The Western Hockey League has unveiled details for the 2025 WHL Draft lotteries, which will be conducted on Thursday, April 10. The Regina Pats hold five of the 21 total balls and have a 23.8-percent chance at landing the first overall selection in the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft.
The 2025 WHL Draft lotteries results will be unveiled on Thursday, April 10, at 6 p.m.
2025 WHL Prospects Draft lottery
The 2025 WHL Prospects Draft lottery will involve the six non-playoff teams -- Red Deer, Wenatchee, Kamloops, Kelowna, Regina, and Moose Jaw -- from the 2024-2025 WHL regular season. A team may only move up a maximum of two positions in the WHL Prospects Draft.
The Penticton Vees have been awarded the fourth-overall pick in the first round of the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft. If the fifth or sixth-place team wins the lottery and moves up two spots, Penticton will select fifth overall.
The WHL Prospects Draft lottery will use a total of 21 balls, the allotment of which is as follows:
- Edmonton (via Moose Jaw) – six balls
- Regina – five balls
- Kelowna – four balls
- Everett (via Kamloops) – three balls
- Vancouver (via Wenatchee) – two balls
- Red Deer – one ball
The lottery applies to the first round of the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft.
Penticton will receive the first pick in the second round. All other WHL teams will draft in the inverse order of the final standings from the 2024-2025 WHL regular season.
2025 WHL U.S. Priority Draft lottery
The 2025 WHL U.S. Priority Draft lottery will be executed in two stages.
The first stage of the 2025 WHL U.S. Priority Draft lottery will determine the order of selection of the six non-playoff teams -- Red Deer, Wenatchee, Kamloops, Kelowna, Regina, and Moose Jaw -- and the eight teams that are eliminated during the first round of the 2025 WHL playoffs presented by Nutrien.
The six non-playoff teams and eight teams that lost in the first round of the playoffs will each receive one ball in the lottery. The first ball drawn will determine the 15th-overall pick and the final ball drawn will represent the first-overall pick in the first round of the 2025 WHL U.S. Priority Draft.
The Penticton Vees have been awarded the fourth-overall pick in the first round of the 2025 WHL U.S. Priority Draft.
The second stage of the 2025 WHL U.S. Priority Draft lottery will determine the order of selection of the eight teams that win their first-round series of the 2025 WHL Playoffs. Each of the eight advancing teams will receive one ball in the lottery.
The first ball drawn will determine the 23rd-overall pick and the final ball drawn will represent the 16th-overall pick in the first round.
The Penticton Vees will receive the fourth pick in the second round of the 2025 WHL U.S. Priority Draft. The selection order for the remaining teams in the second round of the 2025 WHL U.S. Priority Draft will be conducted in inverse order of the first round.
2025 WHL Drafts
The first round of the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft will be held Wednesday, May 7, at 5 p.m.
The 2025 WHL U.S. Priority Draft will be held on Thursday, May 8, at 9 a.m. with the remainder of the WHL Prospects Draft to follow.
