CSSHL at the WHL Draft: 2018 - Canadian Sport School Hockey League

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