Aside from a technical hiccup here or there, the National Lacrosse League succeeded in holding its virtual draft Thursday night. While most any draft comes with surprises, the New York Riptide made the expected move at No. 1.
The Riptide — owners of the No. 1 selection for the second year in a row — chose Jeff Teat (Cornell) with the top choice. The Riptide will maintain his rights as he plays one final year at Cornell in 2021, taking advantage of the extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA in the wake of the COVID-shortened 2020 season.
Teat was the gem of this draft and long considered the consensus top pick. He led the Big Red in both assists and points for the fourth straight season in 2020, leading them to a 5-0 record before the season came to a halt.
The first five picks of the draft — Reid Bowering, Vancouver; Ryan Smith, Rochester; Tre Leclaire, San Diego; and Tanner Cook, Calgary — will return to their respective schools for a final season in 2021, meaning none will have an NLL impact during the upcoming season.
Robert Hudson, the No. 6 pick by Georgia, was the first player selected who will be able to play next season. The Vermont graduate produced 50 goals and 21 assists with the Catamounts.
Mac O'Keefe (Penn State) became the first American drafted when he went No. 15 overall to the San Diego Seals. Michael Sowers, the likely Tewaaraton winner had the 2020 season continued on, was taken by the New England Black Wolves at No. 41.
For the full draft results, continue below.
National Lacrosse League
Entry Draft Results
Pick |
Team |
Player |
Pos |
College/Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riptide | Jeff Teat | F | Cornell/Brampton |
| 2 | Warriors | Reid Bowering | D/T | Drexel/Coquitlam |
| 3 | Knighthawks | Ryan Smith | F | Robert Morris/Oakville |
| 4 | Seals | Tre Leclaire | F | Ohio State/New Westminster |
| 5 | Roughnecks | Tanner Cook | F | North Carolina/Whitby |
| 6 | Swarm | Robert Hudson | D | Vermont/Brampton |
| 7 | Rush | Marshall Powless | F | Six Nations |
| 8 | Swarm | Jeff Henrick | D/T | Ohio/Orangeville |
| 9 | Bandits | Brad McCulley | F | Robert Morris/Langley |
| 10 | Swarm | Ethan Walker | F | Denver/Peterborough |
| 11 | Thunderbirds | Ethan Riggs | D | Burlington |
| 12 | Rush | Connor McClelland | D | Marquette/Brampton |
| 13 | Swarm | Laine Hruska | G | Saskatchewan |
| 14 | Roughnecks | Harrison Matsuoka | D/T | Stony Brook/Okopoks |
| 15 | Seals | Mac O'Keefe | F | Penn State/Orangeville |
| 16 | Wings | Jackson Suboch | D | UMass/Brooklin |
| 17 | Riptide | Mathieu Boissonneault | D | Canisius/Whitby |
| 18 | Colorado | Ron John | F | Albant/Six Nations |
| 19 | Bandits | Sam La Roue | F | New Westminster |
| 20 | Roughnecks | Ethan Ticehurst | T | Towson/Coquitlam |
| 21 | Roughnecks | Patrick Dodds | F | Victoria |
| 22 | Mammoth | Brett McIntyre | F | UMBC/Okotoks |
| 23 | Bandits | Jordan Stouros | D | Limestone/Peterborough |
| 24 | Black Wolves | Charlie Kitchen | F | Delaware/Toronto |
| 25 | Riptide | Ty Thompson | F | Hartford/Nepean |
| 26 | Rush | Bobby Kidd | T | Young Harris/Langley |
| 27 | Thunderbirds | Ryan Terefenko | F | Ohio State |
| 28 | Mammoth | Jordan Trottier | D | RIT/New Westminster |
| 29 | Riptide | Andrew Borgatti | D | Kitchener-Waterloo |
