CHL Import Draft kicks off today

The 2015 CHL Import Draft kicks off today at 12 p.m. ADT.

As per The Guardian newspaper, the Islanders will be passing on their 28th overall pick and will go with Filip Chlapik and Filip Rydstrom as the team's import players for the upcoming 2015-16 season.

This year, Acadie-Bathurst Titan holds the first overall pick followed by WHL's Saskatoon Blades and then OHL's Sudbury Wolves.

The Charlottetown Islanders drafted both Chlapik and Rydstrom during last year's Import Draft.

Full draft list can be seen here.

Islanders add Filip Rydstrom with 71st overall pick

The Charlottetown Islanders selected Swedish forward Filip Rydstrom with their final pick, 71st overall, during today's CHL Import Draft.

Rydstrom, who turns 18 on Aug. 7, has spent the last few seasons with Vallentuna BK in Sweden. In 24 games with Vallentuna BK J18, the six-foot-two, 196-pound centreman scored 27 goals for 74 points while putting up 128 penalty minutes. In 24 games with Vallentuna BK J20, Rydstrom scored 15 goals and 39 points while putting up 44 penalty minutes.

Full stats can be seen here.

Rydstrom joins Filip Chlapik, who the Islanders drafted today 11th overall.

Islanders select Filip Chlapik 11th overall

The Charlottetown Islanders have selected Czech Republic native Filipe Chlapik with their 11th overall selection in the 2014 CHL Import Draft today.

Chlapik, 17, last played for the HC Sparta in the Czech Republic scoring 16 goals and 35 points in 38 games.

The six-foot-one, 183-pound centreman also represented his native Czech Republic at the recent Under-18 World Championships in Finland, putting up one assist in seven games.

Click here, to see more if Chlapik's stats.

The Islanders will pick again at No. 71 in the second round.

Islanders picking 11th overall in Wednesday's CHL Import Draft

The 23rd annual Canadian Hockey League Import Draft will be taking place Wednesday July 2, 2014 at 12 p.m. EST, and the Charlottetown Islanders have the 11th overall pick.

The two-round draft will take place online with the order of selection rotating through each of the CHL’s three leagues using an inverse order of final regular season standings within each league from the 2013-14 season.  The OHL’s Sarnia Sting hold the number one pick, followed by the Quebec Remparts who acquired the second overall selection following a 2012 trade with the Sherbrooke Phoenix.  The WHL’s Lethbridge Hurricanes will select third overall.  Each team in the CHL is permitted to dress and play a maximum of two import players each season who are selected annually through the CHL Import Draft.

Charlottetown will pick again 72nd overall in the second and final round of the Import Draft.

Last year, the Islanders selected forward Marco Sedlar with their 33rd overall pick but was released after 11 games and scoring two goals.

This year's Import Draft order can be seen here.

Past Import Selections by Islanders/Rocket over the past 10 seasons.

Year	Franchise	Player	POS	Rd, Rnk	Hometown
2013	Charlottetown Islanders	Marco Sedlar	RW	1,33	Dingolfing, Germany
2011	P.E.I. Rocket	Tomas Pavelka	D	1,26	Czech Republic
2011	P.E.I. Rocket	Matej Beran	F	1,35	Czech Republic
2009	P.E.I. Rocket	Adam Polasek	D	1,19	Czech Republic
2009	P.E.I. Rocket	Lauri Tokoi	D	1,52	Finland
2008	P.E.I. Rocket	Simon Olsson	F	1,14	Sweden
2007	P.E.I. Rocket	Jan Kana	F	1,33	Czech Republic
2006	P.E.I. Rocket	Martin Latal	F	1,37	Czech Republic
2006	P.E.I. Rocket	Peter Cmorej	F	1,40	Slovakia
2005	P.E.I. Rocket	Anton Skorykh	F	1,14	Russia
2004	P.E.I. Rocket	Slava Trukhno	F	1,39	Russia