HighSchoolHockeyForums.com

According to these articles Riley Tufte and Kieffer Bellows are the only two Minnesotans to go in the 1st Round on Friday.

http://www.startribune.com/nhl-draft-pr ... 383887521/

http://www.startribune.com/just-like-hi ... 383887431/

Just read they are predicting 10-12 Americans in the first round this year. Good showing.

From today's Strib:
http://www.startribune.com/nhl-draft-pr ... 383887411/

MINNESOTANS IN THE DRAFT

Minnesotans ranked among the top 200 North American skaters for the NHL draft Friday and Saturday in Buffalo, N.Y.

Rank Player Hometown Last team College commitment
10 Kieffer Bellows, LW Edina U.S. U18 program Boston University
17 Riley Tufte, LW Blaine Blaine High School Minnesota Duluth
49 Ryan Lindgren, D Lakeville Shattuck-St. Mary’s Minnesota
56 Joey Anderson, RW Roseville U.S. U18 program Minnesota Duluth
61 Mitchell Mattson, C Grand Rapids Grand Rapids HS North Dakota
77 Max Zimmer, LW Wayzata Chicago (USHL) Wisconsin
93 Rem Pitlick, C Plymouth Muskegon (USHL) Minnesota
128 Michael Graham, C Eden Prairie Eden Prairie HS Notre Dame
159 Casey Staum, D Falcon Heights Hill-Murray HS Nebraska Omaha
161 Scott Perunovich, D Hibbing Hibbing HS Minnesota Duluth
195 Sam Rossini, D Inver Grove Heights Waterloo (USHL) Minnesota

Graham, Perunovich, and Rossini (and Wait) went undrafted.

Not a real good year for Minnesota hockey as far as the draft goes.

StarTribune missed on this one....Minneapolis' Peter Thome.

Drafted 5th Round by Columbus Bluejackets.

http://www.mplshockey.com/news_article/ ... rer_id=281

Blake Hillman Elk River 6th round Chicago

Fresh crop of Minnesotans flood NHL prospects report

http://www.startribune.com/fresh-crop-o ... 388280711/

Impressive! 27 out of 148 North American skaters! Anyone have previous years numbers to that list?