As the season winds down, Matthews (#1), Puljujarvi (#2) and Laine (#3) remain as Top 3 in the ISS Top 30 April Release



April 06, 2016 [Waterloo, ON] ISS Hockey has released its monthly rankings of the top prospects eligible for the 2016 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, which are released on the first Wednesday of every month during the hockey season:

ISS Hockey Top 30 Ranked Prospects 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 Puljujarvi, Jesse RW 5/7/1998 R 6.03 203 Karpat FinE 3 Laine, Patrik LW 4/19/1998 R 6.04 209 Tappara FinE 4 Nylander, Alexander RW 3/2/1998 R 6.00.5 179 Mississauga OHL 5 Dubois, Pierre-Luc LW 6/24/1998 L 6.02.5 202 Cape Breton QMJHL 6 Tkachuk, Matthew LW 12/11/1997 L 6.01.25 195 London OHL 7 Chychrun, Jakob LD 3/31/1998 L 6.02 215 Sarnia OHL 8 Sergachev, Mikhail RD 6/25/1998 L 6.02.5 206 Windsor OHL 9 McLeod, Michael C 2/3/1998 R 6.02.25 188 Mississauga OHL 10 Juolevi, Olli LD 5/5/1998 L 6.02.5 179 London OHL 11 Brown, Logan C 3/5/1998 L 6.06 222 Windsor OHL 12 Keller, Clayton C 7/29/1998 L 5.09.5 168 NTDP USA Under-18 USHL 13 Jones, Max LW 2/17/1998 L 6.03 205 London OHL 14 Rubtsov, German C 6/27/1998 L 6.02 178 Russia MHL 98 RusJr 15 Bean, Jake LD 6/9/1998 L 5.11.75 173 Calgary WHL 16 Bellows, Kieffer C 6/10/1998 L 6.00 196 NTDP USA Under-18 USHL 17 Kunin, Luke RW 12/4/1997 R 5.11.75 193 Wisconsin BigTen 18 Jost, Tyson RW 3/14/1998 L 5.11 191 Penticton BCHL 19 Gauthier, Julien RW 10/15/1997 R 6.03.5 225 Val d'Or QMJHL 20 Tufte, Riley LW 4/10/1998 L 6.04.75 205 Fargo USHL 21 McAvoy, Charles RD 12/21/1997 R 6.00.25 208 Boston University H.E. 22 Thompson, Tage C 10/30/1997 R 6.05 185 Connecticut H.E. 23 Bastian, Nathan C 12/6/1997 R 6.03.75 208 Mississauga OHL 24 Howden, Brett LW 3/29/1998 L 6.02.25 193 Moose Jaw WHL 25 Debrincat, Alexander C 12/18/1997 R 5.07 163 Erie OHL 26 Laberge, Pascal C 4/9/1998 R 6.01 175 Victoriaville QMJHL 27 Raddysh, Taylor RW 2/18/1998 R 6.01.75 203 Erie OHL 28 Katchouk, Boris LW 6/18/1998 L 6.01 181 S.S. Marie OHL 29 Abramov, Vitalii LW 5/8/1998 L 5.08.75 172 Gatineau QMJHL 30 Pu, Cliff RW 6/3/1998 R 6.01.5 192 London OHL

Published April 06 2016

Although Matthews (#1), Puljujarvi (#2) and Laine (#3), all remain as Top 3 in the ISS Top 30 April Release, the remaining 27 ranks have shuffled. With the season winding down, Jake Bean, a left defender from Calgary Hitmen in the WHL, has become the biggest jumper, rising six ranks to #15.

“Jake Bean has a positive impact on today’s game,” says ISS Hockey Director of Scouting Dennis MacInnis. “He’s a smart offensive defender that has not only improved his defensive play substantially but has the courage to play bigger then he’s listed and be fearless when getting through traffic.”

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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