Hitmen Make Nine Selection in 2023 WHL Prospects Draft
May 11, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Calgary Hitmen News Release
Calgary, AB - The Calgary Hitmen Hockey Club selected nine players including five forwards, three defencemen and one goalie in the 2023 WHL Prospects Draft held online today. The Prospects Draft was for 2008-born players from the four western provinces and select U.S states.
"We're excited and happy with the group of players we selected today. We got a little bit of everything. We tried to key in on some skill and talent and we've accomplished that." said Garry Davidson Director of Player Personnel. "It's the old saying, you can't have enough skill and talent. When you don't have it, it's very hard to get it. As they say, talent is very expensive. We focused on that and I think we've come up with a really skilled, talented group."
2023 CALGARY HITMEN DRAFT BOARD
RD PICK PLAYER POS. 2022-23 TEAM GP G A PTS
1 11 Noah Kosick C Pacific Coast Academy U18 Prep 32 10 35 45
2 31 Eric Tu G St. George's School U15 Prep 18 GAA: 2.73 SAV%: 0.914
2 33 Easton LaPlante RD Calgary Flames U15 AAA 28 16 11 27
4 77 Koy Funk C RHA Winnipeg U15 Prep 30 20 25 45
5 99 Logan Lepinski RD BWC U15 Prep 27 7 22 29
7 133 Ethan Dundas LW Regina Monarchs U15 AA 27 32 44 76
7 143 Rylan Ng RW Lethbridge Golden Hawks U15 AAA 34 25 24 49
8 158 Griffin Horne C Airdrie Xtreme U15 AAA 32 10 8 18
8 165 Sam Lukenchuk LD Saskatoon Outlaws U15 AA 28 5 11 16
More than 100 Hitmen draft picks have gone on to play for the franchise including: Carson Wetsch (2021), Oliver Tulk (2020), David Adaszynski (2020), Carter Yakemchuk (2020), Grayden Siepmann (2019), Sean Tschigerl (2018), Tyson Galloway (2018), Brayden Peters (2017), Riley Fiddler-Schultz (2017), Cael Zimmerman (2016), Mark Kastelic (2014).
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