The USHL Futures draft is underway and with its first pick and third overall, the Waterloo Black Hawks took Jay Williams, a goalie, from the TPH Thunder, where he played on the 16U National Team. The Thunder is based out of Duluth, Ga, the practice facility of the Atlanta Thrashers.

The USHL Futures draft is allows league franchises to only select players with a 1993 birthdate.

WIth their second pick, the Black Hawks have selected forward Michael Zajac of Eagan, Minn. high school. The team’s next pick will be coming up shortly.

With the team’s third pick, Waterloo took defenseman JD Controneo of Hill-Murray High School in Minnesota.

The Black Hawks took another defenseman with their fourth pick, Craig Duininck of AAA Compuware in Detroit.

Waterloo has one pick left in the Futures draft.

The Black Hawks took forward Kevin Emerling of the Boston Advantage AAA team. Emerling plays on the same team Waterloo affliate player Peter DeAngelo played on.

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