Brock Beukeboom

2007-08: Beukeboom played for the Central Ontario AAA Wolves. He was chosen in the first round (18th overall) of the 2008 OHL Priority Selection by the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.

2008-2009: Beukeboom was strictly a defenseman as an OHL rookie with Sault Ste. Marie after playing forward in youth hockey. He scored 2 goals with 9 assists and was -11 with 26 PIM in 55 games for a Greyhounds’ team that won just 19 games. Beukeboom played for Canada Ontario in the World U-17 Challenge and had 1 assist with 6 PIM in six games.

2009-2010: Beukeboom had a much bigger role as the Greyhounds finished in third-place in the OHL West division in his second season. Beukeboom scored 7 goals (three on the power play), with 19 assists and was -9 with 64 PIM. Beukeboom appeared in just one playoff game in the Greyhounds’ first round series with Plymouth after receiving a four-game suspension for a late season boarding incident. Beukeboom played for Team Cherry at the 2010 CHL Top Prospects Game. He represented Canada at the WJC U-18 tournament and had 1 assist in 4 games with 2 PIM.

Watch this HF video of Brock Beukeboom from the 2010 NHL Draft

2010-11: Beukeboom was a team captain for the OHL’s Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds but was limited to 44 games after suffering a season-ending concussion in February 2011. Playing for a Greyhounds’ team that would finish with the OHL’s fourth-worst record, he finished -11 and scored 1 goal with 7 assists. The Blues acquired the rights to Beukeboom from Tampa Bay along with a 2011 third-round draft pick in exchange for defenseman Eric Brewer in a February 2011 trade.