The 2018 NAHL Draft is over and Mudbugs Hockey coaching staff and Total Package Hockey scouts selected ten players for the 2018-2019 season. One surprise of the draft is the return of Mudbugs goalie James Durham to the George.
These ten players will join returning, tendered, and free agent players at the Mudbugs Main Camp July 12-15.
2018 NAHL Drafted players are (beginning top left)
Kevin Lombardi
Selected 23rd in Round 1
Former team: Cedar Rapids RoughRiders #16
Position: Right Wing
Shoots: Right
Born: 1998-08-12
Hometown: Schwenksville, PA
Height: 6.03.75
Weight: 205
Jack Johnson
Selected 23rd in Round 2
Former team: Steinbach Pistons #14
Position: Centre/L.W.
Shoots: Left
Born: 1998-03-20
Hometown: Bemidji, MN
Height: 6.00
Weight: 187
Matt Stoia
Selected 17th in Round 3
Former team: Dubuque Fighting Saints #3
Position: Right Defense
Shoots: Right
Born: 1999-03-24
Hometown: Northville, MI
Height: 6.01
Weight: 180
Joel Frazee
Selected 23rd in Round 3
Former team: Kemptville 73’s #25
Position: Centre
Shoots: Left
Born: 1998-07-25
Hometown: Monroe, MI
Height: 5.11
Weight: 160
Jaret Lalli
Selected 3rd in Round 5
Former team: Steinbach Pistons #12
Position: Right Defense
Shoots: Right
Born: 1998-07-25
Hometown: Bemidji, MN
Height: 5.11
Weight: 171
Robert McCollum
Selected 23rd in Round 5
Former team: Powassan Voodoos #24
Position: Left Defense
Shoots: Left
Born: 1999-11-04
Hometown: Thunder Bay, ON
Height: 5.10.25
Weight: 170
Andrew Jackson
Selected 16th in Round 6
Former team: Cowichan Valley Capitals #13
Position: Right Wing
Shoots: Right
Born: 1998-01-28
Hometown: Rochester, MI
Height: 6.01
Weight: 190
Francis Asselin
Selected 23rd in Round 6
Former team: Edmundston Blizzard #31
Position: Goalie
Catches: Left
Born: 1998-08-31
Hometown: St. Jerome, Que.
Height: 5.11.75
Weight: 164
James Durham
Selected 23rd in Round 7
Former team: Dubuque Fighting Saints #30
Position: Goalie
Born: 1999-03-27
Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI
Height: 6.00
Weight: 170
Kip Knutson
Selected 23rd in Round 8
Former team: Warroad HS Warriors #8
Position: Centre
Shoots: Left
Born: 2000-12-27
Hometown: Warroad, MN
Height: 6.03
Weight: 170