Rockets Drawing Draft Attention
Four members of the Kelowna Rockets have made the grade in Central Scouting’s latest rankings of the continent’s top draft-eligible players.
Forward Colton Sissons is ranked 14th among North American skaters in advance of the 2012 NHL entry draft.
Sissons, the Rockets’ captain, 18, has 21 goals and nine assists in 41 games this season.
Rated 46th among North American skaters is Rockets defenceman Damon Severson. Currently sidelined with an upper body injury, Severson has four goals and 20 points in 32 games this season.
Ranked in the 146th spot is defenceman Colten Martin. The Texas-born Martin, who turns 18 in March, has a goal and eight assists in 39 games.
The fourth Rockets player ranked is forward Colton Heffley who comes in at 191.
The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Heffley has three goals and eight points in 32 games.
The mid-term rankings include 210 skaters and 36 goaltenders from the Canadian Hockey League and other leagues across the continent.
The 2012 NHL entry draft is set for June 22 and 23 in Pittsburgh.
