FlamesNation Prospect Update: Goaltending on the upswing
5 years ago
Can you remember such a thing?
In case you missed it:
- Here’s the last update.
- Your Hitmen report.
- Your Stockton report.
Dillon Dube – F, Stockton Heat, AHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 28 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 42.7 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | +1.32 |
To put in perspective how dominant Dube has been since being reassigned on a permanent-for-now basis, he has passed all but five members of the Stockton Heat in scoring, and those five are the most experienced players the Heat have. Almost every other forward (Andrew Mangiapane and Mike McMurtry being the exceptions) has played at least 30 games or more. That’s nuts.
Zach Fischer – RW, Rapid City Rush, ECHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 31 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8.15 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.26 |
Only played one of Rapid City’s two games this week.
Spencer Foo – RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 53 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 20.3 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.02 |
A lone assist for Foo this week.
Glenn Gawdin – C/RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 50 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 21.52 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.07 |
Let’s not forget about Gawdin either. He’s put together a consistent and solid rookie year, currently sitting eighth in team scoring.
Josh Healey – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 43 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8.34 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.41 |
Nothing for Healey this week.
D’Artagnan Joly – RW/C, Rimouski Oceanic
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 59 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 29 | 31 | 20 | 18.55 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | +0.67 |
Another solid week for Joly, who quietly has picked up eight points in his last seven games while playing in a bottom six role for Rimouski.
Pavel Karnaukhov – LW/C, CSKA Moscow, KHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | |
| Playoffs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Currently in the playoffs for CSKA, who swept Vityaz Podolsk in four games.
Demetrious Koumontzis – LW, Arizona State University, NCAA (Independent)
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 34 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 17.41 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.09 |
ASU’s regular season is over, having dropped their final series against Minnesota 5-1 and 5-2. We won’t hear from Koumontzis for a while, as ASU doesn’t have to go through a conference tournament as the lone NCAA hockey independent. They are likely going to make the Frozen Four however, and are projected as one of the two seeds.
Linus Lindstrom – C/LW, Skelleftea AIK, SHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| SHL Up to date | 39 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4.1 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0.55 |
| SWE-1 Up to date | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19.55 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Finally found the back of the net after having not scored since the fourth game of the season.
Ryan Lomberg – LW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 44 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 16.3 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.17 |
Another assist for Lomberg this week. He hasn’t really shown much at the NHL level but he is at least one of the more reliable depth contributors for the Heat.
Mitchell Mattson – C/LW, Michigan State, NCAA (Big 10)
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Didn’t play this week, like he hasn’t for the past few. MSU’s season is, barring a miracle, likely over. They’re currently 12-17-5 and are going to be facing 18-13-3 Notre Dame in the first round of the Big 10 tournament. Not looking great.
Adam Ollas Mattsson – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 52 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11.5 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.46 |
No points this week for AOM.
Andrew Nielsen – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 32 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8.72 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.28 |
Did you know that Nielsen scored 39 points as an AHL rookie? I wonder how he can get back to that.
Mathias Emilio Pettersen – C/LW, Denver Pioneers, NCAA (NCHC)
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 32 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 29.25 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -0.54 |
Just an assist for MEP. He has three more games before the NCHC tournament kicks off.
Matthew Phillips – RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 51 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 21.88 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.89 |
No points for Phillips this week.
Brett Pollock – LW/C, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 44 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 10.86 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.53 |
Also no points for Pollock this week. Now seems like a good time to mention that Stockton only scored five goals between two games this week, and it was really only one line scoring them.
Martin Pospisil – C/LW, Sioux City Musketeers, USHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 33 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 23 | 33 | 16 | 29.92 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Three more games until freedom.
Rushan Rafikov – D, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, KHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | |
| Playoffs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Lokomotiv is deadlocked at 2-2 versus HC Sochi. Rafikov picked up a goal and an assist in game two of the series.
Milos Roman – C, Vancouver Giants, WHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 56 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 24 | 46 | 17 | 24.76 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | +2.8 |
A massive, massive week for Roman, who had a pair of four-point games this week for Vancouver in their push to clinch the WHL’s Western conference.
However, we won’t be hearing from him for a while, as he is heading back to Slovakia to take final exams. He could miss three or four games.
Adam Ruzicka – C/LW, Sudbury Wolves, OHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 59 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 37 | 53 | 32 | 29.63 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -0.17 |
Another solid point-per-game week for Ruzicka. He seems geared to really unleash his full potential in the playoffs. Ruzicka has graduated high school, so he is not going back to Slovakia next week.
Kerby Rychel – F, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 52 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 30.66 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.42 |
Just an assist for Rychel. His star faded fast.
Filip Sveningsson – LW, IK Oskarshamn, Allsvenskan
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 41 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 28.61 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -0.21 |
A goal for Sveningsson. Despite his post-WJC slowdown, he’s still put up an impressive season for himself. He’s second in U20 scoring, two points back of first but with seven fewer games played.
Eetu Tuulola – RW, HPK, SM-Liiga
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 56 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 23.17 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -0.17 |
A goal for Tuulola. He currently sits third in U21 Liiga scoring, but he’s much farther off from the top. The two players ahead of him, who are both younger by a year, sit 0.18 PPG and 0.33 PPG ahead of him.
Rinat Valiev – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 43 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 16.68 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1.16 |
The more I see of Valiev, the more I wonder how much more there is to offer. He’s not lighting up the scoreboard, but he is doing much, much better than expected for an AHL acquisition.
Juuso Valimaki – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 13 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 27.59 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1.39 |
Picked up his second AHL goal this week. Barring any injuries, I think he spends his time in the AHL for the rest of the year.
Dmitri Zavgorodniy – C/LW, Rimouski Oceanic, QMJHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 63 | 26 | 37 | 63 | 33 | 43 | 22 | 23.29 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -0.39 |
Back at the point-per-game mark with a four-assist week, contributing mostly on special teams, though we should mention that he’s been great on both the powerplay and the penalty kill.
Jon Gillies – G, Stockton Heat
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| Up to date | 34 | 1929 | 0.881 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 118 | +0.005 |
Don’t look now, but Gillies has suddenly started playing his best hockey of the season. This week, he stopped 34 of 36 (0.944) and 33 of 35 (0.943). In his past seven games, he’s only dropped below the .930 mark twice. I don’t know how long this will last, but any sign of life is positive at this point.
Mason McDonald – G, Kansas City Mavericks
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| Up to date | 26 | 1447 | 0.916 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 180 | 0 |
A stellar week for McDonald, stopping 31 of 34 in two separate games (0.912) and 35 of 36 (0.972) in the other. To make the achievement even more meaningful, two of those games were back-to-backs. I’m not sure why he hasn’t been given a shot with the Heat, but it really couldn’t hurt to see what McDonald might have before casting him away forever.
Tyler Parsons – G, Stockton Heat
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| Up to date | 15 | 783 | 0.891 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – |
Didn’t play.
Nick Schneider – G, Kansas City Mavericks
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| ECHL Up to date | 15 | 902 | 0.886 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 57 | +0.001 |
| AHL Up to date | 11 | 220 | 0.922 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – |
He’s been relegated to a bench role because of McDonald’s outstanding appearances, but hasn’t done much to at least force the coaching staff to split starts. He really only got the start because KC had a rare back-to-back-to-back, and he stopped 27 of 30 (0.900).
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