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HFNHL DRAFT FLASHBACK - 2010 HFNHL COYOTES
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For the HFNHL Coyotes, this draft was rock bottom for the organization. The unwillingness to almost never leave North America showed it's weakness in this draft. While it wasn't a particularly strong draft, the Coyotes had a particularly poor performance here. Arizona began taking high profile defenseman Brandon Gormley. Gormley would play in his first of two memorial cup's posting a point per game during the Memorial Cup. It was hard to imagine you could go wrong with a big 6'02" 200 pound defender who is a major threat offensively from the back end and would wear a letter for Canada at the World Junior's. He would become a Memorial Cup all-star posting 1.5 points per game his second time around. Moving to the pro's he had a very promising 20 year old season with 29 points in 68 games in the AHL following that up with 36 games and his NHL debut. Unfortunately it would be all downhill from there. He would bounce around the NHL and AHL until 2017-2018 where he would go to Sweden ending his pro career in North America. The greatest impact Gormley made on the Coyotes was when he was ultimately traded for the on the clock draft pick which would become current #1 defenseman Oskar Klefbom. Next the Coyotes would take Ryan Martindale from the Ottawa 67's. The big centre was known for being a great two-way centre who won a lot of draws on the face-off. Unfortunately he couldn't translate that at the NHL level and after five AHL seasons he toured around Europe for a few years before retiring in 2018-2019. Next up is Ivan Telegin. Telegin was a huge Russian centre who had no interest in passing, fortunately he had an excellent shot and had potential as a goal scoring power forward. Unfortunately he did not even fulfill his entry level contract leaving North America after just 34 professional games. He has been a huge success in Russia putting up good numbers in the KHL with CSKA Moskva. He has also played for Russia at the last three World Championships and also represented the Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Olympics helping Russia to an Olympic Gold Medal. Telegin's NHL rights are still technically held by the Winnipeg Jets so it is possible one day we see him return; although we consider it unlikely. Jerome Gauthier-Leduc is next for the Coyotes. A right handed offensive defenseman from Quebec. Gauthier-Leduc looked like he was going to make a push with four good seasons in the AHL but never got the call. He eventually toured around Europe for the last four years joining former Coyotes prospect Brett Flemming on Vienna's blueline. It takes until the end of the third round before we find another Coyotes pick who played an NHL game and Kent Simpson literally played AN NHL game. Simpson just 17 years old finished second in the WHL in both GAA and SV%. The goaltender finishing ahead of him was Martin Jones. After a successful WHL career, Simpson went on to play several seasons in the NHL Blackhawks organization getting one NHL game in during the 2013-2014 season. He would eventually retire after the 2016-2017 season. It was back to the OHL with the next pick and another big two-way centre similar to Martindale, in Andrew Yogan. Yogan was a big scoring centre from the Erie Otters who played with a physical edge. Ultimately his game struggled to translate even at the AHL level and he fluctuated between the AHL and ECHL for 5 years before moving to Austria where he is entering his fifth season there. The biggest success of the 2010 HFNHL Draft for the HFNHL Coyotes came in the form of Gabriel Bourque. Gabriel Bourque is not a name you think of when you think of the top 38 games played out of the 2009 NHL Draft but he in in fact in that group of players. The Coyotes selected him as a re-entry player into the HFNHL after he had been traded to Moncon of the QMJHL joining first round pick Brandon Gormley for their Memorial Cup run. Next it was back to the failed picks. Brendan Ranford, the nephew of long time NHL goaltender Bill Ranford was an undersized but high scoring winger for the Kamloops Blazers. He had some offensive success and even played in one NHL game. After five years in the pros in the AHL he moved to Germany, then Sweden and this season he is playing in Slovakia for Slovan Bratislava. The Coyotes returned to the OHL for defenseman Ryan O'Connor. O'Connor was a very physical but undersized defenseman who produced well offensively. He didn't catch on in North America and went to HC Davos in Switzerland. He was then loaned to Zagreb, Croatia. Following that year he spent five years in Finland then moved on to Germany where he remains today playing for the Iserlohn Roosters of the DEL. Out west Joey Leach would be the next selection. The big 6'03" physical defender would alternate between the AHL and ECHL for six years before settling in the Long Lake Hockey League where he would light up the league. Entering the seventh round the Coyotes would make a pair of selections from the Sarnia Sting. Big power winger Brandon Alderson would actually go undrafted in the NHL but would eventually be signed to an entry-level contract by the Philadelphia Flyers just under 3 years later. Brandon would play parts of six years in the pros in North America before heading overseas. He has played four seasons in four countries, landing with BK Mlada Bloeslav in Czech league this season. Nathan Chiarlitti was the final pick, a steady shutdown defenseman who provided leadership and a little offense as well. Chiarlitti would go undrafted and play five seasons with St. Francis Xavier and McGill Universities before playing a professional season with the Sydney Ice Dogs in the Austrialian league. Surely in a draft where only 32 selections from the end of the second round through to the end of the draft would end up playing at least 50 NHL games, it would be hard for many to claim a good draft in 2010. However for the HFNHL Coyotes, having only one player play over 60 games, and only two players playing over one NHL game, this was definitely considered a failed draft.
