The 2019 WHL Draft was yet another record breaker for the Canadian Sport School Hockey League as 85 student athletes were selected.
The 85 selections broke the record set in 2018 of 81 CSSHL student athletes drafted, while the 13 first-round selections tied 2017 for the second most of all-time, trailing the 2018 record of 15 CSSHL student athletes selected in the first round.
It was the third straight year, and fourth time in the past five seasons a CSSHL student athlete has been selected first overall as the Winnipeg Ice drafted Northern Alberta Xtreme U18 Prep forward Matthew Savoie with the first pick in the draft. Savoie also became the second consecutive Northern Alberta Xtreme product to be selected first overall, following his teammate Dylan Guenther, who was the top pick in 2018.
This also marked the fifth consecutive WHL Draft a student athlete from the CSSHL’s U15 Division was taken, as the Prince George Cougars selected Kassius Kler of the West Van Academy in the seventh round.
All 22 WHL clubs selected at least one CSSHL student athlete with the Vancouver Giants leading the way with seven CSSHL picks, followed by the Calgary Hitmen, Prince George Cougars, Saskatoon Blades and Tri-City Americans, who each had six.
|
ROUND |
OVERALL |
TEAM |
STUDENT ATHLETE |
CSSHL PROGRAM |
|
1 |
1 |
Winnipeg ICE | Matthew Savoie |
Northern Alberta Xtreme |
|
1 |
3 |
Prince George Cougars | Keaton Dowhaniuk |
OHA Edmonton |
|
1 |
4 |
Prince George Cougars | Koehn Ziemmer |
OHA Edmonton |
|
1 |
6 |
Brandon Wheat Kings | Tyson Zimmer |
Okanagan Hockey Academy |
|
1 |
7 |
Kamloops Blazers | Mats Lindgren |
BWC Academy |
|
1 |
9 |
Saskatoon Blades | Brandon Lisowsky |
BWC Academy |
|
1 |
13 |
Calgary Hitmen | Grayden Siepmann |
Yale Hockey Academy |
|
1 |
14 |
Swift Current Broncos | Mathew Ward |
Delta Hockey Academy |
|
1 |
15 |
Spokane Chiefs | Ben Thornton |
Yale Hockey Academy |
|
1 |
18 |
Edmonton Oil Kings | Caleb Reimer |
Delta Hockey Academy |
|
1 |
19 |
Victoria Royals | Jason Spizawka |
Yale Hockey Academy |
|
1 |
20 |
Kamloops Blazers | Connor Levis |
St. George’s School |
|
1 |
22 |
Prince Albert Raiders | Niall Crocker |
Delta Hockey Academy |
|
2 |
24 |
Saskatoon Blades | Hayden Smith |
Yale Hockey Academy |
|
2 |
30 |
Vancouver Giants | Joshua Niedermaer |
Okanagan Hockey Academy |
|
2 |
34 |
Medicine Hat Tigers | Henry Smith |
Delta Hockey Academy |
|
2 |
35 |
Calgary Hitmen | Brandon Whynott |
Yale Hockey Academy |
|
2 |
36 |
Prince George Cougars | Jaren Brinson |
Edge School |
|
2 |
37 |
Medicine Hat Tigers | Brayden Boehm |
Delta Hockey Academy |
|
2 |
40 |
Edmonton Oil Kings | Ross Stanley |
OHA Edmonton |
|
2 |
43 |
Vancouver Giants | Bowden Singleton |
Northern Alberta Xtreme |
|
3 |
48 |
Victoria Royals | Tanner Scott |
OHA Edmonton |
|
3 |
49 |
Everett Silvertips | Ben Hemmerling |
Northern Alberta Xtreme |
|
3 |
51 |
Red Deer Rebels | Carter Anderson |
Rink Hockey Academy |
|
3 |
52 |
Brandon Wheat Kings | Jesiah Bennett |
Rink Hockey Academy |
|
3 |
54 |
Swift Current Broncos | Josh Davies |
Edge School |
|
3 |
58 |
Portland Winterhawks | Kyle Chyzowski |
Delta Hockey Academy |
|
3 |
62 |
Edmonton Oil Kings | Kolby Hay |
Yale Hockey Academy |
|
4 |
67 |
Swift Current Broncos | Josh Filmon |
Rink Hockey Academy |
|
4 |
68 |
Winnipeg ICE | Rieger Lorenz |
Edge School |
|
4 |
69 |
Victoria Royals | Bryaden Schuurman |
Yale Hockey Academy |
|
4 |
70 |
Prince George Cougars | Carter MacAdams |
Delta Hockey Academy |
|
4 |
72 |
Kamloops Blazers | Fraser Minten |
West Van Academy |
