USHL News

May 24, 2010

Team USA defenseman Derek Forbort and Tri-City Storm forward Jaden Schwartz are among 13 USHL players participating at the NHL Scouting Combine this week. (USHL Images)

USHL Players at NHL Scouting Combine

As NHL teams make their final preparations for the NHL Entry Draft in June, they will get an up-close look at the top prospects this week during the NHL Scouting Combine.  Among the 100 players invited to the Combine are 13 who spent the 2009-10 season in the USHL.

The NHL Scouting Combine, which will run May 24-29 in Toronto and is conducted by NHL Central Scouting, is an opportunity for NHL teams to meet and interview prospects, as well as see them tested in an off-ice setting, which includes vigorous physical, medical, and psychological tests.    

USHL Players at 2010 NHL Scouting Combine

Bill Arnold (F), Team USA

Connor Brickley (F), Des Moines Buccaneers

Jack Campbell (G), Team USA

Jacob Fallon (F), Indiana Ice

Justin Faulk (D), Team USA

Derek Forbort (D), Team USA

Kevin Gravel (D), Sioux City Musketeers

Justin Holl (D), Omaha Lancers

Stephen Johns (D), Team USA

Jon Merrill (D), Team USA

Jaden Schwartz (F), Tri-City Storm

Jarred Tinordi (D), Team USA

Jason Zucker (F), Team USA

In addition to the 13 current USHL players at the scouting combine, defenseman Patrick McNally, who was selected by the Indiana Ice in last week's USHL Entry Draft, will also be participating at the event.  Four more players who are on the protected lists of USHL clubs are in Toronto for the combine as well; forward Brock Nelson (Green Bay Gamblers) forward Max Gardiner (Des Moines Buccaneers), forward Kevin Hayes (Indiana Ice) and goaltender Zane Gothberg (Fargo Force).

Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the USHL celebrates eighth season as the nation's only Tier I junior hockey league in 2009-10.  With over 230 players already committed to NCAA Division I schools and 13 NHL Entry Draft picks on League rosters this season, the USHL is the nation's foremost producer of junior hockey talent.  For more information, visit us on the web at www.USHL.com.