Enfield's Robbie Baillargeon Selected In National Hockey League Draft

Former standout Robbie Baillargeon was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the fifth round of the National Hockey League draft late Saturday morning.

The lanky 18-year-old center was ranked 50th among North American skaters by Central Scouting prior to the draft, which is being held in Pittsburgh, PA.

He will not immediately join the Senators, as he has committed to play college hockey at Boston University in fall 2013. NHL teams retain the rights to a college player until 30 days after the player has left college.

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As a freshman at Enfield High in 2008-09, Baillargeon was a first team All-State selection, netting 35 goals and registering 60 points as the Raiders advanced to the Division II tournament finals.

Following that season, he transferred to Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, MA. In his first year of prep hockey, he tallied 15 goals and 30 assists, and was drafted by the Indiana Ice of the United States Hockey League, one of the top junior leagues in the country.

Baillargeon exploded for 30 goals and 34 assists in 30 games in his second season at Cushing, earning a spot on the 2011 NEPSIHA all-star team. He then opted to leave prep school and play in the USHL, netting 14 goals and adding 34 assists in 54 games for the Ice this past season.