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Vernon's Mathis Paull involved in a dust up with Prince Albert Raiders forward Cash Lanigan during opening weekend of the 2026-27 WHL season. (Image Credit: Mark Peterson/Prince Albert Raiders)
By Liam Verster
Scouting Report

Vernon WHLer named to NHL Preliminary Scouting List

Oct 26, 2026 | 3:40 PM

A Vernonite is being eyed by the scouts of the NHL.

Mathis Paull was one of 54 WHL players named to the NHL Central Scouting’s Preliminary Players to Watch List ahead of the 2027 Draft.

Paull was given a ‘C’ rank in the watch list, indicating he is projected to be selected during the fourth or firth rounds of next summer’s draft. 

Paull notched two goals and two assists in eight games with the Regina Pats so far this season. In 2025-26 the 6’3″ forward tallied seven goals and six assists across 55 games with the WHL club.

The WHL stated of the players named to the watch list five had ‘A’ ratings, eight were ‘B’, 17 were ‘C’, and the rest were ranked ‘W’. This was NHL Central Scouting’s first list since the beginning of the WHL season.

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