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Rhett Rakhshani and Cameron Cepek of Huntington Beach, T.J. Miller of Placentia and San Juan Capistrano's Joey Perricone are on the radar screens of the 30 NHL teams as general managers and scouts gather in Vancouver for today's entry draft.
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Rakhshani, 18, played for the Wave until spending the past two seasons in Ann Arbor, Mich., with the U.S. National Development Program. A right wing coming off an 18-goal, 41-point season in 50 games with the U.S. under-18 team, he is the top NHL draft prospect from California this year, the only one to be invited to the league's annual scouting combine that concluded earlier this month in Toronto.
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Though it meant giving up his collegiate eligibility, Cepek joined the WHL's Portland Winter Hawks after being selected in the 2003 bantam draft. A 6-foot-1, 170-pound defenseman with three years of junior eligibility remaining, Cepek had two goals, 10 points and 71 penalty minutes in 21 games for Portland this season. Recovered from a broken wrist that limited his ice time, Cepek is ranked 83rd among North American skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
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Rakhshani, 18, played for the Wave until spending the past two seasons in Ann Arbor, Mich., with the U.S. National Development Program. A right wing coming off an 18-goal, 41-point season in 50 games with the U.S. under-18 team, he is the top NHL draft prospect from California this year, the only one to be invited to the league's annual scouting combine that concluded earlier this month in Toronto.
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Though it meant giving up his collegiate eligibility, Cepek joined the WHL's Portland Winter Hawks after being selected in the 2003 bantam draft. A 6-foot-1, 170-pound defenseman with three years of junior eligibility remaining, Cepek had two goals, 10 points and 71 penalty minutes in 21 games for Portland this season. Recovered from a broken wrist that limited his ice time, Cepek is ranked 83rd among North American skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
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THE NEXT WAVE: Orange County natives, from left, T.J. Miller, Rhett Rakhshani, Cameron Cepek and Joey Perricone have attracted the attention of NHL teams preparing for today’s draft. They’re among a growing number of area youths playing the sport.
(Michael Goulding, OCR)
