47 OHL Players Included on NHL Central Scouting Players to Watch List for October
October 25, 2022 – Ontario Hockey League (OHL) News Release
Toronto, Ont. – The Ontario Hockey League is proud to announce that 47 OHL players have been included on NHL Central Scouting’s October ‘Players to Watch’ List for the 2023 NHL Draft scheduled to take place June 28-29 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Forwards Colby Barlow of the Owen Sound Attack and Calum Ritchie of the Oshawa Generals join defenceman Cam Allen of the Guelph Storm in receiving ‘A’ ratings, indicating a potential first round selection.
An additional 11 players were assigned ‘B’ ratings indicating a potential second or third round selection while 33, including four goaltenders, received ‘C’ designations indicating a potential fourth, fifth or sixth round candidate.
Eighteen OHL member teams are represented on the list led by the Flint Firebirds, Kingston Frontenacs, Kitchener Rangers and Sudbury Wolves, each with four players included. The Guelph Storm, London Knights, North Bay Battalion, Ottawa 67’s, Peterborough Petes, Saginaw Spirit and Windsor Spitfires trail with three players respectively.
The list includes 25 OHL forwards, 18 defencemen and four goaltenders.
2023 NHL Central Scouting October Players to Watch List – OHL
Players have been identified using the following criteria:
– A Rating – Indicates a first round candidate
– B Rating – Indicates a second or third round candidate
– C Rating – Indicates a fourth/fifth/sixth round candidate
RATING
PLAYER
POS.
TEAM
A
Cam Allen
D
Guelph Storm
A
Colby Barlow
LW
Owen Sound Attack
A
Calum Ritchie
C
Oshawa Generals
B
Beau Akey
D
Barrie Colts
B
Oliver Bonk
D
London Knights
B
Hunter Brzustewicz
D
Kitchener Rangers
B
Andrew Gibson
D
Soo Greyhounds
B
Nick Lardis
LW
Peterborough Petes
B
Ethan Miedema
LW
Windsor Spitfires
B
Quentin Musty
LW
Sudbury Wolves
B
Luca Pinelli
LW
Ottawa 67’s
B
Coulson Pitre
RW
Flint Firebirds
B
Carson Rehkopf
LW
Kitchener Rangers
B
Carey Terrance
C
Erie Otters
C
Matthew Andonovski
D
Kitchener Rangers
C
Denver Barkey
C
London Knights
C
Tristan Bertucci
D
Flint Firebirds
C
Cole Brown
RW
Hamilton Bulldogs
C
Quinton Burns
D
Kingston Frontenacs
C
Easton Cowan
RW
London Knights
C
Alexis Daviault
D
Sarnia Sting
C
P.J. Forgione
D
Saginaw Spirit
C
Brad Gardiner
C
Ottawa 67’s
C
Ethan Hay
C
Flint Firebirds
C
Linus Hemstrom
RW
Kingston Frontenacs
C
Angus MacDonell
C
Sarnia Sting
C
Matthew Mania
D
Sudbury Wolves
C
Matthew Mayich
D
Ottawa 67’s
C
Donovan McCoy
D
Peterborough Petes
C
Luke McNamara
C
Saginaw Spirit
C
Marco Mignosa
RW
Soo Greyhounds
C
Niko Minkkinen
D
Guelph Storm
C
Owen Outwater
LW
Kingston Frontenacs
C
Alex Pharand
C
Sudbury Wolves
C
Michael Podolioukh
C
North Bay Battalion
C
Bronson Ride
D
Windsor Spitfires
C
Nic Sima
RW
North Bay Battalion
C
Blake Smith
D
Oshawa Generals
C
Konnor Smith
D
Peterborough Petes
C
Matthew Soto
RW
Kingston Frontenacs
C
Djibril Toure
D
Sudbury Wolves
C
Joey Willis
LW
Saginaw Spirit
C
Valentin Zhugin
LW
Guelph Storm
RATING
PLAYER
POS.
TEAM
C
Joey Costanzo
G
Windsor Spitfires
C
Nathan Day
G
Flint Firebirds
C
Jackson Parsons
G
Kitchener Rangers
C
Charlie Robertson
G
North Bay Battalion
For the complete list, visit NHL.com.
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