Ten players from New England heard their names called last Friday at the Bell Centre in Montreal on the second day of the 2022 NHL draft.
A day after the region’s hopefuls were shut out of the first round, it didn’t take long for the locals to get in on the action. Green Bay Gamblers center and Northeastern commit Cameron Lund (Bridgewater, Mass.) became the first New Englander plucked off the board with the second pick of the second round. The Cushing product was taken by the San Jose Sharks 34th overall.Â
Lund was the first of four players with ties to the region selected by San Jose, under the leadership of recently hired general manager Mike Grier (Holliston, Mass.), a Boston University alum. The Sharks also selected St. Mark’s defenseman and fellow Northeastern commit Michael Fisher (Westboro, Mass.) in the third round with the 76th overall pick. Also taken by the Sharks were UConn commit Joey Muldowney and future Vermont defenseman Eli Barnett.
The winner in terms of area colleges was Northeastern. The Huskies had one current player and six recruits drafted. After Lund, NU freshman center Jack Hughes (Westwood, Mass.) was the next local off the board, going 51st overall to the Los Angeles Kings. No college program in the country had more representation at the 2022 draft than Jerry Keefe’s Huskies. Associate head coach Mike Levine and assistant coach Mike McLaughlin deserve plenty of the credit for the big day.
Harvard was next with five future Crimson picked on Day 2. UMass had four recruits taken while Boston College, Boston University, and Vermont each had three commits drafted.
It was also a big day for prep school hockey as the NEPSAC had 12 current or former players taken. Michael Fisher was the first of six players who skated in prep this past season to have their names called in Montreal.
Second Round
34. San Jose — Cameron Lund, C, Bridgewater, Mass./Green Bay Gamblers (Northeastern)
46. New Jersey — Seamus Casey, D, U.S. NTDP U18 (Boston College)
51. Los Angeles — Jack Hughes, C, Westwood, Mass./Northeastern
57. Chicago — Ryan Greene, C, Green Bay Gamblers (Boston University)
62. Montreal — Lane Hutson, D, U.S. NTDP U18 (Boston University)
Third Round
69. Philadelphia — Devin Kaplan, RW, U.S. NTDP U18 (Boston University)
76. San Jose — Michael Fisher, D, Westboro, Mass./St. Mark’s (Northeastern)
91. Seattle — Ben MacDonald, C, Weston, Mass./Nobles (Harvard)
Fourth Round
103. Los Angeles — Kenny Connors, C, Dubuque Fighting Saints (UMass)
114. Nashville — Cole O’Hara, RW, Tri-City Storm (UMass)
121. Minnesota — Ryan Healey, D, Hull, Mass./Sioux Falls Stampede (Harvard)
126. New Jersey — Charlie Leddy, D, Fairfield, Conn./U.S. NTDP U18 (Boston College)
128. Vegas — Cameron Whitehead, G, Lincoln Stars (Northeastern)
Fifth Round
131. Arizona — Matthew Morden, D, St. Andrew’s College (Harvard)
133. Philadelphia — Alex Bump, LW, Omaha Lancers (Vermont)
143. Ottawa — Cameron O’Neill, RW, Mount Saint Charles (UMass)
154. Anaheim — Michael Callow, RW, South Boston, Mass./St. Sebastian’s (Harvard)
Sixth Round
165. Philadelphia — Hunter McDonald, D, Chicago Steel (Northeastern)
170. Buffalo — Jake Richard, RW, Muskegon Lumberjacks (UConn)
172. San Jose — Joey Muldowney, RW, Des Moines Buccaneers (UConn)
176. Vancouver — Jackson Dorrington, D, North Reading, Mass./Des Moines Buccaneers (Northeastern)
189. Florida — Tyler Muszelik, G, U.S. NTDP U18 (New Hampshire)
191. New York Rangers — Zakary Karpa, C, Harvard
193. Colorado — Chris Romaine, D, Braintree, Mass./Milton Academy (Providence)
Seventh Round
195. San Jose — Eli Barnett, D, Victoria (Vermont)
203. Columbus — James Fisher, RW, Wilmington, Mass./Belmont Hill (Northeastern)
206. Ottawa — Tyson Dyck, C, Cranbrook Bucs (UMass)
212. Detroit — Brennan Ali, C, Avon Old Farms (Notre Dame)
222. Edmonton — Joel Matta, C, Vermont
