Bemidji’s Joey Fankhanel, Noah Mannausau selected in USHL Draft

Bemidji’s Joey Fankhanel, Noah Mannausau selected in USHL Draft

BEMIDJI – Bemidji High School seniors Joey Fankhanel and Noah Mannausau waited with anticipation for their phones to ring on Tuesday. In Phase II of the United States Hockey League Draft, Mannausau was selected in the third round with the 40th overall pick by the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders. Fankhanel went 14 picks later in the fourth round to the Waterloo Black Hawks. “It was super exciting,” Fankhanel said. “I kind of froze when I saw my phone ri…

Young fifth in USHL draft

Cloquet senior defenseman Karson Young was selected fifth overall in the United States Hockey League draft last week. The Tier 1 USHL is the top junior ice hockey league sanctioned by USA Hockey. Young, a senior defenseman for Cloquet, led the Lumberjacks to the Section 7A title game this past season and was selected in the draft by the Cedar Rapids Rough Riders in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Young also...