Coming off four-straight gold medals at the World Under-18 Championships, the United States have selected the 23-man roster that will attempt to make it five straight first place finishes. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) annual World U-18 tournament is scheduled to commence on April 18th in Sochi, Russia when ten countries convene to vie ...
For the first time in the history of the exceptional status rule, the player deemed “exceptional” will not be selected first overall after the Ottawa 67’s announced Friday afternoon that team will be selecting forward Travis Konecny with the first pick of the 2013 OHL Priority Selection Draft.
For the third time in as many years, an underage player has been granted exceptional status in the Ontario Hockey League allowing Sean Day, a standout defenseman from Detroit Compuware, to enter the OHL Priority Selection Draft a year early. Day looks to join a group of exceptional players that include John Tavares, Aaron ...
The final edition (part III) of Inside the Scout’s Notebook: 2013 OHL Cup will break down the standout players from the remaining seven teams of the OHL Cup featuring the always-powerful Toronto Marlboros, competitive York Simcoe Express, OHL Commissioner David Branch’s Whitby Wildcats and eventually, the 2013 OHL Cup Champions, Oakville Rangers. Each one of ...
The OHL Cup, scheduled each year to showcase the upcoming talent for the draft, has produced some impressive hockey players for the Ontario Hockey League, including Steven Stamkos, John Tavares and Max Domi. Earlier this week in Part I of a three part series, I identified the standout performances from players from six teams including ...
For the third time in as many years, Hockey Canada has granted an underage player “exceptional status” naming Canadian defenseman Sean Day eligible for the Ontario Hockey League’s 2013 Priority Selection Draft scheduled to take place Saturday, April 6th. Sean Day has learned unofficially that he will be become the fourth player to receive the ...
After six hockey-filled days at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, OHL scouts and fans can walk away satisfied following several eye-opening performances and countless thrilling games between twenty of the top minor midget teams in Ontario and including several all-star teams from the USA. The Oakville Rangers persevered through suspensions, injuries and some early ...
Previous Draft Watch 2013 Articles: Draft Watch 2013: Top 10 OHL Players In modern day draft history, the Western Hockey League has produced some outstanding NHL players. Traditionally known as the go-to league when seeking out franchise defensemen, the NHL has welcomed familiar names like Dion Phaneuf, Brent Seabrook, Shea Weber, Mike Green, Cody ...
March has arrived and its crunch time for draft eligible players as they attempt to vault their teams into post-season action all under the microscopes of dozens of scouts watching their individual performances. The final games before playoff action provides an opportunity for players to showcase their skills ensuring precision in every attempted pass, ...
As the twenty-game mark approaches, the NHL standings are starting to take true form and with that projecting where teams might end up selecting in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft becomes a little easier. Mock drafts remain a pure guessing game and are constructed merely to entertain hockey’s most die-hard fans but it also ...
