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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Five Falcon Icers Listed In NHL Central Scouting Report
December 05, 2000 | Ice Hockey
Dec. 5, 2000
Five Bowling Green State University freshman hockey players were listed in the National Hockey League's Central Scouting Preliminary Rankings of November 2000 of U.S. College Hockey players.
Defenseman Brian Escobedo (24th), forward D'Arcy McConvey (28th), blueliner Kevin Bieksa (38th) and forward Mark Wires (41st) were among the 42 U.S. College hockey players ranked. BG defenseman Paul Weismann was among a group that were not ranked due to limited viewing.
Fifty-eight Falcons in the history of the program have been selected by NHL teams including current BG skaters Doug Schueller (Florida), Curtis Valentine (Vancouver), Ryan Murphy (Carolina) and Sean Kotary (Colorado).
The 2001 NHL Entry Draft, on June 23-24 at Florida's National Car Rental Center, is the 38th anniversary of an event that has grown from a small gathering of hockey executives to a spectacle seen by hundreds of thousands of hockey fans throughout the world.
Beginning with the 1980 Entry Draft and continuing today, all 18, 19 and 20-year old North American and non-North American born players have been eligible to be drafted. In addition, non-North American players aged 21-years or older are eligible for claim. From 1987 to 1991, the selection of 18 and 19-year-old players was restricted to the first three rounds of the draft, unless the player met qualifying criteria that dealt with hockey experience in major junior, U.S. college and high school or European hockey. Starting with the 1992 Draft, those players were available in all rounds.
"Opting-In" to the Entry Draft Beginning with the 1995 Entry Draft, all players 18-years of age are required to "opt-in" to be eligible for selection. This year, any player born between Sept. 16, 1982 and Sept. 15, 1983 is considered to be 18-years of age and, therefore, must "opt-in" to the Entry Draft. Any player doing so would lose his U.S. college eligibility.
Any player born prior to Sept. 16, 1982 is automatically eligible for selection and is not required to "opt-in".
