Oregon defenseman Parent signs NAHL tender

The Oregon Tradesmen of the NA3HL are pleased to announce that defenseman Ben Parent has signed an NAHL tender agreement with the Chippewa Steel of the NAHL’s Midwest Division.

Parent, 19, just completed his first season in the NA3HL and first in junior hockey. The 5’10 174 lbs. defenseman played a key role on Oregon’s blue line this past season, recording 24 points (2 goals, 22 assists) in 45 regular season games.

He was selected to and played in the 2023 NA3HL Top Prospects Tournament for the Central Division team where he recorded one assist in two gamed played.

His first NA3HL goal came on December 9th against the Willmar WarHawks. In Oregon’s run to the Fraser Cup Championship, Parent had a goal and an assist in 7 games played. 

Prior to playing in the NA3HL, Parent played for Hudson High School in his hometown Hudson, Wisconsin. He also participated in the 2020 NAPHL Fall League where he played for the Janesville Jets 16U team. 

Click here to see a list of NA3HL tenders for the 2022-23 season

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 NA3HL - plus or minus any trades - which became active on November 1st. Tendered players are not eligible for the 2023 NAHL Draft.