Pats’ Whitehead looking to set a trend

Regina Pats guardant Braxton Whitehead has verbally committed to play assemblage hockey for the Arizona State Sun Devils successful 2025-26.

Just 1 problem, existent NCAA hockey rules authorities that Whitehead would beryllium ineligible to play successful college, due to the fact that helium has played successful the CHL.

But Whitehead is simply a steadfast believer that regularisation volition alteration by the clip adjacent twelvemonth rolls around.

“It is up successful the aerial close present but honestly successful my sentiment and galore others I deliberation that the regularisation volition alteration truthful it’s thing that I felt similar I needed to instrumentality the archetypal measurement guardant to possibly get that shot rolling,” said Whitehead.

Whitehead is the archetypal subordinate to perpetrate to an American assemblage squad portion playing successful the CHL.

There is presently a people enactment suit against the NCAA that seeks to let players to play successful some the CHL and NCAA.

The Palmer, Alaska autochthonal said that Arizona State was ever his fig 1 prime to play erstwhile his CHL vocation was over.

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“I’ve played tournaments successful the southwest US erstwhile I was a kid and the upwind determination is truly nice, they’ve got a marque caller rink and the coaching unit is astonishing truthful I deliberation each of those things benignant of nailed it connected the dot for me,” said Whitehead.

So Whitehead volition person to hold and spot the effect of the suit but for present helium is focused connected his last play arsenic a subordinate of the Pats.

Their run gets underway successful Prince Albert connected Friday.