Video Highlights: Watch 2017 draft prospect Jack Cameron of Lawrence (Mass.) Academy in action.
NEPSAC
and high school hockey players selected in the 2017 NHL Draft on Friday
June 23 (1st Round) and Saturday June 24 (Rounds 2-7) at United Center in Chicago. Profiles and pictures of some of the picks, as well as other top prep
candidates, below. Players born between Jan.1, 1997, and Sept. 15, 1999, were the primary focus of this year's draft.
2017 High School Selections
First Round8 - Buffalo,
C Casey Mittelstadt, Eden Prairie (Minn.)25 - Montreal,
C Ryan Poehling, St. Cloud State via
Lakeville North (Minn.) 26 - Dallas, G
Jake Oettinger, Boston University via
Lakeville North (Minn.) Second Round43 - Winnipeg,
D Dylan Samberg, Hermantown (Minn.)
61 - Nashville, LW Grant Mismash, NTDP U-18 via
Shattuck-St. Mary's (Faribault, Minn.)
Third Round
77 - NY Islanders,
D Ben Mirageas, Chicago (USHL) via
Avon Old Farms (Conn.)
83 - New Jersey,
D Reilly Walsh, Proctor Academy (Andover, NH)
88 - Detroit,
G Keith Petruzzelli, Muskegon (USHL) via Springfield Cathedral/Pope Francis (Mass.)
90 - Chicago,
C Evan Barrett, NTDP U-18 via
Hun (Princeton, NJ)
92 - Nashville,
D David Farrance, NTDP U-18 via
Victor (NY)
93 - Pittsburgh, D Clayton Phillips, Fargo (USHL) via Edina (Minn.)
Fourth Round
95 - Vancouver,
D Jack Rathbone, Dexter (Brookline, Mass.)99 - Buffalo,
D Jacob Bryson, Providence College via
Loomis Chaffee (Windsor, Conn.)102 - San Jose, C Scott Reedy, NTDP U-18 via
Shattuck-St. Mary's (Faribault, Minn.)
103 - Los Angeles,
D Mike Anderson, Waterloo (USHL) via
Hill-Murray (Maplewood, Minn.)Fifth Round
126 - Arizona, D Michael Karow, Youngstown (USHL) via Notre Dame Academy (Green Bay)
133 - Florida, Tyler D Inamoto, NTDP via
Shattuck-St. Mary's (Faribault, Minn.)
137 - Philadelphia,
LW Noah Cates, Stillwater (Minn.)142 - Vegas,
LW Jack Dugan, Northwood (Lake Placid, NY)Sixth Round
162 - Detroit,
RW Jack Adams, Fargo (USHL) via
Malden Catholic (Mass.)169 - Tampa,
D Nick Perbix, Elk River (Minn.)
177 - Edmonton, C Skyler Brind'Amour,
South Kent U-18 (Conn.)
182 - Washington,
D Benton Maas, Elk River (Minn.)
Seventh Round187- Colorado,
D Nick Leivermann, Eden Prairie (Minn.)
200 - Tampa, C Sam Walker,
Edina (Minn.) 208 - Edmonton,
D Phil Kemp, NTDP U-18 via
Brunswick (Greenwich, Conn.)
209 - D Nick Swaney, Waterlook (USHL) via
Lakeville South (Minn.)
210 - Columbus,
D Robbie Stucker, St. Thomas (Mendota Heights, Minn.)214 - New Jersey, D Matthew Hellickson, Sioux City (USHL) via
Rogers (Minn.)215 - Chicago, D Josh Ess,
Lakeville South (Minn.)Other High School Prospects:D Matt Anderson, Holy Family Catholic (Victoria, Minn.);
LW Sam Huff, Maple Grove (Minn.);
Keaton Pehrson, Lakeville North (Minn.);
C Tyce Thompson, Salisbury (Conn.); RW Micah Miller, Grand Rapids (Minn.);
D Noah Ganske, Bloomington Jefferson (Minn.);
C Santeri Hartikainen, Groton (Mass.);
LW Neil Shea, Lawrence Academy (Groton, Mass.);
D Jayson Dobay, Thayer Academy (Braintree, Mass.); D Jesse Bjugstad, Stillwater (Minn.);
D Jack Cameron, Lawrence Academy (Groton, Mass.);
D Dennis Cesana, Brooks (AJHL) via
Kimball Union (Meriden, NH);
C Cam Donaldson, Powell River (BCHL) via
Gunnery (Washington, Conn.);
D Ryan Verrier, Salisbury;
G Jared Moe, Holy Family Catholic (Victoria, Minn.).
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Jim Stout is the CBS MaxPreps Media Manager for the Eastern
U.S. He may be reached at jim.stout@cbsi.com or @MaxPrepsPR
Defenseman Ben Mirageas, drafted in the third round by the New York Islanders, began his development career at Avon Old Farms before going to Chicago of the USHL.
Photo by David Newman