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| RD | PICK | NAME | POS | HT | WT | GP GAA | PTS SV% | LEG | TEAM | NHLGP | NHL |
| 1 | 8 | Brandon Gormley | LD | 6'02 | 196 | 58 | 43 | QMJHL | Moncton | 58 | 1/13 '10 PHX |
| 2 | 44 | Ryan Martindale | LC | 6'03" | 203 | 61 | 60 | OHL | Ottawa | 0 | 3/61 '10 EDM |
| 3 | 65 | Ivan Telegin | LC | 6'04" | 198 | 51 | 44 | OHL | Saginaw | 0 | 4/101 '10 ATL |
| 3 | 73 | Jerome Leduc | RD | 6'01" | 194 | 68 | 46 | QMJHL | Rouyn-Noranda | 0 | 3/68 '10 BUF |
| 3 | 89 | Kent Simpson | G | 6'02" | 209 | 2.26 | .925 | WHL | Everett | 1 | 2/58 '10 CHI |
| 4 | 93 | Andrew Yogan | LC | 6'03" | 205 | 63 | 55 | OHL | Erie | 0 | 4/100 '10 NYR |
| 5 | 127 | Gabriel Bourque | W | 5'10" | 205 | 55 | 52 | QMJHL | Moncton | 413 | 5/132 '09 NSH |
| 5 | 141 | Brendan Ranford | W | 5'10" | 205 | 72 | 65 | WHL | Kamloops | 1 | 7/209 '10 PHI |
| 6 | 157 | Ryan O'Connor | RD | 5'11" | 192 | 65 | 38 | OHL | Saginaw | 0 | Undrafted |
| 6 | 168 | Joey Leach | LD | 6'03" | 203 | 70 | 26 | WHL | Kootenay | 0 | 3/73 '10 CGY |
| 7 | 195 | Brandon Alderson | RW | 6'04" | 203 | 68 | 30 | OHL | Sarnia | 0 | Undrafted |
| 7 | 206 | Nathan Chiarlitti | LD | 6'00" | 185 | 67 | 21 | OHL | Sarnia | 0 | Undrafted |
For the HFNHL Coyotes, this draft was rock bottom for the organization. The unwillingness to almost never leave North America showed it's weakness in this draft. While it wasn't a particularly strong draft, the Coyotes had a particularly poor performance here. Arizona began taking high profile defenseman Brandon Gormley. Gormley would play in his first of two memorial cup's posting a point per game during the Memorial Cup. It was hard to imagine you could go wrong with a big 6'02" 200 pound defender who is a major threat offensively from the back end and would wear a letter for Canada at the World Junior's. He would become a Memorial Cup all-star posting 1.5 points per game his second time around. Moving to the pro's he had a very promising 20 year old season with 29 points in 68 games in the AHL following that up with 36 games and his NHL debut. Unfortunately it would be all downhill from there. He would bounce around the NHL and AHL until 2017-2018 where he would go to Sweden ending his pro career in North America. The greatest impact Gormley made on the Coyotes was when he was ultimately traded for the on the clock draft pick which would become current #1 defenseman Oskar Klefbom. Next the Coyotes would take Ryan Martindale from the Ottawa 67's. The big centre was known for being a great two-way centre who won a lot of draws on the face-off. Unfortunately he couldn't translate that at the NHL level and after five AHL seasons he toured around Europe for a few years before retiring in 2018-2019. Next up is Ivan Telegin. Telegin was a huge Russian centre who had no interest in passing, fortunately he had an excellent shot and had potential as a goal scoring power forward. Unfortunately he did not even fulfill his entry level contract leaving North America after just 34 professional games. He has been a huge success in Russia putting up good numbers in the KHL with CSKA Moskva. He has also played for Russia at the last three World Championships and also represented the Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Olympics helping Russia to an Olympic Gold Medal. Telegin's NHL rights are still technically held by the Winnipeg Jets so it is possible one day we see him return; although we consider it unlikely. Jerome Gauthier-Leduc is next for the Coyotes. A right handed offensive defenseman from Quebec. Gauthier-Leduc looked like he was going to make a push with four good seasons in the AHL but never got the call. He