SAHA trio win league MVP, top defenseman awards

MEDICINE HAT, AB – Gavin McKenna was hard to miss and even harder to stop on the ice this year with the South Alberta Hockey Academy.

Coaches in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) took notice and voted the top prospect of the Medicine Hat Tigers the U18 Prep Division MVP.

McKenna, the first overall pick in the 2022 WHL Draft, scored 37 goals and added 38 assists for 75 points, leading the CSSHL in all three categories.

SAHA’s Matthew Paranych, was named the U18 Prep Division Top Defenseman. Also a Tigers prospect, he finished third among all defensemen with 32 points, and his 1.10 points per game and 25 assists placed him second.