SHERBROOKE, Que. – The Saint John Sea
Dogs did something on Saturday that many fans have been asking for years: draft
a high end goaltender in the first round.
With the ninth overall pick in
Saturday’s 2015 QMJHL Entry Draft, the Sea Dogs selected netminder Alex D’Orio.
The 6’1”, 193 lbs D’Orio was ranked 13th
by QMJHL Central Scouting and eighth by HockeyProspect.com. He was considered
the second best goaltender available in this year’s draft behind Dereck
Baribeau who was taken fifth overall by the Val-d’Or Foreurs.
“He covers a lot of room in front of his
net and moves well,” writes HockeyProspect.com. “His legs are powerful and he
is fast to move in his crease. He has good rebound-control and plays well with
traffic in front of him, as he challenges shooters and gets hit by a lot of
pucks.”
Last season with Magog of the Quebec AAA
ranks, he posted a 2.30 goals against average and a .916 save percentage in 23 games. He
also played in three games with Team Quebec at the Canada Games.
Also of note, D’Orio catches with his
right hand.
With the 10th overall
selection, the Sea Dogs went off the board and selected forward Cedric Pare (pictured).
The 6’1”, 190 lbs left winger was ranked
27th by QMJHL Central Scouting and 29th by
HockeyProspect.com. It’ll be interesting to hear what Sea Dogs general manager
Darrell Young says about this pick.
HockeyProspect.com writes that he “lacks
some explosiveness” but improved his game quite a bit over the past season and
should continue to progress.
“As the season progressed, he gained confidence
and his responsibility with his team also increased,” the website writes. “He
became more involved physically late in the season, doing good work along the
boards in the offensive and defensive zones. He showed more fierceness after
being hit, but still won his one-on-one battles.”
In 41 games with Levis last season, Pare
had six goals and seven assists in 41 games.
Pick-by-pick results from this year's draft can be seen here.
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