Keegan Lowe
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Birthday:
1993-03-29 |
Position:
D |
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Eligible for draft:
2011 |
Shoots:
Left |
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Drafted:
2011 |
Height:
6-1 |
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Acquired:
3rd round (73rd overall), 2011 |
Weight:
176 lbs. |
Prospect Talent Score
Probability of Success
- C
History
2008-09: Keegan Lowe returned to Shattuck-St. Mary's in Minnesota for his second season of prep school hockey.
2009-10: Selected by the Edmonton Oil Kings in the 6th round (114th overall) of the 2008 WHL Bantam draft, Lowe played 69 games for the Oil Kings in his rookie season and scored 2 goals with 12 assists. Playing for a young team that won just sixteen games and allowed 116 more goals than it scored, Lowe finished -16 plus/minus and accumulated 60 PMs. Lowe, who was born in Greenwich, CT, played for the Team USA squad that lost to Canada, 1-0, in the finals of the Ivan Hlinka Memorial U-18 tournament.
2010-11: The Oil Kings were much-improved and Lowe and 18-year-old Buffalo prospect Mark Pysyk, also a defenseman, had the top two plus/minus ratings on the team at +33 and +29. Despite being a bit undersized and younger than most players in the WHL, Lowe logged a lot of icetime and had 2 goals with 22 assists in 71 games. In the Oil Kings' four-game, first round playoff loss to Central Division champion Red Deer, Lowe scored one goal and was -2 with 4 PMs. Ranked 88th amongst North American skaters by Central Scouting, Lowe was selected by the Hurricanes in the 3rd round (73rd overall) in the 2011 NHL Draft.
2011-12: Lowe skated in all 72 games for the WHL champion Edmonton Oil Kings in his third season of major junior hockey. He scored 3 goals with 20 assists and was plus-17 with a team-high 139 penalty minutes. Lowe scored 3 goals with 4 assists and was plus-13 with 44 penalty minutes in 20 playoff games. Edmonton reached the Memorial Cup after winning the WHL title and in four games at the tournament Lowe was minus-two with 1 goal and 6 penalty minutes.
Talent Analysis
Lowe, like his father, former NHL defenseman and current President of the Edmonton Oilers Kevin Lowe, plays a defense-first game but he does contribute on the offensive end and also plays a bit more abrasively than his father.
Future
Lowe is likely in his final season of juniors with the Edmonton Oil Kings, and should turn pro in 2013-14.
