Sharks draft 2 Californians
The Sharks have selected two California-born players in the same draft for the first time in franchise history.
San Jose selected five players Saturday on the second day of the NHL draft, bringing its draft class to six overall.
After selecting 18-year-old center Josh Norris with the 19th overall selection on Friday night, the Sharks on Saturday picked 18-year-old defenseman Mario Ferraro (second round, 49th overall) from Des Moines of the United States Hockey League; 18-year-old center Scott Reedy (fourth round, 102nd selection), a teammate of Norris on the U.S. U-18 national development program; 18year-old right wing Jacob McGrew (sixth round, 159th pick) from Spokane of the Western Hockey League; 18year-old
center Alexander “Sasha” Chmelevski (sixth round, 185th pick) from Ontario Hockey League team Ottawa; and 18-year-old left wing Ivan Chekhovich (seventh round, 212th pick) from BaieComeau of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, who represented Russia at the U-18 World Junior Championships.
McGrew, who missed the 2016-17 season with a lower body injury, is from Orange (Orange County) and Chmelevski was born in Huntington Beach (Orange County) and represented the U.S. at the 2015 World U-17 Hockey Challenge.
Ferraro will attend the University of Massachussetts in the fall, and Reedy will attend the University of Minnesota.
Around the league: The Calgary Flames made the biggest move on Day 2 of the draft, acquiring defenseman Travis Hamonic in a trade with the New York Islanders. Hamonic, 26, who made his NHL debut in 2010 and had spent his entire career with the Islanders, had three goals and 11 assists in 49 games last season.
Calgary also acquired a fourth-round pick in 2019 or 2020 from New York for firstand second-round picks next year and a second-round pick in 2019 or 2020. The Flames finished fourth in the Pacific Division last season and were swept by Anaheim in the first round of the playoffs.
The second day of the draft began with Colorado taking defenseman Conor Timmins with the first pick of the second round, and Philadelphia traded three draft picks to Arizona to jump up to No. 35 for 6-foot-6 Isaac Ratcliffe. The 18-year-old forward had 28 goals and 26 assists last season for Guelph of the OHL, but there are some questions about his skating ability.
The expansion Vegas Golden Knights continued to stock their organization, picking up defenseman Nicolas Hague and center Jake Leschyshyn in the second round. Leschyshyn’s father, Curtis, won the Stanley Cup in 1996 with Colorado.