The Prince George Cougars will be represented in the 24th annual NHL Top Prospects Game Wednesday, January 23rd, in Red Deer.
Goaltender Taylor Gauthier is one of 40 CHL players (16 from the WHL) named to the roster.
The players will be divided into Team Cherry and Team Orr by NHL Central Scouting prior to the event.
NEWS: Taylor Gauthier named to Sherwin-Williams CHL / NHL Top Prospects Game roster. | #SWTP #WHL
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The 17-year-old Gauthier has a 7-12-1-1 record, to go along with a 3.36 goals-against-average (GAA) and a .892 save-percentage (SV%) this season.
Gauthier has been rated a “B” prospect by Central Scouting, meaning he is a projected 2nd or 3rd round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft.
Ty Edmonds was the last Cougars goaltender selected to play in the CHL / NHL Top Prospects game, as he suited up for Team Cherry in 2014.
Other former Cougars to recently play in the game are Nikita Popugaev (2017) and Jansen Harkins (2015).
2019 Sherwin-Williams CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game Roster:
GOALTENDERS:
Colten Ellis (Rimouski Océanic)
Taylor Gauthier (Prince George Cougars)
Hunter Jones (Peterborough Petes)
Mads Sogaard (Medicine Hat Tigers)
DEFENCEMEN:
Samuel Bolduc (Blainville-Boisbriand Armada)
Bowen Byram (Vancouver Giants)
Billy Constantinou (Kingston Frontenacs)
Thomas Harley (Mississauga Steelheads)
Artemi Kniazev (Chicoutimi Saguenéens)
Vladislav Kolyachonok (Flint Firebirds)
Kaedan Korczak (Kelowna Rockets)
Jake Lee (Seattle Thunderbirds)
Nikita Okhotyuk (Ottawa 67’s)
Matthew Robertson (Edmonton Oil Kings)
Lassi Thomson (Kelowna Rockets)
Michael Vukojevic (Kitchener Rangers)
FORWARDS:
Nikita Alexandrov (Charlottetown Islanders)
Maxim Cajkovic (Saint John Sea Dogs)
Joe Carroll (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
Graeme Clarke (Ottawa 67’s)
Dylan Cozens (Lethbridge Hurricanes)
Kirby Dach (Saskatoon Blades)
Nolan Foote (Kelowna Rockets)
Matvey Guskov (London Knights)
Dillon Hamaliuk (Seattle Thunderbirds)
Arthur Kaliyev (Hamilton Bulldogs)
Peyton Krebs (Kootenay ICE)
Raphaël Lavoie (Halifax Mooseheads)
Brett Leason (Prince Albert Raiders)
Nathan Légaré (Baie-Comeau Drakkar)
Connor McMichael (London Knights)
Sasha Mutala (Tri-City Americans)
Jakob Pelletier (Moncton Wildcats)
Samuel Poulin (Sherbrooke Phoenix)
Jamieson Rees (Sarnia Sting)
Nick Robertson (Peterborough Petes)
Ryan Suzuki (Barrie Colts)
Philip Tomasino (Niagara IceDogs)
Josh Williams (Medicine Hat Tigers)
Oleg Zaytsev (Red Deer Rebels)
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— The WHL (@TheWHL) December 13, 2018