2025 NHL Central Scouting Final Rankings

NHL Central Scouting has released their final draft ranking for 2025. Let's see how the OHL players were ranked. In total, 64 were listed. See below for some commentary on these rankings, in addition to the risers and fallers from the January midseason list.

Skaters

1. Matthew Schaefer (1)

2. Michael Misa (2)

3. Jake O'Brien (4)

4. Porter Martone (6)

5. Kashawn Aitcheson (9)

6. Brady Martin (11)

7. Jack Nesbitt (15)

8. Malcolm Spence (17)

9. Henry Brzustewicz (19)

10. Cameron Reid (23)

11. Simon Wang (34)

12. Kristian Epperson (47)

13. Luca Romano (48)

14. Ethan Czata (49)

15. Tyler Hopkins (52)

16. David Bedkowski (62)

17. Owen Griffin (70)

18. Kieren Dervin (71)

19. Quinn Beauchesne (75)

20. Jimmy Lombardi (84)

21. Evan Passmore (87)

22. Shamar Moses (104)

23. Jordan Charron (106)

24. Carson Harmer (107)

25. Jacob Cloutier (108)

26. Aidan Lane (112)

27. Travis Hayes (119)

28. Lauri Sinivuori (120)

29. Lirim Amidovski (123)

30. Caden Taylor (131)

31. Carson Cameron (137)

32. Jack Brauti (139)

33. Rio Kaiser (140)

34. Lev Katzin (142)

35. Lucas Karmiris (151)

36. Noah Jenken (153)

37. Daniil Skvortsov (154)

38. Noah Read (157)

39. Oliver Turner (158)

40. Tanner Lam (159)

41. Gabriel Chiarot (160)

42. Josh Avery (168)

43. Hayden Barch (170)

44. Liam Beamish (171)

45. Jake Crawford (173)

46. Filip Ekberg (178)

47. Parker Snelgrove (180)

48. Evan Van Gorp (193)

49. Shaan Kingwell (196)

50. Josh Glavin (198)

51. Aiden Young (200)

52. Xander Velliaris (202)

53. Jonathan Kapageridis (211)

54. Ruslan Karimov (214)

55. Grant Spada (215)

56. Max Dirracolo (219)

57. Zach Houben (223)

Goaltenders

1. Jack Ivankovic (4)

2. Alexei Medvedev (6)

3. Matthew Koporowski (9)

4. Trenten Bennett (17)

5. Ben Hrebik (19)

6. Michael McIvor (26)

7. Noah Tegelaar (29)

For the full list, visit NHL.com (here).

Biggest Risers:

Owen Griffin (+127)

Jack Brauti (+86) - previously unranked

Jacob Cloutier (+85)

Gabriel Chiarot (+65) - previously unranked

Hayden Barch (+55) - previously unranked

Lev Katzin (+35)

Jordan Charron (+32)

Noah Read (+30)

Kieren Dervin (+24)

Evan Van Gorp (+22)

Xander Velliaris (+22) - previously unranked

Tyler Hopkins (+16)

Biggest Fallers:

Harry Nansi (-109) - now unranked

Josh Glavin (-95)

Daniil Skvortsov (-75)

Jake Crawford (-75)

Callum Hughes (-73) - now unranked

Lucas Karmiris (-68)

Carson Cameron (-50)

Noah Jenken (-49)

Parker Holmes (-48) - now unranked

Filip Ekberg (-42)

Blake Arrowsmith (-39) - now unranked

Lirim Amidovski (-38)

Shamar Moses (-33)

Jonathan Kapageridis (-33)

Evan Passmore (-32)

Josh Avery (-27)

Oliver Turner (-26)

Anthony Cristoforo (-26) - now unranked

David Bedkowski (-24)

Jimmy Lombardi (-20)

Lauri Sinivuori (-20)

Ben Hrebik (-9) - among NA goalies

Comments:

- I think one of the most interesting things about this list is that a lot of the "bigger" players in the OHL this year haven't had a ton of movement. There hasn't really been an AJ Spellacy or Easton Cowan this year that has rocketed up lists in the second half to be a potential high pick. We're seeing the love for Owen Griffin, but even then he's graded (appropriately IMO) as a mid round selection. It's been one of those years in the OHL where there hasn't been a ton of movement from the start to the end of the season.

- Among the fallers, none are shocking. Carson Cameron didn't have the kind of season we all expected of him and he wasn't even selected by Hockey Canada for the U18's. Crawford, Karmiris, Nansi, Skvortsov, Ekberg, etc. These guys all have upside, but consistency issues bumped them down.

- Truthfully, when comparing my own list, there won't be too many significant differences.