Daily Dose of the Dub: 11 WHL-drafted players invited to USA Hockey’s Select 15 Development Camp

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.