Life was good and bad for Dillon Dube throughout the 2016-17 hockey calendar. His year began by being selected by the Calgary Flames in the second round of the 2016 NHL Draft. He represented the Flames at the Penticton Young Stars Classic tournament and dressed in an NHL preseason game. Unfortunately, he suffered an injury and was sidelined for several weeks.
Not to be dissuaded, he ended up having a monster year with the Western Hockey League’s Kelowna Rockets (with 55 points in just 40 games) and captured a silver medal as part of arguably Team Canada’s most effective line at the World Juniors.