{"id":62374,"date":"2023-09-07T06:56:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T10:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=62374"},"modified":"2023-09-07T06:56:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T10:56:22","slug":"defenseman-rylan-fellinger-commits-to-flint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/07\/defenseman-rylan-fellinger-commits-to-flint\/","title":{"rendered":"Defenseman Rylan Fellinger Commits to Flint"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Flint Firebirds announced today (September 6th) that defenseman Rylan Fellinger has agreed to an Ontario Hockey League standard player agreement with the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019d like to welcome Rylan to the Firebird family,\u201d General Manager Dave McParlan said. \u201cHis hard work this summer has paid off, as he really impressed us in training camp. We all knew he had a bright future, we just didn\u2019t expect the future to be now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fellinger was the Firebirds 13th round pick (255th overall) in the 2023 OHL Priority Selection. The 6-foot-3, 183-pound defenseman played for the U18 Soo Jr. Greyhounds of the Great North Midget Hockey League (GNML).<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m still in shock,\u201d Fellinger said. \u201cEven though it was a couple of days ago, it\u2019s been amazing. I always thought of the 13th round as just a number and I put in the work this summer and just came to camp ready.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wawa, Ont.-native played in 25 games for the Jr. Greyhounds this year he produced 14 points (2 G, 12 A), which were the third most among blueliners on the team. He also finished tied 10th among all defensemen in the GNML and added 6 A in 5 GP in the GNML playoff series helping lead the Jr. Greyhounds to a runner-up finish.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many people I want to thank,\u201d said Fellinger. \u201cMy teammates and coaches have really helped me throughout the season. My friends and brothers have helped motivate me and give me someone to look up to. My dad coached me when I was just a little kid. There are so many people I\u2019d like to thank. This is a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fellinger plans on wearing number 65 for Flint this year and becomes the fifth prospect of the 2023 Priority Selection draft class<\/strong> to commit to the Firebirds.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t wait to play in front of the Firebirds fans,\u201d he added. \u201cEven at the camp, there were so many fans. I\u2019m definitely ready to give them a performance and hopefully one day take that cup home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scouting Report from Head Scout Mike Oliverio: <\/strong>\u201cThey say you earn your job in training camp and that\u2019s exactly what Rylan did. He made it difficult for us not to sign him. Rylan thinks defense first and is a big-body defender who competes hard and will support the offense. He simplifies the game by moving the puck north quickly. His strength is disrupting the opposing team\u2019s offense using his reach and his ability to take away time and space.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Flint Firebirds announced today (September 6th) that defenseman Rylan Fellinger has agreed to an Ontario Hockey League standard player agreement with the club. \u201cWe\u2019d like to welcome Rylan to the Firebird family,\u201d General Manager Dave McParlan said. \u201cHis hard work this summer has paid off, as he really impressed us in training camp. We …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":62375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 22:54:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62376,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62374\/revisions\/62376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}