AJ Lacroix, Brady Milburn, Cole Savage and Lucas Sorace will make the jump to the junior A level for their rookie seasons in the BCHL.

A second-round pick 34^th overall by the Calgary Hitmen in the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft, Lacroix spent the 2020/21 season with Delta Hockey Academy鈥檚 U17 Prep team, playing two games during the COVID-19 pandemic season. Prior to his time at Delta, the West Vancouver, BC forward played two years for his hometown West Van Warriors, competing at the U15 and U15 Prep level. In 60 games at West Van he recorded 62 goals and 64 assists.

Milburn spent the 2019/20 season with Yale Hockey Academy, playing 29 U15 Prep games. He would tally 45 points, leading to the Regina Pats selecting him in the ninth round, 181^st overall in the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft. The 6鈥�0 forward is from Kamloops, BC.

The lone goalie of the group, Savage played in the CSSHL for four seasons, beginning his career with Delta in 2017/18, before suiting up for Yale from 2018/19 to 2020/21. The Langley, BC native played 59 CSSHL games at the U15 Prep, U16 Prep, and U18 Prep levels.

From Port Moody, BC, Sorace joined the CSSHL at the U15 division in 2017/18. He would spend that season and one more with West Van, making the jump to U15 Prep in year two. In 2019/20 he would play for BWC Academy鈥檚 U16 Prep team, appearing in one BCHL game for the Chiefs. In 97 CSSHL games the defenseman would finish with 56 points.

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Current Notre Dame Hounds Thomas Chafe and Owen Thomas, along with former Hound JJ Franceschetti, and West Van Warriors alum Tayte Landry were all selected in this year鈥檚 draft.

Chafe was the first to hear his name called when he was taken in the third-round, 47^th overall by the Owen Sound Attack. Originally from St. John鈥檚 NL, Chafe had 39 points in 30 U15 Prep games during the 2019/20 season. In six games at the U18 level, Chafe finished with four points in a COVID-19 shortened 2020/21 campaign.

Landry spent the 2018/19 and 2019/20 seasons with the Warriors U15 and U15 Prep teams before returning out East to Toronto, ON for his draft year. In 59 CSSHL games the 6鈥�4 defensemen scored 4 goals and added 19 assists. Landry was selected in the sixth round 109^th overall by the North Bay Battalion.

Originally from Chicago, IL, Thomas joined Notre Dame鈥檚 U16 Prep team this season, playing in six games. The 6鈥�4 defensemen scored once while recording six assists. Thomas was selected in the seventh round, 132^nd overall by the Sarnia Sting.

Selected in the eighth round, 143^rd overall by the Erie Otters, Franceschetti played for the Hounds U15 Prep team during the 2019/20 campaign. The Toronto, ON forward scored 16 goals to go along with 11 assists in 32 CSSHL games.

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Cale Ashcroft (Sherwood Park Crusaders), Jayden Davis (Spruce Grove Saints), Ben Kotylak (Calgary Canucks), Bowden Singleton (Okotoks Oilers), Isaac Suppin (Canmore Eagles) and Brendan Wang (Fort McMurray Oil Barons) have all been recognized as their teams Top Rookie.

Ashcroft had 11 points in 19 games this season with the Crusaders after spending three seasons with the Northern Alberta Xtreme (NAX). In 93 CSSHL games Ashcroft recorded 43 points, including 15 in 17 games last season at the U16 level. The defenseman was a fourth-round pick by the Saskatoon Blades in the 2019 WHL Bantam Draft.

With 15 points in 16 games Davis finished third in points among all Saints players. A third-round pick by the Medicine Hat Tigers in the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft. Davis totalled 87 points in 59 CSSHL games with Edge School, spending seasons with their U16 Prep and U18 Prep teams.

Kotylak spent one season with the West Van Warriors U16 Prep team posting 21 points in 29 games, plus an additional assist in 3 games with their U18 Prep team. Kotylak finished tied for third among all Canucks skaters with 7 points in 10 games.

