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Blackfish: Canucks Army Weekly Prospect Report – January 28, 2016
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Jan 28, 2016, 14:31 ESTUpdated:
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Another week has passed in the whacky world of Canucks prospects. Many players returned from injury – others got injured. Hunter Shinkaruk will represent the Comets and Canucks at the AHL All-Star Game this week and the CHL/NHL Top Prospect game is tonight!
So there is a lot going on this week, and you’ve come to the one place with all the Canucks prospects information you need!
Let’s break it all down in this week’s edition of Blackfish: Canucks Army Prospect Report.

CANADIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE

Name
Pos
Age
League
Team
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
NHLe
+/-
PIM
SOG
Sh%
SOG/GP
Carl Neill
D
19.205
QMJHL
Carl Neill
44
5
34
39
0.89
18.9
-9
53
86
5.8%
1.95
Dmitry Zhukenov
C
18.309
QMJHL
Chicoutimi
42
10
27
37
0.88
18.8
1
42
56
17.9%
1.33
Tate Olson
D
18.312
WHL
Prince George
43
5
31
36
0.84
18.5
+19
64
Guillaume Brisebois
D
18.190
QMJHL
Acadie-Bathurst
35
6
13
19
0.54
11.6
-7
16
67
9.0%
1.91
Kyle Pettit
C
20.008
OHL
Erie
43
7
10
17
0.40
10.4
+12
8
Mackenze Stewart
LW
20.170
WHL
Tri-City
12
0
2
2
0.17
3.7
14
-1
  • Carl Neill led the charge for Carl Neill this week with 2 assists in two games. He also had 4 PIM, was +3 and  had 1 SOG. Most importantly, Neill is back to playing with San Jose 2nd round pick Jeremy Roy. This bodes well for his continued offensive output.
  • Dmitry Zhukenov played two games this week and was held off the scoresheet in both. He was -1 with 2 SOG combined. He was exactly 50% in the face-off circle.
  • Prince George was busy this week playing three games in four nights. Olson was held to one assist, -1 and 4 PIM. Regardless of what happens, Olson has shattered expectations this season.
  • Kyle Pettit played one game this week where he put one assist, +1 and 1 SOG. I hate to say it, but I am a firm believer that Pettit won’t be worth a contract at the end of the year. Although, they did sign MacKenze Stewart last year, so I could be wrong on this one.
  • Guillaume Brisebois returned to action this week, posting one assist in two games. It was finally revealed that he was suffering from a concussion, but appears to be all good!
  • Mackenze Stewart played two games this week and finished with 5 PIM

NCAA

Name
Pos
Age
League
Team
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
NHLe
+/-
PIM
SOG
Sh%
SOG/GP
Brock Boeser
RW
18.336
NCAA-NCHC
North Dakota
24
15
12
27
1.13
37.8
+24
0
83
18.1%
3.46
Adam Gaudette
C
19.111
NCAA-HE
Northeastern
25
6
11
17
0.68
20.6
-4
0
54
11.1%
2.16
  • Brock Boeser pushed his point streak to 13 games with an assist on Friday night, but ultimately it ended on Saturday. His goal scoring streak also ended on Friday night. Both of Boeser’s regular linemates (Schmaltz and Caggiula) have been injured and aren’t expected back this weekend.
  • Adam Gaudette pushed his point streak to 7 games with points in consecutive games this weekend. He had two assists in Friday’s contest, and then one assist on Saturday.
NamePosDOBAGETeamGPMinsGASASVSv%GAARecordSO
Thatcher Demko
G
95-12-08
20
Boston College
20
1330
38
596
558
0.936
1.71
15-4-3
7

EUROPE

Name
Pos
Age
League
Team
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
NHLe
+/-
PIM
SOG
Sh%
SOG/GP
Anton Rödin
LW
25.067
SHL
Brynäs
33
16
21
37
1.12
55.2
7
18
91
17.6%
2.76
Nikita Tryamkin
D
21.150
KHL
Avtomobilist
46
4
7
11
0.24
15.7
-4
40
68
5.9%
1.48
Lukas Jasek
RW
18.152
Extraliga
HC Trinec
21
2
1
3
0.14
-1
18
15
13.3%
0.71
  • Rodin is injured. Botchford confirmed in the aforementioned Provies that the Canucks have interest in bringing Rodin over next year.
  • Nikita Tryamkin returned to action yesterday for Avtomobilist. He was held off the scoresheet in just under 20 minutes of ice time. Unfortunately, my Russian isn’t very good, so still unable to determine what ailed him.
  • Lukas Jasek is one hard player to keep track of. He was in the U21 Czech junior league to start the week, where he scored 4 goals in 2 games. He then returned to the Extraliga for the 24th, played second line minutes but then was a healthy scratch for their next game. He may have been loaned to the tier 2 league yesterday, but not confirmed. So, at least, he is playing games…?

