FlamesNation Prospect Update: Red light Ruzicka
5 years ago
Also, a lot of prospects got sick, but that’s a less-fun thing to put in the title.
In case you missed it:
- Here’s the last update.
- Your Hitmen report.
- The tricky situation which prevents the Flames from sending defencemen down to the AHL.
Dillon Dube – F, Stockton Heat, AHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 33 | 14 | 24 | 37 | 23 | 27 | 17 | 45.89 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1.68 |
They can’t be seven-point weeks every week.
Zach Fischer – RW, Rapid City Rush, ECHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 32 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7.89 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.26 |
Played a game for Rapid City after spending the better part of the last two weeks on the sidelines for undisclosed reasons.
Spencer Foo – RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 58 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 22.67 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 |
Just an assist this week for Foo.
Glenn Gawdin – C/RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 55 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 21.01 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.81 |
Nothing doing for Gawdin this week aside from some penalties.
Josh Healey – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 47 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7.63 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.17 |
Just played in one game this week.
D’Artagnan Joly – RW/C, Rimouski Oceanic
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 64 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 32 | 34 | 23 | 18.19 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +0.16 |
Finished his season on a strong note, picking up a goal and an assist in the final game of the season against his former team, the Baie-Comeau Drakkar. The third seed Oceanic will face off against the Chicoutimi Sagueneens in the first round of the QMJHL playoffs.
Pavel Karnaukhov – LW/C, CSKA Moscow, KHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | |
| Playoffs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Has only hit the ice for four of CSKA’s seven playoff games thus far. CSKA leads their series against cross-town rival HC Dynamo 2-1.
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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
ASU doesn’t have a conference so they aren’t playing a conference tournament. Hence, no Koumontzis for another week.
Linus Lindstrom – C/LW, Skelleftea AIK, SHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| SHL Up to date | 44 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4.36 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.21 |
| SWE-1 Up to date | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19.55 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Wrapped up the regular season with no points in his final two games. Skelleftea will face off against Djurgardens (Adam Ollas Mattson’s old team) in the first round of the SHL playoffs. It’s worth noting that Lindstrom’s best hockey last season came in the playoffs, where he picked up four points in 16 games, helping Skelleftea reach the finals.
Ryan Lomberg – LW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 49 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 17.89 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.08 |
Just an assist for Lomberg this week, who continues to be low-key good for Stockton.
Adam Ollas Mattsson – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 57 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 10.49 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.38 |
Not that he’s being paid to score, but AOM hasn’t put up a point in nearly a month.
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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Was absent again this week.
Mathias Emilio Pettersen – C/LW, Denver Pioneers, NCAA (NCHC)
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 36 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 27.53 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 x |
Denver quickly dispatched North Dakota in their NCHC quarterfinals. Pettersen picked up a team-leading four shots on goal in the first game, and an assist in the second.
Matthew Phillips – RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 56 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 21.35 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -0.05 |
It’s had its ups and downs, but 30 points in a rookie pro season is nothing to scoff at. Finishing somewhere in the 35-40 range would be an extremely promising sign for Phillips.
Brett Pollock – LW/C, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 49 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 9.76 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.41 |
Still plugging away at it.
Martin Pospisil – C/LW, Sioux City Musketeers, USHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 35 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 23 | 34 | 16 | 28.86 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1.06 |
Back in action after his 12-game suspension for attempting to fight a fan. He picked up an assist on Sioux City’s OT winner, capping a 4-3 comeback effort.
Rushan Rafikov – D, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, KHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | |
| Playoffs | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Lokomotiv is currently down 2-1 against SKA in the KHL second round. Rafikov has played in every playoff game thus far, but hasn’t scored since Game 3 of the first series.
Milos Roman – C, Vancouver Giants, WHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 59 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 25 | 47 | 17 | 25.18 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.01 |
Returned from writing exams in Slovakia to assist on an empty net tying goal for Vancouver in their final game of the series. The Giants, who finished the season as Western Conference champions, will face the Seattle Thunderbirds in the first round of the WHL playoffs.
No word on what his grades were, for those curious.
Adam Ruzicka – C/LW, Sudbury Wolves, OHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 65 | 35 | 43 | 78 | 43 | 64 | 38 | 30.97 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | +1.07 |
A massive, massive finish to the season for Ruzicka. He put up eight points in the final week of the OHL regular season, including a four-goal game. Since moving to Sudbury, he’s put up 24 goals in 30 games, a 54-goal pace over the course of a full season. The trade may have saved his career, as his performances with Sarnia were very lacklustre.
Sudbury will face Mississauga in the first round.
Kerby Rychel – F, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 57 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 28 | 29 | 19 | 30.06 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.1 |
Played in one game and got tossed early in another for being the aggressor in a fight.
Filip Sveningsson – LW, IK Oskarshamn, Allsvenskan
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | |
| Playoffs | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Sveningsson and Oskarshamn will play a decisive Game 5 today against AIK for the right to play the SHL’s worst team and win promotion to Sweden’s top league. Sveningsson hasn’t picked up a point since the opening game of the series.
Eetu Tuulola – RW, HPK, SM-Liiga
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 60 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 22.24 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +0.25 |
In classic Eetu fashion, he ended the season with a powerplay goal in his final game of the year. HPK will face TPS in the first round of the Liiga playoffs, starting on the 21st.
Rinat Valiev – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 48 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 15.77 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.69 |
Two games played, no points for Valiev.
Juuso Valimaki – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 17 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30.52 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0.63 |
Scored a pretty nifty goal for Stockton this week:
He also missed a game with the flu.
Dmitri Zavgorodniy – C/LW, Rimouski Oceanic, QMJHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 67 | 28 | 36 | 64 | 34 | 44 | 23 | 22.25 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.69 |
Missed his first game of the season with illness.
Jon Gillies – G, Stockton Heat
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| Up to date | 37 | 2231 | 0.884 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 118 | +0.001 |
Another edition of good Gillies, bad Gillies. He stopped 30 of 32 in Stockton’s first game against Tuscon (.938) but followed it up with a 25/30 performance the next night (.833). Playing both games in a back-to-back probably didn’t help.
Mason McDonald – G, Kansas City Mavericks
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| Up to date | 29 | 1632 | 0.918 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – |
Also sick.
Tyler Parsons – G, Stockton Heat
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| Up to date | 15 | 783 | 0.891 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – |
Still sitting on the bench while Gillies keeps playing night after night. Pure speculation, but maybe the Flames want Parsons to sit for the time being so they can get a better read on Gillies? I’m really out of ideas at this point.
Nick Schneider – G, Kansas City Mavericks
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| ECHL Up to date | 17 | 1021 | 0.887 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 119 | +0.001 |
| AHL Up to date | 11 | 220 | 0.922 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – |
Tended net for both of KC’s games while McDonald was out. Went 28/30 (.933) in one and 24/29 (.828) in the other.
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