It’s been a long journey for 17-year-old Hubert Clarke to reach the Western Hockey League .

The journey has taken him throughout Manitoba, south of the border to North Dakota and finally to an opportunity this season with the WHL’s Prince Albert Raiders.

Selected in the 11th round of the 2022 WHL draft with the second-to-last pick by the Raiders, Clarke inked his WHL standard player agreement contract last week to bring him into the fold.

“It’s really exciting for myself, my family,” Clarke said. “For my friends back home, it obviously means a lot to them. It shows that an Indigenous kid can do something, a thing like this. It’s just a really good feeling.”

Clarke’s journey to the WHL began in northern Manitoba on the Norway House Cree Nation, learning the game on outdoor ponds at

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