For the first time in site history, Second City Hockey unveiled an updated midseason Top 25 Under 25 series on Blackhawks players and prospects. And now it’s time for another first — unveiling the votes.
SCH started doing a T25U25 series back in 2014, but hasn’t showed the ballots casted by its staff members until now. All ballots were finalized Jan. 8.
Alex DeBrincat took the top spot at No. 1 by a unanimous vote. Defensemen Henri Jokiharju and Adam Boqvist, goaltender Collin Delia and center Dylan Strome rounded out the top five. Strome, who was acquired from Arizona in November, was also ranked No. 5 by SB Nation’s Coyotes site Five For Howling in August.
Defenseman Blake Hillman (No. 21) and wingers Brandon Hagel (No. 23), John Hayden (No. 24) and Artur Kayumov (No. 25) all made the list despite not receiving votes from at least two ballots.
Wingers Andrei Altybarmakyan and Alexandre Fortin, goaltender Alexis Gravel and defenseman Darren Raddysh all received votes, but did not make the list.
SCH T25U25 2018-19 midseason breakdown
| Ranking | Player | Highest Ranking | Lowest Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex DeBrincat | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Henri Jokiharju | 2 – BR/DM/ML/NR | 3 – BC/SB |
| 3 | Adam Boqvist | 2 – BC/SB | 4 – NR |
| 4 | Collin Delia | 3 – NR | 6 – BR |
| 5 | Dylan Strome | 4 – BR/DM/ML | 6 – BC/SB |
| 6 | Ian Mitchell | 4 – BC | 6 – DM/ML/NR |
| 7 | Nicolas Beaudin | 7 – BC/DM | 9 – SB |
| 8 | Dominik Kahun | 7 – BR/NR | 8 – BC/DM/ML/SB |
| 9 | Dylan Sikura | 7 – SB | 13 – DM |
| 10 | Philipp Kurashev | 9 – NR | 11 – BR/ML |
| 11 | Brendan Perlini | 9 – BR/ML | 13 – DM |
| 12 | Jake Wise | 10 – BR | 17 – NR |
| 13 | David Kampf | 12 – DM | 15 – BC |
| 14 | Evan Barratt | 10 – SB | 17 – BR |
| 15 | MacKenzie Entwistle | 12 – SB | 18 – BC |
| 16 | Carl Dahlstrom | 11 – DM | 18 – BR/ML |
| 17 | Chad Krys | 19 – DM/SB | 16 – BC/BR/NR |
| 18 | Niklas Nordgren | 12 – BR | 25 – DM |
| 19 | Gustav Forsling | 17 – SB | 24 – BR |
| 20 | Lucas Carlsson | 19 – BR | 24 – SB |
| 21 | Blake Hillman | 20 – BR | Unranked – BC/DM |
| 22 | Tim Soderlund | 22 – BR | 25 – BC |
| 23 | Brandon Hagel | 20 – BC | Unranked – BR/SB |
| 24 | John Hayden | 17 – DM | Unranked – BR/ML/NR |
| 25 | Artur Kayumov | 21 – DM | Unranked – NR/SB |
SCH’s T25U25 2018-19 midseason votes
| Ranking | Brandon | Brad | Dave | Matt | Nick | Shalyn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeBrincat | DeBrincat | DeBrincat | DeBrincat | DeBrincat | DeBrincat |
| 2 | Boqvist | Jokiharju | Jokiharju | Jokiharju | Jokiharju | Boqvist |
| 3 | Jokiharju | Boqvist | Boqvist | Boqvist | Delia | Jokiharju |
| 4 | Mitchell | Strome | Strome | Strome | Boqvist | Delia |
| 5 | Delia | Mitchell | Delia | Delia | Strome | Mitchell |
| 6 | Strome | Delia | Mitchell | Mitchell | Mitchell | Strome |
| 7 | Beaudin | Kahun | Beaudin | Beaduin | Kahun | D. Sikura |
| 8 | Kahun | Beaudin | Kahun | Kahun | Beaudin | Kahun |
| 9 | D. Sikura | Perlini | D. Sikura | Perlini | Kurashev | Beaudin |
| 10 | Kurashev | Wise | Kurashev | D. Sikura | D. Sikura | Barratt |
| 11 | Perlini | Kurashev | Dahlstrom | Kurashev | Perlini | Wise |
| 12 | Wise | Nordgren | Kampf | Wise | Dahlstrom | Entwistle |
| 13 | Barratt | D. Sikura | Perlini | Barratt | Entwistle | Kampf |
| 14 | Nordgren | Kampf | Entwistle | Kampf | Kampf | Perlini |
| 15 | Kampf | Entwistle | Barratt | Entwistle | Barratt | Kurashev |
| 16 | Krys | Krys | Wise | Nordgren | Krys | Dahlstrom |
| 17 | Dahlstrom | Barratt | Hayden | Krys | Wise | Forsling |
| 18 | Entwistle | Dahlstrom | Forsling | Dahlstrom | Nordgren | Nordgren |
| 19 | Forsling | Carlsson | Krys | Forsling | Carlsson | Krys |
| 20 | Hagel | Hillman | Carlsson | Carlsson | Raddysh | Fortin |
| 21 | Hayden | Gravel | Kayumov | Hillman | Hillman | Gravel |
| 22 | Carlsson | Soderlund | Altybarmakyan | Hagel | Hagel | Hillman |
| 23 | Kayumov | Kayumov | Soderlund | Soderlund | Soderlund | Soderlund |
| 24 | Altybarmakyan | Forsling | Hagel | Kayumov | Altybarmakyan | Carlsson |
| 25 | Soderlund | Altybarmakyan | Nordgren | Altybarmakyan | Gravel | Hayden |