2013 NHL Draft Profile: Luke Johnson

With the 2013 NHL Entry Draft but a handful of days away, TOE will be providing draft profiles on UND's committed recruits who could hear their names called during Sunday's draft. Next up is incoming freshman forward Luke Johnson of Grand Forks, ND.


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Player Profiles:

• TOE Recruit Profile: Luke Johnson
• Western College Hockey Blog 2013 NHL Draft Prospect
• Future Considerations: Player Profile
• McKeen's Hockey Luke Johnson Heads Full Lincoln Draft Menu
• First Round Bust: Wisconsin & North Dakota NHL Draft Prospects

Player Rankings:

• No. 96: NHL Central Scouting (NAS)
• No. 105: The Hockey News (Ryan Kennedy)
• No. 139: Hockey Prospectus
• No. 146: Future Considerations
• No. 149: The Hockey Writers
• No. 151: North American Central Scouting
• No. 200: Hockey Prospect

What People Are Saying:

• Future Considerations: "an offensively skilled forward who, when he is playing the game at an appropriate effort level, is hard to stop...room for added muscle on his slight frame."
• Hockey Prospect: "will cut to the middle off the rush to get shots on net and can get open and park himself right in front of the opposition’s goal for chances in tight...goes to the net to pick up rebounds and loose pucks, but has to watch that he isn’t always taking long outside shots rather than driving the puck to the net...has the offensive instincts...pretty strong on his feet but still needs to add some size and strength."
• Jim Johannson (USA Hockey): "a really smart centerman, sees the ice well, uses linemates...makes linemates better."

Previous Draft Profiles:
Gage Ausmus


*Special thanks to these scouting services who granted permission to use their scouting reports for this profile series:
Hockey Prospect
Future Considerations