By @MichaelCaples –
The 2016 OHL Priority Selection (league draft) is underway, and MiHockey is tracking all of the Michigan names selected, as well as the picks made by our Michigan-based OHL clubs in Flint and Saginaw.
Check below for constant updates from the OHL draft (Flint Firebirds and Saginaw Spirit selections in italics).
First Round
No. 4 – Blade Jenkins – Jackson – Saginaw Spirit
No. 5 – Ty Dellandrea – Port Perry, Ont. – Flint Firebirds
Second Round
No. 22 – Hunter Holmes – St. David’s, Ont. – Flint Firebirds
No. 23 – Dennis Busby – Barrie, Ont. – Flint Firebirds
No. 35 – Bode Wilde – Birmingham/Kildeer, Ill. – Saginaw Spirit
No. 37 – Maxim Grondin – North Bay, Ont. – Saginaw Spirit
No. 41 – Jack Wismer – Stoney Creek, Ont. – Flint Firebirds
Third Round
No. 44 – Damien Giroux – Hanmer, Ont. – Saginaw Spirit
No. 48 – Ryan Littlejohn – Newmarket, Ont. – Flint Firebirds
No. 53 – Cameron Lamour – Naughton, Ont. – Saginaw Spirit
Fourth Round
No. 62 – Chet Phillips – Proton Station, Ont. – Saginaw Spirit
No. 64 – Jake Goldowski – Thornhurst, Pa. – Saginaw Spirit
No. 74 – Alec Regula – West Bloomfield – London Knights
Fifth Round
No. 86 – Mitch Morrison – Guelph, Ont. – Saginaw Spirit
No. 91 – Lucas Crawford – Saginaw – Owen Sound Attack
No. 93 – Zach Borgiel – Fort Gratiot – Niagara IceDogs
No. 100 – Jonathan Gruden – Rochester – London Knights
Sixth Round
No. 104 – Braydon Leeking – Kirkfield, Ont. – Flint Firebirds
No. 106 – Caleb Everett – Pleasant Lake – Saginaw Spirit
No. 110 – Drew DeRidder – Fenton – Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
No. 113 – Adam Steinwold – Lake Forest, Ill. (Victory Honda) – Niagara IceDogs
No. 121 – Calen Kiefiuk – Macomb – Erie Otters
Seventh Round
No. 124 – Joel Farabee – Cicero, N.Y. – Flint Firebirds
No. 129 – Max Ellis – Canton – Peterborough Petes
No. 137 – Chase McLane – Trenton – Sarnia Sting
Eighth Round
No. 142 – Will MacKinnon – Plymouth – Guelph Storm
No. 144 – Alex Jerome – Stoney Creek, Ont. – Flint Firebirds
No. 146 – Tyler McBay – Elmira, Ont. – Saginaw Spirit
No. 152 – Danny Katic – Porcupine, Ont. – Saginaw Spirit
No. 155 – Cade Murnan-Mechor – Orchard Park, N.Y. – Saginaw Spirit
No. 161 – Joseph Mack – New Hudson – Erie Otters
Ninth Round
No. 164 – Eric Uba – Kitchener, Ont. – Flint Firebirds
No. 176 – Xan Gurney – Grosse Ile – Barrie Colts
No. 180 – Christian Krygier – Novi – London Knights
Tenth Round
No. 184 – Curtis Hall – Chagrin Falls, Ohio – Flint Firebirds
No. 189 – Cole Krygier – Novi – London Knights
No. 201 – Jackson Alexeev – Woodbridge, Ont. – Saginaw Spirit
11th Round
No. 205 – Hunter Nofs – Macomb – Hamilton Bulldogs
No. 210 – Jacob Semik – Canton – Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
No. 211 – Cade Robinson – Jackson – Erie Otters
No. 212 – Hunter Carrick – Orland Park, Ill. (Oakland Jr. Grizzlies) – Ottawa 67’s
12th Round
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13th Round
No. 244 – Owen Smith – Minden, Ont. – Flint Firebirds
No. 246 – Dylan Bond – North Bay, Ont. – Saginaw Spirit
No. 255 – Dylan St. Cyr – Northville – Windsor Spitfires
No. 258 – Nolan Moyle – Briarcliff Manor, NY (Victory Honda) – Kitchener Rangers
14th Round
No. 264 – Jack Babbage – Tully, N.Y. – Flint Firebirds
No. 266 – Chase Pletzke – Bay City – Saginaw Spirit
No. 273 – Matt Staudacher – Grand Blanc – Niagara IceDogs
15th Round
No. 284 – Ty Glover – London, Ont. – Flint Firebirds
No. 286 – Christian Lepone – Richmond Hill, Ont. – Saginaw Spirit
No. 300 – Evan Morrison – Stirling, Ont. – Flint Firebirds