{"id":377428,"date":"2026-06-27T18:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T18:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/377428\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T18:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T18:13:08","slug":"pentictons-mathis-preston-drafted-by-anaheim-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/377428\/","title":{"rendered":"Penticton\u2019s Mathis Preston drafted by Anaheim Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>              Penticton\u2019s Mathis Preston drafted by Anaheim Ducks<\/p>\n<p class=\"pubStamp\">Published 10:40 am Saturday, June 27, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Born-and-raised Pentictonite Mathis Preston had his NHL draft moment on Saturday, June 27.<\/p>\n<p>Preston, 17, was selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the second round (50th overall).<\/p>\n<p>Preston spent last season in the WHL, splitting time between the Spokane Chiefs and Vancouver Giants.<\/p>\n<p>The forward had 18 goals and 44 points in 46 contests in 2025-2026.<\/p>\n<p>A graduate of the Penticton Minor Hockey Association, Preston also spent time with Canada\u2019s U18 world championship squad, posting six points in five games at the April tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Preston\u2019s childhood best friends, Osoyoos twins Liam and Markus Ruck, were both selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins at the draft in Buffalo, N.Y. this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The trio suited up together at the Penticton-based Okanagan Hockey Academy from 2020 to 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Penticton\u2019s Mathis Preston drafted by Anaheim Ducks Published 10:40 am Saturday, June 27, 2026 Born-and-raised Pentictonite Mathis Preston&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,148749],"class_list":["post-377428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-okanagan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377428","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=377428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}