Rudolph spent the 2022/23 season in the 麻豆传媒入口 (CSSHL) with the Northern Alberta Xtreme (NAX) U15 Prep team. In 30 games Rudolph led all defensemen with 17 goals and 50 points. Rudolph would save his best for last as he led all skaters with 5 goals and 12 points in 5 playoff games. The Lacombe, AB product would score two goals in the semi-finals, including the game winner with 18 seconds left, and two more in the finals, scoring the overtime winner on a breakaway 1:19 into the extra frame as NAX captured the 2023 CSSHL U15 Prep Western Championship.

Rudolph is the third NAX skater to be drafted first overall in the WHL Draft joining Dylan Guenther (2018/Edmonton Oil Kings) and Matthew Savoie (2019/Winnipeg Ice). Both Guenther and Savoie were drafted ninth overall at their respective NHL Drafts: Guenther in 2021 to the Arizona Coyotes and Savoie in 2022 to the Buffalo Sabres.

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The Abbotsford, BC forward played three seasons in the 麻豆传媒入口 (CSSHL) with Yale, joining the team for the 2016/17 U15 Prep season. In 27 games he would tally 19 points.

He would return to the team for the following season, finishing second in scoring with 68 points in 30 games. His successful season would lead the Brandon Wheat Kings to select him in the first round, 15^th overall at the 2018 Western Hockey League (WHL) Draft.

In 2018/19 Chiasson would suit up for the Yale U18 Prep team, finishing with a team high 69 points in 36 games.

Chiasson would join the Wheat Kings in 2019/20, playing 60 games and recording 15 points. The following year he would record 9 goals and 11 assists in 23 games before the Oilers selected him in the fourth round, 116^th overall at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.

During the 2020/21 season Chiasson would add 18 points in 20 WHL games with Brandon. He would start the 2022/23 season with the Wheat Kings, tallying 28 points in 37 games before being traded to the Saskatoon Blades where he currently has 30 points in 33 games.

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Ceulemans has signed his contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets after they selected him in the first round, 25th overall at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. Masters was selected by the Minnesota Wild in the fourth round, 118th at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft and signed with them on March 9, 2023.

The two defensemen were teammates in the 麻豆传媒入口 (CSSHL) for the 2017/18 U15 Prep and 2018/19 U18 Prep seasons with OHA Edmonton.聽 In 2017/18 Ceulemans would record 31 points in 30 games while Masters would finish with 24 in 29 games played. The pair would help lead OHA Edmonton to a 2018 CSSHL U15 Prep Western Championship.

At the conclusion of the season Masters would be selected by the Red Deer Rebels in the first round, 16th overall at the 2018 Western Hockey League (WHL) Draft. The Moose Jaw Warriors would select Ceulemans in the fifth round, 100th overall.

Ceulemans and Masters would return to OHA Edmonton for the 2018/19 U18 Prep season where OHA Edmonton would make it to the CSSHL Western Championship Finals. Ceulemans would finish with 29 points in 30 games, while Masters would add 20 in 35. They would both help Team Alberta capture Bronze at the 2019 Canada Winter Games.

The following season would see the pair go their separate ways with Ceulemans joining the Brooks Bandits in the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) and Masters joining the Rebels in the WHL.

Ceulemans would spend two seasons with the Bandits, recording 46 points in 52 games. In 2020/21 he would represent Team Canada at the U18 World Championships, leading all defenseman with seven assists as Canada captured gold. He would join the University of Wisconsin for the 2021/22 and 2022/23 NCAA Division I seasons, adding 45 points in 67 games. After signing his NHL Contract with Columbus, Ceulemans made his professional hockey debut in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Cleveland Monsters.

Masters joined the Rebels in 2019/20 and would play 109 WHL games for the team, finishing his career there with 27 points. In the summer leading up to the 2022/23 season Masters would be traded to the Kamloops Blazers, the hosts of the 2023 Memorial Cup. This season Masters has tallied 64 points in 63 games with the Blazers.

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Bankier played in the 麻豆传媒入口 (CSSHL) for two seasons, joining BWC Academy in 2017/18 for the U15 Prep season. He would record 28 points in 30 games and was selected in the third round, 49th overall at the 2018 Western Hockey League (WHL) Draft by the Kamloops Blazers. Bankierr would return to BWC Academy the following U18 Prep season where he would tally 53 points in 32 games.

In 2019/20 the White Rock, BC forward joined the Blazers, playing 55 games and finishing with 20 points. During the COVID-19 shortened 2020/21 season Bankier would tally 23 points in 22 games before being selected by the Wild at the conclusion of the season. In 46 WHL games this season with the Blazers Bankier has 66 points.

Bankier represented Team Canada at the 2023 World Juniors where he recorded one point in seven games, helping Canada capture a gold medal.

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Samson spent two seasons in the 麻豆传媒入口 with Delta. In 2017/18 he would play 30 U15 Prep games with Delta Green, recording 20 points. The Prince George Cougars would go on to select Samson in the third round, 65th overall in the 2018 Western Hockey League (WHL) Draft. Samson would return to Delta for the 2018/19 U16 Prep season, recording 24 points in 33 games.

