WHL’s Top Prospects perform in Sport Testing Combine

 

Quebec City, QC – Forty of the CHL’s top prospects eligible for the 2017 NHL Draft, including 15 from the WHL, were put to the test on Sunday at Centre Videotron one day before Team Cherry and Team Orr face-off at the 2017 Sherwin-Williams CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game.

Players seized the opportunity to showcase their individual strengths with Sport Testing once again putting the next wave of NHL Draft talent through a series of tests to gauge fitness and skill levels for NHL management and scouts.

Michael Rasmussen of the Tri-City Americans, ranked sixth by NHL Central Scouting in their Midterm Rankings, finished fifth in the skating drills to lead the WHL in the on-ice portion of the tests, which included forward and backward sprints, reaction, weave agility, and transition agility each performed with and without the puck.

Other WHL players showed strong in the on-ice portion of tests, including Stelio Mattheos (ranked 23^rd by NHL CS) of the Brandon Wheat Kings, who finished first in reaction and second in the 30-metre forward skate.

Kailer Yamamoto (ranked 17^th by NHL CS) of the Spokane Chiefs, finished first in weave agility with the puck, as well as second in weave agility without the puck.

Juuso Valimaki (ranked ninth by NHL CS) of the Tri-City Americans, finished first in reaction with the puck.

2017 Sherwin-Williams CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game – Sport Testing Combine Top Performers:

On-Ice Tests:

30M Forward Skate:

1 – Morgan Frost (Sault Ste. Marie Greyounds) 3.991
2 – Stelio Mattheos (Brandon Wheat Kings)
3 – Cody Glass (Portland Winterhawks)

30M Forward Skate with Puck:

1 – Morgan Frost (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
2 – Stelio Mattheos (Brandon Wheat Kings)
3 – Henri Jokiharju (Portland Winterhawks)

30M Backward Skate:

1 – Michael Rasmussen (Tri-City Americans)
2 – Markus Phillips (Owen Sound Attack)
3 – Nico Hischier (Halifax Mooseheads)

30M Backward Skate with Puck:

1 – Markus Phillips (Owen Sound Attack)
2 – Nico Hischier (Halifax Mooseheads)
3 – Antoine Crete-Belzile (Blainville-Boisbriand Armada)

Transition Agility:

1 – Alex Formenton (London Knights)
2 – Antoine Crete-Belzile (Blainville-Boisbriand Armada)
3 – Henri Jokiharju (Portland Winterhawks)

Transition Agility with Puck:

1 – Owen Tippett (Mississauga Steelheads
2 – Alex Formenton (London Knights)
3 – Markus Phillips (Owen Sound Attack)

Weave Agility:

1 – Alex Formenton (London Knights)
2 – Kailer Yamamoto (Spokane Chiefs)
3 – Antoine Morand (Acadie-Bathurst Titan)

Weave Agility with Puck:

1 – Kailer Yamamoto (Spokane Chiefs)
2 – Nico Hischier (Halifax Mooseheads)
3 – Alex Formenton (London Knights)

Reaction:

1 – Stelio Mattheos (Brandon Wheat Kings)
2 – Adam Ruzicka (Sarnia Sting)
3 – Kailer Yamamoto (Spokane Chiefs)

Reaction with Puck:

1 – Juuso Valimaki (Tri-City Americans)
2 – Alex Formenton (London Knights)
3 – Michael Rasmussen (Tri-City Americans)

Off-Ice Tests:

Pro-Agility Left:

1 – Ivan Lodnia (Erie Otters)
2 – Nick Suzuki (Owen Sound Attack)
3 – Kailer Yamamoto (Spokane Chiefs)

Pro-Agility Right:

1 – Kailer Yamamoto (Spokane Chiefs)
2 – Juuso Valimaki (Tri-City Americans)
3 – Ivan Lodnia (Erie Otters)

Vertical Jump:

1 – Alex Formenton (London Knights)
2 – Jake Leschyshyn (Regina Pats)
3 – Jacob Paquette (Kingston Frontenacs)

Broad Jump:

1 – Eemeli Rasanen (Kingston Frontenacs)
2 – Ian Scott (Prince Albert Raiders)
2 – Morgan Frost (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)

Medicine Ball Toss:

1 – Nicolas Hague (Mississauga Steelheads)
2 – Michael DiPietro (Windsor Spitfires)
3 – Markus Phillips (Owen Sound Attack)

Grip Left:

1 – Adam Ruzicka (Sarnia Sting)
2 – Nikita Popugaev (Prince George Cougars)
3 – Jacob Paquette (Kingston Frontenacs)

Grip Right:

1 – Adam Ruzicka (Sarnia Sting)
2 – Owen Tippett (Mississauga Steelheads)
3 – Jacob Paquette (Kingston Frontenacs)

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 30 NHL teams.

For more information, please visit www.sporttesting.com.

The 2017 Sherwin-Williams CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game is proudly supported by title partner Sherwin-Williams, and CHL associate sponsors CIBC, Cooper Tire, and autoTRADER.ca.  The game will be broadcast live on Sportsnet and TVA Sports and in the United States on NHL Network.

Tickets are still available through the box office at 1-855-790-1245 or visit Ticketmaster to purchase online.

For more information, please visit http://sherwin-williamstopprospects.ca.

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