In total, the Prince George Cougars made seven selections in the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft.
The Cougars added four forwards, two defencemen, and a goaltender to the fold.
This year’s Cougars draft class was headlined by Cohen Baker, a Kamloops-born forward the Cougars took in the first round yesterday. (Wednesday)
“This is a young fellow who competes, he competes probably harder than anybody in this draft class,” said Cougars Director of Scouting Bob Simmonds.
“He’s involved in the middle of everything, even though he’s not of the biggest stature, and not only does he compete, but he’s very skilled, he’s a dynamic skater and he puts up points.”
The product of Kamloops posted 64 points (34 G, 30A) in 33 games with the Burnaby Winter Club U15 Prep team in the U15 CSSHL this past season.
Cohen Baker 🤝 Prince George Cougars!#WHLDraft • #ForTheNorth pic.twitter.com/D0DE8RX7gp
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) May 8, 2025
In the second round, the Cougars picked up defenceman Anderson Reschny from Macklin, Saskatchewan.
Reschny, the younger brother of Victoria Royals standout Cole Reschny, picked up 38 points (9G, 29G) in 36 games with OHA Edmonton U15 Prep team of the CSSHL.
With the 40th pick overall in the WHL Prospects Draft, the Cougars are proud to select Anderson Reschny from the OHA Edmonton U15 Program.
Welcome to PG, Anderson!#WHLDraft • #ForTheNorth pic.twitter.com/deiiWoDKYc
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) May 8, 2025
In the third round, the Cougars solidified their future between the pipes, picking up Goaltender Kole Andersov of Campbell River with the 63rd pick.
In 20 games with the St. Georges U15 Prep team, Andersov posted a 2.48 goals against average with a .925 save percentage and a 14-4-1 record.
After a bit of a wait between picks, the Cougars selected homegrown product Kadric Mujcin with the 113th pick in the 5th round.
The forward notched 63 points (29G, 34A) in 27 games with the U15 Cariboo Cougars, as well as four points (2G, 2A) in six games with the Cariboo Cougars U17 club.
The Cougars’ next two picks came in the second round where they picked Nixon Bettenson, a forward from Grande Prairie at 152nd overal, and defenceman Brett Buors from Niverville, Manitoba at 155.
Bettenson, a left-handed forward tallied 54 points (28G, 26A) in 31 games with the Grande Peace Storm U15 AAA club of the Alberta Elite Hockey League.
Buors, a 6′ 3″ blueliner, notched 20 points (4G, 16A) in 36 games for the Pilot Mound Academy U15 prep team in the CSSHL.
The last pick the Cougars made in the Prospects Draft came in the eighth round, where they picked up forward Kooper Kozmeniuk at 178th overall.
In addition, the Cougars made two picks in the WHL’s US Priority Draft this morning.
At eighth overall, the Cougars selected Carson Janko of Highland Village, Texas.
With the Dallas Stars Elite 14U AAA team this season, Janko tallied 38 goals and 51 assists in 56 games.
The Prince George Cougars have made their first selection of the WHL’s 2025 US Priority Draft.
With the eighth pick, the Cougars selected forward Carson Janko of Highland Village, Texas.
At 40th, they picked defenceman Landon Jackson of Phoenix Arizona.
In just four regular season games with the Phoenix Jr. Coyotes 14U AAA club this past season, Jackson scored one goal.
Aside from the Cougars picking Prince George product Mujcin at 113, three other Northern BC products had their names called during the draft.
At the end of the first round, the Regina Pats selected Logan Henry of Prince George with the 23rd overall pick.
In the second round the Swift Current Broncos selected Linden Andersen of Fort St. John with the 37th.
In the seventh round, Trae Alexander of Fort St. John was picked by Medicine Hat at 143.
The full draft results can be found here.
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