FlamesNation Prospect Update: Into the winter break

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6 years ago

With World Juniors ahead of us, the CHL going on hiatus, and only two Stockton Heat games, we bid adieu to the prospect update for the time being (one week).

In case you missed it

Here’s last week’s update.
And that’s it!

Rasmus Andersson – D, Stockton Heat, AHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	22	3	13	16	9	8	7	28.02
Change from last week	3	1	0	1	0	1	2	-2.4

Had himself a pretty nifty goal:

Austin Carroll – RW, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Change from last week	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Played a game of hockey this weekend. Still not sure why he can’t get playing time ahead of Luke Gazdic and Tanner Glass.

Dillon Dube – C/LW, Kelowna Rockets, WHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	27	18	21	39	20	28	14	34.35
Change from last week	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0.88

Dube is so good that he doesn’t even have to play to increase his point total. He was awarded another assist on a 5v5 goal in the game before he departed for Team Canada’s WJC camp. He’s currently penciled in on the first line next to Sam Steel and Taylor Raddysh.

Zach Fischer – RW, Spokane Chiefs, WHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	25	14	9	23	16	16	13	21.88
Change from last week	3	1	2	3	2	2	1	1.5

Three more points for Fischer this week. He hasn’t been scoring in volume, but he’s been scoring consistently. If he can take his game one level higher, he could really be a fifth round steal.

Spencer Foo – RW, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	24	5	7	12	5	11	4	19.27
Change from last week	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	-0.92

Foo has become quite the handy powerplay weapon, and has also found a potential partner in Marek Hrivik.

If only there was space on the fourth line.

Adam Fox – D, Harvard Crimson, ECAC

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	10	0	9	9	3	3	0	16.97
Change from last week	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fox is on winter break right now, and probably won’t return to NCAA action until mid-January, due to the WJC.

Glenn Gawdin – C/RW, Swift Current Broncos, WHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	34	31	37	68	36	54	27	47.56
Change from last week	3	3	4	7	4	3	3	0.77

Gawdin hasn’t missed a beat even with linemate Tyler Steenbergen at Canada’s WJC camp. Seven more points for the centreman this week. Heading into the break, Gawdin is currently the WHL’s leading scorer in December with 19 points, six more than second place. He still has three more games to play this month, by the way.

Josh Healey – D, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	19	0	1	1	0	1	0	2.03
Change from last week	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	2.03

I finally get to write something else here besides the number of games Healey played the past week. He recorded his first professional point, a primary assist on a shorthanded goal.

D’Artagnan Joly – RW, Baie-Comeau Drakkar, QMJHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	26	10	16	26	15	24	15	21.32
Change from last week	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.85

After a few very productive weeks in a row, Joly had a quiet one. Three games, no points.

Pavel Karnaukhov – LW/C, CSKA Moscow, KHL/Zvezda, VHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
KHL current	10	0	2	2	2	1	1	12.14
Change from last week	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.34
VHL current	24	9	14	23	14	17	10	29.86
Change from last week	4	1	2	3	2	2	2	-1.3

Still bouncing between KHL and VHL. He scored three points in four games for Zvezda this week.

Morgan Klimchuk – LW, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	25	10	8	18	11	15	10	27.75
Change from last week	3	0	2	2	1	2	1	-0.28

Klimchuk finally picked up assists after weeks and weeks of just goals. Nothing wrong with that, though.

Oliver Kylington – D, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	25	2	12	14	8	8	6	21.58
Change from last week	3	1	0	1	1	1	1	-1.19

Kylington scored his first goal since Oct. 14. He’s been heating up in the past few weeks, which is good news.

Linus Lindstrom – C/LW, Skelleftea AIK, SHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	26	2	1	3	3	2	2	5.49
Change from last week	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

No news for Lindstrom this week, not even on the WJC front. Hopefully he makes it in.

Ryan Lomberg – LW, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	24	2	2	4	4	3	3	6.42
Change from last week	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.92

Lomberg fought twice this week, picking up 20 PIMS. He is as advertised.

Andrew Mangiapane – LW/C, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	25	10	17	27	15	18	11	41.62
Change from last week	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	-3.93

Mangiapane continues to slide backwards. Although scoring is trickling down the lineup, you feel that he could certainly be doing a bit better than he is right now. Maybe he gets back into his groove soon enough.

