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2026 NHL Draft Prospects

R	Player	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
TOP PROSPECTS
-	Ethan Belchetz (LW)	Windsor Spitfires	OHL	25	17	12	29	20
-	Carson Carels (D)	Prince George Cougars	WHL	26	7	20	27	24
-	Jaxon Cover (LW)	London Knights	OHL	26	7	15	22	24
-	Alessandro Di Iorio (C)	Sarnia Sting	OHL	9	3	3	6	0
-	Beckham Edwards (C)	Sarnia Sting	OHL	26	10	11	21	10
-	Tynan Lawrence (C)	Muskegon Lumberjacks	USHL	5	6	3	9	4
-	Ryan Lin (D)	Vancouver Giants	WHL	26	5	25	30	14
-	Caleb Malhotra (C)	Brantford Bulldogs	OHL	26	12	22	34	18
-	Pierce Mbuyi (LW)	Owen Sound Attack	OHL	29	14	22	36	43
-	Gavin McKenna (LW)	Penn State Univ.	NCAA	16	4	14	18	4
-	Giorgos Pantelas (D)	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	24	2	13	15	18
-	Mathis Preston (F)	Spokane Chiefs	WHL	24	8	9	17	22
-	Ryan Roobroeck (C)	Niagara IceDogs	OHL	24	13	12	25	12
-	Daxon Rudolph (D)	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL	24	7	11	18	22
-	Keaton Verhoeff (D)	Univ. of North Dakota	NCAA	14	4	6	10	6
-	Xavier Villeneuve (D)	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	QMJHL	25	5	25	30	31
-	Braidy Wassilyn (F)	Niagara IceDogs	OHL	6	2	3	5	4
-	Cooper Williams (F)	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	26	11	12	23	14
OTHER NOTABLE PROSPECTS
-	Louis-François Bélanger (C)	Newfoundland Regiment	QMJHL	24	14	13	27	14
-	Riley Boychuk (F)	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL	24	4	18	22	16
-	Ryan Brown (LW)	Sarnia Sting	OHL	26	4	13	17	27
-	Ryder Cali (C)	North Bay Battalion	OHL	13	7	4	11	2
-	Ryder Carey (C/RW)	North Bay Battalion	OHL	19	6	6	12	20
-	Cameron Chartrand (D)	Saint John Sea Dogs	QMJHL	17	2	3	5	6
-	Benjamin Cossette-Ayotte (D)	Val-d'Or Foreurs	QMJHL	25	0	11	11	8
-	Callum Croskery (D)	Soo Greyhounds	OHL	2	0	0	0	4
-	Maddox Dagenais (C)	Québec Remparts	QMJHL	25	12	10	22	13
-	Liam Dubé (C)	HC Davos U21	Swiss U21-Elit	27	7	19	26	8
-	Colin Fitzgerald (C)	Peterborough Petes	OHL	24	6	7	13	33
-	Ivan Galiyanov (F)	Niagara IceDogs	OHL	24	1	4	5	22
-	Chase Harrington (F)	Spokane Chiefs	WHL	25	8	9	17	44
-	Joe Iginla (F)	Edmonton Oil Kings	WHL	28	10	10	20	10
-	Caelan Joudrey (F)	Wenatchee Wild	WHL	24	5	3	8	24
-	Zachary Jovanovski (G)	Guelph Storm	OHL	21	-	-	-	-
-	Brayden Klimpke (D)	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	28	2	19	21	14
-	Noah Kosick (C)	Swift Current Broncos	WHL	27	8	20	28	8
-	Jet Kwajah (D)	Madison Capitols	USHL	17	1	7	8	6
-	Brek Liske (D)	Everett Silvertips	WHL	23	2	8	10	14
-	Julien Maze (F)	Regina Pats	WHL	27	11	15	26	24
-	Noah McKinnon (D)	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL	24	3	9	12	21
-	Alex Mclean (F)	Guelph Storm	OHL	23	5	9	14	4
-	Ty Meunier (F)	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL	23	5	8	13	6
-	Charlie Morrison (D)	Québec Remparts	QMJHL	12	1	2	3	12
-	Aiden O'Donnell (F)	Brantford Bulldogs	OHL	14	4	4	8	12
-	Brett Olson (C)	Vancouver Giants	WHL	27	4	7	11	12
-	Cruz Pavao (F)	Tri-City Americans	WHL	22	10	5	15	12
-	Émile Ricard (C)	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	QMJHL	25	7	15	22	22
-	Thomas Rousseau (RW)	Sherbrooke Phoenix	QMJHL	24	8	16	24	25
-	Wesley Royston (RW)	Erie Otters	OHL	13	2	2	4	20
-	Dylan Rozzi (LW)	Saint John Sea Dogs	QMJHL	26	9	10	19	2
-	Liam Ruck (F)	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	28	10	19	29	22
-	Markus Ruck (F)	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	28	6	26	32	8
-	Rylan Singh (D)	Guelph Storm	OHL	26	3	10	13	8
-	Brady Smith (RW)	Soo Greyhounds	OHL	11	1	0	1	4
-	Carter Stevens (C)	Guelph Storm	OHL	18	9	7	16	13
-	Adam Valentini (F)	Univ. of Michigan	NCAA	18	5	11	16	18
-	Thomas Vandenberg (C)	Ottawa 67's	OHL	18	9	7	16	10
-	Parker Vaughan (RW)	North Bay Battalion	OHL	27	5	6	11	26
-	Jacob Xu (D)	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	21	1	3	4	13
-	William Yared (C)	Saint John Sea Dogs	QMJHL	21	4	9	13	8
-	Cole Zurawski (RW)	Owen Sound Attack	OHL	26	16	12	28	17

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61 players

Interesting Facts Oldest

#	Player	Age
1.	Jasper Kuhta (F)	19 yrs
2.	Bruno Osmanis (F)	18 yrs
3.	Landon Hafele (F)	18 yrs
4.	Lavr Gashilov (F)	18 yrs
5.	Ryan Roobroeck (F)	18 yrs

Interesting Facts Youngest

#	Player	Age
1.	Max Laatikainen (D)	17 yrs
2.	Frantisek Poletin (G)	17 yrs
3.	Wyatt Cullen (F)	17 yrs
4.	Thomas Vandenberg (F)	17 yrs
5.	Ryder Cali (F)	17 yrs

Interesting Facts Tallest

#	Player	Height
1.	Brooks Rogowski (F)	6'6"
2.	Ethan Belchetz (F)	6'5"
3.	Brady Knowling (G)	6'5"
4.	Nikita Shcherbakov (D)	6'5"
5.	Malte Gustafsson (D)	6'4"

Interesting Facts Shortest

#	Player	Height
1.	Louis-François Bélanger (F)	5'8"
2.	Ty Meunier (F)	5'8"
3.	Alexei Vlasov (F)	5'9"
4.	Viggo Björck (F)	5'10"
5.	Victor Plante (F)	5'10"

Interesting Facts Heaviest

#	Player	Weight
1.	Noa Ta'amu (D)	238 lbs
2.	Brooks Rogowski (F)	231 lbs
3.	Ethan Belchetz (F)	227 lbs
4.	Ryan Roobroeck (F)	216 lbs
5.	Giorgos Pantelas (D)	214 lbs

Interesting Facts Lightest

#	Player	Weight
1.	Xavier Villeneuve (D)	157 lbs
2.	Victor Plante (F)	157 lbs
3.	Pierce Mbuyi (F)	159 lbs
4.	Cooper Williams (F)	159 lbs
5.	Liam Dubé (F)	159 lbs