FN’s 2026 Flames summer prospect rankings – #12: Chase Harrington

Every contender needs a competent bottom six.

The Calgary Flames are still years away from contending, but with the 36th overall pick, they selected Chase Harrington. A Prince George, British Columbia product, Harrington has “bottom six pest” written all over him.

Harrington immediately steps in as our 12th-best Flames prospect this season. I personally ranked the 18-year-old as my 10th-best prospect, with the left winger ranking as high as eighth and as low as 15th on other writer’s ballots.

Chase Harrington

Forward, shoots left
Born Oct. 30, 2007 (age 18) in Prince George British Columbia
6’1”, 194 pounds
Drafted in the second round (36th overall) by Calgary in the 2026 NHL Draft

Born on Oct. 30, 2007, Harrington was selected eighth overall by the Spokane Chiefs in the 2022 Western Hockey League prospects draft. He made his junior debut in 2022-23, picking up an assist in four games.

His first full WHL season came in 2023-24, scoring six goals and 22 points with 25 penalty minutes in 61 games. Harrington also picked up his first career post-season point, an assist in one of the three playoff games he appeared in.

The Chiefs went all the way to the WHL Finals in 2024-25, and Harrington certainly played a part. In the regular season, he scored 19 goals and 50 points in 68 games, helping the Chiefs secure third place in the WHL’s Western Conference. Then in the playoffs, Harrington added six goals and 14 points in 20 games, before the Chiefs eventually lost to the powerhouse Medicine Hat Tigers.

Many of the Chiefs’ best players aged out of eligibility, namely Berkly Catton, Shea Van Olm, and Andrew Cristall (who had 72 points in 29 regular season games). That left Harrington as the team’s best player and one of their leaders.

Over 61 games, Harrington scored 28 goals and 57 points, picking up 105 penalty minutes to lead the team in all three categories. It was enough to get the Chiefs into a playoff spot, albeit as the sixth seed. The Chiefs lost in six to Harrington’s home town team, the Prince George Cougars, scoring two goals and four points in the short-lived playoff run.

Harrington took a step forward, but he also turned up the agitation, as noted by McKeen’s Hockey’s Derek Neumeier:

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.

Expectations for 2026-27

Harrington will almost certainly return to the Chiefs for the 2026-27 season, as he turns 19 years old in late October. On a personal level, his game needs to take a step forward as he’s now one of the older players on the team. A good expectation for the Prince George product is 35 goals and 85 points.

Depending on how the Chiefs do, Harrington is a candidate to be traded before the WHL’s trade deadline. The Chiefs aren’t going to be as good as they were in 2024-25, so Harrington could be moved for futures and provide his potential new team with a scoring touch and energy.