The first day of workouts are done and no one has stood way out above the crowd. There are a few exercises that some prospect stood out. Top prospect, Evander Kane, stood out with a 37 when he was measured on the sum of 6 Skinfolds (mm). Try that at home boys and girls, he is very lean! It also came out how lean he is with a 7% body fat number.

Other numbers that stood out was on the curl ups. The average was 16.1 and David Gilbert from Quebec (QMJHL) did 44 and Drew Shore from USA U-18 (USDP) did 41. Bench Press (# of 150lb reps) had a top prospect come out well when Jordan Schroeder of the University of Minnesota (WCHA) used that college training and threw up the weight 17 times which was good for the 2nd best. He also was the silver medal winner on the Bench Press (lb/lb body weight) with a number of 14.3 but Chris Kreider of Andover (HIGH-MA) blew away the competition with an astounding 23.5 number. The average was 9.

A player that possibly will be there when the Blue Jackets select at #16 that they might be interested in is John Moore. He showed good numbers on his upper body strength numbers.

There will be more workouts and interviews today. I will try to keep you up to date. Below are some of the top numbers from some of the testing that went on yesterday. All the numbers are being reported by Central Scouting Service.

Anaerobic Fitness: Peak Power Output (watts/kg)
13.4 This Year's Average (higher is better)

15.2 JOSH BIRKHOLZ FARGO (USHL)
15.1 GABRIEL LEMIEUX SHAWINIGAN (QMJHL)
14.9 TAYLOR DOHERTY KINGSTON (OHL)
14.8 RYAN O'REILLY ERIE (OHL)
14.7 BURKE GALLIMORE SASKATOON (WHL)

Anaerobic Fitness: Mean Power Output (watts/kg)
10.3 This Year's Average (higher is better)

11.8 BURKE GALLIMORE SASKATOON (WHL)
11.6 BRIAN DUMOULIN JR. MONARCHS (EJHL)
11.3 RYAN BOURQUE USA U-18 (USDP)
11.1 GABRIEL LEMIEUX SHAWINIGAN (QMJHL)
11.0 EVANDER KANE VANCOUVER (WHL)

Anaerobic Fitness: Fatigue Index
51.9 This Year's Average (Lower is Better)

39.0 BURKE GALLIMORE SASKATOON (WHL)
39.9 KENNY RYAN USA U-18 (USDP)
40.8 DREW SHORE USA U-18 (USDP)
41.0 MICHAEL LEE FARGO (USHL)
41.1 MAC BENNETT HOTCHKISS SCHOOL (HIGH-CT)

Aerobic Fitness: VO2max (ml/kg/min)
56.4 This Year's Average (Higher is Better)

68.4 CORBAN KNIGHT OKOTOKS (AJHL)
63.8 TYSON BARRIE KELOWNA (WHL)
62.5 JORDAN CARON RIMOUSKI (QMJHL)
62.3 ALEXANDER FALLSTROM SHAT.ST.MARY'S (HIGH-MN)
61.6 RYAN O'REILLY ERIE (OHL)

Anthropometry: Wing Span (inches)
74.2 This Year's Average

80 TAYLOR DOHERTY KINGSTON (OHL)
80 BRIAN DUMOULIN JR. MONARCHS (EJHL)
79 JARED COWEN SPOKANE (WHL)
78 EDWARD PASQUALE SAGINAW (OHL)
77 DYLAN OLSEN CAMROSE (AJHL)
77 ERIC GELINAS LEWISTON (QMJHL)
77 SETH HELGESON SIOUX CITY (USHL)

Anthropometry: Sum of 6 Skinfolds (mm)
84.6 This Year's Average (I think this is a typo, it may be 64.8, last year was 63.8)

37 EVANDER KANE VANCOUVER (WHL)
39 GABRIEL LEMIEUX SHAWINIGAN (QMJHL)
39 CHRIS KREIDER ANDOVER (HIGH-MA)
41 LOUIS LEBLANC OMAHA (USHL)
43 ERIC GELINAS LEWISTON (QMJHL)
43 NICK LEDDY EDEN PRAIRIE (HIGH-MN)

Anthropometry: Yuhasz % Body Fat
10.9 This Year's Average

6 BRIAN DUMOULIN JR. MONARCHS (EJHL)
7 EVANDER KANE VANCOUVER (WHL)
7 GABRIEL LEMIEUX SHAWINIGAN (QMJHL)
8 CHRIS KREIDER ANDOVER (HIGH-MA)
8 LOUIS LEBLANC OMAHA (USHL)

Coordination: Hand-Eye
36.4 This Year's Average

26.9 TAYLOR DOHERTY KINGSTON (OHL)
29.4 JARED COWEN SPOKANE (WHL)
29.7 EDWARD PASQUALE SAGINAW (OHL)
29.9 RYAN ELLIS WINDSOR (OHL)
30.3 JESSE BLACKER WINDSOR (OHL)

Musculoskeletal: Standing Long Jump (in)
103.9 This Year's Average

119 MAC BENNETT HOTCHKISS SCHOOL (HIGH-CT)
115 KYLE PALMIERI USA U-18 (USDP)
115 LOUIS LEBLANC OMAHA (USHL)
115 JEREMY MORIN USA U-18 (USDP)
115 CHRIS KREIDER ANDOVER (HIGH-MA)
115 JOSH BIRKHOLZ FARGO (USHL)

