Seven New England players were selected in Tuesday’s North American Hockey League Supplemental Draft. Fifteen other players with ties to the region were drafted in the NAHL’s 81-pick supplemental draft that is new this year and largely in place to stave off recruiting efforts from junior leagues north of the border. The three New England...
Seven New England players were selected in Tuesday’s North American Hockey League Supplemental Draft.
Fifteen other players with ties to the region were drafted in the NAHL’s 81-pick supplemental draft that is new this year and largely in place to stave off recruiting efforts from junior leagues north of the border.
The three New England franchises in the NAHL — Northeast Generals, Maine Nordiques and Danbury Hat Tricks — all had three picks in the proceedings. The Northeast Generals, based in Attleboro, Mass., will be in their fifth season in the league in 2020-21. The Nordiques, out of Lewiston, Maine, just concluded their inaugural season. Danbury relocated and rebranded from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights, it was announced recently.
Reese Farrell was the first New Englander picked. The Northfield Mount Hermon alum was pegged by the Maine Nordiques with the seventh overall pick. Assuming he reports, it will be a homecoming of sorts for the Auburn, Maine, native, who began his prep school hockey career at North Yarmouth Academy.
Mount Saint Charles was the local team most represented in the draft. Three players from the school’s 18-U team, coached by Matt Plante, were selected. Defenseman Jackson McCarthy, a West Seneca, N.Y., native, was the school's top supplemental pick, at 18th overall, to the Austin Bruins.
Another player from the team’s 16-U team, coached by Devin Rask, saw his name go across the board. Northfield Mount Hermon and Williston Northampton both had two players drafted.
New Hampshire had three commits taken in the draft while Vermont and Merrimack had two each. UMass and Bentley were the other two local players with recruits selected Tuesday.
2020 NAHL Supplemental Draftees with regional ties
