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Blackfish: Canucks Army Prospect Report: January 7th, 2016
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Jan 7, 2016, 11:00 ESTUpdated:
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Happy New Year!
The World Juniors are now over with host Finland capturing their second gold medal in the last three years. The NHL trading deadline is suddenly on everyones mind with some trades yesterday and hopefully they continue. But for the Canucks specifically, their prospects continue to make noise around the hockey world. The Comets are in the thick of the playoff race in the AHL with the CHL playoffs wide open as well.
So let’s wake up from that holiday slumber and take a look at the past week for Canucks prospects.

World Juniors

Name
Pos
Age
Country
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
+/-
PIM
SOG
Sh%
SOG/GP
Brock Boeser 
RW
18.315
USA
7
1
2
3
0.43
+2
2
12
8.3%
1.71
Jake Virtanen
LW
19
Canada
5
0
1
1
0.2
0
10
10
0.0%
2.00
  • Brock Boeser won a bronze medal after the US routed Sweden at the World Juniors. Overall Boeser had an okay tournament in a depth role for the US. I would expect him to return next year and have a bigger offensive role.
  • We all know what happened with Jake Virtanen, and I am not going to pile on. Overall Canada had a bad showing and Virtanen was a part of that. Here’s hoping he can regain some confidence and have a good second half, whether that be here or for the Calgary Hitmen. Virtanen took a penalty on the play below, but I don’t care, I loved it

CANADIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE

Name
Pos
Age
League
Team
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
NHLe
+/-
PIM
SOG
Sh%
SOG/GP
Carl Neill
D
19.184
QMJHL
Carl Neill
36
5
31
36
1.00
21.3
-10
47
86
5.8%
2.39
Dmitry Zhukenov
C
18.288
QMJHL
Chicoutimi
35
9
23
32
0.91
19.5
0
36
56
16.1%
1.60
Tate Olson
D
18.291
WHL
Prince George
34
3
24
27
0.82
18.1
+17
52
Guillaume Brisebois
D
18.169
QMJHL
Acadie-Bathurst
33
6
12
18
0.55
11.6
-6
16
67
9.0%
2.03
Kyle Pettit
C
19.353
OHL
Erie
36
6
7
13
0.36
9.5
+11
8
Mackenze Stewart
LW
20.149
WHL
Tri-City
4
0
0
0
0.00
0.0
4
0
  • Dmitry Zhukenov pushed his point streak to 10 games with 1 assist on New Years Eve. Unfortunately, he did not put up any points in Chicoutimi’s game on Sunday, thus ending the point streak. He had 2 SOG and finished -1.
  • Tate Olson played two games this week against the Vancouver Giants; he finished at +/- 0 and 0 SOG. He played last night where he was held pointless and took 2 PIM.
  • Obviously Kyle Pettit reads Blackfish every week, as I mentioned that he had an increased role with Dylan Strome at the World Juniors and he wasn’t doing much. Pettit had a good week putting up 2 goals and 1 assist in 3 games.
  • Guillaume Brisebois left the Acadie Bathurst Titan game on December 29th and hasn’t returned. Although I have been unable to find any confirmation, it’s safe to assume he is injured with something.
  • Mackenze had his first full week back in the CHL; he finished the week with 4 PIM. He was playing defence on Tuesday against Victoria, but that may change with Brandon Carlo returning from the World Juniors. I don’t know if the Canucks will like if he keeps playing defence, as they seem bent on making him a forward as a pro.

NCAA

Name
Pos
Age
League
Team
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
NHLe
+/-
PIM
SOG
Sh%
SOG/GP
Brock Boeser
RW
18.315
NCAA-NCHC
North Dakota
20
13
8
21
1.05
35.3
+22
0
68
19.1%
3.40
Adam Gaudette
C
19.090
NCAA-HE
Northeastern
19
4
2
6
0.32
9.6
-8
0
40
10.0%
2.11
Mike Williamson
D
22.123
NCAA-Big-10
Penn State
6
0
1
1
0.17
4.8
-2
2
14
0.0%
2.33
  • Brock Boeser was in Finland winning a bronze medal, so he didn’t play any games for University of North Dakota. This goal by Boeser’s linemate, Drake Caggiula this week was fantastic.
  • Adam Gaudette played one game this week and scored a goal!
  • Mike Williamson did not play any games this week.
NamePosDOBAGETeamGPMinsGASASVSv%GAARecordSO
Thatcher Demko
G
95-12-08
20
Boston College
18
1081
31
486
455
0.936
1.72
13-4-1
6
  • Thatcher Demko did not play any games this week.

