Pembina Valley Hawks captain Carter Sotheran has signed a Standard Player Agreement with the Western Hockey League's Portland Winterhawks.

The 16-year-old Sanford product was selected by the Winterhawks in the fifth round (97th overall) of the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft.

Sotheran played just four games with the Hawks before the 2020-21 Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League season was shutdown and eventually cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 6-foot-2, 192-pound right-handed defenseman recorded 26 goals and 50 assists in 72 games for the U15 Hawks during the 2019-2020 season and led the team in scoring.