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2015 OHL Priority Selection

Photo: David Levin (middle; No. 1), Gabe Vilardi (right; No. 2) and Owen Tippett (left; No. 4) were three of the top four picks in the 2015 OHL Priority Selection. (Aaron Bell/OHL Images)

By Brendon Crossman

For the second straight year, GTHL players were chosen with four of the top five picks in the OHL Priority Selection, including the first overall selection. In total, 81 players selected in the draft laced up for a GTHL team this season, including nine first-round picks.

Prior to Saturday’s draft, the Sudbury Wolves announced they would select Don Mills Flyers forward David Levin with the top pick. Levin, a native of Zoran, Israel and resident of North York, racked up 80 points (39-41—80) in 55 games in 2014-15 and received the Jack Ferguson Award in honour of his first-overall selection.

The Flint Firebirds (formerly the Plymouth Whalers) used their inaugural pick to select Toronto Marlboros forward Ryan McLeod in the No. 3 slot. McLeod’s selection in the OHL draft caps an impressive season in which he won a gold medal at the Canada Winter Games, captured the Scotiabank GTHL Playoffs crown, earned GTHL Player of the Year honours and was named OHL Cup MVP after helping his club win its second straight title.

The Mississauga Steelheads and Peterborough Petes used the No. 4 and No. 5 picks to select Owen Tippett and Zach Gallant, respectively. Tippet, a Toronto Red Wings right wing, and Gallant, a centre for the Mississauga Rebels, also won a gold medal with Team Ontario at the Canada Winter Games.

Two other members of the Team Ontario squad were selected in the first round – Marlboros forward Ben Jones (No. 7, Niagara IceDogs) and Toronto Titans defenceman Markus Phillips (No. 9, Owen Sound Attack).

Marlboros captain Matthew Strome, the overtime hero in the OHL Cup final, was selected eighth overall by the Hamilton Bulldogs (formerly the Belleville Bulls).

The Kingston Frontenacs and Barrie Colts selected forwards Robbie Burt (Rebels) and Jacob Tortora (Flyers) at No. 11 and No. 19, respectively.

GTHL PLAYERS SELECTED IN 2015 OHL PRIORITY SELECTION

FIRST ROUND 

Pick OHL Team Player Position Hometown 2014-15 Team DOB
1 Sudbury David Levin Right Wing North York, ON Don Mills Flyers 1999-09-16
3 Flint Ryan McLeod Centre Mississauga, ON Toronto Marlboros 1999-09-21
4 Mississauga Owen Tippett Right Wing Peterborough, ON Toronto Red Wings 1999-02-16
5 Peterborough Zach Gallant Centre Oakville, ON Mississauga Rebels 1999-03-06
7 Niagara Ben Jones Centre Waterloo, ON Toronto Marlboros 1999-02-26
8 Hamilton Matthew Strome Left Wing Mississauga, ON Toronto Marlboros 1999-01-06
9 Owen Sound Markus Phillips Defence Toronto, ON Toronto Titans 1999-03-21
11 Kingston Robbie Burt Right Wing Hillsburgh, ON Mississauga Rebels 1999-05-29
19 Barrie Jacob Tortora Left Wing Victor, NY Don Mills Flyers 1999-07-25

SECOND ROUND

Pick OHL Team Player Position Hometown 2014-15 Team DOB
25 Peterborough Nicholas Grima Defence Toronto, ON Toronto Titans 1999-03-07
29 Peterborough CJ Clarke Right Wing Mississauga, ON Toronto Marlboros 1999-02-08
30 Saginaw Robert Proner Defence Oakville, ON Toronto Titans 1999-03-12
32 Kitchener Elijah Roberts Defence Brampton, ON Toronto Marlboros 1999-01-23
33 Hamilton Reilly Webb Defence Stoney Creek, ON Toronto Titans 1999-05-04
36 Ottawa Noel Hoefenmayer  Defence North York, ON Don Mills Flyers 1999-01-06
38 Saginaw Kirill Maksimov Left Wing Concord, ON Toronto Jr. Canadiens 1999-06-01
40 Hamilton MacKenzie Entwistle Centre Georgetown, ON Toronto Marlboros 1999-07-14

