Salmon Arm Silverbacks defenceman Joaquim Lemay was selected by the Washington Capitals in the fourth round (119th overall) on day two of the NHL Entry Draft on Saturday. Lemay came into the draft ranked as the 224th North American skater by NHL Central Scouting. The 18-year-old from St-Pierre-les-Becquets, QC played his rookie year in the […]
Former BCHL MVP, Trail Smoke Eaters alumnus and University of Michigan forward Kent Johnson was drafted fifth overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft on Friday night. Johnson becomes the second-highest BCHL player taken at the draft since 2007 when Kyle Turris was taken third overall by the Phoenix Coyotes. […]
Photo credits: Kyle Robinson (Rickwood), Jonathan Knight Photography (Johnson), Garrett James Photography (Teleguine) The 2021 NHL Entry Draft takes place tomorrow night with Round 1 and continues with Rounds 2 through 7 on Saturday morning. Like every year at the draft, there are several BCHL players expected to be taken. Today, we will take a […]
Photo credits: Tami Quan (Serdachny, Lemay), Dan Hickling (Rubin, Roukounakis) The BCHL’s 2021 NHL Draft coverage is presented by Chevrolet. +++ We continue our NHL Draft coverage on the BCHL Podcast with Part 2 of our preview featuring interviews with another four BCHL players listed on Central Scouting’s final rankings. On today’s show, we speak with […]
Photo credit: Dan Hickling For the second year in a row, the NHL Draft will be held virtually, this time on Jul. 23 and 24. This year, there are nine current, former and future BCHL players that made NHL Central Scouting’s final rankings. Leading up to the draft, we will be speaking with the prospects […]
Photo credit: Tami Quan For the second year in a row, the NHL Draft will be held virtually, this time on Jul. 23 and 24. This year, there are nine current, former and future BCHL players that made NHL Central Scouting’s final rankings. Leading up to the draft, we will be speaking with the prospects […]
Photo credit: Dan Hickling For the second year in a row, the NHL Draft will be held virtually, this time on Jul. 23 and 24. This year, there are nine current, former and future BCHL players that made NHL Central Scouting’s final rankings. Leading up to the draft, we will be speaking with the prospects […]
Photo credit: Lisa Mazurek For the second year in a row, the NHL Draft will be held virtually, this time on Jul. 23 and 24. This year, there are nine current, former and future BCHL players that made NHL Central Scouting’s final rankings. Leading up to the draft, we will be speaking with the prospects […]
It’s Part 1 of our NHL Draft coverage episodes of the BCHL Podcast! On today’s episode, we speak with a number of BCHL players who were ranked on NHL Central Scouting’s final rankings ahead of the July 23 draft, including Trail Smoke Eaters G Logan Terness (2:57), Chilliwack Chiefs F Sasha Teleguine (12:35), West Kelowna […]
Photo credit: Kyle Robinson For the second year in a row, the NHL Draft will be held virtually, this time on Jul. 23 and 24. This year, there are nine current, former and future BCHL players that made NHL Central Scouting’s final rankings. Leading up to the draft, we will be speaking with the prospects […]
