MiHockey’s 2018 OHL Draft Watch

By @MichaelCaples –

The 2018 OHL Priority Selection (league draft) is underway, and MiHockey is tracking all of the Michigan names selected, as well as the picks made by our Michigan-based OHL clubs in Flint and Saginaw.

Check below for constant updates from the OHL draft (Flint Firebirds and Saginaw Spirit selections in italics).

Round 1

No. 2 – Flint Firebirds – Evan Vierling – York-Simcoe Express

No. 5 – Saginaw Spirit – Cole Perfetti – Vaughan Kings

Round 2

No. 21 – London Knights – Antonio Stranges – Little Caesars

No. 22 – Flint Firebirds – Owen Power – Mississauga Reps

No. 23 – London Knights – Sahil Panwar – Honeybaked

No. 26 – Saginaw Spirit – Tristan Lennox – Mississauga Reps (first goaltender selected in 2018 draft)

No. 33 – Flint Firebirds – Ethan Cardwell – Clarington Toros

Round 3

No. 43 – Flint Firebirds – Michael Bianconi – Toronto Jr. Canadiens

No. 59 – Windsor Spitfires – Xavier Medina – Honeybaked

Round 4

No. 62 – Flint Firebirds – Christian Linton – Guelph Gryphons

No. 65 – Saginaw Spirit – Sebastian Bulovs – Mississauga Senators

Round 5

No. 82 – Flint Firebirds – Ryan Mansfield – Burlington Eagles

No. 84 – Saginaw Spirit – Mitchell Smith – Oakland Jr. Grizzlies

No. 98 – Hamilton Bulldogs – Frank Jenkins – Honeybaked

Round 6

No. 102 – Flint Firebirds – Tyler Deline – Peterborough Petes

No. 105 – Saginaw Spirit – Ian Lemieux – York-Simcoe Express

No. 111 – Oshawa Generals – Declan Carlile – Wellington Dukes

No. 116 – Barrie Colts – Ryan Beck – Oakland Jr. Grizzlies

No. 118 – Hamilton Bulldogs – Avery Hayes – Honeybaked

Round 7

No. 122 – Flint Firebirds – Jack Harper – Guelph Gryphons

No. 130 – Windsor Spitfires – Tanner Kelly – Little Caesars

No. 135 – Owen Sound Attack – Tanner Latsch – Honeybaked

No. 136 – Saginaw Spirit – Carter Mazur – Little Caesars

No. 139 – Soo Greyhounds – Dominic Mufarreh – Compuware

Round 8

No. 142 – Flint Firebirds – Jacob Badal – Honeybaked

No. 145 – Saginaw Spirit – Kienan Draper – Little Caesars

No. 154 – London Knights – Jacob Truscott – Little Caesars

Round 9

No. 162 – Flint Firebirds – Chase Clark – Toronto Nationals

Round 10

No. 182 – Flint Firebirds – Evan Boucher – Rockland Nationals

No. 185 – Saginaw Spirit – Ty Roberts – Vaughan Kings

No. 192 – Niagara IceDogs – Joseph Tynan – Little Caesars

No. 197 – Kitchener Rangers – Kyle VanCompernolle – Fox Motors

No. 199 – Sarnia Sting – Jackson Kocur – Honeybaked

Round 11

No. 202 – Flint Firebirds – Owen Holmes – Niagara North Stars

No. 204 – Erie Otters – Bryan Huggins – Meijer

No. 205 – Saginaw Spirit – Isaac Sooklal – Whitby Wildcats

No. 211 – Oshawa Generals – Isaac Novak – Little Caesars

Round 12

No. 222 – Flint Firebirds – Brandon Chabrier – Long Island Gulls

No. 225 – Saginaw Spirit – Lachlan Getz – Mercer Chiefs

No. 236 – Barrie Colts – Matthew Sredl – Honeybaked

No. 239 – Sarnia Sting – Ben Schoen – Little Caesars

No. 240 – Soo Greyhounds – Cole Caufield – NTDP Under-17/18 Team

Round 13

No. 242 – Flint Firebirds – Chris Colavecchia – Don Mills Flyers

No. 245 – Saginaw Spirit – Ryan Vellucci – Carolina Jr. Hurricanes

No. 246 – Ottawa 67s – Nicholas Chmelevski – Oakland Jr. Grizzlies

No. 251 – Oshawa Generals – Patrick Guzzo – Little Caesars

No. 258 – Hamilton Bulldogs – Nick Sova – Oakland Jr. Grizzlies

Round 14

No. 262 – Flint Firebirds – Austin Robinson – Buffalo Jr. Sabres

No. 265 – Saginaw Spirit – John Opilka – St. Louis Blues

Round 15

No. 282 – Flint Firebirds – Ronan McQueenie – Vaughan Kings

No. 283 – Guelph Storm – Joseph Teasdale – Oakland Jr. Grizzlies