By the OilKnight 12/02/19

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

Quinton Byfield is a having a terrific season for Sudbury but Marco Rossi just won’t slow down in Ottawa. Rossi, is now only 1 point behind Byfield and has played 7 less games. However, it is important to note that Rossi is 11 months older than Byfield and plays on a much more talented team. Byfield is still considered the top OHL forward but Rossi is certainly closing the gap quickly.

Jacob Perreault of Sarnia, has steadily climbed the leaderboard and is now 5th on this list. He was snubbed by Team Canada at the Hlinka-Gretzky, but the son of former NHL’er Yanic Perreault can score. He had 30 goals as a 16 yr old last year & is on pace to beat that this year.

Birthdate	Pos	Name	GP	G	A	P	League	Team
2002-08-19	C	Quinton Byfield	28	20	30	50	OHL	Sudbury
2001-09-25	C	Marco Rossi	21	16	33	49	OHL	Ottawa
2002-01-01	C	Cole Perfetti	26	13	29	42	OHL	Saginaw
2002-01-18	C	Tyson Foerster	23	16	19	35	OHL	Barrie
2002-04-15	RW	Jacob Perreault	23	14	16	30	OHL	Sarnia
2002-04-08	RD	Jamie Drysdale	27	5	25	30	OHL	Erie
2001-09-19	RW	Jack Quinn	26	14	15	29	OHL	Ottawa
2001-09-25	C	Jaromir Pytlik	27	11	16	27	OHL	SSM
2001-09-24	RW	Hayden Fowler	25	12	13	25	OHL	Erie
2002-04-12	C	Rory Kerins	27	12	12	24	OHL	SSM
2002-04-05	C	Ty Tullio	25	10	13	23	OHL	Oshawa
2002-07-09	C	Logan Morrison	25	11	12	23	OHL	Hamilton
2002-02-21	RW	Luke Evangelista	24	9	14	23	OHL	London
2002-02-13	RW	Oliver Suni	25	8	15	23	OHL	Oshawa
2002-05-13	C	Jean-Luc Foudy	23	9	13	22	OHL	Windsor
2002-02-05	LW	Antonio Stranges	23	12	9	21	OHL	London
2002-03-19	RD	Jack Thompson	28	9	11	20	OHL	Sudbury
2001-12-01	RW	Brandon Coe	25	6	12	18	OHL	North Bay
2002-05-02	LW	Will Cuylle	23	7	9	16	OHL	Windsor
2002-01-08	RD	Ruben Rafkin	23	1	15	16	OHL	Windsor
2002-01-18	LW	James Hardie	26	9	6	15	OHL	Mississauga
2002-06-09	RW	Cameron Butler	27	8	6	14	OHL	Peterborough
2002-05-16	LD	Ryan O’Rourke	17	5	8	13	OHL	SSM
2002-03-14	RW	Reid Valade	19	8	4	12	OHL	Kitchener
2002-05-28	RW	Andrei Bakanov	23	6	6	12	OHL	Guelph
2002-02-27	LD	Lleyton Moore	25	1	11	12	OHL	Oshawa
2002-08-12	RD	Ville Ottavainen	23	4	6	10	OHL	Kitchener
2002-06-20	C	Evan Vierling	15	2	8	10	OHL	Flint
2002-01-12	LD	Donovan Sebrango	20	1	8	9	OHL	Kitchener

#MarcoRossi scouting report done 👌

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— Yannick St-Pierre (@DraftDynasty1) November 30, 2019

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2021 Draft eligibles

A lot of 16 yr olds seemingly have struggled since returning from the recent U17 tournament, but not Mason McTavish. McTavish, is already up to 15 goals in 22 games.

