2024 NHL Draft: Where USHL Players Landed On Central Scouting's Midterm Rankings
NHL Central Scouting’s Midterm Rankings have been released!
Following up on October’s Preliminary List, NHL Central Scouting released their Midterm Rankings on Friday.
With a few months of the season under our belts, the list represents a mid-season look at 2024 draft-eligible prospects.
However, unlike the preliminary list, the midterm rankings shift from placing players into specific rounds instead of a “B” rating, for example, where the player is a 2nd/3rd round candidate. You can view the full list here.
The North American goalies, however, have been ranked 1-32, listed here.
As the second half progresses, the final rankings will be released in April, prior to the NHL Draft. Here is a full release of skaters and goalies that are currently playing in the USHL or notable have USHL ties:
Round 1
Sacha Boisvert, F, Muskegon Lumberjacks
Zeev Buium, D, University of Denver (USA NTDP)
Macklin Celebrini, F, Boston University (Chicago Steel)
Trevor Connelly, F, Tri-City Storm
Cole Eiserman, F, NTDP U-18 Team
Artyom Levshunov, D, Michigan State (Green Bay Gamblers)
Michael Hage, C, Chicago
Matvei Gridin, RW, Muskegon
Kamil Bednarik, C, NTDP U-18 Team
Round 2
Christian Humphreys, C, NTDP U-18 Team
Cole Hutson, D, NTDP U-18 Team
EJ Emery, D, NTDP U-18 Team
John Mustard, F, Waterloo
Brodie Ziemer, F, NTDP U-18 Team
Max Plante, LW, NTDP U-18 Team
Adam Kleber, D, Lincoln
Will Skahan, D, NTDP U-18 Team
William Zellers, LW, Shattuck-St. Mary's (Green Bay)
Hagen Burrows, F, Sioux City
Round 3
Teddy Stiga, F, NTDP U-18 Team
Xavier Veilleux, D, Muskegon
Elliott Groenewold, D, Cedar Rapids
Tory Pitner, D, Youngstown
Aidan Park, F, Shattuck-St. Mary’s (Green Bay)
Austin Baker, F, NTDP U-18 Team
Austin Burnevik, F, Madison
Tanner Adams, F, Providence College (Tri-City)
Lucas Van Vliet, F, NTDP U-18 Team
Kristian Epperson, LW, NTDP U-18 Team
Kuzma Voronin, F, Youngstown
Jake Fisher, F, Fargo
Luke Osburn, D, Youngstown
Round 4
Sam Laurila, D, NTDP U-18 Team
Tanner Henricks, D, Lincoln
John Whipple, D, NTDP U-18 Team
Andrew Dellasalla, F, Omaha
Owen Keefe, D, Muskegon
Round 5
Mac Swanson, F, Fargo
Joe Connor, F, Muskegon
Finn McLaughlin, D, Youngstown
Carson Pilgrim, F, Warroad High School (Tri-City)
Nolan Roed, F, White Bear Lake High (Tri-City)
James Reeder, F, Dubuque
Kaden Shahan, F, Sioux City
John Stout, D, Minnetonka High School
Round 6
Anthony Cardilli, F, Chicago
Eero Butella, F, Waterloo
Erik Pahlsson, F, Dubuque
Charlie Cerrato, F, Youngstown
Philippe Blais-Savoie, D, Tri-City
Landon Resendes, F, Cedar Rapids
Charlie Pardue, F, NTDP U-18 Team
Round 7
Will Felicio, D, Madison
Brendan McMorrow, F, NTDP U-18 Team
Bauer Berry, D, Muskegon
Noah Lapointe, D, NTDP U-18 Team
Eli Sebastian, F, Northeastern (Green Bay)
Ethan Gardula, F, Sioux City
Erik Kald, D, Cedar Rapids
Jack Galanek, F, Muskegon
Goalies
Nick Kempf, G, NTDP U-18 Team (#2)
Mikhail Yegorov, G, Omaha (#4)
John Parsons, G, NTDP U-18 Team (#6)
Caleb Heil, G, Sioux Falls (#8)
Thatcher Bernstein, G, Dubuque (#11)
Louka Clouthier, G, Chicago (#20)
Samuel Urban, G, Sioux City (#27)
I have several thoughts on these and my full analysis and takeaways will follow in a more in-depth piece.