AHL

Name
Pos
Age
League
Team
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
NHLe
+/-
PIM
SOG
Sh%
SOG/GP
Hunter Shinkaruk
LW
21.106
AHL
Utica
35
16
15
31
0.89
34.1
+1
14
86
18.6%
2.46
Brendan Gaunce
LW
22.308
AHL
Utica
30
10
11
21
0.70
27.0
+1
12
68
14.7%
2.27
Jordan Subban
D
20.330
AHL
Utica
34
6
15
21
0.62
23.8
-8
21
71
8.5%
2.09
Alexandre Grenier
RW
24.144
AHL
Utica
38
6
13
19
0.50
19.3
-7
32
86
7.0%
2.26
Alex Friesen
C
24.362
AHL
Utica
36
8
10
18
0.50
19.3
+4
53
80
10.0%
2.22
Mike Zalewski
C
23.162
AHL
Utica
36
8
9
17
0.47
18.2
+5
16
66
12.1%
1.83
Linden Vey
C
24.194
AHL
Utica
26
3
12
15
0.58
22.2
-5
8
43
7.0%
1.65
Andrey Pedan
D
22.208
AHL
Utica
24
2
8
10
0.42
16.1
+7
53
51
3.9%
2.13
Ashton Sautner
D
21.245
AHL
Utica
24
3
5
8
0.33
12.8
+3
4
27
11.1%
1.13
Cole Cassels
RW
20.268
AHL
Utica
34
1
3
4
0.12
4.5
-8
11
21
4.8%
0.62
Ronalds Kenins
LW
24.333
AHL
Utica
9
0
1
1
0.11
4.3
-1
8
13
0.0%
1.44
  • Hunter Shinkaruk, Brendan Gaunce and Jordan Subban currently lead the offence. Which is a great sign for Canucks fans.
  • Higgins made his Utica Comets debut this weekend, where he posted one assist in two games.
  • Blair Jones and Ronalds Kenins are currently injured.
  • Mike Zalewski was returned to Utica this week, while Mike Pereira was released from his PTO.
  • Linden Vey and Alex Biega are still up with the Canucks. Vey would now need to clear waivers to be re-assigned, so I would expect him to remain in Vancouver for the duration of this season.
  • As always, here is Jeremy Davis’s in-depth look at Utica’s last week.

ECHL

Name
Pos
Age
League
Team
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
NHLe
+/-
PIM
SOG
Sh%
SOG/GP
Dane Fox
RW
22.106
ECHL
Kalamazoo
38
16
17
33
0.87
-1
70
120
13.3%
3.16
Ludwig Blomstrand
LW
22.325
ECHL
Kalamazoo
39
11
17
28
0.72
-17
26
114
9.6%
2.92
Curtis Valk
C
22.353
ECHL
Kalamazoo
8
3
8
11
1.38
+3
8
22
13.6%
2.75
Anton Cederholm
D
20.340
ECHL
Kalamazoo
37
0
7
7
0.19
+1
41
45
0.0%
1.22
Evan McEneny
D
21.250
ECHL
Kalamazoo
4
0
2
2
0.50
+1
0
3
0.0%
0.75
  • Dane Fox put up 1 goal and 1 assist in 2 games this week for Kalamazoo. He finished the week +2 with 11 SOG and 2 PIM. 
  • Ludwig Blomstrand also finished the week with 1 goal and 1 assist in 2 games. He also had 9 SOG, 2 PIM and was +2.
  • Curtis Valk had 1 assist in 2 games.
  • Anton Cederholm had an assist this week!
  • Even McEneny returned to the Kalamazoo lineup this week and finished +2 in two games.
NamePosDOBAGETeamGPMinutesGASVSASV%GAARecordSO
Clay Witt
G
91-08-24
24
Kalamazoo
6
294
23
110
127
0.858
4.35
0-5-0
0
  • To no ones surprise, Witt didn’t play any games this week.

Schedule

Anton Rodin has been removed from the schedule, as he will be out long-term. Lukas Jasek is not included, as I have no idea what team he will be on on any given day.
That’s it for this week!

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