Author of the article: Greg Cowan
Publishing date: May 11, 2021 • 1 day ago • 4 minute read • The Owen Sound Attack will select eighth overall in the 2021 OHL draft thanks to a randomly generated number spit out by a computer in the league s first-ever draft lottery Wednesday night. The Attack have had success at the eight spot. Current Attack assistant coach Joey Hishon was selected eighth overall in 2007. Photo by James Masters /The Sun Times
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The Ontario Hockey League’s first-ever draft lottery went pretty well for the Owen Sound Attack.
A random computer-generated draw selected the Attack to pick eighth overall in the upcoming OHL Priority Selection, the first three rounds of which will take place June 4, with Rounds 4 to 15 following the next day.
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Meet The 2020-21 Ontario Reign
The Ontario Reign play their first home game of the season tonight at Toyota Sports Performance Center against the Tucson Roadrunners. There are plenty of new faces behind the bench and on the ice, so consider this your formal introduction to your 2021 Ontario Reign.
Fowards
Brett Sutter – The only player to skate with the Reign in each of their six AHL seasons, Sutter is now entering his sixth campaign with the team, his fourth as team captain. Sutter is Ontario’s all-time leader in goals, assists and points, and tallied the team’s first shorthanded goal of the season, Ontario’s only goal in total, on Wednesday against San Diego.
Quick / Grosenick
Due to those unavailable, the lines were shuffled in the bottom half of the lineup, while some players rose up and could assume larger roles if in fact other players are not able to play on Thursday. Frk’s absence will open up one roster spot regardless.
McLellan, at this time, was unable to commit to anything further regarding the opening-night roster. That information is expected to come later this week.
3 Key Takeaways
The New Guys
As noted above, three players from the World Junior Championships were cleared to join the Kings roster, as they skated for the first time with the group today. Quinton Byfield, Arthur Kaliyev and Tobias Bjornfot each took part in their first camp skate of 2020, and for Byfield his first-ever Kings practice.