Canucks Army Prospect Report – March 18th, 2015

9 years ago

Courtesy: Sarah Hobday

We are back with another edition
of the Canucks Weekly Prospect Report where I dig into all the latest stats,
rumours, gossip, news, achievements, and even made up stories from around the
different junior hockey leagues. We look into the play of all (non-AHL) Canucks prospects from the CHL, NCAA, Europe, and
even the ECHL.

Without further ado, continue
past the jump to see what went down!

Canadian
Hockey League

Name	Pos	DOB	Age	Team	GP	G	A	P	PPG	+/-	PIM	NHLe
Cole Cassels	C	1995-05-04	19	Oshawa	52	30	50	80	1.54	36	96	38
Jared McCann	C	1996-05-31	18	Sault Ste. Marie	54	33	44	77	1.43	25	27	35
Jake Virtanen	LW	1996-08-17	18	Calgary	47	21	31	52	1.11	17	76	24
Jordan Subban	D	1995-03-15	20	Belleville	61	25	24	49	0.80	-11	60	20
Evan McEneny	D	1994-05-22	20	Kingston	65	9	36	45	0.69	-2	67	17
Ashton Saunter	D	1994-05-27	20	Edmonton	70	12	36	48	0.69	17	38	15
Miles Liberati	D	1995-06-21	19	North Bay	65	11	26	37	0.57	17	41	14
Kyle Pettit	C	1996-01-18	19	Erie	60	16	11	27	0.45	-4	10	11
Anton Cederholm	D	1995-02-21	20	Portland	65	9	9	18	0.28	17	78	6
MacKenze Stewart	D	1995-08-10	19	Prince Albert	63	5	6	11	0.17	-5	105	4

Cole
Cassels played in 2 games this week scoring 1 goal and 2 assists, earning a +4
and 2 PIMs. Cassels is currently scoring an estimated 2.17 Even-Strength Points per 60 minutes of play (ES P60).
Jared
McCann did not play this week with his broken hand. He is currently scoring at an estimated rate of 2.39
Even-Strength Points per 60.
Jake
Virtanen had a good week, in 3 games he scored 1 goal and 2 assists to earn a
+1 and 4 PIMs. His estimated ES P60 is 7th
best in the WHL, and first on his team, at 2.6 points/60.
Jordan
Subban had 3 games this week where he scored 1 goal and 1 assist and earned a
-4. Thomas Drance ensures us that hewill be signed by the Canucks as soon as Belleville is done for the season
(likely in the next two or three weeks).
Evan
McEneny scored 2 assists and a +2 in 3 games with Kingston this week.
Newly
signed Ashton Saunter played in 2 games this week earning 2 PIMs.
Miles
Liberati played 3 games this week scoring 1 assist and a -2.
Kyle Pettit
skated in 2 games with Erie this week.
A heavy
load this week for Anton Cederholm who played in 4 games and scored 2 goals
earning a +2 and 8 PIMs.
3 games on
the schedule for MacKenze Stewart who earned a -2 and 4 PIMs.

NCAA

Name	Pos	DOB	AGE	School	GP	G	A	P	PPG	+/-	S	S/G	Sh%	NHLe
Patrick McNally	D	1991-12-04	23	ECAC / Harvard	18	5	13	18	1.00	15	45	2.50	11.11%	34
Ben Hutton	D	1993-04-20	21	Hockey East / Maine	39	9	12	21	0.54	-15	115	2.95	7.83%	18
Joseph LaBate	F	1993-04-16	21	Big 10 / Wisconsin	34	6	12	18	0.53	-17	96	2.82	6.25%	18
Matthew Beattie	F	1992-12-14	22	ECAC / Yale	16	0	3	3	0.19	5	18	1.13	0.00%	6
Mike Williamson	D	1993-09-05	21	Big 10 / Penn State	15	1	1	2	0.13	-1	17	1.13	5.88%	4

Patrick
McNally has returned to Harvard after a right knee injury on January 23rd
that seemingly had written off his season.
He has since played 3 games for Harvard scoring 1 goal and 1 assist,
earning a +1 and 5 shots on goal. As the Crimson wrote:

The most surprising addition to the lineup was
McNally. After injuring his right knee at Cornell on Jan. 23, the fourth-year
blue liner had ruled out the possibility of returning during the regular season
yet held out hope that a successful rehabilitation would allow him to return in
a late postseason round.
McNally, who leads all Crimson defensemen in
goals, assists, and points despite playing in only 16 games this year, returned
to non-contact skates two weeks ago and participated in his first full-contact
practice on Wednesday. On Saturday, McNally reunited with junior defensive pair
Desmond Bergin to provide an immediate impact on the Crimson back line.
Although perhaps a step slower on the back check
than usual, McNally picked up where he left off in his stickhandling, passing,
and forechecking game, and he gained strength as the night progressed.

