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# With pick #185, Toronto selects Rylan Fellinger
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/with-pick-185-toronto-selects-rylan-fellinger/
- Published: 2025-06-28T20:17:13.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-28T20:28:19.000Z
- Description: The first defender taken
- Author: Cathy Squires
- Tags: NHL Draft, Maple Leafs Prospects

Toronto selected Rylan Fellinger in the sixth round with pick number 185\. 

He is a right-shooting defender at 6'4" and around 200 lbs. He is from Wawa in northern Ontario, and has played for the Soo Greyhounds and now the Flint Firebirds.

[OHL: Rylan Fellinger - Neutral Zone - Men’sRylan Fellinger (D, R, 6’3″, 199, Flint Firebirds, 05/16/2007) Rylan Fellinger is a physically mature, stay-at-home right-shot defenseman with size that matches NHL standards. At 6’3”, 200 pounds, he already... Read more![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/site-icon-300x300-1.png)Neutral Zone - Men's![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/fellinger-rylan.jpg)](https://neutralzone.com/nhl-scouting-reports/ohl-rylan-fellinger/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

> Rylan Fellinger is a physically mature, stay-at-home right-shot defenseman with size that matches NHL standards. At 6’3”, 200 pounds, he already carries the frame of a pro blueliner and plays a reserved, defense-first game. Fellinger’s role in Flint has been limited to third-pairing and penalty kill usage, with virtually no power play time or offensive zone sheltering, averaging just 9 seconds of PP time per game.

[Wawa native and former Soo Jr. Greyhounds defender Rylan Fellinger is a late-round long shot who became an OHL regularohl![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/icon-6.png)Sault This WeekRandy Russon![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/sh-fellinger-1.sh_.jpg)](https://www.saultthisweek.com/sports/local-sports/wawa-native-and-former-soo-jr-greyhounds-defender-rylan-fellinger-is-a-late-round-long-shot-who-became-an-ohl-regular?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

[Fellinger a find for Firebirds -Of the 11 players from the Great North Under 18 Hockey League who were picked at the 2023 Ontario Hockey League priority selections draft, Rylan Fellinger is an anomaly. Not only is the big defenseman the only one of the 11 to become a full time performer in the OHL this season as a 2007 \[…\]![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/favicon-93.ico)Randy Russon![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/FELLINGER-Oct.-5-STW-e1707060264757-1024x517.jpeg)](https://www.hockeynewsnorth.com/ohl/fellinger-of-the-firebirds/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

> Leafs sixth-round selection Rylan Fellinger is attending his prom today   
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> Nice way for the 18-year-old [@FlintFirebirds](https://twitter.com/FlintFirebirds?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) d-man from Wawa, Ont. to celebrate being picked in the NHL draft❗️[@BarDown](https://twitter.com/BarDown?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
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> — Mark Masters (@markhmasters) [June 28, 2025](https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1939057907372282195?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)