The USHL Futures Draft is slated to begin at 7 p.m. tonight. The Futures Draft allows teams to pick the top 1996 birth year players in North America. The draft follows a serpentine format, so the team that picks at the top of the odd-numbered rounds (Omaha) will pick last in the even-numbered rounds, and vice-versa.
Ice picks
1st round: 5th (5th overall)
2nd round: no pick (used tender)
3rd round: 5th (27th overall)
4th round: 11th (44th overall)
5th round: no pick (traded to Sioux City)
6th round: 11th (74th overall)
Let's take a quick peek at last year's Ice Futures Draft haul (1995 birthdates, so all players will be 17 years old at the start of the season).
Round 1: Justin Bailey, C, Williamsville, NY. Opted to play in New York this year with the Midget Major Long Island Royals, but did play two games with the Ice over the Christmas holiday and scored a goal. Committed to Michigan State University.
Round 2: Max Domi, F, Toronto. After visiting Indianapolis and making overtures about going the U.S. college route instead of Canadian major junior, the son of ex-NHLer Tie Domi instead was traded to the OHL's London Knights and signed with them. He had 49 points in 62 games this year with London.
Round 4: Jeremy Gregoire, C, Sherbrooke, PQ. A very strong center who came to the Ice's Main Camp last June, but opted to sign with Chicoutimi in the QMJHL. He had 30 points in 61 games this year.
Round 5: Anthony Florentino, D, W. Roxbury, MA. Committed to Providence College. Played this past season at South Kent School. Played a brief stint with the USNDTP U17 team to play in a tournament in Slovakia. His high school coach is Eric Soltys, who briefly played goal with the CHL Indianapolis Ice.
Round 5: Tyler Kelleher, RW, Longmeadow, MA: Opted to go to the USNDTP this year. With 17 goals and 30 points in 36 games, Kelleher was the U17 team's leading scorer in USHL games. USNDTP players make a two-year commitment, so it is likely Kelleher will be back in the stars & stripes next year. New Hampshire commit.
Round 6: Patrick Fraser, G, Franklin, MA: Goaltender who has been to the USA Hockey national team goaltending camp. He backstopped the Cape Cod Whalers to a semifinal appearance in the U18 Midget national tournament.
Of these, Domi, Gregoire (both Canadian Major Junior) and Kelleher (USNDTP commitment) have made commitments for next year. We will keep an eye on the others as Main Camp approaches.
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Ice in the CHL drafts
The Ice have had some action in the Canadian Major Junior drafts.
Current Ice player Adam Erne was chosen 22nd by the Halifax Mooseheads in the QMJHL draft. Former Indianapolis Ice player and Mooseheads GM Cam Russell had a pretty good summation of Erne's play in this Canadian newspaper: "He played in the USHL as a 15-year-old last year so that tells you something. That’s pretty rare. He’s a real good player. He’s a solidly built kid who likes to hit and can score. He’ll be a big addition if we can get him to come to Halifax."
The Quebec Remparts picked Ice goaltender Jon Gillies in the ninth round. Gillies is already committed to Northeastern University and play collegiately.
Ice Futures Draft selection Jeremy Gregoire was chosen sixth by Chicoutimi, but there is much intrigue in Canada as to whether or not he -- and several other top picks -- will report to their Canadian teams or play in the USHL. Gregoire attended the QMJHL Draft and said he was pleased to be selected by the Sangueens and GM Guy Carbonneau, but in this article, he said (translated from French): "(The Ice and Sangueens) are two similar organizations, I will meet them both and see the small differences that exist. I'm in no hurry to make my choice, I give myself the summer," he said. Sangueens CEO Joe Canale said the odds of him going to Indiana or to the QMJHL are "50-50" in this article. He is described as a "born leader, who leads by example," and has captain material.
Of course, as has been heavily-covered, Max Domi's overtures to playing in U.S. college (and therefore in the USHL) didn't keep Kingston from drafting him eighth in the OHL Priority Selection draft. Justin Bailey, the Ice's No. 1 pick in the Futures Draft, was chosen by the Kitchener Rangers in the seventh round.
The Western Hockey League's Bantam Draft selects 13 and 14-year-olds, so that would be less likely to affect players on USHL radar screens.
If everyone reports, the Ice will have a loaded, talented offensive team for next season, anchored by a goaltender who had a great 2010-11 in Jon Gillies and a handful of veterans.
Current Ice player Adam Erne was chosen 22nd by the Halifax Mooseheads in the QMJHL draft. Former Indianapolis Ice player and Mooseheads GM Cam Russell had a pretty good summation of Erne's play in this Canadian newspaper: "He played in the USHL as a 15-year-old last year so that tells you something. That’s pretty rare. He’s a real good player. He’s a solidly built kid who likes to hit and can score. He’ll be a big addition if we can get him to come to Halifax."
The Quebec Remparts picked Ice goaltender Jon Gillies in the ninth round. Gillies is already committed to Northeastern University and play collegiately.
Ice Futures Draft selection Jeremy Gregoire was chosen sixth by Chicoutimi, but there is much intrigue in Canada as to whether or not he -- and several other top picks -- will report to their Canadian teams or play in the USHL. Gregoire attended the QMJHL Draft and said he was pleased to be selected by the Sangueens and GM Guy Carbonneau, but in this article, he said (translated from French): "(The Ice and Sangueens) are two similar organizations, I will meet them both and see the small differences that exist. I'm in no hurry to make my choice, I give myself the summer," he said. Sangueens CEO Joe Canale said the odds of him going to Indiana or to the QMJHL are "50-50" in this article. He is described as a "born leader, who leads by example," and has captain material.
Of course, as has been heavily-covered, Max Domi's overtures to playing in U.S. college (and therefore in the USHL) didn't keep Kingston from drafting him eighth in the OHL Priority Selection draft. Justin Bailey, the Ice's No. 1 pick in the Futures Draft, was chosen by the Kitchener Rangers in the seventh round.
The Western Hockey League's Bantam Draft selects 13 and 14-year-olds, so that would be less likely to affect players on USHL radar screens.
If everyone reports, the Ice will have a loaded, talented offensive team for next season, anchored by a goaltender who had a great 2010-11 in Jon Gillies and a handful of veterans.
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