The Senators selected their first player based in North America in the fourth-round.
Stephen Halliday, a 6-foot-3 centre out of Dubuque in the USHL, was the USHL’s first overall pick in 2018 and was on Colin and I’s radar in his first draft-eligible year back in 2020. Here’s what we had to say about him then:
In a draft with many smaller players, 6-foot-4 Stephen Halliday stands out as a physical specimen that teams might be intrigued by. Committed to — you guessed it — North Dakota, Halliday was one of the USHL’s top forwards among his age group during his rookie season with the Central Illinois Fighting Aces, and he only grew his game this season with Dubuque.