From obscurity to fan favourite, sharp Edmonton Oilers centre to challenge for NHL job.

From obscurity to fan favourite, sharp Edmonton Oilers centre to challenge for NHL job

David Staples • Edmonton Journal

Published Sep 05, 2024 • Last updated 58 minutes ago • 4 minute read

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Chris Rauckman of the University of Calgary Dinos, gets past Noah Philp of the University of Alberta Golden Bears at Clare Drake arena on January 24, 2020. Photo by Shaughn Butts /Postmedia

2024 Edmonton Oilers prospects
#5 C Noah Philp

By Ira Cooper, Cult of Hockey special correspondent

At the end of the 2021-22 season, I had never heard of Noah Philip. If I were asked who my favorite prospect was at the end of the 2022-23 season, without hesitation I would have named Noah Philp.

The progression that Noah Philp showed during the course of that season was phenomenal. He started the season as a 4th line winger and sometimes as a healthy scratch. He finished the season as one of Coach Colin Chaulk’s most relied-on forwards, a player he trusted on the PK, for important defensive zone face-offs and in all high-leverage situations, even deploying him as the 1C at times.