The 麻豆传媒入口 (CSSHL) would like to congratulate the following current and former Northern Alberta Xtreme (NAX) student-athletes on their advancement to the next step on their hockey journey:
Evan Arnold | NAIT Ooks | ACAC |
Tristen Bailey | Drayton Valley Thunder | AJHL |
Tori Bear | Minot State University | ACHA |
Madison Berven | University of Ottawa | U SPORTS |
Owen Brees | Devon Xtreme | AJHL |
Skyler Bruce | University of Manitoba | U SPORTS |
Ethan Buhler | Revelstoke Grizzlies | KIJHL |
Aspen Checknita | MacEwan University | U SPORTS |
Tafari Chingwaru | Drayton Valley Thunder | AJHL |
J’Anne Colbow | Morrisville State College Mustangs | NCAA III |
Callie Dach | NAIT Ooks | ACAC |
Luke Davies | Drumheller Dragons | AJHL |
Nicholas DeGraves | Penn State University | NCAA |
Megan Dolynchuk | MacEwan University | U SPORTS |
Caris Erickson | Castleton University | NCAA III |
Gavin Faul | Camrose Kodiaks | AJHL |
Jaxon Haley | Swan Valley Stampeders | MJHL |
Molly Hamilton | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) | NCAA |
Blake Heward | University of Regina | U SPORTS |
Reese Hicks | Drayton Valley Thunder | AJHL |
Myles Hilman | University of Nebraska-Omaha | NCAA |
Sarah Kjemhus | Nipissing Lakers | U SPORTS |
Marc Lajoie | University of Alberta | U SPORTS |
Mats Lajoie | Bonnyville Pontiacs | AJHL |
Dylan Leslie | NAIT Ooks | ACAC |
Layne Loomer | Penn State University | NCAA |
Gracyn Mackay | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) | NCAA |
Matthew Malin | St. Olaf College | NCAA III |
Tyler Miller | Michigan Tech Huskies | NCAA |
Reis Nyland | Fort McMurray Oil Barons | AJHL |
Tyler Palmer | University of Alberta | U SPORTS |
Sam Popowich | University of Alberta | U SPORTS |
Karter Radtke | Lloydminster Bobcats | AJHL |
Austin Reschny | SAIT Trojans | ACAC |
Ryan Richardson | Devon Xtreme | AJHL |
Erick Roest | Cornell University | NCAA |
Ryan Seeley | Drumheller Dragons | AJHL |
Drew Williamson | Drumheller Dragons | AJHL |
Nick Wolfenberg | Cornell University | NCAA |
Caleb Wyrostok | University of Calgary | U SPORTS |
Evan Arnold: Arnold joined NAX for the 2018/19 U16 Prep season, finishing second on his team and third in the league with 52 points in 36 games. He would add 5 points in 5 playoff games as NAX captured the 2019 CSSHL U16 Prep Western Championship. The following U18 Prep season he would tally 22 points in 16 games. Arnold would go on to play 189 games in the AJHL with the Spruce Grove Saints, Sherwood Park Crusaders, Fort McMurray Oil Barons and Whitecourt Wolverines tallying 117 points.
Tristen Bailey: Bailey played the 2023/24 U17 Prep season with NAX White team. The Salmon Arm, BC forward finished fourth in team scoring with 40 points in 31 games.
Tori Bear: The Ochapowace, SK forward recorded 5 points in 27 games with NAX during the 2021/22 Female U18 Prep season.
Madison Berven: Berven joined NAX for the 2023/24 Female U18 Prep season. In 29 games the Foothills, AB forward recorded 16 points, second among all NAX skaters.
Owen Brees: A defenseman from Lethbridge, AB, Brees spent three seasons with NAX. A fifth round pick, 110th overall by the Winnipeg Ice (now the Wenatchee Wild) at the 2022 WHL Draft, Brees began at NAX for the 2020/21 U15 season. The following year he would produce 26 points in 30 U15 Prep games. During the 2022/23 season he recorded 29 points in 33 games as NAX captured the 2023 CSSHL U17 Prep Western Championship.
