Andrew Cristall was officially named the winner of the WHL’s Bob Clarke Trophy as the league’s top scorer during the 2024-25 season.
Cristall led all skaters with 132 points (48g, 84a) in just 57 games split between the Spokane Chiefs and Kelowna Rockets. The 20-year-old Capitals prospect finished the regular season with the highest point-per-game rate (2.32) in the entire CHL among players to play in at least 25 games.
Cristall’s 132 points are the second-most in a single season for any WHL skater in the past decade, trailing only Connor Bedard’s 143 points in 2022-23. The 2023 second-round pick had seven games with five or more points, including a hat trick and seven points against the Wenatchee Wild on January 11.
The Vancouver native made league history when he became the first WHL player in the 21st century to reach 400 points against the Victoria Royals on March 7. He has only kept up his historic scoring in this year’s playoffs, notching 37 points (20g, 17a) in 14 games.
Cristall and the Chiefs still have a few days off before taking on the Medicine Hat Tigers in the 2025 WHL Championship Series (WHL finals). Spokane is aiming to capture their third WHL championship and first since 2008, when they also went on to win the Memorial Cup.
Game 1 of the series is set for Friday night at 7:00 pm.
