April 14, 2009
By Inside College Hockey
The NHL’s Central Scouting Service has released its final ranking of the top players eligible for the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. The rankings list North American and European players separately, as well as separating goalies from skaters (forwards and defensemen).
The top-ranked player with college ties is Minnesota forward Jordan Schroeder at No. 5. Others listed among the top 20 include Colorado College recruit John Moore, who plays for Chicago in the United States Hockey League (sixth); Harvard recruit Louis Leblanc, who plays for Omaha in the USHL (13th); Boston College recruit Chris Kreider of Andover (Mass.) Prep (14th); and Notre Dame recruit Kyle Palmieri, who plays for U.S. National Team Development Program (20th).
The North American lists rank 210 skaters and 31 goalies, all playing in the U.S. and Canada. In addition to college players the list features draft-eligible major junior players, as well as a number of college-bound high school, prep and junior players.
| North American Skaters (College Players and College Commitments Only) | ||||
| Rank | Player |
Pos.
|
Current Team | College Commit |
| 5. | Jordan Schroeder |
F
|
Minnesota | |
| 6. | John Moore |
D
|
Chicago (USHL) | Colorado College |
| 13. | Louis Leblanc |
F
|
Omaha (USHL) | Harvard |
| 14. | Chris Kreider |
F
|
Andover (Mass.) Prep | Boston College (2010) |
| 20. | Kyle Palmieri |
F
|
U.S. NTDP | Notre Dame |
| 22. | Zach Budish |
F
|
Edina (Minn.) H.S. | Minnesota |
| 24. | Nick Leddy |
D
|
Eden Prairie (Minn.) H.S. | Minnesota |
| 27. | Dylan Olson |
D
|
Camrose (AJHL) | Minnesota Duluth |
| 28. | Drew Shore |
F
|
U.S. NTDP | Denver |
| 30. | Chris Brown |
F
|
U.S. NTDP | Michigan |
| 34. | Alex Chiasson |
F
|
Des Moines (USHL) | Boston University |
| 35. | Ben Hanowski |
F
|
Little Falls (Minn.) H.S. | St. Cloud State |
| 40. | Mac Bennett |
D
|
Hotchkiss (Conn.) Prep | Michigan (2010) |
| 41. | Seth Helgeson |
D
|
Sioux City (USHL) | Minnesota |
| 43. | Josh Birkholz |
F
|
Fargo (USHL) | Minnesota |
| 50. | Jeff Costello |
F
|
Cedar Rapids | Notre Dame (2010) |
| 53. | Danny Mattson |
F
|
Richfield (Minn.) Holy Angels Acad. | North Dakota |
| 54. | William Wrenn |
D
|
U.S. NTDP | Denver |
| 56. | Kenny Ryan |
F
|
U.S. NTDP | Boston College |
| 57. | Eric Haula |
F
|
Faribault (Minn.) Shattuck St. Mary’s | Minnesota (2010) |
| 60. | Philip Samuelsson |
D
|
Chicago (USHL) | Boston College |
| 61. | Brian Dumolin |
D
|
New Hampshire (EJHL) | Boston College |
| 63. | Alex Velischek |
D
|
Delbarton (N.J.) H.S. | Providence |
| 67. | Jerry D’Amigo |
F
|
U.S. NTDP | Rensselaer |
| 69. | Alexander Fallstrom |
F
|
Faribault (Minn.) Shattuck St. Mary’s | Harvard |
| 72. | David Valek |
F
|
U.S. NTDP | Harvard |
| 75. | Brandon Pirri |
F
|
Georgetown (OJHL) | Rensselaer |
| 77. | Derek Deblois |
F
|
Hotchkiss (Conn.) Prep | Michigan (2010) |
| 78. | Ryan Daugherty |
F
|
Omaha (USHL) | Northern Michigan (2010) |
| 80. | Garrett Peterson |
F
|
Lincoln (USHL) | Notre Dame (2010) |
| 81. | Justin Florek |
F
|
Northern Michigan | |
| 82. | Nick Oliver |
F
|
Roseau (Minn.) H.S. | St. Cloud State |
| 87. | Thomas Larkin |
D
|
Exeter (N.H.) Prep | Colgate |
| 88. | David Gerths |
F
|
Lincoln (USHL) | Notre Dame (2010) |
| 89. | Curtis McKenzie |
F
|
Penticton (USHL) | Miami |
| 95. | Patrick Wey |
D
|
Waterloo (USHL) | Boston College |
| 97. | John Ramage |
