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Canucks Army Prospect Report – March 11th, 2015
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Josh W
By Josh W
Mar 11, 2015, 11:00 EDTUpdated:
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Courtesy: @KalamazooWings
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. We look into the play of all (non-AHL) Canucks prospects from the CHL, NCAA, Europe, and
even the ECHL.
Without further ado, continue
past the jump to see what went down!

Canadian Hockey League

NamePosDOBAgeTeamGPGAPPPG +/-PIMNHLe
Cole Cassels
C
1995-05-04
19
Oshawa
50
29
48
77
1.54
32
94
38
Jared McCann
C
1996-05-31
18
Sault Ste. Marie
54
33
44
77
1.43
25
27
35
Jake Virtanen
LW
1996-08-17
18
Calgary
44
20
29
49
1.11
16
72
24
Jordan Subban
D
1995-03-15
19
Belleville
58
24
23
47
0.81
-7
60
20
Evan McEneny
D
1994-05-22
20
Kingston
61
8
33
41
0.67
-5
67
17
Miles Liberati
D
1995-06-21
19
North Bay
62
11
25
36
0.58
19
41
14
Kyle Pettit
C
1996-01-18
19
Erie
58
16
11
27
0.47
-4
10
11
Anton Cederholm
D
1995-02-21
20
Portland
61
7
9
16
0.26
15
70
6
MacKenze Stewart
D
1995-08-10
19
Prince Albert
59
4
6
10
0.17
-4
101
4
  • Cole Cassels had a four point game (including a hat trick) while earning a +1.  He played a second game but had zeros across the box score.
  • Jared McCann scored 1 goal and 1 assist in 2 games with a +1 and 2 PIMs this week.  He has a broken finger (or maybe a broken hand?) and will miss 1-2 weeks.  While Jared McCann is definitely giving Canucks fans a reason to be excited this year, his most recent uptick in success seems to have started around the OHL trade deadline, when the Soo acquired a bunch of top players including Anthony DeAngelo and Nick Ritchie.
  • Showtime Virtanen scored 1 goal in 2 games this week with a -2 and 6 PIMs.
  • In one game this week Jordan Subban was a -2.
  • Exciting week for Evan McEneny this week who scored 2 goals and 1 assist in 3 games earning 2 PIMs.
  • 1 assist and a +1 in 3 games for Miles Liberati since the last report.
  • 1 assist and 2 PIMs in 3 games for Kyle Pettit.
  • 1 goal in 2 games for Anton Cederholm.
  • MacKenze Stewart earned +1 in 2 games this week.

NCAA

NamePosDOBAGESchoolGPGAPPPG +/-SS/GSh%NHLe
Patrick McNally
D
1991-12-04
23
ECAC / Harvard
15
4
12
16
1.07
14
40
2.67
10.00%
36
Ben Hutton
D
1993-04-20
21
Hockey East / Maine
39
9
12
21
0.54
-15
115
2.95
7.83%
18
Joseph LaBate
F
1993-04-16
21
Big 10 / Wisconsin
32
6
10
16
0.50
-17
86
2.69
6.98%
17
Matthew Beattie
F
1992-12-14
22
ECAC / Yale
16
0
3
3
0.19
5
18
1.13
0.00%
6
Mike Williamson
D
1993-09-05
21
Big 10 / Penn State
13
1
1
2
0.15
0
15
1.15
6.67%
5
2012 draft pick Ben Hutton is planning on going back to Maine for
another season. Hutton has long vowed to finish his degree before
turning pro, something teams knew at the draft, which could explain why
he was taken in the fifth round when some believed he’d be taken in the
third.
The Canucks, in turn, are planning a visit, which would include Sir
Bennington, at some point over the next few months. The visit would be
to give him the old Weber blueprint on why he should skip his plans and
join the Canucks instead.
The Canucks would like to make room for Hutton in Utica. That’s not
as easy as it sounds. There does appear to be a glut of dmen in
this organization currently.
One which could be remedied by trading KBlock3.
  • Joseph LaBate earned a -1 and 7 shots on goal in 2 games this week.
  • No games for Matthew Beattie this week.
  • Mike Williamson played in 1 game this week.
NamePosDOBAgeSchoolGPAssistsMinsGAGAARecordSvsSv%
Thatcher Demko
G
1995-12-08
19
H-East / Boston College
31
2
1870
68
2.18
18-10-3
851
92.60%

Europe

NamePosDOBAGETeamGPGAPPPG+/-SOGSOG/GSh%PIMTOINHLe
Nikita Tryamkin
D
1994-08-04
20
KHL / Avtomobilist
58
1
5
6
0.10
3
60
1.03
1.67%
35
14:15
7
  • Nikita Tryamkin is done for the season as Avtomobilist was eliminated in the playoffs by Ak Bars.  In his last two games he was a +0 with 12 PIMs, 3 shots on goal and average around 8 minutes a game.  It’s definitely not been a great season for him as he saw regression across the board.

ECHL

ECHLPosDOBAGETeamGPGAPPPG +/-SOGS/GSh%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
22
Kalamzoo Wings
40
22
11
33
0.83
-6
123
3.08
17.89%
22
Dane Fox
F
1993-10-13
21
Kalamzoo Wings
54
22
11
33
0.61
-5
143
2.65
15.38%
75
Jeremie Blain
D
1992-03-19
22
Kalamzoo Wings
33
4
15
19
0.58
2
66
2.00
6.06%
34
  • Ludwig Blomstrand has 3 goals and 1 assist in 3 games, earning a +1, 12 shots on goal and 4 PIMs.  He has been trending in the right direction lately.
  • Dane Fox scored 1 goal in 3 games with 15 shots on goal and 4 PIMs.
  • Jeremie Blain scored 2 assists in his first game back in the ECHL with 2 shots on goal and 2 PIMs.
  • Kane LaFranchise is back in the ECHL and has scored 5 assists in 3 games, earning a -2 and 5 shots on net.
  • Mitch Holmberg did not play a game this week.
NamePosDOBAgeTeamGPMinsGAGAARecordSvsSv%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 has not yet played a game this week back in Ontario.

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