Oilers forward Bowden Singleton finished fifth in team scoring with six points in seven games this season. He spent two seasons at NAX, tallying 130 points in 60 games with their U15 Prep and U18 Prep teams. Singleton was drafted in the fourth-round by the Green Bay Gamblers in the 2020 USHL Futures Draft, and in the second round of the 2019 WHL Bantam Draft by the Vancouver Giants.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Canmore Eagles played just two games this season, loaning its players out to other junior programs. Suppin recorded one assist before joining the British Columbia Hockey League鈥檚 (BCHL) West Kelowna Warriors. He previously spent four seasons with Rink Hockey Academy Kelowna playing 136 CSSHL games, recording 110 points including 51 in 33 games during the 2019/20 season.

Wang spent three seasons with BWC Academy playing 113 games with their U16 Prep and U18 Prep teams. The defenseman totalled 95 points while earning 2017-2018 CSSHL U16 All-Academic Team, 2018-2019 CSSHL U18 WHL Scholastic Player of the Year and 2019-2020 CSSHL U18 All-Academic Team honours. In 15 games with the Oil Barons his 13 points were tied for first among the team鈥檚 defensemen this season.

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British Columbia:
BWC Academy (Burnaby, BC)
Delta Hockey Academy (Delta, BC)
Okanagan Hockey Academy (Penticton, BC)
Pacific Coast Hockey Academy (Victoria, BC)
Rink Hockey Academy Kelowna (Kelowna, BC)
Shawnigan Lake School (Shawnigan Lake, BC)
St. George鈥檚 School (Vancouver, BC)
West Van Academy (West Vancouver, BC)
Yale Hockey Academy (Abbotsford, BC)

Alberta:
Edge School (Calgary, AB)
International Hockey Academy (Calgary, AB)
Northern Alberta Xtreme (Edmonton, AB)
OHA Edmonton (Edmonton, AB)
South Alberta Hockey Academy (Medicine Hat, AB)

Saskatchewan:
Notre Dame Hounds (Wilcox, SK)
Prairie Hockey Academy (Caronport, SK)

Manitoba:
Rink Hockey Academy Winnipeg (Winnipeg, MB)

Idaho:
CDA Hockey Academy (Coeur d’Alene, ID)

A full schedule, including showcase dates and locations, will be released in the coming months.

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Eight CSSHL alumni from seven different academies will join Team Canada in Texas from April 26 鈥� May 6, 2021:

• Connor Bedard – West Van Warriors (Regina Pats/WHL)
• Tyler Brennan 鈥� Rink Hockey Academy Winnipeg (Prince George Cougars/WHL)
• Corson Ceulemans 鈥� OHA Edmonton (Brooks Bandits/AJHL)
• Dylan Guenther – Northern Alberta Xtreme (Edmonton Oil Kings/WHL)
• Thomas Milic 鈥� BWC Academy (Seattle Thunderbirds/WHL)
• Cole Sillinger 鈥� Okanagan Hockey Academy (Sioux Falls Stampede/USHL)
• Logan Stankoven 鈥� Yale Hockey Academy (Kamloops Blazers/WHL)
• Olen Zellweger – OHA Edmonton (Everett Silvertips/WHL)

Brennan, Ceulemans, Guenther, Milic, Sillinger, Stankoven and Zellweger have all previously represented Team Canada at the 2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge.

After being the first player in Western Hockey League history to receive Exceptional Status, Bedard will be the youngest player on Team Canada. Bedard (2020/WHL) will be one of three players selected first overall in their respective Canadian Hockey League Draft, joining Guenther (2018/WHL), and Shane Wright (2019/OHL). Before leaving the WHL Eastern Conference bubble, Bedard led the WHL in points with 28 in 15 games played.

The first goalie selected in the 2018 WHL Draft, Brennan made the jump to Prince George at 16 last year. Now in his second season with the team, Brennan had a 2.16 GAA, .933 save percentage and 1 shutout in 4 games played.

Ceulemans is in his second year with the Brooks Bandits having recorded 46 points in 52 games the last two seasons. He was selected in the fifth round of the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft by the Moose Jaw Warriors.

