FlamesNation Prospect Update: Koumontzis comes to play
5 years ago
If you mispronounce his last name, it rhymes.
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Dillon Dube – F, Stockton Heat, AHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 24 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 41.51 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +1.66 |
It might sound crazy, but I think Dube could potentially see some NHL playoff action. He’s been nuts so far for Stockton, and he could provide a boost in the bottom six in case of injury/underperformance.
Zach Fischer – RW, Rapid City Rush, ECHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 27 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6.8 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
We finally received some clarification on Fischer’s status. He wasn’t injured, but was being held out for a loan to the non-affiliated Rapid City Rush. He wasn’t really in Kansas City’s plans, so this at least gives him some ice time somewhere. Not a great look for his future, however.
Spencer Foo – RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 49 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 20.33 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.87 |
Not a great week for Foo. Couldn’t hit the scoresheet and then picked up an injury, which caused him to miss his first game of the season.
Glenn Gawdin – C/RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 46 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 21.66 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1.27 |
A three-assist week for Gawdin, two of them coming on the powerplay.
Josh Healey – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 39 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9.2 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1.45 |
A rare multi-point week for Healey.
D’Artagnan Joly – RW/C, Rimouski Oceanic
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 53 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 25 | 27 | 18 | 17.14 |
| Change from last week | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -0.44 |
Goal and an assist for Joly this week.
Pavel Karnaukhov – LW/C, CSKA Moscow, KHL/Zvezda, VHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date (KHL) | 32 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 17.54 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.24 |
| Up to date (VHL) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17.31 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Played in two games this week, zero points.
Demetrious Koumontzis – LW, Arizona State University, NCAA (Independent)
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 32 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 18.50 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | +3.69 |
Koumontzis had an amazing week, picking up six points against a decent American International College squad. Koumontzis has had his freshman struggles throughout the year, but he’s been coming alive as of late, and his full potential was on show this weekend. For what it’s worth, he’s passed Mark Jankowski’s freshman totals already.
Linus Lindstrom – C/LW, BIK Karlskoga, Allsvenskan
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| SHL Up to date | 32 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| SWE-1 Up to date | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19.55 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
No games this week for Lindstrom.
Ryan Lomberg – LW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 40 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 15.94 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.22 |
Another shorty for Lomberg this week. He has a knack for those.
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.
Adam Ollas Mattsson – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 48 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 10.79 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.16 |
An assist from AOM this week. He’s been stepping up a bit more now these past few weeks.
Andrew Nielsen – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 30 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9.3 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.32 |
Played one game this week.
Mathias Emilio Pettersen – C/LW, Denver Pioneers, NCAA (NCHC)
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 27 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 30.66 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1.02 |
A primary assist on the overtime winner for Denver this week against Minnesota-Duluth.
Matthew Phillips – RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 47 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 23.74 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -0.71 |
A goal for Phillips this week. His been relatively quiet on the Heat this year, but has been getting consistent with his production. I wouldn’t stress over him, as his NHLe is about the same as Andrew Mangiapane’s in his rookie year, and Mangiapane was on a much better Stockton Heat team.
Brett Pollock – LW/C, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 40 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 11.96 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0.11 |
Scored a goal, his first in a long time.
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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Nine more games until freedom.
Rushan Rafikov – D, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, KHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 48 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 19.23 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.84 |
Two games this week for Rafikov, no points.
Milos Roman – C, Vancouver Giants, WHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 50 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 19 | 37 | 12 | 21.78 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | +0.69 |
A nice week for Roman, who picked up a point in every game. His specialty is clearly the powerplay, where he picked up three of his four points this week.
Adam Ruzicka – C/LW, Sudbury Wolves, OHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 53 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 33 | 47 | 28 | 29.98 |
| Change from last week | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | +1.33 |
Ruzicka has just been unreal for Sudbury so far. He has already matched his 5v5 production from his time in Sarnia in half the time. There were doubts about whether he would get an ELC based on his slow start to the season, but he’ll definitely get one now.
Kerby Rychel – F, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 48 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 22 | 25 | 15 | 30.72 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.16 |
Another quiet week for Rychel. Probably hard to strike a case as a black ace given his recent production.
Filip Sveningsson – LW, IK Oskarshamn, Allsvenskan
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 37 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 29.06 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.26 |
A powerplay goal this week for Sveningsson, who has been rather quiet on that front for a long time.
Eetu Tuulola – RW, HPK, SM-Liiga
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 51 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 23.98 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -0.24 |
An assist for Tuulola this week.
Rinat Valiev – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 37 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 14.68 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +1.79 |
Back in the AHL after a popcorn-eating stint in Calgary. It seems to have been very valuable, as Valiev had his most productive week as a member of the Heat.
Juuso Valimaki – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 26.57 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -6.64 |
A quiet week for Valimaki.
Dmitri Zavgorodniy – C/LW, Rimouski Oceanic, QMJHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 57 | 25 | 32 | 57 | 32 | 40 | 22 | 23.29 |
| Change from last week | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Still hovering at a point-per-game rate.
Jon Gillies – G, Stockton Heat
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| Up to date | 32 | 1702 | 0.872 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 120 | +0.003 |
The best week he’s likely had this season. A low bar to clear given how it’s gone for him so far, but 27/29 (0.931) and 31/34 (0.912) are pretty decent outings.
Mason McDonald – G, Kansas City Mavericks
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| Up to date | 21 | 1208 | 0.918 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 185 | +0.003 |
Another stellar week for the ECHL’s hottest goaltender. He posted an 18-save shutout, and 33/35 (0.943) and 35/39 (0.897) outings. He currently sits seventh in save percentage among ECHL goalies who have played at least 20 games.
Tyler Parsons – G, Stockton Heat
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| Up to date | 15 | 783 | 0.891 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 59 | +0.002 |
Back in action this week after an unexplained absence last week. Stopped 25 of 27 (0.926) in his only start.
Nick Schneider – G, Stockton Heat
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| ECHL Up to date | 12 | 725 | 0.889 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – |
| AHL Up to date | 11 | 220.16 | 0.922 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – |
I think the Flames need to figure out what to do with Schneider. He’s had his injuries, but he’s been healthy recently and has been shuffled between Stockton and Kansas City without playing. We probably would like to see more of him.
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