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Northmen Popular at NLL Draft
MacLeod
Lyons
Baker
A total of six current or past members of the Orangeville Northmen were selected in this year's NLL entry draft.
The Rochester Knighthawks used their first round pick and 8th overall selection to select the Northmen's Matt MacLeod.
Matt Lyons was a first round and 11th overall pick of the new Boston franchise.
In the second round the Colorado Mammoth scooped up Northmen alumnus Nathan Sanderson.
Matt Baker was chosen in the third round and 35th overall by the Toronto Rock.
The Buffalo Bandits used a 5th round pick to secure alumnus Jon Mason.
Cody Richardson was selected in the 6th round by the Knighthawks.
Richardson
Sanderson
Rose is Rookie of the Year
For the second straight year a Northmen has been declared recipient of the Joe Nieuwendyk Award for Ontario Jr 'A' Rookie of the Year.
Orangeville goaltender Nick Rose was announced top rookie this past week for outstanding play in his inaugural campaign.
Rose backstopped the Northmen to a 14-3-1 regular season record and played spectacular in the 4-0 quarter final sweep of the Akwesasne Indians.
Last season, teammate Jesse Gamble collected Top Rookie hardware.