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We should probably be talking more about Flames prospect Ethan Wyttenbach
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Friends, it’s normal to have a bit of healthy skepticism about a newly drafted prospect.
When a player is drafted, there’s a lot of hope, and it’s natural to be skeptical about all the great things you hear about a player. Everybody is a blank slate onto which an organization’s – and a fanbase’s – hopes and dreams can be projected. The season starts and there’s promising early returns, but you have to be skeptical about sample size. Or about the quality of competition. Or about a player’s consistency.
In short, there’s a zillion little reasons to see a player putting up numbers early in a season and find ways to dismiss or minimize the accomplishment.
With that in mind, gang, we should talk about 2025 Flames fifth-round pick Ethan Wyttenbach. Selected from the United States Hockey League’s Sioux Falls Stampede. He posted really solid numbers as a USHL rookie in 2024-25 – 24 goals and 51 points in 44 games – but between his modest frame (5’10” and 180 pounds) and small sample size in higher-end hockey, him falling to the fifth round made some sense. There were enough things to like about his game that he seemed likely to be drafted, but enough flaws that scouts could fixate on that the Flames got him at 144th overall. (He was the first-ever winner of the USHL’s Gaudreau Award, given to the player that embodied the spirit of the late Gaudreau brothers.)
15 games into his freshman season, that roll of the dice seems really, really smart. Following Wednesday’s overtime win over Holy Cross, Wyttenbach leads all NCAA freshmen in points with 20 – and that puts him in the top 10 of all college scorers. Yeah, he’s still not a huge kid. Yeah, it’s only 15 games. Yeah, he’s playing in one of college’s “easier” conferences.
But a year after adapting very quickly to a strong USHL circuit, Wyttenbach is doing it again in the NCAA. He’s definitely a prospect worth remembering going forward.
Onto the stats!
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 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9.96 |
2024-25 (WHL) | 23 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 73 | 31.22 |
Basha had an assist in three games this week.
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 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 66 | 21.44 |
2024-25 (OHL) | 68 | 40 | 50 | 90 | 67 | 57 | 45 | 239 | 35.06 |
Battaglia had a goal and an assist this week.
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 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.00 |
2024-25 (AHL) | 61 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 67 | 7.84 |
Bell had zero points over three games this week.
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 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 21.92 |
2024-25 (AHL) | 70 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 75 | 18.22 |
Brzustewicz is one of four Wranglers who have played every game thus far. (The other three are Nick Cicek, Clark Bishop and Martin Frk.) He had no points in three games this week.
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 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 13.95 |
2024-25 (DEL) | 50 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 75 | 9.81 |
Cicek is one of four Wranglers who have played every game thus far. (The other three are Hunter Brzustewicz, Clark Bishop and Martin Frk.) Cicek had a goal and an assist over three games 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 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5.69 |
2024-25 (AHL) | 68 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 91 | 12.89 |
Ciona had no points in three games this week.
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 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 56 | 44.28 |
2024-25 (QMJHL) | 56 | 36 | 43 | 79 | 58 | 40 | 32 | 236 | 32.85 |
Gridin had two goals and three assists across three games this week. (He also gained an assist via a stat correction from a prior week.) He is the AHL rookie points leader right now.
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 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.00 |
2024-25 (AHL) | 61 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 3.27 |
Grushnikov had zero points over 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 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 37.60 |
2024-25 (NCAA) | 36 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 29 | 28 | 23 | 80 | 17.23 |
Hoskin missed Merrimack’s weekend game, then casually rattled off two assists in his Wednesday game.
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 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 4.13 |
2024-25 (WHL) | 55 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 66 | 7.20 |
Hurtig and the Hitmen played just once this week.
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 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 23.14 |
2024-25 (WHL) | 66 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 175 | 13.51 |
Jamieson had a goal in a two game week.
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 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 43 | 44.54 |
2024-25 (AHL) | 63 | 33 | 28 | 61 | 52 | 40 | 35 | 135 | 38.59 |
Kerins had two goals and three assists over three games this week.
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 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2.21 |
2024-25 (NCAA) | 44 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 31 | 16 | 14 | 116 | 35.18 |
King played all three games this week, but lost an assist on a stat correction from a prior week.
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 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 52 | 25.89 |
2024-25 (WHL) | 64 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 40 | 35 | 29 | 153 | 18.57 |
Laing had a goal and an assist over two games.
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 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 9.84 |
2024-25 (OHL) | 13 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 36 | 26.49 |
Lane had a goal in Harvard’s single game this week.
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 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 4.92 |
2024-25 (J20) | 39 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 2.52 |
Leander had a busy week, with four games. He posted two assists.
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 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 16.11 |
2024-25 (WHL) | 59 | 17 | 41 | 58 | 45 | 30 | 27 | 134 | 24.34 |
Lipinski had zero points in a two game week.
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 |
North Dakota was off this week, aside from an exhibition game against the U.S. National Development Team.
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 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 34 | 11.73 |
2024-25 (MHL) | 42 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 68 | 6.70 |
Matveiko had two goals and an assist this week, maintaining his point-per-game pace.
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 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 5.12 |
2024-25 (OHL) | 67 | 34 | 51 | 85 | 58 | 63 | 43 | 211 | 33.60 |
Misa had no points this week.
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 was a scratch this week.
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 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 6.12 |
2024-25 (USHL) | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 2.76 |
Phillips played three games and didn’t hit the scoresheet.
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 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 9.38 |
2024-25 (AHL) | 71 | 5 | 37 | 42 | 23 | 26 | 15 | 132 | 23.57 |
Poirier had no points over three games this week.
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 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 25.71 |
2024-25 (NCAA) | 35 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 118 | 22.63 |
Potter had a goal and an assist this weekend. His goal was an overtime winner.
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 |
North Dakota was off this week, aside from an exhibition game against the U.S. National Development Team.
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 missed the Wranglers games this week with an injury.
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 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 10.49 |
2024-25 (NCAA) | 35 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 31 | 21 | 17 | 119 | 34.99 |
Suniev had no points this week. He played twice, then missed a game due to illness.
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 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 30.61 |
2024-25 (USHL) | 44 | 24 | 27 | 51 | 42 | 38 | 30 | 127 | 26.61 |
In a three game week, Wyttenbach had two goals and four assists.
Owen Say – G, Calgary Wranglers, AHL
24; free agent signing; 6’2″, 185 pounds
GP | TOI | SV% | |
Season to date | 8 | 445 | .885 |
2024-25 (NCAA) | 27 | 1531 | .920 |
Say started once and picked up his third AHL win this 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 | .907 |
2024-25 (NCAA) | 33 | 1982 | .919 |
Sergeev played once… making 44 saves in a 5-4 overtime win.
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 | 13 | 783 | .924 |
2024-25 (MHL) | 20 | 1032 | .904 |
Yegorov started twice, but lost both games and gave up a combined nine goals in the process.
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 | 19 | 1108 | .929 |
2024-25 (MHL) | 21 | 1157 | .935 |
Zarubin allowed two goals in a loss in his lone appearance this week.
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