Tips charts 1: WHLers in the NHL

This series of charts is about WHLers in the NHL.

Which WHL teams have the most alumni currently playing regularly in the NHL? To determine if a player was established in the NHL a minimum of 40 games played during the 2016-17 season was set. Players were assigned to the team for which they appeared in the most WHL games. Teams with equal numbers of NHLers were ordered by total combined NHL games by those players in 2016-17:

WHL team	NHLers
Kelowna	12
Portland	11
Calgary	9
Brandon	8
Red Deer	8
Moose Jaw	7
Vancouver	6
Medicine Hat	6
Spokane	5
Lethbridge	4
Prince George	4
Swift Current	4
Kamloops	4
Seattle	4
Kootenay	4
Prince Albert	3
Saskatoon	3
Victoria/Chilliwack	2
Tri-City	2
Everett	2
Regina	1
Edmonton	1

By this measure Everett ranks 20th out of the WHL’s 22 teams.

However, there remain a number of players in the NHL whose time in the WHL predated Everett’s entry into the league, so that skews the data against the Tips, as well as against Victoria/Chilliwack and Edmonton, who entered the league after Everett and are ranked similarly low. If players who were full-time WHLers prior to the 2003-04 season are removed, the list looks like this:

WHL team	NHLers
Kelowna	7
Calgary	7
Portland	7
Brandon	6
Vancouver	6
Red Deer	6
Spokane	5
Swift Current	4
Moose Jaw	4
Medicine Hat	4
Seattle	3
Kootenay	3
Prince Albert	2
Lethbridge	2
Victoria/Chilliwack	2
Everett	2
Saskatoon	2
Tri-City	1
Regina	1
Edmonton	1
Prince George	1
Kamloops	0

After making this adjustment Everett ranks 16th among the WHL’s 22 teams.

Finally, here’s the master list of WHLers who played at least 40 games in the NHL during in 2016-17. Included are the years they played for their listed WHL team, which NHL team they played for this season, the number of games they played in the NHL this season, and their stats (goals-assists-points for skaters; record, goals against average, save percentage for goaltenders). This list is unofficial, so it’s possible I missed someone:

KELOWNA (12)

F Mikael Backlund (08-09), Calgary, 81, 22-31-53

D Tyson Barrie (06-11), Colorado, 74, 7-31-38

F Jamie Benn (07-09), Dallas, 77, 26-43-69

F Blake Comeau (01-06), Colorado, 77, 8-12-20

D Alexander Edler (05-06), Vancouver, 68, 6-15-21

F Vern Fiddler (97-01), New Jersey/Nashville, 59, 2-2-4

D Josh Gorges (00-04), Buffalo, 66, 1-5-6

D Duncan Keith (02-03), Chicago, 80, 6-47-53

D Damon Severson (09-14), New Jersey, 80, 3-28-31

D Luke Schenn (05-08), Arizona, 78, 1-7-8

F Colton Sissons (10-13), Nashville, 58, 8-2-10

D Shea Weber (02-05), Montreal, 78, 17-25-4

PORTLAND (11)

F Sven Baertschi (10-12), Vancouver, 68, 18-17-35

D Braydon Coburn (00-05), Tampa Bay, 80, 5-7-12

F Brandon Dubinsky (02-06), Columbus, 80, 12-29-41

F Jannik Hansen (05-06), Vancouver/San Jose, 43, 8-12-20

F Marian Hossa (97-98), Chicago, 73, 26-19-45

F Ryan Johansen (09-11), Nashville, 82, 14-47-61

D Seth Jones (12-13), Columbus, 75, 12-30-42

F Cody McLeod (01-05), Colorado/Nashville, 59, 5-1-6

F Nino Niederreiter (09-11), Minnesota, 82, 25-32-57

F Nicolas Petan (10-15), Winnipeg, 54, 1-12-13

F Colton Sceviour (04-08), Florida, 80, 9-15-24

CALGARY (9)

D Karl Alzner (03-08), Washington, 82, 3-10-13

D Johnny Boychuk (99-03), New York Islanders, 66, 6-17-23

F Ryan Getzlaf (01-05), Anaheim, 74, 15-58-73

G Martin Jones (06-10), San Jose, 65, 35-23-6, 2.40, .912

F Andrew Ladd (03-05), New York Islanders, 78, 23-8-31

D Paul Postma (07-09), Winnipeg, 65, 1-13-14

F Victor Rask (11-13), Carolina, 82, 16-29-45

D Michael Stone (06-10), Arizona/Calgary, 64, 3-12-15

F Ryan White (04-08), Arizona/Montreal, 65, 9-7-16

BRANDON (8)

F Matt Calvert (07-10), Columbus, 65, 10-5-15

F Eric Fehr (00-05), Detroit/Toronto, 53, 6-5-11

F Micheal Ferland (09-13), Calgary, 76, 15-10-25

D Ivan Provorov (14-16), Philadelphia, 82, 6-24-30

F Ryan Reaves (04-07), St. Louis, 80, 7-6-13

F Brayden Schenn (07-11), Philadelphia, 79, 25-30-55

F Mark Stone (08-12), Ottawa, 71, 22-32-54

F Jordin Tootoo (99-03), Chicago, 50, 2-1-3

RED DEER (8)

D Mathew Dumba (09-13), Minnesota, 76, 11-23-34

F Martin Hanzal (06-07), Arizona/Montreal, 71, 20-19-39

F Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (08-11), Edmonton, 82, 18-25-43

