A total of 14 Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) products were selected in the 2020 United States Hockey League (USHL) Phase II Draft on Tuesday.
Among the 12 was current CSSHL student athlete Charles-Edward Tardif. The Quebec, QC product posted 39 points (15-24-39) in 20 games with the Ontario Hockey Academy this past season. He was picked in the eighth round, 116th overall, by the Green Bay Gamblers. Aidar Suniyev, who appeared in two games as an affiliate with the Hill Academy this past season, registering four points (3-1-4), was selected in the 21st round by the Muskegon Lumberjacks.
Former Edge School goaltender Matthew Davis was selected in the first round, ninth overall, by Green Bay, while Northern Alberta Xtreme alum Ethan Layer went in the second round, 20th overall, to the Des Moines Buccaneers, and former Notre Dame Hounds student athlete Stanley Cooley was selected 24th overall by the Lincoln Stars.
|
ROUND |
OVERALL |
TEAM |
CSSHL PRODUCT |
CSSHL PROGRAM |
|
1 |
9 |
Green Bay Gamblers | Matthew Davis | Edge School |
|
2 |
20 |
Des Moines Buccaneers | Ethan Leyer | Northern Alberta Xtreme |
|
2 |
24 |
Lincoln Stars | Stanley Cooley | Notre Dame Hounds |
|
4 |
62 |
Sioux City Musketeers | Jackson DeSouza | Pursuit of Excellence |
|
6 |
84 |
Dubuque Fighting Saints | Nakodan Greyeyes | Rink Hockey Academy |
|
7 |
94 |
Sioux City Musketeers | Jack Works | Edge School |
|
8 |
112 |
Tri-City Storm | Jack O’Brien | Delta Hockey Academy |
|
8 |
116 |
Green Bay Gamblers | Charles Edward-Tardif | Ontario Hockey Academy |
|
9 |
129 |
Des Moines Buccaneers | Scout Truman | Yale Hockey Academy |
|
10 |
141 |
Fargo Force | Caiden Gault | Rink Hockey Academy |
|
12 |
169 |
Sioux City Musketeers | Brett Roloson | Shawnigan Lake School |
|
15 |
215 |
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Aiden Celebrini | BWC Academy |
|
20 |
292 |
Muskegon Lumberjacks | John Evans | Delta Hockey Academy |
|
21 |
307 |
Muskegon Lumberjacks | Aidar Suniyev | Hill Academy |
Phase I of the Draft is ten rounds of “Futures” age players only, which are U-17 players for next year’s season (2004 birth year players only for the 2020 Draft). A total of six CSSHL student athletes were selected in Phase I on Monday.
Phase II of the Draft is open to players of all ages eligible to play junior hockey and are not currently protected by another USHL team.