The IceDogs own the Canadian Hockey League rights to forward Logan Brown (6-foot-4), goalie Edwin Minney (6-foot-4) and now — as most recent as Monday — defenceman Ryan Mantha (6-foot-5) after general manager Marty Williamson struck a deal with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.
The Niagara IceDogs added size at the Ontario Hockey League draft on Saturday.
The ‘Dogs spent their first-round pick on a 6-foot-4, 210-pound forward from Missouri by selecting Logan Brown sixth overall.
The book on Brown describes him as an aggressive forward with offensive instincts who scored 15 goals and 25 points in 15 games with the Indiana Ice.
The Niagara IceDogs are proud to select Logan Brown of the Indiana Ice with their first round selection, 6th overall, in the 2014 OHL Priority Selection presented by State Farm!
Brown is a 6’4″, 210 lbs. centre who had 14 goals and 11 assists for 25 points in 15 games with the Ice last season.
Brown, a native of Chesterfield, MO., netted 14 goals and 25 points in 25 games.
“We had our sights set on him,” Niagara coach/general manager Marty Williamson said. “We believe he is a wonderful player. His talent level is something we really haven’t seen before in a big man. There are a lot of comparisons to Joe Thornton.
Fifty-two of the top American hockey players born in 1998 have been invited to USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program Evaluation Camp it was announced today by team officials. The camp, which will help select the 2014-15 U.S. National Under-17 Team, will take place March 21-25, at the Ann Arbor (Mich.) Ice Cube.
Nick Kunin of the St. Louis AAA Blues U18 team and Logan Brown of the St. Louis AAA Blues 98 Team have been selected by the Indiana Ice of the United States Hockey League in the 2013 Entry Draft.
