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Flames prospect roundup: Trevor Hoskin scores overtime winner in Hockey East quarterfinals
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Ryley Delaney
Mar 20, 2026, 15:30 EDTUpdated: Mar 20, 2026, 13:09 EDT
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Trevor Hoskin scored one of the biggest goals of his life this past week.
This is the Mar. 11-19 edition of the Calgary Flames prospect round-up, where we look at how Flames prospects have done every week. Specifically, we’ll look at players playing overseas, in junior hockey, or at the college level, as the American Hockey League prospects will have an article of their own in the Wranglers Recaps.
We’ll take a look at the games which were played since the last prospect roundup, how the standings look, and how the playoffs are.

College

Since the last roundup, several Flames’ prospects in college have had their season end, at least until the National Tournament until the end of the season. Let’s take a look at how those games went last week.

NCHC

After a pair of wins over Omaha last week, North Dakota had a disappointing end of their tournament, falling 5-1 to Minnesota Duluth in the NCHC semifinals. Cole Reschny, the NCHC Rookie of the Year, picked up an assist on their only goal, giving him five goals and 34 points in 33 games this season. Cade Littler has five goals and 13 points in 33 games this season, and Abram Wiebe has five goals and 27 points in 37 games this season.
Eric Jamieson’s Denver won their NCHC semifinal game against Western Michigan by a score of 2-1. They tied the game with under four minutes left, then Samu Salminen scored the overtime winner. Jamieson was held pointless, giving him seven goals and 16 points in 38 games this season.
Denver will face Minnesota Duluth in the NCHC finals on Friday at 5:00 PM MT. North Dakota’s NCHC end-of-season tournament is over, but they’ll surely be invited to the National Tournament. Even if Denver loses in that game, they’ll be invited to the National Tournament.

ECAC Hockey

Like North Dakota, Quinnipiac had a disappointing end of their conference tournament. They lost a best of three to Clarkson, losing Game 1 by a score of 3-0, then lost a do-or-die Game 2 by a score of 4-3. Flames prospect Ethan Wyttenbach picked up an assist in the 4-3 loss, giving him 24 goals and 58 points for the season.
Jonathan Castagna’s Cornell and Aidan Lane’s Harvard battled to move on to the semifinals. Harvard won Game 1 by a score of 3-1, but fell 4-0 and 5-2 in Games 2 and 3 to end their season. Castagna picked up an assist in Game 1 and scored an empty-netter in their Game 3 victory, while Lane was held pointless in all three games. Castagna has 15 goals and 34 points in 32 games this season and Lane has six goals and 13 points in 34 games this season.
Both Wyttenbach and Lane’s seasons have come to an end, but Quinnipiac will likely be invited to the National Tournament, Harvard won’t. Cornell will face Princeton at 5:00 PM MT on Friday in the ECAC semifinals, with the ECAC Hockey Championship game the following day. Even if they lose, they’ll be invited to the end-of-season tournament.

Hockey East

Jaden Lipinski’s season is over, as Maine fell 5-0 to Boston College last Friday in the Hockey East quarterfinals. He finished his sophomore season with three goals and 12 points in 30 games.
The other Flame prospect in Hockey East, Trevor Hoskin, has a big game against UMass on Friday after defeating UMass Lowell 5-3 and Providence College 3-2 in overtime. Hoskin scored twice in their 5-3 win, and Hoskin buried the game-winner against Providence, giving him 13 goals and 34 points in 31 games this season.
That matchup is on Friday at 2:00 PM MT. If Merrimack loses, that’ll likely conclude their season, as they are the 24th-ranked team in the NCAA DI.

Big Ten

Luke Misa’s Penn State were able to defeat Minnesota 6-2, as the Flames’ fifth-rounder was held off the scoresheet. In their next game against Michigan, Penn State fell 5-2, with Misa picking up an assist. The 20-year-old has eight goals and 19 points in 36 games this season.
While Misa’s Penn State are out of the conference tournament, they’ll be invited to the National Tournament.

Junior

The end of the Western Hockey League season is right around the corner, with the three Flames’ prospects in the league set to play just two more games over the coming weekend before the start of the playoffs.

WHL

Andrew Basha’s Medicine Hat Tigers played a pair of games against the Lethbridge Hurricanes this past week, defeating them 6-3 and 6-5 in overtime. Basha picked up a goal and two assists in the 6-3 win, but was held pointless in the 6-5 overtime victory despite five shots. This season, the Flames’ second rounder in 2024 has 15 goals and 44 points in 30 games.
Hunter Laing and the Saskatoon Blades played three game, falling 4-2 to the Swift Current Broncos, but responding with a 4-2 win against the Broncos, then a 6-2 win over the Brandon Wheat Kings. Laing picked up a goal and an assist in the loss, two assists in the 4-2 win over the Broncos, then an assist in the 6-2 win. This season, he has 24 goals and 55 points in 60 games.
It was a busy week for Axel Hurtig and the Calgary Hitmen. On Mar. 11, they fell 6-4 to the Wheat Kings, defeated the Red Deer Rebels 6-5 in overtime, then split a pair of games against the Edmonton Oil Kings, winning 3-1 on Sunday and losing 5-1 on Wednesday. The Flames’ seventh-rounder in 2023 picked up an assist in the 6-4 loss, was a -3 in their 6-5 win, and picked up a slashing penalty in both games against the Oil Kings. Hurtig now has six goals and 18 points in 63 games this season.
The WHL regular season concludes on Sunday, with the Tigers, Blades, and Hitmen each playing two more games each. Starting with the Tigers, they’ll play a home-and-home against the Rebels on Friday and Saturday. The Blades also play a home-and-home against the Prince Albert Raiders, while the Hitmen play the Hurricanes on Saturday and the Oil Kings on Sunday.
All three teams are playoff bound, but none of their opponents in the first round are set in stone. The Tigers currently sit second in the Eastern Conference, two points behind the Raiders. They’ll play one of the Regina Pats, Rebels, or Moose Jaw Warriors.
If the Blades and Tigers both win their two remaining games, the Tigers will finish first in the Eastern Conference, while there’s a possibility that the Blades move up to fifth in the conference. That would require the Wheat Kings to go 0-2 in their remaining games. For all tense and purposes, the Hitmen will likely take on the Wheat Kings, while the Blades will take on the Oil Kings.

