Giorgios Pantelas $20.00 ▼ 60% Vertti Svensk $20.00 ▼ 60% Gleb Pugachyov $135.00 ▲ 170% Vilho Vanhatalo $20.00 ▼ 60% Olivers Murniecks $30.00 ▼ 40% Oscar Holmertz $40.00 ▼ 20% Landon Hafele $20.00 ▼ 60% Thomas Vandenberg $40.00 ▼ 20% Luke Schairer $60.00 ▲ 140% Markus Ruck $93.00 ▲ 264.8% Cooper Williams $20.00 ▼ 60% Jaxon Cover $113.00 ▲ 122.9% Brooks Rogowski $110.00 ▲ 120% Pierce Mbuyi $40.00 ▼ 20% Maddox Dagenais $185.00 ▲ 262.9% Tobias Tomik $0.01 ▼ 100% Nikita Shcherbakov $81.00 ▲ 62% Filip Novak $10.00 ▼ 80% Adam Goljer $70.00 ▲ 40% Blake Zielinski $60.00 ▲ 20% Brady Knowling $30.00 ▼ 40% Ben MacBeath $60.00 ▲ 140% Ryder Cali $72.00 ▲ 184.5% Samu Alalauri $60.00 ▲ 132.6% Axel Brongel-Larsson $0.01 ▼ 100% Theodor Knights $30.00 ▲ 20% Bruno Osmanis $0.01 ▼ 100% Landon Amrhein $0.01 ▼ 100% Jacob Xu $0.01 ▼ 100% Landon Nycz $40.00 ▲ 60% Rian Chudzinski $40.00 ▲ 60% Adam Nemec $60.00 ▲ 137.1% Max Isaksson $0.01 ▼ 100% Tomas Galvas $60.00 ▲ 135.4% Chase Harrington $101.00 ▲ 298.6% Yaroslav Fedoseyev $20.00 ▼ 20% Aleksei Vlasov $0.01 ▼ 100% Vladimir Dravecky $30.00 ▲ 20% Victor Plante $74.00 ▲ 191.3% Zach Jovanovski $20.00 ▼ 20% Frantisek Poletin $0.01 ▼ 100% Jasper Kuhta $10.00 ▼ 60% Charlie Morrison $60.00 ▲ 140% Joe Iginla $60.00 ▲ 136.5% Viktor Fyodorov $40.00 ▲ 60% Gavin McKenna $500.00 ▲ 61.4% Carson Carels $280.00 ▲ 81% Xavier Villeneuve $104.00 ▼ 30.7% Mathis Preston $68.00 ▼ 54.7% Adam Novotny $140.00 ▼ 6.7% Elton Hermansson $165.00 ▲ 10% Oliver Suvanto $170.00 ▲ 13.3% Marcus Nordmark $125.00 ▼ 16.7% Malte Gustafsson $200.00 ▲ 31% JP Hurlbert $145.00 ▲ 29.6% Simon Katolicky $30.00 ▼ 80% Daxon Rudolph $325.00 ▲ 113.7% Keaton Verhoeff $240.00 ▼ 20% Ivar Stenberg $400.00 ▲ 31.4% Tynan Lawrence $220.00 ▲ 10% Ethan Belchetz $180.00 ▼ 10% Alberts Smits $300.00 ▲ 48.4% Ryan Lin $155.00 ▼ 22.5% Chase Reid $265.00 ▲ 28% Ryan Roobroeck $104.00 ▼ 48% Viggo Bjork $250.00 ▲ 23.4% Juho Piiparinen $123.00 ▲ 11.8% Alexander Command $210.00 ▲ 90.9% Nikita Klepov $190.00 ▲ 70% Allessandro Di Iorio $40.00 ▼ 20% Tomas Chrenko $40.00 ▼ 21.1% Mikey Berchild $40.00 ▼ 20% Lavr Gashilov $30.00 ▼ 40% Jakub Vanecek $60.00 ▲ 20% Braidy Wassilyn $0.01 ▼ 100% Axel Elofsson $30.00 ▼ 40% Lars Steiner $20.00 ▼ 60% Wyatt Cullen $230.00 ▲ 353.6% Tobias Trejbal $86.00 ▲ 72% Adam Valentini $40.00 ▼ 21.2% Caleb Malhotra $350.00 ▲ 208.5% Ilia Morozov $160.00 ▲ 45.5% William Hakansson $66.00 ▼ 40% Egor Shilov $83.00 ▼ 25.8% Liam Ruck $150.00 ▲ 36.4% Simas Ignatacivius $91.00 ▼ 17.3% Niklas Aaram-Olsen $88.00 ▼ 20% Jack Hextall $119.00 ▲ 8.2% Colin Fitzgerald $10.00 ▼ 80% Casey Mutryn $96.00 ▲ 92% Giorgios Pantelas $20.00 ▼ 60% Vertti Svensk $20.00 ▼ 60% Gleb Pugachyov $135.00 ▲ 170% Vilho Vanhatalo $20.00 ▼ 60% Olivers Murniecks $30.00 ▼ 40% Oscar Holmertz $40.00 ▼ 20% Landon Hafele $20.00 ▼ 60% Thomas Vandenberg $40.00 ▼ 20% Luke Schairer $60.00 ▲ 140% Markus Ruck $93.00 ▲ 264.8% Cooper Williams $20.00 ▼ 60% Jaxon Cover $113.00 ▲ 122.9% Brooks Rogowski $110.00 ▲ 120% Pierce Mbuyi $40.00 ▼ 20% Maddox Dagenais $185.00 ▲ 262.9% Tobias Tomik $0.01 ▼ 100% Nikita Shcherbakov $81.00 ▲ 62% Filip Novak $10.00 ▼ 80% Adam Goljer $70.00 ▲ 40% Blake Zielinski $60.00 ▲ 20% Brady Knowling $30.00 ▼ 40% Ben MacBeath $60.00 ▲ 140% Ryder Cali $72.00 ▲ 184.5% Samu Alalauri $60.00 ▲ 132.6% Axel Brongel-Larsson $0.01 ▼ 100% Theodor Knights $30.00 ▲ 20% Bruno Osmanis $0.01 ▼ 100% Landon Amrhein $0.01 ▼ 100% Jacob Xu $0.01 ▼ 100% Landon Nycz $40.00 ▲ 60% Rian Chudzinski $40.00 ▲ 60% Adam Nemec $60.00 ▲ 137.1% Max Isaksson $0.01 ▼ 100% Tomas Galvas $60.00 ▲ 135.4% Chase Harrington $101.00 ▲ 298.6% Yaroslav Fedoseyev $20.00 ▼ 20% Aleksei Vlasov $0.01 ▼ 100% Vladimir Dravecky $30.00 ▲ 20% Victor Plante $74.00 ▲ 191.3% Zach Jovanovski $20.00 ▼ 20% Frantisek Poletin $0.01 ▼ 100% Jasper Kuhta $10.00 ▼ 60% Charlie Morrison $60.00 ▲ 140% Joe Iginla $60.00 ▲ 136.5% Viktor Fyodorov $40.00 ▲ 60% Gavin McKenna $500.00 ▲ 61.4% Carson Carels $280.00 ▲ 81% Xavier Villeneuve $104.00 ▼ 30.7% Mathis Preston $68.00 ▼ 54.7% Adam Novotny $140.00 ▼ 6.7% Elton Hermansson $165.00 ▲ 10% Oliver Suvanto $170.00 ▲ 13.3% Marcus Nordmark $125.00 ▼ 16.7% Malte Gustafsson $200.00 ▲ 31% JP Hurlbert $145.00 ▲ 29.6% Simon Katolicky $30.00 ▼ 80% Daxon Rudolph $325.00 ▲ 113.7% Keaton Verhoeff $240.00 ▼ 20% Ivar Stenberg $400.00 ▲ 31.4% Tynan Lawrence $220.00 ▲ 10% Ethan Belchetz $180.00 ▼ 10% Alberts Smits $300.00 ▲ 48.4% Ryan Lin $155.00 ▼ 22.5% Chase Reid $265.00 ▲ 28% Ryan Roobroeck $104.00 ▼ 48% Viggo Bjork $250.00 ▲ 23.4% Juho Piiparinen $123.00 ▲ 11.8% Alexander Command $210.00 ▲ 90.9% Nikita Klepov $190.00 ▲ 70% Allessandro Di Iorio $40.00 ▼ 20% Tomas Chrenko $40.00 ▼ 21.1% Mikey Berchild $40.00 ▼ 20% Lavr Gashilov $30.00 ▼ 40% Jakub Vanecek $60.00 ▲ 20% Braidy Wassilyn $0.01 ▼ 100% Axel Elofsson $30.00 ▼ 40% Lars Steiner $20.00 ▼ 60% Wyatt Cullen $230.00 ▲ 353.6% Tobias Trejbal $86.00 ▲ 72% Adam Valentini $40.00 ▼ 21.2% Caleb Malhotra $350.00 ▲ 208.5% Ilia Morozov $160.00 ▲ 45.5% William Hakansson $66.00 ▼ 40% Egor Shilov $83.00 ▼ 25.8% Liam Ruck $150.00 ▲ 36.4% Simas Ignatacivius $91.00 ▼ 17.3% Niklas Aaram-Olsen $88.00 ▼ 20% Jack Hextall $119.00 ▲ 8.2% Colin Fitzgerald $10.00 ▼ 80% Casey Mutryn $96.00 ▲ 92%
Beniers, Matthew Left Wing
Graduated
Nov 5, 2002
Birthdate
2021
Draft Year
Jul 23, 2021
Draft Date
2
Draft Selection
3
HP Draft Rank
3
Weighted Draft Rank
Prospect Rank
-1.23
Age/Production Score
39.0
AP-Indicated NHL Points
57%
AP-Indicated NHL Probability

Scouting Notes

Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Apr 27, 2019 · USA vs Russia (2019 World U-18s) · Video (With Replay) #0
Better skater than Brink, gets good speed to get through the neutral zone.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 15, 2019 · Des Moines vs USNTDP U18s (USHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
Good defensive posture in the offensive zone, then back to cover the blue line for the pinching defenseman.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 15, 2019 · Des Moines vs USNTDP U18s (USHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
With the puck at the red line, has speed enough to split two defenders trying to close on him, who then both put their sticks on him, but he keeps at it, and gets a shot away that the goaltender fought off. Draws the penalty.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 15, 2019 · Des Moines vs USNTDP U18s (USHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
He has jets for days.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 15, 2019 · Des Moines vs USNTDP U18s (USHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
Takes a pass on the wall at the goal line, walks in, dangles a bit then tries to jam it far side and the goalie barely gets a stick on it.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 15, 2019 · Des Moines vs USNTDP U18s (USHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
Takes a different pass just to the left of the net and immediately puts it cross-crease on Bordeleau's tape for an open-net goal. Excellent anticipation, vision, read. This kid has offensive instincts pouring out of his ears.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 15, 2019 · Des Moines vs USNTDP U18s (USHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
Another great read, picks off the pass in the offensive zone, passes behind his back. He's creative, alert, dangerous.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 15, 2019 · Des Moines vs USNTDP U18s (USHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
Killing penalties, too.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 15, 2019 · Des Moines vs USNTDP U18s (USHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
Can change gears carrying the puck, picking up speed when needed to get past players in the neutral zone.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 15, 2019 · Des Moines vs USNTDP U18s (USHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
Passes from behind the net to Peterson, who wasn't ready for it and the puck slides out to the blue line.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 15, 2019 · Des Moines vs USNTDP U18s (USHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
Moving from the top of the crease to the side of the net as the puck moves around the perimeter, Constantly aware, finding the best spot.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 15, 2019 · Des Moines vs USNTDP U18s (USHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
