Realizing the Club Champlain is the KHL of beer league hockey in Welland, Boychuk made the jump to the WNHL at the start of 20-21 season, becoming the first rookie to be taken the first overall draft pick in WNHL history. This begs the question will he live up to the hype like other fist overall picks like McDavid or Crosby, or will the WNHL have it’s first Alexander Daigle?
T.j. Vanbeveren the Dutchman with too many vowels in his name. T.J. is new to the WNHL and organized hockey and everyone wonders what will become of him? Does TJ have potential to be the Rocco award winner for Most Improved Player? Is he just hoping someone shoots a puck off his ass into the net for his first goal? (That’s called the Kevin Stevens) Time will tell. Being drafted by the Lincoln Street Legends for his first season and his love for Jack Daniels, safe to say he’s on the right path towards hoisting the King Street Cup.
While technically a rookie in the 20-21 season, Teddy Ballgame is no stranger to the WNHL, having played in the WNHL Xmas Classic in previous years. However, he was held on the sidelines due to the WNHL’s strict one Beadle rule, meaning of course that the league infrastructure is only equipped to handle one Beadle at a time. Anything more than that would short out the whole mainframe and override the system. This year with his brother Jeff taking his talents in front of the camera, the doors on the bench opened wide for Teddy to take on a full time role. Jeff has left some lofty skates to fill, but the WNHL’s first two sport athlete looks up to the challenge.