When freshman Luke Opilka decided to attend the 2015 NHL Draft, he was looking forward to hearing his name called over the public address system at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. He never could have expected the team that picked him would be his hometown St. Louis Blues.
Opilka, the first of two current Badgers to get selected in this year’s draft, went in the fifth round, 146th overall, to the Blues.