Wild alumni Alan Quine and Kevin Tansey have been included on the NHL Central Scouting final ranking of North American skaters for the 2011 entry draft in June.
“It’s an honour to be on the NHL list,” said Tansey, who hails from the Clarence Minor Hockey Association. He played two years with the Wild, joining the Eastern Ontario squad in 2007, the first year of the three-year AAA project.
“I’ve had some really good coaches with the Wild,” said Tansey, who switched from forward to defence when he joined the Wild. “In my first couple of years on defence Rick Legault helped me develop my defensive game,” he said.
Tansey was selected by the Plymouth Whalers in the 2009 OHL draft. He was also drafted by the Cumberland Grads in the CCHL, where he has played for the last two seasons. The all-star defenseman will continue his hockey career in the NCAA. He has accepted a hockey scholarship at Clarkson University in Postsdam NY, and will join the Golden Knights in September 2011.
Alan Quine played one year with Eastern Ontario, as Tansey’s teammate on the Major Bantam Wild in 2007-08. He was drafted second overall in the 2009 OHL by the Kingston Frontenacs. He was traded to the Peterborough Petes in 2010, and has represented Canada internationally on several occasions. He is currently playing for Team Canada at U-18 World championships in Germany.
Tansey was included on the Central Scouting watch list in October 2010, and was invited to the NHL prospects event for the top 40 NHL draft eligible players in the CJHL in Dauphin Manitoba in December 2010. He was also invited to try out for Team Canada East in Fall 2010.
The Rockland District High School student has one eye on the NHL draft in June, but he’ll keep working hard whether he gets selected or not. “Hopefully I get drafted, it would be great, but if not, it’s just more fuel to the fire, I’ll have to work even harder to prove them wrong,” he said.
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