13 Local Hockey Products Selected in USHL Draft

The first to go in phase one was Hibbing/Chisholm's Cole Swanson.

DULUTH, Minn.- 13 local products heard their name called at the USHL Draft the past two days.

The first to go in phase one was Hibbing/Chisholm’s Cole Swanson, who went in the 2nd round to the Waterloo Black Hawks.

Swanson was second in scoring for the team. He was one of three Bluejackets to be picked.

On Day 2, Cloquet-Esko-Carlton’s Karson Young went 5th overall to the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders.

The lone Lumberjack picked had nine goals last year.

Grand Rapids, Hermantown, and Rock Ridge also had some players taken in the draft.

Full list of local players drafted:

C-E-C:

Karson Young- Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (Phase 2, 5th overall)

Grand Rapids:

Luke Palecek- Tri City Storm (Phase 1, 96th overall)

Luka Rohloff- Sioux City Musketeers (Phase 2, 93rd overall)

Hermantown:

Gabe Swenson- Lincoln Stars (Phase 1, 75th overall)

Beau Christy- Des Moines Buccaneers (Phase 1, 197th overall)

Henry Peterson- Des Moines Buccaneers (Phase 2, 43rd overall)

Bryce Francisco- Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (Phase 2, 177th overall)

Alexander Nicklin- Waterloo Black Hawks (Phase 2, 241st overall)

Hibbing/Chisholm:

Cole Swanson- Waterloo Black Hawks (Phase 1, 24th overall)

Whitaker Rewertz- Muskegon Lumberjacks (Phase 1, 67th overall)

Ethan Sundvall- Waterloo Black Hawks (Phase 2, 286th overall)

Rock Ridge:

Jackson Bartovich- Madison Capitals (Phase 1, 161st overall)

Caz Carlson- Waterloo Black Hawks (Phase 2, 151st overall)