Musculoskeletal: Vertek Vertical Jump/Pause (in)
25.7 This year's averages

33 KYLE PALMIERI USA U-18 (USDP)
33 RYAN BOURQUE USA U-18 (USDP)
32 MATT CLARK BRAMPTON (OHL)
32 CHRIS KREIDER ANDOVER (HIGH-MA)
32 JEREMY MORIN USA U-18 (USDP)
32 CHRIS BROWN USA U-18 (USDP)

Musculoskeletal: Vertek Leg Power Average (Lewis)
1494.8 This year's averages

1918 TAYLOR DOHERTY KINGSTON (OHL)
1864 MATT CLARK BRAMPTON (OHL)
1738 CHRIS KREIDER ANDOVER (HIGH-MA)
1706 VICTOR HEDMAN MODO (SWEDEN)
1703 KENNY RYAN USA U-18 (USDP)

Musculoskeletal: Vertek Leg Power Peak (Sayers)
5932.4 This year's averages

9669 DANNY MATTSON HOLY ANGELS (HIGH-MN)
8972 ALEX CHIASSON DES MOINES (USHL)
8024 MAC BENNETT HOTCHKISS SCHOOL (HIGH-CT)
7255 TAYLOR DOHERTY KINGSTON (OHL)
7214 MATT CLARK BRAMPTON (OHL)

Musculoskeletal: Vertek Vertical Jump/No Pause (in)
26.9 This year's averages

34 MAC BENNETT HOTCHKISS SCHOOL (HIGH-CT)
33 KYLE PALMIERI USA U-18 (USDP)
33 MATT CLARK BRAMPTON (OHL)
33 TAYLOR DOHERTY KINGSTON (OHL)
33 CHRIS BROWN USA U-18 (USDP)

Musculoskeletal: 4 Jump (Mat) Mode: Average Jump Height
20.5 This year's averages

28 KYLE PALMIERI USA U-18 (USDP)
26 JOSH BIRKHOLZ FARGO (USHL)
26 TAYLOR DOHERTY KINGSTON (OHL)
25 MAC BENNETT HOTCHKISS SCHOOL (HIGH-CT)
25 ALEX VELISCHEK DELBARTON (HIGH-NJ)

Musculoskeletal: Curl-Ups (max #)
16.1 This year's averages

44 DAVID GILBERT QUEBEC (QMJHL)
41 DREW SHORE USA U-18 (USDP)
31 KYLE PALMIERI USA U-18 (USDP)
31 JOHN TAVARES LONDON (OHL)
30 TYSON BARRIE KELOWNA (WHL)

Musculoskeletal: Right Hand Grip (lb)
130.5 This year's averages

167 JARED COWEN SPOKANE (WHL)
156 JESSE BLACKER WINDSOR (OHL)
152 CHRIS KREIDER ANDOVER (HIGH-MA)
152 JOSH BIRKHOLZ FARGO (USHL)
152 SCOTT STAJCER OWEN SOUND (OHL)
152 NICK LEDDY EDEN PRAIRIE (HIGH-MN)

Musculoskeletal: Left Hand Grip (lb)
125.2 This year's averages

150 JEFF COSTELLO CEDAR RAPIDS (USHL)
150 BRANDON MAXWELL USA U-18 (USDP)
148 DMITRY KULIKOV DRUMMONDVILLE (QMJHL)
147 JOSH BIRKHOLZ FARGO (USHL)
145 PHILIPPE PARADIS SHAWINIGAN (QMJHL)

Musculoskeletal: Bench Press (# of 150lb reps)
11.2 This year's averages

18 RYAN O'REILLY ERIE (OHL)
17 JORDAN SCHROEDER U OF MINNESOTA (WCHA)
17 KYLE PALMIERI USA U-18 (USDP)
16 TAYLOR DOHERTY KINGSTON (OHL)
16 EVANDER KANE VANCOUVER (WHL)
16 ZACH BUDISH EDINA HIGH (HIGH-MN)
16 JORDAN CARON RIMOUSKI (QMJHL)
16 ZACK KASSIAN PETERBOROUGH (OHL)
16 KENNY RYAN USA U-18 (USDP)

Musculoskeletal: Bench Press (lb/lb body weight)
9.0 This year's averages

23.5 CHRIS KREIDER ANDOVER (HIGH-MA)
14.3 JORDAN SCHROEDER U OF MINNESOTA (WCHA)
13.6 RYAN O'REILLY ERIE (OHL)
13.5 KYLE PALMIERI USA U-18 (USDP)
13.2 EVANDER KANE VANCOUVER (WHL)

Musculoskeletal: Push-Ups (max #)
26.3 This year's averages

41 KYLE PALMIERI USA U-18 (USDP)
40 MAC BENNETT HOTCHKISS SCHOOL (HIGH-CT)
40 CORBAN KNIGHT OKOTOKS (AJHL)
38 ERIK HAULA SHAT.ST.MARY'S (HIGH-MN)
36 JOHN MOORE CHICAGO (USHL)

Musculoskeletal: Push-Ups * Body Weight (lb)
4991.1 This year's averages

9326 EDWARD PASQUALE SAGINAW (OHL)
7757 KYLE PALMIERI USA U-18 (USDP)
7084 CORBAN KNIGHT OKOTOKS (AJHL)
6898 JOHN MOORE CHICAGO (USHL)
6811 MAC BENNETT HOTCHKISS SCHOOL (HIGH-CT)


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