Canucks Army Weekly Prospect Report – October 16, 2014

Ontario
Hockey League

• Jared McCann has started his yearly
  explosively scoring 2 goals and 3 assists in his first three games.  That’s the kind of offence that the Soo’s ex-GM Kyle Dubas was talking about.
• Jordan Subban played in 2 OHL games
  this week scoring a single assist and earning a -1.
• Cole Cassels had a very active week,
  scoring 1 goal and 4 assists in 3 games, earning a +2 and 13 PIM.  He was the acting Captain for the Oshawa
  Generals and has been playing without top talent such as Michael Dal Colle – a positive sign if
  he can sustain this scoring.
• Evan McEneny continues his slow start to
  his OA year.  In the previous 3 games he
  has scored 1 assist while going -2 with 4 PIM
• Liberati continues on a similar
  path; in the last three games he has scored 1 assist, earning a +1 with 2 PIM.
• Kyle Petit continues to have
  difficulty earning time to play as a 4th line centre in the
  OHL.  He’s played 2 games this week and
  that’s all we can credit to his name.

Western
Hockey League

• Jake Virtanen has not yet played a
  game as he is still out with his shoulder injury but signs are pointing towards
  Virtanen playing soon.  Jeff Paterson reports that he could be cleared for contact by doctors today.
• Anton Cederholm continues to
  struggle in Portland.  In the past week
  he has played in 2 games, earned a -1 and 2 PIM.
• Similarly MacKenze Stewart has
  played in 2 games earning a -2 and 4 PIM.

NCAA

• The University of Maine played 2
  games against Alaska Fairbanks losing 1-3 and 2-5.  Ben Hutton is off to a slow start, in two
  games he has notched 5 SOG and earned a -2.
• University of Wisconsin played two
  games against Alaska Fairbanks losing 0-1 and 2-4.  LaBate played in both games earning a total
  of a -1, 7 SOG and 10 PIM. 
• Boston College played UMass-Lowell
  losing 2-5 with Demko in net. He made 19 of 23 saves leaving him with a
  Sv% on the year of .826.
• Penn State played 2 games against
  UConn drawing the first 2-2 and winning the second 7-1.  Mike
  Williamson did not play in either game.
• Yale’s first game won’t be until
  October 24th when they face the University of Alberta.
• Harvard’s first game will be on
  November 1st against Dartmouth.

Europe

• Nikita Tryamkin has played 3 games
  this week earning 1 SOG, a +1, and 2 PIM. 
  He’s averaging 16:22 TOI per game.
• Gustav Forsling has played 2 games
  in the SHL this week earning 2 PIM.  His
  ice time is up to 18:00 a game which has been increasing – a good sign for an
  18 year old in an adult league (Thanks to reader Johan for pointing out these stats in
  the previous week’s comments).

ECHL

• Curtis Valk is technically not a
  Canucks’ prospect; however he was signed to a Utica Comets Standard Player
  Contract which is rare for players to earn. 
  It was decided to send him to the ECHL where he can earn prime ice rather
  than battle for 3rd or 4th line starts in the AHL.  He is currently 4th on the team in
  points and tied for third in shots.  He
  has 2 goals in 2 games with a +2, 4 PIM and 7 SOG.
• Alex Mallet is 5th on the
  K-Wings in scoring with 1 goal and 1 assist in 2 games over 2 shots.  He has 0 PIM and a -2.
• While luck hasn’t turned around for
  him yet, Dane Fox has 6 SOG but only 1 assist to his name in 3 games.  He has a +3 and 0 PIM.
• Ludwig Blomstrand is still Canuck property for two more years despite not even being invited to the Comets camp.  He played in 3 preseason games in the ECHL
  but no regular season games.  He had 0
  points, a +2, 2 PIM and 8 SOG.
• Joe Cannata has not yet played a
  game nor was he in the Reign’s lineup this week.  I wonder if he got lost and showed up in Canada instead of California.