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Canucks Army Prospect Report – February 18th, 2015


Courtesy of BellevilleBulls.com
We are back with another edition of the Canucks Weekly Prospect Report where I dig into all the latest stats, rumours, gossip, news, achievements, and even made up stories from around the different junior hockey leagues. In this week’s edition, we have some prospects setting records, while others continue to dominate.
Without further ado, continue past the jump to see what went down!
Canadian Hockey League
| Name | Pos | DOB | Age | Team | GP | G | A | P | PPG | +/- | PIM | NHLe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cole Cassels | C | 1995-05-04 | 19 | Oshawa | 43 | 23 | 44 | 67 | 1.56 | 27 | 88 | 38 |
Jared McCann | C | 1996-05-31 | 18 | Sault Ste. Marie | 47 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 1.34 | 14 | 25 | 33 |
Jake Virtanen | LW | 1996-08-17 | 18 | Calgary | 34 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 1.12 | 15 | 54 | 24 |
Jordan Subban | D | 1995-03-15 | 19 | Belleville | 52 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 0.83 | -5 | 58 | 20 |
Evan McEneny | D | 1994-05-22 | 20 | Kingston | 52 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 0.63 | -2 | 53 | 16 |
Miles Liberati | D | 1995-06-21 | 19 | North Bay | 53 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 0.53 | 14 | 28 | 13 |
Kyle Pettit | C | 1996-01-18 | 19 | Erie | 50 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 0.50 | -3 | 8 | 12 |
Anton Cederholm | D | 1995-02-21 | 19 | Portland | 53 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.21 | 7 | 68 | 4 |
MacKenze Stewart | D | 1995-08-10 | 19 | Prince Albert | 51 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.18 | -4 | 101 | 4 |
- Cole Cassels had another good week where he played in 2 games, scored 1 goal and 2 assists and earned 5 PIMs. Cole Cassels is 10th in the league in Points/Game and 13th in total scoring.
- Jared McCann had a monster week, where he played in 4 games, scored 3 goals, earned 4 assists, and went +5. McCann is currently 19th in the OHL in points/game and 21st in total scoring.
- “Showtime” Virtanen had a down week, scoring 1 goal in 3 games, earning a +1 and 4 PIMs. Hockey Prospectus posted some scouting notes on him. Check out this sweet goal of his or again with sound.
- Jordan Subban had a decent week, dragging the offensively inept Belleville Bulls through 4 games where he scored 3 goals to earn a +4 and 4 PIMs. He currently leads the Bulls in scoring by a good margin. He is 8th in the league in all defensive scoring, 4th in Goals Created / Game and 3rd in % of Team’s Goals Created. With his 20th goal of the year, Subban broke a Belleville record in goals scored in a season by defencemen.
- Evan McEneny played in 4 games, scoring 1 assist and earning a -3 and 7 PIMs.
- Miles Liberati performed higher than his norm with 1 goal and 1 assist in 4 games, with a +2 and 4 PIMs.
- Kyle Pettit is closing the gap with the defencemen ahead of him in the NHLe race. In 4 games, Pettit had 2 goals and 2 assists, a +4 and 4 PIMs.
- 1 game this week for Anton Cederholm who earned a +1.
- 2 games, a +1 and 4 PIMs this week for MacKenze Stewart, who is the first Canucks CHL prospect to break 100 PIMs this year. MacKenze scored a goal earlier last week from almost 200 feet away.
NCAA
| Name | Pos | DOB | AGE | School | GP | G | A | P | PPG | +/- | S | S/G | Sh% | NHLe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrick McNally | D | 1991-12-04 | 23 | ECAC / Harvard | 15 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 1.07 | 14 | 40 | 2.67 | 10.00% | 36 |
Joseph LaBate | F | 1993-04-16 | 21 | Big 10 / Wisconsin | 26 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0.58 | -14 | 66 | 2.54 | 9.09% | 19 |
Ben Hutton | D | 1993-04-20 | 21 | Hockey East / Maine | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0.50 | -11 | 97 | 3.03 | 6.19% | 17 |
Matthew Beattie | F | 1992-12-14 | 22 | ECAC / Yale | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.13 | 4 | 17 | 1.13 | 0.00% | 4 |
Mike Williamson | D | 1993-09-05 | 21 | Big 10 / Penn State | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.09 | -1 | 14 | 1.27 | 0.00% | 3 |
- Patrick McNally is still hurt, but reportedly could return for Harvard’s playoffs.
