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Top NHL prospects
Here is the latest evaluation as of Jan. 24 of top prospects as
ranked by the NHL's Central Scouting Service for the 1996 entry draft:
Rank Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Birth Team
1. Alexandre Volchkov C 6-1 194 9/25/77 Barrie
2. Chris Phillips D 6-2 200 3/9/78 Prince Albert
3. Matt Higgins C 6-2 175 9/29/77 Moose Jaw
4. Josh Holden C 6-0 167 1/18/78 Regina
5. Remi Royer D 6-2 190 2/12/78 St. Hyacinthe
6. Boyd Devereaux C 6-1 175 4/16/78 Kitchener
7. Jean-Pierre Dumont LW 6-0 180 5/1/78 Val d'Or
8. Josh Green LW 6-3 197 11/16/77 Medicine Hat
9. Mario Larocque D 6-2 165 4/24/78 Hull
10. Jonathan Aitken D 6-4 185 5/24/78 Medicine Hat
11. Jesse Wallin D 6-2 190 3/10/78 Red Deer
12. Mathieu Descoteaux D 6-3 190 9/23/77 Shawinigan
13. Chris Allen D 6-2 193 5/8/78 Kingston
14. Richard Jackman D 6-2 166 6/28/78 Sault Ste. Marie
15. Daymus Zubrus RW 6-2 200 1/16/78 Pembroke Tier II
16. Daniel Breire C 5-9 160 10/6/77 Drummondville
17. Curtis Tipler RW 6-5 190 8/9/78 Regina
18. Pierre Dagenais LW 6-3 184 3/4/78 Moncton
19. Trevor Wasyluk LW 6-2 187 5/4/78 Medine Hat
20. Alexandre Jacques C 5-11 165 9/27/77 Shawinigan
21. Jan Bulis C 6-0 194 3/18/78 Barrie
22. Francois Methot C 6-0 171 4/26/78 St. Hyacinthe
23. Tom Poti D 6-3 178 3/22/77 Cushing HS
24. Erik Rasmussen C 6-2 191 3/28/77 U of Minnesota
25. Wesley Mason LW 6-2 160 12/12/77 Sarnia
26. Cory Sarich D 6-3 175 8/16/78 Saskatoon
27. Lance Ward D 6-3 195 6/2/78 Red Deer
28. Jason Doyle RW 6-1 200 5/15/78 Sault Ste. Marie
29. Chris Hajt D 6-4 206 6/5/78 Guelph
30. Henry Kuster RW 6-0 195 11/11/77 Medine Hat
31. Dmitri Yakushin D 6-0 198 1/21/78 Pembroke Tier II
32. Jaroslav Svejkovsky RW 5-11 185 10/1/76 Tri-City
33. Colin White D 6-3 185 12/12/77 Hull
34. Dan Focht D 6-5 226 12/31/77 Tri-City
35. Glenn Crawford C 5-11 175 2/27/78 Windsor
36. Jeff Brown D 6-2 217 4/24/78 Sarnia
37. Daniel Archambault D 6-1 202 3/28/78 Val d'Or
38. Dan LaCoutre LW 6-2 201 4/18/77 Junior Whalers
39. Kurt Walsh RW 6-2 205 12/26/77 Owen Sound
40. Eric Belanger C 5-11 159 12/16/77 Beauport
41. Josh DeWolf D 6-1 192 7/25/77 Twin Cities Tier II
42. Geoff Peters C 6-0 174 4/30/78 Niagara Falls
43. Peter Ratchuk D 6-1 175 9/10/77 Shattuck HS
44. Steve Wasylko C 6-1 173 6/11/78 Detroit
45. Etienne Drapeau C 6-1 181 1/10/78 Beauport
46. Jonathan Zukiwsky C 6-3 185 10/7/77 Red Deer
47. Xavier Delisle C 5-11 177 5/24/77 Granby
48. Carl Prud'Homme RW 6-2 195 10/18/77 Hull
49. Marty Reasoner C 6-1 185 2/26/77 Boston College
50. Mark Parrish RW 6-0 180 2/2/77 St. Cloud University
51. Boris Protsenko C 6-0 180 8/21/78 Calgary
52. Sebastien Simard LW 6-3 176 2/23/78 Drummondville
53. Luke Curtin LW 6-2 190 9/23/77 Kelowna
54. Matt Bradley RW 6-2 172 6/13/78 Kingston
55. Sean Ritchlin RW 6-0 202 6/14/77 Michigan
56. Darren Van Oene LW 6-3 207 1/18/78 Brandon
57. Daniel Corso C 5-9 155 4/3/78 Victoriaville
58. Gordie Dwyer LW 6-2 190 1/25/78 Beauport
59. Jeff Paul D 6-3 196 3/1/78 Niagara Falls
60. Mike Lankshear D 6-2 185 9/8/78 Guelph
61. Jeff Farkas C 6-1 170 1/24/78 Niagara Scenics Tier II
62. Peter Hogan D 6-2 167 1/10/78 Oshawa
63. Steve Begin C 5-11 180 6/14/78 Val d'Or
64. Joey Tetarenko D 6-2 205 3/3/78 Portland
65. Craig MacDonald C 6-2 180 4/7/77 Harvard
66. Matt Cullen C 6-1 195 11/2/76 St. Cloud University
67. Brendan Buckley D 6-2 190 2/26/77 Boston College
68. Brian Gaffaney D 6-5 196 10/4/77 Alexandria
69. Mike Hurley RW 5-11 173 11/19/77 Tri-City
70. Andy Berenzweig D 6-2 195 8/8/77 Michigan
71. Francois Hardy D 6-2 182 7/6/78 Val d'Or
72. Evgeny Korolev D 6-1 186 7/24/78 Peterborough
73. Adam Edinger C 6-2 200 9/21/77 Leamington Junior B
74. David Berier C 6-3 180 1/29/78 St. Hyacinthe
75. Andrew Van Bruggen RW 6-6 230 4/24/77 Northern Michigan
76. Konstantin Kalmikov LW 6-4 205 6/14/78 Detroit (Colonial)
77. Wyatt Smith C 5-11 190 2/13/77 Minnesota
78. Chester Gallant RW 6-1 184 12/22/78 Niagara Falls
Goaltenders
Rank Name Ht. Wt. Birth Team
1. Craig Hillier 6-0 165 2/28/78 Ottawa
2. Mathieu Garron 6-1 175 1/9/78 Victoriaville
3. Randy Petruk 5-9 178 4/23/78 Kamloops
4. Terry Friesen 5-11 185 10/29/77 Swift Current
5. Francis Larivee 6-3 198 11/8/77 Laval
6. John Hultberg 5-11 211 4/25/77 Kingston
7. Elliot Faust 5-10 164 6/10/78 North Bay
8. Michael Podolka 5-11 176 11/11/77 Sault Ste. Marie
9. Kory Cooper 5-10 167 2/21/77 Belleville
10. Jean-Marc Pelletier 6-3 195 3/4/78 Cornell
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