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2014 NHL Entry Draft Combine Results

This was the 21st 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 combine was administered as usual by Dr. Norm Gledhill, a professor of kinesiology at York University, with the assistance of employees and graduate students from the York University Human Performance Lab. Below are the results of the fitness assessments for the 2014 NHL Scouting Combine (see details of the testing procedures).

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 at the Toronto Congress Centre, Canada. The combine was held from May 26 to 31. See the complete list of 2014 combine invitees. 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. This year there were a few new tests: overhand pull-ups, single leg squats (both legs) and pro agility tests replaced push-ups, the push-pull station and the seated medicine ball throw.

Weight

Rank Weight Player Team League Pos
1 226 NICHOLAS RITCHIE PETERBOROUGH OHL LW
2 225 RYAN MANTHA INDIANA USHL D
3 222 CONNOR CHATHAM PLYMOUTH OHL RW
4 219 KEEGAN IVERSON PORTLAND WHL C/RW
5 218 ALEXIS PEPIN GATINEAU QMJHL LW
6 216 AARON EKBLAD BARRIE OHL D
7 215 ALEXIS VANIER BAIE-COMEAU QMJHL D
8 213 ALEX TUCH USA U-18 USHL RW
9 209 KAAPO KAHKONEN BLUES JR. FINLAND-JR. G
10 209 ADAM OLLAS MATTSSON DJURGARDEN JR. SWEDEN-JR. D

Height

Rank Height Player Team League Pos
1 6' 6.5" HUNTER SMITH OSHAWA OHL RW
2 6' 5.0" RYAN COLLINS USA U-18 USHL D
3 6' 4.75" BEAU STARRETT SOUTH SHORE USPHL PRE. C/LW
4 6' 4.5" RYAN MANTHA INDIANA USHL D
5 6' 4.5" ALEXIS VANIER BAIE-COMEAU QMJHL D
6 6' 4.25" EDWIN MINNEY USA U-18 USHL G
7 6' 4.0" ADAM OLLAS MATTSSON DJURGARDEN JR. SWEDEN-JR. D
8 6' 4.0" BRETT LERNOUT SWIFT CURRENT WHL D
9 6' 4.0" MASON McDONALD CHARLOTTETOWN QMJHL G
10 6' 4.0" MARCUS PETTERSSON SKELLEFTEA JR. SWEDEN-JR. D


Wingspan

Rank Result (inches) Player
1 81.0 Beau Starrett
2 80.0 Hunter Smith
3 80.0 Ryan Mantha
4 79.5 Marcus Pettersson
5 79.5 Thomas (Chase) Perry
6 79.0 Aaron Ekblad
7 79.0 Sonny Milano
8 79.0 Alex Tuch
9 79.0 Ryan Collins
10 79.0 Leon Draisaitl

Skinfolds / Body Fat

Rank sum 6 skinfolds (mm) % bodyfat (Yuhasz) Player
1 25.2 6.1 Robert Fabbri
2 27.8 6.3 Marcus Pettersson
3 32.2 6.8 David Pastrnak
4 32.8 6.8 Darby Llewllyn
5 35.2 7.1 Sonny Milano
6 36.4 7.2 Olivier Leblanc
7 36.6 7.2 Dominic Turgeon
8 37.2 7.3 Nikolaj Ehlers
9 37.2 7.3 Spenser Watson
10 37.8 7.3 Luc Snuggerud

Grip Strength

Right Hand

Rank Score (lb) Player
1 171 Alexander Peters
2 163 Brandon Hickey
3 149 Emil Johansson
4 148 Ben Thomas
5 146 Alex Schoenborn
6 144 Jayce Haweyluk
7 144 Arron Ekblad
8 142 Leon Draisaitl
9 140 Travis Sanheim
10 140 Ryan Donato

Left Hand

Rank Score (lb) Player
1 164 Alexander Peters
2 155 Sonny Milano
3 154 Conner Chatham
4 148 Brandon Hickey
5 148 Arron Ekblad
6 148 Edwin Minney
7 148 Hayden Fleury
8 147 Jayden Lindo
9 139 Jakub Vrana
10 138 Julien Pelletier

Bench Press Test (no. of reps at 150 lbs.)

