MJHL Draft held in Neepawa

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Pictured - Above left at the podium is the MJHL Commissioner Kim Davis. To the bottom right of the photo are the hosts of the televised draft, Eoin Devereux of the Neepawa Banner and Cody Buhler, the voice of the Portage Terriers. Photos property of Alan Gillies, GEM Media.

The Neepawa Banner

The Manitoba Junior Hockey League's 2015 bantam draft was held in Neepawa on Sunday, June 7 in Neepawa, MB. For the first time in the league’s history it was televised live on NACTV which is available on MTS TV and Bell TV.

The draft began at 9:00 am and the results and pictures are posted below. 

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Pre-draft discussions between MJHL Commissioner Kim Davis and Marketing Director for the Neepawa Natives Kaiten Critchlow

 

Draft list courtesy of www.mjhlhockey.ca

Round 1

 

Team

Pick Traded To

Player Name

Pos.

Hometown

1

Neepawa

 

 Mackenzie Belinski

 C

 Vista

2

OCN

 

 Justin Nachbaur

 F  Winnipeg

3

Dauphin

 

 Grady Hobbs

 F  Deloraine

4

Waywayseecappo

 

 Cole DeKoninck

D  Lorette

5

Selkirk

 Virden

 Garrett Sambrook

D  Medora

6

Swan Valley

 

 Jacob Thomson

D Brandon

7

Virden

 Selkirk

 Ben Coppinger

C  Winnipeg

8

Winkler

 

 Tate Popple

C  Brandon

9

Winnipeg

 

 Marcus Sekundiak

F  Oak Bluff

10

Steinbach

 

 Michael King

F  Winnipeg

11

Portage

 

 Duncan Pierce

F  Winnipeg

Round 2

 

Team

Pick Traded To

Player Name

Pos.

Hometown

1

Neepawa

   Sam Stewart D  Winnipeg

2

OCN

 Portage  Zachary Falck F  Winnipeg

3

Dauphin

   Kyle Oleksiuk C  Winnipeg

4

Waywayseecappo

 Selkirk  Rylan Hoffman F  Lac du Bonnet

5

Selkirk

 Virden  Rylan Hoffman D  Oak Bluff

6

Swan Valley

   Jared McCorrister C  Boissevaine

7

Virden

   Justin Lee D  Waskada

8

Winkler

   Kyle Lang C  Winnipeg

9

Winnipeg

   Nick Cicek D  Winnipeg

10

Steinbach

   Isaiah Cockerill F  Winnipeg

11

Portage

 OCN Jacy Kennedy  F  Winnipeg

 

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(L to R) Eoin Devereux and Cody Buhler discuss the first round of the 2015 draft with Commissioner Davis 

Round 3

 

Team

Pick Traded To

Player Name

Pos.

Hometown

1

Neepawa

   Ben Hillhorst D  Killarney

2

OCN

   Tyler Van Deynze D  Portage la Prairie

3

Dauphin

 Steinbach  Troy Beauchemin F  Iles De Chenes

4

Waywayseecappo

 Selkirk  Reid Robertson F Winnipeg

5

Selkirk

 Steinbach  Matthew Thiessen G Altona

6

Swan Valley

   Matthew Osadick F Grand Pointe

7

Virden

 Winkler  Drea Esposito D Winnipeg

8

Winkler

  Trent Halfdanson  F Winnipeg

9

Winnipeg

 Virden Hunter Cloutier F Winnipeg

10

Steinbach

  Riley Sierhuis D Winnipeg

11

Portage

 Steinbach Rylan Bettans  F Winnipeg

Round 4

 

Team

Pick Traded To

Player Name

Pos.

Hometown

1

Neepawa

 Winkler  Riley Johnson  F  Winnipeg

2

OCN

 Neepawa  Lewis Negrich  F  East St Paul

3

Dauphin

   Ryder Richmond  D  Forest

4

Waywayseecappo

 Virden  Josh Belcher  F  Rapid City

5

Selkirk

   Carson Tiede  D  Winnipeg

6

Swan Valley

   Noah Geekie  F  Strathclair

7

Virden

   Wyatt Emes  G  Anola

8

Winkler

   Carson McConnell  D  Pilot Mound

9

Winnipeg

   Adam Swan  G  Ashern

10

Steinbach

   Curtis Ireland  D  Brandon

11

Portage

   Layne Toder  D  Elkhorn

 

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Several young volunteers stand at the podium with Commissioner Davis

 

 

Round 5

 

Team

Pick Traded To

Player Name

Pos.

Hometown

1

Neepawa

 Dauphin  Lynden McCallum  F  Brandon

2

OCN

 Neepawa  Kyle Moore  F  Dufresne

3

Dauphin

   Reece Hopfner  F  Ste. Rose

4

Waywayseecappo

   Kyle Devos  F  Brunxelle

5

Selkirk

 Virden  Jack Einarson  F  Gimli

6

Swan Valley

   Rhett Bryant  D  Brandon

7

Virden

   Nick Hatley  D  Morden

8

Winkler

   Montana Onyebuchi  D  Dugald

9

Winnipeg

   Codey Behun  F  Winnipeg

10

Steinbach

   Travis Penner  F  LaSalle

11

Portage

   Brendan Benoit G  Winnipeg

Round 6

 

Team

Pick Traded To

Player Name

Pos.

Hometown

1

Neepawa

   Austin Smyth  G  Winnipeg

2

OCN

 Selkirk  Matthew Myrowich  F  Winnipeg

3

Dauphin

   Alec Borger  D  Winnipeg

4

Waywayseecappo

   Martin Gagnon  G  LaSalle

5

Selkirk

 Neepawa  Ryan Sasek  D  Winnipeg

6

Swan Valley

   Owen Fijala  F  Manitou

7

Virden

   Owen Blocker  F  Cooks Creek

8

Winkler

   Zachary Bennett  G  Winnipeg

9

Winnipeg

 OCN  Shaydon Mousseau  F  Portage la Prairie

10

Steinbach

 Swan Valley  Max Paddock  G  Brandon

11

Portage

   Evan Gullett  D  Gilbert Plains

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