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‘16 Draft prospect Bellows, son of Brian, wins USHL Rookie of the Year

Bellows

Kieffer Bellows, son of longtime NHLer Brian, captured the USHL Rookie of the Year award on Friday after scoring 33 goals and 52 points in 58 games for the Sioux Falls Stampede.

Bellows, who’s committed to Boston University, set a record this season for most goals by a 16-year-old in the USHL Tier 1 era, and helped the Stampede capture the Clark Cup. By capturing the league’s ROY trophy, Bellows also joins a pretty distinguished list of winners that have since gone on to successful NHL careers: Johnny Gaudreau, Anders Lee, Max Pacioretty, Kyle Okposo and Joe Pavelski, to name a few.

Bellows is viewed as a potential first-round pick at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, which is shaping up to be a class loaded with talent. Auston Matthews, the Arizona native that’s toying with the idea of playing in Switzerland next year, is expected to be the No. 1 overall pick while the likes of US NTDP’s Matthew Tkachuk (son of Keith), Sarnia Sting defenseman Jakob Chychrun (son of Jeff) and Finland’s Jesse Puljujarvi are also pegged as players to go within the top five.

Brian Bellows was the No. 2 overall pick at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft and went on to play in three All-Star Games, capturing the Stanley Cup with Montreal in 1993.