University of Minnesota Duluth rising sophomore defenseman Scott Perunovich and incoming 2018-19 rookie forward Cole Koepke were both selected in the 2018 National Hockey League Draft, which wrapped up today in Dallas, Texas.

Perunovich, a 2017-18 first team All-American and the reigning NCAA Rookie of the Year (College Hockey Commissioner's Association Tim Taylor Award), was taken in the second round (45th pick overall) by the St. Louis Blues while Koepke, who played last season for the United States Hockey League's Sioux City Musketeers, went in the sixth round (183rd overall selection) to the Tampa Lightning.

A total of 110 Bulldogs have been chosen in the NHL Draft going back to 1970. That includes seven on the 2018-19 UMD roster  -- Perunovich, Koepke, junior forward Riley Tufte (1st round, 25th overall by Dallas in 2017), sophomore defensemen Mikey Anderson (4th round; 103rd overall by Los Angeles in 2017) and Dylan Samberg (2nd round; 43rd overall by Winnipeg in 2017), sophomore forward Nick Swaney (7th round, 209th overall by Minnesota in 2017) and freshman forward Noah Cates (fifth round; 137th overall by Philadelphia in 2017).

The Bulldogs has produced four first-round picks in Tufte, Larry Wright (8th overall by Philadelphia in 1971), Matt Niskanen (28th overall by Dallas in 2005) and Dylan Olsen (28th overall by Chicago in 2009) and eight second-rounders -- Keogan, Samberg, Perunovich, Dennis Vaske (New York Islanders in 1986), Rusty Fitzgerald (Pittsburgh Penguins in 1990), Michael Gergen (Pittsburgh in 2005), Mason Raymond (Vancouver Canucks in 2005) and Justin Faulk (Carolina Hurricanes in 2010).