The NHL Draft concluded on Saturday with the Wisconsin Badgers men’s hockey team only having two players selected. Defenseman Corson Ceulemans was picked in the first round by the Columbus Blue Jackets and with the No. 215 pick in the seventh round on Saturday fellow incoming freshman defenseman Daniel Laatsch was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The towering Laatsch, a native of Altoona, stands at 6-foot-5 and weighs 183 pounds and casts an imposing shadow on the ice. The Penguins director of player personnel Chris Pryor is interested in Laatsch as a long term prospect once his body matures a bit.