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Current, future college players ranked in preliminary NHL Central Scouting list

USCHO Staff Report • Nov. 21, 2012

National Hockey League Central Scouting on Tuesday released its preliminary rankings for the 2013 NHL draft, scheduled for New Jersey next June.

Only United States Hockey League players and U.S. National Team Development Team players were given a numerical ranking among college-eligible players, while others were rated A (first-round candidate), B (second- or third-round player), C (fourth- through sixth-round) or LV (limited viewing, injured players).

In the commitments column, commitments are for 2013 unless otherwise noted.

Rank	Player	Pos	Team	League	Commitment
C	Nicholas Bligh	C	Dartmouth	ECAC
C	Will Merchant	LW	Maine	HEA
C	Brett Pesce	D	New Hampshire	HEA
C	Andrew Copp	C	Michigan	CCHA
C	Austin Farley	LW	Minnesota-Duluth	WCHA
C	Dakota Mermis	D	Denver	WCHA
C	AJ Michaelson	C	Minnesota	WCHA
C	Quentin Shore	C	Denver	WCHA
C	Cory Ward	C	Bemidji State	WCHA
C	Morgan Zulinick	C	Wisconsin	WCHA
1	JT Compher	LW	USA U-18	USHL	Michigan
2	Ian McCoshen	D	Waterloo	USHL	Boston College
3	Hudson Fasching	RW	USA U-18	USHL	Minnesota
4	Steven Santini	D	USA U-18	USHL	Boston College
5	Keaton Thompson	D	USA U-18	USHL	North Dakota
6	Michael Downing	D	Dubuque	USHL	Michigan
7	Michael McCarron	RW	USA U-18	USHL	Western Michigan
8	Luke Johnson	C	Lincoln	USHL	North Dakota
9	Gustav Olofsson	D	Green Bay	USHL	Colorado College
10	Ross Olsson	RW	Lincoln	USHL	Northeastern
11	Blake Heinrich	D	Sioux City	USHL	Minnesota-Duluth
12	Tyler Motte	C	USA U-18	USHL	Michigan
13	Jake Guentzel	C	Sioux City	USHL	Nebraska-Omaha
14	Sean Malone	C	USA U-18	USHL	Harvard
15	Trevor Moore	LW	Tri-City	USHL	Denver
16	Brendan Harms	RW	Fargo	USHL	Bemidji State
17	Connor Clifton	D	USA U-18	USHL	Quinnipiac
18	Taylor Cammarata	C/LW	Waterloo	USHL	Minnesota
19	Evan Allen	C	USA U-18	USHL	Michigan
20	Will Butcher	D	USA U-18	USHL	Denver
21	Garrett Gamez	RW	Tri-City	USHL	Denver (14)
22	Thomas Ebbing	LW	Chicago	USHL	Bowling Green
23	Zack Pittman	D	Lincoln	USHL
24	Jacob Montgomery	LW	Sioux City	USHL	Nebraska-Omaha
25	Frederik Tiffels	LW	Muskegon	USHL
LV	John Hayden	C	USA U-18	USHL	Yale
G1	Eamon McAdam	G	Waterloo	USHL	Penn State
G2	Calvin Petersen	G	Waterloo	USHL	Notre Dame
G3	Sean Romeo	G	Youngstown	USHL
G4	Charlie Lindgren	G	Sioux Falls	USHL	St. Cloud State
G5	Hunter Miska	G	USA U-18	USHL
C	Marshall Donald	D	Sherwood Park	AJHL	Northern Michigan
C	Brendan McKay	LW	Drayton Valley	AJHL
C	Douglas Morris	LW	Spruce Grove	AJHL
C	Carson Soucy	D	Spruce Grove	AJHL
C	Andrew Taverner	LW	Sherwood Park	AJHL	Quinnipiac
C	Dan Wedman	D	Bonnyville	AJHL
B	Adam Tambellini	LW	Vernon	BCHL	North Dakota
C	Dane Birks	D	Merritt	BCHL	Michigan Tech (15)
C	Dexter Dancs	LW	Penticton	BCHL	Michigan (14)
C	Nolan De Jong	D	Victoria	BCHL	Michigan
C	Luke Esposito	C	Chilliwack	BCHL
C	Kevin Guiltinan	D	Vernon	BCHL	Harvard
C	Wade Murphy	RW	Penticton	BCHL	North Dakota
