July 10, 2012

QMJHL draft chock-full of New Englanders

In the QMJHL draft last month, 37 players from New England were selected. Here are the results:

Rd	No.	Team	Name	Pos	Hometown/Last Team
1	15	Halifax	Jack Eichel	F	North Chelmsford, Mass./Boston Jr. Bruins
6	104	Moncton	Conor Garland	F	Scituate, Mass./Boston Jr. Bruins
7	119	Baie-Comeau	Ryan Bliss	D	Bedford, N.H./St. Paul's
7	125	Blainville-Boisbriand	Liam Pecararo	F	Canton, Mass./Boston Advantage
8	130	Sherbrooke	Mitchell Lundholm	F	Plymouth, Mass./Selects Academy
8	132	Cape Breton	Brent Beaudoin	F	Londonderry, N.H./N.H. Jr. Monarchs
8	138	Acadie-Bathurst	Ara Nazarian	F	Boxford, Mass./Malden Catholic HS
9	156	Gatineau	Robby Klein	D	Bedford, Mass./Lawrence Academy
9	160	Rouyn-Noranda	Trevor Malmgren	F	Manchester, N.H./Selects Academy
9	165	Saint John	Drew Michals	G	Newton, Mass./Boston Jr. Bruins
10	167	P.E.I.	Joshua Couturier	D	Newbury, Mass./Boston Jr. Bruins
10	170	Moncton	Anthony Florentino	D	West Roxbury, Mass./South Kent
10	179	Blainville-Boisbriand	Chris Calnan	F	Norwell, Mass./Nobles
10	180	Québec	Sam Kurker	F	Reading, Mass./St. John's Prep
11	184	Sherbrooke	Shane Eiserman	F	West Newbury, Mass /Cushing
11	192	Val-d'Or	Adam Gilmour	F	Nobles/Hanover, Mass.
12	205	Rouyn-Noranda	Mark Upton	D	Winthrop, Mass./St. Mark's
12	210	Victoriaville	Jimmy Vesey	F	North Reading, Mass./South Shore Kings
12	213	Halifax	John Hayden	F	Greenwich, Conn./U.S. Under-17
12	215	Québec	Doyle Somerby	D	Marblehead, Mass./Kimball Union
13	220	P.E.I.	Mike O'Brien	D	North Reading, Mass./Boston Advantage
13	221	Cape Breton	Brendan Robbins	F	Nashua, N.H./N.E. Jr. Huskies
13	223	Gatineau	Tyler Drevitch	F	Middleboro, Mass./Boston Bandits
13	225	Drummondville	Mark Dufour	F	Winthrop, Maine/Kents Hill
13	229	Chicoutimi	Connor Light	D	Sudbury, Mass./Phillips Andover
13	230	Rimouski	Tyler Kelleher	F	Longmeadow, Mass./U.S. Under-17
13	232	Blainville-Boisbriand	Jason Kalinowski	F	Stamford, Conn./Salisbury
13	234	Victoriaville	Ryan Cloonan	F	E. Longmeadow, Mass./Boston Advantage
13	235	Shawinigan	John Grassie	D	Somersworth, N.H./Berwick Academy
13	236	Saint John	Wiley Sherman	D	Greenwich, Conn./Hotchkiss
14	239	Shawinigan	Colin Sullivan	D	Milford, Conn./Avon Old Farms
14	242	Baie-Comeau	Curtis Frye	G	Northwood, N.H./U.S. Under-17
14	243	Drummondville	Bobby Hall	F	Mass./Boston Advantage
14	245	Val-d'Or	Connor Brassard	D	Fitchburg, Mass./Cushing Academy
14	246	Acadie-Bathurst	Connor Hegarty	D	Wakefield, Mass./BB&N
14	247	Chicoutimi	Eddie Ellis	F	Burlington, Mass./Phillips Andover
14	248	Rimouski	Nick Centauro	D	Mendon, Mass./Boston Jr. Bruins

QMJHL draft chock-full of New Englanders

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