North Dakota Men's Hockey Defenceman Keaton Verhoeff (6/16/26)
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Hey, it's Bob Stauffer. I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to Oilers Now ad-free on Amazon Music, included with Prime. I hope you didn't get caught out in the rain today. I may know a dummy that did this morning between about 8 and 10 o'clock for got caught in the wrong side of the university. Nice 45-minute walk back to the Humble Stauffer Abode in the city's downtown ice district core. This is Oilers Now, and it is brought to you by World of Spas. And we do have, and I mean we have, a jam-packed edition of the show. And a couple things a little bit different today. Coming down the pipe at 415 today, many people think he'll be the first defenseman to go in the upcoming NHL entry draft.
He is from Fort Saskatchewan, 6'4", 215-pound right shot defenseman Keaton Verhoff. will join us at 435 regular tuesday contributor to the show for abe's door service elliot friedman at 505 former nhl general manager and longtime nhl agent brian lawton and then at 535 a voice from the past he was a one-time regular on this show Then he became the Oilers analytics guy, did not get renewed by Pete Shirely, resurfaced with one of the most progressive organizations in the league in New Jersey, and then became the assistant general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, the team that just won the Stanley Cup. Tyler Dello will join us at 535. We will tell you that you can reach us on the River Cree Resort and Casino hotline at 780-451-8800.
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Yeah, he's a solid player. All right.
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Who is Keaton Verhoff and what are his achievements?
Because it's been a few years. And we are going to head off to the River Creek Resort and Casino Hotline, and welcome to the show. Keaton Verhoff. Keaton, how are you doing?
Thank you.
Good. How are you? Thanks for having me on. Yeah, absolutely. What's this? It's been a crazy whirlwind last, what, 18 months for you, playing for Victoria, becoming the first defenseman in 40 years to score 20-plus goals, making the decision to go to North Dakota, and then, you know, the season you had playing on the Canadian World Junior Team, back to the U18s for the second year in a row, and then to the draft combine. What's it just, does it seem a little bit surreal at times, Keaton?
Yeah, it's been crazy going through this process here. I'm kind of having some ups and downs throughout the year, but it's been fun. It's been super cool. Obviously excited for what's to come here, but I've been super honored for what's happened to me and very privileged for the past year.
All right. So when you have those ups and downs, who's the grounding force in your life?
Yeah, definitely my mom for me.
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