My nephew was selected 23rd overall in the 2011 Futures Draft, USHL

[mmonk]

April 19th by Cedar Rapids (from Tri Cities). I guess this is the first step towards finding out if he will get to the NHL. Hopefully one day, it will happen. My sister-in-law and family have had a life centered around hockey. If drafted in the May USHL draft, he will be on roster. Because of the futures draft, his rights are currently held by Cedar Rapids (for 3 years).

[JonLP24]

1. Congrats to your nephew

:toast:

Drafted 23 overall is impressive in any draft.

[mmonk]

3. Thanks much.

Who knows, maybe he will eventually be on the Coyotes. Or his hometown Hurricanes. It doesn't matter as long as maybe one day, he can get that opportunity.

:toast:

[joeybee12]

2. That's great...congratulations!

:toast: :bounce:

[mmonk]

4. Thanks.

It's a positive step in the process.

[Forkboy]

5. That's awesome. Congrats to him.

Just making it that far says he has a lot of talent. :toast:

[mmonk]

6. My curiousity is up as to why the RoughRiders traded into that draft

position with the Tri-Cities Storm.

http://www2.draftcentre.com/LIVE/?id=-141419917&language=en/">Draft results.

RoughRiders announcement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_USHL_players_drafted_by_NHL_teams">USHL players drafted by NHL.

[H2O Man]

7. Great!

Best of luck to him!

[mmonk]

8. Thanks.

[elleng]

9. Congrats!

That's very neat!

And MY nephew

Sam Goldstein ’11 (left) was a part of two event wins, claiming the triple jump with a leap of 41-4 ½ and running a leg on the champion 4x100-meter relay team with Dylan Boucher ’12, Davis Hermann ’11 and Scott Phillips ’11 (right). Their time was 43.90.

http://www.grinnell.edu/athletics/mtrack/mtrk11dickyoungclassic

[mmonk]

10. Excellent.