The Abbotsford, BC product spent two seasons in the CSSHL with Yale’s U15 Prep team. During the 2016/17 season he would tally 9 points in 30 games. The following campaign Sward finished with 18 points in 26 games, leading to the Spokane Chiefs selecting him in the first round, 17th overall at the 2018 WHL Draft.

Sward joined the Chiefs in 2019/20, playing in 55 games and recording 17 points. The following year he would play in just 11 games but the Nashville Predators would select him in the fifth round, 146th overall at the 2022 NHL Draft.

He would begin the 2022/23 season with the Chiefs, playing eight games with the team before being moved to the Winnipeg Ice. Sward would finish the season with 33 points in 52 games with the Ice, adding 12 more points in 19 playoff games.

This past season Sward had 15 goals and 66 assists in 66 games with the Wenatchee Wild, earning him WHL (US) First All-Star Team honours.

The Moose have assigned Sward to the ECHL with the Norfolk Admirals to begin the 2024/25 season.

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Dominic Deery: In 30 U17 Prep games the Richland, Washington forward tallied 22 points during the 2023/24 season.

Connor Ellingsen: The Pasco, Washington forward played 15 U18 Prep games during the 2023/24 campaign, tallying 6 points.

Alex Ewers: A forward from Spokane, Washington, Ewers had 1 goal and 5 assists in 28 U18 Prep games in 2023/24.

Keegan Stickel: The Moose Lake, Washington defender had 9 assists in 29 U18 Prep games with Wenatchee during the 2023/24 season.

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PROGRAM PHILOSOPHY AND MISSION STATEMENT

The Wenatchee Wild 16U and Wenatchee Wild 18U hockey teams are full-time hockey academy-style Tier 1 AAA teams. The program is operated through a partnership between Wenatchee Amateur Hockey Association (WAHA) and the Wenatchee Wild of the WHL. The teams are full members of the CSSHL (Canadian Sports School Hockey League) and we are also National Bound Teams for USA Hockey. The program is structured as an elite development program, where the entire focus is on developing players and helping them move on tothe higher levels of the game. Wenatchee players have a structured weekly schedule consisting of school, on-ice training, off-ice training, video, and study hall.

LIST OF CSSHL TEAMS聽

• 18U Prep
• 17U Prep

LOCATION AND YEAR THE PROGRAM ENTERED THE CSSHL

• Wenatchee, WA 2023-2024 season

EDUCATION

• • Partner School
    • Eastmont High School, East Wenatchee, WA.
  • What are some of the things your program does to provide educational support?
    • Eastmont High School has a Tutoring block for students after school and we also have focal point tutoring (for a fee) to also help the students.
  • How are grades monitored and how often?
    • Eastmont school emails progress reports once a month.
  • How are courses and the graduation path for student athletes chosen?
    • During the off season the players are connected to our school counsellors for enrolment and course assignments.
  • Do you have an academic probation policy?
    • All students must maintain a 2.5 GPA to remain eligible for participation. However, if they come to Wenatchee 3.0 etc the expectation is they leave with a higher mark than when they finish in Wenatchee.

RESIDENTIAL LIFE

• We offer a 10-month billeting program in the Wenatchee area with 3 full time billet coordinators to help with the placement and safety of our players. All our Billet families must do a Background check, USA Hockey Volunteer registration and Safesport certification. All homes receive home inspections prior to becoming a billet family.
• Wenatchee strives to make all our athletes feel at home while developing their emotional aptitude. Our athletes will develop key life skills by living away from home, such as time management skills, cooking and laundry, self-advocacy, relationship skills, appreciation of new cultures and independence. If they are going to play Jr鈥檚 then to be part of a billet family prior will make the transition smoother for the next level.

STUDENT ATHLETE HEALTH

• How are injuries and sick student athletes monitored?
  • All injuries and sickness are report to our excellent medical team. Lead by Dr Sharon Seguin and AT Pepe Sandoval will make sure that all players get the best possible medical care while in Wenatchee.

SCHEDULE

• What days the daily schedule look like for a student athlete in your program?
  • U18 Daily Schedule:
    • High School 7:30-1:30 every day
    • Practice 2:00-3:15pm every day and gym after practice 3 days a week
    • Off Ice skills 2 times per week
    • Video sessions vary on game and travel schedule
  • U17 Daily Schedule:
    • High School 7:30-2:30 every day,
    • Practice 3:30-4:45 every day and gym after practice 3 days a week.
    • Off Ice skills 2 times a week.
    • Video sessions vary on game and travel schedule.
  • How many games can your teams expect to play?
    • Both teams will play between 40-50 games per season
  • How long does your program run?
    • We are a 10 month Academy and the season runs from the 3^rd week of Aug to 1^st week of June.

