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Blackfish: Canucks Army Weekly Prospect Report – December 17th, 2015
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Dec 17, 2015, 17:34 ESTUpdated:
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The weather outside is frightful and so was the Canucks game on Tuesday. 
But luckily Canucks prospects continue to make some waves around the hockey world. The NCAA is now on their winter break with many of their freshman and sophomore off to compete at the World Juniors. While the KHL and SHL enjoy extended breaks before Christmas.
Every week, former Canucks Army writer Josh used to gather all the prospect stats and compile them into a one article for everyone’s viewing pleasure. Jeremy was nice enough to take last weeks as I got my feet under me as the new Canucks Army contributor. But now the honour has been bequeathed upon me to carry on the important tradition of Blackfish. Expect the same detail of the stats and breakdown of the week as before, but more gifs. I make gifs regularly for Canucks prospects, so why not use them?
Without further ado, here is this week’s Blackfish!

CANADIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE

Name
Pos
Age
League
Team
GP
G
A
P
P/G
+/-
PIM
S
Sh%
S/G
Carl Neill
D
19.164
QMJHL
Carl Neill
29
5
26
31
1.07
-3
43
72
7.0%
2.45
Dmitry Zhueknov
F
18.268
QMJHL
Acadie-Bathurst
30
8
20
28
0.93
-4
28
48
16.7%
1.6
Tate Olson
D
18.271
WHL
Prince George
26
2
19
21
0.81
+14
44
Guillaume Brisebois
D
18.149
QMJHL
Acadie-Bathurst
30
5
8
13
0.43
-9
16
58
8.6%
1.93
Kyle Pettit
C
19.333
OHL
Erie
30
4
6
10
0.33
+11
8
  • Carl Neill had a monster game on Saturday night putting up 1 goal and 3 assists. He also had 2 PIM, was +1 and had 5 SOG. Even though he was passed over in this first year of draft eligibility, it’s becoming quickly apparent that the Canucks may have found something with their recent 5th round pick.
  • Not to be outdone, Dmitry Zhukenov had 5 points (1G-4A) over Chicoutimi’s three games this past weekend. He is currently on a 6 game point streak inching closer to being a point per game player. He also had 4 PIM and was +1 in the three games combined. 
  • Tate Olson quietly went about his business in three games this week. He ended the week with 2 assists, +2 and 9 PIM.
  • Guillaume Brisebois played two games this past week where he scored one empty net goal (which was shorthanded). He ended the weekend with 5 SOG and +1.
  • Kyle Pettit had 1 assist was +2 in his two games this weekend. His assist was his first point in 8 games.

NCAA

Name
Pos
Age
League
Team
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
+/-
PIM
S
Sh%
S/G
Brock Boeser
RW
18.295
NCAA
North Dakota
20
13
8
21
1.05
+22
0
68
19.1%
3.40
Adam Gaudette
C
19.070
NCAA
Northeastern
17
3
2
5
0.29
-7
0
35
8.6%
2.06
Mike Williamson
D
22.103
NCAA
Penn State
5
0
1
1
0.20
-2
2
13
0.0%
2.60
  • North Dakota had a pair of wins over University of Minnesota-Duluth this past week. Brock Boeser finished the weekend with a goal on Friday and another on Saturday. His goal on Friday was another in a recent streak of beauties. Boeser enters the NCAA winter break on a 10 game point streak but he won’t be taking the time off, as he is now at USA World Juniors camp with hopes of landing a spot.
  • Adam Gaudette’s Northeastern University played Thatcher Demko’s Boston College on Friday and Saturday. In the two games combined, Gaudette was -5 with 7 SOG.
  • Penn State played Princeton on Friday night, Williamson was -1 with 4 SOG.
NamePosDOBAGETeamGPMinsGASASVSv%GAARecordSO
Thatcher Demko
G
95-12-08
20
Boston College
13
963
26
438
412
0.941
1.62
13-2-1
6
  • As mentioned above, Boston College and Northeastern played on Friday and Saturday night. Although still amongst the best in the NCAA, Demko’s numbers are slowly coming down from their gaudy totals to start the season. Demko gave up a total of 6 goals (3-3 tie on Friday, 4-3 Boston College win on Saturday) in the weekend series.

