HC Dallas defenseman Helsen signs NAHL tender
November 12, 2015
HC Dallas, proud members of the NAPHL, are pleased to announce that 18U defenseman Louis Helsen has signed an NAHL tender agreement with the Odessa Jackalopes. Odessa are members of the NAHL’s South Division.
Helsen, 17, is in his second year playing in the NAPHL with HC Dallas and first season playing at the 18U level. The native of Dallas, Texas, currently leads the 18U team in scoring as a defenseman with five point (2 goals, 3 assists) in the team’s first 10 games of the season.
During the last event in Blaine, Helsen (6’1/185) had a great event, recording four of his five points to date during the five games.
Helsen played last season for the HC Dallas 16U team, where he had two points in 20 regular season games and one point in four playoff games.
In 30 career NAPHL games, he has recorded seven points.
He is the first HC Dallas player this season to sign an NAHL tender and second in the history of the program.
A tender is a contract, of sorts, a player signs announcing his intentions to play for that particular NAHL team and that NAHL team only. Once a player signs a tender with an NAHL team, his playing rights belong to that team within the NAHL and he may not be recruited by any other NAHL team. Each team is granted ten (10) tenders, which include two (2) tenders exclusively used on players from the NAPHL - plus or minus any trades - which became active on Nov. 1. Tendered players are not eligible for the NAHL draft, which will be held in June of 2016.
