USHL Draft-Part Two

Well, the rest of the USHL draft is now available on the USHL site. The only player with Wisconsin ties that I see has been drafted and I haven't already covered is forward Travis Erstad from Stevens Point. He is also the only non-Senior drafted out of the Wisconsin high school ranks. Travis was drafted in the 17th round by the Lincoln Stars.

I was thinking about the fact that Midget teams push the fact that playing on their teams is the way to be seen by scouts versus playing high school hockey. It is interesting to note that in this draft there were four Wisconsin high school players taken, and no Midget players taken from a Wisconsin-based Midget team. That is a pretty strong statement considering the USHL is the best Junior League in the country. All four of the high school players taken did play for Team Wisconsin Before and After, showing that Wisconsin high school players can be seen by scouts and still enjoy playing for their school.