Four Seattle Thunderbirds were listed in the NHL Central Scouting Midterm Rankings for 2015 NHL Draft eligible players released Tuesday by the NHL.
Seattle center Mathew Barzal is ranked ninth. Barzal has seven goals and 11 assists for 18 points in 16 games. He is recovering from a knee injury and will be returning to the T-Birds lineup soon.
Left wing Ryan Gropp is ranked 62nd. Gropp leads the T-Birds in scoring with 33 points on 16 goals and 17 assists in 40 games. Gropp is playing in the BMO CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game on Thursday in St. Catharines, Ontario.
Right wing Keegan Kolesar is ranked 94th. Kolesar is second on the team in scoring with 15 goals and 13 assists for 28 points in 44 games.
Defenseman Ethan Bear is ranked 133rd. Bear is third on the team in scoring with 27 points on nine goals and 18 assists in 41 games.
The four T-Birds listed in the rankings is second only to the Regina Pats in the Western Hockey League. Regina has five players listed.
Each hockey season NHL Central Scouting puts out three sets of rankings for first year draft eligible players from North America and Europe. The Preliminary rankings precede the Mid-Term Rankings. NHL Scouting Final Rankings come out in April.
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