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40 WHL Players Highlight NHL CSS Players to Watch List

September 29, 2015 - Western Hockey League (WHL) News Release


Calgary, AB - NHL Central Scouting issued its preliminary 'Players to Watch' list for the 2016 NHL Draft earlier today with 40 WHL players making the grade.

NHL Central Scouting identifies players with a rating system that includes four categories. 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.

Four WHL players were assigned an 'A' rating including Kale Clague of the Brandon Wheat Kings, Sam Steel of the Regina Pats, Maxime Lajoie of the Swift Current Broncos and Tyler Benson of the Vancouver Giants.

In addition, 10 WHL skaters were assigned 'B' ratings while 21 WHL skaters were given 'C' ratings.

Five WHL goaltenders also made the list including Carter Hart of the Everett Silvertips, Zachary Sawchenko of the Moose Jaw Warriors, Evan Sarthou of the Tri-City Americans, and 2015 Scholastic Player of the Year Nick McBride of the Prince Albert Raiders. Hart, Sawchenko and Sarthou were assigned a 'B' rating while McBride was given a 'C' rating. Medicine Hat Tigers netminder Nick Schneider also cracked the list, but recently signed as a free agent with the Calgary Flames.

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 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 BEAN JAKE CALGARY WHL 5'11.75" 173 D

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 STRANSKY SIMON PRINCE ALBERT WHL 5'11.5" 171 LW

B DE WIT JEFF RED DEER WHL 6'3.25" 189 C

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 BAJKOV PATRICK EVERETT WHL 5'11.5" 175 RW

C PFEIFER TRISTEN EVERETT WHL 6'3.75" 191 D

C KRYSKI JAKE KAMLOOPS WHL 5'11.0" 175 C

C QUENNEVILLE DAVID MEDICINE HAT WHL 5'8.0" 182 D

C SCHNEIDER NICK MEDICINE HAT WHL 6'1.75" 160 G

C GREGOR NOAH MOOSE JAW WHL 5'11.25" 180 C

C DE JONG BRENDAN PORTLAND WHL 6'4.5" 189 D

C GARDINER REID PRINCE ALBERT WHL 5'10.5" 193 RW

C MCBRIDE NICK PRINCE ALBERT WHL 6'3.0" 185 G

C PAIVARINTA CODY PRINCE ALBERT WHL 6'5.5" 189 D

C ANDERSON JOSH PRINCE GEORGE WHL 6'2.25" 221 D

C MCDONALD KODY PRINCE GEORGE WHL 6'0.25" 200 RW

C HAGEL BRANDON RED DEER WHL 5'11.75" 156 LW

C STRAND AUSTIN RED DEER WHL 6'3.25" 197 D

C BERG ADAM REGINA WHL 6'0.5" 195 LW

C EANSOR SCOTT SEATTLE WHL 5'8.5" 172 LW

C VOLCAN NOLAN SEATTLE WHL 5'8.5" 194 LW

C COGHLAN DYLAN TRI-CITY WHL 6'1.75" 190 D

C MCKINSTRY RYELY VANCOUVER WHL 6'0.75" 197 D

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 fourth/fifth/sixth round candidate

- LV (Limited Viewing) -- Injured players who have not had sufficient viewings to be categorized.

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