By Nick Malmstrom Shane Wright, a Canadian center for the Kingston Frontenacs in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), tops our 2022 Preliminary DraftPro list of OHL prospects. Wright (6 foot 1, 185 pounds), is the
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By Nick Malmstrom Nathan Gaucher, a Canadian center for the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), tops our 2022 Preliminary DraftPro list of QMJHL prospects. Gaucher (6 foot 3, 207 pounds),
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By Nick Malmstrom Rutger McGroarty, a left-handed center who split time playing for the United States National U17 and U18 Team in the United States Development Program (USDP), tops our DraftPro list for United States
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By Nick Malmstrom Brad Lambert, a Finnish center for JYP of the Finnish Elite League, tops the 2022 Preliminary Draft Prospects Hockey list of Western European prospects. Lambert (6 feet, 179 pounds), scored 15 points
Continue ReadingDRAFTPRO – THE SCOUTING REPORT – AUGUST 2021
Talent evaluation is subjective by nature. One scout will see a sure fire top six scorer while another scout might see a AHL journeyman. One might see a can’t miss prospect while the other scout
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Welcome to Draft Prospects Hockey’s introduction to the 2022 NHL Draft Class series. This is a six part series which we will be releasing over the next couple weeks to give you the readers some
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Welcome to the DraftPro podcast! Episode #1 – August 25, 2021 In this episode Kai is joined by DraftPro Head Scout Jared Brown (@JaredBrownn97), regional scout Matt Hnatiuk (@chuck_matt) and feature writer Samuel Dummer (@Dummer_Coleman)
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Welcome to the 2022 NHL Draft season folks! The many U17 and U16 selects, various national camps and showcase events are in the books, the Hlinka Gretzky Cup is in the books and the U17
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By Samuel Dummer When it comes to the 2021 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, the Russians can call themselves numero uno, Champions, чемпион. However it is written, it means the same thing. It means they won. This
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By Samuel Dummer “Misery loves company”. It’s an old adage around the globe with many different variations in many different languages. If it wasn’t for being on the wrong end of massive scores, the Swiss
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