North Bay Battalion defencemen Brady Lyle has been ranked #53 and defenceman Adam Thilander has been ranked #59 among North American-based skaters by the National Hockey League’s central scouting department in advance of the 2017 NHL Draft. Lyle and Thilander are among 59 Ontario Hockey League players rated in the 217-man midseason rankings for this summer’s draft that will take place over June 23rd and 24th in Chicago.
Lyle will turn 18 on June 6th and has three goals and 13 assists for 16 points in 40 games this season. Lyle is currently out indefinitely with a cut to his right thigh that he suffered last Thursday night. Lyle was the Battalion’s first-round pick, 18th overall in the 2015 OHL Priority Selection from Shattuck-St. Mary’s. Thilander was the Troops’ first-round choice, 36th overall, in the 2016 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft from the Skelleftea AIK under-20 team. He has three goals and 16 assists for 19 points in 38 games this season.
