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Troops Restock Roster in Priority Selection

April 11, 2015 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
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NORTH BAY, Ont. - The North Bay Battalion chose defenceman Brady Lyle of the Shattuck-St. Mary's under-16s with the first of 15 picks Saturday in the Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.

The Battalion chose eight forwards, comprising two centres, three left wingers and three right wingers, five defencemen and two goaltenders in the 15-round Internet process. All but one of the players was born in 1999.

A six-foot, 176-pound resident of North Bay, Lyle produced 17 goals and 31 assists for 48 points with 50 penalty minutes in 55 games at Shattuck-St. Mary's, a private school in Faribault, Minn. A right shot, Lyle turns 16 on June 6.

He's the sixth defencemen the Battalion, which played its first 15 seasons in Brampton before moving to North Bay in 2013, has chosen with a first-round pick and the first since current captain Marcus McIvor in 2010.

Lyle, taken 18th overall, became the first player from the area chosen by a North Bay-based OHL team since centre Tyler Rennette of Powassan went second overall to the Centennials in 1996.

The Battalion didn't have a second-round pick after sending that selection to the Saginaw Spirit as part of a Jan. 4 trade for right winger Nick Moutrey.

In the third round, the Battalion used the 57th overall pick to take left-shot right winger Jacob Ball of the Peterborough Petes minor midgets. Ball, six-foot-three and 181 pounds, scored 19 goals and earned 26 assists for 45 points in 36 games. He turned 16 on Jan. 16.

The club's fourth-round choice, 77th overall, was another Northern Ontario product, left winger Bradley Chenier of the Sudbury Wolves minor midgets, who turned 16 on Jan. 20. The five-foot-11, 171-pound resident of Hanmer, Ont., had 18 goals and 19 assists for 37 points in 42 games.

The Troops picked the first 1998-born player of the day when they tabbed left-shot centre Kyle Potts of the Oakville Blades midgets in the fifth round, 97th overall. A six-foot-three, 185-pound Oakville resident, Potts, who turns 17 on May 26, played eight games, contributing one goal and three assists for four points.

In the sixth round, the Battalion exercised the 108th pick, a choice originally belonging to the Hamilton Bulldogs, on goaltender Mathew Woroniuk from the Don Mills Flyers minor midgets. A Toronto native who turns 16 on May 25, the six-foot-three, 205-pound Woroniuk allowed 74 goals in 40 games.

The Troops acquired the pick Oct. 9, 2013, from the Belleville Bulls, since relocated, for defenceman Mark Raycroft. The Battalion sent its own sixth-round choice, to the Peterborough Petes on Jan. 8, 2013, for centre Francis Menard.

The Battalion returned to Shattuck-St. Mary's in the seventh round to pick right-shot defenceman Josh Maniscalco with the 137th choice. Maniscalco, who turned 16 on Feb. 17, had six goals and 12 assists for 18 points in 53 games for the school's prep team. He's a six-foot, 195-pound resident of Perkiomenville, Pa., 40 miles northwest of Philadelphia.

North Bay, which didn't have a pick in the eighth round, had two ninth-rounders. It used the first, 170th overall, on right-shot blueliner Joseph Franzin of the Whitby Wildcats minor midgets. A Whitby, Ont., resident who turns 16 on Dec. 31, the six-foot, 193-pound Franzin recorded nine goals and 12 assists for 21 points in 35 games.

Seven picks later the Troops tabbed goaltender Max Wright of the Waterloo Wolves minor midgets. A five-foot-10, 160-pound resident of Waterloo, Ont., Wright posted a won-lost-tied record of 13-3-2 with five shutouts, a 1.05 goals-against average and a .951 save percentage in 19 games. He turned 16 on Feb. 13.

In the 10th round the Battalion pegged left-shot centre Daniel Walker, a teammate of Chenier from the Wolves, with the 197th pick. Walker, six-foot-one and 173 pounds, had 15 goals and 17 assists for 32 points in 38 games. A resident of Val Caron, Ont., he turns 16 on May 18.

With their 11th-round pick, 217th overall, the Troops chose left-shot defenceman Wade Brennan of the Ottawa Senators minor midgets. Brennan, a six-foot, 175-pound resident of Kanata, Ont., turned 16 on March 11. He had 10 points, including four goals, and 77 penalty minutes in 19 games.

The Battalion had two picks in the 12th round and used the first, 234th overall, on Stefan Palatsidis, a right winger from the Wildcats. A six-foot, 190-pound Whitby resident, Palatsidis scored 15 goals and added 16 assists for 31 points in 34 games. He turns 16 on June 18.

Three picks later North Bay took left winger Kameron Shearer from the North Central Predators minor midgets. A Wyevale, Ont., resident who turned 16 on Feb. 5, the six-foot, 166-pound Shearer produced five goals and eight assists for 13 points in 19 games.

The Troops' 13th-round selection, 257th overall, was another North Bay resident, left-shot defenceman Eric Allair of the North Bay Trappers midgets. A six-foot, 185-pounder who turns 16 on July 1, Allair had seven goals and 17 assists for 24 points in 33 games.

In the 14th round, 277th overall, the Battalion picked right winger Andy Baker, a North Central teammate of Shearer. A five-foot-nine, 154-pound resident of Port Carling, Ont., Baker contributed 19 goals and 21 assists for 40 points in 33 games. He turns 16 on May 15.

The Troops' 15th-round choice, 297th overall, was left winger Curtis Abbott of the Elgin-Middlesex Chiefs minor midgets. A six-foot, 196-pound resident of Belmont, Ont., Abbott, who turns 16 on May 28, had 19 goals and 25 assists for 44 points in 33 games.

The Sudbury Wolves exercised the No. 1 pick, choosing right winger David Levin of Don Mills. The 20 OHL clubs selected a total of 301 players from Ontario and the eastern United States apart from New England.

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