John Williams, NHL Central Scouting; Top Western Hockey League prospects

About this episode

The episode features NHL Central Scouting's John Williams discussing top prospects in the Western Hockey League.

NHL Draft Class shines the spotlight on the top prospects in the Western Hockey League with NHL Central Scouting senior western scout John Williams joining co-hosts Adam Kimelman and Mike G. Morreale. What separated a loaded class of defensemen that includes Prince George's Carson Carels and Prince Albert's Daxon Rudolph? John also discusses what he likes about twin brothers Liam and Markus Ruck, JP Hurlbert, and Mathis Preston and more.

People in this episode

Hosts: Adam Kimelman, Mike G. Morreale

Guest: John Williams

Topics covered

• NHL Draft
• Western Hockey League
• prospects
• scouting
• defensemen

Keywords

• NHL Draft
• Western Hockey League
• John Williams
• prospects
• defensemen
• scouting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NHL Central Scouting

Places: Prince George, Prince Albert

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