Matthew Coronato

Left Wing

Chicago Steel/USHL

Height: 5’10″/ Weight: 183 lbs

Size/Strength     Good
Skating       Good
Shot/Scoring      Great
Puckhandling      Good
Physical Play       Good
Offensive Play      Excellent
Defensive Play      Average
Hockey Sense       Great
Competitiveness   Great

Strengths

1. Offensively gifted winger with good instincts and a heavy shot. 
2. He also has good vision and does well to scan the play with his head up, with or without the puck, consistently finding teammates in space.
3. Displays good strength protecting the puck, often keeping defenders on his back on the cycle while looking to make a play.

Area’s for Improvement

1. Needs to add quickness to his overall game in order to make the most of his abilities at the NHL level.
2. Some scouts think he is too short to be a star at the next level.

Scouting Report:

Matthew Coronato is having a huge season for the Chicago Steel of the USHL; he has 31 goals and 59 points in 33 games in the 2020-21 season. That kind of production is tough to ignore, even if Coronato is one of the older players in his draft class. Coronato is committed to Harvard University. Although there is much to like about his game, Coronato needs to make some improvements to his game to thrive at the NHL level. Matthew is an offensively gifted winger with good instincts and a heavy shot. He has decent speed but needs to add quickness to his overall game to make the most of his abilities at the NHL level. He has great hockey sense and makes good reads in the offensive zone, often fading out of coverage up high before jumping back into a soft spot at just the right time to receive a pass and get a shot off. He also has good vision and does well consistently finding teammates in space. Coronato is short but stocky for his age and displays good strength protecting the puck, often keeping defenders on his back on the cycle while looking to make a play. Despite his lack of foot speed, he is a great forechecker and regularly disrupts breakouts. There is a lot to like about Matthew’s game but he needs to add some quickness to his skill set to take full advantage of his offensive instincts at the next level. At this point, Coronato looks like a 2nd round pick.

Skill:

An Offensively gifted winger with Great vision, instincts and a heavy shot. 

Style Comparison: Tyler Johnson

NHL Potential: Top 6 Goal Scoring Winger

Season	Team	League	GP	G	PTS
2018-19	Yale Jr. Bulldogs 16U AAA	BEAST 16U	8	4	8
2019-20	Chicago Steel	USHL	45	18	40
2020-21	Chicago Steel	USHL	33	31	59