Knight fares well at NHL Combine

A pair of Sioux recruits are in Toronto this weekend at the NHL Combine in Danny Mattson and Corban Knight. Both are projected to go between the second and fourth rounds in June.

Knight, who was a big mover from Central Scouting's midterm rankings to the final rankings, may have solidified his draft position at the Combine.

Out of the 104 players in Toronto, Knight ranked high in both endurance and strength. The NHL released test results for top-10 performers in each exercise.

Knight, who measured 6-1, 180, was third (first among North Americans) in the dreaded VO2max bike test. Yeah, the one that caused Jonny Toews to lose his lunch a few years ago. He also finished second in pushups and was top 10 in pull strength and upper-body strength.

Roseau's Mike Lee, a St. Cloud State recruit, worked his way into the top 10 in a few categories, too.

Minnesota's Jordan Schroeder, despite being one of the smaller players there, nearly won the bench press competition. He along with Notre Dame recruit Kyle Palmieri were posterboys for what the NTDP does to improve its players physically. NTDP products fared very well.

VO2max top 10

1. Sami Vatanen, Finland, 68.9
2. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Sweden, 68.7
3. Corban Knight, North Dakota, 68.4
4. Cody Eakin, WHL, 65.0
5. Carter Ashton, WHL, 64.6
6. Tyson Barrie, WHL, 64.6
7. Matthew Hackett, OHL, 63.6
8. Tim Erixon, Sweden, 63.4
9. Ryan Button, WHL, 62.6
10. Jordan Caron, QMJHL, 62.5

Push-up top 10

1. Kyle Palmieri, Notre Dame, 41
2. Corban Knight, North Dakota, 40
3. Mac Bennett, Michigan, 40
4. Jordan Szwarz, OHL, 39
5. Erik Haula, Minnesota, 38
6. Tomas Tatar, Slovakia, 36
7. John Moore, Colorado College, 36
8. Mike Lee, Roseau and SCSU, 35
9. Jordan Schroeder, Minnesota, 34
10. Dmitri Orlov, Russia, 33

Push-up body weight top 10

1. Kyle Palmieri, Notre Dame, 7757
2. Corban Knight, North Dakota, 7084
3. Jordan Szwarz, OHL, 7051
4. John Moore, Colorado College, 6898
5. Mac Bennett, Michigan, 6811
6. Erik Haula, Minnesota, 6639
7. Dmitri Orlov, Russia, 6570
8. Tomas Tatar, Slovakia 6516
9. Mike Lee, Roseau and SCSU, 6444
10. Kenny Ryan, Boston College, 6336

Pull strength top 10

1. Kyle Palmieri, Notre Dame, 309
2. Kenny Ryan, Boston College, 296
3. John Moore, Colorado College, 286
4. Josh Birkholz, Minnesota, 281
5. William Wrenn, Denver, 280
6. Jordan Caron, QMJHL, 279
7. Victor Hedman, Sweden, 276
8. Eric Gelinas, QMJHL, 269
9. Corban Knight, North Dakota, 267
10. Nick Leddy, Minnesota, 263

Upper body power (4kg ball)

1. Matt Clark, OHL, 243
2. Chris Kreider, Boston College, 234
3. Brayden Schenn, WHL, 233
4. Corban Knight, North Dakota, 225
5. Kenny Ryan, Boston College, 225
6. Jeremy Morin, OHL, 224
7. Burke Gallimore, WHL, 224
8. Taylor Doherty, OHL, 223
9. Carter Ashton, WHL, 222
10. David Gilbert, QMJHL, 222

Fatigue index

1. Brayden McNabb, WHL, 37.1
2. Burke Gallimore, WHL, 39.0
3. Kenny Ryan, Boston College, 39.9
4. Taylor Beck, OHL, 40.4
5. Nazem Kadri, OHL, 40.7
6. Drew Shore, Denver, 40.8
7. Cassidy Mappin, WHL, 40.8
8. Mike Lee, Roseau and SCSU, 41.0
9. Mac Bennett, Michigan, 41.1
10. Eric Gelinas, QMJHL, 42.3

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