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Canucks Army Weekly Prospect Report – November 6th, 2014


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Another week gone by, and another week of action for our Canucks prospects. All the leagues are under way and all NCAA schools have been playing real games against other NCAA schools. There’s plenty of good news coming out of Kalamazoo, where it is rare you get to be excited about an ECHL player.
Without further ado read past the jump for more!
Ontario Hockey League
| Name | Pos. | DOB | Age | Team | GP | G | A | P | PPG | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cole Cassels | C | 1995-05-04 | 19 | Oshawa | 16 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 1.75 | 10 | 36 |
Jared McCann | C | 1996-05-31 | 18 | Sault Ste. Marie | 11 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1.36 | 1 | 6 |
Jordan Subban | D | March 15, 1995 | 19 | Belleville | 16 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 1.19 | 2 | 20 |
Evan McEneny | D | 1994-05-22 | 20 | Kingston | 14 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0.79 | 3 | 6 |
Kyle Petit | C | 1996-01-18 | 18 | Erie | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.30 | -4 | 0 |
Miles Liberati | D | 1995-06-21 | 19 | North Bay | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.29 | 8 | 15 |
- Cole Cassels played a “mediocre” week only scoring
at a rate of 1 PPG over 2 games combined with 7 PIMs. - Jared McCann played in 2 games scoring 1 goal,
earning a -4 and 2 PIM. He is looking to be more productive this year in the Soo. - Jordan Subban played 4 games, scoring 3 goals, including the highlight reel goal above,
and 1 assist and earning 8 PIM. - Evan McEneny played 3 games were he scored 7
assists and earned 6 PIM. - Kyle Petit played 2 games and earned a -2.
- Miles Liberati played 3 games and earned a +3.
- Side OHL story, Sudbury’s head coach Paul Fixter
was fined$7,500 for telling a reporter what to do.
Western Hockey League
| Name | Pos. | DOB | AGE | Team | GP | G | A | P | PPG | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jake Virtanen | LW | 1996-08-17 | 18 | Calgary | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1.20 | -1 | 2 |
MacKenze Stewart | D | 1995-08-10 | 19 | Prince Albert | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.33 | -3 | 20 |
Anton Cederholm | D | 1995-02-21 | 19 | Portland | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.29 | -9 | 24 |
- Jake Virtanen scored 1 assist in 2 games this
week. Virtanen’s shoulder is looking just fine. - Anton Cederholm played 3 games, -2 and 7 PIM.
- MacKenze Stewart played 3 games scoring 1 goal
and 1 assist, earning a +1 and 5 PIM.
NCAA
| Name | Pos. | DOB | AGE | School | GP | G | A | P | PPG | +/- | S | S/G | Sh% | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrick McNally | D | 1991-12-04 | 22 | ECAC / Harvard | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | 5 | 5.00 | 40.00% | 0 |
Ben Hutton | D | 1993-04-20 | 21 | Hockey East / Maine | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.33 | 2 | 25 | 2.78 | 4.00% | 2 |
Mike Williamson | D | 1993-09-05 | 21 | Big 10 / Penn State | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | -1 | 7 | 1.75 | 0.00% | 6 |
Joseph LaBate | F | 1993-04-16 | 21 | Big 10 / Wisconsin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -5 | 10 | 2.50 | 0.00% | 10 |
Matthew Beattie | F | 1992-12-14 | 21 | ECAC / Yale | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 | 5 | 1.67 | 0.00% | 0 |
- Penn State played in two games against Bentley
winning 3-2 in both games. They have the
next week off. Mike Williamson played in 1
game, notching 1 shot and earning 2 PIM. - The University of Maine beat Massachusetts 6-5 in
OT and 3-2 this week. This week Maine
will be playing Vermont on the 7th and the 8th. Ben Hutton played in both games earning 1 assist,
5 SOG and a +1. - No games for University of Wisconsin and Joe LaBate this last
week, they will play North Dakota on the 7th and 8th. - Harvard played their first game tying Dartmouth
3-3 and will play three games this week: on the 7th @ Rensselaer,
the 8th @ Union and the 11th @ Boston College vs Thatcher Demko. Patrick McNally scored 2 goals on 5 shots in his
first game of the season, earning a +2. - Yale played two games tying Princeton 2-2 and
beat Connecticut 2-1. Yale will play at
home on Friday and Saturday vs Clarkson and St Lawrence. Matt Beattie played in 2 games earning a -1 and 3
SOG.
