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2016 NHL Entry Draft Combine Results
This was the 23rd time the annual NHL Draft Combine had been held. The combine assessment involves interviews, medical screenings, and fitness tests over a four-day period.
The world's top ice hockey prospects are invited to the combine, with over 100 draft-eligible players from North American and Europe being tested (the complete list of 2016 combine invitees).
The Combine was held for the second time in Buffalo, from May 30 to June 4 at First Niagara Center and Harbor Center. The medical examinations took place on June 2, and a majority of the fitness testing at the Harbor Center on June 4.
Below are the results of the fitness assessments for the 2016 NHL Scouting Combine (see details of the testing procedures). See also a summary of previous NHL Entry Draft Combine Results.
Top-10 Lists
Below are the top 10 fitness test results from available data. One standout athete was Goaltender Joseph Raaymakers, who was in the top 10 for five measurements.
Weight
| Rank |
Weight (lbs) |
Player |
| 1 |
235 lbs |
Keaton Middleton |
| 2 |
230.62 lbs |
Julien Gauthier |
| 3 |
224 lbs |
Logan Stanley |
| 4 |
221.36 lbs |
Mikhail Sergachev |
| 5 |
220 lbs |
Logan Brown |
| 6 |
216.22 lbs |
Auston Matthews |
| 7 |
211.16 lbs |
Riley Tufte |
| 8 |
210 lbs |
Willie Knierim |
| 9 |
208.79lbs |
Cam Morrison |
| 10 |
206.34 lbs |
Nathan Bastian |
Height
| Rank |
Height |
Player |
| 1 |
6' 7" |
Logan Stanley |
| 2 |
6' 6.25" |
Logan Brown |
| 3 |
6' 6" |
Keaton Middleton |
| 4 |
6' 5.75" |
Tim Gettinger |
| 5 |
6' 5.5" |
Tage Thompson |
| 6 |
6' 5" |
Riley Tufte |
| 7 |
6' 4.5" |
Nathan Bastian |
| 8 |
6' 4" |
Jesse* Puljujarvi |
| 9 |
6' 3.75" |
Patrik Laine |
| 10 |
6' 3" |
Julien Gauthier |
| |
6' 3" |
Willie Knierim |
| |
6' 3" |
Henrik Borgstrom |
* Jesse Puljujarvi was not tested at the combine, listed is his height from measurements earlier in the year.
Wingspan
| Rank |
Result (inches) |
Player |
| 1 |
82.75 |
Logan Stanley |
| 2 |
81.00 |
Brett Murray |
| 3 |
80.75 |
James Greenway |
| 4 |
80.25 |
Giavani Smith |
| 5 |
80.00 |
Riley Tufte |
| 6 |
79.50 |
Keaton Middleton |
| 7 |
79.50 |
Logan Brown |
| 8 |
79.00 |
Jesse Puljujarvi* |
| 9 |
79.00 |
Nathan Bastian |
| 10 |
78.25 |
Joseph Raaymakers |
* Jesse Puljujarvi was not tested at the combine, listed is his measurement from earlier in the year.
