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Ritchie included in NHL Combine
sarniasports.com may 6th, 2011


Toronto
, ON – The Canadian Hockey League is pleased to announce that 61 CHL players have been invited to the 2011 NHL Combine held May 30 to June 4 in Toronto, ON.  The 2011 NHL Combine features the top 102 prospects eligible for the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.

Among the invites are Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of the Red Deer Rebels who is the top-ranked North American Skater eligible for the draft, along with the second ranked forward Gabriel Landeskog the Kitchener Rangers, and Jonathan Huberdeau of the Saint John Sea Dogs who is ranked third overall by NHL Central Scouting.   
The event gives NHL clubs a chance to evaluate the NHL’s future stars less than a month before the 2011 NHL Entry Draft at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. The first round of the draft will take place on Friday, June 24 and the subsequent rounds (two through seven) on Saturday, June 25.  

The 61 CHL players represents over 70% of all North American invites, with 28 players from the Ontario Hockey League, 19 from the Western Hockey League, and 14 from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
 

SCOUTING COMBINE INVITATION LIST – CHL PLAYERS

 

NORTH AMERICAN SKATERS

NAME

TEAM

LEAGUE

POS.

HT

WT

Olivier Archambault

Val d'Or

QMJHL

LW

5-foot-11

170

Sven Baertschi

Portland

WHL

LW

5-foot-10

181

Nathan Beaulieu

Saint John

QMJHL

D

6-foot-2

174

Myles Bell

Regina

WHL

D

6-foot

214

Austen Brassard

Belleville

OHL

RW

6-foot-2

191

Daniel Catenacci

Sault Ste. Marie

OHL

C

5-foot-10

183

Nick Cousins

Sault Ste. Marie

OHL

C

5-foot-11

166

Sean Couturier

Drummondville

QMJHL

C

6-foot-4

197

Joseph Cramarossa

Mississauga St. Michael's

OHL

C

6-foot

188

Phillip Danault

Victoriaville

QMJHL

LW

6-foot

170

Joel Edmundson

Moose Jaw

WHL

D

6-foot-5

191

Travis Ewanyk

Edmonton

WHL

LW

6-foot-1

178

Dougie Hamilton

Niagara

OHL

D

6-foot-4

187

Jonathan Huberdeau

Saint John

QMJHL

C

6-foot-1

170

Colin Jacobs

Seattle

WHL

C

6-foot-1

197

Boone Jenner

Oshawa

OHL

C

6-foot-1

204

Nicklas Jensen

Oshawa

OHL

LW/RW

6-foot-2

187

Tomas Jurco

Saint John

QMJHL

RW

6-foot-2

187

Alexander Khokhlachev

Windsor

OHL

C/LW

5-foot-10

188

Gabriel Landeskog

Kitchener

OHL

LW

6-foot-1

207

Maximilien LeSieur

Shawinigan

QMJHL

RW

6-foot-2

203

Lucas Lessio

Oshawa

OHL

LW

6-foot-1

197

Luke Lockhart

Seattle

WHL

RW

5-foot-10

180

Adam Lowry

Swift Current

WHL

LW

6-foot-4

186

Mark McNeill

Prince Albert

WHL

C

6-foot-2

201

Joseph Morrow

Portland

WHL

D

6-foot

197

Ryan Murphy

Kitchener

OHL

D

5-foot-11

166

David Musil

Vancouver

WHL

D

6-foot-3

198

Vladislav Namestnikov

London

OHL

C

6-foot

166

Marcel Noebels

Seattle

WHL

LW

6-foot-3

195

Stefan Noesen

Plymouth

OHL

RW

6-foot

195

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins

Red Deer

WHL

C

6-foot-1

164

Scott Oke

Saint John

QMJHL

LW

6-foot-3

185

Xavier Ouellet

Montreal

QMJHL

D

6-foot

174

Stuart Percy

Mississauga St. Michael's

OHL

D

6-foot-1

186

Zack Phillips

Saint John

QMJHL

C

6-foot-1

178

Shane Prince

Ottawa

OHL

C

5-foot-10

174

Matt Puempel

Peterborough

OHL

LW

6-foot

196

Alan Quine

Peterborough

OHL

C

5-foot-11

178

Jonathan Racine

Shawinigan

QMJHL

D

6-foot-1

182

Rickard Rakell

Plymouth

OHL

RW

6-foot

191

Ty Rattie

Portland

WHL

RW

5-foot-11

163

Tobias Rieder

Kitchener

OHL

C

5-foot-11

173

Brett Ritchie

Sarnia

OHL

RW

6-foot-3

210

Brandon Saad

Saginaw

OHL

LW

6-foot-1

208

Reece Scarlett

Swift Current

WHL

D

6-foot-1

164

Mark Scheifele

Barrie

OHL

C

6-foot-2

182

Logan Shaw

Cape Breton

QMJHL

RW

6-foot-3

197

Duncan Siemens

Saskatoon

WHL

D

6-foot-3

192

Ryan Sproul

Sault Ste. Marie

OHL

D

6-foot-3

175

Michael St. Croix

Edmotnon

WHL

C

5-foot-11

176

Ryan Strome

Niagara

OHL

C

6-foot

175

Ryan Tesink

Saint John

QMJHL

C

5-foot-11

157

Vincent Trocheck

Saginaw

OHL

C

5-foot-10

184

Tyler Wotherspoon

Portland

WHL

D

6-foot-1

203

Zachary Yuen

Tri-City

WHL

D

6-foot

205

 

NORTH AMERICAN GOALTENDERS

Jordan Binnington

Owen Sound

OHL

 

6-foot-1

156

Laurent Brossoit

Edmonton

WHL

 

6-foot-3

193

Christopher Gibson

Chicoutimi

QMJHL

 

6-foot-1

193

Matt Mahalak

Plymouth

OHL

 

6-foot-2

183

Michael Morrison 

Kitchener

OHL

 

6-foot

177

 NHL Combine fitness testing at the Toronto Congress Center will be open to media on Friday, June 3, and Saturday, June 4 -- players will be made available after each testing session.  Please visit www.nhl.com for a complete listing of all players attending. 

For complete player information and 2011 NHL Entry Draft coverage visit nhl.com/draft.

 

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