With amateur hockey seasons completed, International Scouting Services has released its final prospect rankings in the 2016 NHL Draft Guide. The industry-leading guide provides the most comprehensive analysis and preview of the upcoming NHL Draft.

June 1, 2016 [Waterloo, ON] ISS Hockey announces the release of its final player rankings for the upcoming NHL Draft to be held on June 24-25, 2016 in Buffalo, NY. The rankings are featured in the newly released 2016 ISS NHL Draft Guide.

The industry leading ISS NHL Draft Guide provides the most comprehensive analysis and preview of the NHL Draft. With over 100 pages, the guide features:

Rankings of the top 220 NHL draft eligible prospects, as determined by ISS Hockey’s worldwide scouting staff, including rankings by positions

Detailed Scouting Reports for top 100 ranked skating prospects, plus top 10 ranked goalie prospects, including grading of skills, analysis of strengths & weaknesses, NHL potential, NHL player comparisons, scout comments, and more

Historical Draft and System Analysis for each NHL team, analyzing past drafts and free agency outlooks

Picks of the top Wildcards & Sleepers in the draft, those players who are not highly rated, but ISS feels are likely to develop into impact players in the future

Top 5 players in 14 categories – Skating, Puck Handling, Scoring, Playmaking, Toughness, Offensive Defenseman, Defensive Defenseman, Faceoffs, Best Little Guy, Defensive Forward, Puck Protection, Hardest Shot, Under Rated, and Over Rated

ISS 2016 Mock Draft, as picked by the consensus of ISS Hockey’s scouts

An outlook on the next THREE NHL Drafts, with rankings of the Top 50 prospects for 2017, Top 30 prospects for 2018 and Top 10 for 2019

ISS Hockey’s scouting information and the technology tools provided by ISS parent company HockeyTech are vital tools used by NHL teams in their day-to-day evaluations of prospects and players. For hockey fans and fantasy players, the ISS NHL Draft Guide has become the “bible” for providing the vital information needed to truly understand the NHL Draft from the eyes of professional scouts and NHL GMs. ISS scouts have been tracking the prospects eligible for the NHL Draft for years (typically from the age of fourteen), so they have unique knowledge of the strengths, weaknesses and probabilities for success at the NHL level for these young men.

The hockey media also relies upon the ISS Hockey rankings in their coverage of draft prospects. ISS scouts are relied upon by the hockey media as expert guests leading up to the NHL Draft.

While ISS Hockey scouting information is exclusively available to professional and elite amateur teams all season, the ISS NHL Draft Guide is the only annual opportunity for fans to “Get What the Pros Use!” To order or get more info, go to: http://ISShockey.com/nhldraftguide

Below is the Final ISS Top 30, highlighting the final rankings of the top 30 prospects for the NHL Draft. An interactive page where the Final 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

Final ISS Hockey Top 30 Ranked For 2016 NHL Draft

Rank Player Position Birth Shot Height Weight Team League 1 MATTHEWS, Auston C 9/17/1997 L 6.01.5 210 Zurich ZSC SuiA 2 LAINE, Patrik RW 4/19/1998 R 6.04 209 Tappara FinE 3 PULJUJARVI, Jesse RW 5/7/1998 R 6.03 203 Karpat FinE 4 TKACHUK, Matthew LW 12/11/1997 L 6.01.25 195 London OHL 5 DUBOIS, Pierre-Luc C 6/24/1998 L 6.02.5 202 Cape Breton QMJHL 6 NYLANDER, Alexander RW 3/2/1998 R 6.00.5 179 Mississauga OHL 7 BROWN, Logan C 3/5/1998 L 6.06 222 Windsor OHL 8 CHYCHRUN, Jakob LD 3/31/1998 L 6.02 215 Sarnia OHL 9 JOST, Tyson RW 3/14/1998 L 5.11 191 Penticton BCHL 10 SERGACHEV, Mikhail RD 6/25/1998 L 6.02.5 206 Windsor OHL 11 JUOLEVI, Olli LD 5/5/1998 L 6.02.5 179 London OHL 12 KELLER, Clayton C 7/29/1998 L 5.09.5 168 NTDP USA Under-18 USHL 13 MCLEOD, Michael C 2/3/1998 R 6.02.25 188 Mississauga OHL 14 JONES, Max LW 2/17/1998 L 6.03 205 London OHL 15 RUBTSOV, German C 6/27/1998 L 6.02 178 Russia MHL 98 RusJr 16 BEAN, Jake LD 6/9/1998 L 5.11.75 173 Calgary WHL 17 BELLOWS, Kieffer LW 6/10/1998 L 6.00 196 NTDP USA Under-18 USHL 18 KUNIN, Luke RW 12/4/1997 R 5.11.75 193 Wisconsin BigTen 19 FABBRO, Dante RD 6/20/1998 R 6.00.25 189 Penticton BCHL 20 HOWDEN, Brett C 3/29/1998 L 6.02.25 193 Moose Jaw WHL 21 GAUTHIER, Julien RW 10/15/1997 R 6.03.5 225 Val-d'Or QMJHL 22 TUFTE, Riley LW 4/10/1998 L 6.04.75 205 Blaine MN-HS 23 MCAVOY, Charles RD 12/21/1997 R 6.00.25 208 Boston Univ H.E. 24 THOMPSON, Tage C 10/30/1997 R 6.05 185 Connecticut H.E. 25 STANLEY, Logan LD 5/26/1998 L 6.06.75 220 Windsor OHL 26 DEBRINCAT, Alexander RW 12/18/1997 R 5.07 163 Erie OHL 27 KATCHOUK, Boris LW 6/18/1998 L 6.01 181 S.S. Marie OHL 28 RADDYSH, Taylor RW 2/18/1998 R 6.01.75 203 Erie OHL 29 MOVERARE, Jacob LD 8/31/1998 L 6.02 198 HV71 SweJE 30 LABERGE, Pascal RW 4/9/1998 R 6.01 175 Victoriaville QMJHL

Published June 1 2016

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ISS Hockey (International Scouting Services) is the world’s leading independent scouting and information provider on hockey prospects. 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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