Four Dogs make final Central Scouting list

Four current members of the Saint John Sea Dogs cracked NHL Central Scouting's final rankings for the 2021 NHL Draft.

Forward Peter Reynolds, ranked 80th amongst North American skaters, was the highest listed Sea Dog. Reynolds was followed by forward Cam MacDonald (137th) and Charles Savoie (170th).

Goaltender Noah Patenaude, meanwhile, was ranked 21st amongst North American netminders.

The full rankings can be found found here.

There were a few other notable players ranked:

• Sea Dogs draft pick Guillaume Richard, who played this past season in the USHL with Tri-City, was ranked 32nd amongst North American skaters.
• Former Sea Dogs forward Joshua Roy, now a member of the Sherbrooke Phoenix, was ranked 66th.
• Forward Bobby Orr, a Sea Dogs draft pick who was traded to the Halifax Mooseheads last year, was ranked 76th.
• Shawinigan's Xavier Bourgault was the highest ranked QMJHL player at 13th. 44 QMJHL players were ranked. Bathurst, Gatineau and Quebec each had five players ranked while Saint John and Sherbrooke each had four.
• Sea Dogs import draft pick Fyodor Svechkov was ranked sixth amongst international skaters.

Defenseman Owen Power from the University of Michigan was the top ranked skater. Three Michigan players were listed in the top-eight.

The 2021 NHL Draft takes place virtually July 23-24.