Flames prospect performances at the 2017 World Junior Summer Showcase

If you’re hockey-starved this August – a rather common occurrence seeing as how, well, there’s next to no hockey this month – then the 2017 World Junior Summer Showcase cured exactly what ails you.

And, for the benefit of Flames fans, six prospects took part in the showcase. Dillon Dube and Matthew Phillips suited up for Team Canada, Adam Fox dressed for the United States, Juuso Valimaki and Eetu Tuulola represented Finland, and Linus Lindstrom played for Team Sweden.

Here we have each prospect’s stats over the course of the tournament, as well as highlights GIFed by wonderful folks on Twitter, and the occasional observation from those with a more league-wide focus (i.e. when they mention a Flames prospect, they’re doing it because they genuinely stood out amidst other players).

Over three games, Dube scored one assist (primary, even strength). He had seven shots on goal.

Over three games, Phillips scored three goals (one powerplay; two at even strength, including an empty netter). He had eight shots on goal.

Over five games, Fox scored three goals (all at even strength) and registered six assists (two primary, one at even strength and one on the powerplay; four secondary, one at even strength and three on the powerplay) for nine total points. Excluding split squad games, Fox scored seven points in two games – the highest scorer of the showcase. He had nine shots on goal, total.

Valimaki has already been named Team Finland’s captain for the 2018 World Juniors, so it seems safe to say he’ll play a big role as Finland looks to rebound from its poor ninth place finish in 2017.

Over five games, Valimaki scored one assist (primary, even strength). He put up 18 shots on net, which was second out of all tournament players (teammate Janne Kuokkanen, a forward, led the way with 25).

Over three games, Tuulola went pointless. He had one shot on goal.

Over four games, Lindstrom scored one goal (even strength) and registered two assists (both primary, both at even strength, one in overtime) for three points. He had five shots on goal total.