NHL Central Scouting releases final rankings for 2016 draft
By @MichaelCaples –
NHL Central Scouting has released its final rankings for the upcoming 2016 NHL Draft, and plenty of Michigan names appear on the list.
North American skaters
No. 9 – Clayton Keller – USA Hockey’s NTDP
No. 10 – Kieffer Bellows – USA Hockey’s NTDP
No. 14 – Max Jones – London Knights (Rochester native)
No. 21 – Alex DeBrincat – Erie Otters (Farmington native)
No. 33 – Jack Kopacka – Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (Lapeer native)
No. 43 – Will Bitten – Flint Firebirds
No. 47 – Trent Frederic – USA Hockey’s NTDP
No. 49 – Ryan Lindgren – USA Hockey’s NTDP
No. 50 – Adam Fox – USA Hockey’s NTDP
No. 52 – Markus Niemelainen – Saginaw Spirit
No. 53 – Chad Krys – USA Hockey’s NTDP
No. 56 – Joseph Anderson – USA Hockey’s NTDP
No. 58 – Ben Gleason – Hamilton Bulldogs (Ortonville native)
No. 59 – Sean Day – Mississauga Steelheads (Rochester native)
No. 62 – Wade Allison – Tri-City Storm (Western Michigan commit)
No. 69 – Nicholas Caamano – Flint Firebirds
No. 70 – Griffin Luce – USA Hockey’s NTDP (Michigan commit)
No. 93 – Rem Pitlick – Muskegon Lumberjacks
No. 108 – Will Lockwood – NTDP (Bloomfield Hills native, Michigan commit)
No. 110 – Graham McPhee – USA Hockey’s NTDP
No. 112 – Nick Pastujov – USA Hockey’s NTDP (Michigan commit)
No. 116 – Gustaf Westlund – The Gunnery (Michigan commit)
No. 117 – Kenny Johnson – Shattuck St. Mary’s (Ann Arbor native, Michigan commit)
No. 119 – Keenan Suthers – NTDP (Macomb native, Western Michigan commit)
No. 121 – James Greenway – USA Hockey’s NTDP
No. 132 – Mitch Eliot – Muskegon Lumberjacks (Grosse Pointe native, Michigan State commit)
No. 146 – James Sanchez – USA Hockey’s NTDP (Michigan commit)
No. 166 – Zachary Walker – USA Hockey’s NTDP
No. 167 – Tye Felhaber – Saginaw Spirit
No. 180 – Zach Jordan – Des Moines Buccaneers (Western Michigan commit)
No. 190 – Michael Campoli – USA Hockey’s NTDP
No. 196 – Kevin Klima – Moncton (Bloomfield Hills native)
Also listed
Drake Rymsha – Ottawa (Huntington Woods native)
Luke Kirwan – Flint Firebirds
North American goalies
No. 3 – Tyler Parsons – London Knights (Chesterfield native)
No. 5 – Joseph Woll – USA Hockey’s NTDP
No. 11 – Evan Cormier – Saginaw Spirit
No. 13 – Jack Lafontaine – Janesville Jets (Michigan commit)
No. 24 – David Ovsjannikov – Barrie Colts (Rochester native)