{"id":129699,"date":"2022-06-12T19:16:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T23:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=129699"},"modified":"2025-10-10T22:52:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T02:52:23","slug":"danny-zhilkin-scouting-report-2022-nhl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/06\/12\/danny-zhilkin-scouting-report-2022-nhl-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Zhilkin Scouting Report: 2022 NHL Draft #45"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the daily column that brings you the next crop of professional hockey players. Each day I will bring you a new player profile or topical article in the lead-up to the 2022 NHL Draft. Be sure to bookmark the site,\u00a0follow me on Twitter<\/a>, and spread the word for the site that will bring you analytical and critical profiles and scouting reports! Last Word On Hockey Prospects is your new headquarters for everything \u201cNHL Draft\u201d! We have a complete listing of our\u00a0draft articles here<\/a>. Today we bring you our Danny Zhilkin Scouting Report.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Drafted in the first round, #14 Overall, by the Guelph Storm in the 2019 OHL Priority Selection Draft, Danny Zhilkin had a breakout season after missing the 2020-21 season due to the COVID pandemic. He started hot right out of the gate with 15 points in his first 16 games. Zhilkin couldn’t quite keep up that pace but still posted 23 goals and 32 assists for 55 points in 66 games. He also added one goal and one assist in four playoff games. Unfortunately, the Storm fell in the first round. They lost in five games to the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. It was still a big improvement from Zhilkin’s rookie season. In 2019-20 he struggled to adjust to the OHL. Zhilkin had just seven goals and 15 points in 60 games before the season was shut down.<\/p>\n

Despite not playing during the 2020-21 season, Zhilkin still made Team Canada for the 2021 IIHF Under-18 World Championships. He picked up two assists in seven games and helped Team Canada to a gold medal. He also played for Team Canada Black in the 2019-20 Under-17 World Hockey Challenge. Zhilkin scored four goals and six points in the five-game tournament.<\/p>\n

Danny Zhilkin Scouting Report<\/h2>\n

Centre — shoots Left
\nBorn December 19th, 2003 — Moscow, Russia (moved to Mississauga, Ontario at age 9)
\nHeight 6’0.75″ — Weight 196 lbs [185 cm\/ 89 kg]<\/p>\n