BUFFALO, N.Y. (April 3, 2019) — The Buffalo Sabres today announced the team has assigned defenseman William Borgen to the Rochester Americans (AHL).
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SABRES RECALL BORGEN
BUFFALO, N.Y. (March 26, 2019) — The Buffalo Sabres today announced the team has recalled defenseman William Borgen from the Rochester Americans (AHL).
Borgen (6’3”, 196 lbs., 12/19/1996), who is currently in his first full professional season, joins the Sabres for his first career recall. The Moorhead, Minnesota native has appeared in 74 career AHL games with the Americans, posting 12 points (2+10) and a plus-7 rating in 66 games this season.
Selected by Buffalo in the fourth round (92nd overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft, Borgen signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Sabres in March of 2018 after completing his collegiate career with St. Cloud State. He recorded 41 points (5+36) in 106 NCAA games and was named NCHC Best Defensive Defenseman in his final year.
Internationally, Borgen captured a bronze medal with the United States at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship and was one of four collegiate players to be named to the 2018 United States Olympic Men’s Hockey Team.
BORGEN SIGNED TO ENTRY-LEVEL CONTRACT
BUFFALO, N.Y. (March 25, 2018) — The Buffalo Sabres today announced the team has signed defenseman Will Borgen to a three-year, entry-level contract. Borgen will sign an ATO and report to the Rochester Americans (AHL). The entry-level contract will begin starting with the 2018-19 season.
Borgen (6’2”, 188 lbs., 12/19/1996) recently completed his NCAA career with St. Cloud State, collecting 41 points (5+36) in 106 games. The native of Moorhead, Minnesota was named the National College Hockey Conference’s Defensive Defenseman of the Year this season.
Borgen was one of four collegiate players to be named to the 2018 United States Olympic Men’s Hockey Team. The defenseman also captured a bronze medal with the U.S. team at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship.
The Sabres selected Borgen in the fourth round (92nd overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft.
SABRES SELECT FIVE PLAYERS ON DAY TWO OF 2015 NHL DRAFT
BUFFALO, N.Y. (June 27, 2015) — The Buffalo Sabres followed up a busy first day of the 2015 NHL Draft which saw the team make two trades and one draft selection by retaining all of the team’s second-day picks and selecting five prospects. On the second day of the draft, Buffalo added one forward and four defensemen to their day-one selection of forward Jack Eichel to wrap up the 2015 NHL Draft.
The Sabres began the day by selecting defenseman Brendan Guhle in the second round with the 51st overall pick. A native of Sherwood Park, Alberta, Guhle (6’2”, 184 lbs., 7/29/1997) finished his second WHL season with the Prince Albert Raiders in 2014-15 with 32 points (5+27) and 36 penalty minutes in 72 games. The left-handed defenseman recorded 15 of those points in the last 22 games of the season, earning a 20-spot improvement in NHL Central Scouting’s final prospect rankings.
Guhle again improved his draft stock earlier this month at the 2015 NHL Scouting Combine at HARBORCENTER in Buffalo, after logging the best results among all prospects in the long jump and the highest peak power output score on the Wingate bike test. In all, Guhle ranked in the top 10 in seven different categories at the combine, joining Eichel in a tie for most top-10 results.
Buffalo opened the fourth round (92nd overall) with the selection of defenseman William Borgen. A St. Cloud State commit, Borgen (6’1”, 189 lbs., 12/19/1996) tallied 19 points (3+16) in 24 games during his senior season for Moorhead High School (Minn.) before joining the Omaha Lancers (USHL) for 21 games to finish the 2014-15 season.
The Sabres chose yet another defenseman with the team’s next pick, selecting Kelowna (WHL) blueliner Devante Stephens in the fifth round (122nd overall). Stephens (6’1”, 171 lbs., 1/2/1997) made his WHL debut during the 2014-15 season, recording 11 points (4+7) in 64 regular-season games for Rockets. The Surrey, British Columbia native added four assists in 17 playoff games, helping Kelowna to team team’s fourth WHL Championship.
Buffalo’s run of defensemen ended in the sixth round, as the Sabres selected Lethbridge (WHL) center Giorgio Estephan with the 152nd pick in the draft. Estephan (6’0”, 188 lbs., 2/3/1997) ranked third among Hurricanes skaters with 51 points (23+28) in 64 games 2014-15. After being unranked on Central Scouting’s midterm rankings, the Edmonton, Alberta native saw his draft stock soar in the second half of the season after finishing the year with 45 points (22+23) in his final 39 games of the season.
Defenseman Ivan Chukarov of the Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL) rounded out the Sabres’ selections at 182nd overall. A Chicago native, Chukarov (6’2”, 190 lbs., 4/3/1995) recorded 43 points (12+31) in 55 games with Minnesota last season and is committed to the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Buffalo Sabres’ 2015 Draft Class:
Round (Overall) – Player (Pos) / Amateur team
1 (2) – Jack Eichel (C) / Boston University, NCAA-Hockey East
2 (51) – Brendan Guhle (D) / Prince Albert, WHL
4 (92) – William Borgen (D) / Moorhead, Minn. H.S.
5 (122) – Devante Stephens (D) / Kelowna, WHL
6 (152) – Giorgio Estephan (C) / Lethbridge, WHL
7 (182) – Ivan Chukarov (D) / Minnesota, NAHL
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