Dube, Johansen, Soustal Among 49 WHL Players on NHL CSS Players to Watch List
November 24, 2015 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release
Calgary, AB - NHL Central Scouting issued its latest edition of the 'Players to Watch' list for the 2016 NHL Draft earlier today with 49 players making the grade.
NHL Central Scouting identifies players with a rating system that includes four ratings. The 'A' rating indicates a first round candidate, a 'B' rating indicates a second or third round candidate, and a 'C' rating indicates a fourth, fifth, or sixth round candidate. An 'LV' rating indicates Limited Viewing of injured players who have not had sufficient viewings to be categorized.
Kelowna Rockets players Dillon Dube and Lucas Johansen are identified as B prospects while Tomas Soustal is listed as a C prospect.
Six WHL players were assigned an 'A' rating, including Kale Clague of the Brandon Wheat Kings, Jake Bean of the Calgary Hitmen, Simon Stransky of the Prince Albert Raiders, Sam Steel of the Regina Pats, Maxime Lajoie of the Swift Current Broncos and Tyler Benson of the Vancouver Giants.
2016 NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING PRELIMINARY 'PLAYERS TO WATCH' - WHL PLAYERS
PTW Last Name First Name Team League Height Weight Pos
A CLAGUE KALE BRANDON WHL 5' 11.75" 177 D
A BEAN JAKE CALGARY WHL 5' 11.75" 173 D
A STRANSKY SIMON PRINCE ALBERT WHL 5' 11.5" 171 LW
A STEEL SAM REGINA WHL 5' 11.0" 177 C
A LAJOIE MAXIME SWIFT CURRENT WHL 6' 1.0" 183 D
A BENSON TYLER VANCOUVER WHL 5' 11.75" 201 LW
B HART CARTER EVERETT WHL 6' 0.5" 177 G
B VALA ONDREJ KAMLOOPS WHL 6' 4.5" 207 D
B DUBE DILLON KELOWNA WHL 5' 10.25" 180 C
B JOHANSEN LUCAS KELOWNA WHL 6' 1.25" 174 D
B HOWDEN BRETT MOOSE JAW WHL 6' 2.25" 193 C
B SAWCHENKO ZACHARY MOOSE JAW WHL 6' 0.0" 178 G
B BUDIK VOJTECH PRINCE ALBERT WHL 6' 1.0" 189 D
B MAHURA JOSHUA RED DEER WHL 6' 0.25" 178 D
B HAJEK LIBOR SASKATOON WHL 6' 2.0" 185 D
B SARTHOU EVAN TRI-CITY WHL 6' 1.0" 186 G
C KASPICK TANNER BRANDON WHL 6' 0.25" 200 C
C MALENSTYN BECK CALGARY WHL 6' 1.75" 191 C
C PORTER CODY CALGARY WHL 6' 1.0" 186 G
C ELIZAROV ANATOLY EDMONTON WHL 6' 1.25" 194 D
C BAJKOV PATRICK EVERETT WHL 5' 11.5" 175 RW
C KRYSKI JAKE KAMLOOPS WHL 5' 11.0" 175 C
C SOUSTAL TOMAS KELOWNA WHL 6' 2.0" 195 C
C BABENKO YEGOR LETHBRIDGE WHL 5' 9.0" 160 RW
C GERLACH MAX MEDICINE HAT WHL 5' 8.5" 163 C
C QUENNEVILLE DAVID MEDICINE HAT WHL 5' 8.0" 182 D
C GREGOR NOAH MOOSE JAW WHL 5' 11.25" 180 C
C ABOLS RODRIGO PORTLAND WHL 6' 4.5" 188 C
C DE JONG BRENDAN PORTLAND WHL 6' 4.5" 189 D
C TEXEIRA KEONI PORTLAND WHL 5' 11.75" 211 D
C WEINGER EVAN PORTLAND WHL 5' 11.25" 184 RW
C COLEMAN LUKE PRINCE ALBERT WHL 6' 1.5" 193 LW
C GARDINER REID PRINCE ALBERT WHL 5' 10.5" 193 RW
C PAIVARINTA CODY PRINCE ALBERT WHL 6' 5.5" 189 D
C ANDERSON JOSH PRINCE GEORGE WHL 6' 2.25" 221 D
C MCBRIDE NICK PRINCE GEORGE WHL 6' 3.0" 185 G
C O'BRIEN BROGAN PRINCE GEORGE WHL 6' 2.25" 189 LW
C DE WIT JEFFREY RED DEER WHL 6' 3.25" 189 C
C HAGEL BRANDON RED DEER WHL 5' 11.75" 156 LW
C STRAND AUSTIN RED DEER WHL 6' 3.25" 197 D
C SMITH LUC REGINA WHL 6' 3.75" 208 C
C OTTENBREIT TURNER SEATTLE WHL 6' 3.25" 190 D
C VOLCAN NOLAN SEATTLE WHL 5' 8.5" 194 LW
C ELYNUIK HUDSON SPOKANE WHL 6' 4.75" 201 C
C COGHLAN DYLAN TRI-CITY WHL 6' 1.75" 190 D
C MCKINSTRY RYELY VANCOUVER WHL 6' 0.75" 197 D
C RONNING TY VANCOUVER WHL 5' 8.75" 165 RW
C JARRATT RALPH VICTORIA WHL 6' 1.75" 220 D
C SOY TYLER VICTORIA WHL 5' 11.5" 174 C
Players have been identified using the following criteria:
- A Rating -- Indicates a first round candidate
- B Rating -- Indicates a second or third round candidate
- C Rating -- Indicates a forth/fifth/sixth round candidate
- LV (Limited Viewing) -- Injured players who have not had sufficient viewings to be categorized.
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