| Name | Position | DOB | Age | School | GP | Assists | Mins | GA | GAA | Record | Svs | Sv% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thatcher Demko | G | 1995-12-08 | 18 | H-East / Boston College | 7 | 1 | 422 | 13 | 1.98 | 4-3-0 | 177 | 93.16% |
- Boston College played three games winning 2-1 and
losing 2-1 in OT at Denver as well as 1-0 loss at Connecticut. On Friday, Boston College plays Boston University
against draft-eligible top-prospect Jack Eichel and then on the 11th
vs Harvard. Demko stopped 25 of 26, 33
of 35, and 21 of 22 shots in his three most recent outings.
Demko continues to raise his Sv% up to .932.
Europe
| Name | Position | DOB | AGE | Team | GP | G | A | P | PPG | +/- | SOG | SOG/G | Sh% | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gustav Forsling | D | 1996-06-12 | 18 | SHL / Linkoping | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.22 | 5 | 23 | 1.28 | 8.70% | 2 | 18:49 |
Nikita Tryamkin | D | 1994-08-04 | 20 | KHL / Avtomobilist | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.08 | -1 | 36 | 1.50 | 0.00% | 17 | 16:06 |
- Tryamkin played in 4 games, earning a +1, and
creating 7 shots on goal. - Forsling played in 2 games notching 4 shots on
goal. He continues to increase his TOI
by an average of 5 more seconds a game.
ECHL
| ECHL | Position | DOB | AGE | Team | GP | G | A | P | PPG | +/- | SOG | S/G | Sh% | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Curtis Valk | C | 1993-02-08 | 21 | Kalamzoo Wings | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1.57 | 3 | 14 | 2.00 | 28.57% | 0 |
Dane Fox | F | 1993-10-13 | 21 | Kalamzoo Wings | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1.40 | 2 | 9 | 1.80 | 33.33% | 9 |
Ludwig Blomstrand | LW | 1993-03-08 | 21 | Kalamzoo Wings | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1.14 | 2 | 16 | 2.29 | 25.00% | 2 |
Alex Mallet | F | 1992-05-22 | 22 | Kalamzoo Wings | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1.00 | 1 | 14 | 2.00 | 14.29% | 13 |
- Kalamazoo won 3-1 at Fort Wayne, then lost
4-5 vs Fort Wayne the next night. The
next week sees Elmira in Kalamazoo on Friday and Saturday and then on Wednesday
K-Zoo goes off to Fort Wayne once again. K-Zoo will
be having a Military Appreciation Jersey night with some very
ugly jerseys. - Curtis Valk played in 2 games scoring 1 goal and
1 assist and put up 6 shots on goals.
Valk continues to impress and leads the KWings in
scoring and won the ECHL Player
of the Month. I would bet he is the
first call-up to Utica this year. - Ludwig Blomstrand played 2 games earning 1
assist and 3 SOG. - Dane Fox did not play as he was injured and on
the reserved list for reasons that have not been disclosed. - Alex Mallet played 2 games scoring 1 goal and 2
assists, with a +2, 5 SOG and 4 PIM. - Fellow Comets related KWing players leading in
points are: Guimond (8), Kattelus (7), Longpre (6), Scheidl (5), Kaunisto (4),
Negrin (3), Lafranchise (2), Blain (1). - Patrick Kennedy leads Evansville with 4 goals
and 3 assists in 5 games.
| Name | Position | DOB | Age | Team | GP | Mins | GA | GAA | Record | Svs | Sv% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Cannata | G | 1990-01-02 | 24 | Ontario Reign | 5 | 299 | 9 | 1.81 | 3-2-0-0 | 130 | 93.53% | 1 |
- Joe Cannata played in 1 game this week making 24
of 25 saves to bring his Sv% up to .935.
Breaking News
- ‘Bring a Stanley Cup back to Canada’: 2026 Draft top prospect Carson Carels hopes a Canadian team drafts him
- Canucks at Worlds: ‘Too early to tell’ extent of Hronek’s injury after vicious sequence vs Finland; Höglander departs vs Switzerland
- Ex-Canucks captain Quinn Hughes’ big night help Wild advance to second round of Stanley Cup playoffs
- Canucks defenceman Filip Hronek reportedly injured in chippy IIHF exhibition game
- What does the future hold after Nils Höglander’s worst career season?: Year in Review
