166 CHL Players to watch for the 2015 NHL Draft
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Thursday November 20, 2014
166 players from the Canadian Hockey League were listed among NHL Central Scouting’s November ‘Players to Watch’ list for the 2015 NHL Draft which takes place June 26-27 in Florida.
The 166 players include 61 from the Ontario Hockey League, 59 from the Western Hockey League, and 46 from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
21 skaters and two goaltenders received an ‘A rating’ which indicates a first round candidate.
37 skaters and two goaltenders received a ‘B rating’ which indicates second/third round candidates.
87 skaters and 17 goaltenders received a ‘C rating’ which indicates fourth/fifth/sixth round candidates.
The Erie Otters, Sarnia Sting, Charlottetown Islanders and Swift Current Broncos each have two players with ‘A’ ratings including forwards Connor McDavid and Dylan Strome from the Otters as well as Nikita Korostelev and Pavel Zacha from the Sting. Charlottetown Islanders Filip Chlapik and Daniel Sprong are both on the listing as well as Swift Current forwards Jake DeBrusk and Glenn Gawdin.
Callum Booth of the MasterCard Memorial Cup host Quebec Remparts along with Mackenzie Blackwood of the Barrie Colts were the only goaltending prospects to be given an ‘A’ rating.
95 CHL players were selected in the 2014 NHL Draft including 20 players chosen in the first round.
166 CHL ‘Players to Watch’ for the 2015 NHL Draft:
A SKATERS:
CROUSE, LAWSON KINGSTON 23-Jun-1997 6′ 4.0″ 211 lbs * LW L
KONECNY, TRAVIS OTTAWA 11-Mar-1997 5′ 9.75″ 174 lbs * C R
KOROSTELEV, NIKITA SARNIA 08-Feb-1997 6′ 1.25″ 195 lbs * RW R
MARNER, MITCHELL LONDON 05-May-1997 5′ 11.0″ 155 lbs * C R
MCDAVID, CONNOR ERIE 13-Jan-1997 6′ 0.75″ 195 lbs * C L
STROME, DYLAN ERIE 07-Mar-1997 6′ 3.0″ 187 lbs * C L
ZACHA, PAVEL SARNIA 06-Apr-1997 6′ 3.0″ 210 lbs * C L
CHLAPIK, FILIP CHARLOTTETOWN 03-Jun-1997 6′ 0.75″ 194 lbs * C L
MEIER, TIMO HALIFAX 08-Oct-1996 6′ 1.0″ 208 lbs * RW L
ROY, NICOLAS CHICOUTIMI 05-Feb-1997 6′ 4.0″ 199 lbs * C R
SPRONG, DANIEL CHARLOTTETOWN 17-Mar-1997 6′ 0.0″ 189 lbs * RW R
SVECHNIKOV, EVGENI CAPE BRETON 31-Oct-1996 6′ 2.0″ 199 lbs * LW L
ZBORIL, JAKUB SAINT JOHN 21-Feb-1997 6′ 0.75″ 184 lbs * D L
BARZAL, MATHEW SEATTLE 26-May-1997 5′ 11.25″ 175 lbs * C R
