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Blackfish: Canucks Army Weekly Prospect Report – March 17th, 2016

Mar 17, 2016, 11:00 EDTUpdated:

The NCAA playoffs are in full swing, the CHL season ends this week and the AHL is fully in playoff chase mode.
So much happening in the Canucks prospect world and you can check it all out 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 | +/- | PIM | SOG | |
Dmitry Zhukenov | C | 18.358 | QMJHL | Chicoutimi | 62 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 0.87 | -4 | 56 | 91 | |
Carl Neill | D | 19.253 | QMJHL | Carl Neill | 62 | 8 | 41 | 49 | 0.79 | -17 | 63 | 159 | |
Guillaume Brisebois | D | 18.239 | QMJHL | Acadie-Bathurst | 51 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 0.51 | -12 | 28 | 101 | |
Mackenze Stewart | LW | 20.219 | WHL | Tri-City | 34 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.29 | +1 | 47 | ||
Tate Olson | D | 18.361 | WHL | Prince George | 64 | 9 | 38 | 47 | 0.73 | +17 | 88 | ||
Kyle Pettit | C | 20.057 | OHL | Erie | 55 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 0.36 | +9 | 14 |
- Dmitry Zhukenov played two games this week – he had 1 assist, 2 PIM & 2 SOG (Shoot more kid!)
- Carl Neill is back again! – he played three games this week and had points in each contest – he ended the week with one goal, two assists, +2 and 9 SOG.
- Tate Olson played two games this week – He had 1 goal, 2 PIM ands +1.
- Kyle Pettit played two games this week – he had 1 SOG
- Guillaume Brisebois is currently injured – I was unable to determine what the injury is.
- Mackenze Stewart had a big game (by his standards) with 1 goal and 1 assist against Kelowna on March 13th – he was held pointless in his other game this week.
NCAA
Name | Pos | Age | League | Team | GP | G | A | P | P/GP | +/- | PIM | SOG | Sh% | SOG/GP | |
Brock Boeser | RW | 19.020 | NCAA-NCHC | North Dakota | 36 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 1.33 | +34 | 0 | 114 | 21.9% | 3.17 | |
Adam Gaudette | C | 19.159 | NCAA-HE | Northeastern | 38 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 0.71 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 11.4% | 2.32 |
- Boeser keeps on trucking along and putting up points – in the two games against Colorado College, Boeser had five assists. North Dakota will face Minnesota Duluth in the NCHC Semi-Finals on Friday.
- Gaudette played two games against Notre Dame this past weekend – he had one assist, and 6 SOG. Northeastern move onto the Semi-Finals where they will face Thatcher Demko’s Boston College Eagles.
| Name | Pos | DOB | AGE | Team | GP | Mins | GA | SA | SV | Sv% | GAA | Record | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thatcher Demko | G | 95-12-08 | 20 | Boston College | 35 | 2124 | 63 | 1016 | 953 | 0.938 | 1.78 | 25-6-4 | 10 |
- Thatcher Demko had an up and down weekend against Vermont in the Hockey East Quarterfinals – He earned his 10th shutout of the season on Friday, lost 4-2 in game three and then Boston College was able to win the deciding Game 3 in OT, 4-3. As mentioned above, Demko will face Gaudette in the Semi-Finals on Friday.
EUROPE
Name | Pos | Age | League | Team | GP | G | A | P | P/GP | +/- | PIM | SOG | Sh% | SOG/GP | |
Anton Rödin | LW | 25.110 | SHL | Brynäs | 33 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 1.12 | 7 | 18 | 91 | 17.6% | 2.76 | |
Lukas Jasek | RW | 18.195 | ELJ | Trinec U20 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 2.00 | 9 | 45 | 15 | 100.0% | 1.07 | |
Nikita Tryamkin | D | 21.193 | KHL | Avtomobilist | 53 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.21 | 7 | 4 | 73 | 5.5% | 1.38 |
- Rodin is still injured – no further details are available.
- Tryamkin made is NHL debut last night
- Lukas Jasek played two playoff games for Trinec Junior team – he had 2 goals and 2 assists in 2 games. His U21 team has advanced to the second round and will face Mountfield HK U21.
AHL
Name | Pos | Age | League | Team | GP | G | A | P | P/GP | +/- | PIM | SOG | Sh% | SOG/GP | |
Alexandre Grenier | RW | 24.193 | AHL | Utica | 57 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 0.65 | 0 | 41 | 128 | 10.2% | 2.25 | |
Brendan Gaunce | LW | 22.357 | AHL | Utica | 43 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 0.77 | +9 | 16 | 102 | 14.7% | 2.37 | |
Jordan Subban | D | 21.013 | AHL | Utica | 52 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 0.62 | +1 | 34 | 103 | 9.7% | 1.98 | |
Mike Zalewski | C | 23.211 | AHL | Utica | 50 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 0.54 | +11 | 32 | 100 | 13.0% | 2.00 | |
Alex Friesen | C | 25.046 | AHL | Utica | 50 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 0.46 | +3 | 59 | 104 | 7.7% | 2.08 | |
Andrey Pedan | D | 22.256 | AHL | Utica | 42 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 0.48 | +19 | 83 | 99 | 6.1% | 2.36 | |
Ronalds Kenins | LW | 25.017 | AHL | Utica | 27 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 0.59 | +2 | 34 | 47 | 6.4% | 1.74 | |
Linden Vey | C | 24.243 | AHL | Utica | 26 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0.58 | -5 | 8 | 43 | 7.0% | 1.65 | |
Ashton Sautner | D | 21.294 | AHL | Utica | 35 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.29 | +1 | 10 | 40 | 10.0% | 1.14 | |
Cole Cassels | RW | 20.317 | AHL | Utica | 52 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.12 | -11 | 20 | 35 | 5.7% | 0.67 |
ECHL
Name | Pos | Age | League | Team | GP | G | A | P | P/GP | +/- | PIM | SOG | Sh% | SOG/GP | |
Ludwig Blomstrand | LW | 23.008 | ECHL | Kalamazoo | 59 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 0.81 | -20 | 34 | 161 | 13.0% | 2.73 | |
Curtis Valk | C | 23.036 | ECHL | Kalamazoo | 25 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 1.08 | -1 | 14 | 64 | 20.3% | 2.56 | |
Evan McEneny | D | 21.299 | ECHL | Kalamazoo | 24 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0.71 | +11 | 4 | 37 | 0.0% | 1.54 | |
Anton Cederholm | D | 21.024 | ECHL | Kalamazoo | 57 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0.25 | +9 | 49 | 67 | 3.0% | 1.18 |
- Ludwig Blomstrand had zero points in three games this week – he had 5 SOG and was -2
- Curtis Valk had a goal in each game this week for Kalamazoo – he had 4 SOG and 2 PIM
- Anton Cederholm was held pointless this week.
- Even McEneny had two assists over the three games this week.
- Sarah Hobday is back with a Kzoo look for the Wings past week.
| Name | Pos | DOB | AGE | Team | GP | Minutes | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | Record | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clay Witt | G | 91-08-24 | 24 | Kalamazoo | 11 | 492 | 33 | 266 | 233 | 0.876 | 4.02 | 1-7-0 | 0 |
- Clay Witt won a game! — He had 33 saves in a 4-3 win over Toledo!
Schedule

Rodin (injury) is not included. For the NCAA prospects, they will need to win on Friday to play on Saturday – so one of Gaudette or Demko will make the Hockey East Finals.
Have a good weekend!
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