For two years, the NHL draft came and went without defenseman Francesco Dell’Elce hearing his name called.
Still, he wasn’t ready to just accept the fate of being an undrafted free agent.
“I’ve been confident in my abilities and just trusting the process,” Dell’Elce said. “This year was definitely the most successful of the three. I answered a lot of the questions that were around with my first two years. So yeah, I was confident this time going into it.”
After not getting selected following his final year at St. Andrews College, a prep school north of Toronto, or when he had a successful season with the Penticton Vees in the BCHL, Dell’Elce had a strong freshman season at the University of Massachusetts.