An inside look into each WHL Eastern Conference team heading into the 2023\u002D24 season
— Perry Bergson/The Brandon SunLast season: 41-24-0-3, third in division, fourth in conference, lost in six games in conference semifinal to eventual Eastern champion WinnipegKey losses: Overage forward Ryder Korczak was returned to team in November and was a key leader … goaltender Connor Ungar was stellar in goal and among the league leaders most of the season … overage defenceman Logan Dowhaniuk played on the top defence pairing.
New Faces: 18-year-old F Ethan Semeniuk joins the Warriors after spending last season with the Vancouver Giants … D Connor Schmidt is the Warriors first-round pick in 2022 … Pavel McKenzie impressed in camp as an invitee after playing last season with Yorkton in the SJHL. Prognosis: As much as any team in the league, the Warriors are dependent on what happens with their NHL prospects. With six players — captain Mateychuk, Yager, Firkus, Wanner, Calvert and Brenton — all in NHL camps as of this writing, the team could look very different depending on those decisions. Should most return and the 20-year-old situation work out well, look for the Warriors to be among the half-dozen or so teams in serious contention this season. Otherwise, a middle-of-the-pack finish.
New faces: Overage netminder Chase Coward was acquired in an off-season deal with the Red Deer Rebels. He appeared in only four regular season games a year ago after undergoing surgery for a congenital hip defect. New faces: Cole Temple, the fifth overall pick in the 2022 WHL Draft, should make the jump to the WHL this year after playing eight games last season … While the Pats will have a handful of other rookies make the team this year, the biggest change is in the hockey operations department with Millar as the new GM and Herauf behind the bench after serving as an assistant to Paddock for the last eight seasons.
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