A forward and a defenceman from the Estevan Bears 18U AAA hockey team were picked in Thursday's WHL Prospects Draft.

Estevan-native Carter Onrait went 144th to the Prince George Cougars.

The forward has five goals in 25 games with the Bears this season, along with 22 penalty minutes.

Onrait, listed at 5-foot-11.5, 170 pounds, spent the last two seasons with the 15U AA Estevan Bruins.

The right-handed shot had two goals and an assist in the pandemic-shortened 2020-21 campaign, following an eight-goal, 12-assist performance in 2019-20.

And Swift Current-product Cutter Knight went 149 to the Kelowna Rockets. Knight was third in Bears scoring from the blue line, with a goal and four assists in 24 games this season. He has 26 penalty minutes.

He spent the last two seasons with the Swift Current Broncos in 15U AA hockey. The 6-foot-1, 181-pound righty had one goal and four assists through five games in 2020-21, and one goal and 24 assists in 2019-20.

The draft is for players born in 2006. Saskatoon's Catton Berkly went first overall to the Spokane Chiefs.