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Blackfish: Canucks Army Weekly Prospect Report – December 24th, 2015
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Dec 24, 2015, 12:00 ESTUpdated:
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With the holidays upon us, the hockey schedule sees a little slow period. But some Canucks prospects still played games and made an impact in one way or another. However, the best news this week is that the World Juniors start on Saturday morning! 
For next week’s Blackfish, I will add Jake Virtanen and Brock Boeser’s stats at the World Juniors. But until then, here is this weeks edition.

CANADIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE

Name
Pos
Age
League
Team
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
+/-
PIM
SOG
Sh%
SOG/GP
Kyle Pettit
C
19.339
OHL
Erie
32
4
6
10
0.31
+12
8
Carl Neill
D
19.170
QMJHL
Carl Neill
31
5
27
32
1.03
-6
43
71
7.0%
2.29
Dmitry Zhukenov
C
18.274
QMJHL
Chicoutimi
31
8
21
29
0.94
-4
28
51
15.7%
1.65
Guillaume Brisebois
D
18.155
QMJHL
Acadie-Bathurst
31
6
10
16
0.53
-6
16
61
9.8%
1.97
Tate Olson
D
18.277
WHL
Prince George
28
2
21
23
0.82
+15
46
  • Kyle Pettit had an uneventful two games this past weekend, finishing +1.
  • Carl Neill had two games this past week where ended up with 1 assist, -3 and 4 SOG
  • Dmitry Zhunkenov played one game this week – he had 1 assist and 3 SOG.
  • Acadie Bathurst stomped Charlottetown this past weekend 6-1 – Brisebois had 1 goal, 1 assist, +3 and had 3 SOG.
  • Tate Olson’s Prince George Cougars played the Victoria Royals on Friday and Saturday night – Olson was -2 with 2 PIM on Friday, but followed that up on Saturday with 2 assists and +3.

NCAA

Name
Pos
Age
League
Team
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
+/-
PIM
SOG
Sh%
SOG/GP
Brock Boeser
RW
18.301
NCAA-NCHC
North Dakota
20
13
8
21
1.05
+22
0
68
19.1%
3.40
Adam Gaudette
C
19.076
NCAA-HE
Northeastern
18
3
2
5
0.28
-7
0
36
8.3%
2.00
Mike Williamson
D
22.109
NCAA-Big-10
Penn State
5
0
1
1
0.20
-2
2
13
0.0%
2.60
  • To no one’s surprise, Brock Boeser officially made Team USA for the World Juniors yesterday. His tournament begins on Boxing Day against Jake Virtanen’s Team Canada. 
  • Adam Gaudette played one game this week – where he had 1 SOG.
  • Mike Williamson did not play a game.
NamePosDOBAGETeamGPMinsGASASVSv%GAARecordSO
Thatcher Demko
G
95-12-08
20
Boston College
16
963
26
438
412
0.941
1.62
13-2-1
6
  • Thatcher Demko did play any games this week, but according to his twitter account he had some issues with Southwest Airlines and is spending the holidays with his girlfriend, who happens to be the Women’s Hockey goaltender at University of North Dakota.

EUROPE

Name
Pos
Age
League
Team
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
+/-
PIM
SOG
Sh%
SOG/GP
Nikita Tryamkin
D
21.115
KHL
Avtomobilist
42
4
7
11
0.26
-2
28
66
6.0%
1.57
Anton Rödin
LW
25.032
SHL
Brynäs
26
15
17
32
1.23
+10
12
75
20.0%
2.88
Lukas Jasek
RW
18.117
Extraliga
HC Trinec
14
1
1
2
0.14
-1
10
7
14.3%
0.50
  • Nikita Tryamkin played one game this week – where he finished -1. He did have the lowest ice time amongst defenceman (15:26) for the game, which seems odd as he had been the leader for many games recently.
  • Anton Rodin did not play any games this week.
  • Lukas Jasek was a very late cut for the Czech Republic World Junior team; so late that even Jasek’s parent team (HC Trinec) had tweeted congratulating him on making the team. Disappointing for Canucks fans who haven’t been able to see Jasek play.

