Drafted in the fourth round, defenceman Matthew Virgilio chose to join the Greyhounds over playing at the University of Michigan; 'I’m extremely happy about it'
With a commitment to play U.S. college hockey already set, Matthew Virgilio had no intention of joining the Soo Greyhounds.
Selected in the fourth round of the 2022 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection in April, Virgilio didn’t attend the Greyhounds development camp in early June. At that point, the OHL wasn't even on his radar. “It’s no secret if he didn’t have his commitment, he’s a first round pick,” Raftis said at the time. “He’s one of the top defencemen in the draft. In our conversations with him, there weren’t any promises or anything like that, but at the same time, he’s such a good kid off the ice and the talent on the ice speaks for itself.”“He can really run a power play and play heavy minutes,” Raftis added. “He just has everything you look for in our defenders.
“It was huge for me,” Virgilio said, of learning more about the team. “From when I got drafted and learning more about the organization, it’s really rich in history and the players that they’ve put through the program.” “With a scheduling conflict, [Virgilio and his family] weren’t able to come up for development camp,” Raftis added. “We chatted about it and as the conversations led on, it started to get a little more serious.”
Virgilio spent last season with St. Andrew’s College, a high school team in southern Ontario, where he scored seven times and added 17 assists in 44 games.
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