Ben Hutton has
finished his time at Maine as the Black Bears will not make the post-season in
the NCAA tournament. He has since signed with the Canucks and should appear in Utica shortly.
Joseph LaBate has
played in 2 games with Wisconsin this week where he scored 2 assists and found
10 shots on goal.
Matthew Beattie
did not play in a game this week.
Mike Williamson
played in 2 Penn State games this week earning a -1 and finding 2 shots on
goal.

Name	Pos	DOB	Age	School	GP	Assists	Mins	GA	GAA	Record	Svs	Sv%
Thatcher Demko	G	1995-12-08	19	H-East / Boston College	34	2	2047	73	2.14	19-12-3	927	92.70%

Thatcher Demko
had 3 games this week making 32 of 34 saves, 22 of 24 saves and 22 of 23 saves,
including this incredible save, bringing his save percentage to .927. He is currently sitting at 17th
in NCAA save percentage.

Europe

Name	Pos	DOB	AGE	Team	GP	G	A	P	PPG	+/-	SOG	SOG/G	Sh%	PIM	TOI	NHLe
Nikita Tryamkin	D	1994-08-04	20	KHL / Avtomobilist	58	1	5	6	0.10	3	60	1.03	1.67%	35	14:15	7

Nikita Tryamkin
did not play this week as his team is done for the season.

ECHL

ECHL	Pos	DOB	AGE	Team	GP	G	A	P	PPG	+/-	SOG	S/G	Sh%	PIM
Curtis Valk	C	1993-02-08	22	Kalamzoo Wings	31	11	19	30	0.97	8	78	2.52	14.10%	12
Ludwig Blomstrand	LW	1993-03-08	22	Kalamzoo Wings	44	25	11	36	0.82	-6	135	3.07	18.52%	22
Dane Fox	F	1993-10-13	21	Kalamzoo Wings	58	24	13	37	0.64	-4	156	2.69	15.38%	75
Jeremie Blain	D	1992-03-19	22	Kalamzoo Wings	37	4	20	24	0.65	2	74	2.00	5.41%	34

Ludwig Blomstrand
played in 4 games this week scoring 3 goals, and finding 12 shots on goal with
6 PIMs.
Dane Fox scored 2
goals and 2 assists in 4 games, earning a +1 and 13 shots on goal with 4 PIMs.
Jeremie Blain
scored 5 assists in 4 games this week on 8 shots on goal.
Patrick Kennedy
was a -5 and earned 6 PIMs in 2 games with Kalamazoo this week after being
re-assigned by Utica.
Mitch Holmberg is
on the 21 day injured reserve list.

Our Kwings
Insiderrr, Sarah Hobday, watched the wings this week and had this to say:

Pat Conacher was
at the games Saturday and Sunday in Reading to watch the prospects.
All three weekend
games were like watching playoff hockey with higher intensity and more physical
play. The score Friday night was not representative of the game. Kzoo played
extremely well but the goalie let in two soft goals and Wheeling scored on an empty
net as well.
Patrick Kennedy
joined Kzoo on Saturday. I was not impressed by his first game – too many
mistakes. Mostly I think this was due to him never practicing or playing with
this team. Looked much better in the game on Sunday. Was on the second line and
used on both the PP and PK.
Blomstrand had
one of his strongest and most complete games I have ever seen him play on
Saturday. Scored two pretty goals to help lead the team to victory.
Blomstrand had
his first pro fight on Sunday. He handled himself well.
Reading players
were taking cheapshots at Fox throughout the game Sunday. Fox kept his cool and
did not retaliate. Showed off his speed and nice hands when scoring on a
breakaway.
Blomstrand and
Fox remain on the top line and have great chemistry together.
Blain and
Lafranchise are the top D pair and used in all situation. Both had fairly solid
weekends.

Name	Pos	DOB	Age	Team	GP	Mins	GA	GAA	Record	Svs	Sv%	SO
Joe Cannata	G	1990-01-02	25	Ontario Reign	20	1189	41	2.07	11-6-0-2	517	92.65%	1

Joe Canatta had a
light week this week playing in 1 game and stopping 15 of 16 shots to bring his
save percentage up to .927. He still has
not played enough minutes (min 1200) to qualify for the top goaltender
statistics – but if he was he would be ranked 2nd in the ECHL.