Set of Colts Set to Await their Fate at the NHL Draft!
Two Colts forward will find out their destiny later this week when they hear their name selected by an NHL club in Montreal. The 2022 NHL Draft is set to take place at the home of the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre on July 7th & 8th.
Hunter Haight and Beau Jelsma finished the season being ranked 44th & 88th among North American Skaters by NHL Central Scouting in the final ranking of the season.
Haight finished 2021-22 with 41 points (22 Goals, 19 Assists) in 63 regular-season games played while notching five points (One Goal, Four Assists) in 6 playoff matches.
Go behind the scenes with Hunter Haight from last week's #CHLKTP game! #BackInTheSaddle | @haight_hunter pic.twitter.com/1xD5XhSSqM
— Barrie Colts (@OHLBarrieColts) March 29, 2022
Jelsma finished his season registering 47 points (27 Goals, 20 Assists) while playing in all 68 regular-season games. He finished his first season fifth among OHL rookies in goal scoring.
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The Beau Jelsma fan club has gained another!#BackInTheSaddle pic.twitter.com/jgRrdlRnee
— Barrie Colts (@OHLBarrieColts) February 11, 2022
“It’s always a special time of the year when you get to see the next group of players get to fulfill a lifelong dream. Beau and Hunter have had to work extremely hard, on and off the ice for this. It wasn’t easy throughout the 2020-21 shutdown and the obstacles of this past season. It’s going to be great to watch them this coming week and the entire Barrie Colts organization will be proud” Commented Assistant General Manager, Rob Stewart
The NHL Draft opens up on Thursday, July 7th with the 1st Round starting off at 7 pm ET. The host Montreal Canadiens are set to select 1st Overall. Day two of the draft gets going at 11 am ET with Rounds 2-7.
Recent Barrie Colts at the NHL Draft:
- Brandt Clarke – 1st Round 8th Overall (LA Kings)
- Ethan Cardwell – 4th Round 121st Overall (San Jose Sharks)
- Tyson Foerster – 1st Round 23rd Overall (Philadelphia Flyers)
- Evan Vierling – 5th Round 127th Overall (New York Rangers)
- Ryan Suzuki – 1st Round 28th Overall (Carolina Hurricanes)
- Mathew Hill – 6th Round 186th Overall (Anaheim Ducks)
- Andrei Svechnikov – 1st Round 2nd Overall (Carolina Hurricanes)
- Joey Keane – 3rd Round 88th Overall (New York Rangers)
- Tyler Tucker – 7th Round 200th Overall (St. Louis Blues)
The Colts currently hold a CHL leading record of four consecutive 1st Round NHL Selections starting in 2018 (Svechnikov – 2018, Suzuki – 2019, Foerster – 2020, Clarke – 2021) while also having at least two players in each draft since then selected.
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The Barrie Colts will face the Oshawa Generals for the 2022-23 Home Opener at Sadlon Arena on September 29th. View the full 2022-23 schedule here!
