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- Position: C
- Height: 6’0"
- Weight: 161
- League last year: NCAA
- Age this year: 20
- Acquired: Drafted 116th overall in the 2014 NHL entry draft
Danton Heinen is light for a professional hockey player. This has left him with fewer opportunities than your average Hal-Gill-Sized player, but he's certainly made the most of it. Through the last few years of various junior leagues and through last year in the NCAA, he's been top-25 in scoring rate, and never dipped under a point per game. He won a championship in the PIJHL (I hadn't heard of it either).
Last year, the Denver Pioneers made the Frozen Four regionals. They blew BC out of the water, 5-2, but lost to eventual National Champions Providence 4-1 in their regional finals. Danton Heinen led that team in scoring as a freshman. If he can keep filling the net, one of the last Chiarelli draft picks in Boston could end up being a steal in the fourth round.
Here's a Vine of a goal Heinen scored:
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The list so far, as voted by you:
- David Pastrnak (63%)
- Torey Krug (47%)
- Ryan Spooner (60%)
- Zach Trotman (40%)
- Brett Connolly (46%)
- Colin Miller (21%)
- Alexander Khokhlachev (27%)
- Jesse Gabrielle (29%)
- Zach Senyshyn (20%)
- Joe Morrow (17%)
- Zane McIntyre (25%)
- Malcolm Subban (37%)
- Seth Griffith (27%)
Who's the 13th best under-25 player?