2021 Graduating Junior Draft

2026 WLA Graduating Junior Player Draft

Thursday, January 29, 2026 – 7pm (PST)

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Draft Rules

  1. Each team will have up to three minutes to make a selection in rounds 1 - 3; two minutes in round 4+.
  2. A team may request one three-minute time-out in rounds 1 - 3, and one two-minute time-out in rounds 4+.
  3. After each round is completed, there will be a five-minute break.
  4. Any team that drafts an ineligible player will lose that selection in the draft.
  5. Once a team has passed, they may not draft another player.
  6. If all teams pass, or after five rounds, the draft will end.

Territorial Protection Rules

  1. To be eligible for protection by a team, a player must have played for a club's associated Junior A team, or graduated from an assigned minor lacrosse territory.
  2. Teams may protect up to two players. If they do not protect any players, they will receive compensatory picks following the first and second rounds of the draft. If they only protect one player, they will receive a compensatory pick following the second round of the draft.
  3. Territorial protection rights and compensatory picks are not tradeable assets.
  4. The currently assigned protection territories are:
    • Burnaby: played for Burnaby Junior A Lakers
    • Coquitlam: played for Coquitlam Junior A Adanacs
    • Langley: played for Langley Junior A Thunder
    • Maple Ridge: graduated from Ridge Meadows Minor Lacrosse (takes precendent over Junior A affiliation)
    • Nanaimo: played for Nanaimo Junior A Timbermen
    • New Westminster: played for New Westminster Junior A Salmonbellies
    • Victoria: played for Victoria Junior A Shamrocks

Protected Players

Team Player
BurnabyBurnaby Protected Rowan Birrell
(Burnaby Jr A)
CoquitlamCoquitlam Protected Ty Banks
(Coquitlam Jr A)
CoquitlamCoquitlam Protected Ben Coghill
(Coquitlam Jr A)
LangleyLangley Protected Temeke7 Gottfriedsen
(Langley Jr A)
LangleyLangley Protected Ben Gagnon
(Langley Jr A)
Maple RidgeMaple Ridge Protected Cody Malawsky
(Coquitlam Jr A)
Maple RidgeMaple Ridge Protected Jack Kask
(Coquitlam Jr A)
NanaimoNanaimo Protected Andrew Bowman
(Nanaimo Jr A)
NanaimoNanaimo Protected Jordan Vincent
(Nanaimo Jr A)
New WestminsterNew Westminster Protected Lukas Nielsen
(New West Jr A)
VictoriaVictoria Protected Grayson Peskett
(Victoria Jr A)
VictoriaVictoria Protected Koen Block
(Victoria Jr A)

First Round

# Team Player
1 NanaimoNanaimo Jeremy Wudrick
(Nanaimo Jr A)
2 NanaimoNanaimo Joel Mullen
(Nanaimo Jr A)
3 NanaimoNanaimo Jaxon Dillon
(Coquitlam Jr A)
4 Maple RidgeMaple Ridge Nathan Miller
(Coquitlam Jr A)
5 NanaimoNanaimo Mathew Boas
(Nanaimo Jr A)
6 NanaimoNanaimo Logan Mellish
(Coquitlam Jr A)
7 NanaimoNanaimo Caelan Mander
(Toronto Jr A)
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