Merritt Centennials’ forward Colin Grannary is one of six BCHL players named to NHL Central Scouting’s mid-term rankings list which was released Tuesday.

The player rankings are compiled in advance of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, scheduled for the First Niagara Centre in Buffalo, NY from June 24 to 25.

A total of 14 Junior A players from across Canada are named in the mid-term rankings.

The other BCHL players listed are Tyson Jost and Dante Fabbro (Penticton Vees), Dennis Cholowski and Kohen Olischefski (Chilliwack Chiefs) and Kyle Betts (Powell River Kings).

Colin Grannary

Colin Grannary

A total of 14 Junior A players from across Canada are named in the mid-term rankings.

All six listed BCHL players have also been chosen to play for Team West in the 2016 CJHL Prospects Game, scheduled for Jan. 26 at the South Surrey Arena.

The Prospects Game was created to showcase the top NHL prospects in Canadian Junior A hockey, as identified by NHL Central Scouting.

The game features players from the CJHL’s five western leagues (BCHL, AJHL, SJHL, MJHL, SIJHL) competing against players from the five eastern leagues (NOJHL, OJHL, CCHL, QJHL, MHL). The winning team is presented with the President’s Cup.

This year’s Team West includes nine players from the BCHL. In addition to Grannary, Fabbro, Jost, Cholowski, Olischefski and Betts,  the Chiefs’ Jesse Lansdell, Blake Hayward (Coquitlam Chiefs) and Jeffrey Stewart (Surrey Eagles) will also take part.

Head coach for Team West is Brandon West from the Salmon Arm Silverbacks.

The 18-year-old Grannary, who hails from Delta, is in his second season with the Centennials. In 96 career games in the BCHL, he has scored 40 goals and added 43 assists for 83 points.

This season, the five-foot, 11-inch, 180-pound Grannary sits in sixth place in overall league scoring with 59 points (24 goals, 35 assists) in 43 games.

Penticton’s Jost and Dante Fabbro are listed as ‘A’ prospects, indicating a potential first or second-round pick at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. The four other BCHL players listed, including Grannary, are rated as ‘C’ prospects, indicating a possible fourth-round pick or lower.