NHL Central Scouting released their final rankings for 2009. There are a total of 210 players in those rankings. There were 13 Minnesota high school players selected (not counting Shattuck-St. Mary's).
Here are the Minnesota high school players that found themselves on that list:
Round 1
22. Zach Budish (RW) - Edina Hornets | Committed to the University of Minnesota
Budish did not play a game during the 2008-2009 regular season due to a knee injury (torn ACL) received during football season in the fall. He still received the highest accolades from NHL Central Scouting for being the best Minnesota high school player available.
24. Nick Leddy (D) - Eden Prairie Eagles | Committed to the University of Minnesota
2009 Minnesota Mr. Hockey Nick Leddy led the Eden Prairie Eagles to their first ever Minnesota high school hockey state championship in March. Leddy finished the season with 12 goals, 33 assists, and a +40 plus/minus in 31 games played.
Round 2
35. Ben Hanowski (RW/LW) - Little Falls Flyers | Committed to St. Cloud State Univ.
Hanowski finished his senior season in style by breaking the all-time career scoring record and the all-time goal-scoring record in 2008-2009. Hanowski surpassed the career record previously held by Johnny Pohl (Red Wing). Pohl had 378 career points. Hanowski finished with 405 career points. Hanowski broke Dave Spehar's (Duluth East) career goal-scoring record of 171 goals on February 5th, 2009 against the very same St. Cloud Apollo team. He finished with 196 career goals. Hanowski help lead the Flyers to a third place finish in the Minnesota State Class A Tournament.
53. Danny Mattson (C/LW) - Academy of Holy Angels Stars | Committed to UND
Mattson finished the year for the Stars with 25 total goals and 52 assists.
Round 3
82. Nick Oliver (C/LW) - Roseau Rams | Committed to St. Cloud State University
Oliver had to overcome a collarbone injury at the beginning of the 2008-2009 season, missing several games, but he was able to finish the season physically healthy. He played in eight regular season games and the team's three playoff games. He finished with five goals and 11 assists in the 11 games he played.
Round 4
114. Tyler Lapic (C/LW) - New Prague Trojans | Committed to University of Wisconsin
Lapic finished with 25 goals and 45 assists in 27 games played in 2008-2009.
118. Anders Lee (C) - Edina Hornets | Committed to the University of Notre Dame
Lee, the high school football quarterback & hockey phenom, compiled 20 goals and 46 assists in 25 games played during the regular season. In the Section 2AA playoffs, in three games, he compiled four goals and five assists in leading the Hornets to the Class AA state tournament. At state, he scored one goal and assisted on eight others in three games in helping the Hornets to a fifth place finish.
Round 5
125. Berkley Scott (C/LW) - Anoka Tornadoes | Not committed
Scott finished his high school career scoring 17 goals and 15 assists in 28 games for a Anoka team that was unusually down in 2008-2009. After the season ended for Anoka in a Section 7AA quarterfinal loss in late February, Scott went straight to junior hockey and the Tri-City Storm in the United State Hockey League. He played 12 games for the Storm scoring no goals, two assists with a -4 plus/minus.
138. Dan DeLisle (C/LW) - Totino-Grace Eagles | Committed to Minnesota-Duluth
DeLisle, the 6'4" 222 lbs UMD recruit, finished with 32 goals and 24 assists in 27 games for Totino-Grace in 2008-2009.
144. Max Tardy (C) - Duluth East Greyhounds | Committed to Minnesota-Duluth
Tardy finished the 2008-2009 season with 35 goals and 25 assists in 30 games and led the Duluth East Greyhounds to Class AA state tournament berth.
Round 6
160. Charlie Taft (RW) - Edina Hornets | Not committed
Taft is the highest ranked and ONLY underclassmen on the list. The Hornets junior compiled 17 goals and eight assists in 29 games this past high school season.
163. Nate Schmidt (D) - St. Cloud Cathedral Crusaders | Committed to U of Minnesota
Schmidt led the Crusaders to a fourth place finish at the Minnesota Class A State Tournament. In my opinion, he had of the greatest moves of the tournament against Mahtomedi. He sped through center ice with the puck, into the Zephyrs zone, split two defenders and, while falling down, zipped the puck past the goaltender. The senior defenseman finished the season with 25 goals and 29 assists in 31 games.
Round 7
181. Marshall Everson (LW) - Edina Hornets | Committed to Harvard University
Everson, the fourth Edina Hornet on the list, was also a major factor in the Hornets successful season. He finished with an overall total of 49 goals and 33 assists in 2008-2009. He scored seven goals in the state tournament and seven more in the Section 2AA playoffs.
