WHL 2006 Prospects Draft - Wild Alum Shows Strong

I am happy to report I was able to call 16 SMHA players today to congratulate them on the accomplishment of being selected in the WHL draft.
Here are some facts and figures from today:

Total Saskatchewan players selected – 41

Total SMHA players selected – 16 – 7 from the Blazers; 5 from the Contacts and 4 from the Riverkings

In total, the Blazers had 9 players selected today and the Contacts had 7 players selected.

Other Sask Cities:
Regina – 4
Warman – 4
PA – 3
Swift Current -2

First Time for a First Overall
Berkly Catton (Contacts / Redwings alum) – went 1^st overall today to Spokane, marking the first time a SMHA player went 1^st overall.  Jared Cowan, of Allan, went 1^st overall in 2006 (the year Berkly was born ironically) while playing with the Contacts as an underage player – like Berkly did in 2020-21. Congratulations to Berkly!

SMHA had the 1^st and 4^th overall picks this year after having the 2^nd and 3^rd overall picks last year.

 

The Players:
Berkly Catton, Contacts / Redwings - 1^st overall Spokane
Roger McQueen, Blazers / Bobcats – 4^th overall Brandon
Cole Peardon, Blazers / AA – 13^th overall Prince Albert
Tyson Buczkowski, Blazers / Redwings – 15^th overall Prince George
Trae Wilke, Blazers / Wild – 29^th overall Lethbridge
Zach Moore, Contacts / Redwings – 34^th overall Saskatoon
Raiden Zacharias, Blazers / Renegades – 75^th overall Regina
Eric Kahl, Blazers / Wild – 93^rd overall Tri City
Ronan Buckberger, Contacts / Wild – 94^th overall Swift Current
Samuel Rousseau, Riverkings / Bobcats – 98^th overall Red Deer
Kanye Huang, Contacts / Wild – 113^th overall Red Deer
Luke Dahlen, Blazers / Bobcats – 115^th overall Kamloops
Rhett Ewen, Riverkings / Redwings – 133^rd overall Edmonton
Mason Karakochuk, Riverkings / Wild – 179^th overall Red Deer
Tyrone Sobry, Riverkings / Aces – 187^th overall Prince Albert
Rowan Guest, Contacts / Bobcats – 237^th overall Kelowna

HOLDING OUR OWN & THEN SOME:

We should be quite proud of the accomplishments of the players in our MHA.  To give you an idea of how proud:

Saskatoon players selected – 16
Calgary – 17
Edmonton – 16
Winnipeg – 11
Surrey – 9
Vancouver combined (including west Van and north Van) – 8

Pretty good #’s vs. much larger cities and MHA’s

Zone breakdown:
Wild - 5
AA - 1
Aces – 1
Bobcats – 4
Redwings – 4
Renegades – 1

By position:
Forwards -10
Defense – 5
Goaltender – 1

Yours in hockey,