A couple of Lethbridge Hurricanes have been recognized by the Western Hockey League.
As the club competes in the post-season, Noah Chadwick and Brayden Yager have been named to WHL All-Star teams for the 2024-25 regular season.
Defenceman Noah Chadwick was named to the Eastern Conference First All-Star Team, while forward Brayden Yager was named to the conference’s Second All-Star Team.
NOAH CHADWICK
The 19-year-old Noah Chadwick serves as the Lethbridge team’s captain and through 66 regular season games, he scored 13 goals and dished out 40 assists. His 53 points put him in 11th among all blueliners in the league, with his 21 power-play assists tied for seventh.
The Saskatoon skater is a prospect for the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs, and 2024-25 marked his second straight season with 50 points or more. Selected 38th overall in the second round of the 2020 WHL Prospects Draft, Chadwick has scored 32 goals and recorded 100 assists (132 points) through 212 career WHL regular season matchups.
At the end of the 2023-24 season, Chadwick was named the winner of the WHL’s Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Memorial Trophy as the league’s Scholastic Player of the Year. Additionally, he was named the CHL Scholastic Player of the Year. That season, he was named to the WHL Central Division Second All-Star Team.
Chadwick is the 32nd captain in the Lethbridge Hurricanes’ history and was named to the role ahead of the start of this season.
BRAYDEN YAGER
Brayden Yager joined the ‘Canes at the end of 2024 and made quite an impact.
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The 20-year-old forward had 25 goals and 57 assists during the regular season over 54 games split between the Moose Jaw Warriors and Hurricanes. This was the fourth straight campaign that Yager scored 20 goals or more. After moving to Lethbridge, he led the team in points and faceoff wins and finished second in power-play goals.
Like Chadwick, Yager hails from Saskatoon. He finished eighth among all WHL skaters in points per game with 1.52 and faceoff wins with 692. The Winnipeg Jets prospect also represented Canada for a second time at the annual IIHF World Junior Championship tournament. He recorded three assists in five games while serving as captain for Canada.
Yager won the 2024 WHL championship with Moose Jaw and scored the first-ever goal by a Warriors player at the 2024 Memorial Cup.
He has won the Brad Hornung Memorial Trophy twice as the league’s Most Sportsmanlike Player and won the Jim Piggott Trophy for WHL Rookie of the Year in 2022. Yager also made the WHL East Division Second All-Star Team in 2024.
FULL ALL-STAR TEAM MEMBERS
Below are lists of all players named to First and Second All-Star Teams for the 2024-25 WHL regular season.
WHL Eastern Conference First All-Star Team:
Goaltender – Max Hildebrand, Prince Albert Raiders
Defence – Tanner Molendyk, Medicine Hat Tigers
Defence – Noah Chadwick, Lethbridge Hurricanes
Forward – Gavin McKenna, Medicine Hat Tigers
Forward – Oliver Tulk, Calgary Hitmen
Forward – Ben Kindel, Calgary Hitmen
WHL Western Conference First All-Star Team:
Goaltender – Scott Ratzlaff, Seattle Thunderbirds
Defence – Tyson Jugnauth, Portland Winterhawks
Defence – Mazden Leslie, Vancouver Giants
Forward – Andrew Cristall, Spokane Chiefs
Forward – Berkly Catton, Spokane Chiefs
Forward – Kyle Chyzowski, Portland Winterhawks
WHL Eastern Conference Second All-Star Team:
Goaltender – Daniel Hauser, Calgary Hitmen
Defence – Luke Shipley, Brandon Wheat Kings
Defence – Carter Yakemchuk, Calgary Hitmen
Forward – Brayden Yager, Lethbridge Hurricanes
Forward – Oasiz Wiesblatt, Medicine Hat Tigers
Forward – Gracyn Sawchyn, Edmonton Oil Kings
WHL Western Conference Second All-Star Team:
Goaltender – Joshua Ravensbergen, Prince George Cougars
Defence – Viliam Kmec, Prince George Cougars
Defence – Justin Kipkie, Victoria Royals
Forward – Carter Bear, Everett Silvertips
Forward – Emmitt Finnie, Kamloops Blazers
Forward – Shea Van Olm, Spokane Chiefs
