After trading up into the fourth round in a pick swap, the Penguins selected 20-year-old right-handed defenseman Parker Von Richter with their newly-acquired pick No. 111.
Von Richter is listed at 6 foot 1, 194 pounds. He spent the last four years in the OHL, including three and a half seasons with the Mississauga/Brampton Steelheads before being traded to the Barrie Colts last season. He had 25 points (four goals, 21 assists) in 38 games with Brampton and 24 points (eight goals, 16 assists) in 28 games with Barrie.
The Elite Prospects 2025 draft guide said Von Richter "closes quickly on puck carriers, hammering them to the boards. He cuts off breakouts in the neutral zone, before quickly transitioning play up the other way. His retrievals and breakouts are executed cleanly and confidently, and he joins the rush on almost every opportunity, opening lanes all the way up the ice."
Von Richter described himself as a "shutdown defender, I can transition the puck well and help out in the offensive zone."
Von Richter is committed to the University of New Hampshire for next season.
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Penguins get another overage defenseman
After trading up into the fourth round in a pick swap, the Penguins selected 20-year-old right-handed defenseman Parker Von Richter with their newly-acquired pick No. 111.
Von Richter is listed at 6 foot 1, 194 pounds. He spent the last four years in the OHL, including three and a half seasons with the Mississauga/Brampton Steelheads before being traded to the Barrie Colts last season. He had 25 points (four goals, 21 assists) in 38 games with Brampton and 24 points (eight goals, 16 assists) in 28 games with Barrie.
The Elite Prospects 2025 draft guide said Von Richter "closes quickly on puck carriers, hammering them to the boards. He cuts off breakouts in the neutral zone, before quickly transitioning play up the other way. His retrievals and breakouts are executed cleanly and confidently, and he joins the rush on almost every opportunity, opening lanes all the way up the ice."
Von Richter described himself as a "shutdown defender, I can transition the puck well and help out in the offensive zone."
Von Richter is committed to the University of New Hampshire for next season.
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