Royals Acquire Forward Jake Poole from Rockets

October 5, 2022 – Western Hockey League (WHL) – Victoria Royals News Release

Victoria, B.C. – The Victoria Royals have acquired 2002-born forward Jake Poole from the Kelowna Rockets in exchange for an eighth round pick in the 2024 WHL Prospects Draft.

The McAuley, MB product has spent his entire junior career in Kelowna after being selected by the club in the sixth round of the 2017 WHL Draft. He has registered 59 points on 21 goals and 38 assists in 124 games in a Rockets uniform over the past four years.

The 2021-2022 season was the best of the forward’s career, counting 14 goals and 18 assists in 48 contests for 32 total points on the campaign.

The Royals will have the added benefit from no longer playing against Poole, who has been one of the team’s biggest boogeymen over the past year, recording 20 of his 32 points and 8 of his 14 goals against Victoria during the 2021-2022 season.

Prior to his time in Kelowna, Poole spent his minor career as a member of the Yellowhead Chiefs U18 AAA and made several appearances for the Virden Oil Capitals of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.

He stands at 6’2″, 197lbs and is a right-handed shot who primarily plays winger.

With the addition of Poole, the Royals now have five 20-year-old players – Anson McMaster (D), Caleb Willms (F), Riley Gannon (F), Campbell Arnold (G) – listed on their current roster as the mid-October roster deadline approaches.

Poole is expected to be in the lineup against his former team when Royals take on the Rockets on Wednesday, October 5 at Prospera Place in Kelowna.

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