{"id":258802,"date":"2026-04-09T05:14:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T05:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/258802\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T05:14:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T05:14:46","slug":"oilers-prospects-william-nicholl-tommy-lafreniere-sign-atos-to-join-condors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/258802\/","title":{"rendered":"Oilers prospects William Nicholl, Tommy Lafreni\u00e8re sign ATO\u2019s to join Condors"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pair of Edmonton Oilers<\/a> prospects are taking their talents to sunny Southern California.William Nicholl<\/a> and Tommy Lafreni\u00e8re have signed amateur tryouts with the Condors, the club announced Wednesday. Nicholl will wear No. 56 while Lafreniere will wear No. 54.<\/p>\n

Both players had their seasons in the Canadian Hockey League end in recent days. Nicholl\u2019s London Knights were eliminated in the first round of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs by the Sault St. Marie Greyhounds in five games.<\/p>\n

Nicholl, who signed an entry-level contract<\/a> that will kick off next season with the Oilers last week, had a shortened season due to injury, but racked up an impressive 15 goals and 26 point in 32 games. The 2024 seventh-round pick of the Oilers added three assists in five playoff games. He\u2019s appeared in 158 OHL games over the last four years, scoring 43 goals and 105 points, helping lead the Knights to back-to-back OHL championships and a Memorial Cup win last season.Lafreni\u00e8re\u2019s Kamloops Blazers, meanwhile, had their season end after getting swept by the Kelowna Rockets in the first round of the WHL playoffs. Committed to the NCAA\u2019s Western Michigan University<\/a> for next season, Lafreni\u00e8re\u2019s final WHL season was nothing short of impressive, scoring 41 goals and 77 goals in 67 games, adding two tallies and three points in four playoff games. He was drafted by the Oilers in the third round of the 2025 draft. He wraps up his WHL career having scored 67 goals and 137 points in 144 games.<\/p>\n

Both players\u2019 impressive CHL careers have helped rocket them up the Oilers prospect rankings, and Nicholl signing an entry-level deal as a seventh-round pick could be considered a win in and of itself. Whether either play NHL games in the future, they should, at the least, be able to be depth organization contributors for the Condors.<\/p>\n

The Condors, with six games left in their season, appear set to clinch a playoff spot in the coming week.<\/p>\n

Zach Laing is Oilersnation\u2019s managing editor, and The Nation Network\u2019s news director. He also makes up one-half of the Daily Faceoff DFS Hockey Report<\/a>. He can be followed on X at @zjlaing<\/a>, or reached by email at zach.laing@bettercollective.com.The Nation Playoff Draft Party \u2014 Team Sign-Up Now Open\"\"<\/a>Edmonton hockey fans \u2014 think you and your crew know playoff hockey? Prove it at the\u00a0Nation Playoff Draft Party\u00a0on\u00a0Friday, April 17th at the River Cree Resort & Casino.\u00a0Build your playoff roster, compete against other teams throughout the postseason, and battle for\u00a0$2,500 cash and Nation bragging rights.\u00a0Team entry is\u00a0$1,000 for groups of 8, which includes dinner and your first bevy. The night will be hosted by\u00a0Ryder & Lisa from The Sauce\u00a0and\u00a0Tyler & Liam from ON Everyday, so expect plenty of energy, competition, and chirps.\u00a0Spots are limited \u2014 sign your team up now at\u00a0nationgear.ca<\/a>.\u00a0All proceeds from the event support\u00a0KidSport Edmonton, helping ensure local kids can stay in the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pair of Edmonton Oilers prospects are taking their talents to sunny Southern California.William Nicholl and Tommy Lafreni\u00e8re…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-258802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}