There aren’t many well-known hockey players in the born on July 4. The player with the most NHL experience is American forward Mike Knuble. Knuble played over 1,000 NHL games, averaging half a point per game over the course of his career.
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CHL Import Draft held yesterday!
Plenty of Czech players drafted, as usual.
1 Czechia – 35 players
2 Russia – 28 players
3 Slovakia – 14 players
4 Finland – 11 players
5 Sweden – 9 players
Full list:
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Did-you-know: Austrian player Jana Moser, born on October 12, 2005, was just 8 years and 8 days old when she played in her first senior league championship game on October 20, 2013.
Moser: www.eliteprospects.com/player/50732...
Most spectacular stat line in hockey?
Our favorite belongs to 🇫🇮 Jari Kesti. During the 01–02 season, while playing for Stavanger in Norway’s 3rd-tier league, Kesti amassed an astonishing 116 goals and 110 assists—totaling 226 points in just 21 games.
Kesti: www.eliteprospects.com/player/11899...
2026 NHL Draft ranking!
Draft Prospects Hockey are the first ones to release a full Top 32 NHL Draft ranking for 2026.
Check it out in our draft center: www.eliteprospects.com/draft-center...
Most Clicked Player profiles on eliteprospects.com last week 📈🔥
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Finns drafted: https://www.eliteprospects.com/draft/nhl-entry-draft/nation/fin
🇫🇮Only eight Finnish players were selected in the 2025 #NHLDraft, with just one—Lasse Boelius at #60—cracking the top 100. It marked Finland’s worst draft showing in 15 years.
Was 2025 just a down year for Finnish hockey, or the start of a new trend?
Eighteen 🇷🇺 Russian players have been drafted over the last four years — no team has looked eastward for talent quite like the Carolina Hurricanes. In fact, Russians account for 53% of all Hurricanes draftees during that span.
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Josie St. Martin has made an immediate impact as a freshman at Ohio State. The 18-year-old forward excels as both a playmaker and finisher, and is a rising star in women’s hockey. With her talent, leadership, and determination, St. Martin’s hockey future looks exceptionally bright.
Lars Steiner is making waves in his QMJHL rookie season with Rouyn-Noranda. As an NHL Draft-eligible prospect in 2026, Steiner is one to watch as he continues to make his mark in the hockey world 🔥
Ethan Merner, a 18-year-old forward, recently earned a call-up to the Calgary Hitmen and just scored his first WHL goal. Before joining the Hitmen, he showcased his skills with Langley in the BCHL and is committed to Merrimack 🔥
Kam Hendrickson has quickly made an impact with Waterloo after a midseason trade from Omaha. The 19-year-old goaltender is ranked 29th among North American goalies in the 2025 NHL draft by Central Scouting. Hendrickson is poised to elevate his game at the NCAA level with UConn 🔥
Nathan Behm is ranked as a late first-round prospect for the 2025 NHL Draft. Known for his playmaking and ability to find open ice, Behm has become a cornerstone of the Blazers' offense, earning attention from NHL scouts as the draft approaches 🔥
Elite Prospects is excited to unveil its first-ever Ambassador Program, designed to empower the next generation of hockey talent and promote the values of Elite Prospects and its Online Showcase 🤩
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There's a new number one on the Elite Prospects 2025 NHL Draft ranking 👀 see the full Top 64 + 15 honourable mentions here: www.eliteprospects.com/news/2025-nh...
Elite Prospects logo New traffic record 1.8+ million unique visitors during 2025 World Juniors “The launch of the new Elite Prospects app is a strategically important step to improve accessibility, user experience, and engagement on the platform. Setting another traffic record during the World Juniors - for the second year in a row - confirms that our efforts are delivering concrete results and that Elite Prospects has further strengthened its position as the leading global hockey platform in 2024.” - Hannes Andersson, Everysport Group CEO Elite Prospects The Gateway to Hockey Download the app now Photo of Gabe Perreault holding the World Junior championship trophy is on the right of the graphic.
Elite Prospects set a new traffic record during the 2025 World Juniors, with over 1.8 million unique visitors during the tournament 🤩 news.cision.com/everysport-g...
To celebrate the start of the 2025 World Juniors, we’ve got a special surprise that you can finally stop asking us for… 👀
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Working on final bug fixes and tweaks for the coming first version of the #eliteprospects app
The top 32 ranked players from our Top 50 board is now updated in the Elite Prospects Draft Center:
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Curious to see how our scouts put together our latest #2025NHLDraft board?
You can now watch the meeting on our YouTube channel!
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We’re back with the second draft ranking for the #2025NHLDraft 🔥
Our scouts hammered out a Top 50 plus honourable mentions for December!
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Coming soon #EPApp
🚨 NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO 🚨
How well do top #2025NHLDraft prospects know each other?
We put Porter Martone, Michael Misa, Matthew Schaefer, Malcom Spence, Brady Martin, Quinn Beauchesne, Reese Hamilton and Cole Reschny to the test 🔥👀
📺: youtu.be/5yX-oko7B2g?...
50+ scouting reports from the CHL-USA Prospects Challenge are now LIVE on select player pages on eliteprospects.com 🔥
Read them all with an EP Premium subscription today!
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Who on Team CHL would make the best emergency backup goalie? 🤔 CHL players sound off 🔊
Catch Game 1 of the CHL-USA Prospects Challenge TONIGHT! 🔥
The EP team had a blast today at CHL Media Day for the CHL-USA Prospects Challenge 🔥 keep an eye out for content across all of our channels!
EP app coming to you soon!
A work in progress, but there will be a first version available for download around Christmas!
These 2024 NHL Draft picks are heating up 🔥 SWIPE ➡️ to see the scoring leaders over the last week 👀
Use the Elite Prospects Player Tracker to track your favourite players this season! Sort by age, nationality, league, draft-eligibility, and more.
🔗: www.eliteprospects.com/player-track...
