Wenatchee Wild News & Stories

March's WHL Stock Watch highlights the play of Matthew Savoie, Tyson Jugnauth, Emitt Finnie, Atley Calvert, Jakub Dvořák, and Vojtech Port.

The latest instalment in the WHL Stock Watch highlights the play of Gavin McKenna, Kenta Isogai, Andrew Cristall, Brayden Yager, and Lukas Dragicevic.

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 December WHL Stock Watch zeroes in on the play of Conor Geekie, Josh Davies, Joshua Ravensbergen, Carter Sotheran, and Adam Titlbach.

The EP Rinkside scouts have released their first CHL Power Ranking of the season.

The WHL has served Wenatchee Wild head coach Kevin Constantine with an indefinite suspension. Mitch Brown has more.

Mitch Brown previews the 2023-24 WHL season.

Mitch Brown and Lassi Alanen break down everything you need to know about the CHL Import Draft.

Mitch Brown takes you into the Film Room™️ to look at how 2023 NHL Draft prospect and Winnipeg ICE winger Zach Benson stacks the deck in his favour.

This month's WHL Stock Watch offers an update on Brad Lambert, Connor Bedard, Matthew Savoie, Matthew Seminoff, Nolan Allan, Zack Ostapchuk, and Carson Latimer.

Mitch Brown, David St-Louis, Daniel Gee, Lauren Kelly, and Greg Balloch team up to break down the top free agent options in the CHL this season.

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

Mitch Brown takes a look at a wild week in the CHL where picks and prospects were dealt at an alarming pace.

While the World Juniors were occupying the spotlight, the WHL went on. In that time, the gap between the top and bottom teams expanded, with Winnipeg, Red Deer, Saskatoon, and Moose...

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.

Kelowna Rockets forward and 2023 NHL Draft prospect Andrew Cristall leads the way in this month's WHL Stock Watch.

EP Rinkside columnist Russ Cohen talks to prospective top-10 pick Zach Benson about his hot start to the season, his game, and the road ahead.

Cam Robinson looks at some of the most polarizing names in the upcoming 2022 NHL Draft, and takes a look at why so many scouts can watch the same player but have different evaluations.

EP Rinkside contributor Russ Cohen profiles 2022 draft prospect Matthew Savoie and talks to him about his road to the NHL.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are hoping Brandon Hagel can fill the role of Blake Coleman in another playoff run. Mitch Brown takes a look at candidates in the 2022 NHL Draft class who could fit that role.

The 2022 Elite Prospects draft rankings are out. Mitch Brown explains the decisions behind the biggest risers and fallers on the board.

The Elite Prospects team has ranked 64 players for the 2022 NHL Entry Draft with their second board of the season.

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.

J.D. Burke and his team of scouts have come together to produce their first draft ranking of the year for the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, a board that's 32 players long.

A deep-dive into the newly-acquired Peyton Krebs' game suggests a long-term second-line centre for years to c come.

It's the debut edition of Scout's Notebook, a weekly series in which our lead scouts share observations from their viewings across the hockey world. This week's Scout's Notebook follows the progress of Owen Pickering, Matthew Savoie, and Connor Bedard.

The Winnipeg Ice - formerly known as the Kootenay Ice, held the top two selections in the 2019 WHL Bantam Draft. It was a seismic opportunity for the recently-moved club...

Seemingly overnight, the Minnesota Wild have become one of the NHL’s most exciting teams. So many of their players register high on the fun-to-watch meter, and their team has plenty...

The Philadelphia Flyers boast the 19th-ranked prospect pool in the NHL, and they're the subject of today's writeup in the EP Rinkside prospect pool rankings countdown.

Carson Lambos looked like a sure-thing top 15 prospect in his draft-minus-one season with the WHL's Winnipeg Ice, but he failed to build on that in his draft-year. Mitch Brown takes you into the Film Room ™️ to make sense of Lambos' game.

J.D. Burke and his team of scouts have convened to put together their latest draft ranking for the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, a list that's 48 players long, and sets the stage nicely for the U18s, set to start in Texas in no time.

Chicago Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman authored a statement about this time a month ago detailing the new direction that the franchise was charting, departing from their stated goal of...

The first-round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft came and went, and it was full value, as always, with its fair share of awesome picks, duds, and totally out of...

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...

The CHL has a unique appeal compared to the NHL. Lower-quality hockey, no doubt, but there’s no replacing the insane swings in player and team quality from year to year....

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...