NHL Central Scouting Mid-Year Rankings

The NHL Central Scouting has released its first comprehensive rating of players for the 2007 draft. The final list will be released in May, after the season is completed. Below are the NCAA and NCAA-bound players included in the listing:

2 VAN RIEMSDYK, JAMES USDP USA U-18
5 TURRIS, KYLE BCHL BURNABY
10 CROSS, TOMMY HIGH-CT WESTMINSTER
12 MCDONAGH, RYAN HIGH-MN CRETIN-DERHAM
13 SHATTENKIRK, KEVIN USDP USA U-18
20 O'BRIEN, JAMES WCHA U OF MINNESOTA
23 PACIORETTY, MAX USHL SIOUX CITY
24 HOEFFEL, MIKE USDP USA U-18
25 WHITE, PATRICK HIGH-MN GRAND RAPIDS
27 COHEN, COLBY USHL LINCOLN

31 PETRECKI, NICHOLAS USHL OMAHA
33 GALIARDI, T.J. ECAC DARTMOUTH
34 RUTH, TED USDP USA U-18
39 MARSHALL, MATT HIGH-MA NOBLES
50 RYAN, BEN USHL DES MOINES
51 LARSON, NICK HIGH-MN HILL-MURRAY
53 LEE, JOHN HIGH-MN MOORHEAD


61 SACCHETTI, NICO HIGH-MN VIRGINIA
63 MALONE, BRAD USHL SIOUX FALLS
64 KILLORN, ALEXANDER HIGH-MA DEERFIELD
67 MACKENZIE, DREW HIGH-CT TAFT EAGLES
68 PALUSHAJ, AARON USHL DES MOINES
71 ERSTAD, TRAVIS HIGH-MN STEVENS POINT
76 KESSEL, BLAKE USHL WATERLOO
77 LEBLANC, DREW HIGH-MN HERMANTOWN
78 BLOOD, BEN HIGH-MN SHAT.ST.MARY'S
80 HANSEN, JAKE HIGH-MN WHITE BEAR LAKE H.S.
82 TROPP, COREY USHL SIOUX FALLS
87 PIERRO-ZABOTEL, CASEY BCHL MERRITT
88 ALBERT, JOHN USDP USA U-18
89 WINNETT, BEN BCHL SALMON ARM
90 LLEWELLYN, TRISTIN USHL TRI-CITY

93 SEVERYN, C.J. USDP USA U-18
94 CAREY, PAUL HIGH-CT SALISBURY
97 BERGMAN, ROBIN USHL CEDAR RAPIDS
99 NASH, RILEY BCHL SALMON ARM
103 JOHNSON, TYLER HIGH-MN CLOQUET
105 NASH, BRENDAN ECAC CORNELL
106 GIBBONS, BRIAN HIGH-CT SALISBURY
109 RIDDERWALL, CALLE USHL TRI-CITY
110 GLASS, ANDREW HIGH-MA NOBLES
113 COLE, IAN USDP USA U-18
117 BONINO, NICK HIGH-CT AVON OLD FARMS

122 CHRISTIAN, JORDY HIGH-MN MOORHEAD
123 THOMPSON, PAUL EJHL JR. MONARCHS
124 RUST, MATT USDP USA U-18
125 DIETER, BAYLOR USHL GREEN BAY
127 MATSON, TAYLOR HIGH-MN HOLY ANGELS
128 LAVIN, JOSEPH USDP USA U-18
131 FAIRCHILD, CADE USDP USA U-18
133 STEJSKAL, JOE HIGH-MN GRAND RAPIDS
138 LIDSTER, COLIN MWEHL VICTORY HONDA MIDGET
140 FREEMAN, SCOTT OPJRA BOWMANVILLE
141 HAAS, COLIN MIDGET AAA DALLAS STARS AAA
144 TURNBULL, JOSHUA USHL WATERLOO
145 ANDERSON, SPENCER OPJRA BRAMPTON
147 WINGELS, TOMMY USHL CEDAR RAPIDS
150 VARGAS, BRENNAN USDP USA U-18


151 FOSS, JEFF HIGH-MN MOORHEAD
152 CAPORUSSO, LOUIE OPJRA ST. MICHAELS
153 DORR, MICHAEL HIGH-MN ROSEVILLE H.S.
157 SMITH, BRENDAN OPJRA ST. MICHAELS
158 FRANKLIN, JOSH HIGH-MA NOBLES
160 LOVERDE, VINCENT USHL WATERLOO
164 HEFFERNAN, JOHN HIGH-MA B.C. HIGH
165 HOBBS, DANNY USHL OHIO
169 NYCHOLAT, DANIEL AJHL CANMORE
170 KIEFFER, TYLER HIGH-MN STILLWATER
171 BRUNETEAU, BRETT USHL OMAHA
172 BEAUDETTE, JOE HIGH-MN BLAINE
176 BENN, JAMIE BCHL VICTORIA
177 MADAY, BILLY USHL WATERLOO
178 ARCOBELLO, MARK ECAC YALE
179 GOULET, ALAIN OPJRA AURORA
180 BAHNEMANN, BRANDON HIGH-MN ROCHESTER LOURDES

182 BIEGA, MICHAEL HIGH-CT SALISBURY
183 LOISEL, DEREK HIGH-MN COON RAPIDS
184 MARTELL, BRANDON HIGH-MN ELK RIVER
186 HAMBURG, ANDREW MIDGET AAA DALLAS STARS
188 OLEKSUK, TRAVIS USHL SIOUX CITY
190 SCHACK, BRIAN WCHA U OF MINNESOTA
191 KENNEDY, PATRICK WJRB ST. THOMAS
192 BARTKOWSKI, MATT USHL LINCOLN
193 FARNHAM, BOBBY HIGH-MA ANDOVER
194 CAMPER, CARTER USHL LINCOLN
195 CAMPBELL, MAX WJRB STRATHROY
197 PITT, SCOTT CJHL ORLEANS
198 LAWSON, DANIEL USHL CHICAGO
200 NILL, TREVOR MWEHL COMPUWARE MIDGET
201 SMITH, CRAIG USHL WATERLOO
202 MICHAUD, PIER-OLIVER INDEP. JR PORTLAND JR PIRATES
203 REBER, MATT HIGH-MN EDINA HIGH
204 LEAVERTON, DOUG NAHL MAHONING VALLEY
206 LEVINE, JOSHUA HIGH-MN BLOOMINGTON-JEFF.
207 RUFENBACH, BRYAN OPJRA LINDSAY
208 MCCABE, BRAD NAHL ALASKA
210 SYNER, T.J. EJHL NEW ENGLAND