May 3, 2019

Here’s a closer look at the BC picks from yesterday’s WHL Bantam Draft, held in Red Deer.

As has been the case for the past several years, players from BC’s CSSHL programs dominated the 60 BC player selections in this year’s WHL Bantam Draft, with 46 in total, including nine of the 11 BC first rounders.

Overall, Delta Hockey Academy lead the parade with 12 picks, followed closely by Yale Hockey Academy with 11, and BWC Hockey Academy with eight. Okanagan Hockey Academy was next with five followed by St. George’s with four. Pacific Coast, Shawnigan Lake and Pursuit each had one player selected.

The new BC Zone Bantam teams made impact this year, with a total of nine picks; lead by North Zone with four, Central Zone with three and North Central with two.

In terms of the 11 BC first rounders (half of the total), BWC lead with the two highest picks – Matts Lindgren at #7 and Brandon Lisowsky at #9.

Nine more first rounders came from BC teams, including three each from the Yale and Delta Hockey Academies, plus one from St. Georges.

Layton Feist, a North Zone player at #17, and Tyson Jugnauth of Central Zone, at #21, round out the BC first round contingent.

In addition, five players were drafted out of local minor hockey association programs.

As WHL Commissioner Ron Robison pointed out at the start of the draft, not making this list should not be a major disappointment for an aspiring young hockey player.  He points almost 25% of current WHL players were not drafted, and also that several NHL stars were overlooked as bantams, including such super stars as Shea Weber, Jerome Iglina and Jamie Benn.

 

Following are two lists of the 60 BC picks, grouped first by team played for this year, and then by overall order of selection.

 

BC 2019 WHL Bantam Draft Picks by Team (scroll down to see by order of selection):