Rank Score (reps) Player
1 19 JULIEN PELLETIER
2 18 SHANE EISERMAN
3 18 CONNOR CHATHAM
4 17 JADEN LINDO
5 17 BRETT LERNOUT
6 17 ALEX TUCH
7 15 JACOB MIDDLETON
8 15 ADAM OLLAS MATTSSON
9 14 BRENDAN LEMIEUX
10 14 JAYCE HAWRYLUK

Standing Long Jump

Rank Distance
(inches)
PLAYER
1 118 SHANE GERSICH
2 115 BRANDON HICKEY
3 114.5 MATHESON IACOPELLI
4 113 BRETT LERNOUT
5 113 WARREN FOEGELE
6 113 JONAS JOHANSSON
7 112 CONNER BLEACKLEY
8 111.5 ADRIAN KEMPE
9 111 JAYCE HAWRYLUK
10 110 BRANDON HALVERSON

Vertical Jump (with pause)

Rank Height
(inches)
Player
1 35.5 SHANE GERSICH
2 33.0 LUC SNUGGERUD
3 32.5 CONNOR CHATHAM
4 31.5 BRETT LERNOUT
5 31.5 MILES GENDRON
6 31.0 STEVEN SPINNER
7 30.5 ALEXANDER PETERS
8 30.0 BRENDAN PERLINI
9 29.5 WARREN FOEGELE
10 29.5 JARED MCCANN

Vertical Jump (no pause)

Rank Height
(inches)
Player
1 35.0 SHANE GERSICH
2 33.0 LUC SNUGGERUD
3 33.0 Brett Lernout
4 33.0 ALEXANDER PETERS
5 33.0 MILES GENDRON
6 32.0 STEVEN SPINNER
7 31.0 WARREN FOEGELE
8 31.0 JARED MCCANN
9 31.0 BRENDAN PERLINI
10 31.0 Blake Siebenaler

Pull Ups

This was the first year that the pull-up test was included in the combine. Although being first in NHL Central Scouting's final 2014 draft rankings, the Kingston Frontenacs centre Bennett finished last in the pull-ups, he could not do any at all..

Rank Score Player
1 13 JOSHUA HO-SANG
2 12 BRETT LERNOUT
3 12 JAYCE HAWRYLUK
4 12 ALEXANDER PETERS
5 12 DAVID PASTRNAK
6 11 ANTHONY DEANGELO
7 11 CHASE DE LEO
8 11 MATHESON IACOPELLI
9 11 SONNY MILANO
10 11 FRANCIS PERRON

Single Leg Squats (score is out of 75)

Right Leg

Rank Score Player
1 74 Marcus Pettersson
2 73 Kaapo Kahkonen
3 69 Reid Duke
4 68 Luc Snuggerud
5 65 Jonas Johansson
6 65 Brendan Perlini
7 65 Brandon HIckey
8 65 Olivier LeBlanc
9 64 Roland McKeown
10 64 Sonny Milano

Left Leg

Rank Score Player
1 75 Reid Duke
2 75 Julius Honka
3 74 Jonas Johansson
4 73 Kaapo Kahkonen
5 71 Mitchell Slattery
6 69 Roland McKeown
7 69 Darby Llewellyn
8 67 Francis Perron
9 66 Marcus Pettersson
10 65 Olivier LeBlanc

Pro-Agility Test, left

Rank Time
(seconds)
Player
1 4.25 Jayce Hawryluk
2 4.28 William Nylander
3 4.28 Brandon Hickey
4 4.31 Brendan Lemieux
5 4.34 Shane Gersich
6 4.38 Nick Schmaltz
7 4.40 Aaron Irving
8 4.43 Steven Spinner
9 4.44 Darby Llewellyn
10 4.44 Matheson Iacopelli

Pro-Agility Test, right

Rank Time
(seconds)
Player
1 4.25 Brandon Hickey
2 4.28 William Nylander
3 4.28 Shane Gersich
4 4.34 Matheson Iacopelli
5 4.41 Jayce Hawryluk
6 4.44 Mason McDonald
7 4.47 Alexander Peters
8 4.50 Brendan Lemieux
9 4.50 Michael Bunting
10 4.50 Nikolaj Ehlers

Wingate Test - Average Power Output (watts/kg)

