FARGO, ND (Courtesy Fargo Force) – The Fargo Force selected defenseman Matt Kessel in the first round with the eleventh overall pick in Phase 2 of the 2017 USHL Draft conducted on Tuesday, May 2. The coaching staff selected 20 total players, drafting 14 forwards, five defensemen and one goaltender. All players will compete for
Kearney, Neb (Courtesy Tri-City Storm) – The Tri-City Storm picked forward Tyler Ward with the seventh overall pick and goaltender Filip Larsson with the eighth overall selection in the 2017 USHL Phase II Draft on Tuesday. Ward is committed to the 2017 NCAA National Champion Denver. Larsson was selected in the 6th round of the
DUBUQUE, Iowa (Courtesy Dubuque Fighting Saints) — The Dubuque Fighting Saints hockey staff made 10 selections in Phase I of the USHL Draft, including six forwards and four defensemen. The entire draft class consisted of 2001 birth dates. “I think we got some good players that we targeted,” said Kalle Larsson, the Saints’ director of
Kearney, Neb (Courtesy Tri-City Storm). – The Tri-City Storm used its first-round pick on Minnesota commit Mike Koster and added 11 players in the 2017 USHL Phase I Draft Monday (May 1, 2017). Tri-City selected six forwards, four defensemen and one goalie. Phase I of the USHL Draft is a 10-round selection and teams pick
FARGO, ND (Courtesy Fargo Force) – The Fargo Force selected Josh Nodler eleventh overall in the first round in Phase 1 of the 2017 USHL Draft on Monday night. Through ten rounds, the coaching staff drafted a total of nine players: five forwards, three defensemen and one goaltender. Nodler, a forward out of Oak Park,
Kearney, Neb. (Courtesy Tri-City Storm) – The Tri-City Storm acquired the 12th overall pick in the 2017 USHL Phase II Draft from Muskegon in exchange for forwards Wyatt Bongiovanni, Monte Graham and Jon Bendorf, Head Coach and General Manager Bill Muckalt announced Monday. The Storm has two first-round selections in Tuesday’s Phase II segment, at
