Catholic Central's Rogowski first of 11 local hockey players taken in OHL draft

Detroit News staff

The Detroit News

Catholic Central's Brooks Rogowski, right, had 19 goals and 24 assists for 43 points this year and was drafted in the second round by the Oshawa Generals.

Detroit Catholic Central's Brooks Rogowski was the first local player selected in the two-day Ontario Hockey League draft, which wrapped up Saturday with a total of 302 players taken in 15 rounds.

Rogowski, a 6-foot-4, 190-pound center who led the Shamrocks in scoring with 19 goals and 24 assists for 43 points this year, was drafted in the second round by the Oshawa Generals.

The 15-year-old Rogowski added two goals and two assists in five games in the playoffs for Catholic Central, which won its fifth straight state title with a 2-0 victory over Brighton in the Div. 1 final at USA Hockey Arena.

Little Caesars center Beckham Edwards was selected in the third round of the OHL draft by the Sarnia Sting.

Ten other Michigan-area players were selected, including five players from the Detroit Little Caesars U15 team and four players from the Honeybaked program.

The five Little Caesars players were: Centers Beckham Edwards (third round, Sarnia), Jacob Monks (fifth round, London) and Ethan Garden (ninth round, Windsor) and defensemen Drake Gram (eighth round, Windsor) and Brayden Hughes (eighth round, Sarnia).

Honeybaked center Trevor Theuer was selected in the 10th round of the OHL draft by the Saginaw Spirit.

The four Honeybaked players were: Centers Stephen King (ninth round, Barrie), Trevor Theuer (tenth round, Saginaw), forward Grandon Echols (twelfth round, Flint) and defenseman Tyler Martyniuk (sixth round, Saginaw). Martyniuk was also selected to the NTDP U17 team this week.

A total of 34 players were chosen from 22 different American-based teams led by Little Caesars (5), followed by Shattuck-St. Mary’s School, Detroit HoneyBaked, and the Chicago Mission with four each. Oakland Junior Grizzlies defenseman Nicholas Bogas was drafted by Sarnia in the eleventh round.

Eleven local players selected in OHL draft

Detroit Little Caesars

Little Caesars center Jacob Monks was selected in the fifth round of the OHL draft by the London Knights.

► Third round, Beckham Edwards, C, Sarnia Sting

► Fifth round, Jacob Monks, C, London Knights

► Eighth round, Drake Gram, D, Windsor Spitfires

► Eighth round, Brayden Hughes, D, Sarnia Sting

► Ninth round, Ethan Garden, C, Windsor Spitfires

Detroit Honeybaked

Honeybaked forward Grandon Echols was selected in the 12th round by the Flint Firebirds.

► Sixth round, Tyler Martyniuk, D, Saginaw Spirit

► Ninth round, Stephen King, C, Barrie Colts

► Tenth round, Trevor Theuer, C, Saginaw Spirit

► Twelfth round, Grandon Echols, F, Flint Firebirds

Detroit Catholic Central High School

► Second round, Brooks Rogowski, C, Oshawa Generals

Oakland Junior Grizzlies

► Eleventh round, Nicholas Bogas, D, Sarnia Sting

History of Michigan players drafted in the OHL

► 2024: 11

► 2023: 16

► 2022: 12

► 2021: 15

► 2020: 36

► 2019: 32

► 2018: 21

► 2017: 17

► 2016: 22

► 2015: 22

► 2014: 16

► 2013: 20

► 2012: 12

► 2011: 19

► 2010: 23

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