Ranked #5 Miro Heiskanen (HIFK Helsinki, FinE)
“Heiskanen is a smooth skating, mobile defender with good vision and rarely panics or turns the puck over. He has all the tools to be an effective two-way defender in the NHL with future development.”
Waterloo, Ontario (PRWEB) May 03, 2017
ISS Hockey has released its monthly rankings of the top prospects eligible for the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. This month’s rankings include the top 150 skaters, along with the top 15 goaltenders, as evaluated and ranked by ISS Hockey’s worldwide network of scouts.
Below is the ISS Top 31, highlighting the rankings for the top 31 prospects, which is released on the first Wednesday of every month during the hockey season. An interactive page where the ISS Top 31 can be viewed, sorted, and commented on, and where users can interact with our scouts, can be viewed at: isshockey.com/iss-top-31
Rank-Name-Position-Team-League
1 – Patrick , Nolan - C - Brandon - WHL
2 – Hischier , Nico - C - Halifax - QMJHL
3 – Vilardi, Gabe - C - Windsor - OHL
4 – Tippett, Owen - RW - Mississauga - OHL
5 – Heiskanen, Miro – LD – HIFK Helsinki - FinE
6 – Glass, Cody - C- Portland – WHL
7 – Mittelstadt, Casey - C – Eden Prairie - MN-HS
8 – Liljegren, Timothy - RD - Rogle - SweJE
9 – Rasmussen, Michael - C - Tri-City - WHL
10 – Makar, Cale - RD - Brooks – AJHL
11 – Suzuki, Nick - C - Owen Sound - OHL
12 – Foote, Callan - RD - Kelowna - WHL
13 – Necas, Martin - RW - Brno Kometa HC - CzeE
14 – Valimaki, Juuso - LD - Tri-City – WHL
15 – Poehling, Ryan - C - St. Cloud State - NCHC
16 – Kostin, Klim - C - Dynamo – KHL
17 – Tolvanen, Eeli - LW – Sioux City – USHL
18 – Hague, Nicolas - RD - Mississauga - OHL
19 – Vesalainen, Kristian - LW - V. Frolunda - SweE
20 – Pettersson, Elias - C - Timra – SweAl
21 – Vesalainen, Kristian - LW - V. Frolunda – SweE
22 – Ratcliffe, Isaac - LW - Guelph – OHL
23 – Norris, Joushua - C - USA U18 – NTDP
24 – Lind, Kole - C - Kelowna – WHL
25 – Andersson, Lias - LW - HV71 – SweJE
26 – Yamamoto, Kailer - RW - Spokane - WHL
27 – Bowers, Shane - C - Waterloo – USHL
28 – Timmins, Conor – RD – S.S. Marie – OHL
29 – Jokiharju, Henri - RD - Portland – WHL
30 – Comtois, Maxime - LW - Victoriaville – QMJHL
31 – Anderson-Dolan, Jaret - C - Spokane – WHL
Miro Heiskanen (HIFK Helsinki, FinE) makes a significant jump up into the number five spot in the May Release of the ISS Top 31. Another defenseman, Cale Makar (Brooks, AJHL) continues to move up the ranks into the tenth spot. Nolan Patrick (Brandon, WHL) and Nico Hishchier (Halifax, QMJHL), continue to hold onto of #1 and #2 rank, respectively.
ISS Hockey Director of Scouting, Dennis MacInnis, has been very impressed with the play of Heiskanen over the second half of the season:
“Heiskanen is a smooth skating, mobile defender with good vision and rarely panics or turns the puck over. He has all the tools to be an effective two-way defender in the NHL with future development.”
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (HPKHameenlinna, FinJrA) and Jake Oettinger (Boston University, H-East) continue to have a strong hold on the number one and two spot, respectively for the ISS Top Goalies.
The complete ISS Hockey rankings, evaluations, game reports, player reports, player profiles and more are exclusively available to hockey professionals through RinkNet, ISS parent company HockeyTech’s Scouting and Player Information System. To find out more about RinkNet, please visit http://HockeyTech.com/RinkNet
About ISS Hockey
ISS Hockey (International Scouting Services) is the world’s leading independent scouting and information provider on hockey prospects. Founded in 2002, ISS is a division of HockeyTech, a worldwide leader in hockey technology, analytics and information services. ISS scouts, evaluates, analyzes and ranks players internationally on behalf of its many clients. ISS data is widely utilized in the hockey world, building an industry leading reputation for the best and most comprehensive scouting information. The key to the success of ISS is the incredible worldwide network of ISS Hockey scouts. ISS scouts are within reach of every young hockey player in the world, and attend every major hockey tournament, in addition to thousands of league games. All players that we rank will have been seen and evaluated many times by several ISS scouts.
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