Battlefords AAA Stars blueliner Luke Reid has another option for his hockey career.
The 15-year-old from Warman was selected by the Sioux City Musketeers with the 48th overall pick during the third round of the United States Hockey League Futures Draft Monday night.
Reid, who is committed to the North Dakota Fighting Hawks NCAA program for the 2020-21 season, had 23 points in 39 games during his second season in the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League.
He was also a second round pick in the 2016 Western Hockey League draft by the Victoria Royals and his Sakatchewan Junior Hockey League rights are held by the Kindersley Klippers after he was selected in last year's bantam draft.
The Musketeers have won three Clark Cup championships in the USHL, with their last title coming in 2002.
They finished on top of the league in the regular season this year with a 40-13-5-2 record and are tied up at one in their semifinal series with the Waterloo Black Hawks.
Three other players from Saskatchewan were selected in Monday's draft, in which the teams could only select players that were born in 2001.
Forward Luke Mylymok of Wilcox, who played for the Notre Dame Hounds and has committed to play for the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs starting in 2019, was a fourth round pick by the Green Bay Gamblers.
Mylymok was also drafted by the Royals in last year's WHL Draft during the fourth round.
The Omaha Lancers used a fifth round choice on Shellbrook forward Austin Lamotte, who suited up for the Prince Albert Mintos this past season and was a second round pick by the Yorkton Terriers last year.
Rounding out the quartet was Regina Pat Canadians forward Harrison Blaisdell, who was selected by the Fargo Force in the sixth round.
The Regina native, who was a second round pick by the Vancouver Giants last May, is also expected to join Reid on the Fighting Hawks roster in 2020.
There was also a player with SJHL ties selected in the USHL’s entry draft Tuesday, where teams could select players that were born between 1997 and 2000.
Defenceman Justin Lee, who had two assists in six games for the Notre Dame Hounds, was drafted by the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders in the sixth round.
The 17-year-old from Waskada, Man. spent the majority of last season with the Midget AAA Hounds, where he had 19 points in 39 games.
