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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	27	17	12	29	22
-	Carson Carels (D)	Prince George Cougars	WHL	28	8	21	29	32
-	Jaxon Cover (LW)	London Knights	OHL	28	8	16	24	28
-	Alessandro Di Iorio (C)	Sarnia Sting	OHL	11	3	3	6	0
-	Beckham Edwards (C)	Sarnia Sting	OHL	28	11	12	23	10
-	Tynan Lawrence (C)	Muskegon Lumberjacks	USHL	7	8	5	13	6
-	Ryan Lin (D)	Vancouver Giants	WHL	29	5	28	33	16
-	Caleb Malhotra (C)	Brantford Bulldogs	OHL	27	12	25	37	20
-	Pierce Mbuyi (LW)	Owen Sound Attack	OHL	31	15	22	37	47
-	Gavin McKenna (LW)	Penn State Univ.	NCAA	16	4	14	18	4
-	Giorgos Pantelas (D)	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	26	2	13	15	18
-	Mathis Preston (F)	Spokane Chiefs	WHL	27	10	11	21	26
-	Ryan Roobroeck (C)	Niagara IceDogs	OHL	26	14	13	27	12
-	Daxon Rudolph (D)	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL	27	10	14	24	22
-	Keaton Verhoeff (D)	Univ. of North Dakota	NCAA	16	4	7	11	21
-	Xavier Villeneuve (D)	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	QMJHL	26	5	26	31	31
-	Braidy Wassilyn (F)	Niagara IceDogs	OHL	6	2	3	5	4
-	Cooper Williams (F)	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	27	11	12	23	14
OTHER NOTABLE PROSPECTS
-	Louis-François Bélanger (C)	Newfoundland Regiment	QMJHL	25	14	13	27	14
-	Riley Boychuk (F)	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL	27	5	21	26	16
-	Ryan Brown (LW)	Sarnia Sting	OHL	28	4	14	18	27
-	Ryder Cali (C)	North Bay Battalion	OHL	13	7	4	11	2
-	Ryder Carey (C/RW)	North Bay Battalion	OHL	21	6	8	14	20
-	Cameron Chartrand (D)	Saint John Sea Dogs	QMJHL	17	2	3	5	6
-	Benjamin Cossette-Ayotte (D)	Val-d'Or Foreurs	QMJHL	28	0	12	12	10
-	Callum Croskery (D)	Soo Greyhounds	OHL	4	0	1	1	6
-	Maddox Dagenais (C)	Québec Remparts	QMJHL	26	12	11	23	13
-	Liam Dubé (C)	HC Davos U21	Swiss U21-Elit	29	7	19	26	8
-	Jordan Duguay (F)	Portland Winterhawks	WHL	29	10	18	28	20
-	Colin Fitzgerald (C)	Peterborough Petes	OHL	24	6	7	13	33
-	Ivan Galiyanov (F)	Niagara IceDogs	OHL	26	1	4	5	22
-	Beckett Hamilton (F)	Red Deer Rebels	WHL	27	10	16	26	4
-	Chase Harrington (F)	Spokane Chiefs	WHL	28	9	12	21	48
-	Joe Iginla (F)	Edmonton Oil Kings	WHL	30	11	10	21	12
-	Caelan Joudrey (F)	Wenatchee Wild	WHL	27	5	3	8	24
-	Zachary Jovanovski (G)	Guelph Storm	OHL	23	-	-	-	-
-	Brayden Klimpke (D)	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	29	2	19	21	14
-	Noah Kosick (C)	Swift Current Broncos	WHL	28	9	20	29	8
-	Jet Kwajah (D)	Madison Capitols	USHL	20	1	8	9	8
-	Brek Liske (D)	Everett Silvertips	WHL	25	2	8	10	14
-	Julien Maze (F)	Regina Pats	WHL	29	13	17	30	26
-	Noah McKinnon (D)	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL	24	3	9	12	21
-	Alex Mclean (F)	Guelph Storm	OHL	25	6	14	20	4
-	Ty Meunier (F)	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL	26	5	8	13	8
-	Charlie Morrison (D)	Québec Remparts	QMJHL	13	2	2	4	12
-	Aiden O'Donnell (F)	Brantford Bulldogs	OHL	14	4	4	8	12
-	Brett Olson (C)	Vancouver Giants	WHL	30	4	7	11	12
-	Cruz Pavao (F)	Tri-City Americans	WHL	24	10	5	15	12
-	Émile Ricard (C)	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	QMJHL	27	7	15	22	24
-	Thomas Rousseau (RW)	Sherbrooke Phoenix	QMJHL	26	9	16	25	27
-	Wesley Royston (RW)	Erie Otters	OHL	13	2	2	4	20
-	Dylan Rozzi (LW)	Saint John Sea Dogs	QMJHL	27	9	10	19	2
-	Liam Ruck (F)	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	30	11	22	33	22
-	Markus Ruck (F)	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	30	6	30	36	8
-	Rylan Singh (D)	Guelph Storm	OHL	28	4	11	15	8
-	Brady Smith (RW)	Soo Greyhounds	OHL	11	1	0	1	4
-	Carter Stevens (C)	Guelph Storm	OHL	20	10	7	17	13
-	Adam Valentini (F)	Univ. of Michigan	NCAA	20	5	12	17	28
-	Thomas Vandenberg (C)	Ottawa 67's	OHL	21	10	8	18	10
-	Parker Vaughan (RW)	North Bay Battalion	OHL	29	5	6	11	28
-	Jacob Xu (D)	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	22	1	3	4	13
-	William Yared (C)	Saint John Sea Dogs	QMJHL	22	4	9	13	10
-	Cole Zurawski (RW)	Owen Sound Attack	OHL	28	16	13	29	19

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63 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