OHL Writers Final Draft Rankings

This might be the most difficult draft to rank in recent memory—not just within the OHL, but across the entire prospect pool. What is certain, however, is that Matthew Schaefer and Michael Misa are expected to be the top two selections when the NHL Entry Draft arrives on June 27.

Beyond those two, Porter Martone, Jake O’Brien, and Brady Martin are all in the mix and could be selected in any order as the next OHL prospects off the board.

This is an issue up and down the board. However, I put my list together based on how I see it play out. Included is where NHL Central Scouting had the players ranked among North American Skaters and Goaltenders (for the goalies).

RK	Player	Team	POS	HT	WT	NHLCS
1	Matthew Schaefer	Erie Otters	LD	6′ 1.75″	183	1
2	Michael Misa	Saginaw Spirit	C	6′ 0.75″	184	2
3	Porter Martone	Brampton Steelheads	RW	6′ 2.75″	208	6
4	Jake O’Brien	Brantford Bulldogs	C	6′ 1.75″	172	4
5	Brady Martin	Soo Greyhounds	C	6′ 0″	178	11
6	Kashawn Aitcheson	Barrie Colts	LD	6′ 1.5″	196	9
7	Cameron Reid	Kitchener Rangers	LD	5′ 11.75″	193	23
8	Malcolm Spence	Erie Otters	LW	6′ 1.0″	203	17
9	Jack Nesbitt	Windsor Spitfires	C	6′ 4.25″	185	15
10	Henry Brzustewicz	London Knights	RD	6′ 1.75″	203	19
11	Luca Romano	Kitchener Rangers	C	5′ 11.25″	177	48
12	Ethan Czata	Niagara IceDogs	C	6′ 1.25″	175	49
13	Simon Wang	Oshawa Generals	LD	6′ 5.5″	215	34
14	Kristian Epperson	Saginaw Spirit	LW	5′ 11.5″	183	47
15	Tyler Hopkins	Kingston Frontenacs	C	6′ 1.0″	179	52
16	David Bedkowski	Owen Sound Attack	RD	6′ 4.5″	215	62
17	Owen Griffin	Oshawa Generals	C	5′ 9.75″	160	70
18	Quinn Beauchesne	Guelph Storm	RD	6′ 0.0″	185	75
19	Lirim Amidovski	North Bay Battalion	RW	6′ 0.75″	180	123
20	Kieren Dervin	Kingston Frontenacs	C	6′ 1.0″	183	71
21	Filip Ekberg	Ottawa 67’s	RW	5′ 9.75	166	178
22	Jimmy Lombardi	Flint Firebirds	C	6′ 0.0″	175	84
23	Shamar Moses	North Bay Battalion	RW	6′ 1.0″	200	104
24	Carson Cameron	Peterborough Petes	RD	6′ 1.0″	193	137
25	Lucas Karmiris	Brampton Steelheads	C	5′ 11.0″	190	151
26	Lev Katzin	Guelph Storm	C	5′ 8.25″	176	142
27	Travis Hayes	Soo Greyhounds	RW	5′ 10.5″	175	119
28	Evan Passmore	Barrie Colts	RD	6′ 4.75″	212	87
29	Tanner Lam	Kitchener Rangers	RW	5′ 9.25″	154	159
30	Jake Crawford	Owen Sound Attack	C	6′ 2.5″	180	173
31	Daniil Skvortsov	Guelph Storm	LD	6′ 3.25″	215	154
32	Aidan Lane	Brampton Steelheads	RW	6′ 1.0″	193	112
33	Jacob Cloutier	Saginaw Spirit	RW	5′ 10.0″	171	108
34	Carson Harmer	Saginaw Spirit	C	5′ 9.75″	184	107
35	Caden Taylor	Peterborough Petes	LW	6′ 2.25″	185	131
36	Xander Velliaris	Saginaw Spirit	LD	6′ 3.0″	205	202
37	Joshua Avery	Brantford Bulldogs	C	6′ 0.0″	177	168
38	Parker Snelgrove	Guelph Storm	C	6′ 0.0″	189	180
39	Noah Read	London Knights	C	6′ 0.0″	170	157
40	Ruslan Karimov	Sarnia Sting	RW	6′ 0.0″	195	214
41	Anthony Cristoforo	Windsor Spitfires	RD	6′ 0.0″	181	NR
	GOALTENDERS
1	Aleksei Medvedev	London Knights	G	6′ 2.25″	175	6
2	Jack Ivankovic	Brampton Steelheads	G	5′ 11.0″	178	4
3	Matthew Koprowski	Owen Sound Attack	G	6′ 2.25″	199	9
4	Ben Hrebik	Barrie Colts	G	6′ 2.0″	190	19
5	Michael McIvor	North Bay Battalion	G	6′ 0.5″	172	26