USHL Draft-What We Know So Far...

The USHL website was overloaded today during the second or third round of the draft, and their live draft coverage was scrapped. Furthermore, there has been no information posted on draft picks since that point in the draft by the league. Therefore, what we know about players with Wisconsin ties that were drafted is limited so far. Derrick LaPoint was the 6th overall selection by the Green Bay Gamblers. Brent Gwidt from Lakeland HS was the eleventh overall selection by the Indiana Ice, who seem to draft/obtain Wisconsin players with regularity. Defenseman Kyle Ensign from New Richmond High School was drafted in the third round by the Tri-city Storm.

Two future Wisconsin Badgers for the class of 2008 are known to have been drafted today. Josh Turnbull from Hayward (who currently plays at Duluth East) was selected by the Waterloo Blackhawks in the sixth round, and Chris Hickey from Cretin Derham Hall was selected by the Tri-City Storm in the fifteenth round.

Sam Zabkowicz, who I believe is from the Milwaukee area was drafted by either Sioux Falls or Sioux City. Both of those teams had their picks posted during the day today but neither of their sites are working currently. Zabkowicz played at Culver and had spent the past year playing for both the Dallas AAA Midget team and the Texarkana Bandits of the NAHL.

The Green Bay Gamblers traded Sioux City today for the rights to current USHL player Justin Cseter of Menomonie.