Spitfires Pick Maletta 13th Overall, 11 Players Selected by Spits in 2011 OHL Priority Selection

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Spitfires Pick Maletta 13^th Overall, 11 Players Selected by Spits

in 2011 OHL Priority Selection, Presented by State Farm

Dave Ducharme
windsorspitfires.com staff reports

The Spits selected Jordan Maletta with the 13th pick of the first round this morning. He's a 6’2" right-handed shooting centre that played for the St. Catherines Falcons Midgets last year.

"The kid has pro potential," said GM Warren Rychel. "We love his size. He's a very good shooter and skater. We were very surprised to get him at 13."

With their second round pick, the Spitfires picked Jordan Dekort, a 6'4" goalie from the Markham Majors Minor AAA program. 

With the 39th pick overall, Rychel turned to a local boy - hulking winger Hunter Smith, who played for the Windsor Jr. Spitfires last season. According to the team's stats, he 6'6" and listed 210 pounds. 

The Spitfires stayed home with their 5th round pick, selecting Sun County Panthers centre Sam Studnicka. 
"I thought for sure he'd go in the third round. But we held our breath until the fifth. He's a kid I know real well. He has size, he's a very smart player. We're glad to add him. He's going to be a real good hockey player." 

The Spits added some speed and scoring in the 7th round in the form of Dylan Wallace, a 5'10" left winger that had 72 points in 72 games for the York Simcoe Express Minor Midgets last season.

Windsor took a flyer with their 10th round pick, selecting Will Butcher in the 10th round. He's a puck moving defenceman that played for the Madison Capitals Midgets in Wisconsin last season. He's committed to the US National Team Development Program for two years, but has huge upside should he decide to join the Spits after that. 

With their 11th round pick, acquired from Sarnia yesterday, the Spitfires took Mitchell Graham, a right winger from the Burlington Eagles. 

Mark Friedman, a right defenceman with the Don Mills Flyers, was taken in the 13th round, 255th overall.
With the 13th pick of the 14th round (275th overall), the Spits selection Liam Clare, a defenceman that played with the Halton Hurricanes last season. Just six picks later, with the 281th pick of the draft, they took Andrew McLean, a left defenceman from the Detroit Little Caesar's U16s.

Finally, in the 15th round, the Spitfires selected Evan Allen, a centre from the Detroit Honeybaked Under 16s.

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Windsor Spitfires 2011 Draft Class

Rnd.	No.	OHL Team	Player Name	Team Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Birthdate
1	13	Windsor Spitfires	Jordan Maletta	St. Catharines Falcons	RC	6.02	200	04/30/1995
2	8	Windsor Spitfires	Jordan Dekort	Markham Majors	G	6.04	185	08/08/1995
2	17	Windsor Spitfires	Hunter Smith	Windsor	RW	6.04	190	09/11/1995
5	4	Windsor Spitfires	Sam Studnicka	Sun County Panthers	RC	6.00	170	01/15/1995
7	13	Windsor Spitfires	Dylan Wallace	York Simcoe Express	LW	5.10	150	03/20/1995
10	13	Windsor Spitfires	Will Butcher	Madison Capitals	LD	5.10	190	01/06/1995
11	4	Windsor Spitfires	Mitchell Graham	Burlington Eagles	RW	5.08	155	07/05/1995
13	13	Windsor Spitfires	Mark Friedman	Don Mills Flyers	RD	5.09	175	12/25/1995
14	13	Windsor Spitfires	Liam Clare	Halton Hurricanes	RD	5.09	145	07/14/1995
14	19	Windsor Spitfires	Andrew McLean	Detroit Little Caesars U16's	LD	6.00	165	01/12/1995
15	7	Windsor Spitfires	Evan Allen	Detroit Honeybaked U16's	RC	5.10	175	02/03/1995