KEY STAFF AND CONTACT INFO

• Hockey Director: Troy Mick (250-938-8962)

PRICE

• • What is including in the price to attend the program? Breakdown of fees
    • The Academy cost for the season is $22,000.00 plus $450.00 per month for billeting. $3,000 upon signing agreement and then the rest of the payments over 8 months. The billeting portion is postdated checks for 10 months of the program.

CONTACT

• • What is the best way to contact the program?
    • For more information, please contact Hockey Director Troy Mick tmick@wenatcheewildhockey.com or go to our website at or follow us along on all of our social media Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (X)

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A forward from North Vancouver, BC, Kai Anderson has spent the last three seasons in the CSSHL with BWC Academy. In 28 games with BWC Academy Gold U17 Prep, Anderson tallied 29 points. Anderson has signed with the Lethbridge Hurricanes after originally being selected in the sixth round, 117th overall at the 2023 WHL Draft.

Calgary, AB defenseman David Byrne joined Edge School Gold for the 2023/24 U17 Prep season, recording 24 points in 30 games. Selected in the seventh round, 144th overall at the 2023 WHL Draft, Byrne has played three WHL games with the Tri-City Americans after signing with them earlier this month.

The Wenatchee Wild have signed Radislav Dimitrov and Grady Wedman. Dimitrov, an Edmonton, AB defenseman, had 20 points in 29 games with OHA Edmonton U18 Prep, his second season with the program. Wedman joined the Northern Alberta Xtreme (NAX) Blue U17 Prep team this season, finishing with 25 points in 31 games. The Wild selected Dimitrov in the fifth round, 110th overall, and Wedman in the eighth round, 176th overall, at the 2023 WHL Draft.

Jake Henderson joined St. George’s School in 2021/22 before playing the last two seasons with Yale Hockey Academy. In 29 U18 Prep games this season the Burnaby, BC defenseman had 14 points. The Kelowna Rockets selected Henderson in the third round, 50th overall at the 2023 WHL Draft.

The Red Deer Rebels have signed forward Noah Milford and netminder Peyton Shore. The Rebels selected Shore in the fifth round, 100th overall, and Milford 50 picks later in the seventh round of the 2023 WHL Draft. Milford joined the Calgary International Hockey Academy (CIHA) U17 Prep team this season, tallying 46 points in 29 games while assisting on the overtime winner that gave CIHA their first ever CSSHL Western Championship. Shore has spent the last two seasons with RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg, playing for their U17 Prep team this season. The Winnipeg, MB netminder posted a 2.48GAA and .932SV% in 15 games this season.

After spending two seasons with the Yale Hockey Academy U15 Prep team, Brayden Ryan-Mackay joined South Alberta Hockey Academy’s (SAHA) U18 Prep team this season, finishing with 37 points in 30 games. The Medicine Hat Tigers selected the Calgary, AB forward in the sixth round, 119th overall at the 2023 WHL Draft.

A defenseman from Oak Bluff, MB, Daxon Yerex has played the last two seasons with RHA Winnipeg. In 30 U18 Prep games this season he recorded 16 points. Yerex made his WHL debut with the Swift Current Broncos, tallying one assist, earlier this month after being selected by them in the third round, 52nd overall at the 2023 WHL Draft.

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The Wild selected the Surrey, BC forward in the sixth round, 132nd overall at the 2023 WHL Draft.

Danielson is now in his third CSSHL season with the Delta Hockey Academy. In 2021/22 he tallied 36 points in 30 U15 games. Last year he finished second in team scoring for Delta Green with 40 points in 27 U15 Prep games.

This season Danielson is second on the Delta Green U17 Prep team with 46 points in 26 games.

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Pankey spent the 2019/20 CSSHL season with the Pursuit of Excellence (POE) U15 Prep team. In 28 games the Spokane, WA defenseman recorded 1 goal and 1 assist. Pankey has signed with the Wenatchee Wild, and has since played two WHL games with the club.

A netminder from Invermere, BC, Tamelin has spent the last three seasons in the CSSHL with Okanagan Hockey Academy (OHA). Tamelin would join OHA for the 2021/22 U16 Prep season, playing in 13 games. He would spend last season with their U17 Prep team, playing 19 games and recording a 2.35 GAA, .928 SV%, and a 12-4-2 record with 2 shutouts.

This season Tamelin has played 7 games with a 6-1-0 record, 1.71 GAA, .938 SV% and 2 shutouts, earning him the CSSHL U18 Prep Division October Player of the Month. Tamelin has signed with the Victoria Royals after originally being selected in the ninth round, 183rd overall at the 2021 WHL Draft by the Spokane Chiefs.

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Sward currently leads all WHL skaters with 23 assists, while his 28 points in 15 games is tops among all Wenatchee skaters. Sward played 11 games in October, recording at least a point in all of them, with 7 games being multi-point efforts, including his last 5 of the month. In all, he finished October with 4 goals and 16 assists.

