Center Casey Middelstadt of Eden Prairie (Minn.) goes to the Buffalo Sabres in the first round (No. 8 overall). New Sabres coach Phil Housley was selected in the first round of the 1982 draft (6th overall) out of South St. Paul (Minn.).
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 Round
8 - 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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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.
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Defenseman David Farrance, United States National Team Development Program U-18, via Victor (NY) High in 2013-14. Farrance was drafted in the third round by the Nashville Pedators. Here he skates during the outdoor Frozen Frontier Field event in Rochester during the 2013-14 season.
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Fourth-round Vancouver pick Jack Rathbone of Dexter is committed to NCAA semifinalst Harvard, where he will play for Ted Donato, brother of his Dexter coach, Dan Donato.
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Jacob Bryson, a London, Ont., native, played at Loomis during the 2014-15 season before moving onto Omaha (USHL) and Providence College. The Buffalo Sabres selected him in the fourth round.
Photo by Matt Dewkett
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Jack Dugan of Northwood played at McQuaid Jesuit in Rochester, N.Y., before moving onto prep school in Lake Placid. He was selected in the fifth round by the expansion Vegas Golden Knights.
Photo by Chris Cecere
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Union College commit Jack Adams was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the sixth round from Fargo (USHL). Before that he played for Malden Catholic, which produced a third-round pick in 2016, Matt Filipe.
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Yale recruit and defenseman Phil Kemp, NTDP U-18 via the Brunswick School, went in the seventh round to the Edmonton Oilers. Brunswick also helped produce another standout defenseman, Kevin Shattenkirk of the New York Rangers.
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Centerman Santeri Hartikainen, Groton (Mass.) School, is from Helsinki, Finland. Six Finnish players went in the first 30 picks of the opening round.
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Tyce Thompson of Salisbury is the brother of 2016 first-round pick Tage Thompson (UConn, St. Louis Blues) and the son of Bridgeport Sound Tigers coach Brent Thompson.
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Neil Shea, Lawrence Academy. His brother Pat was a second-round selection of the Florida Panthers in 2015.
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Jack Cameron of Lawrence Academy is a Nova Scotian native and Dartmouth commit.
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Jayson Dobay, a UMass-Amherst pledge, joins a long list of prospects that Thayer Academy has turned out over the years. The list includes his coach, U.S. Hockey Hall of Famer Tony Amonte.
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Cam Donaldson, from McKinney, Texas, skated last season for Powell River (BCJHL) after spending two seasons at the Gunnery. He's headed for Cornell.
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Defenseman Dennis Cesana played for three seasons at Kimball Union before joining the Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior Hockey League last season. There he paired with the No. 4 overall pick in this year's draft, Cale Makar.
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Ryan Verrier of Salisbury began his career at Austin Prep (Mass.). The defenseman will play for the Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) in 2017-18 before going to the University of New Hampshire.
Photo by Jim Stout
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