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the email address may already exist Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account SK – With the 1st Round of the WHL Prospects Draft upcoming on May 7th The Swift Current Broncos continue their preparations for the 2025 edition of the Draft We’ll look back at the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft where a future NHL Draft pick would find his way onto the draft board first in a very deep 2007 born prospect class The Top 3 picks went to the Medicine Hat Tigers Medicine Hat had the number one pick and selected F Gavin McKenna first overall The Americans grabbed defenceman Jackson Smith at 2 while the Royals nabbed Cole Reschny at 3 The Broncos finished on the outside looking in for the playoffs and drew the Number 5 pick in the Draft before swinging a deal with the Regina Pats to swap picks in the first round The Broncos began the day by trading the fifth overall pick to the Regina Pats in exchange for the sixth and 54th overall picks With that sixth overall pick the Broncos drafted defenceman Peyton Kettles (Winnipeg MB) from Rink Hockey Academy’s U15 team in Winnipeg Kettles served as RHA’s captain during the 2021-22 season while scoring 35 points (9-26-35) in 30 games was a three-year goalie in the WHL with Medicine Hat and Moose Jaw from 1999-2002 and a seventh-round pick of the Nashville Predators in 1999 Peyton has competed for Canada on two different tournaments starting with the U17’s in 2023 & in 2024 he won a gold medal with the Hlinka Gretzky Cup During the 2024-25 season Kettles ended up being ranked #39 among North American Skaters heading into the 2025 NHL Draft acquiring the 26th overall pick from the Vancouver Giants in exchange for a 2023 first-round pick and the 54th overall pick With the newly-acquired pick the Broncos drafted right-handed defenceman Jace McFaul (Edmonton The 5’8’’ Edmonton native posted 46 points (13-33-46) in 30 games during the 2021-22 season His 46 points was third-most amongst defenceman in the U15 CSSHL age group McFaul was the Broncos Most Scholastic Player in the 2024-25 season The Broncos then picked again at 30th overall Playing for the U15 AA Swift Current Broncos Rondeau led the team in scoring with 68 points (42-26-68) in just 31 games He then added 16 points (7-9-16) in 10 playoff games Rondeau is the son of Broncos alum Jeremy Rondeau Rondeau played in 59 games during the 2024-25 season With the 42nd overall pick the Broncos went to Ty Coupland (North Vancouver The right-shot forward posted some gaudy numbers for the Vancouver Northwest Hawks collecting 65 points (36-29-65) in just 21 games played Coupland was the Broncos 2024 Rookie of the Year along with Peyton Kettles the Broncos drafting forward Brennan Brown (Milestone ABrennan scored 45 points (20-25-45) in 29 games with the Wings in 2021-22 He played his 2024-25 season with the Moose Jaw U18 AAA Warriors returning to their backyard by drafting goaltender Berney Weston (Gull Lake posted a 12-4-0 record with a .922 save percentage and a 2.66 goals against average for the Broncos in 2021-22 Weston has played one game with the Broncos back in 2023-24 and backed up during the 2025 WHL Playoffs the Broncos drafted forward Levi Benson 118th overall in the sixth round native spent the 2021-22 season with Yale Hockey Academy and posted 28 points (4-24-28) in 30 games At 140th overall in the seventh round the Broncos looked to Alberta selected forward Jaxen Gauchier (Peavine native recorded 35 points (24-11-35) in 34 games with the U15 Grand Prairie Storm Gauchier was voted the teams Most Popular Player in 2024-25 the Broncos drafted defenceman Brennen Hocher (Calgary The left-shot defenceman picked up six points (1-5-6) in 22 games in 2021-22 The Broncos used their 10th round selection to draft a third member of the U15 Swift Current Broncos by selecting forward Wesley Olson (Chaplin In the 2022 US Prospects Draft the Broncos selected Aidan Eskit (Calgary AB) from the Dallas Junior Stars program sporting a 20-3-0-0 record with a .939 save percentage paired with a 1.96 goals against average and signed his WHL Scholarship & Development Agreement on December 4 With their second pick in the US Draft the Broncos Dominic Diebert from Fargo The 2025 Prospects Draft is scheduled from May 7-8 starting with the Expansion Draft for the Penticton Vees followed by Round 1 of the Prospects Draft is at 5 PM May 8 will start with the US Priority Draft at 9 AM followed by the remaining rounds of the Prospects Draft after stay tuned on the Broncos website & social media for the latest updates throughout draft day You will also start receiving the Star's free morning newsletter