2019 OHL Draft Ranking: January’s Top-160

Just like that, we find ourselves flipping the calendar into 2019.

With just three months remaining until the 2019 OHL Draft, the rankings are certainly beginning to solidify, as the list of this year’s top prospects continue to impress on the season’s biggest stages.

And if there was ever a perfect way to cap off the year of 2018, the Toronto Marlboros Holiday Classic delivered. Featuring 60 of North America’s best 2003-born teams, the tournament provides an annual opportunity to compare and contrast the top prospects in a battle of best-on-best hockey.

In Day 2 action at the Toronto Marlboros Holiday Classic, the Ottawa Ambassadors have knocked off the @TorontoRedWings by a score of 4-1.

Connor Lockhart and Stuart Rolofs impressed for the Ambassadors, who made the most of their numerous power play opportunities. pic.twitter.com/RGAeuZC8jw

— Prospect Pipeline (@NHLProspectLine) December 28, 2018

2018’s version of the Holiday Classic did not disappoint. In a showing of tremendous talent and potential, it was once again the Don Mills Flyers who battled their way to the championship, fending off the Toronto Red Wings, Ottawa Capitals, Gentry Galaxy, and Toronto Nationals on their way to capturing the banner.

Despite perfect 4-0-0 round robin records by the Toronto Marlboros, Gentry Galaxy, Whitby Wildcats, Ottawa Ambassadors, and Mississauga Rebels, the Flyers once again proved their ability to battle and grind out victories against the tournament’s top competition.

Related: Take a look at the Top-20 Performers from the Marlboros Holiday Classic

In a memorable semi-final matchup, the Don Mills Flyers took down one of the USA’s top 15U teams in the Gentry Galaxy by a score of 3-2, but not before they fell behind by two early in the contest. Gentry offered the Flyers another measuring stick matchup – similar to their unforgettable game against Detroit Compuware in the Silver Stick – and Don Mills did not disappoint.

A beautiful pass from Francesco Arcuri to Shane Wright on a 2-on-1 ends the #MarlborosHolidayClassic in overtime, sealing a @03DMF championship.

Hats off to the Nationals who played an absolutely spectacular game despite missing a number of their most dynamic players. pic.twitter.com/HvLZWRtXkn

— Prospect Pipeline (@NHLProspectLine) December 30, 2018

Showcasing a dynamic team system along with high-end talent from top to bottom of their lineup, the Flyers continued to prove that they are undoubtedly the top Minor Midget team in Ontario, and perhaps one of the best ever.

Several weeks before the Holiday Classic was yet another of the year’s most anticipated showcases. The 2018 GTHL Top Prospects Game featured 40 of the league’s top prospects, and did not disappoint. In a high-spirited and competitive contest, Ryan Del Monte led his team to victory as he finished a slick cross-ice pass in overtime.

Related: Check out the Top Performers from the GTHL Top Prospects Game

However, it was the Don Mills Flyers’ usual suspect who forced the game into the extra frame in the first place, as a hectic final minute finally concluded when Brandt Clarke found a loose puck in a scrum and pushed it past the crowd in a buzzer-beater that electrified a jam-packed Scotiabank Pond.

January’s Top-160 Prospects

As we continue to expand our rankings in anticipation of the April 6th OHL Draft, we are reminded of the immense depth of this year’s crop of prospects. Teams would be wise to put emphasis on the middle rounds of the draft, where there will be a number of sleeper picks remaining, many of which should be able to jump straight into the OHL for the 2019-20 season. Without a doubt, this year’s edition of the OHL Draft will produce a number of top prospects for the 2021 and 2022 NHL Drafts.

A trend that we’ve focused on all year long has been the multitude of high-end NCAA commitments. This month, 10 of the top-40 prospects are verbally committed to an NCAA program, leaving plenty of variability for the final draft order.

Shane Wright and Brennan Othmann celebrate a one-timer goal at the GTHL Top Prospects Game. Wright was later named team MVP, along with Ryan Del Monte.

December was another imperative month to keep a close eye on, with league play winding down and playoff battles becoming increasingly intense day-by-day. Further, the Marlboros Holiday Classic provided a crucial look into the development of players over the past four months, while also pitting them against top competition from the entire OHL Draft region and beyond.

Finally, here are January’s top-160 prospects for the 2019 OHL Draft, along with 20 honourable mentions.

Note: This list features the Top-160 skaters available for the 2019 OHL Draft, and does not include goaltenders. Also, it is not a mock draft.

