June 1st
Our top scout Reech Walsh top 10 ranking for the OHL Draft Later this month
June 7th
SSM Greyhounds have traded Nick Isaacson and rights to Brett Jacklin to Guelph for Jack York 17 yr old defenseman and their 1st in 2019
There is a import we really like thatwe have been following in all international tournaments this year that we were hoping to move up in the draft and take but we will have to wait and see if anyone takes him from the OHL and then trade for him since no one from OHL wants to move down in CHL Draft
June 9th
North Bay trades jacob Ball and rights to Makar Tokarev to Niagara for 17 yr old defenseman Justin MacPherson and 19 yr old defenseman Scott Marshall
June 11th
We have renewed some staff:
Scout Ian Meagher - 9.5k for 4 yrs
Scout Larry Smith - 12.5k for 4 yrs
Scout Derek Langlois - 25k for 4 yrs
We are going to let Assistant coach Vince Laise walk
We have gone out and hired American assistant coach Bob Lynch as our new goalie coach 44.5k over 4 yrs
June 22nd
North Bay traded Luke Moncada 18 yr old winger and Alderic Denis 17 yr old defenseman to Guelph for Mark Woolley and their 1st in 2020
June 23rd
Kingston has traded Emmett Gordan a 18 yr old defenseman to barrie Colts for 19 yr old winger Jason Wilms
The following is the 1st round draft order for tomorrow's draft not including picks that have been traded as well as the order for each round after that
June 24th
OHL Draft Day
1st overall pick is North Bay taking 15 yr old LD Denes Katsiavrias
Here are all of our Picks:
2nd overall (via ERI) - RW 15 yr old Brad Ferguson - Toronto Midget (Two Way Forward)
5`6 172lbs November 29th 2002 31gp 36g 42a 78pts 73 PIM 18:23
7th overall (HAM) - C 15 yr old William Buffardi - Southeastern US Midget (Two Way Forward)
6`3 175lbs Nov 7th 2002 USA 31gp 39g 44a 83pts 18 PIM 21:56
2nd round 27th pick (HAM) - RD Adam Nie - Ontario Midget (defensive Defenseman)
5`9 136lbs July 2nd 2002 CAN 30gp 2g 19a 21pts 18 PIM 21:16
2nd round 33rd pick (PET) - C Don Hayes - Central US Midget (Offensive Forward)
6`0 198lbs Jan 4th 2002 USA 30gp 16g 34a 50pts 60 PIM 20:06
2nd round 40th pick (LND) - RD Justin Patel - Ottawa Midget (Two-way defenseman)
5`9 195lbs Sept 10th 2002 CAN 31gp 2g 12a 14pts 20 PIM 15:46
3rd rnd 46th pick (WSR) - LW Dylan Corcoran - Ottawa Midget (Offensive Forward)
5`8 148lbs Oct 15th 2002 CAN 31gp 13g 21a 34pts 20 PIM 13:40
4th rnd 67th pick (HAM) - G Brett Osborne - Northern Ontario Midget (Starting Goalie)
6`1 154lbs Jan 14th 2002 CAN 25gp 18-5-2 3.04 GAA 0 SO .904 Sv %
5th rnd 87th pick (KIT) - C Ryan Few - Northern Ontario Midget (Two-Way Forward)
5`8 160lbs April 17th 2002 CAN 28gp 8g 8a 16pts 54 PIM 15:27
5th rnd 98th pick (HAM) - LD Jonathan Packulak - Ottawa Midget (Defensive Defenseman)
6`1 129lbs Nov 6th 2002 CAN 37gp 5g 15a 20pts 14:45
6th round 107th (HAM) - C Joseph MacGruder - Eastern US Midget (Offensive Forward)
6`5 148lbs Nov 6th 2002 USA 35gp 17g 19a 36pts 2 PIM 14:24
6th round 115th (SUD) - RW Dustin Pfeifer - Toronto Midget (Two-way forward)
5`10 196lbs May 18th 2002 CAN 30gp 12g 18a 30pts 60 PIM 14:06
7th round 127th (HAM) - C Steve Linder - Lower Midwest US Midget (Offensive Forward)
5`8 132lbs Sept 18th 2002 USA 31gp 9g 14a 23pts 0 PIM 14:01
8th round 147th (HAM) - RW Jared Neumann - Northern Ontario Midget (Offensive Forward)
5`6 114lbs July 4th 2002 CAN 29gp 5g 8a 13pts 0 PIM 14:28
9th round 167th (HAM) RD Darrell Denham - Toronto Midget (Offensive Defenseman)
6`3 193lbs Jan 28th 2002 CAN 32gp 5g 16a 21pts 6 PIM 10:28
9th round 179th (GUE) - RW Ernie Miles - Southeastern US Midget (Offensive Forward)
6`0 178lbs Jan 10th 2002 USA 31gp 10g 17a 27pts 4 PIM 14:19
10th round 187th - LW Walt Henneberry - Eastern US Midget (Two-Way Forward)
5`8 148lbs Feb 11th 2002 USA 33gp 9g 11a 20pts 26 PIM 14:29
11th round 207th - LW Emilio Bertazzoni - Toronto Midget (Two-Way Forward)
5`7 143lbs April 20th 2002 CAN 32gp 9g 7a 16pts 24 PIM 14:35
12th round 221st - LW Jean-Marc Belley - Northern Ontario Midget (Two-Way Forward)
5`8 147lbs August 10th 2002 CAN 33gp 8g 8a 16pts 0 PIM 15:01
12th round 227th - RD Mike Pyatt - Toronto Midget (Defensive Defenseman)
5`11 190lbs Dec 6th 2002 CAN 32gp 2g 5a 7pts 14 PIM 14:58
13th round 247th - LW Jordan Genoway - Ottawa Midget (Offensive Forward)
6`0 153lbs Nov 2nd 2002 CAN 35gp 10g 12a 22pts 18 PIM 15:08
So we have released rights to Justin Lemcke, Connor Walters and TJ Fergus to make room for our prospects
We have also released 19 yr old forward Joni Ikonen who does not want to come to North America
We have also decided to release 18 yr old Lucas Felicetti as well. We have also decided to release Christian Girhiny as well
June 24th
Today is the NHL Draft Import Draft
Connor Roberts - Drafted by Calgary Flames 3rd round 79th overall
Flint traded Nicholas Mattinen to Peterborough for Christopher Paquette
Niagara has traded 19 yr old C Ryan Smith to Owen Sound for 19 yr old defenseman Nick King
North Bay has sent Kyle Potts to Sudbury for 18 yr old defenseman Emmett Serensits
Niagara traded 20 yr old LD Jonathon Schaefer and 7th in 2091 to Sudbury for Liam Ross
June 26th
Today is the CHL Import Draft
1st overall pick LD Erik Brannstrom to Everett Silvertips
1st round 21st overall - RD Leon Lereback - Frolunda HC J20 (Defensive Defenseman)
6`1 191lbs June 28th 2000 SWE 36gp 3g 16a 19pts 20 PIM 20:30
2nd round 81st overall - LW/RW Karel Plasek - HC Kometa Brno U20 (Goalscorer)
5`11 176lbs July 29th 2000 CZE 32gp 13g 23a 36pts 10 PIM 14:15
June 28th
Since neither one of my imported players wants to sign with us we have traded 18 yr old Center Jake Murray, 17 yr old centre Navrin Mutter our 2nd in 2019, NB's 2nd in 2019 and Sudbury's 3rd in 2019 to SSM Greyhounds for rights to 16 yr old finnish winger Veeti Miettinen
