REACH your full potentialREACH your full potential

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 inTo professionaL hockey pLayers, and aLso achieve Their academic goaLs WhiLe Learning vaLuabLe Life skiLLs

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

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

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

Mathew BarzalSeattle Thunderbirds

No. 16 Overall 2015 NHL Entry Draft

WhL pLayers are feaTured naTionaLLy on sporTsneT and

regionaLLy on shaW broadcasTs

Watch every game on WHL Live by visiting www.WHL.ca

- Major WHL and CHL events

Curtis LazarOttawa Senators

Edmonton Oil Kings Graduate

WhL and chL pLayers dominaTe Team canada rosTers aT aLL LeveLs

Major InternatIonaL events

IIHF World Junior Championship

IIHF World Under 18 Championship / Ivan Hlinka Memorial Under 18

World Under 17 Hockey Challenge

CHL Canada Russia

Series

Ed Chynoweth Cup

CHL/NHL Top Prospects

Game

MasterCard Memorial

Cup

learn from the best

WhL coaches have exTensive inTernaTionaL and, in many cases, 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. Exceptional coaching and a professionally modeled practice and game schedule, combined with world class facilities, offer the ideal environment for a player to develop.

nhL coaches Who deveLoped in The WhL

| Mike BaBcock Toronto Maple Leafs

| ken HitcHcock St. Louis Blues

| todd Mclellan Edmonton Oilers

WhL coaches WiTh nhL experience

| don Hay Kamloops Blazers

| Brent Sutter Red Deer Rebels

| dave lowry Victoria Royals

environMenT

Providing a safe and positive environment for WHL players.

DeveLoPMenT

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

eDucaTion

Ensuring elite hockey players achieve their academic goals.

supporT services

HealtH and wellness • Red Cross RespectEd Seminars

• 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

noTabLe nhL drafT seLecTions

2011 | 1st Overall

ryan nugent-HopkinS Red Deer Rebels/ Edmonton Oilers

2012 | 2nd Overall

ryan Murray Everett Silvertips/ Columbus Blue Jackets

2013 | 4th Overall

SetH joneS Portland Winterhawks/ Nashville Predators

2014 | 2nd Overall

SaM reinHart Kootenay Ice/ Buffalo Sabres

2015 |7th Overall

ivan provorov Brandon Wheat Kings/ Philadelphia Flyers

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

169WHL Players have been selected in the NHL Entry Draft over the past five years.

Over

450/0of players selected in the NHL Entry Draft each season are from the Canadian Hockey League.

EXCEL at the highest level

shea Weber

Kelowna Rockets/Nashville Predators

braden hoLTby

Saskatoon Blades/

Washington Capitals

ryan geTzLafCalgary Hitmen/ Anaheim

Ducks

Jamie benn

Kelowna Rockets/

Dallas Stars

as one of The WorLd’s premiere deveLopmenT Leagues,

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

Carey Price Montreal Canadiens

Tri City Americans Graduate

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 to ensure players achieve their academic goals.

⊙ 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.

⊙ While playing in the WHL, players also receive financial assistance for

post-secondary courses.

⊙ the WHL scholarship is fully guaranteed and considered the most

comprehensive of its kind in north america.

achieve your academic goals

each academic year over 325 WhL graduaTes access Their WhL schoLarship

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

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

Kyle Ross WHL and Canada

West University Graduate – Lawyer with

MLT Law Firm in Regina

SUCCeSS in

Life The WhL offers a WorLd cLass hockey experience and educaTion program To prepare pLayers To succeed in Life.

The WhL can heLp you deveLop in boTh hockey and academics WhiLe giving you invaLuabLe Lessons for success in Life

⊙

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.

⊙

the WHL prides itself on offering the best possible

experience for all players by combining a solid foundation of education and hockey develop-ment. this foundation, combined with other life skills acquired while playing in the WHL, prepares players for success in life.

Jake Bean Calgary HitmenNHL Top Prospect

eastern conference

EAST DIVISON

| Brandon Wheat Kings

| Moose Jaw Warriors

| Prince Albert Raiders

| Regina Pats

| Saskatoon Blades

| Swift Current Broncos

Western conference

B.C. DIVISON

| Kamloops Blazers

| Kelowna Rockets

| Prince George Cougars

| Vancouver Giants

| Victoria Royals

CENTrAl DIVISON

| Calgary Hitmen

| Edmonton Oil Kings

| Kootenay Ice

| Lethbridge Hurricanes

Pantone 173 Pantone 187 Pantone Process Black

| Medicine Hat Tigers

| Red Deer Rebels

U.S. DIVISON

| Everett Silvertips

| Portland Winterhawks

| Seattle Thunderbirds

| Spokane Chiefs

| Tri-City Americans

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Western Hockey League

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