchuk | Northern Alberta Xtreme |
|
1 |
13 |
Victoria Royals | Nolan Bentham | Yale Hockey Academy |
|
1 |
14 |
Tri-City Americans | Marc Lajoie | Northern Alberta Xtreme |
|
1 |
15 |
Brandon Wheat Kings | Jake Chiasson | Yale Hockey Academy |
|
1 |
16 |
Red Deer Rebels | Kyle Masters | OHA Edmonton |
|
1 |
17 |
Spokane Chiefs | Graham Sward | Yale Hockey Academy |
|
1 |
18 |
Kelowna Rockets | Trevor Wong | St. George’s School |
|
1 |
21 |
Prince George Cougars | Tyler Brennan | Rink Hockey Academy |
|
1 |
22 |
Moose Jaw Warriors | Eric Alarie | Rink Hockey Academy |
|
2 |
23 |
Edmonton Oil Kings | Kobe Verbicky | Yale Hockey Academy |
|
2 |
24 |
Brandon Wheat Kings | Brett Hyland | Northern Alberta Xtreme |
|
2 |
25 |
Calgary Hitmen | Tyson Galloway | Yale Hockey Academy |
|
2 |
26 |
Kootenay Ice | Karter Prosofsky | Pacific Coast Hockey Academy |
|
2 |
29 |
Kootenay Ice | Skyler Bruce | Rink Hockey Academy |
|
2 |
31 |
Prince Albert Raiders | Tyson Laventure | OHA Edmonton |
|
2 |
32 |
Seattle Thunderbirds | Lucas Ciona | Northern Alberta Xtreme |
|
2 |
33 |
Prince George Cougars | Hudson Thornton | Rink Hockey Academy |
|
2 |
40 |
Kelowna Rockets | Elias Carmichael | BWC Academy |
|
2 |
42 |
Everett Silvertips | Olen Zellweger | OHA Edmonton |
|
2 |
43 |
Calgary Hitmen | Zachary Funk | Yale Hockey Academy |
|
3 |
45 |
Edmonton Oil Kings | Matt Smith | Delta Hockey Academy |
|
3 |
46 |
Vancouver Giants | Drew Sim | OHA Edmonton |
|
3 |
48 |
Edmonton Oil Kings | Carson Latimer | Delta Hockey Academy |
|
3 |
49 |
Kamloops Blazers | Caeden Bankier | BWC Academy |
|
3 |
50 |
Red Deer Rebels | Josh Medernach | OHA Edmonton |
|
3 |
51 |
Seattle Thunderbirds | Thomas Milic | BWC Academy |
|
3 |
54 |
Swift Current Broncos | Finlay Williams | BWC Academy |
|
3 |
55 |
Medicine Hat Tigers | Liam Vanderkooi | Yale Hockey Academy |
|
3 |
57 |
Portland Winterhawks | Lochlan Gordon | Northern Alberta Xtreme |
|
3 |
64 |
Everett Silvertips | Ty Gibson | Pacific Coast Hockey Academy |
|
3 |
65 |
Prince George Cougars | Ethan Samson | Delta Hockey Academy |
|
4 |
72 |
Red Deer Rebels | Jeremy Hancock | OHA Edmonton |
|
4 |
78 |
Vancouver Giants | Nicco Camazzola | BWC Academy |
|
4 |
79 |
Moose Jaw Warriors | Josh Hoekstra | OHA Edmonton |
|
4 |
82 |
Spokane Chiefs | Mason Beaupit | Okanagan Hockey Academy |
|
4 |
84 |
Kelowna Rockets | Jackson DeSouza | Pursuit of Excellence |
|
4 |
88 |
Kelowna Rockets | Noah Dorey | Okanagan Hockey Academy |
|
5 |
89 |
Kelowna Rockets | Steel Quiring | Okanagan Hockey Academy |
|
5 |
93 |
Kamloops Blazers | Matthew Seminoff | BWC Academy |
|
5 |
95 |
Brandon Wheat Kings | Owen Weihs | Rink Hockey Academy |
|
5 |
100 |
Moose Jaw Warriors | Corson Ceulemans | OHA Edmonton |
|
5 |
102 |
Tri-City Americans | Parker Bell | Yale Hockey Academy |
|
5 |
104 |
Prince George Cougars | Mike Svenson | Rink Hockey Academy |
|
5 |
109 |
Portland Winterhawks | Jonah Bevington | OHA Edmonton |
|
6 |
113 |
Calgary Hitmen | Jacob Romanchuk | Northern Alberta Xtreme |
|
6 |
116 |
Lethbridge Hurricanes | Wyatt Wilson | Yale Hockey Academy |
|
6 |
118 |
Tri-City Americans | Mason Dunsford | BWC Academy |
|
6 |
119 |
Prince Albert Raiders | Tayem Gislason | Rink Hockey Academy |
|
6 |
124 |
Tri-City Americans | Ben Coghlan | Pacific Coast Hockey Academy |
|
6 |
126 |
Vancouver Giants | Brendan Pentecost | Delta Hockey Academy |
|
6 |
128 |
Kelowna Rockets | William Irvine | Pacific Coast Hockey Academy |
|
6 |
129 |
Portland Winterhawks | Aidan Litke | Rink Hockey Academy |
|
7 |
137 |
Kamloops Blazers | Luke Rybinski | St. George’s School |
|
7 |
143 |
Medicine Hat Tigers | Devin Benson | Yale Hockey Academy |
|
7 |
147 |
Victoria Royals | Cage Newans | Delta Hockey Academy |
|
7 |
148 |
Lethbridge Hurricanes | Jared Picklyk | Okanagan Hockey Academy |
| 7 | 153 | Swift Current Broncos | Blake Heward | Northern Alberta Xtreme |
|
8 |
158 |
Kootenay Ice | Evan Waldie | OHA Edmonton |
|
8 |
164 |
Seattle Thunderbirds | Reid Schaefer | OHA Edmonton |
|
8 |
165 |
Victoria Royals | Keegan Maddocks | Pacific Coast Hockey Academy |
|
8 |
172 |
Moose Jaw Warriors | Keenan Allan | Rink Hockey Academy |
|
8 |
174 |
Everett Silvertips | Holden Cardinal | Delta Hockey Academy |
|
8 |
175 |
Swift Current Broncos | Brian Majic | Okanagan Hockey Academy |
|
9 |
178 |
Saskatoon Blades | Brayden Melnyk | Yale Hockey Academy |
|
9 |
179 |
Regina Pats | Adam Grenier | BWC Academy |
|
9 |
180 |
Kootenay Ice | Kevin Anderson | Notre Dame Hounds |
|
9 |
181 |
Kamloops Blazers | Oliver Gabrielson | St. George’s School |
|
9 |
182 |
Red Deer Rebels | Dylan Fader | St. George’s School |
|
9 |
184 |
Saskatoon Blades | Spencer Shugrue | Delta Hockey Academy |
|
9 |
192 |
Regina Pats | Marcus Taylor | BWC Academy |
|
9 |
195 |
Lethbridge Hurricanes | Kayden Sadhra-Kang | St. George’s School |
|
10 |
200 |
Victoria Royals | Ross Roloson | Shawnigan Lake School |
| 11 | 228 | Saskatoon Blades | Sammy May | Delta Hockey Academy |
|
11 |
241 |
Swift Current Broncos | Ashton Billesberger | Pursuit of Excellence |
|
12 |
254 |
Vancouver Giants | Kyle Bochek | Notre Dame Hounds |