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World Leaders in Player Development and Education

PLAY With the Best

The WhL is a WorLdWide Leader in deveLoping professionaL hockey pLayers and aWarding academic schoLarships

The WhL provides The besT opporTuniTy for pLayers To deveLop, WhiLe achieving Their academic goaLs and Learning vaLuabLe Life skiLLs

#1Choice of prospects in the West is the Western Hockey League.

#1 The WHL is the leading supplier of players to the NHL, Canada’s National Teams, and Canada West University Hockey.

22Member Clubs across Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest make up the WHL.

Dylan CozensLethbridge Hurricanes

7th Overall Buffalo Sabres2019 NHL Draft

aLL WhL games are broadcasT on WhL Live and speciaL evenTs are

TeLevised naTionaLLy on sporTsneT.Watch every game on WHL Live

by visiting www.WHL.ca

- Major WHL and CHL events

WhL and chL pLayers dominaTe Team canada rosTers aT aLL LeveLs

Major InternatIonaL events

IIHF World Junior Championship

IIHF U18 World Championship / Hlinka Gretzky Cup

World Under 17 Hockey Challenge

CIBC Canada Russia

Series

Ed Chynoweth Cup

CHL/NHL Top Prospects

Game

The Memorial Cup Presented by

KIA

Mathew BarzalNew York Islanders

Seattle Thunderbirds Graduate

U-20

U-18

U-17

Learn from the best

WhL coaches WiTh nhL head coach experience

Willie DesjarDins Medicine Hat

Tigers

brent sutter

Red Deer Rebels

Mike johnston

Portland Winterhawks

nhL head coaches Who deveLoped in The WhL

barry trotz

New York Islanders

toDD Mclellan

Los Angeles Kings

bill Peters Calgary Flames

travis Green

Vancouver Canucks

Mike babcock

Toronto Maple Leafs

many WhL coaches have exTensive inTernaTionaL and nhL experience, and use This To prepare pLayers for The nexT LeveL

⊙ To become the best, a player must practice, play against, and be coached by the best. NHL quality coaching and additional practice

time with a 68 game schedule; combined with world class facilities, offer the ideal environment for a player to develop.

environMenTProviding a safe and positive environment for WHL players.

DeveLoPMenTProviding WHL players with the highest level of competition and skill development.

eDucaTionensuring WHL hockey players achieve their academic goals.

supporT services

HealtH and wellness • Red Cross Respect Education Workshops

• CHL Respect in Sport

• Canadian Mental Health Talk Today Workshops

• Police / Player Impact Program

• CHL Drug Education and Anti-Doping Program

• CHL Concussion Management Program

• WHL Security Network

Professional develoPment • Nutrition, Strength and Conditioning Consulting

• Sports Psychology Consulting

• Hockey Ministries International

• Bullying, Harassment and Abuse Policy

• WHL Social Media Policy

• WHL Personal Conduct Policy

• WHL Intranet Communications

team services • WHL Arena Facility Standards

• Billet Families

• Quality Bus Travel / Hotels and Meals

• Medical and Rehabilitation Services

• Education Advisors / Tutoring

• WHL Scholarship Program

• WHL Career Counselling Program

• On and Off-Ice Equipment

THE wHl playEr

ExpEriEncE

C o r n e r s t o n e s

WhL pLayers go high in nhL drafT

2019 |3rd overall

kirby Dach Saskatoon Blades/ Chicago Blackhawks

2019 |4th overall

boWen byraM Vancouver Giants/ Colorado Avalanche

2019 |7th overall

Dylan cozens Lethbridge Hurricanes/Buffalo Sabres

2018 | 17th overall

ty sMith Spokane Chiefs/ New Jersey Devils

2017 |2nd overall

nolan Patrick Brandon Wheat Kings/ Philadelphia Flyers

each season, over 100 currenT WhL pLayers are drafTed by nhL Teams or aTTend nhL Training camps

150WHL Players have been selected in the NHL Draft over the past five years.

Over

420/0of players selected in the NHL Draft each season are from the Canadian Hockey League.

EXCEL at the highest level

as one of The WorLd’s premier deveLopmenT Leagues,

The WhL produces cLose To 20% of aLL currenT nhL pLayersSome of today’S WHL GraduateS WHo are NHL StarS:

Carey Price Montreal Canadiens

Tri-City Americans Graduate

seTh Jones

Portland Winterhawks/

Columbus Blue Jackets

braden hoLTby

Saskatoon Blades/

Washington Capitals

brayden poinT

Moose Jaw Warriors/

Tampa Bay Lightning

Jamie benn

Kelowna Rockets/

Dallas Stars

pLay aT The highesT LeveL in The canadian hockey sysTem

WiThouT compromising your educaTion

⊙ all WHL Clubs are governed by league-wide education standards and have full-time Club education advisors and

tutors to ensure players achieve their academic goals.

⊙ the WHL scholarship is fully guaranteed and considered the most comprehensive of its kind in north america.

⊙ While playing in the WHL, players also receive financial assistance for post-secondary courses.

⊙ the WHL is committed to recognizing academic excellence with annual awards presented to the

WHL scholastic Player of the Year and team of the Year.

achieve your academic goals

each academic year over 400 WhL graduaTes access Their WhL schoLarship

For each season played in the WHL, a player receives a guaranteed academic scholarship including tuition, textbooks and compulsory fees at any post-secondary institution.

The WHL and Canada West Universities have teamed up to offer WHL Graduates an enhanced scholarship referred to as the Western Canada Premier Scholarship.

Luke Philp WHL Graduate

University of Alberta U Sports Player of the Year

Calgary Flames Prospect

sUCCess in

Life Kirby Dach Saskatoon Blades No. 3 Overall Chicago Blackhawks 2019 NHL Draft

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WHL Players are role models in their communities.

⊙

Players participate in community events in

support of minor hockey and local charities. Players also make

appearances at schools and hospitals

gaining invaluable public speaking experience.

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the WHL prides itself on offering the best

possible experience for all players by combining

a solid foundation of education and hockey

development. this foundation, combined

with other life skills acquired while

playing in the WHL, prepares players

for success in life.

The WhL offers a WorLd cLass hockey experience and educaTion program

To prepare pLayers To succeed in Life.

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