In the March 15th release of the ISS Top 30, the top 5 players have retained their positions from February. Defenseman Seth Jones remains the top ranked prospect, with winger Valery Nichushkin the top ranked forward at the #2 spot, and Zachary Fucale retaining his #1 goaltender ranking for the entire season.
March 15, 2013 [Boca Raton, FL] ISS Hockey has released its new monthly rankings of the top prospects eligible for the 2013 NHL Draft. This month’s rankings include the top 200 skaters, along with the top 15 goaltenders, as evaluated and ranked by ISS Hockey’s worldwide network of scouts.
Below is the ISS Top 30, highlighting the rankings for the top 30 prospects. An interactive page where the ISS Top 30 can be viewed, sorted, commented on, and where users can interact with our scouts can be viewed at: http://ISShockey.com/iss-top-30
ISS Hockey Top 30 Ranked Prospects For 2013 NHL Draft
Published March 15, 2013
Rank Player Position Birth Shot Height Weight Team League
1 Jones, Seth RD 10/3/1994 R 6.03.5 208 Portland WHL
2 Nichushkin, Valery F 3/4/1995 L 6.04 202 Chelyabinsk Traktor KHL
3 MacKinnon, Nathan C 9/1/1995 R 6.00 182 Halifax QMJHL
4 Drouin, Jonathan C 3/27/1995 L 5.10.75 185 Halifax QMJHL
5 Nurse, Darnell LD 2/4/1995 L 6.03.5 189 S.S. Marie OHL
6 Barkov, Sasha F 9/2/1995 L 6.03 209 Tappara FinE
7 Zadorov, Nikita LD 4/15/1995 L 6.05.25 230 London OHL
8 Lindholm, Elias C 12/2/1994 R 6.00 192 Brynas SweE
9 Monahan, Sean C 10/12/1994 L 6.02 186 Ottawa OHL
10 Ristolainen, Rasmus RD 10/27/1994 R 6.04 207 TPS Turku FinE
11 Lazar, Curtis C 2/2/1995 R 5.11.75 193 Edmonton WHL
12 Pulock, Ryan RD 10/6/1994 R 6.00.5 211 Brandon WHL
13 Shinkaruk, Hunter C 10/13/1994 L 5.11 175 Medicine Hat WHL
14 Dickinson, Jason LW 7/4/1995 L 6.01.25 179 Guelph OHL
15 Zykov, Valentin RW 5/15/1995 R 6.00 210 Baie-Comeau QMJHL
16 Rychel, Kerby LW 10/7/1994 L 6.01 200 Windsor OHL
17 Burakowsky, Andre LW 2/9/1995 L 6.01.5 178 Malmo SweAl
18 Wennberg, Alexander C 9/22/1994 L 6.01.5 190 Djurgarden SweJE
19 Morrissey, Joshua LD 3/28/1995 L 5.11.75 182 Prince Albert WHL
20 Gauthier, Frederik C 4/26/1995 L 6.05 210 Rimouski QMJHL
21 Compher, JT C 4/8/1995 R 5.10.5 184 USA Under18 NTDP
22 Santini, Steve RD 3/7/1995 R 6.01.5 207 USA Under18 NTDP
23 Hagg, Robert RD 2/8/1995 L 6.02.25 204 Modo SweJE
24 Horvat, Bo C 4/5/1995 L 6.00.25 200 London OHL
25 Bowey, Madison RD 4/22/1995 R 6.00.75 200 Kelowna WHL
26 Hartman, Ryan RW 9/20/1994 R 5.11 187 Plymouth OHL
27 Mantha, Anthony LW 9/16/1994 L 6.04 190 Val-d'Or QMJHL
28 Domi, Max C 3/2/1995 L 5.09.25 193 London OHL
29 Petan, Nic C 3/22/1995 L 5.08.5 163 Portland WHL
30 McCoshen, Ian LD 8/5/1995 L 6.03 205 Waterloo USHL
In addition to the top 5 ranked prospects remaining the same, there has been some consistency in the top 2 ranked goaltenders. Zachary Fucale has retained the #1 ranking for nearly the entire season, with Spencer Martin consistently retaining the #2 spot.
“We see Zachary Fucale as the only first round goalie selection in the upcoming NHL Draft”, says ISS Hockey Director of Scouting Dennis MacInnis. “As for skaters, a strong consensus has emerged among ISS Hockey’s scouting staff ranking the top 4 forwards (Nichushkin, MacKinnon, Drouin, and Barkov) and top 2 defensemen (Jones and Nurse).”
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ISS Hockey (International Scouting Services Inc.) is the leading independent scouting and information provider on hockey player prospects aged 14 to 19. Founded in 2002, ISS scouts, evaluates, analyzes and ranks players internationally on behalf of its many clients, which include (among others): NHL Teams, Hockey Canada, Major Junior Leagues & Teams (CHL, QMJHL, OHL, WHL, USHL), NCAA Teams, TSN, THN: The Hockey News and Sports Agencies. The ISS annual NHL Draft Guide has become the de facto draft reference guide for NHL scouts, fans and sports media. All ISS products are widely utilized in the hockey world, building an industry leading reputation for the best and most comprehensive scouting information. This incredible status leads every young hockey player desiring to advance in the sport to aspire to be scouted and ranked by ISS. The key to the success of ISS is the incredible worldwide network of ISS Hockey scouts. ISS scouts are within reach of every young hockey player in the world, and attend every major hockey tournament, in addition to thousands of league games. Game and player reports are input into ISS’s state-of-the-art systems and evaluated assure reliability and consistency. All players that we rank will have been seen and evaluated many times by several of ISS scouts.
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