Tuesday, January 15, 2013
NHL Releases Draft Rankings
More than half of all Division I schools represented in Central Scouting’s midterm rankings.
Dozens of current and future college players, representing 32 of the 59 Division I men’s hockey programs, are featured in NHL Central Scouting’s midterm rankings for the 2013 NHL Draft.
Michigan commit J.T. Compher leads all college players in the rankings, released Tuesday. Compher is one of six current or future Wolverines in the rankings, the most of any school. Harvard ranks second with five recruits listed, while Minnesota Duluth, Nebraska-Omaha and Notre Dame have four each.
New Hampshire freshman defenseman Brett Pesce is the top-ranked current college player in the list, ranked 36th among North American skaters.
A full list of college and college-eligible players in the rankings (North American skaters listed first, then North American goalies):
| Rank | Name | Pos. | Team | College |
| 20 | Compher, JT | LW | US NTDP (USHL) | Michigan |
| 21 | McCoshen, Ian | D | Waterloo (USHL) | Boston College |
| 31 | McCarron, Michael | RW | US NTDP (USHL) | Western Michigan |
| 32 | Hurley, Connor | C | Edina (HS-MN) | Notre Dame |
| 36 | Pesce, Brett | D | New Hampshire | |
| 42 | Fasching, Hudson | RW | US NTDP (USHL) | Minnesota |
| 46 | Fitzgerald, Ryan | C | Valley (EJHL) | Boston College |
| 47 | Santini, Steven | D | US NTDP (USHL) | Boston College |
| 49 | Downing, Michael | D | Dubuque (USHL) | Michigan |
| 51 | Thompson, Keaton | D | US NTDP (USHL) | North Dakota |
| 57 | Olofsson, Gustav | D | Green Bay (USHL) | Colorado College |
| 59 | Hayden, John | C | US NTDP (USHL) | Yale |
| 62 | Tambellini, Adam | C | Surrey (BCHL) | North Dakota |
| 64 | Ripley, Luke | D | Powell River (BCHL) | Notre Dame |
| 72 | Heinrich, Blake | D | Sioux City (USHL) | Minnesota Duluth |
| 73 | Clifton, Connor | D | US NTDP (USHL) | Quinnipiac |
| 75 | Kivihalme, Teemu | D | Burnsville (HS-MN) | Colorado College |
| 77 | Vannelli, Thomas | D | Minnetonka (HS-MN) | Minnesota |
| 78 | Johnson, Luke | C | Lincoln (USHL) | North Dakota |
| 79 | Florentino, Anthony | D | South Kent (HS-CT) | Providence |
| 83 | Sanford, Zachary | LW | Islanders (EJHL) | Uncommitted |
| 85 | Hill, Tyler | LW | Hotchkiss (HS-CT) | Uncommitted |
| 86 | Peterson, Avery | C | Grand Rapids (HS-MN) | Uncommitted |
| 89 | Byron, Blaine | C | Smiths Falls (CCHL) | Maine |
| 90 | Salvaggio, Jason | F | South Kent (HS-CT) | Connecticut |
| 91 | Coulombe, Alex | D | Stanstead (HS-QC) | Uncommitted |
| 98 | Malone, Sean | C | US NTDP (USHL) | Harvard |
| 100 | Ebbing, Thomas | C | Chicago (USHL) | Bowling Green |
| 104 | Pope, David | LW | West Kelowna (BCHL) | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 108 | Moore, Trevor | LW | Tri-City (USHL) | Denver |
| 109 | Motte, Tyler | C | US NTDP (USHL) | Michigan |
| 113 | Harms, Brendan | RW | Fargo (USHL) | Bemidji State |
| 114 | Guentzel, Jake | C | Sioux City (USHL) | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 115 | Glienke, Zach | LW | Eagan (HS-MN) | Uncommitted |
