Mace’o Phillips, the Flames’ third-rounder from June’s entry draft, will be part of the United States’ entry at the Junior A World Challenge. That event is a four team tournament pitting two under-19 Canadian teams (Canada West and Canada West) drawn from the junior A circuits against the Swedish under-18 national team and an American entry that’s basically an under-19 selects team drawn from the USHL. Trevor Hoskin, another Flames prospect, was MVP of this event two years ago. This tournament runs Dec. 7-13 in Trois Rivieres, Quebec.

The Flames have had some AHLers represent them in the Spengler Cup in years past, mostly recently Jonathan Aspirot in last year’s event. That event goes Dec. 26-31 in Zurich, Switzerland and is an invitational event with various European club teams and, for the first time this year, an American collegiate selects team. (They’re not bringing freshmen, so most likely there won’t be any Flames prospects on the collegiate team.)

Finally, the World Juniors run Dec. 26-Jan. 5 in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with camps beginning earlier in December. Reports out of Sweden indicate that Theo Stockselius, the Flames’ second-rounder in June, won’t be recovered from a skate cut in time to play. Zayne Parekh, the Flames’ top prospect, is reportedly going to be loaned to Team Canada if he’s healthy after his upper-body injury (via Sportsnet’s Eric Francis). Beyond Parekh, keep an eye out for Cullen Potter (USA) and Cole Reschny (Canada), who are both playing in college.

Onto the stats update!

Andrew Basha – LW/RW, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

20; Calgary’s second round pick (41st overall) in the 2024 NHL Draft; 5’11”, 174 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 8th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	13	1	2	3	3	3	3	11	9.20
2024-25 (WHL)	23	9	20	29	24	12	9	73	31.22

Basha played in two of the Wranglers’ three games over the past week. His offensive output is fairly muted and he’s primarily being played on a line with captain Clark Bishop, perhaps in an effort to help Basha carve out an identity for his game.

Jacob Battaglia – LW/RW, Kingston Frontenacs, OHL

19; Calgary’s second round pick (62nd overall) in the 2024 NHL Draft; 6’1″, 196 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 7th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	19	10	5	15	12	10	9	60	20.91
2024-25 (OHL)	68	40	50	90	67	57	45	239	35.06

Kingston’s having a weird season, gang. They’ve won 10 of 22 games so far this season, and they’re one of the lowest-scoring teams in the OHL. Battaglia is a persistent offensive bright spot, but he’s playing on a pretty lean team this season and so his numbers aren’t exactly popping the way they did a year ago when he had a bit more of a supporting cast. He had two goals in two games this week, though.

Parker Bell – LW/RW, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

22; Calgary’s fifth round pick (155th overall) in the 2022 NHL Draft; 6’4″, 192 pounds; shoots left

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.00
2024-25 (AHL)	61	7	5	12	9	12	9	67	7.84

Bell’s had a quiet offensive season so far, playing primarily on the Wranglers’ fourth line. He played twice this week, sitting once, and had zero points.

Hunter Brzustewicz – D, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

20; Vancouver’s third round pick (75th overall) in the 2023 NHL Draft; Acquired in a trade with Vancouver; 6’0″, 190 pounds; shoots right; FN’s 3rd-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	17	4	7	11	8	5	4	21	25.79
2024-25 (AHL)	70	5	27	32	19	20	13	75	18.22

Brzustewicz had an assist this past week. The Wranglers’ defensive group has been in a bit of flux since Yan Kuznetsov was called up, but Brzustewicz has quietly had a really good offensive season.

Nick Cicek – D, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

25; free agent signing; 6’3″, 201 pounds; shoots left

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	17	1	4	5	2	4	1	19	11.72
2024-25 (DEL)	50	3	14	17	10	16	9	75	9.81

Cicek is quietly the glue guy for the Wranglers blueline. If you need someone to play with anybody, he’s your guy. He’s bounced around a lot since Yan Kuznetsov got called up to the Flames, but he’s provided every partner with reliable minutes. He had an assist this week.

Lucas Ciona – LW, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

22; Calgary’s sixth round pick (173rd overall) in the 2021 NHL Draft; 6’3″, 210 pounds; shoots left

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	11	1	1	2	2	1	1	9	7.25
2024-25 (AHL)	68	8	14	22	18	17	14	91	12.89

Ciona played once this week, sitting twice. He’s in a really odd position in that he’s able to play with just about anybody, but he hasn’t really found his “spot” this season quite yet – and the forward group having a bit of churn due to call-ups to the Flames has his role in a bit of flux.

Matvei Gridin – RW, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

19; Calgary’s first round pick (28th overall) in the 2024 NHL Draft; 6’1″, 182 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 4th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	15	6	8	14	11	10	9	45	37.20
2024-25 (QMJHL)	56	36	43	79	58	40	32	236	32.85

Gridin has been a really pleasant surprise this season, in that we weren’t sure how quickly he would adapt to pro hockey. Offensively? Very quickly. He had three points over three games this week.