BITTNER, PAUL PORTLAND 04-Nov-1996 6′ 4.0″ 206 lbs * LW L
CARLO, BRANDON TRI-CITY 26-Nov-1996 6′ 4.75″ 198 lbs * D R
DeBRUSK, JAKE SWIFT CURRENT 17-Oct-1996 5′ 11.5″ 171 lbs * LW L
GAWDIN, GLENN SWIFT CURRENT 25-Mar-1997 6′ 0.75″ 188 lbs * C R
HARKINS, JANSEN PRINCE GEORGE 23-May-1997 6′ 0.75″ 177 lbs * C L
MERKLEY, NICK KELOWNA 23-May-1997 5′ 10.75″ 191 lbs * C R
PROVOROV, IVAN BRANDON 13-Jan-1997 6′ 0.0″ 191 lbs * D L
A GOALTENDERS:
BLACKWOOD, MACKENZIE BARRIE 09-Dec-1996 6′ 4.0″ 215 lbs * G L
BOOTH, CALLUM QUEBEC 21-May-1997 6′ 2.75″ 199 lbs * G L
B SKATERS:
DERMOTT, TRAVIS ERIE 22-Dec-1996 5′ 11.25″ 197 lbs * D L
DUNN, VINCE NIAGARA 29-Oct-1996 5′ 11.75″ 182 lbs * D L
KNOTT, GRAHAM NIAGARA 13-Jan-1997 6′ 3.25″ 192 lbs * LW L
LEMCKE, JUSTIN BELLEVILLE 13-Feb-1997 6′ 2.25″ 200 lbs * D R
LUFF, MATT BELLEVILLE 05-May-1997 6′ 1.5″ 179 lbs * RW R
SENYSHYN, ZACHARY SAULT STE. MARIE 30-Mar-1997 6′ 1.0″ 192 lbs * RW R
SPENCER, MATTHEW PETERBOROUGH 24-Mar-1997 6′ 1.5″ 201 lbs * D R
STEPHENS, MITCHELL SAGINAW 05-Feb-1997 5′ 11.25″ 184 lbs * C R
VANDE SOMPEL, MITCHELL OSHAWA 11-Feb-1997 5′ 10.0″ 182 lbs * D L
ALAIN, ALEXANDRE GATINEAU 03-Mar-1997 6′ 0.25″ 173 lbs * C R
ASKEW, CAMERON MONCTON 13-May-1997 6′ 2.25″ 203 lbs * C R
BEAUVILLIER, ANTHONY SHAWINIGAN 08-Jun-1997 5′ 10.25″ 173 lbs * LW L
BRISEBOIS, GUILLAUME ACADIE-BATHURST 21-Jul-1997 6′ 1.75″ 170 lbs * D L
CARRIER, ALEXANDRE GATINEAU 08-Oct-1996 5′ 11.0″ 174 lbs * D R
CHABOT, THOMAS SAINT JOHN 30-Jan-1997 6′ 1.25″ 181 lbs * D L
GAGNE, GABRIEL VICTORIAVILLE 11-Nov-1996 6′ 4.75″ 186 lbs * RW R
GALIPEAU, OLIVIER VAL-D’OR 22-May-1997 6′ 0.5″ 202 lbs * D L
HENLEY, DAVID CHARLOTTETOWN 13-Mar-1997 6′ 4.5″ 203 lbs * D L
LAUZON, JEREMY ROUYN-NORANDA 28-Apr-1997 6′ 1.75″ 193 lbs * D L
MARSH, ADAM SAINT JOHN 22-Aug-1997 6′ 0.0″ 160 lbs * LW L
MELOCHE, NICOLAS BAIE-COMEAU 18-Jul-1997 6′ 2.5″ 202 lbs * D R
NOEL, NATHAN SAINT JOHN 21-Jun-1997 5′ 10.75″ 170 lbs * C R
ROY, JEREMY SHERBROOKE 14-May-1997 5′ 11.75″ 189 lbs * D R
TKACHEV, VLADIMIR MONCTON 05-Oct-1995 5′ 9.5″ 144 lbs * LW R
TRENIN, YAKOV GATINEAU 13-Jan-1997 6′ 1.75″ 192 lbs * C L
YAN, DENNIS SHAWINIGAN 14-Apr-1997 6′ 1.25″ 180 lbs * LW L
BAER, ALEXANDER VANCOUVER 25-Aug-1997 5′ 9.5″ 167 lbs * C R
BETHUNE, JARED PRINCE GEORGE 20-Jan-1997 6′ 0.0″ 174 lbs * C L
