FC Releases Final Ranking for 2015 Draft

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CALGARY, AB – Connor McDavid of the Erie Otters tops Future Considerations’ final ranking for the 2015 NHL Draft, presented by FASTHockey.

McDavid held the pole position throughout the 2014-15 season after topping Future Considerations’ preliminary ranking last July. The Richmond Hill, ON native recorded an impressive 44 goals and 120 points in 46 regular season games and captured both the Bobby Smith Trophy as the Ontario Hockey League’s scholastic player of the year, as well as the Red Tilson Trophy as the OHL’s most outstanding player. He added 21 goals and 49 points in 20 playoff games, guiding the Erie Otters to the Ontario Hockey League final and was named the Wayne Gretzky Award winner as playoff MVP.

Bobby Smith Trophy)

The 18-year-old also had three goals and 11 points in seven games to help Canada to gold at the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship.

While McDavid led from Future Considerations’ preliminary ranking through to the final ranking, Boston University’s Jack Eichel followed close behind the entire way.

Eichel was the first freshman Hobey candidate in 12 years and joins Paul Kariya — who won the award in 1993 — as the only two skaters in NCAA Division I Men’s Hockey history to win the Hobey Baker Memorial Award as freshman. Eichel led the Nation in scoring with 24 goals and 67 points in just 38 games and was the Hockey East scoring champion, rookie of the year, player of the year, first team Hockey East all-star and a member of the all-rookie team.

Eichel also represented Team USA twice in 2015. As captain of the World Junior entry, Eichel recorded a goal and four points in five games and added two goals and seven points at the 2015 IIHF World Championship in May.

Noah Hanifin, a defenseman with Boston College and Eichel’s teammate at the World Juniors, ranks third in Future Considerations’ final ranking. Dylan Strome, McDavid’s teammate in Erie, and Mitchell Marner of the London Knights, round out of the top five.

A full final ranking consisting of 211 eligibles can be found in FC’s 2015 NHL Draft Guide. To order, click HERE.

