The Lethbridge Hurricanes have made a move to acquire defenceman Caden Price from the Kelowna Rockets.
In exchange, defenceman Will Sharpe is headed to Kelowna, along with the WHL playing rights to goalie Harrison Boettiger, a first-round pick in 2026, a fourth-round pick in 2025, a fifth-round pick in 2027, a sixth-round pick in 2025 and a conditional fouth-round pick in the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft.
The 19-year-old Price was selected in the second round (30th overall) by the Rockets in the 2020 WHL Draft. This season, the player from Saskatoon has skated in 26 games, scoring six goals and dishing out 26 assists, along with 22 penalty minutes.
Additionally, Price was a member of Team Canada at the recent 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ottawa, where he scored one goal and has one assist in five games.
“We are thrilled to be able to add Caden to our group,” says Hurricanes general manager Peter Anholt. “He is an elite defenceman who is a signed guy and will bolster our defence. He’s an outstanding skater who can quarterback a power play while also being a strong two-way guy. Having him with Hockey Canada, most recently at the World Juniors, this is a guy we had targeted and am very excited to be able to add him.”
The rearguard was selected by the Seattle Kraken in the third round (83rd overall) of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, signing a three-year entry-level deal with the team.
Over the course of his career, Price has scored 26 goals and delivered 122 assists, along with 134 penalty minutes across 201 regular season WHL games with Kelowna. In 19 playoff games, he has scored two goals and 11 assists, with 10 penalty minutes.
Price is the sixth player on the Hurricanes roster to be a drafted NHL prospect, with the others including Noah Chadwick (TOR), Miguel Marques (NSH), Vojtech Port (ANA), Brayden Yager (PIT/WPG) and Jordan Gustafson (VGK).
WILL SHARPE
The 17-year-old Will Sharpe was taken 11th overall in the first round of the 2022 WHL Draft by the Hurricanes. He has skated in 95 career games with the Lethbridge club, scoring seven goals and recording 31 assists, along with 62 penalty minutes.
So far this season, the Tsawwassen, BC player has scored three goals with 24 assists and 22 penalty minutes across 35 games.
Sharpe leads all 17-year-old defenceman in scoring in the WHL.
“Will is a high-end, young defenceman who we selected in the first round and it’s hard to give up young, talented players like him at any point, but to make a trade like this it costs you,” says Anholt. “He has been a great Hurricane in his time with our organization and we wish him the best moving forward.”
HARRISON BOETTIGER
Harrison Boettiger was chosen fourth-overall in the first round of the 2022 WHL US Priority Draft by Lethbridge.
In 15 games with the US National U18 Team, the 17-year-old has recorded a 4-9-0-0 record, posting a 3.81 goals against average and an .884 save percentage.
The Wheat Ridge, Colorado netminder represented the United States in the 2024 CHL/USA Prospects Challenge.