eventually toured around Europe for the last four years joining former Coyotes prospect Brett Flemming on Vienna's blueline. It takes until the end of the third round before we find another Coyotes pick who played an NHL game and Kent Simpson literally played AN NHL game. Simpson just 17 years old finished second in the WHL in both GAA and SV%. The goaltender finishing ahead of him was Martin Jones. After a successful WHL career, Simpson went on to play several seasons in the NHL Blackhawks organization getting one NHL game in during the 2013-2014 season. He would eventually retire after the 2016-2017 season. It was back to the OHL with the next pick and another big two-way centre similar to Martindale, in Andrew Yogan. Yogan was a big scoring centre from the Erie Otters who played with a physical edge. Ultimately his game struggled to translate even at the AHL level and he fluctuated between the AHL and ECHL for 5 years before moving to Austria where he is entering his fifth season there. The biggest success of the 2010 HFNHL Draft for the HFNHL Coyotes came in the form of Gabriel Bourque. Gabriel Bourque is not a name you think of when you think of the top 38 games played out of the 2009 NHL Draft but he in in fact in that group of players. The Coyotes selected him as a re-entry player into the HFNHL after he had been traded to Moncon of the QMJHL joining first round pick Brandon Gormley for their Memorial Cup run. Next it was back to the failed picks. Brendan Ranford, the nephew of long time NHL goaltender Bill Ranford was an undersized but high scoring winger for the Kamloops Blazers. He had some offensive success and even played in one NHL game. After five years in the pros in the AHL he moved to Germany, then Sweden and this season he is playing in Slovakia for Slovan Bratislava. The Coyotes returned to the OHL for defenseman Ryan O'Connor. O'Connor was a very physical but undersized defenseman who produced well offensively. He didn't catch on in North America and went to HC Davos in Switzerland. He was then loaned to Zagreb, Croatia. Following that year he spent five years in Finland then moved on to Germany where he remains today playing for the Iserlohn Roosters of the DEL. Out west Joey Leach would be the next selection. The big 6'03" physical defender would alternate between the AHL and ECHL for six years before settling in the Long Lake Hockey League where he would light up the league. Entering the seventh round the Coyotes would make a pair of selections from the Sarnia Sting. Big power winger Brandon Alderson would actually go undrafted in the NHL but would eventually be signed to an entry-level contract by the Philadelphia Flyers just under 3 years later. Brandon would play parts of six years in the pros in North America before heading overseas. He has played four seasons in four countries, landing with BK Mlada Bloeslav in Czech league this season. Nathan Chiarlitti was the final pick, a steady shutdown defenseman who provided leadership and a little offense as well. Chiarlitti would go undrafted and play five seasons with St. Francis Xavier and McGill Universities before playing a professional season with the Sydney Ice Dogs in the Austrialian league. Surely in a draft where only 32 selections from the end of the second round through to the end of the draft would end up playing at least 50 NHL games, it would be hard for many to claim a good draft in 2010. However for the HFNHL Coyotes, having only one player play over 60 games, and only two players playing over one NHL game, this was definitely considered a failed draft.
2009 Review: HFNHL DRAFT FLASHBACK - 2009 HFNHL COYOTES
2008 Review: HFNHL DRAFT FLASHBACK - 2008 HFNHL COYOTES