Artem Grushnikov – D, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

22; Dallas’ second round pick (48th overall) in the 2021 NHL Draft; Acquired in a trade with Dallas; 6’1″, 203 pounds; shoots left

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.00
2024-25 (AHL)	61	1	4	5	3	4	3	43	3.27

Grushnikov has been a depth defender for the Wranglers this season. He appeared in two of three games this week .

Trevor Hoskin – RW, Merrimack College Warriors, NCAA

21; Calgary’s fourth round pick (106th overall) in the 2024 NHL Draft; 6’1″, 175 pounds; shoots right

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	11	4	8	12	8	5	5	21	35.16
2024-25 (NCAA)	36	12	27	39	29	28	23	80	17.23

Hoskin had four points over three games over the past three. As a 21-year-old sophomore, he’s built really nicely on his freshman campaign with Niagara.

Axel Hurtig – D, Calgary Hitmen, WHL

20; Calgary’s seventh round pick (208th overall) in the 2023 NHL Draft; 6’4″, 202 pounds; shoots left

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	17	2	1	3	2	3	2	26	4.37
2024-25 (WHL)	55	5	11	16	12	14	10	66	7.20

Hurtig played twice this week, posting zero points.

Eric Jamieson – D, University of Denver Pioneers, NCAA

20; Calgary’s seventh round pick (208th overall) in the 2023 NHL Draft; 6’3″, 200 pounds; shoots left

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	12	4	3	8	5	7	5	26	24.00
2024-25 (WHL)	66	14	22	36	26	27	19	175	13.51

Jamieson had a goal over the weekend.

Rory Kerins – C, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

23; Calgary’s sixth round pick (174th overall) in the 2020 NHL Draft; 5’10”, 175 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 15th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	14	5	9	14	11	9	7	35	39.85
2024-25 (AHL)	63	33	28	61	52	40	35	135	38.59

Kerins missed two Wranglers games due to being in the NHL.

Carter King – C, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

23; free agent signing; 5’11”, 190 pounds; shoots left

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	15	1	1	2	1	2	1	10	5.31
2024-25 (NCAA)	44	21	22	43	31	16	14	116	35.18

King had no points this past week, but played in all three games.

Yan Kuznetsov – D, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

23; Calgary’s second round pick (50th overall) in the 2020 NHL Draft; 6’4″, 209 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 19th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	10	2	0	2	2	2	2	8	7.97
2024-25 (AHL)	72	6	15	21	12	16	10	95	11.62

Kuznetsov is in the NHL.

Hunter Laing – C/RW, Saskatoon Blades, WHL

19; Calgary’s sixth round pick (170th overall) in the 2024 NHL Draft; 6’5″, 205 pounds; shoots right

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	20	12	9	21	18	12	11	50	26.00
2024-25 (WHL)	64	25	23	48	40	35	29	153	18.57

Laing scored twice over two games last week.

Aidan Lane – LW/RW, Harvard University Crimson, NCAA

18; Calgary’s sixth round pick (176th overall) in the 2025 NHL Draft; 6’1″, 192 pounds; shoots right

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	6	2	0	2	2	2	2	20	7.65
2024-25 (OHL)	13	7	6	13	10	10	7	36	26.49

Lane had no points this weekend.

Jakob Leander – D, HV71, U20 Nationell

18; Calgary’s seventh round pick (208th overall) in the 2025 NHL Draft; 6’4″, 196 pounds; shoots right

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	16	1	3	4	3	4	3	22	4.10
2024-25 (J20)	39	1	5	6	3	5	3	33	2.52

Leander’s team played once and lost 11-0. Somehow, he was only minus-1.

Jaden Lipinski – C, University of Maine Black Bears, NCAA

20; Calgary’s fourth round pick (112th overall) in the 2023 NHL Draft; 6’4″, 204 pounds; shoots right

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	12	2	5	7	5	7	5	23	18.80
2024-25 (WHL)	59	17	41	58	45	30	27	134	24.34

Lipinski had an assist this weekend, but he had six shots in a single game, too.

Cade Littler – C, University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks, NCAA

21; Calgary’s seventh round pick (219th overall) in the 2022 NHL Draft; 6’3″, 197 pounds; shoots right

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	10	1	3	4	3	4	3	9	14.40
2024-25 (NCAA)	33	7	2	9	8	9	8	30	9.82

Littler had an assist this past weekend.

Yan Matveiko – C, Krasnaya Armiya Moskva, MHL

19; Calgary’s seventh round pick (211th overall) in the 2025 NHL Draft; 6’1″, 150 pounds; shoots left

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	23	9	14	23	13	18	10	33	11.73
2024-25 (MHL)	42	10	14	24	20	21	17	68	6.70

Matveiko was held off the scoresheet in his lone game last week.

Luke Misa – LW/C, Penn State University Nittany Lions, NCAA

19; Calgary’s fifth round pick (150th overall) in the 2024 NHL Draft; 5’10”, 170 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 13th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	14	2	1	3	2	3	2	26	5.85
2024-25 (OHL)	67	34	51	85	58	63	43	211	33.60

Misa had a goal this weekend, his second in the NCAA.

