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Canucks Army Weekly Prospect Report – October 23rd, 2014
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Josh W
By Josh W
Oct 23, 2014, 11:00 EDTUpdated:
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It’s been another busy and successful week for Canucks prospects, with
many players dominating their respective leagues.  A
few players have won awards for being players of the week while others continue
to be successful without receiving any accolades.  
Read past
the jump for the latest prospect news and notes in the Canucks Army Weekly Prospect
Report.

Ontario Hockey League

NamePositionDOBAgeTeamGPGAPPPG +/-PIM
Cole Cassels
C
1995-05-04
19
Oshawa
11
4
16
20
1.82
13
25
Jared McCann
C
1996-05-31
18
Sault Ste. Marie
7
5
7
12
1.71
4
4
Jordan Subban
D
March 15, 1995
19
Belleville
10
4
8
12
1.20
2
12
Evan McEneny
D
1994-05-22
20
Kingston
8
0
3
3
0.38
-2
8
Miles Liberati
D
1995-06-21
19
North Bay
8
1
2
3
0.38
2
11
Kyle Pettit
C
1996-01-18
18
Erie
6
2
0
2
0.33
-3
0
  • Cole Cassels had a very
    dominant week, in 3 games he scored 1 goal and 7 assists, earning a +4 and 6
    PIM.  He is now the 4th highest scoring player in the OHL and
    earned himself “CHL
    Player of the Week    ”.
  • Jordan Subban also had a very
    active week; playing in 3 games he scored three goals and three
    assists.  Hopefully this is an early sign that he is having a
    breakout year similar to his brother PK.  Subban, along with
    McCann, has been named to the OHL roster for the Subway Super
    Series.
  • Jared McCann continues to have
    success at a comparable level: he’s played 4 games scoring 3 goals and 5
    assists, producing a +4 and finding 4 PIM.
  • Miles Liberati had a better
    week playing in 2 games, scoring 1 goal and 1 assist to earn a +1. His North Bay Battalion are currently 1st in the OHL and CHL in Shot% through the first and second period (estimating FenClose).
  • It was a quiet week for Evan
    McEneny where he played in 1 game and scored 1 assist.
  • Even Kyle Pettit had a
    reasonably good week, he played in 3 games and scored 2 goals while earning a
    -3.

Western Hockey League

NamePositionDOBAGETeamGPGAPPPG +/-PIM
Anton Cederholm
D
1995-02-21
19
Portland
11
2
0
2
0.18
-7
15
MacKenzie Stewart
D
1995-08-10
19
Prince Albert
9
0
1
1
0.11
-5
13
Jake Virtanen
LW
1996-08-17
18
Calgary
0
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
  • Jake Virtanen has still not
    yet played a game, but he has been cleared to play and should be in Calgary’s
    lineup on Friday night!  Virtanen was named to the WHL roster
    for the Subway Super Series against Russia’s Junior National Team.
  • Anton Cederholm continues to
    have a bad start on his year, while part of it is the bad play in his team,
    part of his struggles is tied in his own skill (or lack
    thereof).  He’s played 3 games this week, earning a -1 and 6
    PIM.  The Winterhawks are currently a -24 in goal
    differential on the year in 13 games, and have allowed a WHL-high 463 shots on goal.  Cederholm was named an
    alternate captain to the Winterhawks.
  • MacKenzie Stewart makes you
    continue to question his selection: in 4 games this week he earned 1 assist while
    going -2 with 5 PIM.

