OHL prospects for 2015 NHL draft
No less than 41 players from the Ontario Hockey League are listed among the National Hockey League’s Central Scouting Players to Watch list for the 2015 draft.
Six OHL skaters received an ‘A’ rating which indicates a first-round candidate.
11 skaters and one goaltender received a ‘B’ rating as second and third-round candidates, while 21 skaters and two goaltenders received a ‘C’ rating as fourth-fifth-sixth-and-seventh-round possibilities.
A Skaters:
CROUSE, LAWSON KINGSTON 23-Jun-1997 6′ 4.0″ 211 lbs * LW L
KONECNY, TRAVIS OTTAWA 11-Mar-1997 5′ 9.75″ 173 lbs * C 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
B Skaters:
ANDERSSON, RASMUS BARRIE 27-Oct-1996 6′ 0.0″ 210 lbs * D R
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
FRANZEN, GUSTAF KITCHENER 22-Sep-1996 5′ 10.75″ 173 lbs * C R
KNOTT, GRAHAM NIAGARA 13-Jan-1997 6′ 3.25″ 192 lbs * LW L
KOROSTELEV, NIKITA SARNIA 08-Feb-1997 6′ 1.25″ 195 lbs * RW R
LEMCKE, JUSTIN BELLEVILLE 13-Feb-1997 6′ 2.25″ 200 lbs * D R
MILLER, DAVID SAULT STE. MARIE 25-Sep-1996 5′ 8.5″ 180 lbs * C 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
C Skaters:
BLAISDELL, DOUG KITCHENER 20-Feb-1997 6′ 2.25″ 209 lbs * D L
CRAIEVICH, ADAM GUELPH 09-May-1997 6′ 0.75″ 192 lbs * RW R
DUNDA, LIAM PLYMOUTH 15-Sep-1997 6′ 4.25″ 212 lbs * LW L
FOSS, RYAN WINDSOR 27-Jan-1996 6′ 3.25″ 184 lbs * C/LW L
HARDING, SAM OSHAWA 31-Mar-1997 5′ 11.75″ 180 lbs * C R
HENLEY, TROY OTTAWA 13-Jan-1997 5′ 11.25″ 194 lbs * D R
KASHTANOV, IVAN SUDBURY 24-Feb-1997 5′ 11.0″ 207 lbs * LW R
KOHN, MASON KITCHENER 03-May-1997 5′ 10.5″ 188 lbs * C L
LLEWELLYN, DARBY KITCHENER 19-Jul-1996 6′ 0.5″ 180 lbs * LW L
MARTENET, CHRIS LONDON 25-Sep-1996 6′ 7.0″ 198 lbs * D L
MCCOOL, HAYDEN NIAGARA 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
RADKE, ROY BARRIE 10-Dec-1996 6′ 2.5″ 203 lbs * RW R
SALITURO, DANTE OTTAWA 15-Nov-1996 5′ 7.75″ 196 lbs C R
SCHEMITSCH, THOMAS OWEN SOUND 26-Oct-1996 6′ 3.0″ 205 lbs * D R
SPEERS, BLAKE SAULT STE. MARIE 02-Jan-1997 5′ 10.75″ 180 lbs * C R
SZYPULA, ETHAN OWEN SOUND 28-Jan-1997 5′ 10.5″ 168 lbs * C R
TYANULIN, ARTUR OTTAWA 20-Jan-1997 5′ 9.0″ 163 lbs LW L
WALTERS, CONNOR OWEN SOUND 05-Jun-1997 5′ 11.75″ 197 lbs * D R
B Goaltenders:
BLACKWOOD, MACKENZIE BARRIE 09-Dec-1996 6′ 4.0″ 215 lbs * G L
C Goaltenders:
HELVIG, JEREMY KINGSTON 25-May-1997 6′ 2.75″ 216 lbs * G L
MCNIVEN, MICHAEL OWEN SOUND 09-Jul-1997 6′ 0.5″ 205 lbs * G L
PHOTO: Blake Speers of the OHL’s Soo Greyhounds is a candidate for the 2015 NHL draft.