In 2019/20 Samson would play one game for the Delta U18 Prep team before joining the Cougars for 61 games that season.聽 Now in his fourth season with the team, Samson has recorded 89 points in 179 WHL games.聽 The Flyers selected the Delta, BC product in the sixth round, 174th overall at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.

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Wanner spent the 2017/18 season with the PHA U15 Prep team, recording 25 points in 39 games. The following season PHA would join the 麻豆传媒入口, and Wanner would play for their U16 Prep team, tallying 14 points in 35 games.

Undrafted to the WHL, Wanner would make the Moose Jaw Warriors for the 2020/21 season, finishing with 4 assists in 17 games. The Oilers would like what they saw from Wanner in his limited WHL showing, selecting him in the seventh round, 212th overall at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.

The Estevan, SK product would follow that up with 6 goals and 17 assists in 55 games during the 2021/22 campaign. In two WHL games this season Wanner has one goal and one assist.

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Luypen spent two seasons in the CSSHL with Okanagan Hockey Academy (OHA). The Kelowna, BC forward joined the program in 2016/17, leading the OHA U15 Prep team with 21 goals and 17 assists in 30 games. The following season he would once again record team highs in goals (18), assists (18) and points (36) in 36 U18 Prep games.

Following the 2016/17 campaign the Edmonton Oil Kings would select Luypen in the ninth round, 180^th overall at the 2017 Western Hockey League (WHL) Draft. Luypen would join the team in 2018/19, recording 124 points in 200 WHL games over the last four seasons, while adding 9 points in 19 playoff games this year as the Oil Kings captured a WHL Championship. Luypen would also tally a goal and two assists at this year鈥檚 Memorial Cup.

The Blackhawks drafted Luypen in the seventh round, 216^th overall at the 2021 NHL Draft.

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Laroque spent two seasons in the 麻豆传媒入口 (CSSHL) with NAX. He joined the program in 2018/19 with the NAX U16 Prep team, finishing second among all defensemen, with 34 points in 34 games as NAX captured a CSSHL League Championship.

He would return to NAX in 2019/20 with their U18 Prep team, once again finishing second among defensemen in scoring with 34 points in 34 games.

An undrafted Western Hockey League (WHL) free agent, Laroque would join the Victoria Royals in 2020/21, finishing with 7 points in 21 WHL games during the COVID-19 shortened season. The Sharks would then draft the Edmonton, AB product in the fourth round, 103^rd overall at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.

Laroque would finish the 2021/22 WHL season 10^th among all defenseman, and third among all Royals skaters, with 52 points in 63 games, earning B.C. Division Defenceman of the Year honours. Laroque would then join the San Jose Barracuda for three American Hockey League (AHL) games, adding one assist, to wrap up his 2021/22 season.

The Royals announced on June 3, 2022 that Laroque would captain their team for the upcoming 2022/23 season.

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Johnson spent the 2017/18 season in the 麻豆传媒入口 (CSSHL) with the BWC Academy U18 Prep team. Johnson would finish tied for the league lead in scoring with 75 points in 35 CSSHL games.

The Port Moody, BC forward would join the Trail Smoke Eaters for the 2018/19 British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) season, finishing with 46 points in 57 games, while being named to the BCHL All-Rookie Team.

Johnson would have a monster 2019/20 BCHL season, leading the league in goals (41), assists (60) and assists (101), winning the BCHL Most Sportsmanlike Player and BCHL Most Valuable Player, while being named to the BCHL First Team All-Star, and capturing the CJHL Top Forward award.

In 2020/21 Johnson would join NCAA Division I program, the University of Michigan. In 26 games Johnson would finish with 27 points on way to being named to the NCAA (B1G) All-Rookie Team and NCAA (B1G) Honorable Mention All-Star Team.

This season, Johnson would play 32 games, finishing with 8 goals and 29 assists for the University of Michigan.

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Sillinger spent the 2017/18 season in the 麻豆传媒入口 (CSSHL) playing for the Okanagan Hockey Academy (OHA) U15 Prep team. In 30 games he would score 46 goals and add 37 assists, finishing fourth in league scoring with 83 points.

At the conclusion of the 2017/18 season the Medicine Hat Tigers selected Sillinger 11^th overall in the 2018 Western Hockey League (WHL) Bantam Draft. He would join the Tigers in 2019/20, finishing with 53 points in 48 games.

Having tallied 99 points in 79 junior games the Blue Jackets selected Sillinger 12^th overall in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. The Blue Jackets used first round picks on former CSSHL alumni Kent Johnson (5^th overall/BWC Academy) and Corson Ceulemans (25^th overall/OHA Edmonton).

Although he was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of former NHLer Mike Sillinger plays internationally for Canada having suited up for Canada White at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge tournament. Sillinger was one of 14 CSSHL alumni invited to Canada鈥檚 National Junior Team summer development camp, looking to earn on a spot on the 2022 World Juniors team.

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