We are back for another week of the Canucks Army Weekly Prospect report! In this week we cover all the non-Comets prospects from the success of Cole Cassels in the OHL, the return of Jake VIrtanen in the WHL, the start of the NCAA schools, the high percentages coming out of the ECHL and the rise of young defencemen in European mens leagues.
Continue past the jump for more.
Ontario Hockey League
| Name | Position | DOB | Age | Team | GP | G | A | P | PPG | +/- | PIM |
|---|
| Cole Cassels | C | 1995-05-04 | 19 | Oshawa | 14 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 1.86 | 10 | 29 |
| Jared McCann | C | 1996-05-31 | 18 | Sault Ste. Marie | 9 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1.56 | 5 | 4 |
| Jordan Subban | D | 1995-03-15 | 19 | Belleville | 12 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 1.25 | 2 | 12 |
| Kyle Pettit | C | 1996-01-18 | 18 | Erie | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.38 | -2 | 0 |
| Miles Liberati | D | 1995-06-21 | 19 | North Bay | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.36 | 5 | 15 |
| Evan McEneny | D | 1994-05-22 | 20 | Kingston | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.36 | 3 | 12 |
- Cole Cassels continues to have a great year in
playing 3 more games scoring 2 goals, 4 assists with a -3 and 4 PIM. Expect to see him compete for a spot on a deep US World Junior
team. - Jared McCann was a bit quieter; he only played 2
games scoring 1 goal and 1 assist with a +1. - Jordan Subban has played in 2 games scoring 2
goals and 1 assist. - Evan McEneny played in 3 games and scored 4
assists as well as earned a +5 and 4 PIM. - Miles Liberati skated in 3 games and scored 1
assist, he earned a +3 and 4 PIM - Kyle Petit remains fairly quiet, he played in 2
games, scored 1 goal and earned a +1.
Western Hockey League
| Name | Position | DOB | AGE | Team | GP | G | A | P | PPG | +/- | PIM |
|---|
| Jake Virtanen | LW | 1996-08-17 | 18 | Calgary | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | -1 | 2 |
| Anton Cederholm | D | 1995-02-21 | 19 | Portland | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.36 | -7 | 17 |
| MacKenze Stewart | D | 1995-08-10 | 19 | Prince Albert | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.25 | -4 | 15 |
- Jake Virtanen has returned to game action and his lengthy recovery doesn’t seem to have slowed him down. In
3 games, he scored 2 goals and 3 assists alongside a -1 with 2 PIM. Virtanen will be on cereal
boxes this week along with other CHL superstars. - Anton Cederholm skated in 3 games scoring 2
goals and earning 1 assist and picking up 2 PIM. - MacKenze Stewart played in 3 games and scored
his first goal of the year as well as earned 2 assists and a +1 and 2 PIM.
NCAA
| Name | Position | DOB | AGE | School | GP | G | A | P | PPG | +/- | S | S/G | Sh% | PIM |
|---|
| Mike Williamson | D | 1993-09-05 | 21 | Big 10 / Penn State | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | -1 | 6 | 2.00 | 0.00% | 4 |
| Ben Hutton | D | 1993-04-20 | 21 | Hockey East / Maine | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.29 | 1 | 20 | 2.86 | 5.00% | 2 |
| Joseph LaBate | F | 1993-04-16 | 21 | Big 10 / Wisconsin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -5 | 10 | 2.50 | 0.00% | 10 |
| Patrick McNally | D | 1991-12-04 | 22 | ECAC / Harvard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Beattie | F | 1992-12-14 | 21 | ECAC / Yale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- The University of Maine (Ben Hutton) won 3-1 and tied 3-3
against the University of Alaska Anchorage.
They play twice this weekend on Friday and Saturday against Massachusetts.
Hutton played in 2 games, scoring 1 goal coming from 12 SOG and earned 2
PIM. - No games for Joe LaBate and the University of Wisconsin this week;
their next scheduled game is for November 7th and 8th. Wisconsin might
have played a game this week against a Division III school, but the game
was played behind closed doors, no crowd, and is not on their official schedule. Wisconsin apparently tied after trailing for
most of the game. - Penn State (Mike Williamson) played Holy Cross twice this week
winning 3-1 and 7-1. They play tonight
and Friday vs. Bentley. Williamson played
in one game earning a -1 and 2 SOG. - Yale (Matt Beattie) played the University of Alberta and lost
0-3. Their next games will be Friday and
Sunday at Princeton and Merrimack. Beattie played in the one game notching 2 SOG and a -1. Yale was dominated as Alberta had +22 Corsi
through the first period. - Harvard (Patrick McNally) will play their first game on Saturday
vs. Dartmouth
| Name | Position | DOB | Age | School | GP | Assists | Mins | GA | GAA | Record | Svs | Sv% |
|---|
| Thatcher Demko | G | 1995-12-08 | 18 | H-East / Boston College | 4 | 1 | 179 | 9 | 2.26 | 4-1-0 | 98 | 91.59% |
- Boston College played Colorado College and
Massachusetts and won 6-2 and 4-1. Demko
made 33 of 35 saves and 21 of 22 saves respectively. BC plays Denver on Friday and Saturday.
