The Regina Pats made 12 selections in the 2023 WHL Prospects Draft on Thursday May 10, taking seven forwards, four defencemen and one goalie.
“Like any draft, you say you leave the draft excited with the prospects you got,” said Director of Scouting Dale McMullin. “Of course those players have to do their part moving forward but the scouts put in a long winter in a lot of cold rinks so today is an accumulation of a hard winter of work.”
The Pats took seven players from Manitoba, two players from Saskatchewan, two from Alberta and one from Colorado today.
“It’s just the way it lined up,” McMullin added. “We worked with about 110 kids and when the Saskatchewan boy went or the Alberta boy went, the Manitoba kid was just up next. It’s just the way it worked out this year.”
One of the selections included Martensville’s Cohen Klassen, who was the Pats first selection of the 2023 WHL Prospects Draft. Klassen plays forward and tallied an impressive 61 points (32G-29A) in 24 games this past season with the Martensville Marauders, leading his team in goals, assists and points in 2022-23. His goals were T-10th in the SAAHL U15 league.