Swift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley 2025 federal election live results. Browse live results for all 343 ridings 190 of 190 polls are reporting as of 4:22 p.m. Follow our full coverage of the 2025 federal election 190 of 190 polls are reporting as of 4:22 p.m. Follow our full coverage of the 2025 federal election is projected to be re-elected in Swift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley Patzer has 32,297 of 39,403 votes (81.97%) is in second place with 4,420 votes (11.22%) and Alex McPhee Patzer has represented the riding since 2019 Swift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley used to be named Cypress Hills—Grasslands The riding’s boundaries were updated for the 2025 federal election 12,268 voters cast ballots at advance polls Looking for another riding? Here are the full results for the 2025 federal election. The Liberals have 169 races called in their favour They have 8,535,128 votes and 43.69 per cent of the popular vote The Conservatives have 144 races called in their favour They have 8,059,938 votes and 41.26 per cent of the popular vote The Bloc Québécois have 22 races called in their favour They have 1,232,095 votes and 6.31 per cent of the popular vote The New Democrats have seven races called in their favour They have 1,231,198 votes and 6.3 per cent of the popular vote The Greens have one race called in their favour They have 243,471 votes and 1.25 per cent of the popular vote There were three independents and four vacancies in the 338-seat Commons the Commons has grown by five ridings starting with this election This article was automatically generated using data provided by Canadian Press and will update as riding results become available ReginaNewsFatal crash near Swift Current claims lives of two from AlbertaBy David PrisciakPublished: April 07, 2025 at 1:48PM EDT SK – As the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft gets closer the Swift Current Broncos will be taking look back at the most recent drafts in team history and we turn the calendar to the 2021 Draft where a future NHL Draft pick would make his appearance in the early first round and eventually be the 2024-25 Broncos captain The Broncos would play the Brandon Wheat Kings Moose Jaw Warriors & Winnipeg ICE in Regina in a bubble system post COVID-19 pandemic Swift Current would finish 6-16-2-0 selecting 6th & 7th overall The Top 3 picks belonged to the Spokane Chiefs Tri-City Americans & Brandon Wheat Kings where centre Berkley Catton would be selected first overall followed by forward Jordan Gavin & defenceman Charlie Elick would go to Brandon (During the 2024-25 trade deadline Elick & Gavin would be traded for one another) General Manager Chad Leslie would pick Clarke Caswell (Brandon MB) with the sixth pick after playing 20 games with the Brandon U18AAA Wheat Kings Caswell had 23 goals and 28 assists in 20 games played as the highest scoring forward in Manitoba for his draft year Caswell would become a full-time Bronco in the 2022-23 season where he would play for Team Canada at the U17’s scoring five points in seven games While finishing his rookie season with the Broncos scoring 29 points (3g During the 2023-24 season helping the Broncos to a Central Division crown Caswell was a point per game player with the Broncos adding 77 points in all 68 games that season and then would receive a call at the NHL Draft in Las Vegas being drafted by the Seattle Kraken in the 5th Round #141 overall Clarke was named captain of the Broncos and lead the team in assists with 62 for a 84 point season playing in 65 regular season games With the very next pick the Broncos stayed in Manitoba by selecting defenceman Josh Fluker (Boissevain played for the U18 Southwest Cougars this season and had five goals with 11 assists in 19 games Fluker played 101 games with the Broncos scoring three goals and 19 assists before he would be traded to the Wenatchee Wild as part of the Conor Geekie trade in 23-24 Swift Current would make two selections in Round 2 of the 2021 Draft With their first of two picks in the second round the Broncos selected Maddix McCagherty (Kelowna McCagherty  played for the Rink Hockey Academy U18 program in Kelowna scoring four goals with 12 assists in 13 games 6a) with Swift Current and was also a piece in the Conor Geekie trade in 23-24 With the final pick in the second round at 45th overall the Broncos drafted forward Otto Hanson (Calgary AB)  from the Edge School Prep U18 in Calgary Hanson started his junior career in Junior A hockey in the BCHL before being signed by the Broncos prior to the 2025 roster cut-off on January 9 Hanson would play in 24 games with the Broncos the Broncos drafted forward