Connor McDavid is out in front of Jack Eichel in NHL Central Scouting's 2015 mid-season prospect rankings.

While the two players are the consensus top two prospects for the 2015 Draft according to most rankings, the NHL's list has the Erie Otters centre in the No. 1 spot at the season's halfway point. McDavid returned to action during the 2015 World Junior Championship after breaking his hand in mid-November. He won a gold medal with Team Canada at the tournament and has scored five goals and four assists in four games since returning to Erie on Jan. 8.

Eichel, who captained the U.S. World Junior team that finished fifth at the tournament, has 34 points in 20 games this season with Boston University.

Rounding out the top five North American skaters are Boston College blueliner Noah Hanifin, Kingston Frontenacs winger Lawson Crouse and McDavid's Erie teammate Dylan Strome.

The top international skater is Swedish blueliner Oliver Kylington, who missed the World Juniors due to injury.

European skaters playing in the Canadian Hockey League help make up the Top 15 on the North American skaters list, including Pavel Zacha (Sarnia) and Jakub Zboril (Saint John), as well as Russian defender Ivan Provorov who plays for the Brandon Wheat Kings.

Barrie's Mackenzie Blackwood and Magnitogorsk 2's Ilya Samsonov were named the top North American and International goalies, respectively.

Also notable in the goalie rankings is the fourth-ranked international goalie, Denis Godla. The Slovakian netminder made headlines as a fan favourite at the World Juniors as the tournament's best goaltender and Most Valuable Player.

Read the Top 30 list for the North American and International skaters below, along with the Top 10 North American and International goaltenders.

 

North American Skaters

 
RANK NAME TEAM (LEAGUE) HT WT POS.
1  Connor McDavid  Erie (OHL)  6-0  195  C 
2  Jack Eichel  Boston University (NCAA)  6-2  196  C 
3  Noah Hanifin  Boston College (NCAA)  6-2  203  D 
4  Lawson Crouse  Kingston (OHL)  6-2  211  LW 
5  Dylan Strome  Erie (OHL)  6-3  187  C 
6  Zachary Werenski  Michigan (NCAA)  6-2  206  D 
7  Mitchell Marner  London (OHL)  5-11  155  C 
8  Pavel Zacha  Sarnia (OHL)  6-3  210  C 
9  Mathew Barzal  Seattle (WHL)  5-11  175  C 
10  Ivan Provorov  Brandon (WHL)  6-0  191  D 
11  Jakub Zboril  Saint John (QMJHL)  6-0  184  D 
12  Timo Meier  Halifax (QMJHL)  6-1  208  RW 
13  Nicholas Merkley  Kelowna (WHL)  5-10  191  C 
14  Kyle Connor  Youngstown (USHL)  6-1  177  LW 
15  Thomas Chabot  Saint John (QMJHL)  6-1  181  D 
16  Brandon Carlo  Tri-City (WHL)  6-4  198  D 
17  Filip Chlapik  Charlottetown (QMJHL)  6-0  194  C 
18  Jansen Harkins  Prince George (WHL)  6-0  177  C 
19  Paul Bittner  Portland (WHL)  6-4  206  LW 
20  Daniel Sprong  Charlottetown (QMJHL)   6-0  189  RW 
21  Evgeny Svechnikov  Cape Breton (QMJHL)  6-2  199  LW 
22  Jordan Greenway  US U-18  6-4  222  LW 
23  Jeremy Roy  Sherbrooke (QMJHL)  5-11  189  D 
24  Jake DeBrusk  Swift Current (WHL)  5-11  171  LW 
25  Nicolas Roy  Chicoutimi (QMJHL)  6-4  199  C 
26  Travis Konecny  Ottawa (OHL)  5-9  174  C 
27  Colin White  US U-18  6-0  183  C 
28  Brock Boeser  Waterloo (USHL)  6-0  191  RW 
29  Thomas Novak  Waterloo (USHL)  6-0  179  C 
30  Guillaume Brisebois  Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL)  6-1  170  D 
 

