61 CHL Players Invited to 2011 NHL Combine
Friday May 6, 2011
Toronto, ON – The Canadian Hockey League is pleased to announce that 61 CHL players have been invited to the 2011 NHL Combine held May 30 to June 4 in Toronto, ON. The 2011 NHL Combine features the top 102 prospects eligible for the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.
Among the invites are Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of the Red Deer Rebels who is the top-ranked North American Skater eligible for the draft, along with the second ranked forward Gabriel Landeskog the Kitchener Rangers, and Jonathan Huberdeau of the Saint John Sea Dogs who is ranked third overall by NHL Central Scouting.
The event gives NHL clubs a chance to evaluate the NHL’s future stars less than a month before the 2011 NHL Entry Draft at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. The first round of the draft will take place on Friday, June 24 and the subsequent rounds (two through seven) on Saturday, June 25.
The 61 CHL players represents over 70% of all North American invites, with 28 players from the Ontario Hockey League, 19 from the Western Hockey League, and 14 from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
SCOUTING COMBINE INVITATION LIST – CHL PLAYERS | |||||
NORTH AMERICAN SKATERS | |||||
NAME | TEAM | LEAGUE | POS. | HT | WT |
Olivier Archambault | Val d'Or | QMJHL | LW | 5-foot-11 | 170 |
Sven Baertschi | Portland | WHL | LW | 5-foot-10 | 181 |
Nathan Beaulieu | Saint John | QMJHL | D | 6-foot-2 | 174 |
Myles Bell | Regina | WHL | D | 6-foot | 214 |
Austen Brassard | Belleville | OHL | RW | 6-foot-2 | 191 |
Daniel Catenacci | Sault Ste. Marie | OHL | C | 5-foot-10 | 183 |
Nick Cousins | Sault Ste. Marie | OHL | C | 5-foot-11 | 166 |
Sean Couturier | Drummondville | QMJHL | C | 6-foot-4 | 197 |
Joseph Cramarossa | Mississauga St. Michael's | OHL | C | 6-foot | 188 |
Phillip Danault | Victoriaville | QMJHL | LW | 6-foot | 170 |
Joel Edmundson | Moose Jaw | WHL | D | 6-foot-5 | 191 |
Travis Ewanyk | Edmonton | WHL | LW | 6-foot-1 | 178 |
Dougie Hamilton | Niagara | OHL | D | 6-foot-4 | 187 |
Jonathan Huberdeau | Saint John | QMJHL | C | 6-foot-1 | 170 |
Colin Jacobs | Seattle | WHL | C | 6-foot-1 | 197 |
Boone Jenner | Oshawa | OHL | C | 6-foot-1 | 204 |
Nicklas Jensen | Oshawa | OHL | LW/RW | 6-foot-2 | 187 |
Tomas Jurco | Saint John | QMJHL | RW | 6-foot-2 | 187 |
Alexander Khokhlachev | Windsor | OHL | C/LW | 5-foot-10 | 188 |
Gabriel Landeskog | Kitchener | OHL | LW | 6-foot-1 | 207 |
Maximilien LeSieur | Shawinigan | QMJHL | RW | 6-foot-2 | 203 |
Lucas Lessio | Oshawa | OHL | LW | 6-foot-1 | 197 |
Luke Lockhart | Seattle | WHL | RW | 5-foot-10 | 180 |
Adam Lowry | Swift Current | WHL | LW | 6-foot-4 | 186 |
Mark McNeill | Prince Albert | WHL | C | 6-foot-2 | 201 |
Joseph Morrow | Portland | WHL | D | 6-foot | 197 |
Ryan Murphy | Kitchener | OHL | D | 5-foot-11 | 166 |
David Musil | Vancouver | WHL | D | 6-foot-3 | 198 |
Vladislav Namestnikov | London | OHL | C | 6-foot | 166 |
Marcel Noebels | Seattle | WHL | LW | 6-foot-3 | 195 |
Stefan Noesen | Plymouth | OHL | RW | 6-foot | 195 |
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | Red Deer | WHL | C | 6-foot-1 | 164 |
Scott Oke | Saint John | QMJHL | LW | 6-foot-3 | 185 |
Xavier Ouellet | Montreal | QMJHL | D | 6-foot | 174 |
Stuart Percy | Mississauga St. Michael's | OHL | D | 6-foot-1 | 186 |
Zack Phillips | Saint John | QMJHL | C | 6-foot-1 | 178 |
Shane Prince | Ottawa | OHL | C | 5-foot-10 | 174 |
Matt Puempel | Peterborough | OHL | LW | 6-foot | 196 |
Alan Quine | Peterborough | OHL | C | 5-foot-11 | 178 |
Jonathan Racine | Shawinigan | QMJHL | D | 6-foot-1 | 182 |
Rickard Rakell | Plymouth | OHL | RW | 6-foot | 191 |
Ty Rattie | Portland | WHL | RW | 5-foot-11 | 163 |
Tobias Rieder | Kitchener | OHL | C | 5-foot-11 | 173 |
Brett Ritchie | Sarnia | OHL | RW | 6-foot-3 | 210 |
Brandon Saad | Saginaw | OHL | LW | 6-foot-1 | 208 |
Reece Scarlett | Swift Current | WHL | D | 6-foot-1 | 164 |
Mark Scheifele | Barrie | OHL | C | 6-foot-2 | 182 |
Logan Shaw | Cape Breton | QMJHL | RW | 6-foot-3 | 197 |
Duncan Siemens | Saskatoon | WHL | D | 6-foot-3 | 192 |
Ryan Sproul | Sault Ste. Marie | OHL | D | 6-foot-3 | 175 |
Michael St. Croix | Edmotnon | WHL | C | 5-foot-11 | 176 |
Ryan Strome | Niagara | OHL | C | 6-foot | 175 |
Ryan Tesink | Saint John | QMJHL | C | 5-foot-11 | 157 |
Vincent Trocheck | Saginaw | OHL | C | 5-foot-10 | 184 |
Tyler Wotherspoon | Portland | WHL | D | 6-foot-1 | 203 |
Zachary Yuen | Tri-City | WHL | D | 6-foot | 205 |
NORTH AMERICAN GOALTENDERS | |||||
Jordan Binnington | Owen Sound | OHL | 6-foot-1 | 156 | |
Laurent Brossoit | Edmonton | WHL | 6-foot-3 | 193 | |
Christopher Gibson | Chicoutimi | QMJHL | 6-foot-1 | 193 | |
Matt Mahalak | Plymouth | OHL | 6-foot-2 | 183 | |
Michael Morrison | Kitchener | OHL | 6-foot | 177 | |