 

THIRD ROUND

Pick OHL Team Player Position Hometown 2014-15 Team DOB
44 Kitchener Joseph Garreffa Centre Toronto, ON Toronto Titans 1999-08-09
45 Saginaw Brendan Bonello Goaltender Mississauga, ON Toronto Titans 1999-04-01
49 Sarnia Quinton Hughes Defence Mississauga, ON Toronto Marlboros 1999-10-14
52 Ottawa Hudson Wilson Defence Toronto, ON Vaughan Kings 1999-05-03
53 Erie Brett Neumann Centre Toronto, ON Don Mills Flyers 1999-02-15
59 Hamilton Fedor Gordeev Defence Toronto, ON Toronto Red Wings 1999-01-27
60 London Finn Evans Right Wing Toronto, ON Mississauga Rebels 1999-08-21

 

FOURTH ROUND

Pick Team Player Position Hometown 2014-15 Team DOB
62 Kingston Jason Robertson Right Wing Northville, MI Don Mills Flyers 1999-07-22
64 Flint Samuel Duchesne Defence Brampton, ON Toronto Marlboros 1999-05-29
66 Peterborough Simon Boyko Right Wing Mississauga, ON Toronto Jr. Canadiens 1999-02-04
68 Hamilton Noah Lugli Defence Toronto, ON Mississauga Rebels 1999-04-30
73 Owen Sound Regan Kimens Left Wing Concord, ON Toronto Titans 1999-05-28
76 Hamilton Zackary Jackson Centre Barrie, ON Toronto Titans 1999-01-11

 

FIFTH ROUND

Pick OHL Team Player Position Hometown 2014-15 Team DOB
83 Erie Nicholas Celotti Right Wing Richmond Hill, ON Toronto Jr. Canadiens 1999-03-24
85 Sudbury Ben Garagan Centre North Bay, ON North York Rangers 1999-01-06
86 Peterborough Nick Isaacson Left Wing Mississauga, ON Mississauga Reps 1999-08-11
92 Niagara Colton Incze Goaltender Oakville, ON Mississauga Rebels 1999-01-31

 

SIXTH ROUND

Pick OHL Team Player Position Hometown 2014-15 Team DOB
102 Barrie Jaden Peca Right Wing Woodbridge, ON Toronto Marlboros 1999-05-18
106 Peterborough Bryce Misley Centre North York, ON Don Mills Flyers 1999-09-05
107 Saginaw Nick Campoli Centre Etobicoke, ON Toronto Jr. Canadiens 1999-02-16
108 North Bay Mathew Woroniuk Goaltender Scarborough, ON Don Mills Flyers 1999-05-25
109 Kingston Nick Kiriakos Defence Mississauga, ON Mississauga Rebels 1999-01-30
115 Ottawa Kody Clark Right Wing Aurora, ON Toronto Marlboros 1999-10-13

 

SEVENTH ROUND

Pick OHL Team Player Position Hometown 2014-15 Team DOB
122 Sudbury Adam Panacci Left Wing Nobleton, ON Don Mills Flyers 1999-07-03
125 Hamilton Jesse Burger Right Wing Ridgeville, ON Mississauga Reps 1999-01-08
129 Sarnia Matthew Kellenberger Defence Toronto, ON Toronto Young Nationals 1999-01-11
130 Kingston Mario Peccia Goaltender North York, ON Mississauga Reps 1999-09-21
132 Owen Sound Zachary Sheedy Right Wing Markham, ON Toronto Titans 1999-05-02

 

EIGHTH ROUND

Pick OHL Team Player Position Hometown 2014-15 Team DOB
142 Sudbury Jake McGrath Goaltender Mississauga, ON Toronto Marlboros 1999-01-07
143 Owen Sound Nick Pryce Left Wing Toronto, ON Toronto Marlboros 1999-03-23
146 Peterborough Colton Kalezic Centre Toronto, ON Toronto Jr. Canadiens 1999-07-21
157 Windsor Declan Graham Defence Etobicoke, ON Toronto Marlboros 1999-03-23
158 Barrie Cameron Orchard Centre Dorr, MI Toronto Young Nationals 1998-06-27

