The Victoria Shamrocks went local in the 2023 WLA graduating junior player draft.

All of the ShamrocksB次元官网网址� eight draft picks were from Vancouver Island teams playing in junior A, and seven of the players are from Victoria and graduated from Claremont Lacrosse Academy.

The draft took place Tuesday (Jan. 31), and Victoria had two picks in the first round after a trade which saw the Shamrocks swap the first and second-overall picks with the Burnaby Lakers.

Victoria selected Arthur Miller from the Nanaimo Junior Timbermen with the second pick.

Miller is a 6B次元官网网址�1B次元官网网址�, offensive player living in Nanoose Bay and was drafted first overall in the 2018 U17 draft.

The Shamrocks drafted Denton MacDonald from the Victoria Junior Shamrocks fourth overall.

MacDonald is a 5B次元官网网址�10B次元官网网址�, defensive and transition player who has been a key contributor to the recent success of the Junior Shamrocks

Victoria had one pick in each of the remaining rounds and selected Owen Russell, Trent DiCicco, Isaac Swan and Travis Pullan from the Junior Shamrocks.

B次元官网网址淚 thought for us, that was almost a perfect night in terms of the draft,B次元官网网址� said head coach Mike Simpson. B次元官网网址淭ons of island guys that are really just going to be able to step into the lineup.B次元官网网址�

The Shamrocks started the process a week earlier with the protection of Patrick Dodds and Casey Wilson.

B次元官网网址淚t was a great opportunity to add some young Victoria guys to our mix and thatB次元官网网址檚 exactly what happened,B次元官网网址� general manager Chris Welch said.

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