Kingston Harris commits to Sudbury Wolves
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A player hailed as one of the highest-value picks in this year's OHL draft, forward Kingston Harris plans to continue to demonstrate his worth while wearing a Sudbury Wolves jersey.
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Rob Papineau, the Wolves' vice-president of hockey operations and general manager, announced on Monday that Harris, a sixth-round choice in the OHL Priority Selection back in April, had committed to the club.
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The fourth player to sign with Sudbury from the 2025 draft class, after first-round selection Brayden Bennett and second-rounders pick Vladimir Provorov and Parker Smith, Harris signed after a standout showing at the Wolves' prospect orientation camp in May.
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'We were thrilled to be able to draft Kingston where we did,' Papineau said in a media release. 'He is one of the most skilled players from this year's draft. He has a great attitude about being a Wolf and had a dominant development camp, where he led in scoring. We lookforward to Kingston's development and future as a Sudbury Wolf.'
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A six-foot, 165-pound Oakville native who played for the Toronto Marlboros U16 AAA squad this past season, Harris had 17 goals and 20 assists in 30 regular-season games in the Greater Toronto Hockey League.
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The 16-year-old centreman demonstrated his speed, skill and finishing ability once again at last month's camp, turning heads with a goal and two assists in the first scrimmage, then no fewer than four markers and a single helper in the second contest.
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The Wolves also described Harris 'as a powerful forward who uses his skill and speed to create offence off the rush and cycle.'
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'His scanning and vision in the offensive zone allows him to see passes and plays developbefore others. He plays both sides of the puck effectively and uses his size effectively to notonly knock players off pucks but also shield pucks when on offence.'
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