Birthdate	Pos	Name	GP	G	A	P	League	Team
2003-01-30	C	Mason McTavish	22	15	6	21	OHL	Peterborough
2002-10-10	RW	Avery Hayes	28	8	9	17	OHL	Hamilton
2003-03-29	RW	Chase Stillman	24	8	6	14	OHL	Sudbury
2003-04-11	C/LW	Francesco Pinelli	21	7	6	13	OHL	Kitchener
2003-01-05	LW	Brennan Othmann	18	5	8	13	OHL	Flint
2003-06-19	RW	Ethan Burroughs	18	4	6	10	OHL	Owen Sound
2003-06-07	C	Brett Harrison	19	5	5	10	OHL	Oshawa
2003-02-09	RD	Brandt Clarke	19	0	9	9	OHL	Barrie
2003-01-21	C	Connor Lockhart	22	2	7	9	OHL	Erie
2003-06-13	C	Francesco Arcuri	24	2	6	8	OHL	Kingston
2003-01-05	C	Braeden Kressler	20	2	5	7	OHL	Flint

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QMJHL

Vasily Ponomarev is officially on a roll now. After starting his QMJHL career off slow, he now has goals in 3 straight games and is up to 29 points in 27 games. He leads all rookies with 13 goals and 10 of those are at even strength. He is strong skater with terrific puck skills, soft hands and protects the puck extremely well. Ponomarev will be representing Team Russia at the World Junior A Challenge (U18’s) in Dawson Creek starting on December 5th.

With all the hype around Jeremie Poirier in Saint John, William Villeneuve has flown under the radar a bit. But, Villeneuve (who was the 2nd overall pick in the 2018 QMJHL draft behind Hendrix Lapierre) might have a more complete skill-set. He is a excellent skater with great agility, moves the puck extremely well, has a big shot, and does a very good job defensively. I wouldn’t say he’s as smooth or dynamic as Poirier, but he appears more consistent in all 3 zones and is definitely the better defender of the two. He’s 6’1″ and a right shot defender. Should be highly coveted come draft day.

Birthdate	Pos	Name	GP	G	A	P	League	Team
2001-10-11	LW	Alexis Lafreniere	28	17	42	59	QMJHL	Rimouski
2002-01-08	C	Mavrik Bourque	27	18	23	41	QMJHL	Shawinigan
2001-12-02	RW	Ryan Francis	28	14	26	40	QMJHL	Cape Breton
2001-10-27	RW	Dawson Mercer	23	17	19	36	QMJHL	Drummondville
2002-05-27	LW	Brady Burns	29	15	14	29	QMJHL	Saint John
2002-03-13	C	Vasily Ponomaryev	27	13	16	29	QMJHL	Shawinigan
2002-06-02	LD	Jeremie Poirier	29	9	18	27	QMJHL	Saint John
2002-03-20	RD	William Villeneuve	29	5	20	25	QMJHL	Saint John
2002-01-12	C	Alexandre Doucet	29	5	16	21	QMHL	Val D’Or
2001-12-04	RD	Thimo Nickl	29	4	16	20	QMJHL	Drummondville
2002-02-24	RD	Charlie Desroches	29	2	17	19	QMJHL	Saint John
2002-04-29	C	Patrick Guay	28	10	9	19	QMJHL	Sherbrooke
2002-01-21	LW	Elliot Desnoyers	27	6	12	18	QMJHL	Moncton
2002-01-28	RW	Josh Lawrence	29	4	14	18	QMJHL	Saint John
2002-02-09	C	Hendrix Lapierre	19	2	15	17	QMJHL	Chicoutimi
2001-11-15	RD	Justin Barron	27	4	13	17	QMJHL	Halifax
2001-11-01	LD	Jacob Dion	29	3	14	17	QMJHL	Drummondville
2002-02-20	C	Theo Rochette	16	4	12	16	QMJHL	Chicoutimi
2002-06-14	C	Senna Peeters	27	11	4	15	QMJHL	Halifax
2002-03-27	LD	Lukas Cormier	13	4	11	15	QMJHL	Charlottetown
2002-08-20	C	Ivan Ivan	28	7	7	14	QMJHL	Cape Breton
2002-01-25	LW	Dawson Stairs	28	7	6	13	QMJHL	Saint John
2001-09-25	RW	Adam Raska	16	7	4	11	QMJHL	Rimouski

Vasily Ponomarev continues to impress. Here’s his beauty goal vs. Saint John over the weekend. pic.twitter.com/ZinejeA4fe

