The last USA Hockey Development Camp gets going Sunday, July 15th with the start of the Select 15 camp. The games take place Tuesday, July 17th – Thursday, July 19th. The camp was divided into 12 teams, of which there are 11 players who were taken in the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft.
All players in the Select 15 camp were born in 2003.
The highest WHL-drafted player in camp was defenseman Ty Murchison by the Portland Winterhawks. None of the 11 players who were drafted have signed a standard player agreement with a WHL team yet.
Player | WHL Team | USHDC Team | Position | NCAA committed? | WHL? |
Ty Murchison | Portland-3rd round | Orange | Defense | No | No |
Aidan Hreschuk | Prince George-5th round | Kelly | Defense | Boston College | No |
Hayden Cox | Medicine Hat-6th round | Orange | Forward | No | No |
Paul Minnehan | Tri-City-7th round | Kelly | Forward | No | No |
Charles Larsen | Brandon-8th round | Forest | Defense | N | No |
Arvega Hovsepyan | Kelowna-8th round | Columbia | Forward | No | No |
Copeland Fricker | Spokane-9th round | Red | Forward | No | No |
Trey Fechko | Moose Jaw-9th round | Purple | Forward | No | No |
Noah Alvarez | Vancouver-10th round | Red | Forward | No | No |
Brent Johnson | Everett-11th round | Black | Defense | No | No |
Ean Somoza | Everett-13th round | Forest | Forward | No | No |
Links and notes:
-Watch this and get excited about recently signed Edmonton Oil Kings import Vladimir Alistrov.
-Kirby Dach will have a lot of scouts checking him out this coming season as a highly-touted 2019 NHL Draft prospect.
-A couple articles on some WHL-linked players who attended Florida Panthers development camp. Medicine Hat Tigers 1998-born d-man Dylan MacPherson received an invite to camp with Florida – his first hockey since getting injured in Game 1 of Medicine Hat’s first round series with the Brandon Wheat Kings. Patrick Bajkov also got some attention as the now-former Everett Silvertips winger attended camp in the Sunshine state.