Two players from the Lethbridge Hurricanes have been listed in the final rankings by the NHL Central Scouting. Defenseman Kyle Heger and forward Gavin Lesiuk made the list.
Heger was ranked 66th among North American skaters. Originally from Eagan, Minnesota, the 18-year-old was acquired by the Hurricanes from the Medicine Hat Tigers ahead of the 2026 Western Hockey League trade deadline.
He appeared in 64 regular season games, scoring 11 goals and dishing out 24 assists, along with 37 penalty minutes split between Lethbridge and Medicine Hat in his 2025-26 rookie campaign. In 29 regular season games with the Hurricanes after the trade, Heger scored six goals and recorded 14 assists, as well as 12 penalty minutes.
At season’s end, he was named a co-winner of the Hurricanes’ Hardest Working Player award and Top Defenseman award.
The 18-year-old Gavin Lesiuk was ranked 189th among North American skaters. From Duncan, British Columbia, he set a new career high during the 2025-26 season, scoring nine goals and five assists, along with a team-high 106 penalty minutes in 63 games.
The former second-round pick for Lethbridge has appeared in 96 career regular season games, scoring 10 goals and nine assists, along with 128 penalty minutes.
The sophomore player became the first Hurricane since Landen Ward in the 2023-24 season to hit the 100 mark in penalty minutes, while become just the seventh player for Lethbridge in the last decade to record more than 100 penalty minutes in a season.
In total, 88 WHL players were listed by NHL Central Scouting in the final rankings.
The 2026 NHL Draft is set for June 26-27 in Buffalo.