|
4 |
73 |
Edmonton Oil Kings | William Yee |
St. George’s School |
|
4 |
75 |
Brandon Wheat Kings | Liam Watkins |
Edge School |
|
4 |
76 |
Saskatoon Blades | Cale Ashcroft |
Northern Alberta Xtreme |
|
4 |
77 |
Calgary Hitmen | Ethan Buenaventura |
Rink Hockey Academy |
|
4 |
79 |
Calgary Hitmen | Billal Noori |
Northern Alberta Xtreme |
|
4 |
80 |
Portland Winterhawks | Carter Streek |
Yale Hockey Academy |
|
4 |
81 |
Tri-City Americans | Maxim Borovinskiy |
BWC Academy |
|
4 |
86 |
Kamloops Blazers | Cameron Johnson |
St. George’s School |
|
4 |
87 |
Vancouver Giants | Damian Palmieri |
Delta Hockey Academy |
|
5 |
91 |
Regina Pats | Carter Cormier |
Notre Dame Hounds |
|
5 |
97 |
Tri-City Americans | Matteo Sjoberg |
Delta Hockey Academy |
|
5 |
98 |
Red Deer Rebels | Justen Maric |
OHA Edmonton |
|
5 |
105 |
Portland Winterhawks | Ryder Thompson |
Rink Hockey Academy |
|
5 |
107 |
Moose Jaw Warriors | Kyle Kelsey |
BWC Academy |
|
5 |
109 |
Vancouver Giants | Julian Cull |
Pacific Coast Hockey Academy |
|
6 |
116 |
Kamloops Blazers | Vaughn Watterodt |
Okanagan Hockey Academy |
|
6 |
117 |
Moose Jaw Warriors | Jaden Waddell |
Rink Hockey Academy |
|
6 |
120 |
Winnipeg ICE | Daniel Hauser |
Edge School |
|
6 |
121 |
Tri-City Americans | Ben Feenan |
Yale Hockey Academy |
|
6 |
127 |
Winnipeg ICE | Brayden Edwards |
Yale Hockey Academy |
|
7 |
136 |
Prince George Cougars | Andrej Kovacevic |
West Van Academy |
|
7 |
137 |
Victoria Royals | Ryan Spizawka |
Yale Hockey Academy |
|
7 |
139 |
Seattle Thunderbirds | Kyle Grysiuk |
Rink Hockey Academy |
|
7 |
140 |
Kelowna Rockets | Jackson Smith |
Edge School |
|
7 |
141 |
Seattle Thunderbirds | Mateo Mrsic |
Delta Hockey Academy |
|
7 |
143 |
Tri-City Americans | Tyson Dyck |
BWC Academy |
|
7 |
145 |
Calgary Hitmen | Jacob Lamoureux |
OHA Edmonton |
|
7 |
146 |
Prince George Cougars | Kassius Kler |
West Van Academy |
|
7 |
153 |
Vancouver Giants | Adam Hamilton |
Edge School |
|
8 |
156 |
Winnipeg ICE | Josh Mettimano |
Edge School |
|
8 |
162 |
Kelowna Rockets | Daimon Gardner |
Rink Hockey Academy |
|
8 |
163 |
Red Deer Rebels | Jhett Larson |
Notre Dame Hounds |
|
8 |
165 |
Tri-City Americans | Markus Johansen |
Delta Hockey Academy |
|
8 |
168 |
Portland Winterhawks | Josh Mori |
Delta Hockey Academy |
|
8 |
170 |
Moose Jaw Warriors | Carter McLeod |
Edge School |
|
8 |
171 |
Spokane Chiefs | Dayton Craik |
Shawnigan Lake School |
|
8 |
173 |
Saskatoon Blades | Nicholas Wolfenberg |
Northern Alberta Xtreme |
|
8 |
175 |
Vancouver Giants | Jaeger Murdock |
BWC Academy |
|
9 |
186 |
Regina Pats | Jacob Dewitt |
Okanagan Hockey Academy |
|
9 |
193 |
Lethbridge Hurricanes | Ayden Peters |
Edge School |
|
10 |
204 |
Kelowna Rockets | Rilen Kovacevic |
Pursuit of Excellence |
|
10 |
205 |
Tri-City Americans | Shawn St. Arnaud |
Okanagan Hockey Academy |
|
10 |
211 |
Calgary Hitmen | Joah Morberg |
Edge School |
|
10 |
214 |
Moose Jaw Warriors | Darien Schaan |
Rink Hockey Academy |
|
10 |
215 |
Lethbridge Hurricanes | Erick Roest |
Northern Alberta Xtreme |
|
10 |
219 |
Vancouver Giants | Lynden Hanvold |
Okanagan Hockey Academy |
|
11 |
229 |
Red Deer Rebels | Merik Erickson |
BWC Academy |
|
11 |
236 |
Moose Jaw Warriors | Thomas Tien |
St. George’s School |
|
11 |
239 |
Saskatoon Blades | Aiden Celebrini |
BWC Academy |
|
12 |
257 |
Spokane Chiefs | Ridge Dawson |
Okanagan Hockey Academy |
|
12 |
261 |
Saskatoon Blades | Austin Elliot |
Notre Dame Hounds |
|
12 |
264 |
Prince Albert Raiders | Jack Silverberg |
OHA Edmonton |