Europe
| Name | Position | DOB | AGE | Team | GP | G | A | P | PPG | +/- | SOG | SOG/G | Sh% | PIM | TOI |
|---|
| Gustav Forsling | D | 1996-06-12 | 18 | SHL / Linkoping | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.25 | 5 | 19 | 1.19 | 10.53% | 2 | 18:44 |
| Nikita Tryamkin | D | 1994-08-04 | 20 | KHL / Avtomobilist | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.10 | -2 | 29 | 1.45 | 0.00% | 17 | 16:18 |
- Nikita Tryamkin played in only one game this
week with 16 minutes of ice time. He
earned 1 SOG and 2PIM - Great week for Gustav Forsling who played in 3
games, scored 1 goal, found a +2 and 4 SOG and continued to increase his ice
time. - Forsling seems to have been offered a three
year contract with his SHL team.
This seems to be the best option for his development as the defence
corps in Utica is going to be full over the next year or two and with the new
CBA drafted players who stay in Europe have up to four years to sign with their
drafted team. - Friend-of-the-blog @Tsetse_Fly, serial tweet favourite-er and Swedish Hockey connoisseur, gave us some insights on Gustav Forsling:
He’s a good skater, mobile with solid puck skills and shot. More of a two-way defenceman than an
offensive defencemen. Upside is a 2nd/3rd
pairing defencemen and will likely be on the World Junior team this year. He plays 4th Dman minutes in the
SHL as an 18 year-old and he is paired with Magnus
Johansson.
ECHL
| ECHL | Position | DOB | AGE | Team | GP | G | A | P | PPG | +/- | SOG | S/G | Sh% | PIM |
|---|
| Curtis Valk | C | 1993-02-08 | 21 | Kalamzoo Wings | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1.80 | 3 | 8 | 1.60 | 37.50% | 0 |
| Ludwig Blomstrand | LW | 1993-03-08 | 21 | Kalamzoo Wings | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1.40 | 2 | 13 | 2.60 | 30.77% | 2 |
| Dane Fox | F | 1993-10-13 | 21 | Kalamzoo Wings | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1.40 | 2 | 9 | 1.80 | 33.33% | 9 |
| Alex Mallet | F | 1992-05-22 | 22 | Kalamzoo Wings | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.80 | -1 | 9 | 1.80 | 11.11% | 9 |
- Kalamazoo played 2 games this week losing 2-3 in
OT to Fort Wayne and then winning 8-2 the next day vs Cincinnati. This week sees the KWings playing on Friday
and Saturday at Fort Wayne. - Ludwig Blomstrand played in 2 game scoring 1
goal and 1 assist. He earned a +3, 8 SOG
and 2 PIM. - Curtis Valk played in 2 games scoring 2 goals, 3
assists, a +3, 3 SOG and 0 PIM. - Dane Fox played in 2 games scoring 1 goal, 3
assists, a +3, 5 SOG and 5 PIM. - Mallet has played in 2 games scoring 2 goals and
a +2. He has 1 SOG and 5 PIM. - A few other Canucks/Comets related Kwings
include: Sasha Guimond (D), 7 points, 5 gp; Nathan Longpre (F), 6 points, 5 gp;
Eric Kattelus (F), 4 points, 5 gp; Lane Scheidl (F), 4 points, 5 gp; Ray
Kaunisto (F), 2 points, 5 gp; John Negrin (D), 2 points, 3 gp; and Jeremie
Blain (D), 1 point, 1 gp. - Patrick Kennedy leads the Evansville IceMen with
4 points in 2 gp. | Name | Position | DOB | Age | Team | GP | Mins | GA | GAA | Record | Svs | Sv% | SO |
|---|
| Joe Cannata | G | 1990-01-02 | 24 | Ontario Reign | 4 | 239 | 8 | 2.01 | 2-2-0-0 | 107 | 93.04% | 1 |
- Cannata played 2 more games and let in 7 goals
bringing his Sv% to a much more human .930.