RD	OV	Player Name	Team	Pos	Ht	Wt	DOB	Bantam Team	Hometown	#/T
1	7	Lindgren, Mats	Kamloops	LD	5.08	140	8/26/04	BWC H.A.	North Van	1
1	9	Lisowsky, Brandon	Saskatoon	C	5.08	160	4/13/04	BWC H.A.	PoCo	2
4	81	Borovinskiy, Maxim	Tri-City	F	5.11	160	5/27/04	BWC H.A.	West Van	3
5	107	Kelsey, Kyle	Moose Jaw	G	6.00	145	1/22/04	BWC H.A.	Maple Ridge	4
7	143	Dyck, Tyson	Tri-City	LW	5.10	145	2/6/04	BWC H.A.	Abbotsford	5
8	175	Murdock, Jaeger	Vancouver	C	6.00	155	4/29/04	BWC H.A.	West Van	6
11	229	Erickson, Merik	Red Deer	G	5.11	160	3/31/04	BWC H.A.	Delta	7
11	239	Celebrini, Aiden	Saskatoon	RD	5.09	147	10/26/04	BWC H.A.	North Van	8
1	21	Jugnauth, Tyson	Swift Current	LD	5.09	135	4/17/04	Central Zone Rockets BAA	Richmond	1
5	101	Finley, Mason	Calgary	F	5.11	145	12/18/04	Central Zone Rockets BAA	Kelowna	2
13	284	Schmidt, Carter	Everett	RW	5.02	120	11/19/04	Central Zone Rockets BAA	Kelowna	3
1	14	Ward, Mathew	Swift Current	C	5.07	130	1/24/04	Delta H.A. Green	Richmond	1
1	18	Reimer, Caleb	Edmonton	C	6.02	180	10/9/04	Delta H.A. Green	Surrey	2
1	22	Crocker, Niall	Prince Albert	RW	6.02	165	7/31/04	Delta H.A. Green	Delta	3
2	34	Smith, Henry	Medicine Hat	LD	5.10	168	4/14/04	Delta H.A. Green	Richmond	4
2	37	Boehm, Brayden	Medicine Hat	C	5.10	160	1/15/04	Delta H.A. Green	Nanaimo	5
3	58	Chyzowski, Kyle	Portland	C	5.08	140	8/16/04	Delta H.A. Green	Surrey	6
4	70	MacAdams, Carter	Prince George	LW	6.01	150	3/7/04	Delta H.A. Green	Langley	7
4	87	Palmieri, Damian	Vancouver	LD	6.00	182	1/28/04	Delta H.A. Green	Delta	8
5	97	Sjoberg, Matteo	Tri-City	C	5.11	155	1/11/04	Delta H.A. Green	Cloverdale	9
7	141	Mrsic, Mateo	Seattle	LW	5.09	150	8/29/04	Delta H.A. Green	Surrey	10
8	165	Johansen, Markus	Tri-City	D	6.00	165	2/8/04	Delta H.A. Green	New West.	11
8	168	Mori, Josh	Winnipeg	LD	5.09	135	3/27/04	Delta H.A. Green	Richmond	12
9	187	Sandberg, Easton	Tri-City	RD	5.10	168	2/8/04	Nanaimo Clippers T1	Nanaimo	1
11	240	May, Evan	Everett	G	5.11	150	7/20/04	Nanaimo Clippers T1	Nanaimo	2
6	118	Sanford, Maxwell	Kelowna	F	6.00	185	6/5/04	North Central Zone Bobcats	Williams Lake	1
6	119	Myatovic, Nico	Seattle	C	5.10	140	12/1/04	North Central Zone Bobcats	Prince George	2
5	110	Babcock, John	Kelowna	LD	6.00	175	4/25/04	North Van Storm A1	North Van	1
1	17	Feist, Layton	Regina	D	5.10	150	1/26/04	North Zone Kings	Coldstream	1