Skinfolds / Body Fat
| Rank |
% bodyfat (BodPod) |
Player |
| 1 |
7.0 |
Maxime Lajoie |
| 2 |
7.1 |
Givani Smith |
| 3 |
7.1 |
Michael McLeod |
| 4 |
7.2 |
Jake Bean |
| 5 |
7.3 |
Filip Hronek |
| 6 |
7.4 |
Graham McPhee |
| 7 |
7.6 |
Brandon Gignac |
| 8 |
7.8 |
Timothy Gettinger |
| 9 |
7.8 |
Artur Kayumov |
| 10 |
7.8 |
Linus Lindstrom |
Grip Strength
Right Hand
| Rank |
Score (lb) |
Player |
| 1 |
187 |
James Greenway |
| 2 |
181 |
Jesse Puljujarvi |
| 3 |
170 |
Brett Murray |
| 4 |
169 |
Matthew Cairns |
| 5 |
165 |
Taylor Raddysh |
| 6 |
165 |
Giovani Smith |
| 7 |
164 |
Connor Bunnaman |
| 8 |
163 |
Boris Katchouk |
| 9 |
163 |
Keaton Middleton |
| 10 |
163 |
Tage Thompson |
Left Hand
| Rank |
Score (lb) |
Player |
| 1 |
169 |
Trent Frederic |
| 2 |
165 |
Boris Katchouk |
| 3 |
164 |
Taylor Raddysh |
| |
164 |
James Greenway |
| 5 |
163 |
Mikhail Sergachev |
| 6 |
|
Jesse Puljujarvi |
| 7 |
161 |
Matthew Cairns |
| |
161 |
Dylan Wells |
| 8 |
159 |
Riley Stillman |
| 9 |
158 |
Giovani Smith |
| 10 |
155 |
Patrik Laine |
| |
155 |
Connor Bunnaman |
| |
155 |
Brett Murray |
Bench Press Test (at 70-80% body weight)
| Rank |
Score (reps) |
Player |
| 1 |
15 |
Samuel Girard |
| 2 |
14 |
Vojtech Budik |
| |
14 |
Tyson Jost |
| |
14 |
Carl Grundstrom |
| |
14 |
German Rubtsov |
| |
14 |
Graham McPhee |
| 7 |
13 |
Wade Allison |
| |
13 |
Artur Kayumov |
| |
13 |
Dillon Dube |
| |
13 |
Matt Filipe |
| |
13 |
Alexander Nylander |
| |
13 |
Jonathan Ang |
| |
13 |
Sam Steel |
| |
13 |
Chris Chad |
| |
13 |
Tyler Benson |
Standing Long Jump
| Rank |
Distance
(inches) |
PLAYER |
| 1 |
120.0 |
Julien Gauthier |
| 2 |
118.5 |
Jakob Chychrun |
| 3 |
116.3 |
Dylan Wells |
| 4 |
114.5 |
Trent Frederic |
| 5 |
114.3 |
Pierre-Luc Dubois |
| 6 |
114.0 |
Jonathan Ang |
| 7 |
113.8 |
Giavani Smith |
| 8 |
113.5 |
Luke Kunin |
| 9 |
113.5 |
Boris Katchouk |
| 10 |
113.3 |
Vojtech Budik |
Vertical Jump
| Rank |
Height
(inches) |
Player |
| 1 |
28.98 |
Luke Kunin |
| 2 |
26.69 |
Julien Gauthier |
| 3 |
25.59 |
Chad Krys |
| 4 |
25.59 |
Mitchell Mattson |
| 5 |
25.28 |
Noah Gregor |
| 6 |
25.28 |
Jakob Chychrun |
| 7 |
24.61 |
Jordan Kyrou |
| 8 |
24.17 |
Max Zimmer |
| 9 |
23.74 |
Wade Allison |
| 10 |
23.66 |
Luke Green |
Pull Ups
Maximum number of consecutive pull ups
| Rank |
Score |
Player |
| 1 |
15 |
Jonathan Ang |
| 2 |
13 |
Sam Steel |
| 3 |
12 |
Carter Hart |
| |
12 |
Clayton Keller |
| 5 |
11 |
Pierre-Luc Dubois |
| |
11 |
Jack Kopacka |
| |
11 |
Rasmus Asplund |
| |
11 |
Noah Gregor |
| |
11 |
Griffin Luce |
| |
11 |
Nicholas Caamano |
| |
11 |
Givani Smith |
| |
11 |
Vital Abramov |
| |
11 |
Lucas Johansen |
| |
11 |
Artur Kayumov |
Pro-Agility Test
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| Rank |
Time
(seconds) |
Player |
| 1 |
4.30 |
Matthew Cairns |
