A total of 10 NTDP players are ranked among Central Scouting’s top 50 North American prospects, and that doesn’t include Spencer Knight, the bureau’s top-ranked North American goalie. “We all became better hockey players because of how competitive we are and how everyone wants to be the best,” Turcotte said. “We’re getting not only depth of players, but high-end players, elite-level players who are the faces of their franchise as well as USA Hockey. I think USA Hockey’s at the best it’s ever been right now,” Hughes said. I think there’s a lot more from where that came from.”___More AP NHL: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2019 The Associated Press.

Source: Washington Post June 01, 2019 22:07 UTC