Dawson Gerwing (Meadow Lake Gerwing had seven goals and 11 assists in 22 games with the Stars Dawson played n 69 career games before he was traded to the Kelowna Rockets for Marek Ročák at the 2025 trade deadline The Broncos had one pick in the fourth round and used it to select goaltender Ethan Simcoe (Lac du Bonnet MB) from the Rink Hockey Academy U16 program in Winnipeg The Broncos also had one pick in the fifth round which was acquired at the trade deadline in 2019 from Moose Jaw in exchange for Alec Zawatsky The pick was used to draft defenceman Ronan Buckberger (Saskatoon Buckberger had four assists in 18 games with the Contacts this season He is the son of former Swift Current Broncos forward Ashley Buckberger who played for the Broncos from 1990-1995 the Broncos selected defenceman Luc Bourdon (Prince Albert SK) from the Tisdale Trojans with the 180th overall pick SK – We are less than a week away from the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft and over the next few days we will look back at recent drafts that have helped mould and put in the pillars of what the Swift Current Broncos stand for on and off the ice This year’s draft will consist of the top prospects from the 2010 birth year from Western Canada and the United States The Top 3 picks belonged to the Regina Pats Prince George Cougars and Moose Jaw Warriors The Pats would have the #1 pick and would take future NHL 1st Overall Pick Connor Bedard the Cougars would land F Riley Heidt and the Warriors picked up now Lethbridge Hurricane Brayden Yager The 2020 Draft was a late draft time during the Covid-19 Pandemic but the class of 2005 born players made their mark in a big way on the organization as plenty have gone on to some great tenures in a Broncos jersey The Broncos would select 11 players in the draft two fan favourites would draw the eyes of the Broncos scouting staff as the Broncos would first select With their first of two picks the Broncos selected forward Rylan Gould (Headingly Gould was the captain of his Winnipeg Monarchs team that year and finished fifth in Manitoba Bantam scoring with 32 and 54 assists in 36 games scoring 57 goals & 94 assists for 151 points and was recently the Broncos Humanitarian of the Year for the 2024-25 Season At 44th overall Swift Current added a teammate of Gould’s drafting defenceman Grayson Burzynski (Winnipeg The 6’3’’ defenceman scored 19 times and added 39 assists with the Winnipeg Monarchs finishing second in league scoring amongst defencemen Burzynski was named the Broncos Top Defenceman for 2024-25 having a career year of 47 points in 62 games player (11g Burzynski’s career with Swift Current has him at 233 games played with 21 goals and 57 assists for 78 points In the third round the Broncos picked another Manitoba-born defenceman Saxberg scored 19 times from the blueline while adding 28 assists for the Winnipeg Warriors in his draft year With the first of back-to-back picks in the fourth round Swift Current went local and drafted defenceman Nolan Stevenson from the Notre Dame Hounds scored six goals and 15 assists in 30 games this year the Broncos picked up forward Tyson Yaremko from the Saskatoon Stallions at 68th overall Yaremko was a top scorer on his team with 39 goals and 37 assists in 31 games with the Stallions The Broncos once again had back-to-back picks at 88 and 89 first drafting forward Van Eger  (Willow Bunch SK) from the Notre Dame Hounds U15 Prep program Eger scored 18 goals and 18 assists in 30 games Eger played 77 games with the Broncos until he was traded to the Prince George Cougars in the Carlin Dezainde trade in October the Broncos added another Saskatchewan-born prospect by drafting Connor Gabriel (Saskatoon Gabriel played for the Saskatoon Bandits in 2019-20 scoring 25 goals and 36 assists in 30 games Gabriel scored thye Teddy Bear Toss goal against Red Deer on December 7 the Broncos added a goaltender to their prospect cupboard with the selection of Joey Rocha (Nanaimo Rocha suited up for the North Island Silvertips program in 2019-20 While being the Broncos Most Improved Player in the 2024-25 Season and Unsung Hero Rocha put up career number this past season as he sported a 13-9-0-1 with a .888 save percentage and 3.51 GAA Swift Current would have a round off before heading back to the draft table in Round 7 The Broncos selected forward Joey Lies (Flin Flon MB) with the first pick in the seventh round Lies scored 25 goals and added 17 assists for the Norman Wolves of the Manitoba Bantam AAA league the Broncos once again went to Manitoba by selecting forward Brandon Funk from the Winnipeg Sharks Funk finished second on his team in scoring in 2019-20 recording 18 goals and 20 assists in 36 games