D Alex Petrovic (07-12), Florida, 49, 1-13-14

D Dion Phaneuf (01-05), Ottawa, 81, 9-21-30

G James Reimer (05-08), Florida, 42, 18-16-5, 2.53, .920

F Brandon Sutter (04-08), Edmonton, 81, 17-17-34

G Cam Ward (00-04), Carolina, 61, 26-22-12, 2.69, .905

MOOSE JAW (7)

F Kyle Brodziak (99-04), St. Louis, 69, 8-7-15

F Troy Brouwer (01-06), Calgary, 74, 13-12-25

D Deryk Engelland (98-03), Calgary, 81, 4-12-16

D Joel Edmundson (10-13), St. Louis, 69, 3-12-15

D Travis Hamonic (06-10), New York Islanders, 49, 3-11-14

F Brayden Point (11-16), Tampa Bay, 68, 18-22-40

D Morgan Rielly (10-13), Toronto, 76, 6-21-27

VANCOUVER (6)

F Lance Bouma (05-10), Calgary, 61, 3-4-7

D Cody Franson (02-07), Buffalo, 68, 3-16-19

F Brendan Gallagher (08-12), Montreal, 64, 10-19-29

F Evander Kane (06-09), Buffalo, 70, 28-15-43

F Milan Lucic (04-07), Edmonton, 82, 23-27-50

F Jordan Martinook (10-12), Arizona, 77, 11-14-25

MEDICINE HAT (6)

D Jay Bouwmeester (98-02), St. Louis, 81, 1-14-15

F Jason Chimera (96-99), New York Islanders, 82, 20-13-33

F Tyler Ennis (05-09), Buffalo, 51, 5-8-13

F Darren Helm (04-07), Detroit, 50, 8-9-17

D David Schlemko (04-07), San Jose, 62, 2-16-18

D Kris Russell (03-07), Edmonton, 68, 1-12-13

SPOKANE (5)

D Justin Falk (05-08), Buffalo, 52, 0-8-8

F Michael Grabner (04-07), New York Rangers, 76, 27-13-40

F Tyler Johnson (07-11), Tampa Bay, 66, 19-26-45

F Derek Ryan (03-07), Carolina, 67, 11-18-29

D Jared Spurgeon (05-10), Minnesota, 76, 10-28-38

LETHBRIDGE (4)

F Dwight King (04-09), Los Angeles/Montreal, 80, 9-7-16

D Luca Sbisa (07-10), Vancouver, 82, 2-11-13

D Brent Seabrook (00-05), Chicago, 79, 3-36-39

F Kris Versteeg (02-05), Calgary, 69, 15-22-37

PRINCE GEORGE (4)

D Dustin Byfuglien (02-05), Winnipeg, 80, 13-39-52

D Zdeno Chara (96-97), Boston, 75, 10-19-29

F Brett Connolly (07-11), Washington, 66, 15-8-23

D Dan Hamhuis (98-02), Dallas, 79, 1-15-16

SWIFT CURRENT (4)

F Cody Eakin (06-11), Dallas, 60, 3-9-12

F Adam Lowry (09-13), Winnipeg, 82, 15-14-29

F Zack Smith (04-08), Ottawa, 74, 16-16-32

F Dale Weise (05-08), Philadelphia, 81, 8-7-15

KAMLOOPS (4)

F Shane Doan (92-95), Arizona, 74, 6-21-27

G Devan Dubnyk (01-06), Minnesota, 65, 40-19-5, 2.25, .923

F Jarome Iginla (93-96), Colorado/Los Angeles, 80, 14-13-27

F Scottie Upshall (00-03), St. Louis, 73, 10-8-18

SEATTLE (4)

D Brenden Dillon (07-11), San Jose, 81, 2-8-10

D Thomas Hickey (04-09), New York Islanders, 76, 4-16-20

F Patrick Marleau (95-07), San Jose, 82, 27-19-46

G Calvin Pickard (08-12), Colorado, 50, 15-31-2, 2.98, .904

KOOTENAY (4)

F Adam Cracknell (02-06), Dallas, 69, 10-6-16

D Brayden McNabb (06-11), Los Angeles, 49, 2-2-4

D Roman Polak (04-05), Toronto, 75, 4-7-11

F Sam Reinhart (10-15), Buffalo, 79, 17-30-47

PRINCE ALBERT (3)

F Leon Draisaitl (12-14), Edmonton, 82, 29-48-77

F Scott Hartnell (97-00), Columbus, 78, 13-24-37

D Josh Morrissey (10-14), Winnipeg, 82, 6-14-20

SASKATOON (3)

D Mike Green (00-05), Detroit, 72, 14-22-36

G Braden Holtby (05-09), Washington, 63, 42-13-6, 2.07, .925

F Devin Setoguchi (03-06), Los Angeles, 45, 4-8-12

VICTORIA/CHILLIWACK (2)

D Nick Holden (06-08), New York Rangers, 80, 11-23-34

D Brandon Manning (07-11), Philadelphia, 65, 3-9-12

TRI-CITY (2)

D Brandon Carlo (12-16), Boston, 82, 6-10-16

G Carey Price (02-07), Montreal, 62, 37-20-5, 2.23, .923

EVERETT (2)

D Radko Gudas (09-10), Philadelphia, 67, 6-17-23

D Ryan Murray (08-13), Columbus, 60, 2-9-11

REGINA (1)

F Jordan Eberle (06-10), Edmonton, 82, 20-31-51

EDMONTON (1)

D Mark Pysyk (07-12), Florida, 82, 4-13-17