Second City Hockey has released its first section of its annual Blackhawks top 25 players under 25 series. Laurent Dauphin made the list at No. 20 while defenseman Luc Snuggerud and goaltender Wouter Peeters came in at No. 21 and No. 22, respectively. Forwards Anthony Louis (23), Nathan Noel (24) and Artur Kayumov (25) barely made the list.
Kayumov took the biggest drop from last year’s No. 16 ranking while Snuggerud slipped only two spots. Louis, however, moved up one spot.
HAWKS
**Hawks T25U25: Laurent Dauphin at No. 20 (SCH)
**Prospect Bondra will return to WHL Prince George (SCH)
**Hawks T25U25: Luc Snuggerud at No. 21 (SCH)
**SCH GIF Tournament: The bracket (SCH)
**Toews explains why he joined social media (SCH)
**Prospect Parker Foo following in brother Spencer’s skate path (The Athletic)
CENTRAL DIVISION
**Public funding for Scottrade Center faces lawsuit, comptroller’s opposition (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
**Messenger: Scottrade lawsuit an opportunity for St. Louis to hit reset button (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
**Preds T25U25: Frederick Gaudreau at No. 10 (On The Forecheck)
**Preds T25U25: Samuel Girard at No. 11 (On The Forecheck)
**Hawerchuk to be inducted into Winnipeg Jets Hall of Fame (Sportsnet)
**Jets TU25U25: Kristian Vesalainen at No. 13 (Arctic Ice Hockey)
**Jets TU25U25: Andrew Copp at No. 14 (Arctic Ice Hockey)
**Avs T25U25: AJ Greer at No. 9 (Mile High Hockey)
**Avs T25U25: Chris Bigras at No. 10 (Mile High Hockey)
NHL
**NHL’s T25U25: Follow the complete list (SBN)
**NHL’s T25U25: Columbus’ Zach Werenski arrives at No. 11 (SBN)
**Coyotes’ coach isn’t too concerned about ‘beast’ Chychrun (PHT)
HOCKEY WORLD
**Canada cruises past Czechs to win gold at Ivan Hlinka tournament (Sportsnet)