C	Bo Pellah	D	Langley	BCHL	Penn State (14)
C	Austin Plevy	C	Chilliwack	BCHL	Merrimack
C	David Pope	LW	Kelowna	BCHL
C	Luke Ripley	D	Powell River	BCHL
C	Cooper Rush	D	Chilliwack	BCHL
C	Adam Clark	G	Salmon Arm	BCHL	New Hampshire (14)
C	Chad Katunar	G	Penticton	BCHL	Notre Dame
C	Blaine Byron	C	Kemptville	CCHL	Maine
C	Jack Moylan	G	Kitchener	GOJHL
C	Paul Stoykewych	D	Winnipeg Blues	MJHL	Western Michigan
C	Matt Buckles	C	St. Michaels	OJHL	Cornell
C	Troy Josephs	C	St. Michaels	OJHL	Clarkson
C	Stephen Pietrobon	RW	St. Michaels	OJHL
C	Parker Wood	C	Wellington	OJHL
C	Brett Boehm	LW	Flin Flon	SJHL	Minnesota-Duluth (14)
C	Craig Skudalski	RW	WBS Knights	AtJHL
B	Ryan Fitzgerald	C	Valley	EJHL	Boston College
C	Ryan Cloonan	C	Junior Bruins	EJHL	Maine
C	Joshua Couturier	D	Junior Bruins	EJHL	Northeastern (14)
C	Dakota Ford	D	Islanders	EJHL
C	Michael Laffin	C	Apple Core	EJHL
C	Zachary Sanford	LW	Islanders	EJHL
C	Devin Tringale	LW	Valley	EJHL	Harvard
C	Frank Vatrano	LW	Junior Bruins	EJHL
LV	Chad Otterman	LW	N.J. Hitmen	EJHL
C	Brett Beauvais	D	Kalamazoo	NAHL	Bemidji State
C	Jalen Schulz	D	Corpus Christi	NAHL
B	Evan Cowley	G	Wichita Falls	NAHL
B	Tyler Hill	LW	Hotchkiss	HS-CT
C	Mitchell Allen	RW	Kent	HS-CT
C	Anthony Florentino	D	South Kent	HS-CT
C	Mark Hamilton	D	Salisbury	HS-CT	Massachusetts
C	Nick Hutchinson	C	Avon Old Farms	HS-CT
C	Daniel LaFontaine	C	Avon Old Farms	HS-CT
C	Jason Salvaggio	C/LW	South Kent	HS-CT	Connecticut (14)
C	Ryan Segalla	D	Salisbury	HS-CT	Connecticut (14)
C	Wiley Sherman	D	Hotchkiss	HS-CT	Harvard (14)
LV	Mason Krueger	RW	Avon Old Farms	HS-CT
C	Shane Starrett	G	South Kent	HS-CT
B	Eddie Ellis	LW	Andover	HS-MA	Harvard (14)
C	Thomas Aldworth	RW	Cushing	HS-MA	Providence (14)
C	Connor Brassard	D	Cushing	HS-MA
C	Will Golonka	RW	Belmont Hill	HS-MA
C	Alexander Gonye	LW	Deerfield	HS-MA	Union
C	Brian Pinho	C	St. John's	HS-MA	Providence (14)
C	Quin Pompi	D	Berkshire	HS-MA
C	Nolan Vesey	LW	Austin	HS-MA
C	Brendan McMenimen	G	Governor's	HS-MA
C	Drew Michals	G	Lawrence	HS-MA
C	Merrimc Madsen	G	Proctor	HS-NH	Harvard (14)
C	Nicolas Beaudin	LW	Stanstead	AAA
C	Alex Coulombe	D	Stanstead	AAA
C	Kiefer Sherwood	C/RW	Ohio B.Jackets	AAA	Miami
C	Dwyer Tschantz	RW	Team Comcast	AAA
C	Jacob Bryniarski	G	Maksymum	AAA
B	Connor Hurley	C	Edina	HS-MN
B	Teemu Kivihalme	D	Burnsville	HS-MN	Colorado College (14)
B	Parker Reno	D	Edina	HS-MN	Rensselaer
B	Thomas Vannelli	D	Minnetonka	HS-MN
C	Grant Besse	RW	Benilde	HS-MN	Wisconsin (14)
C	Christopher Forney	D	Thief River Falls	HS-MN
C	Zach Glienke	LW	Eagan	HS-MN
C	Jake Jackson	C	Tartan	HS-MN	Michigan Tech (14)
C	Adam Johnson	C	Hibbing	HS-MN	Minnesota-Duluth
C	Zach Lavalle	RW	Hill-Murray	HS-MN
C	Matt McArdle	D	Shattuck	HS-MN
C	Avery Peterson	C	Grand Rapids	HS-MN
C	Neal Pionk	D	Hermantown	HS-MN
C	Willie Raskob	D	Shattuck	HS-MN	Minnesota-Duluth
C	Tyler Vesel	C	Shattuck	HS-MN
C	Anthony Brodeur	G	Shattuck	HS-MN
C	Alex Rauhauser	D	Bismarck	HS-ND

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