The Yarmouth Junior A Mariners drafted nine players and received two awards at the MHL Draft in Berwick on Saturday.
With their first round pick, 11th overall, the Mariners selected forward Sam Gillis from the Cape Breton Tradesmen.
@MarinersHockey Head Coach/GM @lauriebarron10 announces Sam Gillis, a forward with the Cape Breton Tradesmen as their first round pick, 11th overall in @THEMHL draft. pic.twitter.com/GGwUAIrWXV
— Kevin Northup (@KevinNorthup) June 9, 2018
In the second round, Yarmouth picked up forward Miguel Poirier from the Moncton Flyers.
The Mariners also formally announced Ben Charles as their territorial selection.
@MarinersHockey formally announce their territorial selection, forward Ben Charles from the @SSMustangs pic.twitter.com/6z3DlrNGNN
— Kevin Northup (@KevinNorthup) June 9, 2018
Charles, while wearing a Mariners jersey for the first time, says it’s an amazing feeling.
“Growing up watching the Mariners all the time, it feels great to actually put on this jersey. You always dream of that watching them growing up. It’s pretty exciting. It’s definitely the next level up, and my hope is to make the team in September.”
Head Coach and General Manager Laurie Barron was happy with his team’s draft day.
“I think we really re-stocked the cupboards. A lot of talent, a lot of good players both on the back-end and up-front. We’re really excited. There are probably about six players that could be ready to go this year, and a couple of guys that might need more time, but we couldn’t be happier and we had a really successful draft.”
In awards handed out before the draft, team president and co-owner Mitch Bonnar received the Moe Bent Builders Award for his contributions to hockey in Yarmouth, and graduating defenseman Ben Chipman won the MHL Community Spirit Award for his work both on and off the ice.
Awards handed out before @THEMHL Draft in Berwick:
MHL Community Spirit Award-@MarinersHockey Ben Chipman
Roger Meek Executive of the Year-@BlizzardEdston
Moe Bent Builders Award-@MarinersHockey Mitch Bonnar pic.twitter.com/9siKp1Wk24— Kevin Northup (@KevinNorthup) June 9, 2018
Yarmouth Mariners draft selections at the 2018 MHL Draft:
1st round: Sam Gillis, forward, Cape Breton Tradesmen (NS Major Midget)
2nd round: Miguel Poirier, forward, Moncton Flyers (NB/PEI Major Midget)
T1: Ben Charles, forward, South Shore Mustangs (NS Major Midget)
T2: Brendan Sibley, defense, Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
4th round: David Hibbs, forward, Tri-Pen Osprey (NL Major Midget)
6th round: Kurtis Lang, forward, Newbridge Academy (NS Major Midget)
7th round: Dixon MacLeod, forward, Kensington Wild (NB/PEI Major Midget)
8th round: Connor MacLeod, forward, Weeks Major Midgets (NS Major Midget)
Matthew Helpard, defense, Newbridge Academy (U18)
#MarinersArmy have drafted Justin Lazure, Liam Stevens, Gabriel Waked, Alec Malo, and Kyle Havlena in our QMJHL Supplemental Draft.
— Yarmouth Mariners (@MarinersHockey) June 9, 2018
