NHL Central Scouting releases midterm rankings; Michigan names appear throughout
By @MichaelCaples –
NHL Central Scouting has released its midterm rankings for the upcoming 2016 NHL Entry Draft, and plenty of Michigan natives and current residents have cracked the list.
See how our Michigan names stack up – players are listed in order per their North American rankings.
Skaters
No. 8 – Clayton Keller – NTDP U18 (USHL)
No. 11 – Max Jones – London (OHL) – Rochester native
No. 12 – Kieffer Bellows – NTDP U18 (USHL)
No. 20 – Alex DeBrincat – Erie (OHL) – Farmington Hills native
No. 33 – Jack Kopacka – Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) – Lapeer native
No. 39 – Trent Frederic – NTDP U18 (USHL)
No. 42 – Will Bitten – Flint (OHL)
No. 43 – Sean Day – Mississauga (OHL) – Rochester native
No. 46 – Markus Niemelainen – Saginaw (OHL)
No. 51 – Ryan Lindgren – NTDP U18 (USHL)
No. 52 – Joey Anderson – NTDP U18 (USHL)
No. 53 – Ben Gleason – Hamilton (OHL) – Ortonville native
No. 54 – Griffin Luce – NTDP U18 (USHL) – Michigan commit
No. 55 – Keaton Middleton – Saginaw (OHL)
No. 67 – Adam Fox – NTDP U18 (USHL)
No. 69 – Will Lockwood – NTDP U18 (USHL) – Bloomfield Hills native – Michigan commit
No. 86 – Keenan Suthers – NTDP U18 (USHL) – Macomb native – Western Michigan commit
No. 89 – Mitch Eliot – Muskegon (USHL) – Grosse Pointe native
No. 92 – Graham McPhee – NTDP U18 (USHL)
No. 97 – Kenneth Johnson – Shattuck St. Mary’s (Minnesota High School) – Ann Arbor native – Michigan commit
No. 100 – Nick Pastujov – NTDP U18 (USHL) – Michigan commit
No. 110 – Michael Campoli – NTDP U18 (USHL)
No. 128 – James Greenway – NTDP U18 (USHL)
No. 135 – James sanchez – NTDP U18 (USHL) – Michigan commit
No. 139 – Tye Felhaber – Saginaw (OHL)
No. 141 – Rem Pitlick – Muskegon (USHL)
No. 143 – Drake Rymsha – Ottawa (OHL) – Huntington Woods native
No. 148 – Nicholas Caamano – Flint (OHL)
No. 163 – Zach Walker – NTDP U18 (USHL)
No. 166 – Luke Kirwan – Flint (OHL)
No. 192 – Wade Allison – Tri-City (USHL) – Western Michigan commit
Goaltenders
No. 6 – Tyler Parsons – London (OHL) – Chesterfield native
No. 7 – Evan Cormier – Saginaw (OHL)
No. 8 – Joseph Woll – NTDP U18 (USHL)
No. 10 – Jack Lafontaine – Janesville (NAHL) – Michigan commit
No. 23 – David Ovsjannikov – Barrie (OHL) – Rochester native