Draft 2023

WLA Draft 2017

View the complete draft results here.

The 2023 Graduating Junior Draft will be held on Tuesday, January 31st, at 7pm. The draft will be hosted a live webcast on WLALacrosse.com, featuring longtime play-by-play broadcaster Jake Elliott.

Following rule changes approved at the Board of Governors Annual General Meeting, this year's draft will feature two territorial protection players for each team, following by five rounds of the draft in reverse order of the 2022 regular season standings. 

If a team chooses not to use one or both of their territorial protection picks, they will be awarded a compensatory pick following the first and/or second round of the draft as appropriate.

The team's territorial protection picks will be announced closed to the draft:

TeamProtected Player #1Protected Player #2
BURNABY LakersMatteo TackNic Dos Santos
COQUITLAM AdanacsAdam NoakesNick Musso
LANGLEY ThunderMatt AbbottKyle Brunsch
MAPLE RIDGE BurrardsDrew AndreIsaac Ngyou
NANAIMO TimbermenJustin GeddieRyan Sheridan
NEW WESTMINSTER SalmonbelliesNoah ArmitageBen Stewart
VICTORIA ShamrocksPatrick DoddsCasey Wilson

The projected order of the draft, pending finalization of the territorial protection picks and any further trades prior to draft day, is:

RoundPickTeamPlayer
11VICTORIA (from Maple Ridge)

2BURNABY

3NANAIMO (from New Westminster)

4VICTORIA

5 NANAIMO

6MAPLE RIDGE (from Coquitlam)


7LANGLEY
21MAPLE RIDGE

2VICTORIA (from Langley)

3COQUITLAM (from New Westminster)

4BURNABY (from Victoria)

5NANAIMO

6COQUITLAM

7BURNABY (from Langley)
31MAPLE RIDGE

2BURNABY

3NEW WESTMINSTER

4VICTORIA

5NANAIMO

6NANAIMO (from Langley)

7LANGLEY
41MAPLE RIDGE

2BURNABY

3NEW WESTMINSTER

4VICTORIA

5NANAIMO

6COQUITLAM

7LANGLEY
51MAPLE RIDGE

2BURNABY

3NEW WESTMINSTER

4VICTORIA

5NANAIMO

6COQUITLAM

7LANGLEY