Pair of Islanders prospects drafted in QJHL

A pair of Charlottetown Islanders prospects were drafted into the Quebec Junior A Hockey League (QJHL) on Saturday.

Prospects Elio Di Meo and Pierre-Olivier Joseph were selected.

Di Meo, 17, was drafted eighth overall by the Rangers de Montreal-Est. The Montreal, Que., native was drafted in the 12th round, 209th overall by the Islanders in 2015. Di Meo played with Laval-Montreal Rousseau Royal of the QMAAA scoring seven goals and 16 points in 42 games.

Joseph, 16, was selected in the eighth round, 104th overall by Les Forts de Chambly. The Islanders drafted Joseph in the fifth round, 78th overall in 2015. Joseph scored three goals and 11 points in 42 games with Collège Antoine-Girouard Gaulois of the QMAAA.

Full draft list can be seen here.

Handful of Islanders selected in MHL Draft

Mitchell Balmas. Photo by Darrell Theriault.

A handful of Charlottetown Islanders players and prospects were drafted in the Maritime Junior A Hockey League (MHL) on Saturday.

Mitchell Balmas, Dominik Reid, Ian Drysdale and Luke House were the four players selected.

Defenceman Zack McFadden was selected by the Summerside Capitals during the QMJHL Supplementary Draft.

Balmas, 17, was selected in the sixth round, 70th overall by the Amherst Ramblers.

Reid was a territorial pick of the St. Stephen County Aces. The Islanders drafted Reid in the seventh round, 123rd overall in 2015.

Drysdale, was a territorial pick of the Amherst Ramblers. The 16-year-old Halifax, N.S., native was an eighth round pick of the Islanders in 2015.

House, 16, was a territorial pick of the Yarmouth Mariners. The native of Corner Brook, N.L., was a third round pick, 55th overall by the Islanders in 2014.

The full draft list can be seen here.