Ducks Select Sennecke Third Overall in 2024 NHL Draft

The Geese have chosen proper wing Beckett Sennecke (BEK-it SEHN-uh-KUH) third total within the 2024 NHL Draft. Anaheim additionally holds the thirty first choice in the course of the first spherical of tonight’s NHL Draft.

“Beckett is an influence participant that performs with high-end talent and intelligence, and has the potential to be a dynamic participant.” mentioned Geese Basic Supervisor Pat Verbeek. “He performs with function, drives to the web, has unimaginable fingers and imaginative and prescient. In our many viewings, his drive to achieve success was evident. He’ll slot in nicely with our present group of elite younger gamers already within the NHL and assist our purpose to construct a perennial contender.”

Sennecke, 18 (1/28/06), scored 27-41=68 factors with 33 penalty minutes (PIM) and a +33 ranking in 63 video games with the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) in 2023-24. He led Oshawa in game-winning objectives (7), pictures (207), ranked second in plus minus, third in scoring, fourth in assists and fifth in objectives.

The 6-2, 182-pound ahead led all draft eligible skaters in objectives and factors in the course of the 2024 OHL Playoffs, scoring 10-12=22 factors with a +9 ranking in 18 postseason video games. Amongst all OHL Playoff leaders, he ranked tied for fourth in objectives and tied for eighth in factors.

In 2022-23, Sennecke was named to the OHL Second All-Rookie Staff after he recorded 20-35=55 factors in 61 video games, co-leading all OHL rookies in assists and second in scoring. In 124 profession OHL video games the previous two seasons, Sennecke scored 47-76=123 factors with 11 PIM and a +26 ranking. He additionally tallied 11-12=23 factors with a +7 ranking in 21 OHL Playoff contests.

A local of Toronto, Ontario, Sennecke represented Staff Canada White on the 2022 World Below-17 Hockey Problem, amassing three assists in 5 match contests (0-3=3).