NAHL players prepare for 2024 NHL Draft
The 2024 NHL begins today, June 28th, at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada, with the first round beginning at 7:00 PM eastern on ESPN with rounds two through seven beginning at 11:30 AM eastern on ESPN+ and NHL Network on Saturday, June 29th. NHL club executives, scouts and coaches will be present on the NHL Draft floor while thousands of fans and hundreds of print, television and radio media are expected to attend.
The North American Hockey League (NAHL) will have full coverage on any picks on nahl.com, as well as the NAHL’s social media channels. In addition, all of the NAHL head coaches will be at the draft during the first round on Friday night.
Players born between January 1, 2004, and September 15, 2006, are eligible for selection in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft. Additionally, un-drafted, non-North American players born in 2002 are eligible for the draft; and those players who were drafted in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, but not signed by an NHL team and who were born after June 30, 2004, are also eligible to re-enter the draft.
Over 100 NHL scouts, including those from NHL Central Scouting, were on hand at the NAHL Showcase back in September, the NAHL Top Prospects Tournament in February, and the NAHL Robertson Cup Championship in May.
Back in April, the NHL Central Scouting final rankings were released for the 2024 NHL Draft and several NAHL players, both past and present, were on the list as players who could potentially be selected in Las Vegas.
2023-2024 NAHL Skaters listed:
#172, Mason Peapenburg, D, Chippewa Steel
#193, Luken Huff, D, Minnesota Wilderness
#196, Alex Lunski, F, Chippewa Steel
2023-2024 NAHL Goaltenders listed:
#25, Stephen Peck, G, Bismarck Bobcats
#28, Andrew 'AJ' Reyelts, G, Kenai River Brown Bears
Former NAHL players listed:
#115, Kaden Shahan, F, Chippewa Steel
A total of 45 players with NAHL ties have been selected in the past nine years of the NHL Draft.
