Vancouver Canucks: Three NHL prospects if they pick 11 to 20th

Alex Newhook, centre

5″11′, 190lbs ,Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL), committed to Boston College 

HockeyProspects.com #16

McKeen’s Hockey #15

Corey Pronman of TheAthletic.com: #19

Alex Newhook plays right in our backyard, he was named the captain of the Victoria Grizzlies before the season began, and he has been on a tear pretty much since that day. He currently has 74 points in 43 games (25 goals and 49 assists).

Newhook currently plays the centre position in the BCHL but from the games I have seen him in this season I think there is room for him to become a winger at the next level, whether that be next season at Boston College or later on in his career when he arrives in the NHL.

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Newhook was snubbed out of team Canada’s junior teams invite this year but I would be shocked to not see him on the World Junior roster next year. He has a very quick release and finds both of the top corners with ease.

This Newfoundlander has found a home in BC and has been quoted talking about how much he loves life on the west coast, even though he will be heading back east next year to play with Boston College.

Newhook is actually pretty physical at the BCHL level, due to being 190 pounds I think that is a huge advantage for him in this lesser league when you compare it to the Major Junior leagues.

Something that is lacking in Newhook’s game is his defensive ability, he looks lost at times for a centre and is on occasion the last man back when switching to the defensive zone.

For that reason I do project Newhook to be a winger when he does finally arrive at the NHL level, his faceoff ability was lacking immensely at the start of the season but his skill in the dot has grown quite a bit. From watching him lately, it seems he is winning more draws than he loses, when at the beginning of the season he was basically just swinging his stick around like a first-grader in gym class.

Newhook is an absolute monster in this league and for all you folks with a BCHL team in your area you should check the schedule of your local team and get out to a game, these BCHL games are cheap entertainment and Newhook makes it worth every dollar you spend. A lot of these BCHL games have five dollar beers at the concession too so you can’t really go wrong.