EUROPE

Name
Pos
Age
League
Team
GP
G
A
P
P/G
+/-
PIM
S
Sh%
S/G
Lukas Jasek
RW
18.111
Extraliga
HC Trinec
14
1
1
2
0.14
-1
10
7
14.3%
0.50
Nikita Tryamkin
D
21.109
KHL
Avtomobilist
41
4
7
11
0.27
-1
28
66
6.1
1.6
Anton Rödin
LW
25.026
SHL
Brynäs
26
15
17
32
1.23
10
12
75
20.0%
2.88
  • Lukas Jasek played in two games this week where he was held pointless. He is now at the Czech World Junior camp where, although not official, it appears he has made the team.
  • Nikita Tryamkin played one game this week with 19:27 of ice time where he was -1 and had 1 SOG.
  • In two games this past week – Anton Rodin scored two goals on Thursday against the basement dwelling Karlskrona, but was held pointless two days later. He had a total of 11 SOG and was +2. His second goal from Thursday: 

AHL

Name
Pos
Age
League
Team
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
+/-
PIM
SOG
Sh%
SOG/GP
Hunter Shinkaruk
LW
21.065
AHL
Utica
20
11
8
19
0.95
+1
8
48
22.9%
2.40
Alexandre Grenier
RW
24.103
AHL
Utica
26
5
10
15
0.58
-4
22
65
7.7%
2.50
Linden Vey
C
24.153
AHL
Utica
26
3
12
15
0.58
-5
8
43
7.0%
1.65
Alex Friesen
C
24.321
AHL
Utica
23
7
5
12
0.52
+6
32
41
17.1%
1.78
Brendan Gaunce
LW
22.267
AHL
Utica
15
6
6
12
0.80
+3
6
37
16.2%
2.47
Nicklas Jensen
RW
22.286
AHL
Utica
20
4
7
11
0.55
+4
12
61
6.6%
3.05
Jordan Subban
D
20.289
AHL
Utica
19
4
8
12
0.63
0
10
31
12.9%
1.63
Andrey Pedan
D
22.167
AHL
Utica
19
2
7
9
0.47
+6
49
41
4.9%
2.16
Ronalds Kenins
LW
24.292
AHL
Utica
8
0
1
1
0.13
-1
8
9
0.0%
1.13
Cole Cassels
RW
20.227
AHL
Utica
19
0
1
1
0.05
-5
7
11
0.0%
0.58
  • Hunter Shinkaruk continues to lead the Canucks prospects in Utica despite being out of the lineup for two weeks. He returned to the Comets lineup last night and was held pointless.
  • Alexandre Grenier scored last night, which makes him the franchise leader in goals scored.
  • Alex Friesen (now injured) and Jordan Subban had a good week but for a more in-depth look at Utica’s week, take a look at Jeremy’s Utica week in Review here.

ECHL

Name
Pos
Age
League
Team
GP
G
A
P
P/G
+/-
PIM
S
Sh%
S/G
Dane Fox
RW
22.065
ECHL
Kalamazoo
23
7
12
19
0.83
-5
42
68
10.3%
2.96
Ludwig Blomstrand
LW
22.284
ECHL
Kalamazoo
24
5
7
12
0.50
-13
16
63
7.9%
2.63
Anton Cederholm
D
20.299
ECHL
Kalamazoo
24
0
5
5
0.21
+2
30
34
0.0%
1.42
Evan McEneny
D
21.209
ECHL
Kalamazoo
2
0
2
2
1.00
-1
0
3
0.0%
1.50
Mackenze Stewart
LW
20.129
ECHL
Kalamazoo
6
0
0
0
0.00
-3
5
3
0.0%
0.50
  • Kalamazoo won both games against the Brampton Beast on Friday (4-0) and Saturday (3-1) – Dane Fox was all over the scoresheet with 1 assist on each night and a total of 10 shots. He ended Friday’s game with a 10 minute misconduct.
  • Over the two games – Ludwig Blomstrand scored a goal in each game, was +3 and had a total of 7 SOG.
  • Anton Cederholm ended the weekend with a +1 and 1 SOG
  • Evan McEneny did not play a game – he currently sits at 4 GP total for the year (2 AHL and 2 ECHL)
  • Mckenzie Stewart is up with Utica.
  • As always, Sarah Hobday has a fantastic breakdown of the week that was for Kalamazoo.
NamePosDOBAGETeamGPMinutesGASVSASV%GAARecordSO
Clay Witt
G
91-08-24
24
Kalamazoo
3
176
12
92
104
0.855
4.89
0-3-0
0
  • Clay Witt did not play this week.

SCHEDULE

Thursday Dec 17, 2015
Friday Dec 18, 2015
Saturday
Dec 19, 2015
Sunday Dec 20, 2015
Monday
Dec 21, 2015
Tuesday
Dec 22, 2015
COMETS
At Springfield
4:00pm
at Hartford
4:00pm
KWINGS
vs Manchester
7:30am
vs Atlanta
4:00pm
vs Atlanta
4:00pm
CHL
Carl Neill
Guillaume Brisebois
Carl Neill
Dmitry Zhukenov
Kyle Pettit
Tate Olson
Kyle Pettit
Tate Olson
Tate Olson
NCAA
Adam Gaudette
Europe
Courtesy OneCanuck.com
Editor Note: This table is being wonky, but Tyramkin and Jasek play on Tuesday as well.
Luckily Thatcher Demko is back in these updates after a one week absence, and there was a great story on Vice Sports this week about Demko. In the article, the young man who passed away, Ian Jenkins, is the same player that Bo Horvat wears #53 for.
I hope I did Josh proud with this Blackfish. 

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