Two Sea Dogs Make Final CSS List

NHL Central Scouting released their final rankings for the 2013 NHL Draft today.

Two Saint John Sea Dogs cracked the list of 210 ranked North American skaters – forward Stephen Anderson at No. 127 and defenseman Jurij Repe at No. 205.

Anderson was not ranked in Central Scouting’s mid-season rankings. After a slow first-half, he picked it up offensively in the second-half and finished the season with 12 goals and 15 assists in 63 games. He had just four goals and four assists at the Christmas break. In two playoff games he added an assist.

Repe, Saint John’s top pick in the 2012 CHL Import Draft, was ranked 171^st at mid-season. In his first year with the Dogs, the Slovenia native had three goals and eight assists in 38 games. He missed time due to playing in the Division 1 world juniors where he broke his hand.

Other notables who were ranked:

104 – Defenseman Wiley Sherman (Connecticut Hotchkiss School)

115 – Defenseman Maxime Gravel (Rimouski Oceanic)

169 – Defenseman Ryan Segalla (Connecticut Salisbury Prep)

The three have never reported to Saint John. Sherman was selected by the team in the 13^th-round of last year’s QMJHL Entry Draft. Gravel was a third-round pick in 2011 and was later traded to the Oceanic where he had 20 points in 48 games this season. Segalla was an eighth-round pick in 2011 but was later lost to the Sherbrooke Phoenix in the expansion draft.

Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin were the top-ranked QMJHL players, coming in at No. 2 and No. 3. Zach Fucale was the top goaltender.

The 2013 NHL Draft in on June 30 in New Jersey.