By the OilKnight 11/18/19

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Welcome to our weekly update on CHL prospects. Here are the leading scorers among all 3 leagues for the 2020 draft eligibles & 16 yr old CHL rookies.

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OHL

Four players are starting to break away from the pack with Quinton Byfield still way ahead points wise. Cole Perfetti, Marco Rossi & Tyson Foerster are all in the mix with over 30 points. Rossi, is actually averaging 2 points a game having missed 5 games earlier in season due to a suspension.

Keep an eye on Hayden Fowler of Erie. He has been slowly climbing the OHL points standings and is now tied for 5th in points for draft eligibles with his teammate Jamie Drysdale.

Birthdate	Pos	Name	GP	G	A	P	League	Team
2002-08-19	C	Quinton Byfield	23	17	27	44	OHL	Sudbury
2002-01-01	C	Cole Perfetti	21	7	27	34	OHL	Saginaw
2001-09-25	C	Marco Rossi	16	8	24	32	OHL	Ottawa
2002-01-18	C	Tyson Foerster	20	14	17	31	OHL	Barrie
2001-09-24	RW	Hayden Fowler	20	11	13	24	OHL	Erie
2002-04-08	RD	Jamie Drysdale	22	5	19	24	OHL	Erie
2002-04-12	C	Rory Kerins	22	11	12	23	OHL	SSM
2001-09-25	C	Jaromir Pytlik	22	9	14	23	OHL	SSM
2001-09-19	RW	Jack Quinn	21	10	12	22	OHL	Ottawa
2002-04-05	C	Ty Tullio	20	10	10	20	OHL	Oshawa
2002-04-15	RW	Jacob Perreault	17	8	12	20	OHL	Sarnia
2002-07-09	C	Logan Morrison	20	8	12	20	OHL	Hamilton
2002-05-13	C	Jean-Luc Foudy	18	8	11	19	OHL	Windsor
2002-02-21	RW	Luke Evangelista	18	6	13	19	OHL	London
2002-03-19	RD	Jack Thompson	23	8	10	18	OHL	Sudbury
2002-02-13	RW	Oliver Suni	20	5	13	18	OHL	Oshawa
2002-02-05	LW	Antonio Stranges	18	7	8	15	OHL	London
2001-12-01	RW	Brandon Coe	19	5	10	15	OHL	North Bay
2002-01-08	RD	Ruben Rafkin	18	1	13	14	OHL	Windsor
2002-05-02	LW	Will Cuylle	18	6	7	13	OHL	Windsor
2002-05-16	LD	Ryan O’Rourke	17	5	8	13	OHL	SSM
2002-06-09	RW	Cameron Butler	21	7	4	11	OHL	Peterborough
2002-01-18	LW	James Hardie	20	6	5	11	OHL	Mississauga
2002-03-14	RW	Reid Valade	13	7	3	10	OHL	Kitchener
2002-05-28	RW	Andrei Bakanov	17	5	5	10	OHL	Guelph
2002-08-12	RD	Ville Ottavainen	18	4	6	10	OHL	Kitchener
2002-06-20	C	Evan Vierling	14	2	8	10	OHL	Flint
2002-01-12	LD	Donovan Sebrango	14	1	8	9	OHL	Kitchener
2002-02-27	LD	Lleyton Moore	0	0	8	8	OHL	Oshawa

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2021 Draft eligibles

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Birthdate	Pos	Name	GP	G	A	P	League	Team
2003-01-30	C	Mason McTavish	16	12	5	17	OHL	Peterborough
2002-10-10	RW	Avery Hayes	23	7	9	16	OHL	Hamilton
2003-04-11	C/LW	Francesco Pinelli	15	7	5	12	OHL	Kitchener
2003-03-29	RW	Chase Stillman	19	6	5	11	OHL	Sudbury
2003-01-05	LW	Brennan Othmann	12	5	4	9	OHL	Flint
2003-06-19	RW	Ethan Burroughs	13	4	5	9	OHL	Owen Sound
2003-06-07	C	Brett Harrison	16	4	5	9	OHL	Oshawa
2003-02-09	RD	Brandt Clarke	16	0	9	9	OHL	Barrie
2003-01-21	C	Connor Lockhart	17	1	6	7	OHL	Erie
2003-01-05	C	Braeden Kressler	12	2	4	6	OHL	Flint
2003-06-13	C	Francesco Arcuri	19	1	5	6	OHL	Kingston

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QMJHL

Like the OHL, the QMJHL has 4 players who have broken away from the pack offensively. With his much improved play recently, and guys like Ryan Francis & Dawson Mercer participating in the CIBC Russia-Canada series, Mavrik Bourque has quickly closed the gap in the scoring race behind Alexis Lafreniere. All four have over 30 points. Bourque, in fact now has tied Byfield for the most goals among first year draft eligibles with 17.

Watch out for Russian import Vasily Ponomarev. After a slow start to his North America career, he’s been clipping along at over a point per game pace for over a month now. He’s tied for 6th now in this points race & seems to be gaining more confidence every game.

