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Blackfish: Canucks Army Weekly Prospect Report – February 16th, 2017

Feb 16, 2017, 13:00 ESTUpdated:

We are back for another week of Blackfish: Canucks Army Prospect Report!
Although the Canucks couldn’t stack up against the Penguins this week, there are a few prospects making noise around the hockey world. Adam Gaudette continues to tear up the NCAA, while Brock Boeser and William Lockwood look to get their feet back under them.
There a few players in the CHL making a name for themselves.
All that and more this week!
CANADIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Name | Pos | Age | League | Team | GP | G | A | P | P/GP | NHLe | +/- | PIM |
Carl Neill | D | 20.225 | QMJHL | Carl Neill | 53 | 13 | 43 | 56 | 1.06 | 22.5 | 11 | 42 |
Brett McKenzie | C | 19.341 | OHL | NorthBay | 52 | 24 | 31 | 55 | 1.06 | 27.8 | -9 | 43 |
Dmitri Zhukenov | C | 19.329 | QMJHL | Chicoutimi | 51 | 15 | 35 | 50 | 0.98 | 20.9 | -16 | 32 |
Jakob Stukel | RW | 19.347 | WHL | Calgary | 54 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 0.74 | 16.4 | -9 | 32 |
Rodrigo Abols | C | 21.042 | QMJHL | Acadie-Bathurst | 39 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 0.97 | 20.8 | 9 | 24 |
Olli Juolevi | D | 18.287 | OHL | London | 43 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 0.79 | 20.7 | 18 | 24 |
Guillaume Brisebois | D | 19.210 | QMJHL | Carl Neill | 47 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 0.68 | 14.5 | 24 | 28 |
Tate Olson | D | 19.332 | WHL | Prince George | 54 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 0.43 | 9.4 | 6 | 52 |
Cole Candella | D | 19.003 | OHL | Hamilton | 51 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.25 | 6.7 | -10 | 26 |
- Carl Neill of the Carl Neills with two goals and two assists in six games since our last update.
- Two goals and four assist for Brett McKenzie in six contests over the past two weeks.
- Dmitry Zhukenov continues to hover around a PPG pace – He had one assist and five assists in the six games since the last Blackfish.
- Jakob Stukel’s hot streak comes to a screeching halt – with one goal and one assist in six games over the past two weeks.
- Rodrigo Abols with six points in seven games.
- Olli Juolevi was limited to one assist in five games.
- One goal and seven assists in six games for third round pick Guillaume Brisebois.
- Three points in six games for Prince George’s Tate Olson
- For another two weeks, Cole Candella was held off the scoresheet again.
NCAA
Name | Pos | Age | League | Team | GP | G | A | P | P/GP | NHLe | +/- | PIM | SOG | Sh% | SOG/GP |
Adam Gaudette | C | 20.131 | NCAA-HE | Northeastern | 29 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 1.55 | 47.1 | +6 | 0 | 131 | 16.0% | 4.52 |
Brock Boeser | R | 19.356 | NCAA-NCHC | U of North Dakota | 23 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 1.00 | 33.6 | +5 | 0 | 78 | 14.1% | 3.39 |
Will Lockwood | LW | 18.241 | NCAA-Big10 | U of Michigan | 24 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0.63 | 17.9 | -9 | 0 | 43 | 16.3% | 1.79 |
- Four games and another six points for Adam Gaudette. He is currently leading all Sophomore players in the NCAA.
- Brock Boeser got back on the scoresheet with one assist in two contests since the last update.
- William Lockwood had two assist in four games over the past two weeks.
EUROPE
Name | Pos | Age | League | Team | GP | G | A | P | P/GP | NHLe | +/- | PIM |
Lukas Jasek | R | 19.172 | WSM Liga | HC Frýdek-Místek | 30 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 0.93 | 22.2 | 11 | 16 |
Anton Cederholm | D | 21.360 | Allsvenskan | AIK | 30 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.20 | 4.8 | -1 | 45 |
- Lukas Jasek with one goal and one assist in two contests in the WSM Liga.
- Anton Cederholm with no points in three games for AIK.
AHL
Name | Pos | Age | League | Team | GP | G | A | P | P/GP | NHLe | +/- | PIM |
Alexandre Grenier | R | 25.164 | AHL | Utica | 47 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 0.79 | 30.3 | -11 | 42 |
Curtis Valk | C | 24.008 | AHL | Utica | 48 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 0.71 | 27.3 | -3 | 32 |
Jordan Subban | D | 21.350 | AHL | Utica | 41 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 0.61 | 23.5 | -7 | 12 |
Evan McEneny | D | 22.270 | AHL | Utica | 39 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0.33 | 12.8 | -5 | 16 |
Jake Virtanen | RW | 20.183 | AHL | Utica | 38 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.26 | 10.1 | -6 | 24 |
Joseph LaBate | C | 23.306 | AHL | Utica | 20 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.45 | 17.3 | -7 | 46 |
Mike Zalewski | C | 24.182 | AHL | Utica | 30 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.27 | 10.3 | 7 | 20 |
Michael Carcone | LW | 20.273 | AHL | Utica | 39 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.18 | 6.9 | -3 | 29 |
Cole Cassels | C | 21.288 | AHL | Utica | 40 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.18 | 6.7 | 3 | 20 |
Andrey Pedan | D | 23.228 | AHL | Utica | 30 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.20 | 7.7 | 0 | 44 |
Ashton Sautner | D | 22.265 | AHL | Utica | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.08 | 3.1 | -4 | 16 |
Name | Position | DOB | Age | Team | GP | Mins | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | Record | S/O |
Thatcher Demko | G | Dec 8/95 | 21 | Utica | 24 | 1345 | 66 | 630 | 564 | 0.895% | 2.95 | 9-10-1 | 0 |
ECHL
Name | Pos | Age | League | Team | GP | G | A | P | P/GP | NHLe | +/- | PIM |
Mackenze Stewart | L | 21.190 | ECHL | Alaska | 46 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.13 | 2.1 | 5 | 86 |
Yan-Pavel Laplante | LW | 21.299 | ECHL | Alaska | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.23 | 3.8 | 0 | 21 |
- Mackenze Stewart with one assist in four games.
- Yan Pavel Laplante is back with Alaska – and appears to be there for the foreseeable future.
Name | Position | DOB | Age | Team | GP | Mins | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | Record | S/O |
Michael Garteig | G | Nov 5/91 | 25 | Alaska | 17 | 947 | 48 | 516 | 478 | 0.909% | 3.04 | 10-5-2 | 1 |
- Garteig ended the two weeks with a 1-0-2 record for the Aces.
The full schedule for the Canucks and their prospect schedules can be found here.
Have a good weekend!
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