Saginaw, MI:
“Reagan O'Grady is a player we have kept an eye on for quite a while and we are pleased to be able to acquire him today,” Drinkill said. “He brings leadership and a wealth of experience to our back end, having played in 230 regular season OHL games over the past four seasons. I know Reagan is looking forward to getting started with our team on the ice and also in our community, and I would like to welcome him to the Saginaw Spirit family.”
The six-foot-two, 201-pound stay at home defenseman was traded to Mississauga from the Sudbury Wolves at last year's trade deadline, putting up 19-points (6-goals, 13-assists) through 55 games between the two teams during the 2017-18 OHL season.
A native of Lyndsay, ON O'Grady played triple-A hockey for the Toronto Marlies' minor midget program in the
Greater Toronto Hockey League, where he was eventually selected in the first round (15th overall) of the
2014 OHL priority selection draft by the Kingston Frontenacs, before being traded to Sudbury 26 games into his rookie season.
O'Grady would go on to put up 31-points (7-goals, 24-assists) with 90 penalty minutes through 121-games over the course of the next two seasons (2015-16 and 2016-17) with the Wolves.
With NHL training camp experience following an invitation to the Toronto Maple Leafs' 2017 prospects camp, O'Grady will bring valuable skill and veteran leadership to a talented Spirit defensive group which already features Reilly Webb (a sixth round pick of the Detroit Red Wings in the 2017 NHL draft), Bode Wilde (a second round pick of the New York Islanders in the 2018 NHL draft), and Caleb Everett (who was a free agent invite to Columbus Blue Jackets' 2018 training camp); along with Brock Hill, Hayden Davis, Duncan Penman, and Mason Millman on the Spirit back end.
Jason Marcoux
