Flames prospect update: Stockton begins their playoff journey

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1 year ago

After a bye week, the Stockton Heat began their post-season journey on Tuesday night at home against the Bakersfield Condors – the baby Oilers. Meanwhile, a whole slew of Calgary Flames prospects remain active in their respective league playoffs (and a few have been eliminated).

Let’s check in on all the prospects!

This and that

The playing seasons are over for F Mitchell Mattson (Michigan State), F Josh Nodler (also Michigan State), F Demetrios Koumontzis (Arizona State), D Jake Boltmann (Notre Dame), F Matt Coronato (Harvard), F William Stromgren (Rögle), F Lucas Feuk (Väsby), G Arsenii Sergeev (Tri-City) and F Ilya Nikolaev (Tri-City).
Connor Mackey, Adam Ruzicka and Adam Werner are with the Flames as extra depth players for the playoffs.
The Stockton Heat won Game 1 of their first round series with Bakersfield and has a 1-0 series lead.

Jack Beck – RW, Ottawa 67’s, OHL / Stockton Heat, AHL

Calgary’s sixth round pick (168th overall) in the 2021 NHL Draft

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
OHL up to date	36	22	22	44	25	38	22	32.37
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Beck is with Stockton, practising with the Heat. He has yet to dress.

Lucas Ciona – LW, Seattle Thunderbirds, WHL

Calgary’s sixth round pick (173rd overall) in the 2021 NHL Draft

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	53	17	18	35	23	26	16	16.35
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

The Thunderbirds are down 2-0 to the Portland Winterhawks in their second round series. Playing on Seattle’s second line, Ciona has two points in this round and five points in the playoffs overall.

Walker Duehr – RW, Stockton Heat, AHL

Free agent signing

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	59	11	12	23	16	19	14	15.54
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Duehr played on the fourth line with Alex Gallant and Byron Froese for Game 1 against Bakersfield. He had a goal.

Ryan Francis – C, Stockton Heat, AHL / Saint John Sea Dogs, QMJHL

Calgary’s fifth round pick (143rd overall) in the 2020 NHL Draft; #8-ranked prospect

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
AHL up to date	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
QMJHL up to date	54	25	40	65	40	56	36	28.03
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Saint John is tied 2-2 with Rimouski in their best-of-five playoff series: the deciding Game 5 takes place on Thursday. Francis missed Game 4 due to an injury or illness. He has one assist in the round so far.

(If Saint John gets eliminated, they’re still active in the playoffs because they’re hosting the Memorial Cup.)

Glenn Gawdin – C, Stockton Heat, AHL

St. Louis’ fourth round pick (116th overall) in the 2015 NHL Draft; free agent signing; #10-ranked prospect

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	62	15	35	50	25	32	19	32.14
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Gawdin returned to action after missing some time at the end of the regular season. He played on the first line with Jakob Pelletier and Matthew Phillips in Game 1. He had an assist on Pelletier’s shorthanded goal.

Cole Huckins – LW, Acadie-Bathurst Titan, QMJHL

Calgary’s third round pick (77th overall) in the 2021 NHL Draft; #19-ranked prospect

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	41	12	14	26	18	22	14	14.77
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Acadie-Bathurst trails Halifax in their first round series 2-1, with Game 4 scheduled for Thursday. Huckins has an assist so far and has been bouncing around their middle six so far.

Cole Jordan – D, Moose Jaw Warriors, WHL

Calgary’s fifth round pick (141st overall) in the 2021 NHL Draft

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	36	2	9	11	9	6	5	7.57
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Moose Jaw trails Winnipeg 2-1 in their second round series, with Game 4 scheduled for Wednesday. Playing on the third pairing, Jordan has two assists so far in the playoffs.

Rory Kerins – C, Soo Greyhounds, OHL

Calgary’s sixth round pick (174th overall) in the 2020 NHL Draft; #18-ranked prospect

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	67	43	75	118	64	93	58	46.65
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Soo is down 2-1 to Flint in their second round series, with Game 4 scheduled for Thursday. Kerins has three points in the series and eight points in the playoffs so far.

Johannes Kinnvall – D, Stockton Heat, AHL

Free agent signing

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	19	0	8	8	4	3	2	16.78
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Kinnvall was scratched for Stockton’s first playoff game.

Justin Kirkland – LW, Stockton Heat, AHL

Nashville’s third round pick (62nd overall) in the 2014 NHL Draft; free agent signing

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	66	25	23	48	23	39	18	28.98
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Kirkland played on the second line with Martin Pospisil and Luke Philp for Game 1 against Bakersfield.

Yan Kuznetsov – D, Stockton Heat, AHL / Saint John Sea Dogs, QMJHL

Calgary’s second round pick (50th overall) in the 2020 NHL Draft; #15-ranked prospect

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
AHL up to date	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
QMJHL up to date	25	2	11	13	10	7	5	13.77
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Saint John plays Rimouski in a deciding fifth game of their best-of-five series on Thursday night. Kuznetsov missed Game 2 with an illness or injury, but returned for Game 3. He has one point in the series so far, paired with Jeremie Poirier on Saint John’s second pairing.

Ilya Nikolaev – C, Tri-City Storm, USHL

Calgary’s third round pick (88th overall) in the 2019 NHL Draft

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	58	23	49	72	37	46	22	28.50
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Nikolaev’s junior season is over, as the Storm were eliminated in three games by Sioux City in the USHL conference final round. He had eight points in five games, including five goals, in Tri-City’s post-season.

Since Nikolaev isn’t headed to college, he could potentially join the Heat for the post-season – but time will tell if that actually materializes.

Jakob Pelletier – LW, Stockton Heat, AHL

Calgary’s first round pick (26th overall) in the 2019 NHL Draft; #3-ranked prospect

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	66	27	35	62	33	46	25	37.44
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Pelletier was on the first line with Glenn Gawdin and Matthew Phillips for Game 1 against Bakersfield. He had a shorthanded goal to open the scoring.

Emilio Pettersen – LW, Stockton Heat, AHL

Calgary’s sixth round pick (167th overall) in the 2018 NHL Draft; #11-ranked prospect

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	59	13	13	26	24	20	17	18.24
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Pettersen was on the third line with Connor Zary and Eetu Tuulola for Game 1 against Bakersfield. He had an excellent game, with a goal (the game-winner) and an assist on the insurance goal.

Matthew Phillips – RW, Stockton Heat, AHL

Calgary’s sixth round pick (166th overall) in the 2016 NHL Draft; #5-ranked prospect

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	65	31	37	68	38	52	33	41.69
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Phillips was on the first line with Glenn Gawdin and Jakob Pelletier for Game 1 against Bakersfield.

Luke Philp – C, Stockton Heat, AHL

Free agent signing

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	66	21	23	44	24	29	18	26.57
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Philp was on the second line with Justin Kirkland and Martin Pospisil for Game 1 against Bakersfield.

Jérémie Poirier – D, Saint John Sea Dogs, QMJHL

Calgary’s third round pick (72nd overall) in the 2020 NHL Draft; #9-ranked prospect

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	67	16	41	57	40	35	24	19.81
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Saint John and Rimouski are headed to a deciding Game 5 in their best-of-five series on Thursday. Poirier has three points in the series, all in the first two games. He’s been playing on the second pairing with Yan Kuznetsov.

Colton Poolman – D, Stockton Heat, AHL

Free agent signing

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	62	0	13	13	11	6	6	8.36
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Poolman was paired with Andy Welinski in Game 1 against Bakersfield.

Martin Pospisil – C, Stockton Heat, AHL

Calgary’s fourth round pick (105th overall) in the 2018 NHL Draft; #16-ranked prospect

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	47	7	18	25	13	19	11	21.20
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Pospisil played on the second line in Game 1 against Bakersfield, playing with Luke Philp and Justin Kirkland.

Ilya Solovyov – D, Stockton Heat, AHL

Calgary’s seventh round pick (205th overall) in the 2020 NHL Draft; #20-ranked prospect

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	51	3	5	8	7	7	7	6.25
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Solovyov was paired with Juuso Valimaki in Game 1 against Bakersfield.

Eetu Tuulola – RW, Stockton Heat, AHL

Calgary’s sixth round pick (156th overall) in the 2016 NHL Draft

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	61	14	11	25	18	21	16	16.33
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Tuulola had an assist in Game 1 against Bakersfield. He’s playing on Stockton’s third line with Connor Zary and Emilio Pettersen.

Cameron Whynot – D, Halifax Mooseheads, QMJHL

Calgary’s third round pick (89th overall) in the 2021 NHL Draft

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	45	4	13	17	9	11	6	8.80
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Whynot remains out with an illness with no official word on his timeline. The Mooseheads are up 2-1 on Acadie-Bathurst in their first round series.

Connor Zary – C, Stockton Heat, AHL

Calgary’s first round pick (24th overall) in the 2020 NHL Draft; #2-ranked prospect

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	54	13	12	25	16	21	15	18.80
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

After missing time late in the season, Zary returned to action for Game 1, playing on the third line with Emilio Pettersen and Eetu Tuulola.

Dmitry Zavgorodniy – RW, Stockton Heat, AHL / HC Sochi, KHL

Calgary’s seventh round pick (198th overall) in the 2018 NHL Draft

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
AHL up to date	12	0	1	1	1	0	0	3.32
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
KHL up to date	10	0	3	3	1	1	0	19.78
Change from last week	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Zavgorodniy was a healthy scratch for Stockton in their first playoff game.

Daniil Chechelev – G, Stockton Heat, AHL / Kansas City Mavericks, ECHL

Calgary’s fourth round pick (96th overall) in the 2020 NHL Draft

	GP	TOI	SV%
AHL up to date	1	63	.848
Change from last week	–	–	–
ECHL up to date	30	1715	.894
Change from last week	–	–	–

With Werner in the NHL as Calgary’s third goalie, Chechelev dressed as Wolf’s backup.

Arsenii Sergeev – G, Tri-City Storm, USHL

Calgary’s seventh round pick (205th overall) in the 2021 NHL Draft

	GP	TOI	SV%
Up to date	41	2313	.918
Change from last week	–	–	–

Tri-City has been eliminated in the USHL’s conference final round by Sioux City and Sergeev’s three games sort of shows why that happened. He gave up the game-winning goal in Game 1 with five seconds left and chirped the officials after the goal enough that he was tossed from the game. He didn’t start Game 2, and his backup gave up four goals in the first period before Sergeev was brought into the game in the second period. Sergeev was superb in Game 3, only allowing one goal, but the Storm couldn’t muster any run support.

Sergeev’s season is over. He’s headed to college next season at UConn, so he’s not eligible to join the Heat.

Dustin Wolf – G, Stockton Heat, AHL

Calgary’s seventh round pick (214th overall) in the 2020 NHL Draft; #4-ranked prospect

	GP	TOI	SV%
Up to date	47	2810	.924
Change from last week	–	–	–

Wolf was named the AHL’s goaltender of the year this past week. He celebrated by making 27 saves against Bakersfield in Game 1, out-duelling Bakersfield’s Stuart Skinner.

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