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Oil Kings Jalen Luypen Selected in Seventh Round by Chicago Blackhawks

July 24, 2021 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Edmonton Oil Kings News Release


Edmonton, AB - The Chicago Blackhawks selected Edmonton Oil Kings forward Jalen Luypen with their seventh-round selection, 216th-overall, on the second day of the 2021 NHL Draft.

"It means the world to me," said Luypen on getting the call that he had been drafted. "It's been a dream of mine since I was kid. To get that phone call and experience it with my family was a huge honour and a memory I'll have for a lifetime.

"I was talking with my mom and wasn't sure if it was going to happen or not, and then my phone rang, and it was an Illinois number, my jaw dropped, my mom started screaming and then 10-seconds later there were a lot of happy tears shed in our house."

Luypen, 19, is coming off his third season with the Oil Kings and set new career highs in goals (16), assists (13) and points (29) in just 23 games during the pandemic-shortened 2021 WHL season to go along with 25 penalty minutes and a +15 plus/minus rating.

The Kelowna, BC native was named the Oil Kings 2021 Most Improved Player after finishing second on the team in goals and third in points. He finished the season as the WHL's fifth highest goal scorer.

"They're a great organization, an original-six team, that has had a lot of success throughout the years," added Luypen on the organization he is joining. "I can't wait to go in there and learn from so many great players like Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane who have been there for a while and have had super successful careers."

In his career, the 5-foot-10, 155-pound forward has appeared in 134 games with the Oil Kings and has recorded 60 points (32G, 28A), 94 penalty minutes and a +17 plus/minus rating. He was originally drafted by the Oil Kings in the ninth round, 180th-overall, of the 2017 WHL Draft.

Luypen becomes the 23rd player in modern franchise history to be selected from the Oil Kings at the NHL Draft and fourth this year. This is the third time (2011, 2014 and 2021) the Oil Kings have had at least four players selected in the same draft year.

NHL Drafted Oil Kings Players

Year Player Position Round Overall Team

2009 Tomas Vincour RW 5 129 Dallas Stars

2010 Mark Pysyk D 1 23 Buffalo Sabres

2011 Keegan Lowe D 3 73 Carolina Hurricanes

2011 Travis Ewanyk C 3 74 Edmonton Oilers

2011 Michael St. Croix C 4 106 New York Rangers

2011 Laurent Brossoit G 6 164 Calgary Flames

2012 Griffin Reinhart D 1 4 New York Islanders

2012 Henrik Samuelsson C 1 27 Phoenix Coyotes

2012 Mitch Moroz LW 2 32 Edmonton Oilers

2013 Curtis Lazar C 1 17 Ottawa Senators

2013 Tristan Jarry G 2 44 Pittsburgh Penguins

2014 Brett Pollock LW 2 45 Dallas Stars

2014 Dysin Mayo D 5 133 Arizona Coyotes

2014 Brandon Baddock C 6 161 New Jersey Devils

2014 Aaron Irving D 6 162 Nashville Predators

2014 Edgars Kulda LW 7 193 Arizona Coyotes

2018 Trey Fix-Wolansky RW 7 204 Columbus Blue Jackets

2019 Matthew Robertson D 2 49 New Yrok Rangers

2020 Jake Neighbours LW 1 26 St. Louis Blues

2021 Dylan Guenther RW 1 9 Arizona Coyotes

2021 Sebastian Cossa G 1 15 Detroit Red Wings

2021 Carson Latimer RW 4 123 Ottawa Senators

2021 Jalen Luypen C/LW 7 216 Chicago Blackhawks

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