Toronto, Ont. – The Ontario Hockey League is proud to announce that 62 OHL players have been included on NHL Central Scouting’s October ‘Players to Watch’ List for the 2025 NHL Draft scheduled to take place next summer.
The 62 OHL players are part of an overall total of 155 players from across the Canadian Hockey League included on the list.
Kashawn Aitcheson of the Barrie Colts, Brady Martin of the Soo Greyhounds, Michael Misa of the Saginaw Spirit, Porter Martone of the Brampton Steelheads, Jake O’Brien of the Brantford Bulldogs, along with Matthew Schaefer and Malcolm Spence of the Erie Otters received ‘A’ ratings, indicating a potential first round selection.
An additional six players were assigned ‘B’ ratings indicating a potential second or third round selection, and 16 received ‘C’ designations indicating a potential fourth or fifth round candidate, while 33 received ‘W’ ratings indicating potential sixth or seventh round picks.
All 20 OHL member teams are represented on the list led by the Brampton Steelheads, Brantford Bulldogs, Soo Greyhounds and Owen Sound Attack with six players included, followed by the Saginaw Spirit, Guelph Storm and North Bay Battalion with five.
The list includes 38 OHL forwards, 15 defencemen and nine goaltenders.
2025 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 round candidate
• W Rating – Indicates a sixth/seventh round candidate
SKATERS
| RATING | PLAYER | POS. | TEAM |
| A | Kashawn Aitcheson | D | Barrie Colts |
| A | Brady Martin | C | Soo Greyhounds |
| A | Porter Martone | RW | Brampton Steelheads |
| A | Michael Misa | C | Saginaw Spirit |
| A | Jake O’Brien | C | Brantford Bulldogs |
| A | Matthew Schaefer | D | Erie Otters |
| A | Malcolm Spence | LW | Erie Otters |
| B | David Bedkowski | D | Owen Sound Attack |
| B | Jimmy Lombardi | C | Flint Firebirds |
| B | Jack Nesbitt | C | Windsor Spitfires |
| B | Cameron Reid | D | Kitchener Rangers |
| B | Luca Romano | C | Kitchener Rangers |
| C | Henry Brzustewicz | D | London Knights |
| C | Carson Cameron | D | Peterborough Petes |
| C | Jake Crawford | C | Owen Sound Attack |
| C | Filip Ekberg | RW | Ottawa 67’s |
| C | Kristian Epperson | LW | Saginaw Spirit |
| C | Travis Hayes | RW | Soo Greyhounds |
| C | Tyler Hopkins | C | Kingston Frontenacs |
| C | Lucas Karmiris | C | Brampton Steelheads |
| C | Shamar Moses | RW | North Bay Battalion |
| C | Harry Nansi | RW | Owen Sound Attack |
| C | Evan Passmore | D | Barrie Colts |
| C | Daniil Skvortsov | D | Guelph Storm |
| C | Caden Taylor | LW | Peterborough Petes |
| C | Quinn Beauchesne | D | Guelph Storm |
| W | Lirim Amidovski | RW | North Bay Battalion |
| W | Blake Arrowsmith | RW | London Knights |
| W | Joshua Avery | C | Brantford Bulldogs |
| W | Gabriel Chiarot | RW | Brampton Steelheads |
| W | Jacob Cloutier | RW | Saginaw Spirit |
| W | Ethan Czata | C | Niagara IceDogs |
| W | Tristan Delisle | C | Owen Sound Attack |
| W | Luke Dragusica | D | Brampton Steelheads |
| W | Josh Glavin | D | Saginaw Spirit |
| W | Owen Griffin | C | Oshawa Generals |
| W | Charlie Hilton | LW | Soo Greyhounds |
| W | Parker Holmes | LW | Brantford Bulldogs |
| W | Hughston Hurt | D | Sarnia Sting |
| W | Ruslan Karimov | RW | Sarnia Sting |
| W | Kimi Korbler | RW | Ottawa 67’s |
| W | Tanner Lam | RW | Kitchener Rangers |
| W | Jeremy Martin | LW | Flint Firebirds |
| W | Hunter McKenzie | LW | Guelph Storm |
| W | Lauri Sinivuori | LW | Oshawa Generals |
| W | Gabriel Smith | D | Owen Sound Attack |
| W | Brady Smith | C | Soo Greyhounds |
| W | Parker Snelgrove | C | Guelph Storm |
| W | Grant Spada | D | Guelph Storm |
| W | Luca Testa | LW | Brantford Bulldogs |
| W | Xander Velliaris | D | Kingston Frontenacs |
| W | Aiden Young | LW | Peterborough Petes |
| W | David Egorov | G | Brantford Bulldogs |
| W | Jacob Gibbons | G | Brampton Steelheads |
| W | Matthew Koprowski | G | Owen Sound Attack |
| W | Finn Marshall | G | Sudbury Wolves |
| W | Mike McIvor | G | North Bay Battalion |
| W | Jaeden Nelson | G | Ottawa 67’s |
GOALTENDERS
| RATING | GOALTENDER | TEAM |
| B | Jack Ivankovic | Brampton Steelheads |
| C | Charlie Larocque | North Bay Battalion |
| C | Alexei Medvedev | London Knights |
| W | David Egorov | Brantford Bulldogs |
| W | Jacob Gibbons | Brampton Steelheads |
| W | Matthew Koprowski | Owen Sound Attack |
| W | Finn Marshall | Sudbury Wolves |
| W | Mike McIvor | North Bay Battalion |
| W | Jaeden Nelson | Ottawa 67’s |
| W | Michael Newlove | Windsor Spitfires |
To view the complete list, visit NHL.com.
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