Hockey

Recap of Rangers Draft Selections

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Staff Post
June 28, 2015

The Rangers selected five forwards, one defenseman and one goaltender in the 2015 NHL Draft and these are those eight young men, who hope to become part of the Broadway Blueshirts. Only time, luck, hard work and determination will make that happen. To Ryan Gropp, Robin Kovacs, Sergey Zborovskiy, Alexsi Saarela, Brad Morrison, Daniel Bernhardt and Adam Huska, I say welcome to the NY Rangers organization and good luck guys.

Ryan Gropp (Photo: Seattle Thunderbids)

Here is a closer look at the aforementioned guys.

Ryan Gropp

North American Skater – Seattle, WHL

FINAL RANK:	71	MIDTERM RANK:	62
POSITION:	Left Wing	SHOOTS:	Left
HEIGHT:	6′ 2″	WEIGHT:	187
BORN:	September 16, 1996	HOMETOWN:	Kamloops, B.C.
BORN IN:	Kamloops, BC, CAN
DRAFTED:	2015: NYR (2nd Round / 41st Overall)

STATISTICS

SEASON	TEAM	LEAGUE	GP	G	A	P	PIM
2012-2013	PENTICTON	BCHL	50	12	19	31	26
2013-2014	CAN (2014 IIHF U18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP)	ITLTOUR	7	1	1	2	0
2013-2014	PENTICTON	BCHL	10	3	5	8	2
2013-2014	SEATTLE	WHL	59	18	24	42	22
2014-2015	SEATTLE	WHL	67	30	28	58	44

Robin Kovacs

European Skater – AIK, SWEDEN-2

FINAL RANK:	8	MIDTERM RANK:	17
POSITION:	Right Wing	SHOOTS:	Left
HEIGHT:	6′ 0″	WEIGHT:	159
BORN:	November 16, 1996	HOMETOWN:	Stockholm, Sweden
BORN IN:	Stockholm, SWE
DRAFTED:	2015: NYR (3rd Round / 62nd Overall)

STATISTICS

SEASON	TEAM	LEAGUE	GP	G	A	P	PIM
2012-2013	AIK	SWEDEN	1	0	0	0	0
2012-2013	AIK	SWEDEN-2	1	0	0	0	0
2012-2013	AIK JR.	SWEDEN-JR.	6	2	2	4	4
2013-2014	AIK	SWEDEN	3	0	0	0	0
2013-2014	AIK	SWEDEN-2	3	0	0	0	0
2013-2014	AIK JR.	SWEDEN-JR.	40	15	13	28	62
2013-2014	AIK U18	SWEDEN-JR. U18	7	2	5	7	51
2013-2014	SWE U18 (IVAN HLINKA MEMORIAL 2013)	ITLTOUR	4	1	0	1	2
2014-2015	AIK	SWEDEN-2	52	17	11	28	63
2014-2015	AIK JR.	SWEDEN-JR.	9	5	5	10	8
2014-2015	SWE U20 (5 NATIONS TOURNAMENT IN GOTHENBURG 2015)	ITLTOUR	4	4	2	6	2

Sergey Zborovskiy

North American Skater – Regina, WHL

FINAL RANK:	103	MIDTERM RANK:	197
POSITION:	Defenseman	SHOOTS:	Left
HEIGHT:	6′ 3″	WEIGHT:	198
BORN:	February 21, 1997	HOMETOWN:	Moscow, Russia
BORN IN:	Moscow, RUS
DRAFTED:	2015: NYR (3rd Round / 79th Overall)

STATISTICS

SEASON	TEAM	LEAGUE	GP	G	A	P	PIM
2013-2014	MVD BALASHIKHA 2	RUSSIA-JR.	4	0	0	0	2
2014-2015	REGINA	WHL	71	3	16	19	70

Aleksi Saarela

European Skater – Assat, FINLAND

FINAL RANK:	31	MIDTERM RANK:	25
POSITION:	Center	SHOOTS:	Left
HEIGHT:	5′ 10″	WEIGHT:	198
BORN:	January 7, 1997
BORN IN:	Helsinki, FIN
DRAFTED:	2015: NYR (3rd Round / 89th Overall)

