The Seattle Thunderbirds have signed CSSHL student-athlete Brendan Rudolph to a Western Hockey League (WHL) Scholarship and Development Agreement.
Rudolph has spent the last two seasons in the CSSHL with Edge School. During the 2021/22 U15 season the Calgary, AB forward scored 20 goals and assisted on 14 more in 29 games. He would add four points in five playoff games as Edge captured the 2022 CSSHL U15 Western Championships.
This season Rudolph finished third among all Edge U15 Prep skaters with 39 points in 30 games. He would score three goals and record four assists in four playoff games at the 2023 CSSHL U15 Prep Western Championships. At the conclusion of the season the Thunderbirds would select Rudolph in the seventh round, 153rd overall at the 2023 WHL Draft.
Rudolph will spend the 2023/24 CSSHL season with the Calgary International Hockey Academy U17 Prep team.