Jack Hughes ends the season at #1 in the ISS 2019 Rankings

June 5, 2019 [Waterloo, ON] ISS Hockey has released its new monthly rankings of the top prospects eligible for the 2019 NHL Draft. The rankings have been created and compiled by our worldwide network of scouts.

Below is the ISS Top 62, highlighting the rankings for the top 62 skaters 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

March ISS Hockey Top 31 Ranked Prospects for 2020 NHL Draft

Rank Name D.O.B Team League Position Shot Height Weight 1 Lafrenière, Alexis 10/11/2001 Rimouski QMJHL LW L 6.01* 196 2 Stutzle, Tim

1/15/2002

Mannheimer GerE RW L 6.01 185 3 Drysdale, Jamie

4/8/2002

Erie OHL RD R 5.11* 172 4 Byfield, Quinton DE

8/19/2002

Sudbury

OHL C L 6.04.25*

215 5 Raymond, Lucas 3/28/2002

Frolunda

SweJE RW R 5.11*

170 6 Perfetti, Cole

1/1/2002

Saginaw

OHL C/LW L 5.10.25*

177 7 Rossi, Marco

9/23/2001

Ottawa OHL C L 5.08.75* 183 8 Lundell, Anton

10/3/2001

HIFK Helsinki

FinE C L 6.01* 185 9 Holtz, Alexander 1/23/2002 Djurgardens SweE LW R 5.11.5* 192

10 Quinn, Jack 9/19/2001

Ottawa OHL RW R 6.00* 179 11 Sanderson, Jake

7/8/2002

USA U18 NTDP D L 6.01.25 186 12 Mercer, Dawson 10/27/2001 Drummondville QMJHL C R 6.00* 181 13 Schneider, Braden

9/20/2001

Brandon WHL RD R 6.02.25* 202 14 Guhle, Kaiden DE

1/18/2002

Prince Albert WHL LD L 6.02.5* 186 15 Zary, Connor

9/25/2001

Kamloops WHL C L 6.00.25* 177 16 Amirov, Rodion DE

10/2/2001

Ufa KHL LW L 6.00 167 17 Lapierre, Hendrix DE

2/9/2002

Chicoutimi

QMJHL C L 5.11.5*

179 18 Gunler, Noel

10/7/2001

Lulea SweE RW R 6.02* 176 19 Smilanic, Ty

1/20/2002

USA U18 NTDP C R 6.00.75* 177 20 Holloway, Dylan (Fr.)

9/23/2001

Wisconsin

BigTen

LW/C L 6.00.5*

192 21 Kleven, Tyler

1/10/2002

USA U18 NTDP LD L 6.04* 200 22 Mukhamadullin, Shakir

1/10/2002

Ufa MHL LD L 6.03.5* 178 23 Barron, Justin

11/15/2001

Halifax QMJHL RD R 6.01.5*

195 24 Ponomarev, Vasily

3/13/2002

Shawinigan QMJHL C L 5.09.75* 178 25 Mysak, Jan 6/24/2002

Litvinov CzeE C L 5.10.5* 180 26 Neighbours, Jake

3/29/2002

Edmonton WHL C L 5.11.5* 197 27 Perreault, Jacob

4/15/2002

Sarnia OHL RW R 5.11* 200 28 Bourque, Mavrick 1/8/2002

Shawinigan QMJHL C R 5.10* 168 29 Jarvis, Seth 2/1/2002

Portland WHL C R 5.09.5* 179 30 Kuznetsov, Yan 3/21/2002

Connecticut H.E. LD L 6.03.25* 207 31 Reichel, Lukas 5/17/2002

Eisbaren GerE LW L 5.11.25* 170 Goaltenders 1 Askarov, Yaroslav

6/16/2002

St. Petersburg MHL G R 6.03 176 2 Daws, Nicolas

12/22/2000

Guelph OHL G L 6.04 202

Published March 4th, 2020

Jack Hughes and Kaapo Kakko lock in the #1 and #2 spots respectively after holding the top spots all season. Dennis MacInnis, Director of Scouting for ISS Hockey, noted their talents, stating:

“Both Kakko and Hughes will be impact players; it will be tough choice for the Devils. The Rangers are in a win situation no matter which of these top two “falls” into their hands. Hughes is crafty playmaker centerman with tremendous upside and Kakko is sniper who held his own playing against NHL players at IIHF World Championships”.

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About ISS Hockey

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.