2	38	Weir, Jace	Red Deer	RD	6.01	162	5/21/04	North Zone Kings	Coldstream	2
3	64	Roest, Austin	Everett	F	5.07	145	1/22/04	North Zone Kings	Coldstream	3
9	189	Feist, Jarred	Calgary	F	6.00	142	1/9/04	North Zone Kings	Coldstream	4
2	30	Niedermayer, Joshua	Vancouver	LD	5.11	190	2/20/04	Okanagan H.A.	Penticton	1
6	116	Watterodt, Vaughn	Kamloops	F	5.09	150	2/13/04	Okanagan H.A.	West Kelowna	2
9	186	Dewitt, Jacob	Regina	LD	6.03	175	3/15/04	Okanagan H.A.	Sicamous	3
10	219	Hanvold, Lynden	Vancouver	LD	5.09	140	1/21/04	Okanagan H.A.	Kelowna	4
12	257	Dawson, Ridge	Spokane	F	5.06	120	3/20/04	Okanagan H.A.	Kelowna	5
5	109	Cull, Julian	Vancouver	C	5.11	181	2/6/04	P.C.H.A.	Victoria	1
6	112	Shipley, Lukas	Victoria	D	5.10	150	8/8/04	Powell River Kings T3	Powell River	1
10	204	Kovacevic, Rilen	Kelowna	F	5.07.5	147	8/2/04	PoE	Kelowna	1
8	171	Craik, Dayton	Spokane	D	6.00	165	4/14/04	Shawnigan Lake	Brentwood Bay	1
1	20	Levis, Connor	Kamloops	C	6.01	170	10/5/04	St. George’s Sch.	Vancouver	1
4	73	Yee, William	Edmonton	RD	5.11	170	4/11/04	St. George’s Sch.	Vancouver	2
4	86	Johnson, Cameron	Kamloops	F	5.07	115	11/28/04	St. George’s Sch.	Vancouver	3
11	236	Tien, Thomas	Moose Jaw	C	5.06	160	6/25/04	St. George’s Sch.	Richmond	4
11	235	Smith, Cam	Spokane	LW	6.01	180	5/21/04	Victoria RC Kings T1	Victoria	1
4	72	Minten, Fraser	Kamloops	C	5.10	150	7/5/04	West Van H.A.	Vancouver	1
7	136	Kovacevic, Andrej	Prince George	LW	5.11	150	6/15/04	West Van H.A.	Vancouver	2
7	146	Kler, Kassius	Prince George	F	5.08	150	7/9/04	West Van H.A.	Burnaby	3
1	13	Siepmann, Grayden	Calgary	RD	5.11	165	5/26/04	Yale H.A.	Abbotsford	1
1	15	Thornton, Ben	Spokane	LW	6.02	152	2/2/04	Yale H.A.	Abbotsford	2
1	19	Spizawka, Jason	Victoria	LD	5.10	165	1/16/04	Yale H.A.	Victoria	3
2	24	Smith, Hayden	Saskatoon	F	5.10.5	170	7/16/04	Yale H.A.	Kamloops	4
2	35	Whynott, Brandon	Calgary	F	5.11	152	4/16/04	Yale H.A.	Langley	5
3	62	Hay, Kolby	Edmonton	G	6.02	166	5/14/04	Yale H.A.	Abbotsford	6
4	69	Schuurman, Brayden	Victoria	C	5.09	166	2/22/04	Yale H.A.	Abbotsford	7
4	80	Streek, Carter	Portland	F	5.06	147	1/13/04	Yale H.A.	Kamloops	8
6	121	Feenan, Ben	Tri-City	LD	6.00	160	3/11/04	Yale H.A.	White Rock	9
6	127	Edwards, Brayden	Winnipeg	F	5.09	145	12/23/04	Yale H.A.	Abbotsford	10
7	137	Spizawka, Ryan	Victoria	LD	5.09	158	1/16/04	Yale H.A.	Victoria	11

