By Lucas Aykroyd At 5-10 and 165 pounds, Gilbert Brule isn’t the biggest player in the WHL. But since breaking in with the Vancouver Giants this season at age 16, he’s towered above his peers as one of the league’s most gifted scorers. Already, scouts project Brule as a high first-round pick in the 2005 […]

Originally published in Prospects Hockey in 2005 By Lucas Aykroyd There’s no shortage of highly qualified and motivated coaches in the CHL. Brent Sutter didn’t have to return behind the bench with Canada’s World Junior team for the second straight year. Really, what did he have left to prove after steering the 2005 team to […]

Originally published in Prospects Hockey in 2007 By Lucas Aykroyd In 1975, the movie Jaws broke box office records, Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti topped the record charts, and The Six Million Dollar Man wowed TV audiences. It was a good year for hard-hitting star power, and the Canadian Hockey League emulated the trend by instituting […]