Oilers draft RoughRiders goalie Ryan Cameron in seventh round

Edmonton turned a seventh-round pick into a bet on Cedar Rapids’ goaltending development, selecting Ryan Cameron 212th overall in the 2026 Upper Deck NHL Draft at KeyBank Center in Buffalo. The RoughRiders’ left-catching netminder became the fourth Cedar Rapids player taken in the draft, a strong showing for a program that spent the season pushing NHL-caliber talent into the spotlight.

Cameron’s case was built on workload and steadiness. The 6-foot-2, 183-pound goalie appeared in 40 regular-season games for Cedar Rapids and finished 24-11-2-3 with a .882 save percentage. He added two USHL Clark Cup Playoff appearances and stopped pucks at a .885 clip in the postseason, giving the Oilers a view of a goalie whose game held up when the schedule tightened and every mistake carried more weight. For a team looking for goaltending depth, that kind of reliability made the seventh round a sensible place to take a swing.

The pick also reflected a much longer runway. Before joining Cedar Rapids, Cameron played for the Lone Star Brahmas in the NAHL and produced a 1.24 goals-against average, a .948 save percentage and nine shutouts in 2024-25. That season brought him USA Hockey’s 2025 Dave Peterson Goaltender of the Year honor, along with NAHL Goaltender of the Year and Rookie of the Year recognition. Born Aug. 21, 2007, in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, Cameron entered the USHL with a résumé that already signaled high-end instincts, puck tracking and the kind of athletic base NHL clubs often try to uncover in later rounds.

He is committed to Boston College, giving him a next stop that should further test and refine the technical work he showed in junior hockey. For Cedar Rapids, Cameron’s selection put another stamp on a season that ended with NHL Draft recognition across the roster. For Edmonton, it was a measured seventh-round investment in a goalie who has already handled starter’s minutes, survived the grind of a heavy junior workload and shown enough pedigree to project beyond one uneven USHL statistical line.