BCHL prospects hoping to make Draft history

BUFFALO — Never have three players from the British Columbia Hockey League been selected in the first round of the NHL Draft.

That could change at First Niagara Center on June 24, when center Tyson Jost and defensemen Dante Fabbro and Dennis Cholowski each could hear his name called among the first 30 selections of the 2016 draft.

Jost and Fabbro, who played for Penticton, and Cholowski, who played for Chilliwack, are considered among the elite prospects of this draft class. The three have been busy this week at the NHL Scouting Combine at First Niagara Center and HarborCenter. Jost and Fabbro will interview with 28 NHL teams, and Cholowski will meet with 29.

“It’s definitely a cool experience going through this with Tyson,” Fabbro said Tuesday. “We …

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