NCAA

NamePositionDOBAGESchoolGPGAPPPG +/-SS/GSh%PIM
Ben Hutton
D
1993-04-20
21
Hockey East / Maine
5
0
1
1
0.20
1
8
1.60
0.00%
0
Joseph LaBate
F
1993-04-16
21
Big 10 / Wisconsin
4
0
0
0
0.00
-5
10
2.50
0.00%
10
Patrick McNally
D
1991-12-04
22
ECAC / Harvard
0
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
Mike Williamson
D
1993-09-05
21
Big 10 / Penn State
2
0
1
1
0.50
0
4
2.00
0.00%
4
Matthew Beattie
F
1992-12-14
21
ECAC / Yale
0
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
  • The University of Maine
    continued their losing streak, dropping two games 0-3 and 2-5 to Union. 
    This week they will be playing Alaska Anchorage.  Hutton
    played in both games earning a -1 while registering 3 SOG.
  • The Wisconsin Badgers lost two
    games against Northern Michigan 0-2 and 1-4.  They have a
    week off and will face North Dakota in November.  Joe LaBate
    played in both games earning a -4 with 3 SOG.
  • Penn State tied Alaska
    Anchorage 3-3 and then lost 3-4 to Alaska.  Penn state plays
    Holy Cross this weekend on Friday and Sunday.  Mike Williamson
    fplayed in both games and earned 1 assist, while notching
    2 SOG and 4 PIM.
  • Matt Beattie (Yale) plays a preseason game
    against the University of Alberta this Friday.
  • Patrick McNally (Harvard) is still off until
    November 1st against Dartmouth.
NamePositionDOBAgeSchoolGPAssistsMinsGAGAARecordSvsSv%
Thatcher Demko
G
1995-12-08
18
H-East / Boston College
2
1
119
6
3.03
2000-01-01
44
88.00%
  • The Boston College Beagles won
    their first regular season game this week 6-2 vs R.I.T. 
    Demko was in net playing the full game and allowing 2 goals against on 27
    shots.  He has improved his Sv% on the year to
    .880

Europe

NamePositionDOBAGETeamGPGAPPPG+/-SOGSOG/GSh%PIMTOI
Nikita Tryamkin
D
1994-08-04
20
KHL / Avtomobilist
19
0
2
2
0.11
-2
28
1.47
0.00%
15
16:35
Gustav Forsling
D
1996-06-12
18
SHL / Linkoping
13
1
2
3
0.23
3
15
1.15
6.67%
2
18:28
  • Nikita Tryamkin played in 2
    games this week, earning 1 assist, going +2, producing 3 SOG, 2 PIM and has
    increased his average TOI by :13 a game.
  • Gustav Forsling continues to
    see his role increase in the SHL where his TOI has increased by nearly a half
    minute a game over the last 3 games.  He scored 1 assist,
    earned a -1 and notched 4 SOG in the last week.

ECHL

ECHLPositionDOBAGETeamGPGAPPPG +/-SOGS/GSh%PIM
Ludwig Blomstrand
LW
1993-03-08
21
Kalamzoo Wings
3
3
2
5
1.67
-1
5
1.67
60.00%
0.00
Curtis Valk
C
1993-02-08
21
Kalamzoo Wings
3
1
3
4
1.33
0
5
1.67
20.00%
0
Dane Fox
F
1993-10-13
21
Kalamzoo Wings
3
2
1
3
1.00
-1
4
1.33
50.00%
4
Alex Mallet
F
1992-05-22
22
Kalamzoo Wings
3
1
1
2
0.67
-3
8
2.67
12.50%
4
  • Kalamazoo has had a strong
    start to their year starting 2-1 with a lot of goals. 
    They’ve lost 2-6 to Elmira, then beat them 6-2 following up with a 5-4 OT win
    against Indy.
  • Ludwig Blomstrand has been an
    offensive monster earning 3 goals and 2 assists in 3 games played. 
    Not being invited to the Canucks or Comets camp, combined with being eliminated
    from the Canucks Army Top 20 Prospects has clearly fuelled his
    hate-fire.
  • Comets prospect Curtis Valk
    has put up 1 goal and 3 assists in 3 games.
  • Dane Fox has 2 goals and 1
    assist to his name in 3 games.
  • Alex Mallet has 1 goal and 1 assist
    in 3 games, and leads all Canucks prospects with 8 SOG in those
    games.
NamePositionDOBAgeTeamGPMinsGAGAARecordSvsSv%SO
Joe Cannata
G
1990-01-02
24
Ontario Reign
2
120
1
0.50
2-0-0-0
66
98.51%
1
  • Joe Canata has started off the
    year dominating in the ECHL.  Through two games he has only
    allowed in one goal on 67 shots for a .985 Sv%.  He was named
    the ECHL Goaltender
    of the Week     for his efforts.

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