G Chet Pickard of the Tri-City Americans is ranked No. 1 overall among 38 goaltenders who are playing in North America and are eligible for the NHL’s 2008 draft. . . . The midterm rankings, from NHL Central Scouting, show C Kyle Beach of the Everett Silvertips as the highest-ranked WHL skater. In these rankings, all skaters eligible for the 2008 NHL draft are grouped together. Beach is ranked fourth overall, behind C Steve Stamkos of the OHL’s Sarnia Sting, D Drew Doughty of Guelph (OHL) and D Zach Botosian of the OHL’s Peterborough Petes. . . . D Tyler Myers of the Kelowna Rockets is ranked sixth, one spot ahead of teammate Luke Schenn, who also is a defenceman. Other WHLers ranked in the first round: 8. D Colby Robak of the Brandon Wheat Kings; 11. C Zach Boychuk, Lethbridge; 17. C Tyler Ennis, Medicine Hat; 18. D Luca Sbisa, Lethbridge; 24. C Jordan Eberle, Regina; 27. D Colten Teubert, Regina; 29. D Jyri Niemi, Saskatoon.
SECOND ROUND: 37. C Mitch Wahl, Spokane; 39. C Kruise Reddick, Tri-City; 43. C James Wright, Vancouver; 44. C Brandon McMillan, Kelowna; 45. LW Matt Calvert, Brandon; 50. D Matt Delahey, Regina; 51. D Michael Stone, Calgary; 52. C Lance Bouma, Vancouver; 54. D Travis Hamonic, Moose Jaw; 58. C Joel Broda, Moose Jaw.
THIRD ROUND: 63. D Eric Mestery, Tri-City; 68. C Brent Raedeke, Edmonton; 69. LW Geordie Wudrick, Swift Current; 88. RW Gary Nunn, Vancouver.
FOURTH ROUND: RW Dale Hunt, Prince George; 93. C Wacey Hamilton, Medicine Hat; 94. RW Ian Schultz, Calgary; 108. C Matt Tassone, Swift Current; 109. LW Jan Dalecky, Swift Current; 111. RW Tyler Shattock, Kamloops.
FIFTH ROUND: 126. C Dylan Hood, Kelowna; 128. D Teigan Zahn, Saskatoon; 129. D Chad Suer, Moose Jaw; 131. RW Matt Ius, Everett; 133. D Mike Reddington, Spokane; 135. LW Kevin King, Kootenay; 137. LW Jordan Mistelbacher, Everett; 138. D Jordan Rowley, Kamoops; 140. C Neal Prokop, Moose Jaw; 141. D Riley McIntosh, Kelowna; 143. LW Shayne Wiebe, Kamloops; 144. D Jared Spurgeon, Spokane;
SIXTH ROUND: 156. D Curtis Kulchar, Regina; 160. C Matt Sokol, Prince George; 165. D Brett Bartman, Spokane; 169. D Stefan Schneider, Vancouver.
SEVENTH ROUND: 196. D Eric Doyle, Swift Current.
GOALTENDERS: 1. Chet Pickard, Tri-City; 6. Jacob DeSerres, Seattle; 9. Braden Holtby, Saskatoon; 11. Dustin Tokarski, Spokane; 12. Martin Jones, Calgary; 14. Ian Curtis, Swift Current; 30. Morgan Clark, Red Deer; 34. Shayne Barrie, Everett; 37. Thomas Heemskerk, Kootenay.
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