Underage OHL draft prospect Shane Wright to be selected first overall by the Frontenacs Globe_Sports
. The league traditionally allows teams with the first selection to make the announcement a day before the draft.“There is a reason Shane was granted exceptional-player status,” Frontenacs general manager Darren Keily said in a statement.
“It starts well before he plays the game; Shane is an exceptional person, with exceptional character, from an exceptional family. His hockey is part-in-part with that, and he will be a great asset to our club. That’s what separates him from others.” Wright, 15, led the Don Mills Flyers win the OHL Cup minor-midget championship this season, earning tournament MVP honours.Wright is the sixth player to be given exceptional-player status in the CHL since the policy was introduced in 2005, allowing players to apply to enter a draft a year early.
John Tavares, Aaron Ekblad, Connor McDavid and Sean Day also got early entry into the OHL, while Joe Veleno received the same treatment in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.Story continues below advertisementDefenceman Drake Berehowsky was taken first by the then-Kingston Raiders in 1988 and fellow blueliner Bryan Fogarty was selected No. 1 by the then-Kingston Canadians in 1985.
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