 

NINTH ROUND

Pick OHL Team Player Position Hometown 2014-15 Team DOB
163 Windsor Cole Purboo Centre Mississauga, ON Mississauga Rebels 1999-06-18
165 Mississauga Mark Rozanov Centre Toronto, ON Don Mills Flyers 1997-07-14
178 Owen Sound Joey Berkopec Defence Oakville, ON Toronto Jr. Canadiens 1999-02-12

 

TENTH ROUND

Pick OHL Team Player Position Hometown 2014-15 Team DOB
187 Saginaw Gianluca Fuoco Centre Etobicoke, ON Mississauga Reps 1999-01-01
190 Mississauga Ryan Radisa Defence Caledon, ON Mississauga Reps 1999-03-12
200 Kingston Brad Cocca Centre Mississauga, ON Don Mills Flyers 1999-08-13

 

ELEVENTH ROUND

Pick OHL Team Player Position Hometown 2014-15 Team DOB
205 Mississauga Jack Lyons Defence Mississauga, ON Toronto Jr. Canadiens 1999-07-04
211 Kitchener Ryan Kula Left Wing Toronto, ON Toronto Titans 1999-04-15
216 London Alex Formenton Left Wing King City, ON Mississauga Rebels 1999-09-13
220 Oshawa Barrett Mundell Goaltender Caledon, ON Vaughan Kings 1999-03-08

 

TWELFTH ROUND

Pick OHL Team Player Position Hometown 2014-15 Team DOB
225 Mississauga Jett Alexander Goaltender Bloomfield, ON North York Rangers 1999-11-08
227 Saginaw Matteo DiGiulio Centre Maple, ON Toronto Red Wings 1999-11-17
231 Kitchener Scott Del Zotto Centre Orangeville, ON Toronto Jr. Canadiens 1999-02-05
233 Flint Lanny Korbee Goaltender Toronto, ON Toronto Jr. Canadiens 1999-05-14

 

THIRTEENTH ROUND

Pick OHL Team Player Position Hometown 2014-15 Team DOB
242 Sudbury Drake Lafontaine Right Wing Mississauga, ON Don Mills Flyers 1999-07-27
243 Windsor Devlin Shanahan Left Wing Mississauga, ON Mississauga Reps 1999-02-10
244 Flint Josh Rettinger Defence Oakville, ON Mississauga Rebels 1999-06-03
245 Mississauga Harrison Toms Defence Toronto, ON Toronto Titans 1999-05-05
246 Peterborough Nate McDonald Goaltender Mississauga, ON Mississauga Senators 1999-08-11
248 Hamilton Matthew Wilkins Defence Mississauga, ON Toronto Marlboros 1999-04-06
258 Barrie Gianfranco Cassaro Defence Nobleton, ON Toronto Red Wings 1999-03-30

 

FOURTEENTH ROUND

Pick OHL Team Player Position Hometown 2014-15 Team DOB
262 Sudbury Adrian Bilic Defence Etobicoke, ON Toronto Jr. Canadiens 1999-10-31
267 Saginaw Fedor Rudakov Defence Thornhill, ON Toronto Jr. Canadiens 1998-06-21
274 Guelph Michael Mannara Defence Caledon, ON Toronto Jr. Canadiens 1999-03-21
276 London Liam Dennison Defence Manitock, ON Don Mills Flyers 1999-02-07
280 Oshawa Nate Mueller Right Wing Toronto, ON Toronto Young Nationals 1999-08-30

 

FIFTEENTH ROUND

Pick OHL Team Player Position Hometown 2014-15 Team DOB
283 Windsor Ruslan Geidarov Defence Vaughan, ON Mississauga Senators 1998-04-01
285 Mississauga Ryan Wells Defence Mississauga, ON Mississauga Reps 1999-08-18
292 S.S. Marie Alex Daigle Centre Georgetown, ON Toronto Titans 1999-01-21
293 Erie Max Carbone Left Wing Toronto, ON Toronto Young Nationals 1999-05-25
295 London Jacob Golden Defence Toronto, ON Mississauga Rebels 1999-03-20

Information via Ontario Hockey League. Complete draft list.

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