Canucks Army Weekly Prospect Report – October 23rd, 2014

Ontario Hockey League

• Cole Cassels had a very
  dominant week, in 3 games he scored 1 goal and 7 assists, earning a +4 and 6
  PIM.  He is now the 4th highest scoring player in the OHL and
  earned himself “CHL
  Player of the Week”.
• Jordan Subban also had a very
  active week; playing in 3 games he scored three goals and three
  assists.  Hopefully this is an early sign that he is having a
  breakout year similar to his brother PK.  Subban, along with
  McCann, has been named to the OHL roster for the Subway Super
  Series.
• Jared McCann continues to have
  success at a comparable level: he’s played 4 games scoring 3 goals and 5
  assists, producing a +4 and finding 4 PIM.
• Miles Liberati had a better
  week playing in 2 games, scoring 1 goal and 1 assist to earn a +1. His North Bay Battalion are currently 1st in the OHL and CHL in Shot% through the first and second period (estimating FenClose).
• It was a quiet week for Evan
  McEneny where he played in 1 game and scored 1 assist.
• Even Kyle Pettit had a
  reasonably good week, he played in 3 games and scored 2 goals while earning a
  -3.

Western Hockey League

• Jake Virtanen has still not
  yet played a game, but he has been cleared to play and should be in Calgary’s
  lineup on Friday night!  Virtanen was named to the WHL roster
  for the Subway Super Series against Russia’s Junior National Team.
• Anton Cederholm continues to
  have a bad start on his year, while part of it is the bad play in his team,
  part of his struggles is tied in his own skill (or lack
  thereof).  He’s played 3 games this week, earning a -1 and 6
  PIM.  The Winterhawks are currently a -24 in goal
  differential on the year in 13 games, and have allowed a WHL-high 463 shots on goal.  Cederholm was named an
  alternate captain to the Winterhawks.
• MacKenzie Stewart makes you
  continue to question his selection: in 4 games this week he earned 1 assist while
  going -2 with 5 PIM.

NCAA

• The University of Maine
  continued their losing streak, dropping two games 0-3 and 2-5 to Union. 
  This week they will be playing Alaska Anchorage.  Hutton
  played in both games earning a -1 while registering 3 SOG.
• The Wisconsin Badgers lost two
  games against Northern Michigan 0-2 and 1-4.  They have a
  week off and will face North Dakota in November.  Joe LaBate
  played in both games earning a -4 with 3 SOG.
• Penn State tied Alaska
  Anchorage 3-3 and then lost 3-4 to Alaska.  Penn state plays
  Holy Cross this weekend on Friday and Sunday.  Mike Williamson
  fplayed in both games and earned 1 assist, while notching
  2 SOG and 4 PIM.
• Matt Beattie (Yale) plays a preseason game
  against the University of Alberta this Friday.
• Patrick McNally (Harvard) is still off until
  November 1st against Dartmouth.

• The Boston College Beagles won
  their first regular season game this week 6-2 vs R.I.T. 
  Demko was in net playing the full game and allowing 2 goals against on 27
  shots.  He has improved his Sv% on the year to
  .880

Europe

• Nikita Tryamkin played in 2
  games this week, earning 1 assist, going +2, producing 3 SOG, 2 PIM and has
  increased his average TOI by :13 a game.
• Gustav Forsling continues to
  see his role increase in the SHL where his TOI has increased by nearly a half
  minute a game over the last 3 games.  He scored 1 assist,
  earned a -1 and notched 4 SOG in the last week.

ECHL

• Kalamazoo has had a strong
  start to their year starting 2-1 with a lot of goals. 
  They’ve lost 2-6 to Elmira, then beat them 6-2 following up with a 5-4 OT win
  against Indy.
• Ludwig Blomstrand has been an
  offensive monster earning 3 goals and 2 assists in 3 games played. 
  Not being invited to the Canucks or Comets camp, combined with being eliminated
  from the Canucks Army Top 20 Prospects has clearly fuelled his
  hate-fire.
• Comets prospect Curtis Valk
  has put up 1 goal and 3 assists in 3 games.
• Dane Fox has 2 goals and 1
  assist to his name in 3 games.
• Alex Mallet has 1 goal and 1 assist
  in 3 games, and leads all Canucks prospects with 8 SOG in those
  games.

• Joe Canata has started off the
  year dominating in the ECHL.  Through two games he has only
  allowed in one goal on 67 shots for a .985 Sv%.  He was named
  the ECHL Goaltender
  of the Week for his efforts.