Those who watched Knight play with the NTDP this season didn't need much of a reminder.
"I've worked with goalies for many years and I don't think I've ever seen a kid so physically and mentally ready for the next level than Spencer," NTDP goaltending coach Thomas Speer said. "I think 'special' is exactly what Spencer is."
He also had the seventh-best body fat percentage at 7.73, and his wingspan was tied for 18th at 76.50 inches.
Knight wasn't the only NTDP player to excel during the fitness testing.
Right wing Cole Caufield, No. 8 on Central Scouting's final ranking of North American skaters, did 16 pull-ups, tied for the most of any player; his vertical jump of 23.08 inches was sixth; and his bench press power, which measures upper-body explosiveness by setting the bar at 50 percent of a player's body weight, was seventh at 7.07 watts per kilogram.
Center John Beecher, No. 49 on Central Scouting's final ranking of North American skaters, lasted 15:00 on the Vo2 Max test, tied for the sixth longest; he had the third-best grip strength with his left hand (155 pounds) and right hand (160 pounds); his standing long jump of 115.3 inches was fifth.
Defenseman Marshall Warren (No. 61) had the highest vertical jump at 26.05 inches; center Owen Lindmark (No. 93) was third in peak power output on the Wingate at 16.9 watts per kilogram, and defenseman Henry Thrun (No. 39) was fourth at 16.7; and right wing Judd Caulfield (No. 67) was fourth in the standing long jump at 116.3 inches.
Jack Hughes, Central Scouting's top-rated North American skater and the leading candidate to be the No. 1 pick of the 2019 Draft, did not take part in the testing after medical testing conducted Wednesday showed he was less than 100 percent after returning from playing for the United States at the 2019 IIHF World Championship in Slovakia; the U.S. was eliminated in the quarterfinals on May 23.
"I think I knew coming into the combine I wasn't going to do the testing because I really haven't trained for it, playing hockey the past two months," Hughes said. "I really haven't had a break (after playing in the IIHF World Under-18 Championship in Sweden in April and the World Championship). It just didn't make sense to do the testing. My body needed a bit of a break."
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