FlamesNation Prospect Update: Not Foo-ing around

There’s a lot happening in prospect hockey: the WJC is approaching, the Stockton Heat have moved into first place in the division, and pretty much everyone around the org has kicked it up a notch. I just needed to make a Spencer Foo pun because I’ve pretty much been waiting all season to do so.

Rasmus Andersson – D, Stockton Heat, AHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	19	2	13	15	9	7	7	30.43
Change from last week	2	0	3	3	3	2	2	3.23

Andersson added three assists (Ryan called him AAAndersson in the group chat because of this, so please boo this man) this week. If there’s anyone on the Stockton roster that is definitely NHL ready, it’s Andersson. What he does week in, week out is so impressive.

Austin Carroll – RW, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	7	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.

Dillon Dube – C/LW, Kelowna Rockets, WHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	27	18	20	38	19	28	14	33.47
Change from last week	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	-0.77

Dube added another shorthanded goal this week in WHL action, moving him into a tie for second for SHGs (he has three) and into a tie for third in total SH points (also three). Even better news? Matthew Phillips leads both of those categories (four goals, five points).

Dube is going to be the one to watch at the WJC tournament. He’ll get top billing for Team Canada, potentially on the first line LW. I’m very excited to see what he can do with the opportunity.

Zach Fischer – RW, Spokane Chiefs, WHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	22	13	7	20	14	14	12	21.62
Change from last week	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	22

Another two games, another two goals for Fischer. He’s been quite the player so far for Spokane, scoring at a point-per-game pace since being acquired.

Spencer Foo – RW, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	21	5	6	11	5	10	4	20.19
Change from last week	2	4	0	4	1	4	1	5.99

Finally. After weeks of promising it, the floodgates finally opened and Spencer Foo notched his first professional hat trick (and added a goal the next game, to boot). While he still has some work to do to become an NHL pro, this is a promising step.

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	31	28	33	61	32	51	24	46.79
Change from last week	4	5	3	8	3	8	3	0.11

Gawdin passed his career WHL high this week with a stunning five-goal, three-assist performance. What a find this kid has turned out to be.

Josh Healey – D, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Change from last week	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Two games of hockey this week for Healey.

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

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	23	10	16	26	15	24	15	23.17
Change from last week	4	1	6	7	5	6	5	2.67

Joly exploded this week, adding six primary points (one goal + five assists) in four games. He’s making up for lost time, having spent the first few weeks of the season injured. He’s currently third place in scoring on his team with nine fewer games than the leader, and second in points per game.

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

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
KHL current	9	0	2	2	2	1	1	13.48
Change from last week	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.69
VHL current	20	8	12	20	12	15	8	31.16
Change from last week	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.64

Still bouncing between KHL and VHL. A game in both, but no points in either.

Morgan Klimchuk – LW, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	22	10	6	16	10	13	9	28.03
Change from last week	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	1.05

You can probably set your watch to Klimchuk goals at this point in the season.

Oliver Kylington – D, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	22	1	12	13	7	7	5	22.77
Change from last week	2	0	4	4	1	3	1	5.43

Kylington was another one of the Heat prospects that finally exploded this week, adding four assists (three primary). He already has a career 52 AHL points and is just a 20-year-old playing second pairing minutes (with Kayle Doetzel and Cody Goloubef, natch. I love Rasmus too, but at least he gets to play with the AHL dominant Tyler Wotherspoon). Give him a year and he’ll be scary good.

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.46

Two games played for the camp-bound Lindstrom. He could play a version of 2017 WJC Dube for Sweden as a reliable shutdown bottom sixer with occasional offensive outbursts. I’ve never seen him play outside of grainy clips and development camp, so I’m pretty excited to see what he can do.

Ryan Lomberg – LW, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	21	2	2	4	4	3	3	7.34
Change from last week	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.77

Lomberg didn’t hit the stat sheet this week, but I guess we’ll use his space to show you the line brawl between Stockton and Tuscon:

This fight escalated quickly. Boys just protecting the 4-1 lead pic.twitter.com/NdX9cvd60o

— Stockton Heat (@AHLHeat) December 10, 2017

Lomberg received a 10-minute misconduct for “continuing altercation”.

Andrew Mangiapane – LW/C, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	22	10	16	26	14	18	11	45.55
Change from last week	2	1	3	4	0	2	0	3.16

That’s the Mangiapane we know. Although he didn’t record a 5v5 point, it’s nice to see him light up the opposition on the scoresheet.

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

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	22	6	5	11	9	9	7	11.48
Change from last week	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0

An assist for Mattson this week.

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Just a game for this Mattsson.

Matthew Phillips – C/RW, Victoria Royals, WHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	33	23	27	50	20	37	14	36.03
Change from last week	2	2	1	1	1	3	1	-0.02

Phillips has had a slow few weeks, but he’s still on pace for over 100 points and just under 50 goals. If he finds his early season form again, he could easily reach 120 (on pace for 103).

