The Barrie Colts have completed their picks for the OHL Priority Selection and on day two ended up grabbing some local flare for the future while more of the region’s best found home clubs elsewhere.
The draft began Friday night and wrapped up Saturday afternoon with 302 picks being made by all OHL clubs.
The Colts made four picks through three rounds on night one and today drafted 16 players from rounds 4 to 15.
Players born in 2007 are eligible and while the majority are from Ontario, some picked were US born.
Locally, the Colts grabbed three local players, starting with Innisfil’s Johnathan Cirone (LW, Barrie Jr. Colts U16 AAA).
Another Innisfil boy, Owen Bruining (RW, Barrie Jr. Colts U16 AAA) was taken a few rounds later in the 13th.
The Colts kept it local with their final pick of the draft, taking Orillia’s Mac Earle (RD, Toronto Red Wings U16 AAA) in the 15th round.
The rest of the Colts picks had them take players from a variety of positions with no real focus, but rather grabbing pieces they felt they needed.
Sam Black (LW, Waterloo Wolves U16 AAA)
- Selected 11th in Round # 4
- Shoots: L
- Height: 6.00
- Weight: 168
- Hometown: Fergus, Ont.
Teague Vader (LD, Huron-Perth Lakers U16 AAA)
- Selected 10th in Round # 5
- Shoots: L
- Height: 5.11.5
- Weight: 162
- Hometown: Gowanstown, Ont.
Peter Legostaev (C, Smiths Falls Bears U18 AAA)
- Selected 5th in Round # 6
- Shoots: R
- Height: 6.01
- Weight: 177
- Hometown: Ottawa, Ont.
Ethan Armstrong (RD, Toronto Jr. Canadiens U16 AAA)
- Selected 17th in Round # 6
- Shoots: R
- Height: 6.01.5
- Weight: 154
- Hometown: Toronto, Ont.
Cole Dubowsky (LW, Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves U16 AAA)
- Selected 17th in Round # 7
- Shoots: L
- Height: 5.11
- Weight: 173
- Hometown: Sudbury, Ont.
Kaiden Harmon (C, Peterborough Petes U16 AAA)
- Selected 17th in Round # 8
- Shoots: L
- Height: 5.05.5
- Weight: 123
- Hometown: Cobourg, Ont.
Owen Butler (G, Vaughan Kings U16 AAA)
- Selected 17th in Round # 9
- Catches: L
- Height: 6.00
- Weight: 155
- Hometown: Etobicoke, Ont.
Nathan Gerelus (LD, Ajax-Pickering Raiders U16 AAA)
- Barrie Colts
- Selected 17th in Round # 10
- Shoots: R
- Height: 6.03.75
- Weight: 184
- Hometown: Ennismore, Ont.
Lior Buchler (LW, Smiths Falls Bears U18 AAA)
- Selected 17th in Round # 11
- Shoots: L
- Height: 5.10
- Weight: 153
- Hometown: Ottawa, Ont.
Kyler Leboutillier (RW, Pembroke Lumber Kings U18 AAA)
- Selected 10th in Round # 12
- Shoots: R
- Height: 5.08.5
- Weight: 162
- Hometown: Ottawa, Ont.
Nico Armellin (G, Toronto Jr. Canadiens U16 AAA)
- Selected 17th in Round # 12
- Catches: L
- Height: 5.09.25
- Weight: 131
- Hometown: Woodbridge, Ont.
Eric Sencaj (RD, York-Simcoe Express U16 AAA)
- Selected 17th in Round # 14
- Shoots: R
- Height: 5.10
- Weight: 195
- Hometown: Newmarket, Ont.
William Schneid (RW, Rochester Coalition 15's)
- Selected 17th in Round # 15
- Shoots: R
- Height: 5.11
- Weight: 161
- Hometown: Syracuse, N.Y.
A total of 302 players were selected from across Ontario and parts of the United States.
The selected players included 163 forwards, 105 defenseman, and 34 goaltenders. A total of 298 of the players chosen were 2007-born athletes while three were born in 2006 and one was born in 2005.
The Barrie Jr. Colts U16 AAA saw seven players picked from their organization, two of which were grabbed by the big league Colts.
The Barrie Colts are in North Bay tonight for a 7 p.m. puck drop with the Battalion to try and take a one game lead in their first round playoff series that is tied at two games apiece.
Barrie hosts Game 6 Monday at 7:30 p.m. with tickets available here.
