Moorhead’s Cullen leads the way as 10th overall pick Once again Minnesota led the way with the number of drafted players compared to other states around the U.S. A total of 53 players from the United States were drafted Friday and Saturday in Buffalo. There were seven rounds and 224 overall picks, except for the […]
Just two years removed from a Bantam AA state title, Wyatt Cullen is drafted 10th overall In March of 2024 when he was celebrating a Bantam AA state title, Wyatt Cullen probably didn’t think that just two years later he’d be on a stage in Buffalo with country music star Luke Bryan and NHL Commissioner […]
Moorhead’s Cullen and Hermantown’s Plante are top-ranked Minnesotans When the NHL Draft is held Friday and Saturday in Buffalo, names will be called from all over the world. Last year in the 2025 draft Canada led all countries with 85 players selected, followed by the United States with 52, Sweden 30, Russia 21, Czechia 11 […]
Wild hold five picks, plus a look at local high school players who could get their name called by T.R. Holler, Let’s Play Hockey The 2026 NHL Draft is universally agreed upon as a ‘depth draft’ with a handful of interchangeable stars available in the top one-third of the first round. And then, the proverbial […]
Zach Wooten’s strong season at Green Bay raises his stock heading into NHL Draft by Bryan Zollman, Let’s Play Hockey When Zach Wooten was playing high school hockey at Eastview, it was clear he was a solid player with the abilities to play college hockey. He wasn’t exactly lighting the world on fire, and while […]
Plenty of prospects with ties to State of Hockey make list As usual, Minnesota is well represented on the NHL Central Scouting Preliminary Players to Watch list for the 2026 draft with three dozen players with Minnesota ties making the list. Three players received a “B” rating, which indicates they could go in the second […]
Minnesota leads all states with 16 picks Once again Minnesota led the way amongst American states with 16 players chosen in the NHL Draft Friday and Saturday, June 27-28. The number was five more than were drafted last year when 11 Minnesotans were selected. This year 11 forwards were taken along with four defensemen and […]
Woodbury and Edina natives are first Minnesotans off the board by Bryan Zollman, Let’s Play Hockey Logan Hensler, a defenseman at the University of Wisconsin who played youth hockey in Woodbury and high school hockey at Hill-Murray before going Team USA’s development program, was drafted in the first round Friday by the Ottawa Senators with […]
Mason West, Cooper Simpson lead MSHSL players into NHL draft by T.R. Holler, Let’s Play Hockey In what is commonly accepted as a ‘down draft year’ overall the 2025 NHL Draft (held this Friday/Saturday) might be low on superstar talent, but depth can be had well into the 4th/5th rounds if you’ve done your homework. […]
Logan Hensler ranked 10th amongst North American Skaters Edina’s Mason West leads five high schoolers on list Sixteen players born in Minnesota were listed in the NHL Central Scouting’s midterm rankings released earlier this week. The rankings are an annual scouting report of the top NHL draft prospects in North America and around the world. […]
