With the ninth overall selection in the first round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, the Minnesota Wild have selected Marco Rossi from the Ottawa 67s of the Ontario Hockey League.
A 5-foot-9, 185-pound, 19-year old centerman from Feldkirch, Austria, Rossi scored 39 goals and added 81 assists in 56 games with the 67s during the 2019-20 season.
Rossi was ranked sixth by NHL Central Scouting’s ranking for North American skaters, and was ranked as high as fourth by Eliteprospects.com. Rossi was also the second consecutive player taken from the 67s, as teammate Jack Quinn was taken one spot earlier by the Buffalo Sabres.