The 2020 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, the precursor to the 2021 National Hockey League Draft, was cancelled because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, but that didn’t stop Hockey Canada from naming the 46 players that would have been invited to the selection camp.
Hockey Canada released that list today and it includes 12 Ontario Hockey League players with a possible 13th, depending on whether goaltender Matteo Drobac makes the Hamilton Bulldogs roster when the 2020-2021 season takes place.
Five of the six players on our Players to Watch List have made the cut with Russian Daniil Chayka the only exception, so of course, he’s not eligible.
Here is the full list of invites by Hockey Canada:
| Name | Ht. | Wt. | Club Team | NHL Draft |
| Goaltenders | ||||
| Tyler Brennan | 6’3” | 187 | Prince George (WHL) | 2022 |
| Matteo Drobac | 6’1” | 170 | Hamilton (GOJHL) | 2021 |
| Benjamin Gaudreau | 6’2″ | 165 | Sarnia (OHL) | 2021 |
| Jacob Goobie | 5’10” | 178 | Charlottetown (QMJHL) | 2021 |
| Thomas Milic | 5’11” | 155 | Burnaby Winter Club (CSSHL) | 2021 |
| William Rousseau | 6’10” | 170 | Trois-Rivières (LHMAAAQ) | 2021 |
| Defence | ||||
| Nolan Allan | 6’2″ | 185 | Prince Albert (WHL) | 2021 |
| Olivier Boutin | 5’10” | 160 | Gatineau (QMJHL) | 2021 |
| Corson Ceulemans | 6’2″ | 190 | Brooks (AJHL) | 2021 |
| Brandt Clarke | 6’1″ | 181 | Barrie (OHL) | 2021 |
| Jacob Holmes | 6’1″ | 174 | Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) | 2021 |
| Carson Lambos | 6’1″ | 200 | Winnipeg (WHL) | 2021 |
| Jérémy Langlois | Cape Breton (QMJHL) | 2022 | ||
| Kyle Masters | 5’11” | 159 | Red Deer (WHL) | 2021 |
| Evan Nause | 6’1″ | 172 | Sioux Falls (USHL) | 2021 |
| Oscar Plandowski | 5’11” | 175 | Charlottetown (QMJHL) | 2021 |
| Guillaume Richard | 6’0″ | 148 | Mount St. Charles Academy (USU16) | 2021 |
| Graham Sward | 6’2″ | 170 | Spokane (WHL) | 2021 |
| Cameron Whynot | 6’1″ | 168 | Halifax (QMJHL) | 2021 |
| Olen Zellweger | 5’9″ | 165 | Everett (WHL) | 2021 |
| Forwards | ||||
| Liam Arnsby | 5’10” | 172 | North Bay (OHL) | 2022 |
| Zachary Bolduc | 6’0″ | 172 | Rimouski (QMJHL) | 2021 |
| Zach Dean | 5’9″ | 166 | Gatineau (QMJHL) | 2021 |
| Nathan Gaucher | 6’3″ | 186 | Quebec (QMJHL) | 2022 |
| Dylan Guenther | 6’1″ | 170 | Edmonton (WHL) | 2021 |
| Brett Harrison | 6’1″ | 167 | Oshawa (OHL) | 2021 |
| Cole Huckins | 6’4″ | 191 | Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL) | 2021 |
| Wyatt Johnston | 6’0″ | 167 | Windsor (OHL) | 2021 |
| Riley Kidney | 5’11” | 160 | Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL) | 2021 |
| Zachary L’Heureux | 5’10” | 196 | Moncton (QMJHL) | 2021 |
| Connor Lockhart | 5’8″ | 163 | Erie (OHL) | 2021 |
| James Malatesta | 5’9″ | 172 | Quebec (QMJHL) | 2021 |
| Mason McTavish | 6’1″ | 198 | Peterborough (OHL) | 2021 |
| Olivier Nadeau | 6’2″ | 204 | Shawinigan (QMJHL) | 2021 |
| Brennan Othmann | 5’11” | 165 | Flint (OHL) | 2021 |
| Francesco Pinelli | 6’0″ | 182 | Kitchener (OHL) | 2021 |
| Peter Reynolds | 5’10” | 165 | Chilliwack (BCHL) | 2021 |
| Justin Robidas | 5’7″ | 173 | Val-d’Or (QMJHL) | 2021 |
| Conner Roulette | 5’11” | 158 | Seattle (WHL) | 2021 |
| Joshua Roy | 6’0″ | 191 | Saint John (QMJHL) | 2021 |
| Cole Sillinger | 6’0″ | 187 | Medicine Hat (WHL) | 2021 |
| Logan Stankoven | 5’7″ | 165 | Kamloops (WHL) | 2021 |
| Chase Stillman | 5’11” | 170 | Sudbury (OHL) | 2021 |
| Zach Stringer | 6’1″ | 165 | Lethbridge (WHL) | 2021 |
| Dovar Tinling | 5’11” | 181 | Hawkesbury (CCHL) | 2021 |
| Danny Zhilkin | 6’0″ | 185 | Guelph (OHL) | 2022 |
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