International Skaters

 
RANK NAME TEAM (LEAGUE) HT WT POS
1  Oliver Kylington  AIK (SWE2)  6-0  181  D 
2  Mikko Rantanen  TPS (FIN) 6-3  211  RW 
3  Jens Looke  Brynas (SWE)  6-0  180  RW 
4  Michael Spacek  Pardubice (CZE)  5-11  187  RW 
5  Jacob Larsson  Frolunda Jr. (SWEJR)  6-2  191  D 
6  Gabriel Carlsson  Linkoping Jr. (SWEJR)  6-4  183  D 
7  Denis Gurianov  Togliatti 2 (RUSJR)  6-2  183  RW 
8  Filip Ahl  HV 71 Jr. (SWEJR)  6-3  211  LW 
9  Sebastian Aho  Skelleftea (SWE)  5-9  165  D 
10  David Kase  Chomutov (CZE2)  5-11  169  RW 
11  Roope Hintz  Ilves (FIN)  6-2  185  LW 
12  Jonas Siegenthaler  Zurich (SUI)  6-2 220  D 
13  Yegor Rykov  SKA St. Petersburg 2 (RUSJR)  6-1  216  D 
14  Alexander Dergachyov  SKA St. Petersburg 2 (RUSJR)  6-4  200  C 
15  Jesper Lindgren  Modo Jr. (SWEJR)  6-0  161  D 
16  Sebastian Aho  Karpat (FIN)  5-11  172  RW 
17  Robin Kovacs  AIK (SWE2)  6-0  172  RW 
18  Artem Volkov  MVD Balashikha 2 (RUSJR)  6-1  189  D 
19  Lucas Carlsson  Brynas Jr. (SWEJR)  6-0  180  D 
20  Lukas Jasek  Trinec (CZE)  5-11  165  RW 
21  Julius Nattinen  JYP 2 (FIN2)  6-1  191  C 
22  Joel Eriksson Ek  Farjestad Jr. (SWEJR)  6-1  180  C 
23  Denis Malgin  Zurich (SUI)  5-8  163  C 
24  Erik Cernak  Kosice (SVK)  6-3  203  D 
25  Aleksi Saarela  Assat (FIN)  5-10  198  C 
26  Vladislav Gavrikov  Yaroslavl 2 (RUSJR)  6-2  205  D 
27  Jan Ordos  Liberec Jr. (CZEJR)  5-11  176  LW 
28  Jan Dufek  Brno Jr. (CZEJR)  5-11  172  RW 
29  Dmitri Yudin  St. Petersburg (RUS)  6-2  185  D 
30  Roman Dymacek  Brno Jr. (CZEJR)  6-0  175  LW 
 

 

North American and International Goaltenders

 
RANK NAME TEAM (LEAGUE) HT WT
NA1  Mackenzie Blackwood  Barrie (OHL)  6-4  215 
NA2  Callum Booth  Quebec (QMJHL)  6-2  199 
NA3  Samuel Montembeault  Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL)   6-2  164 
NA4  Matej Tomek  Topeka (NAHL)  6-2  180 
NA5  Luke Opilka   US U-18  6-1  192 
NA6  Michael McNiven  Owen Sound (OHL)  6-0  205 
NA7  Michael Lackey  US U-18  6-2  214 
NA8  Nick Schneider  Medicine Hat (WHL)  6-1  160 
NA9  Adin Hill  Portland (WHL)  6-3  198 
NA10  Connor Hicks  Belleville (OHL)  6-3  189 
INT1  Ilya Samsonov  Manitogorsk 2 (RUSJR)  6-3  200 
INT2  Daniel Vladar  Kladno (CZE2)  6-5  185 
INT3  Felix Sandstrom   Brynas Jr. (SWEJR)  6-2  191 
INT4  Denis Godla  Bratislava (RUS)  5-11  176 
INT5  Adam Huska  Slovakia U-18 (SVK2)  6-3  189 
INT6  Adam Werner  Farjestad Jr. (SWEJR)  6-4  185 
INT7  Veini Vehvilainen  JYP 2 (FIN2)  6-0  180 
INT8  Christian Heljanko  HIFK Jr. (FINJR)  5-10  169 
INT9  Ales Stezka  Liberec Jr. (CZEJR)  6-3  178 
INT10  George Sorensen  Herning (DEN)  5-10  172