Patrick, Hischier named captains

TORONTO – Nolan Patrick and Nico Hischier will serve as captains at the 22nd annual Sherwin-Williams CHL/ NHL Top Prospects Game on Jan. 30 at the Centre Videotron in Quebec City. Patrick, of the Western hockey League’s Brandon Wheat Kings, is expected to go first overall in the NHL draft in June while Hischier, of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Halifax Mooseheads, is ranked third by the ISS scouting service. Patrick will captain Team Cherry and will have Maxime Comtois of the QMJHL’s Victoriaville Tigres and Owen Tippett of the Ontario Hockey League’s Mississauga Steelheads as alternate captains. Hischier will lead Team Orr with Nicolas Hague of the Steelheads and Michael Rasmussen of the WHL’s Tri-City Americans as alternates.