While Auston Matthews continues to hold the #1 ranking, the remainder of the Top 10 rankings have shuffled significantly



January 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 6.01.5 194 Zurich ZSC SuiA 2 PULJUJARVI, Jesse RW 5/7/1998 R 6.03 203 Karpat FinE 3 TKACHUK, Matthew LW 12/11/1997 L 6.01.25 195 London OHL 4 LAINE, Patrik RW 4/19/1998 R 6.04 209 Tappara FinE 5 CHYCHRUN, Jakob LD 3/31/1998 L 6.02 215 Sarnia OHL 6 NYLANDER, Alexander C 3/2/1998 R 6.00.5 179 Mississauga OHL 7 MCLEOD, Michael C 2/3/1998 R 6.02.25 188 Mississauga OHL 8 JONES, Max LW 2/17/1998 L 6.03 205 London OHL 9 JOST, Tyson C 3/14/1998 L 5.11 191 Penticton BCHL 10 SERGACHEV, Mikhail RD 6/25/1998 L 6.02.5 206 Windsor OHL 11 RUBTSOV, German C 6/27/1998 L 6.02 176 Russia MHL 98 RusJr 12 GAUTHIER, Julien RW 10/15/1997 R 6.03.5 225 Val-d'Or QMJHL 13 BROWN, Logan C 3/5/1998 L 6.06 222 Windsor OHL 14 JUOLEVI, Olli LD 5/5/1998 L 6.02.5 179 London OHL 15 BELLOWS, Kieffer LW 6/10/1998 L 6.00 196 NTDP USA Under-18 USHL 16 FABBRO, Dante RD 6/20/1998 R 6.00.25 189 Penticton BCHL 17 KELLER, Clayton C 7/29/1998 L 5.09.5 168 NTDP USA Under-18 USHL 18 DUBOIS, Pierre-Luc LW 6/24/1998 L 6.02.5 202 Cape Breton QMJHL 19 BENSON, Tyler LW 3/15/1998 L 5.11.75 201 Vancouver WHL 20 MCAVOY, Charles RD 12/21/1997 R 6.00.25 208 Boston Univ. H.E. 21 BEAN, Jake LD 6/9/1998 L 5.11.75 173 Calgary WHL 22 KRYS, Chad LD 4/10/1998 L 5.11 185 NTDP USA Under-18 USHL 23 BASTIAN, Nathan C 12/6/1997 R 6.03.75 208 Mississauga OHL 24 STEEL, Sam C 2/3/1998 L 5.11 177 Regina WHL 25 KNIERIM, William RW 1/22/1998 R 6.02.5 207 Dubuque USHL 26 KUNIN, Luke RW 12/4/1997 R 5.11.75 193 Wisconsin BigTen 27 ASPLUND, Rasmus C 12/3/1997 L 5.10.5 176 Farjestad SweJE 28 TUFTE, Riley LW 4/10/1998 L 6.04.75 205 Blaine MN-HS 29 MATTSON, Mitchell C 1/2/1998 L 6.04 186 Grand Rapids MN-HS 30 RADDYSH, Taylor RW 2/18/1998 R 6.01.75 203 Erie OHL

Published January 06 2016

Tappara’s Patrik Laine rises five positions to #4 in January’s Release of the ISS Top 30. This is Laine’s first appearance in ISS Hockey’s Top 5 rankings for the 2016 NHL Draft. The biggest mover for the month is German Rubtsov, who climbed over 15 positions to #11 this month. Rubtsov’s impressive showing at the World Junior A Challenge, caught the attention of all ISS scouts.

“Laine and Rubtsov, both brought an outstanding showcase in international competition”, says ISS Hockey Director of Scouting Dennis MacInnis. “Laine’s confidence, and ability to consistently win battles and space enhanced his pro potential. While Rubtsov used his smarts, skills and power to improve his latest ranking with ISS.”

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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