Skyler Bruce: Selected in the second round, 29th overall by the Kootenay Ice (now the Wenatchee Wild) at the 2018 WHL Draft, Bruce joined NAX for the 2019/20 U18 Prep season, finishing seventh in the league and second on his team with 65 points in 28 games. He would start the 2020/21 U18 Prep season with NAX, tallying 4 points in 3 games, before joining the Winnipeg Ice. He would spend parts of 6 seasons in the WHL with the Ice, Vancouver Giants, and Edmonton Oil Kings, recording 49 goals and 84 assists in 209 games.
Ethan Buhler: After spending the 2022/23 season with the NAX U17 Travel team, Buhler suited up for the NAX U17 Prep Blue team in 2023/24. In 30 games the Stony Plain, AB forward finished with 5 goals and 9 assists.
Aspen Checknita: The Sherwood Park, AB defender recorded 1 goal and 2 assists in 29 games during the 2023/24 Female U18 Prep season.
J’Anne Colbow: A netminder from Weyburn, SK, Colbow went 2-9-1 with a 3.58GAA and .898SV% during the 2023/24 Female U18 Prep season with NAX.
Tafari Chingwaru: Selected in the 10th round by the Medicine Hat Tigers at the 2023 WHL Draft, Chingwaru joined NAX for the 2023/24 U17 Prep season. In 29 games the Edmonton, AB defenseman had 5 goals and 16 assists.
Callie Dach: Dach spent the 2021/22 season with the NAX Female U18 Prep team. In 27 games the Fort Saskatchewan, AB defenseman recorded 2 goals and 9 assists.
Luke Davies: The Calgary, AB forward joined NAX for the 2020/21 U15 Prep season recording 2 points in 4 games. The following U16 Prep season he finished with 38 points in 31 games with an additional 4 points in 5 playoff games as NAX captured the 2022 CSSHL U16 Prep Western Championship. Davies spent the last two seasons in the U18 Prep division, finishing with 39 points in 48 games.
Nicholas DeGraves: Degraves played the 2017/18 U15 Prep season with NAX, recording 31 points in 30 games. The Edmonton, AB forward would go on to play in 112 games in the AJHL with the Brooks Bandits, tallying 107 points while winning a 2021/22 AJHL Championship.
Megan Dolynchuk: The Edmonton, AB forward scored 6 goals and assisted on 7 more while playing 30 games for NAX during the 2023/24 Female U18 Prep season.
Caris Erickson: Erickson recorded 5 goals and 6 assists in 30 games during the 2023/24 season, the lone CSSHL season for the Irma, AB forward.
Gavin Faul: The St. Albert, AB forward led the NAX U17 Prep White team with 55 points in 28 games during the 2023/24 season, earning him U17 Prep Tier I CSSHL (Prairie Division) Second Team All-Star honours.
Jaxon Haley: A forward from Spruce Grove, AB, Haley joined NAX for the 2020/21 U15 Prep season. The following U16 Prep campaign he recorded 21 points in 33 games. He would add 1 goal in 5 playoff games as NAX captured the 2022 CSSHL U16 Prep Western Championship.
Molly Hamilton: Hamilton joined NAX for the 2021/22 Female U18 Prep season, spending two seasons in the CSSHL. The Bay Tree, AB forward finished with seasons of 16 and 22 points, playing 24 games both years.
Blake Heward: The Regina, SK defender spent the 2016/17 U15 Prep season with NAX, recording 25 points in 26 games. At the conclusion of the season the Swift Current Broncos would select Heward in the seventh round, 153rd overall at the 2018 WHL Draft. Heward would go on to play 103 WHL games with the Edmonton Oil Kings and Calgary Hitmen before finishing his junior career in the SJHL with the Estevan Bruins.
Reese Hicks: Hicks came to NAX for the 2023/24 U17 Prep season. In 29 games with the NAX White team he tallied 15 goals and 18 assists.
