How the 2024-25 Tigers roster was built
By James Tubb on September 20, 2024.
The Medicine Hat Tigers roster, like all Western Hockey League clubs, has been constructed through multiple methods.
Whether players were acquired in trades, through free-agent signings, the WHL Prospects Draft or the CHL Import, they all have made it to the same level of junior hockey.
Here is how the Tigers’ 2024-25 roster was built.
CHL Import Draft
Niilopekka Muhonen (D, 18, Kuopio, Finland) was taken 47th overall by the Tigers in the 2024 Import draft.
Veeti Väisänen (D, 18, Hamina, Finland) was taken 107th overall by the Tigers in the 2024 Import draft.
Trade
Marcus Pacheco (F, 19, Edmonton, Alta.) was acquired by the Tigers in a trade with the Kelowna Rockets on Dec. 31, 2023.
Mat Ward (F, 20, Kamloops, B.C.) was acquired from the Swift Current Broncos on May 9.
Bryce Pickford (D, 18, Chauvin, Alta.) was acquired by the Tigers in a trade with the Seattle Thunderbirds on May 9.
Jonas Woo (D, 18, Winnipeg, Man.) was acquired by the Tigers in a trade with the Wenatchee Wild on May 9.
Ryder Ritchie (F, 18, Kelowna, B.C.) was acquired by the Tigers in a trade with the Prince Albert Raiders on Aug. 26.
WHL Prospects Draft
A majority of the Tigers roster was acquired through the WHL draft.
2019 Draft
Oasiz Wiesblatt (F, 20, Calgary, Alta.), 12th overall.
Brayden Boehm (F, 20, Nanaimo, B.C.), 37th overall.
2020 Draft
Josh Van Mulligen (D, 19, Medicine Hat), 39th overall.
Shane Smith (F, 19, Cessford, Alta.), 51st overall.
Andrew Basha (F, 18, Calgary, Alta.), 105th overall.
Hunter St. Martin (F, 19, Edmonton, Alta.), 124th overall
Zach Zahara (G, 19, Rocky View, Alta.), 171st overall.
2021 Draft
Ethan McCallum (G, 18, Brandon, Man.), 39th overall
Cayden Lindstrom (F, 18, Chetwynd, B.C.), 54th overall
Nate Corbet (D, 18, Calgary, Alta.), 60th overall
2022 Draft
Gavin McKenna (F, 16, Whitehorse, Yukon), 1st overall
Hayden Harsanyi (F, 17, Calgary, Alta.), 16th overall
Kadon McCann (F, 17,Cochrane, Alta.), 23rd overall
Matt Paranych (D, 17, Edmonton, Alta.), 45th overall
Jack Kachkowski (D, 17, St. Albert, Alta.), 89th overall
Jordan Switzer (G, 17, Edmonton, Alta.), 111th overall
2023 Draft
Liam Ruck (F, 16, Osoyoos, B.C.), 9th overall
Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll (F, 15, Salt Lake City, Utah), 9th overall (U.S. Draft)
Markus Ruck (F, 16, Osoyoos, B.C.), 21st overall
Koray Bozkaya (D, 16, Maple Ridge, B.C.), 53rd overall
Brayden Ryan-MacKay (F, 16, Calgary, Alta.), 119th overall
Riley Steen (D, 16, Ladysmith, B.C.), 127th overall
Avery Watson (F, 16, Edmonton, Alta.), 159th overall
2024 Draft
Luke Ruptash (F, 15, St. Alberta, Alta.), 16th overall.
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