Chops down a high bouncing puck to get it flat then a fast pass out to the point.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 15, 2019 · Des Moines vs USNTDP U18s (USHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
Blocks a shot while on penalty kill duty, then darts out to pick up the puck that rebounded off of his leg. Suddenly, he's on a short-handed attack, right side, curls in to the high slot, circles to net right, then flutters a pass back to the top of the crease that should have been converted.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 15, 2019 · Des Moines vs USNTDP U18s (USHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
Consistently making smart, creative plays and being effective on every shift. He and Thomas Bordeleau are the best players on the ice in this game.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 15, 2019 · Des Moines vs USNTDP U18s (USHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
Skating is 2.0 or better (70+), He can get deep on his edges, cuts on command, accelerates well.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 15, 2019 · Des Moines vs USNTDP U18s (USHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
Times a drive-by in front of the netminder perfectly to set up a moving screen. Good save though.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 15, 2019 · Des Moines vs USNTDP U18s (USHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
Up 3-1 with ten minutes left in the third, he's getting down on the ice to break up what would have been a likely goal-generating pass after a turnover over deep in the defensive zone.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 15, 2019 · Des Moines vs USNTDP U18s (USHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
One-timer from the low left circle, off a feed from Bordeleau below the goal line. Beniers was ready for the crafty pass, and release a fast one-timer that the goalie never saw.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 15, 2019 · Des Moines vs USNTDP U18s (USHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
Ten seconds left, up by two goals, diving to try to clear a loose puck out of the zone. The heart and drive on this kid is sensational.
Summary By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 15, 2019 · Des Moines vs USNTDP U18s (USHL) · Video (With Replay) #0
Beniers is a multi-tooled top prospect for the 2021 draft. He plays with energy up and down the ice, is a creative playmaker who can rip the puck when necessary. His shot was hard and accurate and flew off his stick. He competes tremendously on every shift and made a mark on this game like no other player on the ice.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 14, 2020 · Michigan vs Arizona State (NCAA) · Video (With Replay) #0
Skates are not coming back underneath him on the return, instead his feet are wide set
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 14, 2020 · Michigan vs Arizona State (NCAA) · Video (With Replay) #0
Beniers takes the pass from Johnson, dips inside his man to get around him, passes off and then goes hard to the front of the net, where he tips in the game's first goal and his first for Michigan.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 14, 2020 · Michigan vs Arizona State (NCAA) · Video (With Replay) #0
Moves much better than he looks like he will. Smooth on his edges.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 14, 2020 · Michigan vs Arizona State (NCAA) · Video (With Replay) #0
Getting time on the penalty kill.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 14, 2020 · Michigan vs Arizona State (NCAA) · Video (With Replay) #0
Just looks like he was born to play this game. So aware and at ease with and without the puck.
Note By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 14, 2020 · Michigan vs Arizona State (NCAA) · Video (With Replay) #0
Works just as hard in the defensive zone as he does up ice. I really love this kid's game.
Summary By Brian Fogarty · Game: Nov 14, 2020 · Michigan vs Arizona State (NCAA) · Video (With Replay) #0
Does everything so well, including getting deep into his own zone and playing solid defense to win back pucks. He is highly aware at all times, shows excellent anticipation with and without the puck, and is constantly looking for ways to produce and help his team.