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Last but not least, another SoCal hockey prospect

By Helene Elliott
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My apologies go to Garrett Haar of Huntington Beach, whose name was omitted from a list published Sunday of Southern California prospects chosen in the NHL draft Friday and Saturday in St. Paul, Minn.

Haar, a defenseman who will turn 18 in August, was selected 207th by the Washington Capitals among the 211 players selected in seven rounds. Here’s a bit more about him from Washington Times Capitals blogger Stephen Whyno.

The other three local players chosen in the draft were forward Rocco Grimaldi of Rossmoor, who went 33rd to Florida, left wing Matt Nieto of Long Beach, who was chosen 47th by San Jose, and right wing Shane McColgan of Manhattan Beach, chosen 134th by the New York Rangers.

Good luck to them all.

--Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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