— Sean Patrick Ryan (@TheOilKnight) December 3, 2019

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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	28	5	26	31	QMJHL	Rimouski
2003-05-15	LW	Zachary L’Heureux	23	11	16	27	QMJHL	Moncton
2002-10-22	C	Xavier Bourgault	28	13	13	26	QMJHL	Shawinigan
2003-05-01	C	James Malatesta	24	9	9	18	QMJHL	Quebec
2003-02-24	C	Zachary Bolduc	19	12	4	16	QMJHL	Rimouski
2003-03-25	C	Riley Kidney	22	3	13	16	QMJHL	Acadie-Bathurst
2002-09-27	C	Alexander Mirzabalaev	29	5	9	14	QMJHL	Val D’or
2003-05-14	C	Cole Huckins	27	6	6	12	QMJHL	Acadie-Bathurst
2003-01-04	C	Zachary Dean	20	5	6	11	QMJHL	Gatineau
2003-03-13	C	Justin Robidas	23	6	4	10	QMJHL	Val D’or
2003-08-06	C	Joshua Roy	25	5	4	9	QMJHL	Saint John

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WHL

Connor McClennon and Ridly Greig are two of the hottest players in the WHL lately. Both got off to relatively slow starts this season but both are now hovering around a point per game.

Ronan Seeley scored his first two goals of the season last week finally for Everett.

Pavel Novak is still suspended 8 games for checking from behind.

Birthdate	Pos	Name	GP	G	A	P	League	Team
2001-09-25	C	Connor Zary	26	19	20	39	WHL	Kamloops
2002-03-09	RW	Ozzy Wiesblatt	27	12	19	31	WHL	Prince Albert
2002-03-29	LW	Jake Neighbours	29	6	23	29	WHL	Edmonton
2002-02-01	C	Seth Jarvis	22	10	14	24	WHL	Portland
2002-06-25	RW	Connor McClennon	26	9	15	24	WHL	Winnipeg
2002-03-24	C	Justin Sourdif	24	11	11	22	WHL	Vancouver
2002-08-08	C	Ridly Greig	24	7	15	22	WHL	Brandon
2002-04-16	RW	Pavel Novak	19	10	11	21	WHL	Kelowna
2002-09-02	C	Jack Finley	25	5	16	21	WHL	Spokane
2001-11-15	C	Tristen Robins	29	9	10	19	WHL	Saskatoon
2002-08-16	C	Michal Gut	22	6	13	19	WHL	Everett
2002-01-18	LD	Kaiden Guhle	27	6	12	18	WHL	Prince Albert
2002-01-27	RW	Simon Knak	21	5	12	17	WHL	Portland
2001-09-20	RD	Braden Schneider	27	3	13	16	WHL	Brandon
2002-02-10	LW	Kyle Crnkovic	29	7	8	15	WHL	Saskatoon
2002-04-27	LW	Keanu DeRungs	23	6	9	15	WHL	Victoria
2002-01-25	LW	Cross Hanas	25	8	6	13	WHL	Portland
2002-08-02	LD	Ronan Seeley	24	2	9	11	WHL	Everett
2002-05-15	LD	Daemon Hunt	22	0	11	11	WHL	Moose Jaw
2001-11-28	RW	Lukas Svejkovsky	18	5	5	10	WHL	Vancouver
2002-06-03	RD	Kasper Puutio	22	1	8	9	WHL	Swift Current

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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	22	8	21	29	WHL	Moose Jaw
2003-05-16	C	Cole Sillinger	21	10	10	20	WHL	Medicine Hat
2003-04-10	RW	Dylan Guenther	23	7	12	19	WHL	Edmonton
2003-04-10	LW	Zack Stringer	17	2	11	13	WHL	Lethbridge
2003-02-06	C	Logan Stankoven	23	8	4	12	WHL	Kamloops
2003-01-14	LD	Carson Lambos	20	4	7	11	WHL	Winnipeg
2003-01-27	LW	Eric Alarie	22	3	7	10	WHL	Moose Jaw

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