Rank	Player	Team	Position
1	Shane Wright	Don Mills Flyers	C
2	Brandt Clarke	Don Mills Flyers	RD
3	Sasha Pastujov*	Detroit Compuware	RW
4	Connor Lockhart	Kanata Lasers	C
5	Dylan Duke*	Detroit Compuware	C
6	Mason McTavish	Pembroke Lumber Kings	C
7	Roman Schmidt*	Don Mills Flyers	LD
8	Francesco Arcuri	Don Mills Flyers	C
9	Francesco Pinelli	Toronto Red Wings	C
10	Brennan Othmann	Don Mills Flyers	LW
11	Maddox Callens	Brantford 99ers	C
12	Brett Harrison	London Jr. Knights	C
13	Liam Arnsby	Don Mills Flyers	C/LW
14	Braeden Kressler	Mississauga Senators	C
15	Jeremy Wilmer	North Jersey Avalanche	C
16	Cole Hipkin	Brantford 99ers	RD
17	Colby Saganiuk	Pittsburgh Penguins Elite	C
18	Luke Hughes*	Detroit Little Caesars	LD
19	Jack Devine*	Chicago Mission	C
20	Ethan Del Mastro	Toronto Marlboros	LD
21	Stuart Rolofs	Kanata Lasers	LW
22	Brenden Sirizzotti	Whitby Wildcats	RW
23	Artem Guryev	Toronto Marlboros	LD
24	Ryan Del Monte*	Toronto Nationals	C
25	Dylan Gratton*	North Jersey Avalanche	LD
26	Ryan Winterton	Whitby Wildcats	C
27	Danil Zhilkin*	Toronto Marlboros	C/LW
28	Ranvir Gill	Ottawa Jr. Senators	RD
29	Wyatt Johnston	Toronto Marlboros	C
30	Kaleb Nelson	York Simcoe Express	C
31	Trevor Burns	Chicago Fury	C
32	Kaleb Lawrence	OHA Maroon	C
33	Deven Nagra	Toronto Nationals	LD
34	Marc Boudreau	Toronto Marlboros	LW
35	Deni Goure	Chatham-Kent Cyclones	C
36	Redmond Savage*	Detroit Compuware	LW
37	Dante Palombo	North Jersey Avalanche	C
38	Paul Christopoulos	Don Mills Flyers	RD
39	Jesse Fishman	Mississauga Rebels	C/RW
40	Wil Murphy	Kingston Jr. Frontenacs	LD
41	Jack Silich*	Chicago Mission	RW
42	Josh Bloom	Toronto Nationals	LW
43	Pasquale Zito	Mississauga Rebels	C
44	Davis Burnside*	Chicago Mission	LW
45	Logan Mailloux	Toronto Marlboros	RD
46	Chase Stillman*	Sudbury Wolves	C
47	Teddy Sawyer	Pittsburgh Penguins Elite	LD
48	Jack Beck	Toronto Marlboros	LW
49	Ty Gallagher*	Detroit Compuware	RD
50	Jon-Randall Avon	Peterborough Petes	C
51	Daniel Michaud	Quinte Red Devils	C
52	Owen Watson	Smiths Falls Bears	LW
53	Vincent Salice*	Oakland Jr. Grizzlies	C
54	Joshua Kavanagh	Sudbury Wolves	RD
55	Vitaly Levyy	Long Island Gulls	RW
56	Ethan Burroughs	Halton Hurricanes	RW
57	Ethan Larmand	North Central Predators	RW
58	Camden Daigle	Huron Perth Lakers	LW
59	Zacharie Giroux	Sudbury Wolves	RW
60	Landon Cato*	Toronto Nationals	RD
61	Steven LaForme	Brantford 99ers	RW
62	Declan Ride*	Toronto Nationals	RD
63	Dominick Rivelli*	Chicago Mission	C
64	Tyler Procious	Buffalo Jr. Sabres	RD
65	Thomas Johnston	Whitby Wildcats	LW
66	Christian Catalano	Mississauga Rebels	RW
67	Max Smolinski	Detroit Little Caesars	RD
68	Nicholas Sewecke	Pittsburgh Penguins Elite	C
69	Sam Sedley	Huron Perth Lakers	RD
70	Marko Sikic	Kitchener Jr. Rangers	C
71	Joshua Orrico	Toronto Red Wings	RD
72	Griffen Jurecki	Little Caesars	C
73	Kobe Tallman	Toronto Young Nationals	LW
74	Josh Ziliotto	Burlington Eagles	C
75	Kai Alexander Greaves	Cambridge Hawks	LD
76	Tucker Robertson	Toronto Marlboros	LW
77	Zachary Burfoot	Chicago Fury	LD
78	Nolan Dann	Toronto Red Wings	LW
79	Ryan Burke	Elgin-Middlesex Chiefs	C
80	Ethan Mistry	Don Mills Flyers	LD
81	Ryan Cutler	York Simcoe Express	RW
82	Simon Motew	Chicago Mission	RD
83	Aidan Shepard	Toronto Marlboros	LD
84	Adam O’Marra	Oakville Rangers	C
85	Owen Forester	Toronto Nationals	RD
86	Tbone Codd	Little Caesars	C
87	Cooper Way	Waterloo Wolves	C/LW
88	Braden Haché	York Simcoe Express	LD
89	Alex Christopoulos	Don Mills Flyers	RW
90	Jordan D’Intino	London Jr. Knights	C/RW