| 2 |
4.31 |
Luke Green |
| 3 |
4.35 |
Jordan Kyrou |
| 4 |
4.40 |
Cameron Morison |
| 5 |
4.42 |
Joseph Raaymakers |
| 6 |
4.47 |
Jonathan Ang |
| 7 |
4.48 |
Auston Matthews |
| 8 |
4.48 |
Max Zimmer |
| 9 |
4.49 |
Connor Bunnaman |
| 10 |
4.50 |
Pierre-Luc Dubois |
right
| Rank |
Time
(seconds) |
Player |
| 1 |
4.19 |
Luke Green |
| 2 |
4.33 |
Matthew Cairns |
| 3 |
4.33 |
Jordan Kyrou |
| 4 |
4.33 |
Pierre-Luc Dubois |
| 5 |
4.37 |
Luke Kunin |
| 6 |
4.41 |
Trent Frederic |
| 7 |
4.43 |
Joseph Raaymakers |
| 8 |
4.43 |
Max Zimmer |
| 9 |
4.44 |
Matt Filipe |
| 10 |
4.46 |
Ty Ronning |
Wingate Test - Average Power Output (watts/kg)
| Rank |
Score
(watts/kg) |
Player |
| 1 |
12.5 |
Jonathan Ang |
| |
12.5 |
Jesper Bratt |
| 3 |
12.4 |
Libor Hajek |
| 4 |
12.2 |
William Lockwood |
| 5 |
12.1 |
Henrik Borgstrom |
| |
12.1 |
Jakub Chychrun |
| |
12.1 |
Alexander Nylander |
| 8 |
12.0 |
Luke Green |
| |
12.0 |
Mikhail Sergachev |
| 10 |
11.9 |
Dillon Dube |
| |
11.9 |
Tanner Kaspick |
| |
11.9 |
Auston Matthews |
| |
11.9 |
Pierre-Luc Dubois |
Wingate Test - Peak Power Output (watts/kg)
Nylander's top score is the highest combine measurement that we know of.
| Rank |
Score
(watts/kg) |
Player |
| 1 |
21.1 |
Alexander Nylander |
| 2 |
19.3 |
William Lockwood |
| 3 |
18.7 |
Jonathan Ang |
| 4 |
18.6 |
Rasmus Asplund |
| |
18.6 |
Pierre-Luc Dubois |
| 6 |
18.4 |
Ty Ronning |
| 7 |
18.3 |
Kale Clague |
| 8 |
18.2 |
Henrik Borgstrom |
| 9 |
18.1 |
Auston Matthews |
| 10 |
18.0 |
Jakob Chychrun |
Wingate Test - Fatigue Index
| Rank |
Score
(watts/kg) |
Player |
| 1 |
29.9 |
Michael Graham |
| 2 |
42.1 |
Trent Frederic |
| 3 |
43.7 |
William Knierim |
| 4 |
44.9 |
Nicholas Caamano |
| 5 |
45.5 |
Wade Allison |
| 6 |
45.5 |
Jesper Bratt |
| 7 |
47.0 |
Griffin Luce |
| 8 |
47.8 |
Samuel Girard |
| 9 |
47.9 |
Dante Fabbro |
| 10 |
48.3 |
Vitaly Abramov |
AEROBIC FITNESS - VO2max test max
| Rank |
Score (ml/kg/min) |
Player |
| 1 |
65.0 |
Carter Hart |
| 2 |
62.0 |
Evan Fitzpatrick |
| |
62.0 |
Brandon Gignac |
| 4 |
61.0 |
Wade Allison |
| |
61.0 |
Jacob Cederholm |
| |
61.0 |
Michael McLeod |
| 7 |
60.0 |
Sam Steel |
| |
60.0 |
Zach Sawchenko |
| 9 |
59.0 |
Tanner Kaspcik |
| |
59.0 |
Joseph Raaymakers |
| |
59.0 |
Tyler Benson |
| |
59.0 |
Artur Kayumov |
AEROBIC FITNESS - VO2max test duration
| Rank |
Score (min:sec) |
Player |
| 1 |
12:30 |
Logan Stanley |
| 2 |
12.12 |
Tanner Kaspick |
| 3 |
12:00 |
Tyson Jost |
| 4 |
12:00 |
Taylor Raddysh |
| 5 |
12:00 |
William Knierim |
| 6 |
12:00 |
Charles McAvoy |
| 7 |
11:43 |
Julien Gauthier |
| 8 |
11:35 |
Connor Bunnaman |
| 9 |
11:30 |
Andrew Peeke |
| 10 |
11:30 |
Logan Brown |
Source
- The lists are derived from results published on http://nhl.com and elsewhere online
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