EUROPE

Name
Pos
Age
League
Team
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
NHLe
+/-
PIM
SOG
Sh%
SOG/GP
Anton Rödin
LW
25.046
SHL
Brynäs
30
16
18
34
1.13
55.8
8
14
85
18.8%
2.83
Nikita Tryamkin
D
21.129
KHL
Avtomobilist
43
4
7
11
0.26
16.8
-3
40
68
5.9%
1.58
Lukas Jasek
RW
18.131
Extraliga
HC Trinec
18
2
1
3
0.17
-1
14
15
13.3%
0.83
  • Anton Rodin played 1 game this week where he was held pointless in a 3-0 loss to Skelleftea. He had 20:57 of ice time where he was -1 and had 2 SOG.
  • Nikita Tryamkin returned to KHL action this week and was held pointless in their only game. He was -2 and had 12 PIM
  • Lukas Jasek played one game this week, where he was held pointless.

AHL

Name
Pos
Age
League
Team
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
NHLe
+/-
PIM
SOG
Sh%
SOG/GP
Hunter Shinkaruk
LW
21.085
AHL
Utica
27
13
12
25
0.93
35.7
+4
12
67
19.4%
2.48
Alexandre Grenier
RW
24.123
AHL
Utica
33
6
13
19
0.58
22.2
-4
26
78
7.7%
2.36
Brendan Gaunce
LW
22.287
AHL
Utica
22
9
9
18
0.82
31.5
+6
10
52
17.3%
2.36
Jordan Subban
D
20.309
AHL
Utica
26
5
12
17
0.65
25.2
-2
12
46
10.9%
1.77
Linden Vey
C
24.173
AHL
Utica
26
3
12
15
0.58
22.2
-5
8
43
7.0%
1.65
Alex Friesen
C
24.341
AHL
Utica
28
7
6
13
0.46
17.9
+5
34
48
14.6%
1.71
Nicklas Jensen
RW
22.306
AHL
Utica
27
4
8
12
0.44
17.1
+3
20
82
4.9%
3.04
Andrey Pedan
D
22.187
AHL
Utica
19
2
7
9
0.47
18.3
+6
49
41
4.9%
2.16
Ashton Sautner
D
21.224
AHL
Utica
20
3
5
8
0.40
15.4
+1
2
25
12.0%
1.25
Cole Cassels
RW
20.247
AHL
Utica
26
1
1
2
0.08
3.0
-6
9
16
6.3%
0.62
Ronalds Kenins
LW
24.312
AHL
Utica
8
0
1
1
0.13
4.8
-1
8
9
0.0%
1.13
  • Jordan Subban is now first in defenceman scoring for Utica and is 4th on the team behind Canucks prospect Hunter Shinkaruk, Alexandre Grenier and Brendan Gaunce.
  • Brendan Gaunce continues to play centre.
  • The Comets are finally getting some players back with Ashton Sautner, Ronalds Kenins and Alexandre Grenier being assigned to the AHL throughout this past week.
  • Darren Archibald has signed a standard player contract with Utica, and should remain there for the rest of this season.
  • Joe Cannata, Linden Vey & Alex Biega are all up with the Canucks.
  • Go check out Jeremy Davis’s in-depth look at the week that was for the Comets.

ECHL

Name
Pos
Age
League
Team
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
NHLe
+/-
PIM
SOG
Sh%
SOG/GP
Dane Fox
RW
22.085
ECHL
Kalamazoo
30
11
16
27
0.90
-1
64
86
12.8%
2.87
Ludwig Blomstrand
LW
22.304
ECHL
Kalamazoo
31
7
11
18
0.58
-16
24
79
8.9%
2.55
Anton Cederholm
D
20.319
ECHL
Kalamazoo
29
0
6
6
0.21
+3
32
35
0.0%
1.21
Curtis Valk
D
22.332
ECHL
Kalamazoo
2
1
2
3
1.50
+2
4
5
20.0%
2.50
Evan McEneny
D
21.229
ECHL
Kalamazoo
2
0
2
2
1.00
-1
0
3
0.0%
1.50
  • Dane Fox had another good week putting up 1 goal and 2 assists; he also had 7 PIM, was +3 and had 8 SOG
  • Ludwig Blomstrand had a huge game on New Years Eve putting up 2 goals and 2 assists. He finished the week with 9 shots on goal and +1
  • Anton Cederholm finished with 1 assist; he is still looking for his first professional goal.
  • Curtis Valk returned to the Kalamazoo lineup this week to play his first games of the season. He had 1 goal and 2 assists during the New Years eve game and then was held pointless in the other game for Kalamazoo. Once he gets his legs back under him, I won’t be surprised to see up in Utica.
  • Even McEneny did not play a game this week as he remains on IR.
NamePosDOBAGETeamGPMinutesGASVSASV%GAARecordSO
Clay Witt
G
91-08-24
24
Kalamazoo
5
234
17
110
127
0.866
4.35
0-4-0
0
  • Joe Cannata remains with Vancouver, thus Clay Witt is up with Utica. But again, Witt did not see any action in the AHL this week.
Well there you have it, another week over in the Canucks prospect world. Until then, Matthew Henderson and Shia Labeouf have some very important words for the Canucks and their prospects:

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