Every contender needs a useful bottom six, and that’s the lane Chase Harrington is trying to carve out for himself.
The Calgary Flames made the Prince George, British Columbia native the 36th overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, and he arrives in this prospect list at No. 12. At 6-foot-1 and 194 pounds, the left-shot winger already looks built for the kind of role his game seems to be pointing toward: a hard-to-play-against forward who can chip in offensively without needing the puck on every shift.
Harrington’s standing among Flames prospect rankers varied quite a bit. He was slotted as high as eighth and as low as 15th on other ballots, while this ranking placed him 12th. He also drew a 10th-place ranking from the writer here.
His junior path started with the Spokane Chiefs, who chose him eighth overall in the 2022 Western Hockey League prospects draft. Harrington made his WHL debut in 2022-23 and recorded an assist in four games.
The next season was his first full run, and he put up six goals and 22 points in 61 games, along with 25 penalty minutes. He also picked up his first playoff point, an assist in one of three postseason games.
The real jump came in 2024-25. Harrington scored 19 goals and totaled 50 points in 68 regular-season games as Spokane finished third in the WHL’s Western Conference. He added six goals and 14 points in 20 playoff games while the Chiefs pushed all the way to the WHL Finals before falling to the Medicine Hat Tigers.
That season also came with more responsibility. Spokane had to move on without several of its biggest names, including Berkly Catton, Shea Van Olm, and Andrew Cristall, who put up 72 points in 29 regular-season games. Harrington ended up as the club’s top player and one of its leaders.
He followed that with another strong year, and the production came with a heavy dose of edge. Over 61 games, Harrington scored 28 goals and 57 points and piled up 105 penalty minutes, leading the Chiefs in all three categories.
Spokane finished sixth in the standings and earned a playoff berth, then lost in six games to the Prince George Cougars. Harrington finished that series with two goals and four points.
Derek Neumeier of McKeen’s Hockey saw the shift in Harrington’s game and liked what it meant for his NHL path:
Coming into this season I thought Harrington was mostly just an offense-leaning guy whose actual skill level was kind of middling, so I was pleasantly surprised to see him become more physical and much more of a pain in the ass to play against. He has a much better pathway to the NHL as a checker and pest who sometimes also chips in, as opposed to a go-to point producer. Calgary selected him a round higher than I would have, but I still like what he brings, and I think it’s pretty likely that he plays NHL games.
For 2026-27, Harrington is expected to go back to Spokane, where he’ll turn 19 in late October. He’ll be one of the older players on the roster, so the next step is his to make. A reasonable target for the Prince George product is 35 goals and 85 points.
There’s also a chance his time with the Chiefs doesn’t last the full season. If Spokane takes a step back, Harrington could become a trade candidate before the WHL deadline, with a new team potentially getting a scorer who brings plenty of energy along with him.
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