AHL

Name
Pos
Age
League
Team
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
NHLe
+/-
PIM
SOG
Sh%
SOG/GP
Hunter Shinkaruk
LW
21.071
AHL
Utica
22
12
11
23
1.05
40.3
+1
8
53
22.6%
2.41
Alexandre Grenier
RW
24.109
AHL
Utica
28
6
11
17
0.61
23.4
-5
22
72
8.3%
2.57
Brendan Gaunce
LW
22.273
AHL
Utica
17
9
6
15
0.88
34.0
+4
8
43
20.9%
2.53
Linden Vey
C
24.159
AHL
Utica
26
3
12
15
0.58
22.2
-5
8
43
7.0%
1.65
Alex Friesen
C
24.327
AHL
Utica
23
7
5
12
0.52
20.1
+6
32
41
17.1%
1.78
Jordan Subban
D
20.295
AHL
Utica
21
4
8
12
0.57
22.0
-1
10
33
12.1%
1.57
Nicklas Jensen
RW
22.292
AHL
Utica
22
4
8
12
0.55
21.0
+4
14
68
5.9%
3.09
Andrey Pedan
D
22.173
AHL
Utica
19
2
7
9
0.47
18.3
+6
49
41
4.9%
2.16
Ronalds Kenins
LW
24.298
AHL
Utica
8
0
1
1
0.13
4.8
-1
8
9
0.0%
1.13
Cole Cassels
RW
20.233
AHL
Utica
21
0
1
1
0.05
1.8
-6
7
13
0.0%
0.62
  • Hunter Shinkaruk had a monster game on Friday night for Utica, putting up 1 goal and 3 assists. It was his second game back from injury, so it was great to see him have a good game.
  • With Linden Vey recalled and Alex Friesen injured, Brendan Gaunce played centre for the first time in a long time on Friday night – he had 2 goals. I don’t expect him to continue to play centre, but it should help his chances of being recalled to the Canucks later in the season.
  • Andrey Pedan, Alex Biega and Ronalds Kenins remain with the Canucks.
  • As always, my boy Jeremy Davis has a great in depth look at Utica’s past week here.

ECHL

Name
Pos
Age
League
Team
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
NHLe
+/-
PIM
SOG
Sh%
SOG/GP
Dane Fox
RW
22.071
ECHL
Kalamazoo
26
8
12
20
0.77
-6
46
76
10.5%
2.92
Ludwig Blomstrand
LW
22.290
ECHL
Kalamazoo
27
5
9
14
0.52
-12
20
65
7.7%
2.41
Anton Cederholm
D
20.305
ECHL
Kalamazoo
26
0
5
5
0.19
+2
30
35
0.0%
1.35
Evan McEneny
D
21.215
ECHL
Kalamazoo
2
0
2
2
1.00
-1
0
3
0.0%
1.50
Mackenze Stewart
LW
20.135
ECHL
Kalamazoo
6
0
0
0
0.00
-3
5
3
0.0%
0.50
  • Kalamazoo played three games this past week – Dane Fox ended it with 1 goal, 8 SOG, 4 PIM and -1. Fox has cooled down considerably in December with 4 points in 9 games.
  • Ludwig Blomstrand put up 1 assist on Friday night and another on Saturday night. He finished the three game weekend with 4 PIM, 2 SOG and +1
  • Anton Cederholm had 1 assist during last Thursday’s game.
  • Even McEneny did not play a game this week.
  • Mackenze Stewart remains up with Utica but still hasn’t played a game there since his latest recall.
NamePosDOBAGETeamGPMinutesGASVSASV%GAARecordSO
Clay Witt
G
91-08-24
24
Kalamazoo
5
234
17
110
127
0.866
4.35
0-4-0
0
  • Clay Witt played this week! That’s where the excitement ends. He gave up 5 goals on 23 shots during Kalamazoo’s 5-3 loss to Atlanta on Saturday night.
With that, I will leave you all with Jake Virtanen’s first goal against Sweden from Wednesday’s preliminary game.
Merry Christmas everyone!

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