Landon Knott picked in WHL draft; Dom Arndt signs tender with Gillette

021525.S.BP.BHSBHKY Dominic Arndt.jpg — Bemidji senior Dominic Arndt reacts after scoring a goal during the third period against Warroad on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, at the Bemidji Community Arena.

By Jared Rubado

May 09, 2025 at 10:11 AM

BEMIDJI 鈥� Two days after Noah Mannausau and Joey Fankhanel were selected in the USHL draft, another Bemidji-grown player was drafted to a different junior hockey league.

Landon Knott was selected in the eighth round of the Western Hockey League Draft with the 162nd pick by the Penticton Vees on Thursday afternoon.

Knott is a 2010-born, left-shot defenseman. He played in 22 games for the MN Blue Ox 14U AAA team this spring, scoring four goals and 18 assists. He helped the Blue Ox win USA Hockey鈥檚 Youth Tier I 14U championship in April.

Penticton is an expansion organization in the WHL. The WHL is a major junior hockey league that produces some of the game鈥檚 top prospects.

In addition to Knott鈥檚 selection, another Bemidji hockey player signed a junior hockey tender agreement.

Senior Dom Arndt signed a tender with the Gillette Wild in the NA3HL on Tuesday. Arndt played in 76 games for the Lumberjacks, scoring 20 goals and 49 assists over three seasons.

The Wild are based out of Gillette, Wyoming.

By Jared Rubado

Jared Rubado took over as sports editor at the Bemidji Pioneer in February 2023 after working as a sports reporter at the Alexandria Echo Press and sports editor of the Detroit Lakes Tribune, Perham Focus and Wadena Pioneer Journal newspaper group.

He graduated from Augustana University in 2018 with journalism and sports management degrees.

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