With 59 points in 58 games last season, Guenther was named the 2019/20 WHL Rookie of the Year. Guenther made a brief stint with the Sherwood Park Crusaders to begin the 2020/21 season recording 5 points in 4 games, before re-joining the Oil Kings. In 12 games this season Guenther had 12 goals and 24 points.

A third-round pick by Seattle in the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft, Milic is in his first season with the Thunderbirds posting a 2.74 GAA, .913 save percentage, and 1 shutout in 9 games.

Sillinger, the son of former NHLer Mike Sillinger, is currently in his first season with Sioux Falls after spending last year with the Medicine Hat Tigers of the WHL. Selected 11^th overall by the Tigers in the 2018 WHL Draft, Sillinger has 46 points in 31 games with the Stampede.

Selected fifth overall by the Kamloops Blazers in the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft, Stankoven had 48 points in 59 games during his rookie season in 2019/20. In just 6 games this year he managed to tally 10 points.

In 11 games this season Zellweger had 13 points, already eclipsing his 58-game total of 12 points during the 2019/20 campaign. The defensemen was selected in the second round of the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft by the Everett Silvertips.

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The 麻豆传媒入口 (CSSHL) is pleased to announce that the Board of Governors has approved the return of the West Van Hockey Academy to operate within the CSSHL for the 2021-22 season after receiving their Hockey Canada Accredited School renewal from BC Hockey.听

Located in West Vancouver, BC, the West Van Academy originally joined the CSSHL in 2016. During the 2020-21 season, the Academy took an absence from the league as it found its new education partner, the North Shore Academy. The North Shore Academy offers adaptable academic programming in a trimester system. This schedule allows student athletes the ability to concentrate on fewer subjects each term, without compromising the quality of education leading to superior academic success.听

鈥淲e look forward to having the West Van program back for the 2021-22 season,鈥� said Kevin Goodwin, Chief Operating Officer of the CSSHL. 鈥淚t鈥檚 important to have a program on the North Shore of Vancouver so student athletes who reside in the area still have the opportunity to attend a Hockey Canada Accredited School. The West Van program is set up to ensure a strong life balance for all students and their families.鈥�

As a sanctioned Hockey Canada Accredited School, the West Van Hockey Academy is a high-performance hockey development program that yields an education-first mentality. The Academy maintains the status of the only Hockey Canada Accredited School on Vancouver鈥檚 North Shore.

鈥淲e are very pleased to be returning to the CSSHL, a great league committed to education based hockey,鈥� said West Van Founder and Director Nathan Fischer. 鈥淭he focus of the West Van Academy is to provide quality hockey, academic, leadership, and personal development for our student athletes. We are excited to enhance our program with the dedicated and progressive education model that North Shore Academy offers.鈥� 听

During the 2021-22 season, the Academy will operate four teams playing across the U15, U15 Prep, U16 Prep and U18 Prep divisions.听

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Hammell, 15, has attended the West Van Academy the past two seasons, most recently recording 41 points (12-29-41) in 29 games with their U15 Prep team, along with adding two assists in two games during the 2020 BDO CSSHL Championships.

The Langley, B.C. product recorded 10 points (3-7-10) in 22 games with the West Van U15 Prep team during the 2018-19 season.

The Blazers selected the six-foot defenceman in the first round, 19th overall, at the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft.

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Bedard, 14, will be selected first overall by the Pats at Wednesday鈥檚 WHL Bantam Draft.

The North Vancouver, B.C. product was named the CSSHL鈥檚 U18 Prep Division MVP this past season after posting 84 points (43-41-84) in 36 games with the West Van Academy.

The previous season, Bedard was named the CSSHL鈥檚 U15 Prep Division MVP after collecting 88 points (64-24-88) in 30 games with the West Van Academy.

Bedard became the first player in WHL history to be granted exceptional status.

鈥淭his is a big day for our organization,鈥� said Pats VP of Hockey Operations and General Manager John Paddock. 鈥淐onnor is an exceptional person and a great player; we look forward to seeing him in a Pats uniform next season.鈥�

The 2020 WHL Bantam Draft begins at 10am MT on Wednesday.

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