Winger from West St. Paul chosen 13th overall by Detroit Red Wings in NHL draft

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· Posted: Jun 27, 2025 10:28 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

West St. Paul's Carter Bear began his nonrecreational hockey travel Friday nighttime erstwhile helium was chosen by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2025 National Hockey League introduction draft.

A six-foot-tall guardant who played near helping for the Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League, Bear was selected with the 13th wide pick, making him the archetypal Manitoban to beryllium drafted.

Bear led the Silvertips with 40 goals and 42 assists past year, contempt playing lone 56 games erstwhile his play was chopped abbreviated by an Achilles injury. 

Bear was calved successful Winnipeg, but his parents are from Peguis First Nation. Shortly aft helium was chosen, the Southern Chiefs Organization sent its congratulations via societal media, describing it arsenic "a historical and arrogant moment for Carter, his family, and his Nation."

The Winnipeg Jets held the 28th wide prime successful the draft, wherever they took Swedish defenceman Sascha Boumedienne, who played overmuch of his inferior hockey successful the United States, including past play with the Boston University Terriers.

The six-foot-two Boumedienne scored 3 goals and added 10 assists successful 40 games past twelvemonth with the Terriers, advancing each the mode to NCAA Frozen Four, wherever they were beaten 6-2 by Western Michigan successful the title game.

The draft's archetypal portion of Manitoba contented came earlier successful the archetypal round, when lanky centre Roger McQueen was taken 10th wide by the Anaheim Ducks.

The six-foot-five McQueen was a spot of a question people going into the draft, aft missing parts of the past 2 seasons with a backmost injuries. But erstwhile helium did play, the Saskatoon-born guardant showed a deft scoring touch, racking up 31 goals and 40 assists implicit 70 games successful the 2 seasons combined.