56 OHL PLAYERS INCLUDED ON NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING’S FINAL DRAFT RANKINGS

Toronto, Ont. – The Ontario Hockey League is proud to announce that 56 OHL players have been included on NHL Central Scouting’s Final Rankings for the 2023 NHL Draft to be held June 28-29 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

The list includes 30 OHL forwards, 19 defencemen and seven goaltenders.

A total of eight OHL skaters are ranked inside the first round led by Owen Sound Attack 46-goal scorer Colby Barlow along with Oshawa Generals centreman Calum Ritchie and Sudbury Wolves winger Quentin Musty at 12, 13 and 14 in North America respectively. London Knights defenceman Oliver Bonk comes in at 20, followed by wingers Nick Lardis of the Hamilton Bulldogs (27), Carson Rehkopf of the Kitchener Rangers (29) and defencemen Andrew Gibson of the Soo Greyhounds (31) and Tristan Bertucci of the Flint Firebirds (32).

The Firebirds feature the OHL’s highest-ranked goaltender in Nathan Day (12), who comes off a strong showing in the second half of the regular season that carried over into the playoffs.

Nineteen of the OHL’s 20 member teams are represented on the list, led by the Flint Firebirds, London Knights and Sudbury Wolves with five players ranked. The Erie Otters, Hamilton Bulldogs, Kingston Frontenacs, Ottawa 67’s and Saginaw Spirit each feature four players on the list.

OHL Players Included on NHL Central Scouting Final Draft Rankings

SKATERS:

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	POS
12	Colby Barlow	Owen Sound Attack	LW
13	Calum Ritchie	Oshawa Generals	C
14	Quentin Musty	Sudbury Wolves	LW
20	Oliver Bonk	London Knights	D
27	Nick Lardis	Hamilton Bulldogs	LW
29	Carson Rehkopf	Kitchener Rangers	LW
31	Andrew Gibson	Soo Greyhounds	D
32	Tristan Bertucci	Flint Firebirds	D
33	Beau Akey	Barrie Colts	D
34	Quinton Burns	Kingston Frontenacs	D
37	Coulson Pitre	Flint Firebirds	RW
38	Carey Terrance	Erie Otters	C
41	Hunter Brzustewicz	Kitchener Rangers	D
46	Cam Allen	Guelph Storm	D
50	Ethan Miedema	Kingston Frontenacs	LW
51	Easton Cowan	London Knights	RW
54	Luca Pinelli	Ottawa 67’s	C
57	Brad Gardiner	Ottawa 67’s	C
69	Cole Brown	Hamilton Bulldogs	LW
70	Matthew Mania	Sudbury Wolves	D
72	Matthew Mayich	Ottawa 67’s	D
77	Alex Pharand	Sudbury Wolves	C
79	Denver Barkey	London Knights	C
83	Ethan Hay	Flint Firebirds	C
88	Cooper Foster	Ottawa 67’s	C
94	Konnor Smith	Peterborough Petes	D
100	Luke McNamara	Saginaw Spirit	C
106	Anthony Romani	North Bay Battalion	C
114	Rodwin Dionicio	Windsor Spitfires	D
126	Owen Outwater	Kingston Frontenacs	C
129	Ondrej Molnar	Erie Otters	LW
130	Matthew Soto	Kingston Frontenacs	RW
131	Florian Xhekaj	Hamilton Bulldogs	LW
134	Matthew Andonovski	Kitchener Rangers	D
136	James Petrovski	Owen Sound Attack	D
142	Angus MacDonell	Mississauga Steelheads	C
155	Blake Smith	Flint Firebirds	D
160	Alexis Daviault	Erie Otters	D
161	Jacob Julien	London Knights	C
173	Donovan McCoy	Peterborough Petes	D
174	Joey Willis	Saginaw Spirit	C
177	Braeden Bowman	Guelph Storm	RW
178	Djibril Toure	Sudbury Wolves	D
182	Spencer Sova	Erie Otters	D
190	Beau Jelsma	Barrie Colts	C
191	Kocha Delic	Sudbury Wolves	C
198	Alex Christopoulos	Windsor Spitfires	RW
209	Lucas Moore	Hamilton Bulldogs	D
214	Calem Mangone	Saginaw Spirit	RW

GOALTENDERS:

RANK	GOALTENDER	TEAM
12	Nathan Day	Flint Firebirds
13	Charlie Robertson	North Bay Battalion
15	Zach Bowen	London Knights
25	Charlie Schenkel	Soo Greyhounds
27	Owen Flores	Niagara IceDogs
29	Andrew Oke	Saginaw Spirit
32	Corbin Votary	Owen Sound Attack

For NHL Central Scouting’s complete final rankings for the 2023 NHL Draft, visit nhl.com.

About the Ontario Hockey League
The Ontario Hockey League is a proud member of the Canadian Hockey League which is the world’s largest development hockey league with 60 teams in nine Canadian provinces and four American states. In addition to the OHL, the CHL is made up of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League. The CHL supplies more players to the National Hockey League and U SPORTS than any other league.