WHL Rookie Scoring Leaders – Dec. 12

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Leading the rookie scoring race in the WHL is Nikita Scherbak who also happens to be  2014 NHL Draft eligible. The RW from Moscow is 6’2″ and has 18 goals and 25 assists so far this season. Following up next in the scoring race is Julius Honka from the Swift Current Broncos. We saw a lot of Honka last season playing for his native Finland and we raved about him more as we progressed to our last viewings of him in in Sochi last April. Honka has posted numbers all season long in his rookie WHL season and is making a move on NHL Draft boards. Sitting 3rd in rookie scoring is Mathew Barzal from the Seattle Thunderbirds. Barzal is eligible for the 2015 NHL Draft.

	Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
1	Nikita Scherbak	Saskatoon Blades	33	18	25	43
2	Julius Honka	Swift Current Broncos	33	11	23	34
3	Mathew Barzal	Seattle Thunderbirds	31	6	25	31
4	Ivan Nikolishin	Everett Silvertips	32	10	18	28
5	Nick Merkley	Kelowna Rockets	29	8	18	26
6	Rihards Bukarts	Brandon Wheat Kings	33	11	13	24
7	Tommy Vannelli	Medicine Hat Tigers	28	9	15	24
8	Aaron Irving	Edmonton Oil Kings	31	7	17	24
9	Garrett Haar	Portland Winterhawks	32	4	18	22
10	Radel Fazleev	Calgary Hitmen	31	4	15	19
11	Alex Schoenborn	Portland Winterhawks	32	9	8	17
12	Dmitry Sinitsyn	Regina Pats	30	2	15	17
13	Jujhar Khaira	Everett Silvertips	21	6	10	16
14	Tyler Soy	Victoria Royals	33	8	7	15
15	Justin Kirkland	Kelowna Rockets	27	5	10	15
16	Ben Thomas	Calgary Hitmen	31	2	13	15
17	Kris Schmidli	Kelowna Rockets	26	3	11	14
18	Zak Zborosky	Kootenay Ice	30	5	8	13
19	Peter Quenneville	Brandon Wheat Kings	15	6	6	12
20	Matteo Gennaro	Prince Albert Raiders	29	5	7	12