- Joseph LaBate scored 1 goal and 1 assist in 2 games this week to go along with 7 shots on goal. He is still 2nd on Wisconsin for scoring.
- Ben Hutton retains an elite > 3.0 shots/game as her notched 1 goal and 1 assist, 8 shots, earned a +1 and 2 PIMs this week in 2 games with Maine.
- Another week without playing for Matthew Beattie.
- Mike Williamson played in another Penn state game where he notched 2 shots on goal.
| Name | Pos | DOB | Age | School | GP | Assists | Mins | GA | GAA | Record | Svs | Sv% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thatcher Demko | G | 1995-12-08 | 19 | H-East / Boston College | 27 | 2 | 1625 | 61 | 2.25 | 16-9-2 | 736 | 92.35% |
- Thatcher Demko did not have a great week as he saw his numbers drop after allowing in 8 goals in 2 games. He made 31 of 34 saves in a 2-3 OT Loss and 40 of 45 saves in a 6-5 Win. His save percentage has dropped him to 27th in the league but he can take solace in that he isn’t last among Canucks NCAA prospects in scoring or points/game.
Europe
| Name | Pos | DOB | AGE | Team | GP | G | A | P | PPG | +/- | SOG | SOG/G | Sh% | PIM | TOI | NHLe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nikita Tryamkin | D | 1994-08-04 | 20 | KHL / Avtomobilist | 54 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.11 | 5 | 56 | 1.04 | 1.79% | 35 | 14:28 | 7 |
- Nikita Tryamkin skated in 1 KHL game this week where he played 11:52, had 1 shot and a -1.
ECHL
| ECHL | Pos | DOB | AGE | Team | GP | G | A | P | PPG | +/- | SOG | S/G | Sh% | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Curtis Valk | C | 1993-02-08 | 22 | Kalamzoo Wings | 31 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 0.97 | 8 | 78 | 2.52 | 14.10% | 12 |
Ludwig Blomstrand | LW | 1993-03-08 | 21 | Kalamzoo Wings | 30 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 0.77 | -6 | 82 | 2.73 | 15.85% | 16 |
Dane Fox | F | 1993-10-13 | 21 | Kalamzoo Wings | 43 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 0.60 | -2 | 109 | 2.53 | 14.68% | 59 |
Jeremie Blain | D | 1992-03-19 | 22 | Kalamzoo Wings | 32 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0.53 | 2 | 64 | 2.00 | 6.25% | 32 |
- Curtis Valk is still injured.
- Ludwig Blomstrand skated in 3 games scoring 2 goals, earning a -2 and 14 shots.
- Dane Fox scored 1 goal in 3 games, earned a -1 and 10 shots.
- Jeremie Blain has been recalled to Utica in the Canucks defencemen shake up. In 3 ECHL games this week he scored 2 assists, earned a -1, 8 shots on goal and 10 PIMs.
- Mitch Holmberg did not play in a game this week.
| Name | Pos | DOB | Age | Team | GP | Mins | GA | GAA | Record | Svs | Sv% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Cannata | G | 1990-01-02 | 25 | Ontario Reign | 19 | 1129 | 40 | 2.13 | 10-6-0-2 | 502 | 92.62% | 1 |
- Joe Cannata did not play a game this week.
Further Reading:
- Vote for Dane Fox and Ludwig Blomstrand on your ECHL Fantasy Team!
- Join the Canucks Army Facebook Group for Insiderrr access.
- Vote on McNally and/or Hutton in the NCAA Hobey Baker Award.
- Read Last Week’s Canucks Army Prospect Report
- Check out Canucks Army’s 2014 Prospect Profiles summer series.
Breaking News
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- Ex-Canucks captain Quinn Hughes’ big night help Wild advance to second round of Stanley Cup playoffs
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