Birthdate	Pos	Name	GP	G	A	P	League	Team
2001-10-11	LW	Alexis Lafreniere	23	15	36	51	QMJHL	Rimouski
2001-12-02	RW	Ryan Francis	23	11	25	36	QMJHL	Cape Breton
2002-01-08	C	Mavrik Bourque	21	17	16	33	QMJHL	Shawinigan
2001-10-27	RW	Dawson Mercer	19	16	15	31	QMJHL	Drummondville
2002-06-02	LD	Jeremie Poirier	23	9	14	23	QMJHL	Saint John
2002-05-27	LW	Brady Burns	23	10	13	23	QMJHL	Saint John
2002-03-13	C	Vasily Ponomaryev	21	10	10	20	QMJHL	Shawinigan
2002-03-20	RD	William Villeneuve	23	4	16	20	QMJHL	Saint John
2002-04-29	C	Patrick Guay	23	8	9	17	QMJHL	Sherbrooke
2002-02-09	C	Hendrix Lapierre	18	2	15	17	QMJHL	Chicoutimi
2001-11-15	RD	Justin Barron	23	4	12	16	QMJHL	Halifax
2002-01-12	C	Alexandre Doucet	23	4	12	16	QMJHL	Val D’Or
2002-02-24	RD	Charlie Desroches	23	1	15	16	QMJHL	Saint John
2002-03-27	LD	Lukas Cormier	13	4	11	15	QMJHL	Charlottetown
2002-08-20	C	Ivan Ivan	23	7	7	14	QMJHL	Cape Breton
2002-01-21	LW	Elliot Desnoyers	22	5	9	14	QMJHL	Moncton
2002-01-28	RW	Josh Lawrence	23	4	10	14	QMJHL	Saint John
2002-06-14	C	Senna Peeters	23	9	4	13	QMJHL	Halifax
2001-09-25	RW	Adam Raska	15	7	4	11	QMJHL	Rimouski
2002-01-25	LW	Dawson Stairs	23	5	5	10	QMJHL	Saint John
2002-02-20	C	Theo Rochette	10	2	8	10	QMJHL	Chicoutimi

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2021 Draft eligibles

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Birthdate	Pos	Name	GP	G	A	P	League	Team
2002-11-26	LD	Isaac Belliveau	23	5	23	28	QMJHL	Rimouski
2003-05-15	LW	Zachary L’Heureux	18	8	11	19	QMJHL	Moncton
2003-05-01	C	James Malatesta	18	9	7	16	QMJHL	Quebec
2002-09-27	C	Alexander Mirzabalaev	23	4	8	12	QMJHL	Val D’or
2003-03-25	C	Riley Kidney	17	3	8	11	QMJHL	Acadie-Bathurst
2003-01-04	C	Zachary Dean	18	4	6	10	QMJHL	Gatineau
2003-02-24	C	Zachary Bolduc	14	7	2	9	QMJHL	Rimouski
2003-05-14	C	Cole Huckins	22	5	4	9	QMJHL	Acadie-Bathurst
2003-08-06	C	Joshua Roy	19	5	3	8	QMJHL	Saint John
2003-03-13	C	Justin Robidas	17	4	4	8	QMJHL	Val D’or

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WHL

Only one player in the WHL has hit the 30 point plateau so far – Connor Zary. Though, Ozzy Wiesblatt and Jake Neighbours are closing the gap on him offensively.

Watch out for Jack Finley. The 6’5″, 205lb center is one of the youngest eligible players in this draft and is only 1 point behind Justin Sourdif now in the points race. His stock is rising.

Birthdate	Pos	Name	GP	G	A	P	League	Team
2001-09-25	C	Connor Zary	20	13	17	30	WHL	Kamloops
2002-03-09	RW	Ozzy Wiesblatt	22	9	17	26	WHL	Prince Albert
2002-03-29	LW	Jake Neighbours	22	4	21	25	WHL	Edmonton
2002-02-01	C	Seth Jarvis	18	9	13	22	WHL	Portland
2002-04-16	RW	Pavel Novak	19	10	11	21	WHL	Kelowna
2002-03-24	C	Justin Sourdif	20	9	10	19	WHL	Vancouver
2002-09-02	C	Jack Finley	20	5	13	18	WHL	Spokane
2002-06-25	RW	Connor McClennon	21	5	13	18	WHL	Winnipeg
2001-11-15	C	Tristen Robins	22	7	9	16	WHL	Saskatoon
2002-01-18	LD	Kaiden Guhle	22	4	11	15	WHL	Prince Albert
2002-08-08	C	Ridly Greig	19	4	11	15	WHL	Brandon
2002-01-27	RW	Simon Knak	17	5	9	14	WHL	Portland
2002-08-16	C	Michal Gut	17	5	8	13	WHL	Everett
2001-09-20	RD	Braden Schneider	22	2	11	13	WHL	Brandon
2002-02-10	LW	Kyle Crnkovic	22	6	6	12	WHL	Saskatoon
2002-04-27	LW	Keanu DeRungs	18	4	8	12	WHL	Victoria
2002-01-25	LW	Cross Hanas	20	6	5	11	WHL	Portland
2002-05-15	LD	Daemon Hunt	19	0	11	11	WHL	Moose Jaw
2001-11-28	RW	Lukas Svejkovsky	16	5	5	10	WHL	Vancouver
2002-06-03	RD	Kasper Puutio	18	1	7	8	WHL	Swift Current
2002-08-02	LD	Ronan Seeley	19	0	4	4	WHL	Everett

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2021 Draft eligibles

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Birthdate	Pos	Name	GP	G	A	P	League	Team
2002-09-23	C	Ryder Korczak	19	8	21	29	WHL	Moose Jaw
2003-05-16	C	Cole Sillinger	16	9	10	19	WHL	Medicine Hat
2003-04-10	RW	Dylan Guenther	16	5	7	12	WHL	Edmonton
2003-01-14	LD	Carson Lambos	15	4	6	10	WHL	Winnipeg
2003-01-27	LW	Eric Alarie	19	3	7	10	WHL	Moose Jaw
2003-04-10	LW	Zack Stringer	12	2	6	8	WHL	Lethbridge
2003-02-06	C	Logan Stankoven	17	5	2	7	WHL	Kamloops

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