Pair of Greyhounds selected in NHL draft

For the second consecutive year, the Detroit Red Wings have selected a member of the Ontario Hockey League's Soo Greyhounds.

On Saturday afternoon, the Red Wings made goaltender Landon Miller a fourth round pick in the 2024 NHL draft.

Miller was selected 127th overall by the NHL club and the pick comes after the Red Wings selected Greyhounds defenceman Andrew Gibson in the second round of last year's draft.

The Red Wings recently dealt Gibson the the Nashville Predators.

In 30 games with the Greyhounds during the 2023-24 OHL season, Miller posted a 17-6-0-2 record along with a 2.79 goals against average and a save percentage of 0.889.

In the next round, the Utah Hockey Club selected a member of the Greyhounds as well in forward Owen Allard.

Allard was picked in the fifth round, 135th overall.

After being passed over in two previous NHL drafts, Allard posted 18 goals and 26 assists in 55 games this season in addition to playing for Team Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championships at Christmas.

A former member of the Greyhounds club was also selected in round five as the Edmonton Oilers drafted Connor Clattenburg with the 160th overall pick.

Clattenburg had four goals and 12 points in 30 games with the team before being dealt to the Flint Firebirds as part of the trade that brought Gavin Hayes to the Greyhounds.

With Flint, Clattenburg had nine goals and 17 points in 30 games.