| 117 | Pinho, Brian | C | St. John’s (HS-MA) | Providence |
| 119 | Reno, Parker | D | Edina (HS-MN) | Rensselaer |
| 120 | Ellis, Eddie | LW | Andover (HS-MA) | Harvard |
| 121 | Olsson, Ross | RW | Lincoln (USHL) | Northeastern |
| 124 | Besse, Grant | RW | Benilde-St. M. (HS-MN) | Wisconsin |
| 125 | Sherman, Wiley | D | Hotchkiss (HS-CT) | Harvard |
| 132 | Rush, Cooper | D | Chilliwack (BCHL) | Uncommitted |
| 133 | Hutchinson, Nick | C | Avon Old Farms (HS-CT) | Uncommitted |
| 134 | Buckles, Matt | C | St. Michael’s (OJHL) | Cornell |
| 135 | Johnson, Adam | C | Hibbing (HS-MN) | Minnesota Duluth |
| 136 | Segalla, Ryan | D | Salisbury (HS-CT) | Connecticut |
| 137 | Soucy, Carson | D | Spruce Grove (AJHL) | Uncommitted |
| 141 | Guiltinan, Kevin | D | Prince George (BCHL) | Harvard |
| 143 | Jackson, Jacob | C | Tartan (HS-MN) | Michigan Tech |
| 150 | De Jong, Nolan | D | Victoria (BCHL) | Michigan |
| 160 | Pompi, Quin | D | Berkshire (HS-MA) | Princeton |
| 161 | Birks, Dane | D | Merritt (BCHL) | Michigan Tech |
| 162 | Stevens, John | C | Dubuque (USHL) | Northeastern |
| 163 | Wood, Miles | LW | Nobles (HS-MA) | Uncommitted |
| 164 | Lewis, Clint | D | US NTDP (USHL) | Cornell |
| 166 | Josephs, Troy | C | St. Michael’s (OJHL) | Clarkson |
| 168 | Forney, Christopher | D | Thief River Falls (HS-MN) | Uncommitted |
| 170 | Butcher, Will | D | US NTDP (USHL) | Denver |
| 172 | LaFontaine, Daniel | C | Avon Old Farms (HS-CT) | Uncommitted |
| 173 | Raskob, Willie | D | Shattuck-St. Mary’s (HS-MN) | Minnesota Duluth |
| 174 | Pionk, Neal | D | Hermantown (HS-MN) | Minnesota Duluth |
| 178 | Light, Connor | D | Andover (HS-MA) | Uncommitted |
| 180 | Allen, Evan | C | US NTDP (USHL) | Michigan |
| 186 | Shore, Quentin | C | Denver | |
| 189 | Copp, Andrew | C | Michigan | |
| 191 | Hamilton, Mark | D | Salisbury (HS-CT) | Massachusetts |
| 192 | Quenville, Peter | C | Dubuque (USHL) | Quinnipiac |
| 196 | Rauhauser, Alec | D | Bismarck (HS-ND) | Uncommitted |
| 197 | Wood, Tyler | D | Nobles (HS-MA) | Brown |
| 198 | Sherwood, Kiefer | F | Ohio Blue Jackets (AAA) | Miami |
| 200 | Vesel, Tyler | C | Shattuck-St. Mary’s (HS-MN) | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 205 | Bardreau, Cole | C | Cornell | |
| 207 | Andrew, Tyler | RW | Topeka (NAHL) | Ferris State |
| 209 | Beaudin, Nicolas | LW | Stanstead (HS-QC) | Uncommitted |
| 210 | Montgomery, Jacob | LW | Sioux City (USHL) | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 214 | Otterman, Chad | LW | New Jersey (EJHL) | Uncommitted |
| 4 | Petersen, Calvin | G | Waterloo (USHL) | Notre Dame |
| 7 | McAdam, Eamon | G | Waterloo (USHL) | Penn State |
| 9 | Cowley, Evan | G | Wichita Falls (NAHL) | Uncommitted |
| 23 | Lindgren, Charlie | G | Sioux Falls (USHL) | St. Cloud State |
| 30 | Romeo, Sean | G | Youngstown (USHL) | Uncommitted |
| 32 | Clark, Adam | G | Salmon Arm (BCHL) | New Hampshire |
| 33 | Katunar, Chad | G | Penticton (BCHL) | Notre Dame |
| 34 | Madsen, Merrick | G | Proctor (HS-NH) | Harvard |
| 35 | Starrett, Shane | G | South Kent (HS-CT) | Uncommitted |