The Abbotsford, BC product spent two seasons in the CSSHL with Yale’s U15 Prep team. During the 2016/17 season he would tally 9 points in 30 games. The following campaign Sward finished with 18 points in 26 games, leading to the Spokane Chiefs selecting him in the first round, 17th overall at the 2018 WHL Draft.

Sward joined the Chiefs in 2019/20, playing in 55 games and recording 17 points. The following year he would play in just 11 games but the Nashville Predators would select him in the fifth round, 146th overall at the 2022 NHL Draft.

He would begin the 2022/23 season with the Chiefs, playing eight games with the team before being moved to the Winnipeg Ice. Sward would finish the season with 33 points in 52 games with the Ice, adding 12 more points in 19 playoff games.

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October Saves Challenge involves making a pledge to any goalie of your choice who is registered through the platform. People can pledge per save, or they can make a flat donation. The saves counted can be for any saves, in game or in practices, and runs from October 1 thru November 1. The monetary donations benefit both US and Canadian Beneficiaries.

鈥淎s a goalie the best save is always the next one,鈥� said Ganoung. 鈥淭he October Saves Challenge does just that; challenges you to make the next one and the one after that count.鈥�

To date Ganoung has helped raised over $9,000.

鈥淲hen I first heard of this challenge, I was so impressed by this young man who wants to raise awareness and to help raise money for this special cause,鈥� said Wenatchee Wild Hockey Director Troy Mick. 鈥淗e always thinks of others first and is an amazing young man who will do great things on and off the ice with this kind of character that he possess.鈥�

The Battleground, Washington netminder started doing the October Saves Challenge because he always liked when the NHL teams did 鈥楬ockey Fights Cancer.鈥� His mom bought his family 鈥楬ockey Fights Cancer鈥� t-shirts from their favorite teams before they heard about the October Saves Challenge.

鈥淚 don’t think there’s a single person I know that hasn’t been affected by cancer. I’d like to say that me or my family has been lucky but that’s not the case for us. October Saves became an outlet for me in a way that I can advocate for those that are fighting and those that have lost the fight. I count saves for my Great Uncle Art, My Grandfather Lewis, My Great-Grandma Marjorie, and Grandma Brenda,鈥� added Ganoung.

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鈥淲e are very excited to have been accepted into the CSSHL. The history of the academics and hockey in the CSSHL is second to none as a youth development league in North America. This will be a game changer for our program. For our organization it’s all about moving our players on to the next level whatever that level may be,鈥� said Wenatchee GM Bliss Littler.

Located in Wenatchee, Washington, the Wild will compete in the CSSHL Western Division at both the U17 Prep and U18 Prep levels. The program has currently been playing in these divisions as a guest program at CSSHL showcase events during the 2022/23 season.

鈥淭he CSSHL is excited to add a program like Wenatchee to our western division as we continue to expand and grow our league across North America,鈥� said CSSHL Chairperson Andy Oakes. 鈥淎s a guest member at some of our CSSHL showcases this season, we have seen how Wenatchee operates and we look forward to them participating in a full league schedule in 2023/24.鈥�

鈥淚 would like to thank the CSSHL Executive committee and all of the member teams for allowing us to become a member of the CSSHL. Our program in Wenatchee is looking forward to playing full time in the 2023-2024 season.聽 The CSSHL gives us the best opportunity for our student athletes to realize their educational and hockey dreams and we are ecstatic to become the newest member of the CSSHL,鈥� added Wenatchee Hockey Director Troy Mick.

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The Point Roberts, WA forward was originally selected by the Penguins in the fourth round, 108^th overall in the 2020 NHL Entry draft.

Svejkovsky has spent the last four seasons in the Western Hockey League (WHL), having played for three different teams. Svejkovsky joined the Vancouver Giants in 2018/19 after they selected him in the second round, 36^th overall in the 2016 WHL Draft. He would spend one and a half seasons with the Giants, recording 36 points in 85 games.

He would be traded to the Medicine Hat Tigers during the 2019/20 season, playing 34 games and recording 28 points with them that season. He would tally 20 points in 22 games during the 2020/21 season, and 30 points in 24 games in 2021/22 before being traded to the Seattle Thunderbirds. In 31 games with the Thunderbirds Svejkovsky has scored 19 goals to go along with 24 assists.

Prior to his WHL career, Svejkovsky played the 2017/18 season in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) with the Wenatchee Wild, finishing with 11 points in 16 games, helping the Wild capture a BCHL Championship.

Svejkovsky spent three seasons in the 麻豆传媒入口 (CSSHL) with Delta Hockey Academy. He would suit up for the Delta U15 Prep team for the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons, tallying 41 points in 43 games. In 2016/17 he would play for the Delta U16 Prep team, finishing with 27 assists and 17 goals in just 22 games.

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