Etienne Morin – D, Calgary Wranglers, AHL/Rapid City Rush, ECHL

20; Calgary’s second round pick (48th overall) in the 2022 NHL Draft; 6’0″, 180 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 10th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
AHL season to date	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.00
ECHL season to date	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.00
2024-25 (QMJHL)	62	14	44	58	29	40	24	222	21.79

Morin played in two of the Wranglers three games this week. He’s starting to find a rhythm in the AHL.

Mace’o Phillips – D, Green Bay Gamblers, USHL

18; Calgary’s third round pick (80th overall) in the 2025 NHL Draft; 6’6″, 228 pounds; shoots left

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	12	1	3	4	2	3	2	25	7.65
2024-25 (USHL)	25	2	1	3	3	3	3	31	2.76

Phillips had an assist this week.

Jeremie Poirier – D, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

23; Calgary’s third round pick (72nd overall) in the 2020 NHL Draft; 6’1″, 196 pounds; shoots left

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	14	1	3	4	2	3	1	23	11.39
2024-25 (AHL)	71	5	37	42	23	26	15	132	23.57

Poirier played twice this week, sitting once. He had an assist, but lost an assist from a prior week due to a stat correction.

Cullen Potter – C, Arizona State University Sun Devils, NCAA

18; Calgary’s first round pick (32nd overall) in the 2025 NHL Draft; 5’10”, 172 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 5th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	12	2	6	8	6	3	2	34	24.00
2024-25 (NCAA)	35	13	9	22	16	17	13	118	22.63

Potter had a goal and an assist in two games against North Dakota this week.

Cole Reschny – C, University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks, NCAA

18; Calgary’s first round pick (18th overall) in the 2025 NHL Draft; 5’11”, 183 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 2nd-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	12	2	9	11	8	6	5	25	33.00
2024-25 (WHL)	62	26	66	92	70	48	46	213	36.75

Reschny had an assist this week in two games head-to-head with Arizona State. He’s carved out a spot as a really important player for North Dakota.

Theo Stockselius – C, Djurgårdens IF, U20 Nationell/SHL

18; Calgary’s second round pick (54th overall) in the 2025 NHL Draft; 6’2″, 181 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 12th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
U20 season to date	7	1	8	9	6	7	5	23	21.09
SHL season to date	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
2024-25 (J20)	40	22	29	51	38	35	29	93	20.91

Stockselius remains out after suffering a cut from a skate in October.

William Strömgren – LW, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

22; Calgary’s second round pick (45th overall) in the 2021 NHL Draft; 6’3″, 175 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 16th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	17	2	11	13	8	8	4	20	30.48
2024-25 (AHL)	70	14	35	49	35	26	20	107	27.90

Strömgren could be knocking on the door for a call-up. He had four points over three games this week.

Aydar Suniev – LW, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

20; Calgary’s third round pick (80th overall) in the 2023 NHL Draft; 6’2″, 198 pounds; shoots left; FN’s 9th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	17	4	1	5	5	1	1	21	11.72
2024-25 (NCAA)	35	20	18	38	31	21	17	119	34.99

Suniev has carved out a spot for himself in the Wranglers middle-six, and he’s consistently getting shots and chances. He started off slow, but he’s adapted to the rhythms of the pro game.

Ethan Wyttenbach – RW, Quinnipiac University Bobcats, NCAA

18; Calgary’s fifth round pick (144th overall) in the 2025 NHL Draft; 5’10”, 180 pounds; shoots right; FN’s 20th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	G	A	P	P1	5v5 P	5v5 P1	SH	NHLe
Season to date	12	6	8	14	13	7	6	18	26.79
2024-25 (USHL)	44	24	27	51	42	38	30	127	26.61

Wyttenbach continues to really impress as a “true” (18-year-old) freshman and he’s been a difference-maker for Quinnipiac.

Owen Say – G, Calgary Wranglers, AHL

24; free agent signing; 6’2″, 185 pounds

	GP	TOI	SV%
Season to date	6	326	.887
2024-25 (NCAA)	27	1531	.920

Say allowed four goals in a loss to Henderson in his lone appearance last week.

Arsenii Sergeev – G, Rapid City Rush, ECHL

21; Calgary’s seventh round pick (205th overall) in the 2021 NHL Draft; 6’3″, 192 pounds

	GP	TOI	SV%
Season to date	5	296	.906
2024-25 (NCAA)	33	1982	.919

Sergeev played once this week, allowing two goals in a loss.

Yegor Yegorov – G, MHK Spartak-MAX, MHL

20; Calgary’s sixth round pick (176th overall) in the 2023 NHL Draft; 6’3″, 183 pounds

	GP	TOI	SV%
Season to date	11	673	.931
2024-25 (MHL)	20	1032	.904

Yegorov dressed three times as backup for the VHL’s Khimik Voskresensk.

Kirill Zarubin – G, AKM Tula, MHL

20; Calgary’s third round pick (84th overall) in the 2024 NHL Draft; 6’3″, 178 pounds; FN’s 18th-ranked prospect 2025

	GP	TOI	SV%
Season to date	18	1048	.929
2024-25 (MHL)	21	1157	.935

Zarubin played once and had a shutout win.

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