Flyers Wylie along with 7 other drafted by NAHL

By Matt Robinson/Valencia Flyers Junior A Hockey                                          June 5^th, 2014     3:00PM EST

The North American Hockey League held its draft this week and Flyers rookie forward Wade Wylie was among the draftees out of the WSHL.

Wylie was drafted 11^th overall by the Kenai River Brown Bears, the highest selected player from the WSHL, which had seven players in total drafted, most of any Tier III league in the United States.

Wylie played in 43 games for the Flyers in his rookie season, producing one goal and three assists on the campaign. He showed flashes of his talent level throughout, as a player who possesses incredible speed along with strong puck handling ability.

“We really like his speed,” said Kenai Head coach Geoff Beauparlant. “On the big rink, he should really impress because of his sheer skating ability.

According to Jeff Helminiak of the Peninsula Clarion Wylie attended the Bears main camp last season and impressed the coaches, prompting them to track him throughout the 2013-2014 season with Valencia.

“Wade was a strong asset to the team all season,” according to Flyer head coach Josh Berge. “His speed became a factor later on in the year helping to create pressure in the offensive end and produce scoring chances. We wish him the best of luck at the Kenai River camp this summer and hope he makes the team.”

“Our goal as a team, and as a league really is to move players on to a higher level,” said Flyers GM Scott Allegrini. “The sheer number of players that have moved on this season to NAHL, USHL and College as it really shows how strong our league has become.”

Also drafted at the NAHL draft were Adam Kresl and Viktors Pontaovskis from Salt Lake City, Chris Schutz from the Dallas Ice Jets, Nick Kallen of San Diego, Carter Dahl of Fresno, and Lubomir Fetkovic from Ontario.

The seven players are the most drafted out of the WSHL in the history of the league.

 Matt Robinson is the Play-by-Play Voice of the Valencia Flyers. In addition, Matt also handles the Valencia Flyers Social Media accounts, produces stories and content for valenciaflyers.net and does Play-by-Play for College of the Canyons Ice Hockey.