GABRIELLE, JESSE BRANDON 17-Jun-1997 5′ 10.75″ 205 lbs * LW L
GARDINER, REID PRINCE ALBERT 19-Jan-1996 5′ 10.5″ 187 lbs * C/RW R
GROPP, RYAN SEATTLE 16-Sep-1996 6′ 2.0″ 184 lbs * LW L
JUULSEN, NOAH EVERETT 02-Apr-1997 6′ 1.25″ 175 lbs * D R
KOLESAR, KEEGAN SEATTLE 08-Apr-1997 6′ 1.25″ 217 lbs * RW R
MUSIL, ADAM RED DEER 26-Mar-1997 6′ 2.5″ 198 lbs * C R
PILON, RYAN BRANDON 10-Oct-1996 6′ 2.0″ 206 lbs * D L
WOTHERSPOON, PARKER TRI-CITY 24-Aug-1997 6′ 0.25″ 171 lbs * D L
ZBOROSKY, ZACHARY KOOTENAY 15-Oct-1996 5′ 11.0″ 175 lbs * C R
B GOALTENDERS:
MCNIVEN, MICHAEL OWEN SOUND 09-Jul-1997 6′ 0.5″ 205 lbs * G L
MONTEMBAULT, SAMUEL BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND 30-Oct-1996 6′ 2.25″ 164 lbs * G L
C SKATERS:
ADDISON, JEREMIAH OTTAWA 21-Oct-1996 5′ 11.75″ 182 lbs * LW L
ANDERSSON, RASMUS BARRIE 27-Oct-1996 6′ 0.0″ 210 lbs * D R
ARTEMOV, ARTEM SAGINAW 17-Jan-1997 5′ 10.5″ 200 lbs LW R
BETZ, NICK ERIE 18-Jul-1995 6′ 4.25″ 220 lbs * RW R
BLAISDELL, DOUG KITCHENER 20-Feb-1997 6′ 2.25″ 209 lbs * D L
BOURAMMAN, GUSTAV SAULT STE. MARIE 24-Jan-1997 5′ 11.25″ 184 lbs * D R
CAPOBIANCO, KYLE SUDBURY 13-Aug-1997 6′ 1.0″ 178 lbs * D L
CIRELLI, ANTHONY OSHAWA 15-Jul-1997 5′ 11.5″ 160 lbs * C L
CRAWFORD, MARCUS SAGINAW 21-Mar-1997 5′ 11.0″ 193 lbs * D R
CRAWLEY, BRANDON LONDON 02-Feb-1997 6′ 0.5″ 198 lbs * D L
DUNDA, LIAM PLYMOUTH 15-Sep-1997 6′ 4.25″ 212 lbs * LW L
FRANZEN, GUSTAF KITCHENER 22-Sep-1996 5′ 10.75″ 173 lbs * C R
HARDING, SAM OSHAWA 31-Mar-1997 5′ 11.75″ 180 lbs * C R
HENRIKSSON, ALEXANDER NORTH BAY 07-Feb-1995 6′ 1.75″ 209 lbs * RW R
HOLMES, MICHAEL SAGINAW 03-Feb-1997 6′ 3.0″ 175 lbs D R
KOHN, MASON KITCHENER 03-May-1997 5′ 10.5″ 188 lbs * C L
KREIS, MATTHEW BARRIE 01-Aug-1997 5′ 10.5″ 173 lbs * C L
LAISHRAM, ADAM BELLEVILLE 08-Apr-1997 5′ 8.5″ 158 lbs * RW R
LINDBERG, BRANDON SARNIA 24-Sep-1996 6′ 0.5″ 205 lbs * C L
MACARTHUR, TYLER OWEN SOUND 25-May-1997 6′ 3.5″ 177 lbs * D R
MARCHMENT, MASON ERIE 18-Jun-1995 6′ 3.25″ 195 lbs * LW L
MARTENET, CHRIS LONDON 25-Sep-1996 6′ 7.0″ 198 lbs * D L
MAYO, COLE ERIE 18-Jan-1997 5′ 11.75″ 202 lbs * D R
MCCOOL, HAYDEN WINDSOR 11-Apr-1997 6′ 3.0″ 200 lbs * C L
MCFADDEN, GARRETT GUELPH 21-Aug-1997 5′ 10.5″ 180 lbs * D L
MCKENZIE, BRETT NORTH BAY 12-Mar-1997 6′ 1.75″ 190 lbs * C L
MERCER, CULLEN PLYMOUTH 02-May-1997 5′ 11.75″ 189 lbs * C R
