Landon DuPont Granted Exceptional Status To Join WHL At 15

In a Monday afternoon announcement, the Western Hockey League announced they were granting exceptional status to just the second player, and first defenseman, in league history, 14-year-old Landon DuPont. In the press announcement of DuPont's exceptional player status, a constant theme was that DuPont's hockey is at a high level, but also that his emotional maturity and responsibility level were taken into account before exceptional status was granted. DuPont himself, when asked about how he feels about a greater level of responsibility in the WHL, commented: "I think there's nothing that I can't handle."

Apr 8