| 30 | Rock | TD Ierlan | T | Yale |
| 31 | Mammoth | Jalen Chaster | D | Coquitlam |
| 32 | Roughnecks | Justin Geddie | G | Nanaimo |
| 33 | Mammoth | Tyler Sceviour | D | RIT |
| 34 | Wings | Bryan Costabile | T/F | Notre Dame/Atlas LC |
| 35 | Wings | Dylan Foulds | F | Penn State/Port Coquitlam |
| 36 | Riptide | Larson Sundown | F | Limestone/Victoria |
| 37 | Roughnecks | Rhys Blake | D | Port Coquitlam |
| 38 | Knighthawks | Kevin Owen Hill | T | Six Nations |
| 39 | Swarm | Sam Firth | F | Nepean |
| 40 | Mammoth | Curtis Conley | T | Toronto |
| 41 | Black Wolves | Michael Sowers | F | Princeton |
| 42 | Mammoth | Pat Aslanian | D | Notre Dame |
| 43 | Rush | Clark Walter | F | Limestone/Port Coquitlam |
| 44 | Warriors | Adam Kromer | D | Whitby |
| 45 | Knighthawks | Jared Conners | D | Virginia |
| 46 | Rock | Phil Mazzuca | D | Oakville |
| 47 | Thunderbirds | Matt Gaudet | F | Yale/Chrome LC |
| 48 | Thunderbirds | Owen Friesen | D | St. Catharine's |
| 49 | Warriors | Matteo Tack | G | Coquitlam |
| 50 | Seals | Danny Logan | D | Denver |
| 51 | Wings | Ben French | F | Vermont/Cobourg |
| 52 | Mammoth | Peter Dearth | D | Syracuse |
| 53. | Riptide | Kris Veltman | T | West Durham |
| 54. | Knighthawks | Mitch Ogilvie | T | Peterborough |
| 55. | Warriors | Isaac Bott | D | UMass/Calgary |
| 56. | Seals | Robert Stovel | D | Providence/Brampton |
| 57. | Warriors | Jonah Boehm | A | KW |
| 58. | Mammoth | Nate Faccin | G | Coquitlam |
| 59. | Wings | Marc Pion | D | Johns Hopkins |
| 60. | Swarm | Tanner Buck | F | Orangeville |
| 61. | Wings | Jack Rapine | D | Johns Hopkins |
| 62. | Rock | Chris Weier | D | Niagara |
| 63. | Roughnecks | Brody McLean | F | Towson/KW |
| 64. | Rush | Kelson Borisenko | F/T | Manhattan/Manitoba |
| 65. | Black Wolves | Grant Ament | F | Penn State/Archers LC |
| 66. | Mammoth | Jared Bernhardt | F | Maryland |
| 67. | Rock | Curtis Romanchych | D | Orangeville |
| 68. | Seals | Dox Aitken | F | Virginia |
| 69. | Warriors | Cody Arseneault | D | Calgary |
| 70. | Knighthawks | John Vezina | D | Brampton |
| 71. | Seals | Jakob Patterson | F | Albany |
| 72. | Roughnecks | Jackson Morrill | F | Denver |
| 73. | Bandits | Tye Argent | F | Six Nations |
| 74. | Wings | John Kit | D | St. Catharines |
| 75. | Swarm | Miles Silva | F | Army |
| 76. | Bandits | Dalton Sulver | T | High Point |
| 77. | Rock | Scott Del Zotto | F | UMass/Burlington |
| 78. | Thunderbirds | Dustin Hill | G | Six Nations |
| 79. | Rush | Erik Maas | F | New Westminster |
| 80. | Black Wolves | Nick Ellerton | D | Boston U/Toronto |
| 81. | Riptide | Dawson Tait | F | RIT/Nepean |
| 82. | Riptide | Ryan Tierney | F | Hofstra |
| 83. | Warriors | Brendan Szabo | D | Delta |
| 84. | Seals | Troy Loper | F | Cleveland State/Gold Miners |
| 85. | Wings | Cole Williams | F | Johns Hopkins |
| 86. | Mammoth | Sam LeClair | F | St. Catharines |
| 87. | Roughnecks | Laszlo Henning | F | North Carolina/Burnaby |
| 88. | Swarm | Reece Eddy | D | Boston U/Chrome LC |
| 89. | Bandits | Carter Stefaniak | T | Canisius |
| 90. | Rock | Daniel Balawejder | D | Canisius/Mimico |
| 91. | Thunderbirds | Brett Draper | F | Dartmouth |
| 92. | Rush | Wyatt Haux | T | Saskatchewan |
| 93. | Black Wolves | Jeremy Bomberry | F | Six Nations |