Breaking News: Braeside’s Dean Letourneau picked 25th overall by Boston Bruins in NHL draft Tonight
It’s a draft dream work out as expected for the Ottawa Valley’s Dignitary Letourneau.
On Friday night, Letourneau was picked 25th by and large by the Boston Bruins in the main round of the NHL draft.
“I’m extremely invigorated, it will be loads of tomfoolery,” Letourneau told CTV News Ottawa in front of the draft.
“I haven’t actually been contemplating it an excessive amount of on the grounds that I need to have the option to rest around evening time.”
Letourneau experienced childhood in Braeside, Ont., situated about an hour west of Ottawa, and could be the very first player from McNab/Braeside drafted into the NHL.
“Playing in Arnprior, going to the Ottawa Valley Pros, the Ottawa Titans, and afterward playing for Renfrew, it was wonderful to have the option to play from home and play for my valley,” Letourneau said.
Letourneau has played the beyond two seasons at St. Andrew’s School in Aurora, Ont., and enlisted 127 focuses in 56 games.
He additionally overshadows a considerable lot of his rivals, standing 6’6″ and weighing north of 200 lbs.
“We as of now have a star, he’s as of now made our local area extremely glad for him,” said Scott Brum, a councilor in McNab/Braeside.
Brum has coordinated a watch party of this evening’s NHL draft at the John A. Gillies Diversion Center in Braeside. The occasion opens at 6 p.m., with the NHL draft starting at 7 p.m. Confirmation is free.
“I’ve by and by got calls from as far up the valley as Profound Waterway and into Ottawa considering what the occasion’s about this evening,” Letourneau said.
32 players are chosen in the principal round of the draft. Letourneau is positioned 23rd among North American skaters by NHL.com.(opens in another tab) TSN’s Sway McKenzie has Letourneau positioned 36th overall.(opens in another tab)
Letourneau says he grew up as a Representatives and Pittsburgh Penguins fan, however playing for any group in the NHL would be a fantasy.
“For my purposes, it doesn’t exactly make any difference. It’s the NHL, so any group for me will be amazing. I’d gladly play for them,” Letourneau said.
“The drafts can be intense staying there,” said Letourneau’s dad Jeff.
“You figure you might go in a specific region, and on the off chance that you don’t, then it gets extreme. So we’re going in with some lower assumptions, and we’ll only sort of see what occurs as the night works out.”