Myles Hilman: A ninth round pick, 185th overall by the Prince Albert Raiders at the 2018 WHL Draft, Hilman led the CSSHL U16 Prep division in scoring during the 2018/19 season with 58 points in 36 games. He would add six points in five playoff games as NAX captured the 2019 CSSHL U16 Prep Western Championship. The Blackfalds, AB forward would join the Drumheller Dragons in 2019/20 and become their captain the following season. Overall he played 104 AJHL games and had 82 points.
Sarah Kjemhus: A defenseman from Hythe, AB, Kjemhus joined NAX for the 2022/23 and 2023/24 Female U18 Prep seasons. In 58 career games she would finish with 3 goals and 24 assists.
Marc Lajoie: Lajoie joined NAX for the 2017/18 U15 Prep season, tallying 30 points in 20 games. The Tri-City Americans would then select the St. Albert, AB defenseman in the first round, 14th overall at the 2018 WHL Draft. The following U18 Prep season he would tally 11 goals and 24 assists in 35 games as NAX captured a 2019 CSSHL U18 Prep Western Championship. Lajoie would spend the next four seasons with the Americans, playing 215 games while tallying 26 goals and 67 assists. This season he was named a WHL (Central) Second Team All-Star after posting 26 goals and 32 assists in 68 games.
Mats Lajoie: Selected in the ninth round 179th overall by the Victoria Royals at the 2023 WHL Draft, Lajoie joined NAX for the 2023/24 U17 Prep season. In 30 games the St. Albert, AB forward led NAX Blue with 30 assists and 46 points in 30 games
Dylan Leslie: Leslie joined NAX for the 2019/20 U18 Prep season where he tallied 23 points in 28 games. The St. Albert, AB forward would then spend 4 seasons with the Whitecourt Wolverines, playing 175 AJHL games and posting 30 goals and 55 assists.
Layne Loomer: The Lethbridge, AB forward joined NAX in 2019/20 playing just three U16 Prep games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The following U18 Prep campaign he finished third in team scoring with 50 points in 34 games. He would spend 2022-24 in the AJHL with the Blackfalds Bulldogs, tallying back-to-back 47 point seasons in 55 and 39 games respectively.
Gracyn Mackay: Mackay played for the NAX Female U18 Prep team during the 2021/22 and 2022/23 seasons. In 55 games the Irma, AB defenseman had 18 points, including a career high 16 in 2022/23.
Matthew Malin: The San Francisco, California netminder came to NAX for the 2020/21 U18 Prep season. In 3 games he would go 2-1-0 with a 2.67GAA and .900SV%. Malin would make the jump to the AJHL the following season with the Canmore Eagles, finishing a three year junior career with a 33-42-7 record, .904SV%, 3.26GAA and 3 shutouts.
Tyler Miller: Miller joined NAX in 2019/20 finishing with 22 points in 36 U16 Prep games. The following U18 Prep season the Medicine Hat, AB defender tallied 5 points in 6 games. Miller then joined the Sherwood Park Crusaders in the AJHL putting up 45 points in 102 games over three seasons.
Reis Nyland: Selected in the eighth round, 166th overall by the Prince George Cougars at the 2021 WHL Draft, Nyland joined NAX for the 2021/22 U16 Prep season where he finished with 44 points in 39 regular season and playoff games to help his team with the 2022 CSSHL U16 Prep Western Championship. The La Glace, AB forward has played the last two seasons with the NAX U18 Prep team recording back-to-back 22 point seasons in 59 career games.
