Blackfish: Canucks Army Prospect Report – October 12, 2017

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We are back on our regularly scheduled day for the much-loved Blackfish: Canucks Army Prospect Report.

Canucks prospects continue to make a name for themselves despite some slowdowns. The Utica Comets kicked off their 2017-18 season with a pair of losses to the Toronto Marlies.

In Europe, the Champions Hockey League group stage is over with a few Canucks prospects moving onto the next round. (I will do a more in-depth look at their play in the CHL in the coming days)

Let’s dive in and take a look at the Canucks prospects making waves around the world.

Just a note – xNHL has been added to the charts below to show what their production would look like at the NHL level.

CANADIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE

Western Hockey League

Name	Pos	Age	League	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	xNHL	+/-	PIM	SOG	Sh%	SOG/GP
Kole Lind	RW	18	WHL	Kelowna	6	7	7	14	2.33	48.8	8	10	20	35.0%	3.33
Jakob Stukel	RW	20	WHL	Calgary	8	4	2	6	0.75	15.7	4	2	9	44.4%	1.13

Kole Lind continues to put up points with three goals and one assist in two games this past week. He has points in every single game this year for Kelowna. His 35.0% shooting percentage is not sustainable, but the 3.33 shots per game is encouraging. His three goals can be found in the twitter thread below:

Despite the slow start, Jakub Stukel had himself a decent week with two goals and two assists since our last update on Friday. Like Lind, his shooting percentage is a little lofty.

Ontario Hockey League

Name	Pos	Age	League	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	xNHL	+/-	PIM	SOG	Sh%	SOG/GP
Jonah Gadjovich	LW	19-000	OHL	Owen Sound	7	5	4	9	1.29	27.7	4	11	24	20.8%	3.43
Cole Candella	D	19-241	OHL	Sudbury	7	1	4	5	0.71	16.6	-2	0	20	5.0%	2.86
Matt Brassard	D	19-065	OHL	Oshawa	6	0	2	2	0.33	7.7	5	8	16	0.0%	2.67
Brett McKenzie	C	19-296	OHL	North Bay	2	0	1	1	0.50	16.9	-1	2	5	0.0%	2.50

Jonah Gadjovich had his point streak snapped – as he was unable to pick up a point in Monday’s game. With that being said, he still ends the week with two goals and two assists in the three games this past week. He’s down to only 3.43 SOG/PG! (that’s still good). His goal from the 7th can be found here:

I made a passing comment last week, saying that Cole Candella has been doing the right things and the points will come. Luckily for me, Candella had himself a good game this week with 1G and 1A in Sudbury’s only contest. It’s nice when these things work out.
Two games and zero points for Matt Brassard.
Brett McKenzie picked up his first point of the season with one assist in one game for North Bay.

Michael DiPietro stopped 88 of the 93 shots he faced this week – that bumps his GAA to <2.00 for the year. The Windsor Spitfires will raise their Memorial Cup Championship Banner tonight.

NCAA

Name	Pos	Age	League	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	xNHL	+/-	PIM	SOG	Sh%	SOG/GP
Adam Gaudette	C	21-004	NCAA	Northeastern	2	1	4	5	2.50	68.3	5	15	6	16.7%	3.00
Will Lockwood	LW	19-114	NCAA	Michigan	2	0	1	1	0.50	13.7	-1	0	4	0.0%	2.00

Adam Gaudette kicked off the NCAA campaign with a bang – posting 1 goal and four assists in 2 games against Sacred Heart. Northeastern plays RIT this Saturday. Gaudettes’ goal from this past weekend is below:

2016 3rd round pick William Lockwood had one assist in two games for Michigan.

EUROPE

Sweden

Elias Pettersson	C/LW	18-334	SHL	Vaxjo	6	3	3	0.50	27.4	2	0	10	0.0%	1.67
Rodrigo Abols	C	21-281	SHL	Orebro	6	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	4	5	0.0%	0.83
Kristoffer Gunnarsson	D	20-228	SHL	Frolunda	6	0	0	0.00	0.0	-3	4	2	0.0%	0.33

Elias Pettersson returned to Vaxjo’s lineup for their CHL game on Wednesday – he posted one assist. He ends the group stage of the CHL with 5 points in 5 games.
Another game for Abols, and zero points. From what I can find, he wasn’t in the lineup for their last game.
Kristoffer Gunnarsson did not have any points for Frolunda in their SHL game or CHL game.
Jonathan Dahlen has signed with Timra in the Allsvenskan – their next game is tomorrow but there is no word at this moment if Dahlen will play.

Finland

Petrus Palmu appeared in both CHL games for TPS this past week, he scored two goals in the second contest.

Olli Juolevi has yet to dress for TPS. They do play tomorrow and on Saturday, so he may have his debut soon enough.

Russia

Nikita Tryamkin had one goal in 2 goals for Avtomobilist this past week
Dmitry Zhukenov is back in the MHL – he had two goals and one assist in two games there.