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By rdnewsNOW staff

First round

Red Deer Rebels select Nolan Wolitski seventh overall in WHL Prospects Draft

May 8, 2025 | 9:27 AM

The Red Deer Rebels bolstered their blue line on Wednesday by selecting defenceman Nolan Wolitski seventh overall in the first round of the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft.

Wolitski became the Rebels first seventh-overall selection since they took future captain Jayden Grubbe in 2018 and in 1998 when they picked defenceman and future Memorial Cup champion, Doug Lynch.

The St. Albert, product played for the Northern Alberta Xtreme U15 Prep team in the 2024-25 season and recorded eight goals and 40 assists for 48 points in 29 games in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League. He also had 74 penalty minutes.

In the playoffs, he added seven points in five games.

Standing at six-feet three-inches tall and 181 pounds, the left-shooting rearguard also contributed 10 points in six games during the John Reid Memorial Tournament in St. Albert.

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Wolitski is a dual citizen in Canada and the U.S., now living in St. Albert but originally from Raleigh, North Carolina.

The 2025 WHL Prospects Draft continues today following the completion of the 2025 WHL U.S. Priority Draft set for 9 a.m.