Canada failed to medal at this year's Ivan Hlinka Memorial tournament, finishing fifth and ending an eight-year consecutive gold-medal streak. The Czech Republic - co-hosts along with Slovakia - won gold for the first [...]
We are very proud to release our 22nd edition of the McKeen's Hockey Pool Yearbook. You will also receive our 2016 NHL Draft Guide magazine in a PDF for download as part of your subscription. [...]
Canada failed to medal at this year's Ivan Hlinka Memorial tournament, finishing fifth and ending an eight-year consecutive gold-medal streak. The Czech Republic - co-hosts along with Slovakia - won gold for the first [...]
By Grant McCagg, September 21st, 2016
Expectations are always high for Team Canada especially having won eight consecutive gold medals at the Ivan Hlinka - and looking for a 20th overall title in the event's 25-year history. At the start of [...]
By Grant McCagg, September 21st, 2016Team Czech Republic emerged as the biggest surprise at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial, winning their first-ever title - on home soil having co-hosted the tournament with Slovakia since 2004. Led by a two-goal performance [...]
By Grant McCagg, September 21st, 2016There were no Patrik Laine's or Jesse Puljujarvi's playing at this tournament - and the end result was a disappointing sixth-place finish for the defending U-18 and U-20 IIHF champions. Team Finland were playing without [...]
By Grant McCagg, September 21st, 2016The Russians came within an overtime goal of reaching the gold-medal game at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial - dropping a 4-3 decision to Team USA in a thrilling semi-final matchup. It might have been a [...]
By Grant McCagg, September 21st, 2016Team Sweden began the Ivan Hlinka with a pair of wins including a 3-1 result against Russia in the opener, but would go on to lose their next three games to finish in fourth place. [...]
By Grant McCagg, September 21st, 2016Some years there are no prospects from Slovakia worth considering in the top 100 of the NHL draft. However this year there were a pair of Slovak forwards who could go in the top 60 [...]
By Grant McCagg, September 21st, 2016After winning their opening four games at the Ivan Hlinka, it appeared Team USA were heading to a gold medal for the first time since 2003. However they had to settle for silver thanks to [...]- We are very proud to release our 22nd edition of the McKeen's Hockey Pool Yearbook. You will also receive our 2016 NHL Draft Guide magazine in a PDF for download as part of your subscription. [...]
By Ryan Wagman, August 8th, 2016For all of the relative success that the Capitals have experienced in the Ovechkin era (2005-06-present), they have continuously managed to keep the system replenished despite generally not picking until the latter half of the [...]
TOP 30 / McKeen's 2016 NHL Draft Rankings
| RANK | PLAYER | POS | HT/WT | BORN | TEAM | GP-G-A-PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrik Laine | LW | 6-4/210 | 1998-04-19 | Tappara (Fin) | 46-17-16-33 |
| 2 | Auston Matthews | C | 6-2/210 | 1997-09-17 | ZSC Lions (Sui) | 36-24-22-46 |
| 3 | Jesse Puljujarvi | RW | 6-4/205 | 1998-05-07 | Karpat Oulu (Fin) | 50-13-15-28 |
| 4 | Matthew Tkachuk | LW | 6-1/200 | 1997-12-11 | London (OHL) | 57-30-77-107 |
| 5 | Olli Juolevi | D | 6-2/185 | 1998-05-05 | London (OHL) | 57-9-33-42 |
| 6 | Alexander Nylander | LW | 6-0/180 | 1998-03-02 | Mississauga (OHL) | 58-28-47-75 |
| 7 | Michael McLeod | C | 6-2/190 | 1998-02-03 | Mississauga (OHL) | 57-21-40-61 |
| 8 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | LW | 6-2/200 | 1998-06-24 | Cape Breton (QMJHL) | 62-42-57-99 |
| 9 | Logan Brown | C | 6-6/220 | 1998-03-05 | Windsor (OHL) | 59-21-53-74 |
| 10 | Jake Bean | D | 6-0/175 | 1998-06-09 | Calgary (WHL) | 68-24-40-64 |
| 11 | Clayton Keller | C | 5-9/170 | 1998-07-29 | USA (NTDP-18) | 62-37-70-107 |
| 12 | Charles McAvoy | D | 6-0/210 | 1997-12-21 | Boston University (HE) | 37-3-22-25 |
| 13 | Jakob Chychrun | D | 6-2/205 | 1998-03-31 | Sarnia (OHL) | 62-11-38-49 |
| 14 | Mikhail Sergachev | D | 6-2/210 | 1998-06-25 | Windsor (OHL) | 67-17-40-57 |
| 15 | Tyson Jost | C | 5-11/190 | 1998-03-14 | Penticton (BCHL) | 48-42-62-104 |
| 16 | Luke Kunin | LW | 6-0/195 | 1997-12-04 | Wisconsin (B1G) | 34-19-13-32 |
| 17 | Max Jones | LW | 6-2/205 | 1998-02-17 | London (OHL) | 63-28-24-52 |
| 18 | Dennis Cholowski | D | 6-0/170 | 1998-02-15 | Chilliwack (BCHL) | 50-12-28-40 |
| 19 | Kieffer Bellows | LW | 6-0/195 | 1998-06-10 | USA (NTDP-18) | 62-50-31-81 |
| 20 | Julien Gauthier | RW | 6-3/225 | 1997-10-15 | Val d'Or (QMJHL) | 54-41-16-57 |
| 21 | Riley Tufte | LW | 6-5/205 | 1998-04-10 | Blaine (USHS-MN) | 25-47-31-78 |
| 22 | German Rubtsov | C | 6-2/180 | 1998-06-27 | Team Russia U18 (MHL) | 28-12-14-26 |
| 23 | Rasmus Asplund | C | 5-11/175 | 1997-12-03 | Farjestads (Swe) | 46-4-8-12 |
| 24 | Dante Fabbro | D | 6-0/190 | 1998-06-20 | Penticton (BCHL) | 45-14-53-67 |
| 25 | Tage Thompson | RW | 6-5/185 | 1997-10-30 | Connecticut (HE) | 36-14-18-32 |
| 26 | Brett Howden | C | 6-2/195 | 1998-03-28 | Moose Jaw (WHL) | 68-24-40-64 |
| 27 | Adam Fox | D | 5-10/185 | 1998-02-17 | USA (NTDP-18) | 64-9-50-59 |
| 28 | Jordan Kyrou | RW | 6-0/180 | 1998-05-08 | Sarnia (OHL) | 65-17-34-51 |
| 29 | Lucas Johansen | D | 6-1/175 | 1997-11-16 | Kelowna (WHL) | 69-10-39-49 |
| 30 | Pascal Laberge | RW | 6-1/175 | 1998-04-09 | Victoriaville (QMJHL) | 56-23-45-68 |
