By: Alex Berard @aberard17 / https://www.ltlhl.com
Winnipeg, Manitoba – The time has finally come! We are roughly 24 hours away from the first round of the Light the Lamp Hockey League (LTLHL) Player Dispersal Draft! From what started from just a conversation in November 2022 to now having 24 General Managers from across North America eager to begin drafting their teams. The Player Dispersal Draft will consist of 20 rounds stretched out between 10 days, 480 picks to be exact. Each team will plan to select 12 forwards, six defensemen, and two goalies to fill out their 20-man starting rosters. After, another 25 players will be randomly selected for each organization to fill out their Farm League rosters. On February 1st, the draft order was randomized, and below is the order each franchise will draft. The Player Dispersal Draft will be a snake format draft where once each franchise picks in the first round, the order will reverse for the next round, and continue to flip-flop each round after that.
#1. Maine Moose
#2. Port City Privateers
#3. Miami Trident
#4. Memphis Blues
#5. New York Knights
#6. Rochester North Stars
#7. Denver Bandits
#8. Tucson Muertos
#9. Portland Twisters
#10. Laval Redbull
#11. Saint-Lambert Maulers
#12. Cape Cod Stingrays
#13. Atlanta Royals
#14. Minnesota Dockheads
#15. Quebec City Harfang
#16. Edmonton Blizzard
#17. Los Angeles Dynasty
#18. Las Vegas High Rollers
#19. Saint Paul Razorbacks
#20. Halifax Chaos
#21. San Francisco Orcas
#22. Seattle Samurai
#23. Motor City Mustangs
#24. Massachusetts Militia
The Player Dispersal Draft will begin on Friday, 2/17 at 8 pm eastern with the completion of the first round taking roughly 45 minutes. From there, round two through four will take place throughout the afternoon on Saturday. Starting Sunday, two rounds per day will be conducted until the completion of the draft on Sunday, February 26th. Following the draft free agency and trades will open, the league-wide salary minimums and maximums will be determined, and the pre-season will kick off.