Many familiar faces in our Top 31 led their teams to first round playoff success, and look to continue to impress as the post-season marches on

April 4, 2018 [Waterloo, ON] ISS Hockey has released its new monthly rankings of the top prospects eligible for the 2018 NHL Draft. The rankings have been created and compiled by our worldwide network of scouts.

Below is the ISS Top 31, highlighting the rankings for the top 31 skater and top 2 goalie prospects, which is released on the first Wednesday of every month

during the hockey season. An interactive page where the ISS Top 31 can be viewed, sorted, and commented on, and where users can interact with our scouts, can be viewed at: isshockey.com/iss-top-31

ISS Hockey Top 31 Ranked Prospects for 2018 NHL Draft

Rank Player Name Position DOB Shot Height Weight Team League Previous Rank 1 Dahlin, Rasmus LD 4/13/2000 L 6.02 181 Vastra Frolunda SweE 1 2 Svechnikov, Andrei RW/C 3/26/2000 L 6.02* 186 Barrie OHL 2 3 Zadina, Filip RW 11/27/1999 L 6.00* 196 Halifax QMJHL 3 4 Tkachuk, Brady C 9/16/1999 L 6.03.25* 196 Boston University H. E 4 5 Wahlstrom, Oliver C 6/13/2000 R 6.00.75* 205 USA U18 NTDP 5 6 Bouchard, Evan RD 10/20/1999 R 6.01.75* 193 London OHL 6 7 Hughes, Quinn LD 10/14/1999 L 5.09.5* 170 U. of Michigan Big Ten 7 8 Dobson, Noah RD 1/7/2000 R 6.02.75* 180 Acadie-Bathurst QMJHL 10 9 Boqvist, Adam LD 8/15/2000 R 5.11 170 Brynas IF Jr. SweJE 8 10 Veleno, Joseph C 1/13/2000 L 6.01* 195 Drummondville QMJHL 9 11 Smith, Ty LD 3/24/2000 L 5.10.25* 176 Spokane WHL 11 12 Hayton, Barrett C 6/9/2000 L 6.00.75* 191 Sault Ste. Marie OHL 13 13 Denisenko, Grigori LW 6/24/2000 R 5.11 165 Yaroslavl Loko RusJr 12 14 Kupari, Rasmus C 3/15/2000 R 6.01.25 183 Karpat Oulu FinE 14 15 Lundestrom, Isac C 11/6/1999 L 6.00.5 185 Lulea HF SweE 15 16 Farabee, Joel LW 2/25/2000 L 5.11.5* 164 USA U18 NTDP 16 17 Kaut, Martin RW 10/2/1999 R 6.01.5 176 Pardubice CzeE 23 18 Kotkaniemi, Jesperi C 7/6/2000 L 6.01.5* 188 Assat FinE 17 19 McIsaac, Jared LD 3/27/2000 L 6.01* 195 Halifax QMJHL 18 20 Wilde, Bode RD 1/24/2000 R 6.02.25* 195 USA U18 NTDP 19 21 Noel, Serron RW 8/8/2000 R 6.04.75* 200 Oshawa OHL 21 22 Alexeyev, Alexander RD 11/15/1999 R 6.03* 200 Red Deer WHL 22 23 Bernard-Docker, Jacob RD 6/30/2000 R 6.00* 181 Okotoks AJHL 24 24 McLeod, Ryan C 9/21/1999 L 6.02* 200 Mississauga OHL 20 25 Ginning, Adam RD 1/13/2000 L 6.03 196 Linkoping HC SweE 25 26 Thomas, Akil C 1/2/2000 R 5.11* 169 Niagara OHL 26 27 Groulx, Benoit-Olivier C 2/6/2000 L 6.00.75* 192 Halifax QMJHL 27 28 Bokk, Dominik LW 2/3/2000 R 6.01 178 Vaxjo SweJE 28 29 Tychonick, Jonathan LD 3/3/2000 L 5.11.25 166 Penticton BCHL 29 30 Miller, K'Andre LD 1/21/2000 L 6.03* 206 USA U18 NTDP NR 31 Olofsson, Jacob C 2/8/2000 L 6.01.75* 192 Timra SweAl 30 Goalies 1 Rodrigue, Olivier G 7/6/2000 L 6.00.25* 159 Drummondville QMJHL 1 2 Ingham, Jacob G 6/10/2000 L 6.04* 186 Mississauga OHL NR

Published April 4, 2018

The Barrie Colts of the OHL were extremely happy to get Andrei Svechnikov back in their lineup for Game #6 of their first-round playoff series vs the Mississauga Steelheads. Svechnikov exploded for 5 points in the series clinching win, bringing the same dynamic offensive game he has displayed all year to the table.

“Svechnikov has impressed me every time I’ve seen him play this year” said ISS Director of Scouting Dennis MacInnis. “He has a great combination of size, skating and puck skills to go along with his exceptional offensive hockey sense. He knows how to find the soft areas on the ice to score goals, and can really dangle for his size, showing outstanding one on one ability. He also has patience and playmaking to go along with a great release. He looks to be NHL ready next season and will be a future top line scoring winger.”

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