Nineteen players hailing from New England made the NHL Central Scouting Preliminary Players to Watch List that was released Tuesday morning.
Two players, Matt Beniers (Hingham, Mass.) and Mackie Samoskevich (Newtown, Conn.), were given an ‘A’ rating, meaning NHL Central Scouting believes they are first-round talents. No players from the region were given a ‘B’ rating, while 17 were listed as ‘C’ players, which indicates the possibility of them being drafted in the fourth round or later.
Boston College led the way among New England colleges with seven recruits on the watch list. The Eagles were followed by crosstown rival Boston University with six recruits noted. Harvard, New Hampshire and Providence had three recruits on the watch list, while Connecticut, Maine and Northeastern had two each. Vermont was the only Hockey East program to have a current player, freshman Dovar Tinling, on the list.
The Islanders Hockey Club in the USPHL NCDC led the way with three current players on the watch list. Dexter Southfield and Mount Saint Charles each had two current players make the grade.
Twenty-six players from outside of New England but with ties to the region also were listed by NHL Central Scouting. Topping that group was Boston University commit Roman Schmidt, a defenseman from the NTDP U-18 team who was given an ‘A’ rating.
‘A’ Rating
Matt Beniers, C, Hingham, Mass./Michigan
Mackie Samoskevich, RW, Newtown, Conn./Chicago Steel (Michigan)
‘C’ Rating
Jed Baliotti, G, New Canaan, Conn./Green Bay Gamblers (New Hampshire)
Nate Benoit, D, Bow, N.H./Mount Saint Charles 18-U
Matt Copponi, C, Mansfield, Mass./Dexter Southfield (Merrimack)
Paul Davey, LW, Greenwich, Conn./Avon Old Farms (Boston College)
Tim Delay, C, Hingham, Mass./St. Sebastian’s (Boston College)
Cooper Flinton, LW, Auburn, N.H./St. Paul’s
Oliver Flynn, C, Wolcott, Conn./Loomis Chaffee (Connecticut)
Matt Fusco, D, Westwood, Mass./Dexter Southfield (Harvard)
Shane Lachance, LW, Andover, Mass./Tabor (Boston University)
Jason Marsella, D, Greenwich, Conn./Penticton Vees (Yale)
Billy Norcross, C, Lynn, Mass./Islanders Hockey Club (Boston College)
Jack Pascucci, D, North Andover, Mass./Governor’s (Connecticut)
Nick Roukounakis, LW, Pembroke, Mass./Thayer (Boston University)
Tyler Rubin, D, Wayland, Mass./Belmont Hill (Princeton)
Ryan St. Louis, C, Riverside, Conn./U.S. NTDP U-18 (Northeastern)
Sasha Teleguine, C, Attleboro, Mass./Chilliwack Chiefs (Northeastern)
J.P. Turner, C, Falmouth, Mass./Sioux Falls Stampede (New Hampshire)
Non-New England players with ties to region
‘A’ Rating
Roman Schmidt, D, U.S. NTDP U-18 (Boston University)
‘B’ Rating
Jack Bar, D, Penticton Vees (Harvard)
Tyler Boucher, RW, U.S. NTDP U-18 (Boston University)
Matthew Coronato, RW, Chicago Steel (Harvard)
Guillaume Richard, D, Tri-City Storm (Maine)
Dovar Tinling, C, Vermont
‘C’ Rating
Matthew Argentina, RW, Waterloo Black Hawks (Boston College)
Damien Carfagna, D, Green Bay Gamblers (New Hampshire)
Kenny Connors, C, Dubuque Fighting Saints (UMass)
Liam Gilmartin, LW, U.S. NTDP U-18 (Providence)
Lukas Gustafsson, D, Chicago Steel (Boston College)
Aidan Hreschuk, D, U.S. NTDP U-18 (Boston College)
Andrew King, C, Lawrence Academy
Charles-Alexis Legault, D, West Kelowna Warriors (Boston University)
Sam Lipkin, LW, Chicago Steel (Quinnipiac)
Austen May, D, Youngstown Phantoms (Providence)
Owen McLaughlin, C, Mount Saint Charles 18-U (Penn State)
Logan Morrell, RW, Islanders Hockey Club
Owen Murray, D, Penticton Vees (UMass)
Ryan Remick, LW, Kent (Maine)
Grant Riley, G, Tri-City Storm (Boston College)
Johan Rosenquist, C, Islanders Hockey Club
Bennett Schimek, C, Sioux City Musketeers (Providence)
Scout Truman, LW, Des Moines Buccaneers (UMass Lowell)
Ryan Ufko, D, Chicago Steel (UMass)
Jeremy Wilmer, C, U.S. NTDP U-18 (Boston University)
