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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	38	25	15	40	28
-	Carson Carels (D)	Prince George Cougars	WHL	32	9	25	34	38
-	Jaxon Cover (LW)	London Knights	OHL	40	9	20	29	38
-	Alessandro Di Iorio (C)	Sarnia Sting	OHL	24	9	8	17	4
-	Beckham Edwards (C)	Sarnia Sting	OHL	41	14	17	31	12
-	Tynan Lawrence (C)	Muskegon Lumberjacks	USHL	13	10	7	17	6
-	Ryan Lin (D)	Vancouver Giants	WHL	42	11	39	50	33
-	Caleb Malhotra (C)	Brantford Bulldogs	OHL	39	20	33	53	26
-	Pierce Mbuyi (LW)	Owen Sound Attack	OHL	41	23	27	50	61
-	Gavin McKenna (LW)	Penn State Univ.	NCAA	18	4	15	19	4
-	Giorgos Pantelas (D)	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	39	2	17	19	26
-	Mathis Preston (F)	Spokane Chiefs	WHL	36	14	18	32	32
-	Ryan Roobroeck (C)	Niagara IceDogs	OHL	40	22	25	47	24
-	Daxon Rudolph (D)	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL	38	18	24	42	36
-	Adam Valentini (F)	Univ. of Michigan	NCAA	22	6	12	18	38
-	Keaton Verhoeff (D)	Univ. of North Dakota	NCAA	18	4	8	12	21
-	Xavier Villeneuve (D)	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	QMJHL	35	6	30	36	35
-	Braidy Wassilyn (F)	Niagara IceDogs	OHL	6	2	3	5	4
-	Cooper Williams (F)	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	37	13	21	34	20
OTHER NOTABLE PROSPECTS
-	Louis-François Bélanger (C)	Newfoundland Regiment	QMJHL	38	18	18	36	22
-	Riley Boychuk (F)	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL	38	8	35	43	22
-	Ryan Brown (LW)	Sarnia Sting	OHL	34	6	17	23	27
-	Ryder Cali (C)	North Bay Battalion	OHL	19	10	4	14	2
-	Ryder Carey (C/RW)	North Bay Battalion	OHL	31	9	10	19	22
-	Cameron Chartrand (D)	Saint John Sea Dogs	QMJHL	18	2	3	5	6
-	Benjamin Cossette-Ayotte (D)	Val-d'Or Foreurs	QMJHL	38	1	23	24	14
-	Callum Croskery (D)	Soo Greyhounds	OHL	15	1	5	6	10
-	Maddox Dagenais (C)	Québec Remparts	QMJHL	38	18	14	32	17
-	Liam Dubé (C)	HC Davos U21	Swiss U21-Elit	36	8	21	29	8
-	Jordan Duguay (F)	Portland Winterhawks	WHL	41	13	27	40	28
-	Colin Fitzgerald (C)	Peterborough Petes	OHL	24	6	7	13	33
-	Ivan Galiyanov (F)	Niagara IceDogs	OHL	39	1	7	8	36
-	Beckett Hamilton (F)	Red Deer Rebels	WHL	37	13	16	29	4
-	Chase Harrington (F)	Spokane Chiefs	WHL	39	14	21	35	67
-	Joe Iginla (F)	Edmonton Oil Kings	WHL	37	11	10	21	20
-	Caelan Joudrey (F)	Wenatchee Wild	WHL	41	9	4	13	35
-	Zachary Jovanovski (G)	Guelph Storm	OHL	31	-	-	-	-
-	Brayden Klimpke (D)	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	39	3	26	29	20
-	Noah Kosick (C)	Swift Current Broncos	WHL	37	10	24	34	8
-	Jet Kwajah (D)	Madison Capitols	USHL	29	2	12	14	8
-	Zach Lansard (F)	Regina Pats	WHL	38	15	18	33	18
-	Jean-Cristoph Lemieux (C)	Windsor Spitfires	OHL	33	10	8	18	22
-	Brek Liske (D)	Everett Silvertips	WHL	35	5	11	16	18
-	Ben Macbeath (D)	Calgary Hitmen	WHL	37	6	23	29	12
-	Julien Maze (F)	Regina Pats	WHL	30	14	17	31	30
-	Noah McKinnon (D)	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL	32	4	12	16	29
-	Alex Mclean (F)	Guelph Storm	OHL	30	7	14	21	4
-	Ty Meunier (F)	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL	29	6	9	15	8
-	Charlie Morrison (D)	Québec Remparts	QMJHL	23	2	4	6	19
-	Aiden O'Donnell (F)	Brantford Bulldogs	OHL	14	4	4	8	12
-	Brett Olson (C)	Vancouver Giants	WHL	43	6	14	20	23
-	Cruz Pavao (F)	Tri-City Americans	WHL	37	12	11	23	27
-	Émile Ricard (C)	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	QMJHL	39	7	22	29	24
-	Thomas Rousseau (RW)	Sherbrooke Phoenix	QMJHL	39	15	18	33	35
-	Wesley Royston (RW)	Erie Otters	OHL	13	2	2	4	20
-	Dylan Rozzi (LW)	Saint John Sea Dogs	QMJHL	39	12	16	28	4
-	Liam Ruck (F)	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	40	22	36	58	26
-	Markus Ruck (F)	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	40	9	46	55	16
-	Rylan Singh (D)	Guelph Storm	OHL	40	4	14	18	10
-	Brady Smith (RW)	Soo Greyhounds	OHL	11	1	0	1	4
-	Carter Stevens (C)	Guelph Storm	OHL	28	13	9	22	21
-	Thomas Vandenberg (C)	Ottawa 67's	OHL	32	13	15	28	12
-	Parker Vaughan (RW)	North Bay Battalion	OHL	39	10	11	21	36
-	Jacob Xu (D)	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	31	1	6	7	19
-	William Yared (C)	Saint John Sea Dogs	QMJHL	34	7	12	19	12
-	Cole Zurawski (RW)	Owen Sound Attack	OHL	36	17	14	31	28

Show All Draft Eligible Players in the Database

66 players

Interesting Facts Oldest

#	Player	Age
1.	Jasper Kuhta (F)	19 yrs
2.	Bruno Osmanis (F)	19 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