CHL
- Jett Woo is currently riding a 4-game point streak which includes a goal and 4 assists. He has stepped up in the absence of Egor Zamula for the Calgary Hitmen.
Jett Woo with his 6th of the season on the PP. He has 11 points in his last 15 games and 19 in 33 on the season. #Canucks pic.twitter.com/ePn7mLV7aG
— /Cam Robinson/ (@Hockey_Robinson) December 31, 2019
- Carson Focht is now up to 18 goals on the season as he scored twice this week and added two more assists.
Carson Focht scored on the power-play last night and Jett Woo had the secondary assist. #Canucks
Focht: 30GP 18G 12A (4 points in last 4 games)
Woo: 35GP 6G 15A (4 points in last 3 games) pic.twitter.com/uMSNvcvvAl
— Brett (@MirokiOnDefence) January 4, 2020
- Ethan Keppen scored a redirect goal this week while posting a -7 with 13 shots.
- Arturs Silovs had a strong game this week in a loss to Sudbury. He stopped 30 of 33 to move his record to 9-9-1 on the season.
NCAA
- Will Lockwood and Michigan ‘played in the Great Lakes Invitational early in the week. Lockwood had a goal and a secondary assist in 2 games.
- Tyler Madden and Aidan McDonough had 2 points each this week in a 5-2 win over Connecticut.
Tyler Madden's skill was on full display last night with a fantastic goal in tight and a slick pass to the slot on the power-play. Aidan McDonough had the two secondary-assists on these goals. #Canucks
Madden: 19GP-14G-12A
McDonough: 16GP-7G-10A
🎥: @GoNUmhockey pic.twitter.com/YYyokJ39n0
— Brett (@MirokiOnDefence) January 4, 2020
- Jack Rathbone had 3 assists this week for Harvard to go along with a power-play goal.
#Canucks prospect Jack Rathbone (#3) scored on the power-play tonight and had the secondary assist on the game-winning goal. He also had a great chance in overtime.
He now has 4G and 8A in 12GP pic.twitter.com/53iR7iuHbo
— Brett (@MirokiOnDefence) December 30, 2019
Jack Rathbone and Harvard lost 6-1 last night. Rathbone finished w/ 1PPA, 2 shots, and a -3.
He was robbed of a goal that is included in this clip as well.
Through 13 games, Rathbone has 12 points (4+8) #Canucks pic.twitter.com/UyCkiK7Xv1
— Brett (@MirokiOnDefence) January 4, 2020
Russia
- Vasili Podkolzin and Russia play Canada later today (as of writing this). Podkolzin has been a solid playmaker in the offensive third of the ice when his team has established possession. He was impressive on the power-play in front of the net against Sweden in the semi-finals but I haven’t seen him be the effective 5-on-5 player that I know he can be so far this tournament. He has 1 goal and 4 assists in 6 games so far.
Vasili Podkolzin keeps the puck alive and then centers the puck for a primary assist on the power-play. 1-1 game pic.twitter.com/yaraTZdGiG
— Brett (@MirokiOnDefence) January 4, 2020
What a pass by Vasili Podkolzin on the PP but an even better save from Hugo Alnefelt pic.twitter.com/bgVYY9lEKk
— Brett (@MirokiOnDefence) January 4, 2020
Podkolzin’s first of 2 assists today. Threads a pass through traffic to find Marchenko backdoor https://t.co/u8d1hGBAql
— Brett (@MirokiOnDefence) December 31, 2019
Sweden
- Nils Hoglander’s tournament ends with a Bronze medal. He is one of the tournament’s top scorers with 5 goals and 6 assists in 7 games. He was a standout for me at the tournament, not only because of his dynamic skill with the puck but also because of his playmaking ability. His skill creates space which in turn gives him time to find teammates in favourable positions and he is also very good at using his shot to generate rebounds. The tenacity and snarl in his game were also on display as he was ejected from the semi-finals for a hit to the head on Grigori Denisenko. I didn’t think the hit was predatory, Hoglander was protecting himself, but the IIHF is very protective of hits to the head which, in my opinion, is good for the game.
Nils Hoglander's game is over. He received a 5-minute major and a game misconduct for this hit on Denisenko. pic.twitter.com/QrCjSCyKn6
— Brett (@MirokiOnDefence) January 4, 2020
On the power-play, Nils Hoglander accepts a pass in his feet and wires one low glove for his 3rd goal of the tournament pic.twitter.com/lhAZpH9AGM
— Brett (@MirokiOnDefence) December 30, 2019
Nils Hoglander shows great acceleration out of the corner to bring the puck to the front of the net and Samuel Fagemo makes no mistake in tight.
h/t @TSN_Sports pic.twitter.com/Bh0hV84fH5
— Brett (@MirokiOnDefence) December 30, 2019
Czech
- Karel Plasek played 4 games in the World Juniors with a single power-play assist to his name. He was playing in the Czech’s top-six and I thought did not look out of place.
Finland
- Petrus Palmu was scoreless in 2 games this week.
- Toni Utunen and Finland finish fourth after losing to Sweden in the Bronze Medal game. The assistant captain had 1 primary-assist in 6 games.
AHL
- Brogan Rafferty scored this week and was named to the AHL All-star game as well as AHL Rookie of the Month.
- Kole Lind with 2 assists this week. He
Boucher puts home a rebound from a @klind13 shot for his 21st of the season!#UTIvsHFD pic.twitter.com/Wmoj6V3W1i
— Utica Comets (@UticaComets) January 5, 2020
- Olli Juolevi was scratched yesterday due to an undisclosed injury. From the sounds of it, it is not serious and he should be back in the lineup shortly.
- Sven Baertschi now has 31 points in 24 AHL games including 23 assists. It was rumoured that Calgary was interested in him on Saturday’s Headlines but no offer was made. Will be interesting to see what happens to the Swiss winger.