MILLER, DAVID SAULT STE. MARIE 25-Sep-1996 5′ 8.5″ 180 lbs * C R
MURPHY, PATRICK ERIE 10-Jan-1995 6′ 0.5″ 187 lbs * D R
RADKE, ROY BARRIE 10-Dec-1996 6′ 2.5″ 203 lbs * RW R
SALITURO, DANTE OTTAWA 15-Nov-1996 5′ 8.25″ 178 lbs * C R
SCHEMITSCH, THOMAS OWEN SOUND 26-Oct-1996 6′ 3.0″ 205 lbs * D R
SCHLICHTING, CONNOR SARNIA 17-May-1997 6′ 3.25″ 207 lbs * D L
SPEERS, BLAKE SAULT STE. MARIE 02-Jan-1997 5′ 10.75″ 180 lbs * C R
SUTER, PIUS GUELPH 24-May-1996 5′ 11.0″ 165 lbs * C L
SZYPULA, ETHAN OWEN SOUND 28-Jan-1997 5′ 10.5″ 168 lbs * C R
BELL, JASON CAPE BRETON 26-Apr-1997 6′ 2.0″ 188 lbs * D L
BOURQUE, SIMON RIMOUSKI 12-Jan-1997 6′ 0.25″ 184 lbs * D L
DOVE MCFALLS, SAMUEL SAINT JOHN 10-Apr-1997 6′ 2.0″ 207 lbs * LW L
FONTAINE, GABRIEL SHERBROOKE 30-Apr-1997 6′ 1.0″ 179 lbs * C L
FORTIN, ALEXANDRE ROUYN-NORANDA 25-Feb-1997 6′ 0.0″ 173 lbs * C L
FOURNIER, JORDAN VICTORIAVILLE 04-Apr-1997 6′ 1.25″ 181 lbs * RW R
GOULET, ALEXANDRE CHARLOTTETOWN 05-Apr-1996 5′ 11.5″ 195 lbs * C L
KIELLY, KAMERON CHARLOTTETOWN 13-Dec-1996 6′ 0.0″ 180 lbs * RW R
KRENZELOK, DANIEL VAL-D’OR 29-Jul-1997 6′ 3.5″ 175 lbs * D L
LALONDE, BRADLEY CAPE BRETON 01-Aug-1997 6′ 0.5″ 193 lbs * D R
LEVEILLE, LOIK CAPE BRETON 25-Sep-1996 5′ 11.5″ 223 lbs * D R
MARCOUX, ANTOINE VICTORIAVILLE 14-Nov-1996 6′ 1.0″ 170 lbs * C L
MOYNIHAN, CONNOR HALIFAX 20-Jul-1997 6′ 3.75″ 211 lbs * LW L
MYERS, PHILIPPE ROUYN-NORANDA 25-Jan-1997 6′ 4.75″ 196 lbs * D R
RICHARD, ANTHONY VAL-D’OR 20-Dec-1996 5′ 9.5″ 163 lbs * C L
SCHWERI, KAY SHERBROOKE 28-Dec-1996 5′ 9.0″ 175 lbs * RW L
SIMPSON, MARK ACADIE-BATHURST 24-Apr-1995 6′ 5.25″ 189 lbs * C L
TIMASHOV, DMYTRO QUEBEC 01-Oct-1996 5′ 9.25″ 192 lbs * LW L
BEAR, ETHAN SEATTLE 26-Jun-1997 5′ 11.0″ 200 lbs * D R
BOBYLEV, VLADIMIR VANCOUVER 18-Apr-1997 6′ 2.75″ 210 lbs * RW L
BRADLEY, MATT MEDICINE HAT 22-Jan-1997 5′ 11.25″ 187 lbs * C R
BUKARTS, RIHARDS BRANDON 31-Dec-1995 5′ 8.5″ 190 lbs * LW R
DAVIS, KEVIN EVERETT 14-Mar-1997 5′ 11.75″ 183 lbs * D R
ESTEPHAN, GIORGIO LETHBRIDGE 03-Feb-1997 6′ 0.0″ 188 lbs * C R
GATENBY, JOE KELOWNA 15-May-1997 6′ 0.25″ 176 lbs * D R
GENNARO, MATTEO PRINCE ALBERT 30-Mar-1997 6′ 2.25″ 187 lbs * C L
GRMAN, MARIO RED DEER 11-Apr-1997 6′ 1.25″ 186 lbs * D R
GUHLE, BRENDAN PRINCE ALBERT 29-Jul-1997 6′ 1.5″ 184 lbs * D L
HEBIG, CAMERON SASKATOON 21-Jan-1997 5′ 10.75″ 178 lbs * C R
