WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION FOUNDED 1951 Bill Robertson Commissioner 651.755.5240 Carol LaBelle-Ehrhardt Associate Commissioner of Operations 720.480.6589 June 28, 2014/For Immediate Release
[email protected] Greg Shepherd Supervisor of Officials FOUR CURRENT/FUTURE PLAYERS
[email protected] Doug Spencer WITH WCHA TIES SELECTED IN Assoc. Commissioner for Public Relations 608.829.0100 • cell 303.475.9283 2014 NHL DRAFT
[email protected] The Western Collegiate Hockey Association announced today that four skaters with either current HOME OF A RECORD or future ties to men’s conference-member teams were selected in the 2014 NHL (National Hockey 37 MEN’S NATIONAL League) Draft conducted this weekend (June 27-28) in Philadelphia, PA. CHAMPIONSHIP Chosen today by the Philadelphia Flyers was incoming Bowling Green recruit and defenseman TEAMS SINCE 1951 Mark Friedman (Toronto, ON), who was selected in Round 3 as the No. 86 pick overall. 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, Two future league member players were selected in Round 5. They were Nikolas Koberstein 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, (Barrhead, AB), a defenseman who has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Alaska in 2015-16 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, and who was taken by the Montreal Canadiens as the No. 125 overall selection, and Minnesota State 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, recruit and forward Clinston (CJ) Franklin (St. Paul, MN), who was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets as 2011 the No. 129 overall pick. And in Round 6 of the 2014 NHL Draft, Ferris State forward Kyle Schempp (Saginaw, MI), who will MEMBER TEAMS be a sophomore in 2014-15, was chosen by the New York Islanders as the No.