Chase Reid leads Four Greyhounds in NHL Central Scouting’s Final 2026 NHL Draft Rankings
TORONTO – A total of 76 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) players have been included in NHL Central Scouting’s Final Draft Rankings for the 2026 NHL Draft, underscoring the league’s depth heading into June.
CANADIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE BOASTS 75.5 PER CENT OF RANKS TO LEAD ALL NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT LEAGUES
The list features 65 skaters and 11 goaltenders from across the OHL, spanning all 20 member clubs. In total, 197 players from across the Canadian Hockey League’s (CHL) three member leagues (OHL, WHL, and QMJHL) were included in the final rankings. The Western Hockey League (WHL) leads the way with 78 players (69 skaters, 9 goaltenders), while the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) features 41 (35 skaters, 6 goaltenders).
Of the 224 North American skaters ranked, 65 hail from the OHL, accounting for approximately 29% of the list.
For OHL prospects, defenceman Chase Reid of the Soo Greyhounds leads the way, ranked second overall on the North American Skater list. He is one of four OHL players inside the top 10, joined by Caleb Malhotra of the Brantford Bulldogs (6), Nikita Klepov (8), and Ethan Belchetz of the Windsor Spitfires (9).
In total, 10 OHL players are ranked among the top 32 North American skaters, signalling strong first-round potential across the league.
By position, the list includes 14 centres, 17 left-wingers, 11 right-wingers, and 23 defencemen, along with 11 goaltenders.
All 20 OHL member teams are represented in the final rankings, led by the London Knights with seven players included – the highest total in the OHL. League-wide, that mark is matched by the Prince Albert Raiders, while the Medicine Hat Tigers lead all CHL clubs with nine players ranked.
The 2026 NHL Draft will be held June 26–27 at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, marking the fourth time the Buffalo Sabres have hosted the event. The NHL will once again use a decentralized format, with prospects and their families attending in person while team executives make selections remotely from their home markets. Buffalo has also hosted the NHL’s annual Scouting Combine since 2015 and will welcome the league’s top draft-eligible prospects again this spring.
2026 NHL Central Scouting Final Rankings – OHL
SKATERS
| RANK | PLAYER | POS. | TEAM |
| 2 | Chase Reid | D | Soo Greyhounds |
| 6 | Caleb Malhotra | C | Brantford Bulldogs |
| 8 | Nikita Klepov | RW | Saginaw Spirit |
| 9 | Ethan Belchetz | LW | Windsor Spitfires |
| 14 | Adam Novotny | LW | Peterborough Petes |
| 21 | Brooks Rogowski | C | Oshawa Generals |
| 25 | Ryder Cali | C | North Bay Battalion |
| 27 | Adam Nemec | LW | Sudbury Wolves |
| 28 | Ryan Roobroeck | LW | Niagara IceDogs |
| 29 | Jaxon Cover | RW | London Knights |
| 35 | Thomas Vandenberg | C | Ottawa 67’s |
| 40 | Maksim Sokolovskii | D | London Knights |
| 41 | Alessandro Di Iorio | C | Sarnia Sting |
| 43 | Egor Barabanov | C | Saginaw Spirit |
| 47 | Vladimir Dravecky | D | Brantford Bulldogs |
| 49 | Alexander Bilecki | D | Kitchener Rangers |
| 56 | Pierce Mbuyi | LW | Owen Sound Attack |
| 59 | Cole Zurawski | RW | Owen Sound Attack |
