Tuesday, May 5, 2015

USHL Drafts Talented ’99 Group

26 NCAA commits among those drafted or tendered as Phase One of USHL Draft concludes; Phase Two set for Tuesday.

USHL Drafts Talented '99 Group

Phase One of the 2015 USHL Draft took place Monday, May 4, with 151 of the top 1999-born players chosen by the teams in USA Hockey’s only Tier I junior league.

Phase Two of the draft – which will feature all eligible players in the 1995 through ’99 birth years – begins Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. ET on ushl.com.

Phase One Results | Follow Phase Two Live Tuesday

Twenty-six players committed to Division I schools were among those selected in Phase One or tendered by teams prior to the draft. That represents more than 70% of all 1999-born NCAA commits; as a group those 26 players are committed to 21 schools.

Dartmouth, Minnesota Duluth, Northeastern, Providence and Vermont each had two recruits who either tendered with a USHL team or were taken in the draft.

Future St. Cloud State Husky Ryan Poehling was the first overall selection in Phase One, with the Lakeville North (Minn.) HS star going to the Lincoln Stars. Four other committed players were taken in the first round: Matt Anderson (Minnesota Duluth), Thomas Miller (Michigan State), Mick Messner (Wisconsin) and Brock Caufield (Ohio State).

Most of the first round – and the vast majority of the draft – featured uncommitted players. First rounders who have yet to select a school include Wyatt Bongiovanni, Cameron Hausinger, Clayton Phillips, Marko Reifenberger, Baker Shore and Reilly Walsh.