WHL Top Prospects Smith, Sutter showcase strengths in Sport Testing Combine

 

Guelph, ON – The next wave of NHL Draft talent were put to the test on Wednesday competing on and off the ice in advance of the 2018 Sherwin-Williams CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game.

All 40 of the Canadian Hockey League’s top prospects in attendance seized the opportunity to showcase their individual strengths with Sport Testing to gauge fitness and skill levels for NHL management and scouts.

The day began at the University of Guelph with a series of off-ice performance measures that included strength testing, agility runs, and leg power evaluations. The afternoon shifted to on-ice tests at Sleeman Centre including forward and backward sprints, reaction, weave agility, and transition agility drills each performed with and without a puck.

Defenceman Ty Smith of the Spokane Chiefs (ranked 14th by NHL CS) finished in a tie for second in overall on-ice testing based on results across the 10 different categories. Smith scored the top marks in the 30M Forward Skate with Puck, second in the 30M Backward Skate with Puck, and third in the Weave Agility and Reaction with Puck.

In the off-ice portion of the Sport Testing Combine, it was Everett Silvertips forward Riley Sutter (ranked 72^nd by NHL CS) drawing notice as he finished second in the right grip and third in the left grip tests.

2018 Sherwin-Williams CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game – Sport Testing Combine Top Performers:

Off-Ice Tests:

Vertical Jump:
1 – Liam Foudy (London Knights)
2 – Barrett Hayton (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhound)
3 – Kevin Bahl (Ottawa 67’s)

Broad Jump:
1 – Liam Foudy (London Knights)
2 – Serron Noel (Oshawa Generals)
3 – Kevin Bahl (Ottawa 67’s)

Medicine Ball Toss:
1 – Kevin Bahl (Ottawa 67’s)
1 – Anderson MacDonald (Moncton Wildcats)
3 – Liam Foudy (London Knights)

Grip Left:
1 – Barrett Hayton (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
2 – Andrei Svechnikov (Barrie Colts)
3 – Riley Sutter (Everett Silvertips)

Grip Right:
1 – Xavier Bernard (Drummondville Voltigeurs)
2 – Riley Sutter (Everett Silvertips)
3 – Gabriel Fortier (Baie-Comeau Drakkar)

Pro-Agility Left:
1 – Barrett Hayton (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
2 – Liam Foudy (London Knights)
3 – Noah Dobson (Acadie-Bathurst Titan)

Pro-Agility Right:
1 – Liam Foudy (London Knights)
2 – Ryan McLeod (Mississauga Steelheads)
3 – Nico Gross (Oshawa Generals)

 

On-Ice Tests:

30M Forward Skate:
1 – Serron Noel (Oshawa Generals)
2 – Dmitry Zavgorodniy (Rimouski Oceanic)
3 – Liam Foudy (London Knights)

30M Forward Skate with Puck:
1 – Ty Smith (Spokane Chiefs)
2 – Liam Foudy (London Knights)
3 – Noah Dobson (Acadie-Bathurst Titan)

30M Backward Skate:
1 – Noah Dobson (Acadie-Bathurst Titan)
2 – Evan Bouchard (London Knights)
3 – Xavier Bernard (Drummondville Voltigeurs)

30M Backward Skate with Puck:
1 – Noah Dobson (Acadie-Bathurst Titan)
2 – Ty Smith (Spokane Chiefs)
3 – Liam Foudy (London Knights)

Reaction:
1 – Barrett Hayton (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
2 – Allan McShane (Oshawa Generals)
3 – Nico Gross (Oshawa Generals)

Reaction with Puck:
1 – Liam Foudy (London Knights)
2 – Vladislav Kotkov (Chicoutimi Sagueneens)
3 – Ty Smith (Spokane Chiefs)

Weave Agility:
1 – Andrei Svechnikov (Barrie Colts)
2 – Dmitry Zavgorodniy (Rimouski Oceanic)
3 – Ty Smith (Spokane Chiefs)

Weave Agility with Puck:
1 – Andrei Svechnikov (Barrie Colts)
2 – Allan McShane (Oshawa Generals)
3 – Philipp Kurashev (Quebec Remparts)

Transition Agility:
1 – Akil Thomas (Niagara IceDogs)
2 – Barrett Hayton (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
3 – Ryan McLeod (Mississauga Steelheads)

Transition Agility with Puck:
1 – Akil Thomas (Niagara IceDogs)
2 – Aidan Dudas (Owen Sound Attack)
3 – Cameron Hillis (Guelph Storm)

Sport Testing scores provide valuable performance benchmarks to coaches and players at all levels of hockey with data collected at the Sherwin-Williams CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game shared with NHL Central Scouting and distributed to all 31 NHL teams.

For more information please visit www.sporttesting.com

#SWTP Images:

The CHL Images program continues to offer a collection of high quality digital photography of national events available for free editorial use by media.  All images are available as a high resolution download at www.chlimages.ca.  To download high resolution non-watermarked images, you must first register for the site through the “Client Area” tab in the sub menu.  Once registered, please confirm your email address with Aaron Bell, Director of Images at [email protected] for authorization.  Media with previously approved OHL Images access can download images from CHL galleries using the same login and password.

Under the main CHL Images tab you’ll find a gallery from Tuesday night in Guelph with individual player portraits in Team Cherry and Team Orr uniforms along with photos of all CHL teammates, and various pictures from the two practices.  New galleries will be posted on Wednesday following the skills testing, and Thursday following the game.

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