{"id":30911,"date":"2010-01-11T10:43:02","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T16:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2010\/01\/11\/notre-dames-sheahan-leads-collegians-in-midterm-draft-rankings\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:57:50","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:57:50","slug":"notre-dames-sheahan-leads-collegians-in-midterm-draft-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2010\/01\/11\/notre-dames-sheahan-leads-collegians-in-midterm-draft-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Notre Dame’s Sheahan Leads Collegians in Mid-Term Draft Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"
Four current college players are ranked in NHL Central Scouting’s mid-term rankings for the 2010 entry draft.<\/p>\n
Notre Dame center Riley Sheahan heads the list, released Monday, at fifth among North American skaters.<\/p>\n
Minnesota State center Tyler Pitlick (21st), Harvard defenseman Danny Biega (31st) and Wisconsin defenseman John Ramage (187th) also appeared on the rankings.<\/p>\n
In terms of players who are listed by recruiting analyst Chris Heisenberg as having committed to a school, Minnesota, Michigan and North Dakota each have six recruits in the rankings.<\/p>\n
Sioux recruit Derek Forbort, a defenseman with the USA Hockey National Team Development Program, is ranked 11th, one spot ahead of Minnesota recruit Nick Bjugstad, a center from Blaine (Minn.) High School.<\/p>\n
Among goaltenders, North Dakota recruit Zane Gothberg is ranked fifth in North America, with Denver recruit Sam Brittain sixth.<\/p>\n
Here is the full list of players with college ties — either playing in college or having committed to a school — in the mid-term rankings (click here to view at full size<\/a>).<\/p>\n