Rank	Name	Team	League	Pos	Ht	Wt	Nation
1	Connor McDavid	Erie	OHL	C	6-1	195	CAN
2	Jack Eichel	Boston University	NCAA	C	6-2	195	USA
3	Noah Hanifin	Boston College	NCAA	D	6-3	205	USA
4	Dylan Strome	Erie	OHL	C	6-3	185	CAN
5	Mitchell Marner	London	OHL	RW	5-11	165	CAN
6	Ivan Provorov	Brandon	WHL	D	6-0	200	RUS
7	Zachary Werenski	Michigan	NCAA	D	6-2	205	USA
8	Mikko Rantanen	TPS	Liiga	RW	6-4	195	FIN
9	Mathew Barzal	Seattle	WHL	C	6-0	180	CAN
10	Lawson Crouse	Kingston	OHL	LW	6-4	215	CAN
11	Travis Konecny	Ottawa	OHL	RW	5-10	170	CAN
12	Kyle Connor	Youngstown	USHL	C	6-1	180	USA
13	Jeremy Roy	Sherbrooke	QMJHL	D	6-0	185	CAN
14	Timo Meier	Halifax	QMJHL	RW	6-0	210	CHE
15	Pavel Zacha	Sarnia	OHL	C	6-3	215	CZE
16	Evgeny Svechnikov	Cape Breton	QMJHL	LW	6-3	210	RUS
17	Nick Merkley	Kelowna	WHL	C	5-11	190	CAN
18	Daniel Sprong	Charlottetown	QMJHL	RW	6-0	190	NED
19	Colin White	NTDP U18	USHL	C	6-0	185	USA
20	Jakub Zboril	Saint John	QMJHL	D	6-2	185	CZE
21	Thomas Chabot	Saint John	QMJHL	D	6-2	180	CAN
22	Jeremy Bracco	NTDP U18	USHL	RW	5-9	175	USA
23	Joel Eriksson Ek	Farjestads J20	SuperElite	C	6-2	185	SWE
24	Denis Guryanov	Ladia Togliatti	MHL	RW	6-2	185	RUS
25	Jansen Harkins	Prince George	WHL	C	6-1	180	CAN
26	Brock Boeser	Waterloo	USHL	RW	6-1	190	USA
27	Jake DeBrusk	Swift Current	WHL	LW	6-0	175	CAN
28	Oliver Kylington	Farjestad	SHL	D	6-0	180	SWE
29	Paul Bittner	Portland	WHL	LW	6-4	195	USA
30	Jacob Larsson	Frolunda J20	SuperElite	D	6-2	180	SWE
31	Anthony Beauvillier	Shawinigan	QMJHL	C	5-10	180	CAN
32	Noah Juulsen	Everett	WHL	D	6-1	180	CAN
33	Jack Roslovic	NTDP U18	USHL	C	6-1	180	USA
34	Vince Dunn	Niagara	OHL	D	6-0	185	CAN
35	Filip Chlapik	Charlottetown	QMJHL	C	6-1	185	CZE
36	Travis Dermott	Erie	OHL	D	5-11	200	USA
37	Tom Novak	Waterloo	USHL	C	6-0	180	USA
38	Brandon Carlo	Tri-City	WHL	D	6-5	205	USA
39	Jordan Greenway	NTDP U18	USHL	LW	6-5	225	CAN
40	Ilya Samsonov	Magnitogorsk	MHL	G	6-1	205	RUS
41	Mitchell Vande Sompel	Oshawa	OHL	D	5-10	180	CAN
42	Zachary Senyshyn	Sault Ste Marie	OHL	RW	6-2	195	CAN
43	Nicolas Meloche	Baie-Comeau	QMJHL	D	6-2	200	CAN
44	Jeremy Lauzon	Rouyn-Noranda	QMJHL	D	6-2	195	CAN
45	Matt Spencer	Peterborough	OHL	D	6-2	195	CAN
46	Nicolas Roy	Chicoutimi	QMJHL	C	6-4	200	CAN
47	Jonas Siegenthaler	ZSC	NLA	D	6-2	220	CHE
48	Yakov Trenin	Gatineau	QMJHL	LW	6-2	180	RUS
49	Gabriel Carlsson	Linkoping J20	SuperElite	D	6-4	185	SWE
50	Rasmus Andersson	Barrie	OHL	D	6-0	200	SWE
51	Robin Kovacs	AIK	Allsvenskan	RW	5-11.5	170	SWE
52	Parker Wotherspoon	Tri-City	WHL	D	6-0	170	CAN
53	Christian Fischer	NTDP U18	USHL	RW	6-1	215	USA
54	Ryan Gropp	Seattle	WHL	LW	6-2	185	CAN
55	Kirill Kaprizov	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	KHL	C	5-9	170	RUS
56	Michael Spacek	HC Pardubice	Extraliga	RW	5-11	185	CZE
57	Austin Wagner	Regina	WHL	LW	6-2	180	CAN
58	Guillaume Brisebois	Acadie-Bathurst	QMJHL	D	6-2	175	SWE
59	Mackenzie Blackwood	Barrie	OHL	G	6-4	215	CAN
60	Filip Ahl	HV71 J20	SuperElite	LW	6-3	215	SWE
61	Blake Speers	Sault Ste Marie	OHL	RW	5-11	185	CAN
62	Nikita Korostelev	Sarnia	OHL	RW	6-1	195	RUS
63	Denis Malgin	ZSC	NLA	C	5-9	175	CHE
64	Erik Foley	Cedar Rapids	USHL	LW	6-0	185	USA
65	Adam Musil	Red Deer	WHL	C	6-3	210	CAN
66	Mitchell Stephens	Saginaw	OHL	C	5-11	185	CAN
67	Callum Booth	Quebec	QMJHL	G	6-2	195	CAN
68	Alexandre Carrier	Gatineau	QMJHL	D	5-11	170	CAN
69	J. Forsbacka-Karlsson	Omaha	USHL	C	6-1	190	SWE
70	Ryan Pilon	Brandon	WHL	D	6-2	210	CAN
71	Roope Hintz	Ilves	Liiga	C	6-2	185	FIN
72	Dmytro Timashov	Quebec	QMJHL	LW	5-9	190	RUS
73	Glenn Gawdin	Swift Current	WHL	C	6-1	180	CAN
74	Veini Vehvilainen	JYP	Mestis	G	6-1	175	FIN
75	Simon Bourque	Rimouski	QMJHL	D	6-0	185	CAN
76	Julius Nattinen	JYP	Liiga	C	6-2	190	FIN
77	Jesper Lindgren	MODO J20	SuperElite	D	6-0	165	SWE
78	Alexander Dergachyov	SKA St. Petersburg	MHL	C	6-4	200	RUS
79	Graham Knott	Niagara	OHL	LW	6-3	180	CAN
80	Dante Salituro	Ottawa	OHL	C	5-8	175	CAN
81	Jens Looke	Brynas	SHL	LW	6-0,5	185	SWE
82	Matej Tomek	Topeka	NAHL	G	6-3	180	SLO
83	Connor Hobbs	Regina	WHL	D	6-0	190	CAN
84	Daniel Vladar	HC Kladno	Czech2	G	6-5	195	CZE
85	Veeti Vainio	Blues U20	Jr A SM-L	D	6-0	165	FIN
86	Ethan Bear	Seattle	WHL	D	5-11	205	CAN
87	Thomas Schemitsch	Owen Sound	OHL	D	6-4	205	CAN
88	Brendan Guhle	Prince Albert	WHL	D	6-2	185	CAN
89	Gustav Bouramman	Sault Ste Marie	OHL	D	6-0	185	SWE
90	Erik Cernak	HC Kosice	Slovakia	D	6-4	205	SLO
91	Keegan Kolesar	Seattle	WHL	RW	6-1.5	220	CAN
92	Gabriel Gagne	Victoriaville	QMJHL	RW	6-5	185	CAN
93	Dennis Gilbert	Chicago	USHL	D	6-2	195	USA
94	Brad Morrison	Prince George	WHL	C	5-11	160	CAN
95	Andrew Mangiapane	Barrie	OHL	LW	5-10	170	CAN
96	Brent Gates Jr.	Green Bay	USHL	RW	6-2	195	USA
97	Kyle Capobianco	Sudbury	OHL	D	6-1	170	CAN
98	Samuel Montembeault	Blainville-Boisbriand	QMJHL	G	6-3	165	CAN
99	Dennis Yan	Shawinigan	QMJHL	LW	6-1	185	USA
100	Ryan Larkin	Cedar Rapids	USHL	G	6-0	190	USA