The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) on Thursday announced the final nine players selected to represent Team CHL at the 2026 CHL USA Prospects Challenge presented by Primaris, completing a 22-player roster of top prospects for the 2027 NHL Draft from the Western Hockey League (WHL), Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).
The newest selections include goaltender Andrei Nikolaev (Victoriaville Tigres / QMJHL); defencemen Filip Kovalčík (Drummondville Voltigeurs / QMJHL), Vladimir Shtyrkhunov (Shawinigan Cataractes / QMJHL) and Odin Vauhkonen (Victoria Royals / WHL); and forwards Jamie Glance (Saint John Sea Dogs / QMJHL), Ben Harvey (Prince Albert Raiders / WHL), James Scantlebury (Québec Remparts / QMJHL), Camryn Warren (North Bay Battalion / OHL) and Bogdan Yakushevsky (Windsor Spitfires / OHL).
Hosted by the Chicoutimi Saguenéens and Québec Remparts, the two-game series will see Team CHL face the U.S. National Under-18 Team on Tuesday, December 1, at the Georges-Vézina Centre in Chicoutimi and Wednesday, December 2, at the Vidéotron Centre in Québec City. Both games will begin at 7 p.m. ET and air on TSN and RDS. The third annual event will be staged in Québec and QMJHL markets for the first time.
Team CHL was selected from a list of top 2027 NHL Draft prospects compiled in consultation with all 32 NHL clubs. Leading the process was General Manager Yanick Lemay (Drummondville Voltigeurs / QMJHL), working in collaboration with Head Coach Ryan Oulahen (North Bay Battalion / OHL) and assistant coaches Ryan McDonald (Prince Albert Raiders / WHL), Brad MacKenzie (Halifax Mooseheads / QMJHL) and Kyle Chipchura (Edmonton Oil Kings / WHL). Together, they assembled a roster of 13 forwards, seven defencemen and two goaltenders from 18 CHL clubs, with nine players from the OHL, eight from the QMJHL and five from the WHL.
All 22 players appear on NHL Central Scouting’s Preliminary Players to Watch List for the 2027 NHL Draft. Glance and Yakushevsky join the 13 previously announced selections in receiving an “A” rating, bringing Team CHL’s total to 15 first-round candidates. The roster also includes four B-rated prospects, identified as candidates for the second or third round, and three C-rated prospects, identified as candidates for the fourth or fifth round.
Four clubs will have two players on Team CHL: Prince Albert (Brock Cripps and Harvey), Québec (Carter Meyer and Scantlebury), Saint John (Glance and Alexis Joseph) and Saginaw (Levi Harper and Dima Zhilkin). Scantlebury joins Meyer in giving Remparts fans two home-club players to cheer on at the Vidéotron Centre on December 2.