With a strong World Junior Championship from many draft eligible players in the books, we now look to 2018 to see which prospects can continue to improve their draft stock

January 10, 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 Tkachuk, Brady C 9/16/1999 L 6.03.25* 196 Boston University H. E 3 3 Svechnikov, Andrei RW/C 3/26/2000 L 6.02* 186 Barrie OHL 2 4 Zadina, Filip RW 11/27/1999 L 6.00* 196 Halifax QMJHL 4 5 Wahlstrom, Oliver C 6/13/2000 R 6.00.75* 205 USA U18 NTDP 6 6 Bouchard, Evan RD 10/20/1999 R 6.01.75* 193 London OHL 13 7 Hughes, Quinn LD 10/14/1999 L 5.09.5* 170 U. of Michigan Big Ten 5 8 Boqvist, Adam LD 8/15/2000 R 5.11 170 Brynas IF Jr. SweJE 8 9 Kupari, Rasmus C 3/15/2000 R 6.01.25 183 Karpat Oulu FinE 10 10 Smith, Ty LD 3/24/2000 L 5.10.25* 176 Spokane WHL 11 11 Lundestrom, Isac C 11/6/1999 L 6.00.5 185 Lulea HF SweE 22 12 Veleno, Joseph C 1/13/2000 L 6.01* 195 Saint John QMJHL 7 13 Wilde, Bode RD 1/24/2000 R 6.02.25* 195 USA U18 NTDP 12 14 Farabee, Joel LW 2/25/2000 L 5.11.5* 164 USA U18 NTDP 14 15 Hayton, Barrett C 6/9/2000 L 6.00.75* 191 Sault Ste. Marie OHL 16 16 McIsaac, Jared LD 3/27/2000 L 6.01* 195 Halifax QMJHL 17 17 Denisenko, Grigori LW 6/24/2000 R 5.11 165 Yaroslavl Loko RusJr 18 18 Thomas, Akil C 1/2/2000 R 5.11* 169 Niagara OHL 15 19 McLeod, Ryan C 9/21/1999 L 6.02* 200 Mississauga OHL 9 20 Dobson, Noah RD 1/7/2000 R 6.02.75* 180 Acadie-Bathurst QMJHL 19 21 Groulx, Benoit-Olivier C 2/6/2000 L 6.00.75* 192 Halifax QMJHL 21 22 Alexeyev, Alexander RD 11/15/1999 R 6.03* 200 Red Deer WHL 20 23 Merkley, Ryan RD 8/14/2000 R 5.11.25* 170 Guelph OHL 23 24 Kaut, Martin RW 10/2/1999 R 6.01.5 176 Pardubice CzeE NR 25 Kotkaniemi, Jesperi C 7/6/2000 L 6.01.5* 188 Assat FinE 24 26 Woo, Jett RD 7/27/2000 R 5.11.75* 205 Moose Jaw WHL 27 27 Sutter, Riley RW 10/25/1999 R 6.03* 205 Everett WHL 25 28 McBain, Jack LW 1/6/2000 L 6.03 194 Toronto OJHL 26 29 Tychonick, Jonathan LD 3/3/2000 L 5.11.25 166 Penticton BCHL NR 30 Ginning, Adam RD 1/13/2000 L 6.03 196 Linkoping HC SweE 28 31 Noel, Serron RW 8/8/2000 R 6.04.75* 200 Oshawa OHL 31 Goalies 1 Ingham, Jacob G 6/10/2000 L 6.03.5* 186 Mississauga OHL 1 2 Rodrigue, Olivier G 7/6/2000 L 6.00.25* 159 Drummondville QMJHL 2

Published January 10, 2018

If there were any doubts about Rasmus Dahlin coming into the World Junior Championship, they were all but erased by his spectacular performance at the tournament. The draft eligible defenceman had 6 points in 7 games, and was named the tournament’s best defenceman. He showcased his dazzling skating and offensive abilities every game, regularly rushing the puck up ice and dancing through opponents to create scoring chances.

“Dahlin’s performance not only solidified his #1 ranking, he separated himself from everyone else”, said ISS Director of Scouting Dennis MacInnis. “Dahlin showed the ability to be a difference maker in each and every game he played. When he has the puck on his stick, he is one of the most electric players in this age group”.

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ISS Hockey (International Scouting Services) is the world’s leading independent hockey scouting organization. Founded in 2002, ISS is a division of HockeyTech, a worldwide leader in hockey technology, analytics and information services. ISS scouts, evaluates, analyzes and ranks players internationally on behalf of its many clients. ISS data is widely utilized in the hockey world, building an industry leading reputation for the best and most comprehensive scouting information. 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. All players that we rank will have been seen and evaluated many times by several ISS scouts.

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