STATISTICS

SEASON	TEAM	LEAGUE	GP	G	A	P	PIM
2012-2013	LUKKO	FINLAND	3	1	1	2	0
2012-2013	LUKKO JR.	FINLAND-JR.	22	8	10	18	6
2013-2014	FIN (2014 IIHF U18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP)	ITLTOUR	2	1	0	1	0
2013-2014	LUKKO	FINLAND	12	0	2	2	2
2013-2014	LUKKO JR.	FINLAND-JR.	17	6	16	22	8
2014-2015	ASSAT	FINLAND	51	6	6	12	18
2014-2015	FIN U20 (4 NATIONS TOURNAMENT – PREROV 2014)	ITLTOUR	3	0	0	0	2

Brad Morrison

North American Skater – Prince George, WHL

FINAL RANK:	124	MIDTERM RANK:	150
POSITION:	Center	SHOOTS:	Left
HEIGHT:	6′ 0″	WEIGHT:	154
BORN:	January 4, 1997	HOMETOWN:	Prince George, B.C.
BORN IN:	Prince George, BC, CAN
DRAFTED:	2015: NYR (4th Round / 113th Overall)

STATISTICS

SEASON	TEAM	LEAGUE	GP	G	A	P	PIM
2013-2014	PACIFIC (2014 WORLD UNDER-17 HOCKEY CHALLENGE)	NATOUR	6	3	3	6	2
2013-2014	PRINCE GEORGE	WHL	55	12	9	21	12
2014-2015	PRINCE GEORGE	WHL	67	23	27	50	30

Daniel Bernhardt

European Skater – Djurgarden Jr., SWEDEN-JR.

FINAL RANK:	62	MIDTERM RANK:
POSITION:	Right Wing	SHOOTS:	Left
HEIGHT:	6′ 3″	WEIGHT:	191
BORN:	April 11, 1996
BORN IN:	Stockholm, SWE
DRAFTED:	2015: NYR (4th Round / 119th Overall)

STATISTICS

SEASON	TEAM	LEAGUE	GP	G	A	P	PIM
2013-2014	DJURGARDEN JR.	SWEDEN-JR.	11	0	0	0	2
2014-2015	DJURGARDEN	SWEDEN	2	0	0	0	0
2014-2015	DJURGARDEN JR.	SWEDEN-JR.	44	26	35	61	22
2014-2015	SWE U20 (5 NATIONS TOURNAMENT IN GOTHENBURG 2015)	ITLTOUR	4	1	4	5	4

Adam Huska

North American Goalie – Green Bay, USHL

FINAL RANK:	16	MIDTERM RANK:	5
POSITION:	Goalie	CATCHES:	Left
HEIGHT:	6′ 3″	WEIGHT:	189
BORN:	May 12, 1997
BORN IN:	Slovakia
DRAFTED:	2015: NYR (7th Round / 184th Overall)

STATISTICS

SEASON	TEAM	LEAGUE	GP	GAA	MIN	SO	SV%
2012-2013	ZVOLEN U18	SLOVAKIA-JR. U18	23	2.43	1357	1	0.914
2013-2014	SLOVAKIA U18	SLOVAKIA-2	14	3.85	748	0	0.891
2013-2014	SVK (2014 IIHF U18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP)	ITLTOUR	3	3.00	160	0	0.905
2013-2014	ZVOLEN U18	SLOVAKIA-JR. U18	22	3.34	1185	0	0.899
2014-2015	GREEN BAY	USHL	6	4.34	304	0	0.866
2014-2015	SLOVAKIA U18	SLOVAKIA-2	25	3.66	1296	0	0.901
2014-2015	SVK U18 (4 NATIONS TOURNAMENT – TRNAVA, SVK 2014)	ITLTOUR	1	3.69	65	0	0.895
2014-2015	SVK U18 (IVAN HLINKA MEMORIAL 2014)	ITLTOUR	3	4.33	180	0	0.873