Tyler Palmer: The Fernie, BC netminder joined the NAX U16 Prep team after being selected in the 10th round, 215th overall at the 2018 WHL Draft by the Spokane Chiefs. During the 2018/19 U16 Prep season he would go 13-6-0 with a .924SV%, 2.19GAA and 1 shutout. He would play all 5 playoff games as NAX captured the 2019 CSSHL U16 Prep Western Championship. The following U18 Prep campaign he would go 15-2-0 with a .914SV%, 1 shutout and 2.40GAA. He would make a quick stop in the AJHL in 2020/21 with the Spruce Grove Saints before joining the Victoria Royals in the wHL in 2021/22. In 3 WHL seasons with the Royals and Everett Silvertips Palmer would post a 3.24GAA, .902SV%, 5 shutouts and a 66-56-8 record in 140 games.
Sam Popowich: A fifth round pick, 91st overall by the Seattle Thunderbirds at the 2018 WHL Draft, Popowich joined NAX for the 2018/19 U16 Prep season. In 36 games he had 51 points before adding 3 points in 5 playoff games as NAX captured the 2019 CSSHL U16 Prep Western Championship. He would split the following two seasons between the Spruce Grove Saints of the AJHL and in the WHL with the Thunderbirds. He would play the last three full seasons with the Thunderbirds, wrapping up a WHL career with 85 points in 219 games and winning a 2023 WHL Championship.
Karter Radtke: A forward from Leduc, AB, Radtke played three games with the NAX U15 team during the 2020/21 COVID-19 season.
Austin Reschny: Reschny played 6 games with the NAX U18 Prep team in 2020/21, tallying 4 goals and 4 assists. The Macklin, SK forward would spend the following two AJHL seasons with the Okotoks Oilers. He would close out the 2022/23 season with the Grande Prairie Storm before playing this past season with the Drumheller Dragons. In 153 career AJHL games he would finish wih 16 goals and 35 assists.
Ryan Richardson: Richardson joined NAX for the 2023/24 U18 Prep season. In 30 games the Kelowna, BC defender tallied 2 goals and 14 assists.
Erick Roest: A 10th round pick, 215th overall by his hometown Lethbridge Hurricanes at the 2019 WHL Draft, Roest posted a 8-7-0 record, .901SV%, 3.27GAA and 1 shutout during the 2018/19 U15 Prep season. During the 2019/20 U16 Prep season he would go 17-1-0 with 3 shutouts, a .924SV% and 1.83GAA. Roest is a veteran of 67 AJHL games with the Sherwood Park Crusaders going 42-19-6 with 2 shutouts, a 2.79GAA and .909SV%.
Ryan Seeley: Seeley spent the 2021/22 U16 Prep season with NAX. In 33 games the Olds, AB defenseman tallied 6 goals and 19 assists. A 2021 fifth round, 104th overall WHL Draft pick by the Moose Jaw Warriors, Seeley added 2 assists in 4 playoff games as NAX captured the 2022 CSSHL U16 Prep Western Championship.
Drew Williamson: A forward from Wimborne, AB, Williamson joined NAX for the 2022/23 U18 Prep season. A seventh round pick, 152nd overall by the Brandon Wheat Kings at the 2021 WHL Draft, Williamson scored 6 goals and chipped in 16 assists in 33 games.
Nick Wolfenberg: Selected in the eighth round, 173rd overall by the Saskatoon Blades at the 2019 WHL Draft, Wolfenberg joined NAX for the 2018/19 U15 Prep season where he had 9 points in 9 games. A defenseman from Calgary, AB, he would record 19 points in 28 U16 Prep games the following year before finishing with 6 points in 6 U18 Prep games in 2020/21. He would play two AJHL seasons with the Okotoks Oilers, recording 37 points in 74 games.
Caleb Wyrostok: The Medicine Hat, AB forward was selected in the 2018 WHL Draft in the ninth round, 197th overall by the Swift Current Broncos. Wyrostok joined NAX for the 2018/19 U16 Prep season, finishing second on his team with 20 goals and fourth with 35 points in 30 games. He would add five points in three playoff games as NAX captured the 2019 CSSHL U16 Prep Western Championship. The following season Wyrostok recorded 48 points in 31 U18 Prep games. He would spend four full seasons in the WHL with the Broncos, finishing with 52 goals and 51 assists in 169 games.