Rank Score
(watts/kg)
Player
1 11.6 WILLIAM NYLANDER
2 11.3 KASPERI KAPANEN
3 11.3 JAYCE HAWRYLUK
4 11.1 NICK SCHMALTZ
5 11.1 ONDREJ KASE
6 11.0 BLAKE SIEBENALER
7 11.0 DYLAN SADOWY
8 11.0 SHANE GERSICH
9 10.9 MILES GENDRON
10 10.9 RYAN MACINNIS

Wingate Test - Peak Power Output (watts/kg)

Rank Score
(watts/kg)
Player
1 17.5 WILLIAM NYLANDER
2 16.8 Conner Bleackley
3 16.3 SHANE GERSICH
4 15.5 KASPERI KAPANEN
5 5.3 BLAKE SIEBENALER
6 15.2 Vladimir Tkachev
7 15.1 RYAN MACINNIS
8 15.1 Warren Foegele
9 15.1 Michael Bunting
10 15.1 Brandon Halverson

Wingate Test - Fatigue Index

Rank Score
(watts/kg)
Player
1 37.3 CHRISTIAN DVORAK
2 39.6 ALEX NEDELJKOVIC
3 40.8 MATHESON IACOPELLI
4 40.9 VILLE HUSSO
5 40.9 JULIEN NANTEL
6 42.9 SONNY MILANO
7 43.4 ROLAND MCKEOWN
8 43.6 MATTHEW MISTELE
9 44 DYLAN SADOWY
10 44.4 JACK GLOVER

AEROBIC FITNESS - VO2max test max

Rank Score (ml/kg/min) Player
1 67.4 MICHAEL BUNTING
2 65.8 DARBY LLEWELLYN
3 64.0 DYLAN SADOWY
4 63.2 ALEX SCHOENBORN
5 62.5 JOSH WESLEY
6 62.4 BRAYDEN POINT
7 62.2 MARCUS PETTERSSON
8 61.9 DYLAN LARKIN
9 61.9 BRANDON HICKEY
10 61.6 BRYCEN MARTIN

AEROBIC FITNESS - VO2max test duration

Rank Score (minutes:seconds) Player
1 15:00 Clark Bishop
2 14:00 Sonny Milano
3 14:00 Emil Johansson
4 14:00 Blake Weyrick
5 14:00 Blake Siebenaler
6 13:00 Hunter Smith
7 13:00 Eric Cornel
8 13:00 Reid Duke
9 13:00 Nicolas Aube-Kubel
10 13:00 Sam Reinhart

Hand-Eye Coordination test

Rank Total Name
1 12.3 SHANE GERSICH
2 14.2 NELSON NOGIER
3 14.4 NICOLAS AUBE-KUBEL
4 14.7 WILLIAM NYLANDER
5 14.9 REID DUKE
6 14.9 BRANDON HICKEY
7 14.9 FRANCIS PERRON
8 15.1 DOMINIK MASIN
9 15.3 JONAS JOHANSSON
10 15.5 STEVEN SPINNER

Four Jump Mat

Rank Seconds Name
1 0.23 JOHN QUENNEVILLE
2 0.25 BRENDAN LEMIEUX
3 0.26 MILES GENDRON
4 0.27 CHASE DE LEO
5 0.27 MICHAEL DAL COLLE
6 0.28 JONAS JOHANSSON
7 0.31 MATHESON IACOPELLI
8 0.31 JAYCE HAWRYLUK
9 0.31 JOSHUA JACOBS
10 0.32 ALEXANDER PETERS

Hex Agility - Right

Rank Seconds Name
1 3.00 HAYDN FLEURY
2 3.21 REID DUKE
3 3.23 KASPERI KAPANEN
4 3.23 SAM REINHART
5 3.31 BRYCEN MARTIN
6 3.35 OLIVIER LEBLANC
7 3.36 CHASE DE LEO
8 3.36 DANIEL AUDETTE
9 3.38 BRENDAN LEMIEUX
10 3.39 ANTHONY DEANGELO

Hex Agility - Left

Rank Seconds Name
1 3 RYAN DONATO
2 3.01 RYAN COLLINS
3 3.04 DYLAN SADOWY
4 3.04 TRAVIS SANHEIM
5 3.23 JACK GLOVER
6 3.25 CHASE DE LEO
7 3.32 ERIC CORNEL
8 3.36 SONNY MILANO
9 3.36 AUSTIN POGANSKI
10 3.37 NICK SCHMALTZ

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