91	Jack Matier	Soo Thunderbirds	RD
92	Ryan Humphrey	Detroit Honeybaked	C
93	Ben Felicetti	Burlington Eagles	RW
94	Therien Thiesing	Chicago Mission	LD
95	Cole Eichler	Don Mills Flyers	RW
96	Nolan Forster	Toronto Marlboros	LW
97	James Jodoin	Oakville Rangers	RD
98	Cole Patey	North Central Predators	LW
99	Jake Eaton	Windsor Jr. Spitfires	C
100	Ryan Gillespie	Toronto Red Wings	C
101	Isaac Enright	Pembroke Lumber Kings	RD
102	Riley Wood	London Jr. Knights	RW
103	Jacob Maillet	Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs	C
104	Jonah Copre	Chicago Mission	RD
105	Jordan Adams	Halton Hurricanes	LW/C
106	Justin O’Donnell	Toronto Marlboros	RW
107	Kyle Maloney	Waterloo Wolves	C
108	Isaiah Moran-Weekes	Kanata Lasers	LD
109	Ty Voit	Pittsburgh Penguins Elite	RW
110	Ikki Kogawa	Toronto Young Nationals	RW
111	Jacob Napier	Buffalo Jr. Sabres	LD
112	Landon McCallum	Brantford 99ers	RW
113	Eddie Shepler	Detroit Honeybaked	RW
114	Edward Moskowitz	Don Mills Flyers	LW
115	Connor Punnett	North Central Predators	LD
116	Jordan Fuller	York Simcoe Express	LW
117	Payton Robinson	Don Mills Flyers	RD
118	Alexander Babich	Chicago Mission	LW
119	Sam Volturo	Detroit Little Caesars	RD
120	Ty MacDonald	Ajax-Pickering Raiders	C
121	Brayden Hislop	Waterloo Wolves	LD
122	Luca Del Bel Belluz	Toronto Red Wings	C
123	Cayden Faust	Windsor Jr. Spitfires	LW
124	Judd Katz	Mississauga Rebels	LD
125	Mark McIntosh	Guelph Jr. Gryphons	RW
126	Eric Bonsteel	Mississauga Senators	RD
127	Myles Yearwood	Markham Majors	LW
128	Callum Chisholm	Richmond Hill Coyotes	RW
129	Chandler Romeo	Toronto Red Wings	LD
130	Ty Anselmini	Guelph Jr. Gryphons	C
131	Amadeus Lombardi	Toronto Titans	C
132	Johnny Fratto	Pittsburgh Penguins Elite	LW
133	Douglas Carr	Whitby Wildcats	RD
134	Luca Rea	North York Rangers	LW/RW
135	Aidan Haws	Detroit Honeybaked	C
136	Jacob Dupuis	Clarington Toros	RD
137	Ethan Esposito	Mississauga Senators	LW
138	Justin Ertel	Toronto Red Wings	LW
139	Calum Chau	Halton Hurricanes	LD
140	Devon Savignac	Sudbury Wolves	LW
141	Charles-Edward Tardif	OHA Maroon	RW
142	Andre Anania	Toronto Red Wings	RD
143	Sean Clarke	Vaughan Kings	C
144	Christian Campanelli	North York Rangers	C
145	William Gourgouvelis	Whitby Wildcats	LD
146	Liam Shewdyk	Niagara North Stars	C/RW
147	Barret Joynt	Kingston Jr. Frontenacs	LW
148	Joshua Cini	Mississauga Rebels	RW
149	Lucas Brzustowski	Kitchener Jr. Rangers	LD
150	Bradley Brunet	Sudbury Wolves	RW
151	Kevin Henstock	Toronto Nationals	C
152	Ty Hollett	Navan Grads	RD
153	Jacob Frasca	Mississauga Senators	LW
154	Ethan Lindsay	Barrie Jr. Colts	C
155	Thomas Stewart	Vaughan Kings	RD
156	Mitchell Martin	Sudbury Wolves	LW
157	Chas Sharpe	North Central Predators	RD
158	Justin Kelly-Boxe	Mississauga Reps	C
159	Tyler Savard	Peterborough Petes	LW
160	Ethan Broderick	Guelph Jr. Gryphons	RD
HM	Patrick Saini	North York Rangers	C
HM	Cole Melady	Huron Perth Lakers	C
HM	Elias Vavitsas	Markham Majors	RD
HM	Anthony Demkiw	Toronto Titans	C
HM	Mateo Amaral	Cambridge Hawks	LW
HM	Roberto Mancini	Mississauga Reps	LD
HM	Jake Kovacs	Soo Thunderbirds	C
HM	Marcus Ferrara	Markham Majors	LW
HM	Max McCue	Sudbury Wolves	LW
HM	Cole Benoit	Toronto Titans	RD
HM	Jak Vaarwerk	Buffalo Jr. Sabres	C
HM	Jack Price	Vaughan Kings	RW
HM	Nathan Oickle	Peterborough Petes	RD
HM	Jack Natyshak	Toronto Jr. Canadiens	C
HM	Luca Pasciuta	Windsor Jr. Spitfires	LD
HM	Quinn Tavares	Mississauga Reps	C
HM	Connor Driscoll	Toronto Nationals	RW
HM	D.J. Walsh	Long Island Gulls	C