SIJHL Holds 2024-25 Affiliate Draft

On Monday afternoon, the Canadian-based teams of the SIJHL participated in an affiliate draft for the 2024-25 season. Teams were able to sign affiliates through September 9th before conducting the draft. In total, teams come out with 7 affiliates eligible for their rosters. The results of the draft are as follows:

Round 1

1-1 KENORA – Wyatt Greer (Kenora Thistles U18 AAA)
1-2 FORT FRANCES – Brady Cates (Kenora Thistles U18 AAA)
1-3 RED LAKE – Grady Holden (Kenora Thistles U18 AAA)
1-4 DRYDEN – Eleazar Andrusco (Thunder Bay Kings U16AAA)
1-5 THUNDER BAY – Bruce Bouchard (Kenora Thistles U18 AAA)
1-6 SIOUX LOOKOUT – Landen Hanson (Thunder Bay Kings U18AAA)
1-7 KAM RIVER – Hayden Prior

Round 2

2-1 KAM RIVER – Brady Butvin (Thunder Bay Bandits)
2-2 SIOUX LOOKOUT – Layton Hanson (Thunder Bay Kings U18AAA)
2-3 THUNDER BAY – Cole Bodnar (Northern Hawks)
2-4 DRYDEN – Ethan Rody (Kenora Thistles U18 AAA)
2-5 RED LAKE – Evan Wesley (Thunder Bay Kings U18AAA)
2-6 FORT FRANCES – Alex Booth (Kenora Thistles U18 AAA)
2-7 KENORA – Clinton Thomas

Round 3

3-1 KENORA – Tanner Taylor (Thunder Bay Kings U18AAA)
3-2 FORT FRANCES – Dakota Cooper
3-3 RED LAKE – Sawyer Smith (Thunder Bay Kings U18AAA)
3-4 DRYDEN – Jeremy Hutchison (Kenora Thistles U18 AAA)
3-5 THUNDER BAY – Matteo Veneruzzo (Northern Hawks)
3-6 SIOUX LOOKOUT – Jackson Breitsprecher (Thunder Bay Kings U18AAA)
3-7 KAM RIVER – Colton McLeod

Round 4

4-1 KAM RIVER – Ethan MacKay (Thunder Bay Bandits)
4-2 SIOUX LOOKOUT – Nicholas Webb (Thunder Bay Kings U18AAA)
4-3 THUNDER BAY – Luca Jedruch (Thunder Bay Kings U18AAA)
4-4 DRYDEN – Max Calder (Dryden High School)
4-5 RED LAKE – Carter Peters (Kenora Thistles U18 AAA)
4-6 FORT FRANCES – Quinton LePage
4-7 KENORA – Jackson Savage

Round 5

5-1 KENORA – Cooper Dingwall (Kenora Thistles U18 AAA)
5-2 FORT FRANCES – Rylan Grenier (Current River Storm)
5-3 RED LAKE – Jacob Witiluk (Thunder Bay Kings U18AAA)
5-4 SIOUX LOOKOUT – Alex Smith (Current River Storm)
5-5 KAM RIVER – Jackson Andraka (Schreiber Falcons)

Round 6

6-1 SIOUX LOOKOUT – Sam Pierce (Thunder Bay Kings U16AAA)
6-2 RED LAKE – Levi Lucas (Current River Storm)
6-3 FORT FRANCES – Aiden Edwards (Thunder Bay Kings U18AAA)
6-4 KENORA – Gavin Holloway

Round 7

7-1 KENORA – James Hill
7-2 FORT FRANCES – Chad Smith (Current River Storm)
7-3 RED LAKE – Jaden VanWalleghem (Kenora Thistles U18 AAA)
7-4 SIOUX LOOKOUT – Weston Chabbert