March release of ISS Top 30 shows Mitchell Marner rising into Top 5 to join Hanifin, Crouse, Eichel and McDavid.

March 4, 2015 [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 Crouse, Lawson LW 6/23/1997 L 6.04 215 Kingston OHL 4 Hanifin, Noah LD 1/25/1997 L 6.02.75 203 Boston College H.E. 5 Marner, Mitchell C 5/5/1997 R 5.11 160 London OHL 6 Strome, Dylan C 3/7/1997 L 6.03 185 Erie OHL 7 Barzal, Mathew C 5/26/1997 R 5.11.25 175 Seattle WHL 8 Rantanen, Mikko RW 10/29/1996 L 6.03.5 211 TPS Turku FinE 9 Provorov, Ivan LD 1/13/1997 L 6.00.5 201 Brandon WHL 10 Werenski, Zach RD 7/19/1997 L 6.02 206 Michigan BigTen 11 Zacha, Pavel C 4/6/1997 L 6.03 210 Sarnia OHL 12 Meier, Timo RW 10/8/1996 L 6.01 209 Halifax QMJHL 13 Connor, Kyle C 12/9/1996 L 6.01 177 Youngstown USHL 14 Konecny, Travis C 3/11/1997 R 5.09.75 175 Ottawa OHL 15 Merkley, Nick C 5/23/1997 R 5.10.5 191 Kelowna WHL 16 Bittner, Paul LW 11/4/1996 L 6.04 204 Portland WHL 17 White, Colin RW 1/30/1997 R 6.00 183 USA Under-18 NTDP USHL 18 Chabot, Thomas D 1/30/1997 L 6.01.5 180 Saint John QMJHL 19 Zboril, Jakub LD 2/21/1997 L 6.00.75 184 Saint John QMJHL 20 Carlo, Brandon RD 11/26/1996 R 6.05 196 Tri-City WHL 21 Ek Eriksson, Joel C 1/29/1997 L 6.01.75 180 Farjestad SweJE 22 Svechnikov, Evgeny RW 10/31/1996 L 6.01.75 199 Cape Breton QMJHL 23 Greenway, Jordan LW 2/16/1997 L 6.04.75 222 USA Under-18 NTDP USHL 24 Kylington, Oliver RD 5/19/1997 L 6.00 180 Farjestad SweE 25 Bracco, Jeremy RW 3/17/1997 R 5.09.25 173 USA Under-18 NTDP USHL 26 Harkins, Jansen C/LW 5/23/1997 L 6.01.25 182 Prince George WHL 27 Larsson, Jacob LD 4/29/1997 L 6.02 191 Frolunda SweJE 28 Roy, Jeremy RD 5/14/1997 R 6.00 188 Sherbrooke QMJHL 29 Boeser, Brock C 2/25/1997 R 6.00.5 191 Waterloo USHL 30 Carlsson, Gabriel LD 1/2/1997 L 6.04 183 Linkoping SweJE Published March 04, 2015

Mitchell Marner jumps up three positions to #5 to join McDavid (#1), Eichel (#2), Crouse (#3), and Hanifin (#4) in the Top 5 of ISS Hockey’s release of its March ISS Top 30. Farjestad BK players, Joel Ek Eriksson and Oliver Kylington fluctuate on ISS Top 30. Ek Eriksson rises 9 positions to #21 and Kylington falls 12 positions to #24.

“Marner is an elite skater that can change speeds and shift laterally to create space”, says ISS Hockey Director of Scouting Dennis MacInnis. “Marner has a chance to develop into a top six NHL player, and any NHL team will be very happy with his development.”

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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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