 

 

BC Players by Order of Selection:

RD	OV	Player Name	WHL Team	Pos	Ht	Wt	DOB	Bantam Team	Hometown
1	7	Lindgren, Mats	Kamloops	LD	5.08	140	8/26/04	BWC	North Van
1	9	Lisowsky, Brandon	Saskatoon	C	5.08	160	4/13/04	BWC	Po Co
1	13	Siepmann, Grayden	Calgary	RD	5.11	165	5/26/04	Yale	Abbotsford
1	14	Ward, Mathew	Swift Current	C	5.07	130	1/24/04	Delta Green	Richmond
1	15	Thornton, Ben	Spokane	LW	6.02	152	2/2/04	Yale	Abbotsford
1	17	Feist, Layton	Regina	D	5.10	150	1/26/04	North Zone Kings	Coldstream
1	18	Reimer, Caleb	Edmonton	C	6.02	180	10/9/04	Delta Green	Surrey
1	19	Spizawka, Jason	Victoria	LD	5.10	165	1/16/04	Yale	Victoria
1	20	Levis, Connor	Kamloops	C	6.01	170	10/5/04	St. George’s School	Van
1	21	Jugnauth, Tyson	Swift Current	LD	5.09	135	4/17/04	Central Zone Rockets	Richmond
1	22	Crocker, Niall	Prince Albert	RW	6.02	165	7/31/04	Delta Green	Delta
2	24	Smith, Hayden	Saskatoon	F	5.10.5	170	7/16/04	Yale	Kamloops
2	30	Niedermayer, Joshua	Vancouver	LD	5.11	190	2/20/04	Okanagan	Penticton
2	34	Smith, Henry	Medicine Hat	LD	5.10	168	4/14/04	Delta Green	Richmond
2	35	Whynott, Brandon	Calgary	F	5.11	152	4/16/04	Yale	Langley
2	37	Boehm, Brayden	Medicine Hat	C	5.10	160	1/15/04	Delta Green	Nanaimo
2	38	Weir, Jace	Red Deer	RD	6.01	162	5/21/04	North Zone Kings	Coldstream
3	58	Chyzowski, Kyle	Portland	C	5.08	140	8/16/04	Delta Green	Surrey
3	62	Hay, Kolby	Edmonton	G	6.02	166	5/14/04	Yale	Abbotsford
3	64	Roest, Austin	Everett	F	5.07	145	1/22/04	North Zone Kings	Coldstream
4	69	Schuurman, Brayden	Victoria	C	5.09	166	2/22/04	Yale	Abbotsford
4	70	MacAdams, Carter	Prince George	LW	6.01	150	3/7/04	Delta Green	Langley
4	72	Minten, Fraser	Kamloops	C	5.10	150	7/5/04	West Van Warriors	Van
4	73	Yee, William	Edmonton	RD	5.11	170	4/11/04	St. George’s School	Van
4	80	Streek, Carter	Portland	F	5.06	147	1/13/04	Yale	Kamloops
4	81	Borovinskiy, Maxim	Tri-City	F	5.11	160	5/27/04	BWC	West Van
4	86	Johnson, Cameron	Kamloops	F	5.07	115	11/28/04	St. George’s School	Van
4	87	Palmieri, Damian	Vancouver	LD	6.00	182	1/28/04	Delta Green	Delta
5	97	Sjoberg, Matteo	Tri-City	C	5.11	155	1/11/04	Delta Green	Cloverdale
5	101	Finley, Mason	Calgary	F	5.11	145	12/18/04	Central Zone Rockets	Kelowna
5	107	Kelsey, Kyle	Moose Jaw	G	6.00	145	1/22/04	BWC	Maple Ridge
5	109	Cull, Julian	Vancouver	C	5.11	181	2/6/04	Pacific Coast	Victoria
5	110	Babcock, John	Kelowna	LD	6.00	175	4/25/04	North Vancouver Storm A1	North Van
6	112	Shipley, Lukas	Victoria	D	5.10	150	8/8/04	Powell River Kings T3	Powell River
6	116	Watterodt, Vaughn	Kamloops	F	5.09	150	2/13/04	Okanagan	West Kelowna
6	118	Sanford, Maxwell	Kelowna	F	6.00	185	6/5/04	North Central Zone Bobcats	Williams Lake
6	119	Myatovic, Nico	Seattle	C	5.10	140	12/1/04	North Central Zone Bobcats	Prince George
6	121	Feenan, Ben	Tri-City	LD	6.00	160	3/11/04	Yale	White Rock
6	127	Edwards, Brayden	Winnipeg	F	5.09	145	12/23/04	Yale	Abbotsford
7	136	Kovacevic, Andrej	Prince George	LW	5.11	150	6/15/04	West Van Warriors	Van
7	137	Spizawka, Ryan	Victoria	LD	5.09	158	1/16/04	Yale	Victoria
7	141	Mrsic, Mateo	Seattle	LW	5.09	150	8/29/04	Delta Green	Surrey
7	143	Dyck, Tyson	Tri-City	LW	5.10	145	2/6/04	BWC	Abbotsford
7	146	Kler, Kassius	Prince George	F	5.08	150	7/9/04	West Van Warriors Vars.	Burnaby
8	165	Johansen, Markus	Tri-City	D	6.00	165	2/8/04	Delta Green	New West.
8	168	Mori, Josh	Winnipeg	LD	5.09	135	3/27/04	Delta Green	Richmond
8	171	Craik, Dayton	Spokane	D	6.00	165	4/14/04	Shawnigan Lake	Brentwood Bay
8	175	Murdock, Jaeger	Vancouver	C	6.00	155	4/29/04	BWC	West Van
9	186	Dewitt, Jacob	Regina	LD	6.03	175	3/15/04	Okanagan	Sicamous
9	187	Sandberg, Easton	Tri-City	RD	5.10	168	2/8/04	Nanaimo Clippers T1	Nanaimo
9	189	Feist, Jarred	Calgary	F	6.00	142	1/9/04	North Zone Kings	Coldstream
#	204	Kovacevic, Rilen	Kelowna	F	5.07.5	147	8/2/04	Pursuit Of Excellence	Kelowna
#	219	Hanvold, Lynden	Vancouver	LD	5.09	140	1/21/04	Okanagan	Kelowna
#	229	Erickson, Merik	Red Deer	G	5.11	160	3/31/04	BWC	Delta
#	235	Smith, Cam	Spokane	LW	6.01	180	5/21/04	Victoria RC Kings T1	Victoria
#	236	Tien, Thomas	Moose Jaw	C	5.06	160	6/25/04	St. George’s School	Richmond
#	239	Celebrini, Aiden	Saskatoon	RD	5.09	147	10/26/04	BWC	North Van
#	240	May, Evan	Everett	G	5.11	150	7/20/04	Nanaimo Clippers T1	Nanaimo
#	257	Dawson, Ridge	Spokane	F	5.06	120	3/20/04	Okanagan	Kelowna
#	284	Schmidt, Carter	Everett	RW	5.02	120	11/19/04	Central Zone Rockets	Kelowna