When you lead the league in scoring for the first two weeks of the season before capping the campaign as your team’s top scorer, things are going to happen.
The NHL Central Scouting Service announced Tuesday that Korczak was among 36 WHL players to be listed on their early-season ‘Players to Watch’ list, and one of five players from the league to receive an ‘A’ rating.
That rating is significant — it indicates a player is projected to go in the first round of next year's NHL Draft, while ‘B’ ranked players are second- or third-round candidates and a ‘C’ rating means fourth-, fifth- or sixth-round potential.
Korczak got off to an outstanding start to the 2019-20 campaign, putting up two goals and 10 points in his first five games to hold the WHL scoring lead heading into October. All told, he’d cap the campaign with 18 goals and 67 points in 62 games, leading the Warriors in scoring.
Korczak wasn’t the only member of the local squad listed.
First-round Bantam draft pick Eric Alarie (7-14-21) and defenceman Cole Jordan (1-6-7) both received ‘C’ ratings, as did first-round Import Draft pick Martin Rysavy (15-20-35 with three Czech Republic teams).
The Brandon Wheat Kings, Prince Albert Raiders, Portland Winterhawks, Red Deer Rebels and Seattle Thunderbirds also had three players listed.
