Brandon Wheat Kings News & Stories

Mitch Brown highlights the rises of Carter Bear, Lynden Lakovic, and Nathan Behm and provides updates on Carter Yakemchuk and Andrew Cristall.

In the first of a new weekly feature, Sebastian High looks at the hot starts of Ivan Demidov, Matvei Michkov, Roger McQueen, and more.

James Hagens is the undisputed top prospect coming into the year, but there are six other players who could challenge him for first overall in the 2025 NHL Draft.

The 2024 NHL Draft could be defined by its shutdown defenceman, and there's none more violent than Charlie Elick.

Mitch Brown breaks down the moves from the 2024 CHL trade deadlines as teams start to eye a trip to Saginaw for the Memorial Cup.

The November WHL Stock Watch zeroes in on the performances of Denton Mateychuk, Jagger Firkus, Zac Funk, Ondřej Becher, Terik Parascak, Noah Chadwick, Nate Danielson, and Marek Alscher.

Mitch Brown previews the 2023-24 WHL season.

Mitch Brown's latest Film Room™️ instalment looks at Brandon Wheat Kings centre and 2023 NHL Draft prospect Nate Danielson's game.

Elite Prospects Dir. of North American Scouting Mitch Brown goes player-by-player through Canada's 2023 U18s roster, with scouting reports on the entire team.

This WHL Stock Watch highlights the play of Nate Danielson, Zach Benson, Alexander Suzdalev, Jagger Firkus, Reid Schaefer, and Conner Roulette.

The Elite Prospects scouting team has put together their first draft ranking of the season for the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, with scouting reports on their top 32 players.

The WHL is loaded right now, our scout takes a look at some of the rookies who have been helping push the envelope.

The 2022 EP Rinkside prospect pool rankings series continues with a look at the Washington Capitals and their No. 31-ranked system.

The Washington Capitals have the last playoff spot in the East locked down, and they have for some time. That means they get to take another run at the Stanley Cup. If they want to add reinforcements at the deadline, these are the prospects they'll move to make it happen.

The WHL held their annual Bantam Draft, and second-ever U.S. Prospects Draft last week, and now Elite Prospects Dir. of North American Scouting Mitch Brown offers his thoughts on the marquee events.

Kaiden Guhle is going to play a critical role for Team Canada at the 2022 World Juniors. Russ Cohen interviews the frontrunner for the Canadian captaincy in this exclusive on EP Rinkside.

The New York Rangers are banking on Nils Lundkvist and Braden Schneider to become big parts of their blue line long-term. Russ Cohen spoke to the two at Rangers training camp.

The New York Rangers were the No. 2-ranked prospect pool last fall. In the year since, they graduated three top prospects and loaded up with more in the 2021 draft.

The Edmonton Oilers boast the NHL's 25th-ranked prospect pool, and they're the subject of today's writeup in the EP Rinkside prospect pool rankings countdown.

The Washington Capitals boast the NHL's 28th-ranked prospect pool, and they're the subject of today's writeup in our EP Rinkside prospect pool ranking countdown for the 2021-22 season.

“I missed the boys. I missed Hershey.” Patrick Williams chats with Washington Capitals top prospect Alex Alexeyev about a return to the AHL.

The Ottawa Senators prospect pool, long lauded for its depth and lamented for its lack of credible top-of-the-lineup talent, now has more than enough of both to set the foundation...

No two draft picks are created equal. That’s as apparent in the immediate aftermath of any draft as it is five-plus years down the road, even if the true yield...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. More than a year spent tracking the progress of hundreds of players, consulting with industry insiders, running the numbers, and it all...

We’re less than a week away from the draft, so what better time than now to take stock of the best prospects already tied down with an NHL franchise? This...

It’s tough to imagine a scenario where Brandon Wheat Kings centre Ridly Greig isn’t a first-round pick. Yet, Greig doesn’t appear anywhere in EliteProspects’ top-62. In fact, he doesn’t show...

We’re less than two weeks away from the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which means it’s time for yet another draft ranking. After the EliteProspects team published their final ranking and...

We’re exactly two weeks away from the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, so what better time for another draft ranking than now? While we position ourselves as a united front in...

The title just about says it all, right? Wrong. Desperately wrong. The EliteProspects 2020 NHL Draft Guide is available, but we haven’t had a chance to let you know what...

One might think that two new rankings among a group of five public outlets might not result in a tectonic shift in the landscape of the NHL Draft, but that...

The appetite for NHL Draft coverage expands with every year. Where the main course centred on the first round alone once sufficed, our audience now demands a seven-plate meal with...

With the conclusion of the 2020 CHL Import Draft today, at least one such event occurred on schedule without a hitch. In June, no less. It’s a complicated process, so...

The last time we put out a draft ranking, back in mid-April, an article followed that offered a peek behind the curtains. It was so well-received by everyone involved that...

We’re little over a week away from the NHL Draft Lottery, scheduled for Friday, June 26th, at 8 PM Eastern. So what better time to update our ranking of the...

If you’re in this space, then there’s a good chance you’re an avid follower of the NHL Entry Draft. It’s the best place to be for those sorts of people....

Under normal circumstances, I’d have just returned from the U18 World Hockey Championships in Plymouth, Michigan, fresh impressions of many of the 2020 NHL Draft’s best prospects foremost in my...

There are 25 prospects between Kaiden Guhle (No. 20) and Braden Schneider (No. 46) on EliteProspects Rinkside’s most recent 2020 NHL Draft ranking. Whenever the NHL Draft takes place and...

There’s only one certainty left in hockey, and it’s that the 2020 NHL Entry Draft is going to take place. We don’t know how it’s going to work or when...

What was once a heated debate is now a coronation; Alexis Lafrenière has separated himself from Quinton Byfield, and by a not-insignificant margin at that. The decision at No. 1...

This week on The Pipeline Show we get an update on the CHL’s Canada-Russia Series, and then we’ll dive into the reasons why the OHL’s London Knights have been able...

After producing the Canadian Hockey League’s first four picks in the 2019 NHL Draft, this year’s WHL crop looks pale in comparison. At this moment, there’s a real chance that...

It feels as if decades have passed since the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. Such is the state of the contemporary NHL, a constantly shifting landscape that is getting populated by...