The New Mexico Ice Wolves® today announced that five new players were picked up in the North American Hockey League (NAHL) 2021 Entry Draft. The NM Ice Wolves now have the maximum number of 36 total players protected comprising five picks from today’s Entry Draft and three prior picks from the NAHL’s Supplemental Draft which was held last month, 10 tendered players and several returning players from the 2020-2021 season.
Below is a list of the NM Ice Wolves 2021 NAHL Entry Draft selections listed by round:
1st round- Paden Hicks – Forward from Kansas City, Missouri
1st round- John Dalton – Defenseman from River Forest, Illinois
2nd round- Anthony Leahy – Forward from Roseville, Minnesota
3rd round – Benjamin Behrens – Goaltender from St. Louis, Missouri
4th round- Reed Kluender – Defenseman from St. Paul, Minnesota
“We are thrilled with the players we were able to select in today’s 2021 NAHL Entry Draft and what’s really exciting is that three of these players in Hicks, Leahy and Kluender were at our pre-draft camp last weekend and impressed us so much we added them to our protected list with today’s picks,” said NM Ice Wolves head coach Phil Fox. “We set out to add depth to our roster and with today’s picks we accomplished that. We are now focusing on the upcoming main camp which returns to our home ice in Albuquerque and the entire organization is thrilled to get the new season started.”
With today’s Entry Draft the NM Ice Wolves added key talent in an already productive off season for the team with three tendered players since the conclusion of the 2020-2021 season. The team’s draft picks, tenders and other protected players will be joined by invited free agents at the NM Ice Wolves’ main camp on July 28-31, 2021 at Outpost Ice Arenas in Albuquerque, where the final roster will be firmly shaped up.
With the certainty of the upcoming season being played at home, current season ticket holders are being contacted directly for renewals. After that process is complete, new season ticket packages will become available for purchase at the team’s ticket website, but anyone wanting to be prioritized can send an email now to tickets@nmicewolves.com. Partial season tickets and single game tickets will go on sale by mid-August ahead of the 2021-2022 season. As soon as season ticket holders are set, tickets will go on sale and will be available for purchase at tickets.nmicewolves.com. The team’s first home series at Outpost Ice Arenas of the 2021-22 season will be on Friday and Saturday, October 15 & 16 against the Corpus Christi IceRays.
Season ticket holders receive a guaranteed seat for all 28 NM Ice Wolves home games in the regular season, priority access to playoff tickets and priority renewal. Season tickets start at $280 for reserved front row bleacher seats, $350 for all other reserved bleacher seats and $700 for stadium chairback seats. Season tickets can be contracted for using a payment plan that is available when finalizing. For accessible and companion seating please contact tickets@nmicewolves.com.
The team has two hospitality suites that are available with catering on a single or multi game basis. Anyone interested in reserving a suite for a group or special event can contact tickets@nmicewolves.com for more information.