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UMHSEL Draft Selections

Name Elite League Team High School Draft Year NHL Team Round Overall College
Nick Leddy Southwest Eden Prairie 2009 Minnesota 1st 16 Minnesota
Jordan Schroeder Southeast St. Thomas 2009 Vancouver 1st 22 Minnesota
Zach Budish Southwest Edina 2009 Nashville 2nd 41 Minnesota
Ben Hanowski North Little Falls 2009 Pittsburgh 3rd 63 St. Cloud State
Josh Birkholz Northwest Blake 2009 Florida 3rd 67 Minnesota
Troy Hesketh Southwest Minnetonka 2009 Edmonton 3rd 71 Wisconsin
Dan DeLisle Southwest Totino Grace 2009 Chicago 3rd 89 Minnesota-Duluth
Michael Lee Great Plains Roseau 2009 Phoenix 3rd 91 North Dakota
Nick Oliver Great Plains Roseau 2009 Nashville 4th 110 St. Cloud State
Seth Helgeson Southeast Faribault 2009 New Jersey 4th 114 Minnesota
Alex Fallstrom Shattuck Shattuck 2009 Minnesota 4th 116 Harvard
Jeff Costello Wisconsin Madison 2009 Ottawa 5th 146 Notre Dame
Nick Jensen Northwest Rogers 2009 Detroit 5th 150 St. Cloud State
Anders Lee Southwest Edina 2009 NY Islanders 6th 182 Notre Dame
Erik Haula Shattuck Shattuck 2009 Minnesota 7th 182 Minnesota
Kirill Gotovets Shattuck Shattuck 2009 Tampa Bay 7th 183 Colgate
Max Tardy North Duluth East 2009 St. Louis 7th 202 Minnesota-Duluth
Jake Gardiner Southwest Minnetonka 2008 Anaheim 1st 17 Wisconsin
Aaron Ness Great Plains Roseau 2008 N.Y. Islanders 2nd 40 Minnesota
Cory Fienhage Northeast Eastview 2008 Buffalo 3rd 81 North Dakota
Justin Jokinen North Cloquet 2008 Buffalo 4th 101 Mankato
Nick Larson Southeast St. Thomas 2008 Calgary 4th 108 Notre Dame
Drew Olson North Brainerd 2008 Columbus 4th 118 UMD
Jeff Foss Great Plains Moorhead 2008 Nashville 6th 166 RPI
Joe Gleason Southwest Edina 2008 Chicago 7th 192 North Dakota
Nate Condon Wiscosin Wausau West 2008 Colorado 7th 200 Minnesota
Ryan McDonough Northeast Cretin Derham 2007 Monteral 1st 12 Wisconsin
Patrick White North Grand Rapids 2007 Vancouver 1st 25 Minnesota
Nico Sacchetti North Virginia 2007 Dallas 2nd 50 Minnesota
Mike Hoeffel Northeast Hill Murray 2007 N.J. 2nd 57 Minnesota
Jake Hansen Northeast WBL 2007 Chicago 3rd 68 Minnesota
Travis Erstad Wisconsin Stevens Point 2007 St. Louis 4th 100 Wisconsin
John Lee Great Plains Moorhead 2007 Florida 5th 131 North Dakota
Josh Turnbull North Duluth East 2007 L.A. 5th 137 Wisconsin
Scott Kishel North Virginia 2007 Monteral 7th 192 UMD
David Fischer Southeast Aple Valley 2006 Monteral 1st 20 Minnesota
Carl Sneep North Brainerd 2006 Pittsburgh 2nd 32 Boston College
Mike Forney North Thief River Falls 2006 Atlanta 3rd 80 North Dakota
Aaron Marvin Great Plains Warroad 2006 Calgary 3rd 89 St. Cloud
Andy Sackrison Southwest St. Louis Park 2006 St. Louis 5th 124 Mankato
Jordan Fulton Northwest Breck 2006 Calgary 6th 179 UMD
Chris Hickey Northeast Cretin Derham 2006 Minnesota 7th 192 Wisconsin
Jay Barriball Southwest Holy Angels 2006 San Jose 7th 203 Minnesota

ELITE LEAGUE HAS RECORD NUMBER OF NHL PICKS

 
A record 17 former players from the Upper Midwest High School Elite Hockey League were chosen in the National HockeyLeague’s Entry Draft. The NHL draft consists of seven rounds and was conducted June 26-27 in Montreal.
 
Nick Leddy of Eden Prairie (#16, Minnesota Wild) and Jordan Schroeder of the University of Minnesota (#22, Vancouver) were first-round selections, with the remaining players chosen in subsequent rounds.
 
Edina’s Zack Budish (#41, Nashville) was chosen in the second round, while Ben Hanowski of Little Falls (#63, Pittsburgh), Josh Birkholz of Maple Grove (#67, Florida), Troy Hesketh of Minnetonka (#71, Edmonton), Dan DeLisle of Arden Hills (#89, Chicago) and Mike Lee of Roseau (#91, Phoenix)were chosen in the third round. (A complete list of players selected can be found on the NEWS page.)
  
This is the second consecutive NHL draft in which the Elite League reached double-digits in the number of players selected. Last year 10 Elite League alumni were selected, including four in the first two rounds.
 
“We want to congratulate all of the players who were selected,” said Elite League Commissioner and founder John Russo. “The Elite League coaches and staff work hard to provide young hockey players with an opportunity to showcase their skills in front of scouts and college coaches, and the 2009 NHL Draft is a real tribute to our league, and to the dedication of these players.”