Not including him on the Canada WJC roster was maybe one of the more surprising snubs. A high-scoring, right-shooting, useful in all situations hockey player with Phillips’ talent is hard to find. Given that they brought guys like Jonathan Ang, Drake Batherson, Boris Katchouk, Tanner Kaspick, and Brett Howden (who is currently injured), it seems odd that they couldn’t find room for Phillips. He even stands out as the most impressive on the all-snub list.

If there’s a positive, he took it all in stride:

For anyone in need of a template on how to handle rejection or failure, here's Victoria Royals Captain Matthew Phillips just minutes after finding out he wasn't invited to Team Canada's World Junior selection camp. pic.twitter.com/AbeRCvqIEI

— Kevin Charach (@Kcharach_CHEK) December 7, 2017

Emile Poirier – LW/RW, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	21	2	10	12	7	8	4	22.02
Change from last week	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	-0.29

A nose point for Poirier this week, but it continues his positive production in picking up points on a weekly basis.

Brett Pollock – LW/C, Stockton Heat, AHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	5.51
Change from last week	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Didn’t play 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

Appears to be injured, as he didn’t play for Lokomotiv at all this week.

Adam Ruzicka – C/LW, Sarnia Sting, OHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	32	20	18	38	14	34	10	29.21
Change from last week	3	3	0	3	1	3	1	-0.48

Three goals this week for Ruzicka after a couple of quiet weeks on that front. He’ll probably be the crown jewel for the Slovak team at the WJC this year.

Hunter Shinkaruk – F, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	20	7	2	9	4	8	4	17.34
Change from last week	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2.35

Shinkaruk got the scoring started in both of the Heat’s games this week, including the fastest goal in Stockton history, coming just 12 seconds into the game.

Shinkaruk's goal, just 12 seconds in, is the fastest goal in team history ? pic.twitter.com/CDY8MNQf41

— Stockton Heat (@AHLHeat) December 10, 2017

Hunter Smith – RW, Kansas City Mavericks, ECHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Up to date	24	7	7	14	13	14	13	13.39
Change from last week	3	1	2	3	2	3	2	1.37

Smith added another three points this week, all primary, two at 5v5 and one on the PP.

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Superelit current	17	9	13	22	13	17	9	21.22
Change from last week	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	-0.65

Sveningsson has actually finished his Superelit season. At least until March, when the U20 teams play in a tournament to determine promotion/relegation. HV71 made the cut, so we’ll see him back there in the spring. Otherwise, he should be playing as an extra forward for the SHL club.

Eetu Tuulola – RW, HPK, SM-Liiga

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	27	8	4	12	5	9	4	15.67
Change from last week	3	1	3	4	2	2	1	3.89

After escaping discipline for hitting a ref last week, Eetu responded with four points in three games. He was due for some good luck eventually:

#CalgaryFlames 2016 6.round pick Eetu Tuulola leads #HPK in xGF% and ixGF60 at 5v5. Still he seems to have hard time getting points. So he's should be due to get a few bounces in. #Liiga pic.twitter.com/VCHCSJPrN8

— Simo Teperi (@SimoTeperi) December 5, 2017

The not so great news is that he’s signed a new contract with HPK until 2020, when the Flames’ rights to him expire. The team can’t touch him until that contract is over, so maybe we won’t see him for a while.

Tuulola is probably a lock to make Finland’s WJC team, but no word on where he slots in.

Juuso Valimaki – D, Tri-City Americans, WHL

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	18	5	14	19	8	13	8	25.10
Change from last week	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	-0.17

Valimaki returned from injury to add two points in two games. He’ll captain Finland at the WJC, so I’m gonna assume he makes the team.

Tyler Wotherspoon – D, Stockton Heat

	GP	G	A	P	5v5 P	P1	5v5 P1	NHLe
Current	22	3	11	14	8	9	7	24.53
Change from last week	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1.41

Just gonna repeat myself from last week: a goal and an assist for Wotherspoon this week. Has he earned an NHL look?

Jon Gillies – G, Stockton Heat

	GP	TOI	SV%	SA
Current	14	835.87	0.927	369
Change from last week	2	120	0.006	55

Gillies started both games for Stockton, notching a shutout in one.

Mason McDonald – G, Kansas City Mavericks, ECHL

	GP	TOI	SV%	SA
Current	9	485	0.874	215
Change from last week	1	59	-0.001	23

McDonald stopped 20 of 23 in his game this week.

Tyler Parsons – G, Kansas City Mavericks

	GP	TOI	SV%	SA
Current	18	1015	0.907	559
Change from last week	2	118	+0.001	50

Parsons saw two games this week, first stopping 23 of 26, and then 23 of 24.

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.

Nick Schneider – G, Calgary Hitmen, WHL

	GP	TOI	SV%	SA
Current	26	1538	0.886	781
Change from last week	2	120	-0.003	43

Another good game/bad game week for Schneider. He started off good enough, allowing one goal on 14 shots and then allowing six on 29 shots.

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