Ducks Select Left Wing Myatovic with 33rd Overall Pick

The Ducks have selected left wing Nico Myatovic with the 33rd pick in the 2023 NHL Draft.

Myatovic, 18 (12/1/04), helped the Seattle Thunderbirds to a Western Hockey League (WHL) championship and appearance in the 2023 Memorial Cup after scoring 30-30=60 points with a +43 rating and 41 penalty minutes (PIM) in 68 regular season games. Among Seattle leaders, he ranked tied for second in goals and sixth in points. He scored 4-3=7 points in 19 WHL Playoff games, including the WHL Championship-clinching goal in Game 5 vs. Winnipeg.

The 6-2, 180-pound forward has scored 1-3=4 points with a +3 rating in five Memorial Cup games, including a multi-point effort (one goal, one assist) in the semifinal contest in a 4-1 win to advance to the Memorial Cup Final. A native of Prince George, British Columbia, Myatovic registered 4-24=28 points with a +11 rating in 67 games in 2021-22. He also scored 3-5=8 points in 25 WHL Playoff contests.

Myatovic scored 37-54=91 points with a +55 rating in 147 career WHL games