{"id":166720,"date":"2023-07-12T16:13:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T20:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=166720"},"modified":"2023-07-14T11:13:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T15:13:43","slug":"cobourgs-miedema-drafted-by-nhls-buffalo-sabres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/cobourgs-miedema-drafted-by-nhls-buffalo-sabres\/","title":{"rendered":"Cobourg’s Miedema drafted by NHL’s Buffalo Sabres"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hockey player Ethan Miedema, selected by the Buffalo Sabres at the recent NHL Entry Draft in Nashville, grew up around the rinks of Cobourg.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Not just as a player when he got his start on the ice, but also accompanying his grandfather Harry Jeschke, who is the former longtime arena manager for the Town of Cobourg.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe was the one who probably introduced me to hockey the most,\u201d Miedema said, recalling joining his grandfather for Cobourg Cougars junior A games on Monday nights. \u201cHe\u2019d pick me up and we would go and have a fun time. I\u2019d get in with him and would sit by the glass where the Zamboni comes out. I was at the rink lots in the back area and just being at those kinds of games, I really looked up to those guys.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Miedema was a fourth-round pick, 109th overall, during day two of the draft on June 29.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great feeling. I said in an interview there that I didn\u2019t really have any words and it was just such a shock that a childhood dream has came true and just being at (development) camp over the past six or seven days when I was there it was a true testament to how the NHL really is and just how well they treat us as prospects, Miedema said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Miedema, now with the Kingston Frontenacs, has played two Ontario Hockey League seasons after being a fourth-overall draft pick by the Windsor Spitfires in 2021. He was dealt to Kingston this past season in a trade deadline deal involving Seattle Kraken prospect Shane Wright going the other way to Windsor.<\/span><\/p>\n

He first played minor hockey for the Cobourg Jr. Cougars before moving on to triple-A hockey in Clarington and Quinte.<\/span><\/p>\n

Miedema was thrilled to have parents Amy and Jeremy at the NHL draft in Nashville.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re both my heroes and they\u2019ve put in so much of their time, so much money and so much effort into me,\u201d he said. \u201cI get a lot of credit for this, but a lot of it should be reflected on them and what they\u2019ve done for me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He also appreciates the support of his younger brothers Colby and Zach, who were also at the draft when he heard his name called.<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen here to the full interview with Ethan Miedema:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hockey player Ethan Miedema, selected by the Buffalo Sabres at the recent NHL Entry Draft in Nashville, grew up around the rinks of Cobourg.\u00a0 Not just as a player when he got his start on the ice, but also accompanying his grandfather Harry Jeschke, who is the former longtime arena manager for the Town of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":166715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,204],"tags":[28122,25834,28121,4595,11687],"radio":[25167],"origine":[267,25406,269],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166720"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167282,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166720\/revisions\/167282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166720"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=166720"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=166720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}