Lightning strike: Tampa Bay drafts player from Hingham

The Tampa Bay Lightning picked Matt Marshall of Hingham and Noble & Greenough School in Dedham in the fifth round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.
The 18-year-old forward was the 150th selection overall. The point of transferring to Noble & Greenough from Hingham High School was to attract the attention of Division 1 college hockey programs.

That the move also brought Matt Marshall to the attention of National Hockey League scouts was an unexpected, exciting bonus.

"That was definitely pretty cool," said Marshall, the proud owner of the No. 63 rating among North American skaters as determined by NHL Central Scouting, which tracks and ranks prospects world-wide for the 30 NHL teams.

Marshall, a forward, wasn't thinking about the possibility of an NHL career much more than the next player last summer. The 2006 Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic selection, who had emerged as an offensive force for MIAA Super-8 entrant Hingham, wondered more about how his move to the prep/private level would work out. Three other N & G players are on Central Scouting's list. But Marshall, who scored 14 goals and 24 points in 27 games, ended up ranked ahead of the two other Nobles forwards. (Goalie John Muse came in at No. 22 of the 30 North American netminders ranked.)

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[jg168429]

atta boy marshman

[ryguy370]

how big is it marsh

[r2native]

tampa...marsall...:/

[Jay333]

congrats man good luck in the future