3 days Ago By Darren Zary
What a whirlwind week it’s been for Berkly Catton. The highly touted National Hockey League prospect graduated from Saskatoon’s Centennial Collegiate with friends before flying to Las Vegas just hours later — ahead of the upcoming NHL Entry Draft, where he is expected to be a first-round pick Friday night. “It’s all starting to come true here, it seems like, and, yeah, the graduation just added another thing — it’s been good,” said Catton, who played for the Saskatoon Minor Hockey Association’s Red Wings zone and Saskatoon AAA Contacts before joining the Spokane Chiefs in the Western Hockey League.
“Honestly, I can’t wait. There are lots of other emotions involved too — the nerves and kind of not knowing what’s going to happen — but I also am super excited. Lots of family and friends are coming down too.
To celebrate with them, and also people back here (in Saskatoon) and even in Spokane who have kept helping me to get to this point, it’s going to be great to celebrate with everyone.” Catton says it’s a big contingent heading down to Vegas for the big day with his immediate family, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and friends. How many? “I would think about 50-plus,” he estimates.
Catton left for Vegas on Tuesday night with his dad, Chris. They’ll be joined by his mom Desrae and sisters Atlee and Kinlee. He expects a busy few days.
He’ll hang out on Wednesday and maybe have a couple of meetings and do some media stuff. On Thursday.