USHL

Mace’o Phillips’ Green Bay Gamblers are starting to slip. In last week’s edition of this article, we looked at how they lost both games against the USA Development team. Well, they lost both games they played against the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders this past week, falling 6-4 on Friday and 4-2 on Saturday. The Flames’ third-rounder in 2025 was held pointless, giving him a goal and nine points in 38 games this season, with 163 penalty minutes.
There are just seven games remaining on the schedule for the Gamblers. Up next are a pair of games against the Dubuque Fighting Saints on Friday and Saturday, before taking on the Chicago Steel on Monday.
With their string of losses, the Gamblers have fallen out of the top two spots, meaning that if the season were to end today, they wouldn’t get an automatic bye to the second round. The good news is that they’re just a point against the Fighting Saints for the second spot, so those two games are rather important.

Overseas

The playoffs have begun over in Sweden, while there’s still a week or two remaining in Russia’s junior league. Let’s take a look at what’s going on for the two Swedish prospects and the three Russian prospects.

Sweden

It was a busy week for Theo Stockselius and Djurgårdens IF. In their final two games of the regular season, Djurgårdens IF defeated Frölunda HC by a score of 3-1, but lost 3-2 to Skellefteå AIK in their season finale. Stockselius was held pointless in both games, playing just under nine minutes in the win and 10:18 in the loss.
They’re now in the midst of a best-of-three opening round against the Malmö Redhawks. Djurgårdens IF won the opener 3-2, with Stockselius being held pointless in just over 11 minutes of play. They lost Game 2 by a score of 2-1, with Stockselius playing eight pointless minutes.
Jakob Leander and HV71 U20 are now in the relegation phase with 11 other teams. This past week, they defeated IK Oskarshamn U20 twice with a pair of 4-1 victories, and also defeated  Tingsryds AIF U20 by a score of 5-1. Leander picked up an assist in the 5-1 victory and the second 4-1 victory, giving him two assists in the three games played in the relegation phase.
Right now, HV71 U20 are 3-0-0, giving them the top spot in the relegation phase. They’ll take on BIK Karlskoga U20 on Monday. As for Stockselius, Djurgårdens IF will play the winner-take-all Game 3 on Saturday, with a start time of 8:15 AM MT.

Russia

Over in Russia, Kirill Zarubin’s Mikhailov Academy played two games against Dinamo-Shinnik, winning one game 3-2 and losing the other game 3-2 in a shootout. Zarubin only appeared in the victory, stopping 34 of 36 shots, which gives him a .934 save percentage and 2.03 goals against average this season.
Yegor Yegorov appeared in all three of JHC Spartak MAX’s games this week, stopping 28 of 29 shots in a 2-1 shootout win against SKA-1946, then 39 of 43 shots in a 5-4 shootout victory over Red Army. However, JHC Spartak MAX lost 5-1 against JHC Spartak, with Yegorov stopping all 13 shots he faced in his 27 minutes of action. He probably should’ve started the game. Yegorov has a .920 save percentage and 2.89 goals against average this season.
Red Army lost 5-4 in a shootout to JHC Spartak MAX, but they smashed JHC Dynamo-Kareliya 10-5 and shut out JHC Spartak 3-0. Flames’ seventh-rounder in 2025, Yan Matveiko, picked up three assists in the blowout victory, but was held pointless in the other two games. That gives him 15 goals and 37 points in 49 games this season.
Zarubin’s Mikhailov Academy has just two games remaining on the schedule, playing JHC Dynamo-M on both Friday and Sunday. Similarly, JHC Spartak MAX has just two games left, playing AKM-Yunior on Friday and Krylya Sovetov on Sunday. Matveiko’s Red Army plays JHC Spartak on Saturday.
Why does JHC Spartak MAX’s 5-1 loss matter so much? Well, with that defeat, they are now officially out of playoff contention. Had they won, they’d be on 63 points instead of 61, meaning that there would’ve been a possibility that they surpassed SKA Academy’s 66 points.
As for the other team, Red Army’s spot in the playoffs could range anywhere from second to fifth in the Western Conference’s Gold Division. Like Red Army, Mikhailov Academy could finish anywhere from sixth to eighth.
Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for FlamesNation, Oilersnation, and Blue Jays Nation. She can be followed on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.
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