FlamesNation Prospect Update: Tuulola Time
5 years ago
Everything is possible in this life.
In case you missed it:
- Here’s last week’s update.
- Dmitry Zavgorodniy will represent Russia at the CHL-Russia series.
- Filip Sveningsson will also represent his country on the international stage, as he’s been named to Sweden’s Four Nations Cup roster.
- The weekly Hitmen report.
Yasin Ehliz – LW/RW, Stockton Heat, AHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
One more game, one more shot on goal.
Zach Fischer – RW, Kansas City Mavericks, ECHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
After spending the first few weeks of the year in the Stockton press box, Fischer finally made his season and pro debut for the KC Mavericks. He had four penalty minutes.
Spencer Foo – RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 24.91 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8.3 |
Nothing for Foo this week.
Glenn Gawdin – RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 19.93 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +6.65 |
Gawdin has been a handy find for Stockton’s powerplay, picking up two goals on the man advantage this week and three so far on the year.
Josh Healey – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Played in both games this weekend.
D’Artagnan Joly – RW/C, Baie-Comeau Drakkar, QMJHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 15 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 20.18 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1.32 |
Joly was publicly called out by his coach for underwhelming performances and was a healthy scratch this week. He came back next game to score a goal, score a shootout winner, and get the first star nod. Not a bad response, but his production still leaves a little to be desired. Maybe it’s the spark that kicks off his season.
Pavel Karnaukhov – LW/C, CSKA Moscow, KHL/Zvezda, VHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date (KHL) | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18.84 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Up to date (VHL) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18.7 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2.07 |
Back to the VHL for Karnaukhov, who looked like he was finally finding his groove at the KHL level. I don’t pay much attention to the Russian prospects, but I would be interested in knowing why he can’t stick in the KHL.
Morgan Klimchuk – LW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17.08 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.85 |
Healthy scratched this week. Perhaps it’s due to the back-to-back, but I feel the Heat are starting to lose faith in Klimchuk. He’s been one of their more reliable players during his pro tenure but he’s been consistently underwhelming this year. Not a good sign, but let’s see where this goes.
Demetrious Koumontzis – LW, Arizona State University, NCAA (Independent)
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 25.9 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +11.1 |
Koumontzis had himself a great weekend, picking up five assists (he also had one taken away, a stat correction from over two weeks ago, which is strange) as Arizona State demolished winless Omaha. He’s been an integral part of the ASU powerplay, picking up all five of his assists this week on the man advantage.
Oliver Kylington – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 32.31 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +3.32 |
Kylington continues his assault on the AHL, picking up another goal and an assist this week.
Linus Lindstrom – C/LW, Skelleftea AIK, SHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.67 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.53 |
Still playing bottom six minutes in the SHL.
Ryan Lomberg – LW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13.28 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1.66 |
An assist for Lomberg on a shorthanded goal.
Andrew Mangiapane – LW/C, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 46.49 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1.66 |
Another two-point week for Mangiapane.
Mitchell Mattson – C/LW, Michigan State, NCAA (Big 10)
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Just one game out of two for Mattson this week. Perhaps being a healthy scratch as a 20-year-old freshman is not a great sign.
Adam Ollas Mattsson – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9.96 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | +9.96 |
Picked up his first points in North American pro hockey on two assists. He’s been one of two defensive standouts for Stockton (the other being Kylington), so it’ll be intriguing to see how much he’ll improve over the course of the season.
Mathias Emilio Pettersen – C/LW, Denver Pioneers, NCAA (NCHC)
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 72 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Denver didn’t play this week, so MEP can keep his pristine 72 NHLe.
Matthew Phillips – RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Still can’t factor into the lineup on a regular basis. I wonder if the Flames might be considering an ECHL stint for Phillips, just so he can get regular playing time.
Martin Pospisil – C/LW, Sioux City Musketeers, USHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 10 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 43.62 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -5.58 |
Another strong week from Pospisil. Still leads the USHL in scoring.
Brett Pollock – LW/C, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Another player who has been in the rotating healthy scratch duty.
Rushan Rafikov – D, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, KHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12.36 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.87 |
Nothing doing.
Milos Roman – C, Vancouver Giants, WHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 16 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 20.12 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2.43 |
After slowing down last week, Roman got right back up to speed, picking up points on all three of Vancouver’s goals this week.
Adam Ruzicka – C/LW, Sarnia Sting, OHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 14 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 26.49 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +2.41 |
Ruzicka is back into point-per-game territory after picking up four assists this week. He is also currently shooting around ~7%, which is very low for him. Expect a goal explosion sometime soon.
Kerby Rychel – F, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 34.86 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4.98 |
His early season success appears to just be a blip on the radar. Hasn’t score in four games.
Filip Sveningsson – LW, IK Oskarshamn, Allsvenskan
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 12 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 48.87 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A noise assist in one game this week, but still keeps him at a point per game in a men’s league as a 19-year-old.
Eetu Tuulola – RW, HPK, SM-Liiga
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 18 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28.83 |
| Change from last week | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | +13.39 |
An absolutely explosive week for Tuulola, who struggled to pick up goals despite putting up a volume of shots in the early goings. It appears his luck is finally balancing out.
His shooting percentage is still down 5% from last year, so perhaps there’s still more to come.
Rinat Valiev – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Technically a prospect! He’s 23 and one of the players acquired when the Flames traded away Brett Kulak. Unfortunately, I forgot about him last week. He’s been whatever.
Dmitri Zavgorodniy – C/LW, Rimouski Oceanic, QMJHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 17 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 35.62 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +0.69 |
Two powerplay goals this week for Big Z.
A reminder: no, Alexis Lafreniere and Zavgorodniy do not play on the same line. The two are separated at 5v5, and are usually only ever on the ice at the same time during man advantage (PP and 6v5) situations.
Jon Gillies – G, Stockton Heat
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| Up to date | 6 | 317.87 | 0.831 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 105 | -0.02 |
A week to forget for Gillies. First, Stockton blew a 4-0 lead against San Jose, but he redeemed himself by stopping 12 of 14 shootout shots to get the win. His second game was disastrous. Put in again on the back-to-back against Bakersfield, he was lit up to the tune of eight goals in two periods.
Mason McDonald – G, Kansas City Mavericks
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| Up to date | 1 | 59.96 | 0.926 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – |
Came off the IR to put up a stellar performance in his season debut, stopping 25 of 27.
Tyler Parsons – G, Stockton Heat
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| Up to date | 3 | 146.58 | 0.831 |
| Change from last week | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The reason Gillies had to suit up in both games on the back-to-back was due to the uncertain health of Parsons. He was on the bench in the first game, but was out the next game for undisclosed reasons (the Heat PTO’d former pal Ryan Farragher). He took a pretty big hit in his last start, so that’s potentially why, but there’s no details so far.
Nick Schneider – G, Kansas City Mavericks
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| Up to date | 4 | 242.82 | 0.907 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 59.82 | -0.004 |
It’s a weird state of affairs when Schneider and McDonald are the two best goalies in the Flames organization. Jokingly, but not at all jokingly at the same time.
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