D
|
U.S. NTDP | Wisconsin |
| 98. | Brendan Rempel |
F
|
U.S. NTDP | Harvard |
| 99. | Kyle Beattie |
F
|
New Hampshire (EJHL) | Maine (2010) |
| 100. | Kevin Lynch |
F
|
U.S. NTDP | Michigan |
| 103. | Tim Schaller |
D
|
New England Jr. Huskies (EJHL) | Providence |
| 109. | Keegan Flaherty |
F
|
Fargo (USHL) | Minnesota Duluth |
| 112. | Jared Festler |
F
|
St. Cloud State | |
| 113. | Jeremy Price |
D
|
Nepean (COJHL) | Colgate |
| 114. | Tyler Lapic |
F
|
New Prague (Minn.) H.S. | Wisconsin (2010) |
| 118. | Anders Lee |
F
|
Edina (Minn.) H.S. | Notre Dame (2010) |
| 120. | Nick Jensen |
D
|
Green Bay (USHL) | St. Cloud State |
| 121. | Jeremy Langlois |
F
|
New Jersey (EJHL) | Quinnipiac |
| 123. | Wade Megan |
F
|
South Kent (Conn.) Prep | Boston University |
| 127. | David Pacan |
F
|
Cumberland (COJHL) | Vermont |
| 128. | Nick Sorkin |
F
|
Team Maryland (AAA) | New Hampshire (2010) |
| 130. | Joseph Campanelli |
F
|
Westminster (Conn.) Prep | Bentley |
| 135. | Lee Moffie |
D
|
Waterloo (USHL) | Michigan |
| 136. | Gus Young |
D
|
Nobles (Mass.) Prep | Yale (2010) |
| 137. | Ben Sexton |
F
|
Nepean (COJHL) | Clarkson |
| 138. | Daniel Delisle |
F
|
Fridley (Minn.) Totino Grace H.S. | Minnesota Duluth |
| 140. | Chris McCarthy |
F
|
U.S. NTDP | Boston College (2010) |
| 141. | Sean Logue |
F
|
South Shore (EJHL) | St. Lawrence (2010) |
| 142. | Spencer Bennett |
F
|
Surrey (BCHL) | Alaska Anchorage (2010) |
| 144. | Max Tardy |
F
|
Duluth (Minn.) East H.S. | Minnesota Duluth |
| 146. | Dustin Walsh |
F
|
Kingston (OJHL) | Dartmouth |
| 154. | Sean Escobedo |
D
|
Sioux Falls (USHL) | Boston University (2010) |
| 158. | Reilly Smith |
F
|
St. Michael’s (OJHL) | Miami (2010) |
| 163. | Nate Schmidt |
D
|
St. Cloud (Minn.) Cathedral H.S. | Minnesota (2010) |
| 164. | Brooks Herrington |
F
|
New Hampshire (EJHL) | Vermont |
| 165. | Patrick Mullane |
F
|
Omaha (USHL) | Boston College |
| 166. | Michael Cichy |
F
|
Indiana (USHL) | North Dakota |
| 169. | Kyle Bigos |
D
|
Vernon (BCHL) | Merrimack |
| 171. | Andrew Treais |
F
|
U.S. NTDP | Michigan |
| 175. | Jordy Murray |
F
|
Wisconsin | |
| 177. | Craig Smith |
F
|
Waterloo (USHL) | Wisconsin |
| 181. | Marshall Everson |
F
|
Edina (Minn.) H.S. | Harvard |
| 183. | Rylan Schwartz |
F
|
Notre Dame (SJHL) | Colorado College |
| 190. | Jordan Samuels-Thomas |
F
|
Waterloo (USHL) | Bowling Green |
| 197. | Steven Whitney |
F
|
Omaha (USHL) | Boston College |
| 198. | John Henrion |
F
|
U.S. NTDP | New Hampshire |
| 200. | Wes McLeod |
D
|
Prince George (BCHL) | Alaska Anchorage |
| 202. | Kevin Connauton |
D
|
Western Michigan | |
| 206. | Mike Connolly |
F
|
Minnesota Duluth | |
| 208. | Justin Agosta |
D
|
Berkshire (Mass.) Prep | New Hampshire |
| North American Goalies (College Players and College CommitmentsOnly) | ||||
| Rank | Player |
Pos.
|
Current Team | College Commit |
| 4. | Michael Lee |
G
|
Fargo (USHL) | St. Cloud State |
| 6. | Alex Vazzano |
G
|
Gunnery (Conn.) Prep | Union (2010) |
| 15. | Joe Cannata |
G
|
Merrimack | |
| 17. | Kieran Millan |
G
|
Boston University | |
| 19. | Connor Knapp |
G
|
Miami | |
| 21. | Michael Condon |
G
|
Belmont Hill (Mass.) | Princeton |
| 22. | Jeff Wyer |
G
|
Reading (Mass.) | New Hampshire (2011) |
| 26. | Mathieu Cadieux |
G
|
Cobourg (OJHL) | Quinnipiac |
| 30. | Adam Murray |
G
|
U.S. NTDP | Denver |
| Limited Viewing: Aaron Dell |
G
|
Calgary Canucks (AJHL) | North Dakota | |
