Canucks Army Prospect Report – December 17th, 2014

Ontario Hockey League

• Cole Cassels is still serving his 10-game suspension and has
  not played this week.  We are still
  awaiting news to see if he will make the US World Juniors roster and/or if his
  suspension will be reduced to 8 games to allow him to play.
• Jared McCann played in 3 games this week scoring 1 goal and
  4 assists, earning a +5 and 9 PIM.
• Jordan Subban played in 2 games scoring 1 assist earning a
  +1.  His scoring has slowed down as of
  late, and Subban is now 4th in OHL defencemen scoring behind Sarnia’s Anthony
  DeAngelo, Oshawa’s Mitchell Vande Sompel (draft eligible) and North Bay’s Brenden Miller.
• Evan McEneny scored 3 assists this week in 3 games and
  earned himself a -1.  Subban better be careful or else McEneny will catch him in scoring.
• Kyle “the sniper” Petit played in 2 games scoring 2 assists
  (his first assists on the year) earning a +1. This will undoubtedly ruin his Cy Young trophy bid.
• Miles Liberati had his best week of the year so far, in 3
  games he scored 3 assists, earning a +4 and 2 PIM.

Western Hockey League

• Jake Virtanen has not played any WHL games this week as he
  has been been at the World Junior Camp and it sounds like he is a lock
  to make the team.  Rhys covered his success so far on Monday.  His success in WJC exhibition action has Virtanen quite well noticed lately, and has earned himself the nickname “Showtime“.
• Anton Cederholm played in 3 games earning a -3 and 2 PIM.
• MacKenze Stewart played in 3 games earning a -1 and 5 PIM.

NCAA

• Harvard is currently on their Christmas break, with students
  expected to “study” and “write finals” – Patrick McNally did not play any games
  this week.
• The University of Maine played two games this week beating
  New Hampshire 5-2 and then losing the next day 4-7.  Maine is on their Christmas break until
  January 2nd.  Ben Hutton
  looked to be in last year’s form when he played in both games, scoring 2 goals
  and 2 assists, earning 8 shots on goal and 2 PIM.
• The University of Wisconsin lost 4-1 to the USA Under-18 team
  and now has a break until January 2nd.  Joseph LaBate was held to 1 shot in that game.
• Both Mike Williamson (Penn State) and Matthew Beattie (Yale)
  are on their Christmas breaks until January.

Name	Pos	DOB	Age	School	GP	Assists	Mins	GA	GAA	Record	Svs	Sv%
Thatcher Demko	G	1995-12-08	19	H-East / Boston College	16	2	963	34	2.12	9-6-1	433	92.72%

• Boston College played 1 game against Michigan this week
  winning 5-1 and are on their break until January as well.  In this one game Thatcher Demko made 41 of 42
  saves and is now good for the 24th
  best NCAA goalie with a .927 save percentage on the year.  His WHL rights were traded yesterday making Rhys excited as a kid on Christmas.
• The GM of the Calgary Hitmen was quoted on the radio saying “we don’t have any indication he’s coming to play for us. This is still a longshot. We’re taking a flyer here, no doubt.” It’s extremely doubtful that Demko journeys to the WHL.

Europe

Name	Pos	DOB	AGE	Team	GP	G	A	P	PPG	+/-	SOG	SOG/G	Sh%	PIM	TOI
Gustav Forsling	D	1996-06-12	18	SHL / Linkoping	29	3	2	5	0.17	9	52	1.79	5.77%	8	18:30
Nikita Tryamkin	D	1994-08-04	20	KHL / Avtomobilist	36	0	4	4	0.11	1	41	1.14	0.00%	25	15:34

• Nikita Tryamkin played in 2 games this week scoring 1
  assist, 0 shots on goal, 2 PIM and seeing his ice time continue to drop. (With the Rouble continuing to fall, we may see Tryamkin on this side of the pond sooner rather than later too).
• Gustav Forsling has played in 2 games this week notching 3
  shots on goal, a +3, and seeing a slight increase in ice time.

ECHL


Courtesy @Sarah_Hobday

ECHL	Pos	DOB	AGE	Team	GP	G	A	P	PPG	+/-	SOG	S/G	Sh%	PIM
Curtis Valk	C	1993-02-08	21	Kalamzoo	18	8	11	19	1.06	2	47	2.61	17.02%	10
Ludwig Blomstrand	LW	1993-03-08	21	Kalamzoo	18	5	7	12	0.67	-2	41	2.28	12.20%	10
Dane Fox	F	1993-10-13	21	Kalamzoo	21	5	4	9	0.43	-7	38	1.81	13.16%	32
Jeremie Blain	D	1992-03-19	22	Kalamzoo	10	2	2	4	0.40	-8	20	2.00	10.00%	6

• The K-Wings are currently sitting in 11th in the
  ECHL Eastern Conference, and 5th in their division, with a record of
  9-12-1-1 good for 20 points in 23 games.
• In the last week the Wings beat Gwinnett 4-1, Toledo 2-0 and
  then lost to Toledo 2-5.  This upcoming
  week the Wings play vs Fort Wayne and Toledo.
• Curtis Valk continues to lead Kalamazoo in scoring.  This week he played in 3 games scoring 2
  goals and 1 assist as well as 5 shots on goal.
• Ludwig “Prospect #0” Blomstrand played in 3 games scoring 1
  assist, earning a -1, and 5 shots on goal.
• Dane Fox played in 3 games earning a -1, 0 points, 5 PIM and
  3 shots on goal.
• Jeremie Blain played in 2 games scoring 1 assist, 4 PIM and
  0 shots on goal.
• Patrick Kennedy is up to 12 points in 11 games played with Evansville Icemen.
• Mitch Holmberg has not yet played a game in Elmira but could
  see action as early as tonight.
Here’s the latest from our Kalamazoo Insiderrrr Sarah Hobday (follow her on Twitter if you want all the latest in K-Wings updates):

• Valk scored his 1st goal at home on Friday. Continues to impress. Plays well against guys much larger than him.
• Fox replaced on the top line by Columbus Prospect Gergo Nagy over the
  weekend. But reunited with Blomstrand and Valk on the top PP unit. Fox
  is almost impossible to move from the front of the net during the PP.
• Valk and Blomstrand used heavily on the PK in the last month.
• So far this season Blomstrand has shown improvement in the defensive
  side of his game. Coach showing confidence in that by using him so much
  on the PK. Blomstrand looks very comfortable defending in his own end.
• Blomstrand and Fox had some great scoring chances but puck luck wasn’t on their side. – Blain looked very strong and had lots of ice time with his return to Kzoo.

• Click here to read last week’s Canucks Army Prospect Report, for December 10th, 2014.
• If you want to know more about Vancouver’s prospects, click here to see our summer Prospect Profiles series.