HEID, NICHOLAS PORTLAND 21-May-1997 6′ 1.75″ 206 lbs * D R
HOBBS, CONNOR MEDICINE HAT 04-Jan-1997 6′ 1.0″ 188 lbs * D R
HUNT, DRYDEN REGINA 24-Nov-1995 6′ 0.0″ 199 lbs * C/LW L
JENSEN, KADE LETHBRIDGE 03-May-1997 6′ 1.5″ 191 lbs * D L
KARNAUKHOV, PAVEL CALGARY 15-Mar-1997 6′ 2.5″ 194 lbs * LW L
LUKIN, VLADISLAV TRI-CITY 24-Jan-1997 6′ 0.5″ 189 lbs * C/LW L
MURRAY, TROY KOOTENAY 12-Sep-1997 6′ 0.25″ 188 lbs * D L
NIELSEN, ANDREW LETHBRIDGE 13-Nov-1996 6′ 3.0″ 207 lbs * D R
O’REILLY, BRENDAN TRI-CITY 15-May-1997 6′ 2.25″ 185 lbs * D R
OSIPOV, DMITRY VANCOUVER 04-Oct-1996 6′ 4.0″ 193 lbs * D R
PAWLENCHUK, GRAYSON RED DEER 22-Mar-1997 5′ 11.5″ 183 lbs * LW L
PFEIFER, TRISTEN EVERETT 28-May-1996 6′ 4.0″ 180 lbs * D R
REDDEKOPP, CHAZ VICTORIA 01-Jan-1997 6′ 3.25″ 219 lbs * D L
ROBERTSON, TYLER EDMONTON 01-Oct-1996 6′ 1.75″ 179 lbs * C R
SIDEROFF, DEVEN KAMLOOPS 14-Apr-1997 5′ 11.0″ 171 lbs * RW R
SOUSTAL, TOMAS KELOWNA 15-Feb-1997 6′ 2.0″ 195 lbs * C L
SOY, TYLER VICTORIA 10-Feb-1997 5′ 11.5″ 172 lbs * C L
STRAND, AUSTIN RED DEER 17-Feb-1997 6′ 3.25″ 194 lbs * D R
TEXEIRA, KEONI PORTLAND 24-Mar-1997 5′ 11.75″ 208 lbs * D L
WAGNER, AUSTIN REGINA 23-Jun-1997 6′ 1.0″ 178 lbs * LW L
WEINGER, EVAN PORTLAND 18-Apr-1997 5′ 11.25″ 184 lbs * RW R
ZBOROVSKIY, SERGEY REGINA 21-Feb-1997 6′ 3.0″ 198 lbs * D L
C GOALTENDERS:
APPLEBY, KEN OSHAWA 10-Apr-1995 6′ 4.25″ 209 lbs * G L
BOWMAN, ZACK PLYMOUTH 31-Jul-1997 6′ 0.0″ 168 lbs * G L
FAZIO, JUSTIN SARNIA 03-May-1997 6′ 0.25″ 180 lbs * G L
FLINN, JACK OWEN SOUND 20-Dec-1995 6′ 7.0″ 223 lbs * G L
HELVIG, JEREMY KINGSTON 25-May-1997 6′ 2.75″ 216 lbs * G L
HERBST, LIAM OTTAWA 14-Sep-1996 6′ 3.75″ 194 lbs * G R
HICKS, CONNOR BELLEVILLE 20-Feb-1997 6′ 3.25″ 189 lbs * G L
BELISLE, JEREMY ROUYN-NORANDA 04-Apr-1997 6′ 0.0″ 157 lbs * G L
BILLIA, JULIO CHICOUTIMI 11-Mar-1996 5′ 10.75″ 160 lbs * G L
TREMBLAY, OLIVIER RIMOUSKI 20-Aug-1997 5′ 11.25″ 182 lbs * G L
BOW, LANDON SWIFT CURRENT 24-Aug-1995 6′ 4.0″ 214 lbs * G L
BURMAN, TAZ RED DEER 16-Feb-1997 6′ 0.25″ 165 lbs * G L
INGRAM, CONNOR KAMLOOPS 31-Mar-1997 6′ 0.5″ 212 lbs * G L
MCBRIDE, NICK PRINCE ALBERT 11-Jan-1997 6′ 3.5″ 179 lbs * G L
PAPIRNY, JORDAN BRANDON 10-Apr-1996 6′ 0.5″ 173 lbs * G L
SCHNEIDER, NICK MEDICINE HAT 31-Jul-1997 6′ 1.75″ 160 lbs * G R
SMITH, EVAN VICTORIA 27-Feb-1997 6′ 6.25″ 174 lbs * G L