| 68 | Eric Frossard | D | Guelph Storm |
| 69 | Beckham Edwards | C | Sarnia Sting |
| 71 | Benjamin Wilmott | C | Barrie Colts |
| 73 | Alex Kostov | RW | Flint Firebirds |
| 75 | Spencer Bowes | LW | Ottawa 67’s |
| 80 | Wesley Royston | RW | Owen Sound Attack |
| 82 | Colin Fitzgerald | C | Soo Greyhounds |
| 83 | Parker Vaughan | RW | North Bay Battalion |
| 85 | Carter Stevens | RW | Guelph Storm |
| 91 | Lucas Ambrosio | D | Erie Otters |
| 95 | Jasper Kuhta | C | Ottawa 67’s |
| 97 | Adam Levac | C | Peterborough Petes |
| 103 | Jean-Christoph Lemieux | LW | Sudbury Wolves |
| 105 | Braidy Wassilyn | LW | London Knights |
| 110 | Callum Croskery | D | Soo Greyhounds |
| 118 | Aiden O’Donnell | LW | Oshawa Generals |
| 119 | Layne Gallacher | C | Guelph Storm |
| 124 | Brody Pepoy | RW | Saginaw Spirit |
| 141 | Brady Murnane | D | Oshawa Generals |
| 142 | Andre Mondoux | D | Kingston Frontenacs |
| 143 | Cohen Bidgood | RW | London Knights |
| 148 | Nathan Amidovski | LW | Brampton Steelheads |
| 152 | Joseph Salandra | RW | Barrie Colts |
| 157 | Ondrej Ruml | D | Ottawa 67’s |
| 159 | Harris Pangeritsch | D | Soo Greyhounds |
| 169 | Julian Brown | D | Owen Sound Attack |
| 171 | Dryden Allen | D | Flint Firebirds |
| 175 | Leo Laschon | D | Oshawa Generals |
| 181 | Illia Shybsinskyi | LW | Guelph Storm |
| 182 | Leon Kolarik | LW | Peterborough Petes |
| 184 | Ryan Brown | LW | London Knights |
| 186 | Darian Anderson | RW | Flint Firebirds |
| 188 | Caden Harvey | C | Windsor Spitfires |
| 190 | Jacob Vandeven | D | London Knights |
| 194 | Rowan Henderson | LW | Sudbury Wolves |
| 196 | Weston Cameron | LW | Kitchener Rangers |
| 201 | Rylan Singh | LW | Guelph Storm |
| 202 | Colin Feeney | D | Oshawa Generals |
| 205 | Andrew Robinson | D | Windsor Spitfires |
| 207 | Justin Handsor | D | Barrie Colts |
| 212 | Grady Spicer | D | Windsor Spitfires |
| 214 | Alexander Karmanov | D | North Bay Battalion |
| 217 | Alex McLean | C | Kingston Frontenacs |
| 218 | Julius Saari | D | Erie Otters |
| 219 | Cody Wood | D | London Knights |
| 220 | Elliot Arnett | D | Owen Sound Attack |
| 223 | Aiden Young | LW | Peterborough Petes |
GOALTENDERS
| RANK | PLAYER | TEAM |
| 11 | Ryder Fetterolf | Ottawa 67’s |
| 12 | Zachary Jovanovski | Guelph Storm |
| 13 | Stepan Shurygin | Saginaw Spirit |
| 15 | Matthew Minchuk | Kingston Frontenacs |
| 17 | Vladislav Yermolenko | Niagara IceDogs |
| 18 | Arvin Jaswal | Barrie Colts |
| 23 | Matthew Humphries | Oshawa Generals |
| 24 | Gavin Betts | Kingston Frontenacs |
| 31 | Ben Hrebik | Barrie Colts |
| 32 | Maksim Corovic | Brantford Bulldogs |
| 36 | Jason Schaubel | Kitchener Rangers |
Related Articles
Learn more about some of the OHL prospects featured in NHL Central Scouting’s Final Rankings:
- Chase Reid: Seventh-Round Steal Turned One of the OHL’s Top Rookies
- Brooks Rogowski: Unlikely Path from Michigan High School Hockey to the OHL
- Ryder Fetterolf: 67’s Rewrite Expectations with Rookie Goaltending and Depth Scoring
- Caleb Malhotra and Alessandro Di Iorio: Reunite at the 2025 CHL USA Prospects Challenge
- Jaxon Cover: From the Cayman Islands to OHL Ice
- Beckham Edwards and Di Iorio: The Sophomore Duo Changing the Game in Sarnia
For the full NHL Central Scouting Final Draft Rankings, visit nhl.com.