Mitchell Mattson – C/LW, Sioux Falls Stampede, USHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	24	6	6	12	10	10	8	11.48
Change from last week	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0

The big news with Mattson is that he switched commitments from the University of North Dakota to Michigan State University. Perhaps this sheds some light on his decision to return to the USHL this year. UND is a pretty prestigious hockey program, and it was unlikely Mattson was going to be doing much as a freshman at that school. Michigan State also plays in a tough conference, but they aren’t as highly regarded and have less quality prospects than UND. Perhaps the openings with the Spartans helps Mattson take his game to higher levels.

Another assist this week for him in USHL play.

Adam Ollas Mattsson – D, Stockton Heat

	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

No games played. Unclear if injury or coaching decision.

Matthew Phillips – C/RW, Victoria Royals, WHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	36	24	29	53	23	39	16	35.01
Change from last week	3	1	2	3	3	2	2	-1.02

Phillips had a typical week, scoring at a point per game. You really wonder why Team Canada didn’t invite him.

Emile Poirier – LW/RW, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	24	2	11	13	8	9	5	20.88
Change from last week	3	0	1	1	1	1	1	-1.14

Another week, another assist for Poirier. He’s low volume, but consistent.

Brett Pollock – LW/C, Stockton Heat, AHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	4.82
Change from last week	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.69

Played a game this week.

Daniel Pribyl – RW/C, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Still injured.

Rushan Rafikov – D, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, KHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	36	1	10	11	10	7	6	18.54
Change from last week	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Didn’t play this week. Injured.

Adam Ruzicka – C/LW, Sarnia Sting, OHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	34	20	19	39	15	35	11	28.22
Change from last week	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	-0.99

Ruzicka had a few struggle-filled weeks before heading to the WJC. Maybe he finds his game again at the tournament.

Hunter Shinkaruk – F, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	23	8	3	11	6	10	6	18.43
Change from last week	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	1.09

Shinkaruk is heating up at the right time. He’s had back-to-back two point weeks.

Hunter Smith – RW, Kansas City Mavericks, ECHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	26	8	7	15	13	15	13	13.24
Change from last week	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	-0.14

Another point for Smith this week, who appears to be finding some sort of scoring touch in the ECHL.

Filip Sveningsson – LW, HV71, Superelit/SHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
SHL current	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Change from last week	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Superelit current	17	9	13	22	13	17	9	21.22
Change from last week	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Nothing to report on Sveningsson.

Eetu Tuulola – RW, HPK, SM-Liiga

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	28	8	4	12	5	9	4	15.11
Change from last week	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.56

Eetu played a game and then went off to the Finnish WJC camp. Nothing really to say beyond that.

Juuso Valimaki – D, Tri-City Americans, WHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	19	5	15	20	9	14	6	25.10
Change from last week	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	-0.17

Valimaki is heading to the WJC on a six-game point streak. Good momentum, I’d say.

Tyler Wotherspoon – D, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	25	3	13	16	8	10	7	24.67
Change from last week	3	0	2	2	0	1	0	0.14

Just two assists for Wotherspoon this week. It really sucks you’re only allowed six defencemen in an NHL game. He really deserves a look right now.

Jon Gillies – G, Stockton Heat

	GP	TOI	SV%	SA
Current	16	956.01	0.920	424
Change from last week	2	121.01	-0.007	64

A rough week for Gillies, allowing nine goals on 64 shots (0.859 SV%).

Mason McDonald – G, Kansas City Mavericks, ECHL

	GP	TOI	SV%	SA
Current	11	589	0.885	270
Change from last week	2	104	0.011	55

McDonald had a pretty solid week, stepping in for Tyler Parsons and stopping 21 of 22 in relief and 30 of 33 in the next game (0.927 SV% combined).

Tyler Parsons – G, Kansas City Mavericks

	GP	TOI	SV%	SA
Current	19	1034	0.907	567
Change from last week	1	19	0	8

Parsons apparently went down with a lower body injury against Colorado. No word on severity or length, and the Mavericks don’t have much of a break to let him get some time off. They have eight games between now and the new year, including one today.

David Rittich – G, Stockton Heat – X

	GP	TOI	SV%	SA
Current	6	359.7	0.931	188
Change from last week	0	0	0	0

In the NHL for the time being. In case you missed it, here’s a story about his interesting pre-game ritual of taking two pucks to the head before playing.

Nick Schneider – G, Calgary Hitmen, WHL

	GP	TOI	SV%	SA
Current	29	1688	0.885	854
Change from last week	3	150	-0.001	73

As usual, Schneider had one great game (stopping 35 of 36 against the Oil Kings, good for a 0.972 SV%) and a few lousy ones (five goals on 16 shots and getting yanked early against Kootenay, and then following that up with a 0.810 SV% in the next game).

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