Study: College players fit in well in NHL

[LadyStanley]

http://espn.go.com/blog/nhl/post/_/id/31606/study-college-players-fit-in-well-in-nhl

From College Hockey Inc. (so some bias ):

A study of players selected in the NHL draft from 2000 to 2006 shows that an incredible 70 percent of U.S. college players taken in the first round went on to play at least 300 NHL games (100 or more games for goalies drafted in the first round) compared to 57 percent of all other players selected in the first round through the same time period.

Now, the number of collegiate players selected during that period is significantly smaller than the number of players taken from the Canadian Hockey League and other sources of talent like European leagues: 46 from the NCAA, 100 from the CHL and 61 from Europe.

But I doubt this will reduce the debate (much).

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http://espn.go.com/blog/nhl/post/_/id/31606/study-college-players-fit-in-well-in-nhl

From College Hockey Inc. (so some bias ):




But I doubt this will reduce the debate (much).

I'm not shocked by this. I've thought for a while that scouts should be concentrating more on college hockey.

Also why I'd like to see the draft age raised.