A second Swift Current Broncos player was taken by the Arizona Coyotes with the 128th overall pick (fifth round) in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft Saturday in Chicago.

Forward Tyler Steenbergen was passed over in the 2016 draft but notched 51 goals and 90 points in 72 games last season. The 51 goals were tied for the lead in the Western Hockey League.

Steenbergen stayed at home with his friends and family this year rather than go to Chicago for his second year of draft eligibility.

"I didn't think I was going to be drafted last year, but I wanted to prove people wrong this year," said the Sylvan Lake, Alta. native. "I thought I did a pretty good job of that during the season. Being able to hear my name called by Arizona is a dream come true. It's always been a dream of mine to be drafted to the NHL and then one day play, and I couldn't have asked for anything else."

Over 14 playoff games last season the 5-foot-10, 188-pound Steenbergen had eight goals and 14 assists.

Steenbergen, who was named the WHL's most-sportsmanlike player for the 2016-17 campaign, joins Aleksi Heponiemi as the only Broncos selected over the weekend.

But he'll be joining an organization with some familiar faces.

Lane Pederson signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Coyotes back in October before returning to play the 2016-17 season with Swift Current. And Mark Lamb coached Steenbergen in 2014-15 and 2015-16 with the Broncos before taking over as head coach of Arizona's American Hockey League affiliate Tucson Roadrunners.

"It's going to be awesome," said Steenbergen of being selected by an organization with people he knows. "I didn't know where I was going. It's obviously a lot better knowing some people down there when you'll be feeling a lot more comfortable and I can be myself knowing some people - knowing a prospect and knowing some people in the coaching staff."

Steenbergen said he's never been down to Arizona, and that while he's pumped to head down there he'll have to stock up on some sunscreen so he doesn't "get too burned."