- DRAFT PROSPECT CARD - 2018
HEIGHT: 6' 2"
Weight: 184
Born: 02/21/2000
Mid Term Rank: 38
• Vallati recorded 3-23—26 in 65 regular-season games with Kitchener in 2017-18 and added four assists in 19 postseason appearances before the Rangers were eliminated by Sault Ste. Marie in the third round of the 2018 OHL Playoffs.
• In 2016-17, Vallati was named to the OHL’s Second All-Rookie Team after collecting 5-16—21 in 59 games to become the first Rangers rookie defenseman to collect at least 20 points in a season since Ryan Murphy (6-33—39 in 62) in 2009-10.
• Internationally, Vallati earned a silver medal with Canada Black at the 2016 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge (0-2—2 in 6 GP).
• Models his style of play after Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith.