FlamesNation Prospect Update: Heading into World Juniors
5 years ago
It’s the most wonderful (prospect hockey) time of the year!
In case you missed it:
- Here’s last week’s update.
- Your Hitmen report.
- Your Stockton report.
- Ryan Lomberg had an eventful week: he was suspended, sent down, and then came back up.
- Rinat Valiev was also here for a minute before being sent back down.
- WJC camp rosters have begun to trickle in. Filip Sveningsson will suit up for Sweden, but Dmitry Zavgorodniy is surprisingly absent from Russia’s.
Dillon Dube – F, Stockton Heat, AHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 39.85 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -19.93 |
Just a humble assist for Dube this week.
Zach Fischer – RW, Kansas City Mavericks, ECHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.55 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.73 |
Also picked up an assist this week.
Spencer Foo – RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 25 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 22.32 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.94 |
No points for Foo this week.
Glenn Gawdin – C/RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 25 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 19.13 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +0.07 |
Also an assist for Gawdin, who remains the lifeblood of Stockton’s powerplay. It’s strange that this prowess has been unable to translate over to 5v5.
Josh Healey – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 22 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9.06 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.9 |
Nothing for Healey this week, despite the de facto ascension to Stockton’s #1 defenceman.
D’Artagnan Joly – RW/C, Baie-Comeau Drakkar, QMJHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 31 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 19.53 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +0.4 |
A better week for Joly, who picked up three assists for Baie-Comeau. He’s starting to carve out a role on Baie-Comeau’s powerplay, which could hopefully help him get his game together.
Pavel Karnaukhov – LW/C, CSKA Moscow, KHL/Zvezda, VHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date (KHL) | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17.98 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Up to date (VHL) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17.31 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Didn’t play this week.
Demetrious Koumontzis – LW, Arizona State University, NCAA (Independent)
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 18 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16.45 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1.65 |
Returned from the bye week to pick up two assists, both coming in ASU’s second game against Princeton.
Oliver Kylington – D, Stockton Heat – X
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 18 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 31 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
In Calgary.
Linus Lindstrom – C/LW, Skelleftea AIK, SHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.52 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.16 |
Obviously, he hasn’t been playing great this year, but to be on a 17-game scoring drought is just cosmically bad luck for Linus.
Ryan Lomberg – LW, Stockton Heat – X
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13.28 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
In Calgary after returning from a one-game demotion. Still suspended for a game.
Andrew Mangiapane – LW/C, Stockton Heat – X
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 12 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 43.17 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Might be playing his way out of this column.
Mitchell Mattson – C/LW, Michigan State, NCAA (Big 10)
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Made it back into the lineup for MSU, but didn’t do much to win a permanent spot.
Adam Ollas Mattsson – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 24 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11.62 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.75 |
Another assist for AOM. Has he played his way into getting an ELC? Maybe he’s the benefactor of Stockton’s cruddy defensive depth, but AOM’s contributions make him the closest the Flames have to an NHL defensive prospect outside of the big three.
Andrew Nielsen – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17.71 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2.76 |
Picked up an assist in his debut for Stockton after having been traded to the Calgary organization and having missed nearly a month.
Mathias Emilio Pettersen – C/LW, Denver Pioneers, NCAA (NCHC)
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 12 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 42 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Out at the Div 1A WJC! Norway lost 4-0 to Germany, but MEP led the way for the Norwegians, ripping off four shots on goal.
Matthew Phillips – RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 22 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 16.3 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.58 |
Nothing for Phillips this week.
Brett Pollock – LW/C, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 21 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11.39 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.19 |
Ditto.
Martin Pospisil – C/LW, Sioux City Musketeers, USHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 19 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 38.67 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3.2 |
Back from two weeks with no hockey (missed one for undisclosed reasons, missed the other because Sioux City wasn’t playing). An unimpressive stat line when considering how he’s played so far this year, but Sioux City only scored two combined goals in their two games this week.
Pospisil is also on Slovakia’s WJC camp list, which is pretty good news. I’d say he makes it.
Rushan Rafikov – D, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, KHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 29 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 18.19 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.1 |
Three games for Rafikov this week.
Milos Roman – C, Vancouver Giants, WHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 29 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 24.76 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.89 |
Vancouver only played once this week, and Roman was unable to put his name on the scoresheet.
In more positive news, Roman has also been invited to team Slovakia’s WJC camp. I think he has a pretty good shot of making it.
Adam Ruzicka – C/LW, Sarnia Sting, OHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 31 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 26.49 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | +0.95 |
Back at a point-per-game pace after a pretty solid week for Ruzicka.
He is also on Slovakia’s roster. As a senior player, he’s probably one of the locks.
Kerby Rychel – F, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 25 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 33.48 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +0.56 |
Two more goals this week for Rychel. I understand the desire to see Mangiapane at the NHL level, but if that doesn’t work out, will Rychel get a call?
Filip Sveningsson – LW, IK Oskarshamn, Allsvenskan
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 25 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 35.19 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.46 |
Headed off to Sweden’s camp, so he’s out of the pros for the time being. Didn’t do much in his last game for Oskarshamn.
Eetu Tuulola – RW, HPK, SM-Liiga
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 30 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 21 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -0.92 |
One assist for Tuulola this week.
Rinat Valiev – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5.98 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.33 |
Took a brief adventure to Calgary and that was about it for his week.
Dmitri Zavgorodniy – C/LW, Rimouski Oceanic, QMJHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 31 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 21 | 28 | 16 | 29.30 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | +1.02 |
His shock exclusion from the Russia WJC squad probably fired up Zavgorodniy, who went nuts in the QMJHL this week.
Jon Gillies – G, Stockton Heat
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| Up to date | 18 | 925 | 0.861 |
| Change from last week | 2 | +122 | +0.005 |
Held Manitoba to two goals a game, stopping 14 of 16 in game one (0.875 SV%) and 27 of 29 in game two (0.931 SV%).
Mason McDonald – G, Kansas City Mavericks
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| Up to date | 11 | 674 | 0.901 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 65 | +0.004 |
Only played in one game for KC, but saw a pretty heavy workload, stopping 37 of 41 shots fired his way (0.902 SV%).
Tyler Parsons – G, Stockton Heat
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| Up to date | 3 | 146.58 | 0.831 |
| Change from last week | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Out with a UBI. Should be back this week.
Nick Schneider – G, Stockton Heat
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| ECHL Up to date | 4 | 242.82 | 0.907 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – |
| AHL Up to date | 10 | 161.03 | 0.915 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – |
Schneider didn’t play this week.
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