Five prospects crack the ISS Top 30 for December, showing there is much more hockey to prove oneself before the draft. McDavid, Eichel and Hanifin keep the top 3 spots, remaining in elite status.

December 3, 2014 [Guelph, ON] ISS Hockey has released its monthly rankings of the top prospects eligible for the 2015 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.

ISS Hockey Top 30 Ranked Prospects For 2015 NHL Draft Rank Player Position Birth Shot Height Weight Team League 1 McDavid, Connor C 1/13/1997 L 6.00.75 195 Erie OHL 2 Eichel, Jack C 10/28/1996 R 6.02 196 Boston University H.E. 3 Hanifin, Noah LD 1/25/1997 L 6.02.75 203 Boston College H.E. 4 Strome, Dylan C 3/7/1997 L 6.03 187 Erie OHL 5 Werenski, Zach RD 7/19/1997 L 6.02 206 Michigan BigTen 6 Barzal, Mathew C 5/26/1997 R 5.11.25 175 Seattle WHL 7 Kylington, Oliver RD 5/19/1997 L 6.00 180 Farjestad SweE 8 Zacha, Pavel C 4/6/1997 L 6.03 210 Sarnia OHL 9 Crouse, Lawson LW 6/23/1997 L 6.04 211 Kingston OHL 10 Marner, Mitchell C 5/5/1997 R 5.11 155 London OHL 11 Connor, Kyle C 12/9/1996 L 6.01 182 Youngstown USHL 12 Konecny, Travis C 3/11/1997 R 5.09.75 174 Ottawa OHL 13 Rantanen, Mikko RW 10/29/1996 L 6.04 195 TPS Turku FinE 14 Greenway, Jordan LW 2/16/1997 L 6.04.75 222 USA Under-18 NTDP USHL 15 White, Colin RW 1/30/1997 R 6.00 183 USA Under-18 NTDP USHL 16 Provorov, Ivan LD 1/13/1997 L 6.00 191 Brandon WHL 17 Bracco, Jeremy RW 3/17/1997 R 5.09.25 173 USA Under-18 NTDP USHL 18 Bittner, Paul LW 11/4/1996 L 6.04 206 Portland WHL 19 Sprong, Daniel RW 3/17/1997 R 6.00 189 Charlottetown QMJHL 20 Svechnikov, Evgeny RW 10/31/1996 L 6.02 199 Cape Breton QMJHL 21 Korostelev, Nikita RW 2/8/1997 R 6.01.25 195 Sarnia OHL 22 Merkley, Nick C 4/23/1997 R 5.10.5 191 Kelowna WHL 23 Spencer, Matthew RD 3/24/1997 R 6.01.5 201 Peterborough OHL 24 Carlsson, Gabriel LD 1/2/1997 L 6.04 183 Linkoping SweJE 25 Novak, Tom C 4/28/1997 L 6.00.25 180 Waterloo USHL 26 Harkins, Jansen C/LW 5/23/1997 L 6.00.75 177 Prince George WHL 27 Zboril, Jakub LD 2/21/1997 L 6.00.75 184 Saint John QMJHL 28 Meloche, Nicolas RD 7/18/1997 R 6.02.5 202 Baie-Comeau QMJHL 29 Fischer, Christian C 4/15/1997 R 6.01 212 USA Under-18 NTDP USHL 30 Chabot, Thomas LD 1/30/1997 L 6.01.25 181 Saint John QMJHL Published December 3, 2014

Holding on tight to their rankings are McDavid (#1), Eichel (#2) and Hanifin (#3), the Top 3 prospects remain untouchable for this month’s rankings of the ISS Top Prospects. Nick Merkley is the highest of five new additions to the Top 30. Jumping 12 spots from #34 to #22. Merkley enjoyed a strong month of November with 21 points in just 14 games with the WHL’s Kelowna Rockets. Also moving into the top 30 are Tom Novak (#25), Jakub Zboril (#27), Nicolas Meloche (#28) and Thomas Chabot (#30).

“Merkley has top notch hockey IQ”, says ISS Hockey Director of Scouting Dennis MacInnis. “He is a dangerous offensive performer who has the potential to be a point producer at the NHL level.”

The complete ISS Hockey rankings, evaluations, game reports, player reports, player profiles and more are exclusively available to hockey professionals through RinkNet, ISS parent company HockeyTech’s Scouting and Player Information System. To find out more about RinkNet, please visit HockeyTech.com/RinkNet

About ISS Hockey

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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