The Green Bay Gamblers are spending two days re-stocking their roster. Phase I of the United States Hockey League draft took place on Monday. The first phase is more of futures draft where most of the selected players may not get to the Tier 1 Junior Hockey club for a year or two. Green Bay had two choices in the first round inlcuding the second overall pick. They selected a defeseman, Matt Anderson of Holy Family Catholic High School in Minnesota. He’s already signed a letter of intent with Minnesota-Duluth. With the 15th overall pick, the Gamblers took forward Brock Caufield, a sophomore at Stevens Point Area High School. Caufield scored 22 goals with 32 assists last season. The rest of the picks:
Round 2 (19th overall): Matthew Cassidy, Forward. Team Comcast, New Jersey.
Round (34) Grant Anderson, Defense. Wayzata High School, Minnesota.
Round 4 (49) Nolan Baldrica, Forward. Belle Tire, Michigan.
Round 4 (50) Jake Gricius, Forward. U16 Thunderbirds, Colorado.
Round 6 (81) Coin Felix, Defense. St. Georges High School, New Jersey.
Round 6 (82) Allex Mella, Forward. U16 Shattuck St.Mary’s, Connecticut.
Round 7 (98) Hugh Anderson, Defense. U16 Oakland Junior Grizzlies.
Round 8 (114) Cade Robinson, Forward. Victory Honda, Michigan.
Round 9 (130) Jesse Bjugstad, Defense. Stillwater, Minnesota.
Round 10 (146) Hayden Brickner, Forward. Centennial, Minnesota.
Phase II of the draft takes place Tuesday as teams select players who are eligible to join them for the 2015-16 season.
