The 2018 GWMHL Rookie Draft is over, and 20 Gump franchises are returning to headquarters to count their winnings.
The draft got off to a stunning start with the announcement of several big trades (more on that to come), and then teams got down to business. South Side, owners of 4 first round picks after a dramatic sell-off extending through last season, picked Swiss phenom Nico Hischier first overall, while Portland also went for a future impact forward in Pierre-Luc Dubois. Charlie McAvoy was the first defenseman taken, by San Jose at #3, while Nolan Patrick (Great Lakes) and Alex DeBrincat (Ice Harbor) rounded out the top 5.
A goalie wouldn’t be taken until 24th overall, when the Pilots nabbed Thatcher Demko.
Along with Hischier, the Renegades scooped up forwards Anthony Cirelli at #9, Filip Chytil at #16, and Alex Formenton at #20.
Here are the full round-by-round results:
Round 1 # Overall # Orig. Team Curr. Team Pick 1 1 SSR SSR F Nico Hischier 2 2 PWH PWH F Pierre-Luc Dubois 3 3 SJH SJH D Charlie McAvoy 4 4 GLP GLP F Nolan Patrick 5 5 IHS IHS F Alex DeBrincat 6 6 CHA CHA F Casey Mittelstadt 7 7 PIT PIT F Eeli Tolvanen 8 8 FFS FFS F Henrik Borgstrom 9 9 EDH SSR F Anthony Cirelli 10 10 DEL WVR F Owen Tippett 11 11 WVR SJH F Kailer Yamamoto 12 12 WPG WPG D Will Butcher 13 13 ADI ADI F Jake DeBrusk 14 14 HAM HAM F Lias Andersson 15 15 VAN VAN F Martin Necas 16 16 DEN SSR F Filip Chytil 17 17 BAL GLP F Ryan Donato 18 18 SAL SAL D Samuel Girard 19 19 BOS BOS F Jordan Greenway 20 20 PAR SSR F Alex Formenton
Check out rounds 2 through 4 after the jump!
Round 2 # Overall # Orig. Team Curr. Team 1 21 SSR EDH D Sami Niku 2 22 SJH WVR D Travis Sanheim 3 23 PWH PWH F Jesper Bratt 4 24 GLP GLP G Thatcher Demko 5 25 IHS BOS F Andreas Johnsson 6 26 CHA CHA F Dylan Sikura 7 27 PIT PIT F Troy Terry 8 28 FFS FFS D Vince Dunn 9 29 EDH VAN F Logan Brown 10 30 DEL DEL F Valentin Zykov 11 31 WVR WVR F Nicolas Roy 12 32 HAM HAM F Mark Jankowski 13 33 ADI ADI F Alexander Kerfoot 14 34 VAN VAN F Luke Kunin 15 35 WPG WPG F Chandler Stephenson 16 36 DEN VAN F Adam Gaudette 17 37 SAL SAL D Travis Dermott 18 38 BOS BOS F Tage Thompson 19 39 PAR PIT D Rasmus Andersson 20 40 BAL GLP D Noah Juulsen Round 3 # Overall # Orig. Team Curr. Team 1 41 SSR BOS F Nick Merkley 2 42 SJH BOS D Neal Pionk 3 43 PWH PWH D Sebastian J. Aho 4 44 GLP GLP F Janne Kuokkanen 5 45 IHS SAL F Anders Bjork 6 46 CHA CHA D Haydn Fleury 7 47 PIT PIT D Victor Mete 8 48 FFS FFS D Christian Djoos 9 49 EDH EDH F Oskar Lindblom 10 50 DEL SJH D Joakim Ryan 11 51 WVR SJH F Warren Foegele 12 52 HAM HAM F Blake Coleman 13 53 ADI ADI D Ethan Bear 14 54 VAN VAN D Matt Grzelcyk 15 55 WPG DEL F Filip Chlapik 16 56 DEN VAN F Andrew Mangiapane 17 57 BAL SSR G Tristan Jarry 18 58 SAL PWH D Robert Hagg 19 59 BOS CHA G Alexandar Georgiev 20 60 PAR DEL D Kyle Capobianco Round 4 # Overall # Orig. Team Curr. Team 1 61 SSR DEN F Sean Kuraly 2 62 SJH SJH F Dominik Simon 3 63 PWH PWH F Spencer Foo 4 64 GLP SAL G Oskar Dansk 5 65 IHS VAN G David Rittich 6 66 CHA CHA D Marcus Pettersson 7 67 PIT PIT F Zach Aston-Reese 8 68 FFS FFS F Brendan Lemieux 9 69 EDH EDH D Christian Wolanin 10 70 DEL EDH D Louis Belpedio 11 71 WVR DEN F Dominic Turgeon 12 72 HAM HAM F Alex Iafallo 13 73 ADI DEN F Martin Frk 14 74 VAN DEN D Andrei Mironov 15 75 WPG WPG D Tucker Poolman 16 76 DEN CHA F Matthew Highmore 17 77 BAL BAL F A.J. Greer 18 78 SAL PWH G Adin Hill 19 79 BOS CHA F Dylan Gambrell 20 80 PAR DEL F Viktor Ejdsell
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