Prospects Thread 2011-12

[BladesofSteel]

Could be, but what I observed was a very mature hockey smart player. It might have been a blip and he might have played crummy after he left the Pros Camp but two things stick in my mind. The Canucks brass signed 2 players at the end of that camp Jensen and Corrado which indicates they see the same. Secondly this report seems to indicate that he's getting better and the author thinks he will make Team Canada camp next summer. Of course he may have peaked...hey who truly knows.

When was this article written? Are you referring to the World Juniors camp from last summer? The same World Junior team that he was left off this week for next months tourny?

[Southern_Canuck]

^^^ one of the nice things about Corrado is that he is right-handed... just wanted to add that in to the discussion. If Corrado can pan out, the Canucks will have Bieksa (Salo), and then Tanev and Corrado on the right side.

Tuesday Nov 29

Sault Ste. Marie 1 Sudbury 2 (OT)
Corrado 0 points, +1

GP 23 G 3 A 13 P 16 PIM 45 +11

Wednesday Nov 30

ECHL

Greenville 5 Kalamazoo 2
Ellington 0 points, -1
Anthony 0 points, -2

WHL

Moose Jaw 3 Prince Albert 0
Tochkin 0 points, -1

S_C

[Fred]

^^^ one of the nice things about Corrado is that he is right-handed... just wanted to add that in to the discussion. If Corrado can pan out, the Canucks will have Bieksa (Salo), and then Tanev and Corrado on the right side.

S_C

Yeah I noticed that to, not a lot of those around. 5th rounder !. Funny when i watched him in the Prospects Tourney I kept thinking good looking players and then when they up and signed him immiediatley the Camp finished I kinda thought well maybe i wasn't imagining things. I could be wrong but I think Jensen and him were the only signies.

[Southern_Canuck]

Thursday Dec 1

OHL

Erie 2 Niagara 7
Friesen 1 assist, even

S_C

[Southern_Canuck]

Friday Dec 2

AHL

Abbotsford 3 Chicago 2 (SO)
Lack 30 saves on 32 shots (2 saves on 4 shots in the SO)

Miller, (4) (Oreskovich, Sauve)
Connauton, (7) (Mancari, Haydar) (PP)

Shootout:
20 Darren Haydar No Goal
17 Ben Walter No Goal
18 Jordan Schroeder No Goal
8 Krys Kolanos Goal
24 Mark Mancari Goal
26 Jon Rheault No Goal
15 Anton Rodin No Goal
12 Paul Byron Goal
29 Steve Reinprecht No Goal

ECHL

Kalamazoo 5 South Carolina 3
Ellington 0 points, even
Anthony 1 goal, +1

NCAA

Clarkson 2 Colgate 4
Price 2 assists, even

Harvard 4 Massachusetts 4 (OT)
McNally 3 assists, -1

GP 9 G 2 A 7 P 9 PIM 26

Awesome point total for a freshman defenceman...

Merrimack 1 Providence 2 (OT)
Cannata 34 saves on 36 shots

Minnesota State 2 Minnesota 4
Matson 1 goal, +1

QMJHL

Gatineau 3 Halifax 5
Hannay 0 points, +1
Grenier 2 assists, even

Victoriaville 6 Val-d'Or 1
Honzik did not play (Whitney 24 saves on 25 shots)

OHL

Brampton 0 Sudbury 4
Corrado 0 points, even

Sarnia 4 Oshawa 8
Jensen 1 goal, 3 assists, even

Wow, Jensen!
GP 27 G 15 A 17 P 32 PIM 16 -2

WHL

Kootenay 5 Prince Albert 7
Tochkin 2 goals, 1 assist, +2

Tochkin trying to top Jensen for the night - PA big comeback from 4-1 down!

S_C

[Cornuck]

4 point night for Jensen! Nice!

[Southern_Canuck]

Saturday Dec 3

AHL

Chicago 4 Grand Rapids 5 (OT)
Climie 36 saves on 41 shots

Schroeder, (5) (Sweatt, Rodin)
Mancari, (5) (Tanev, Haydar) (PP)
Mancari, (6) (Reinprecht, Haydar)
Mancari, (7) (Haydar, Tanev) (PP)

ECHL

Kalamazoo 2 South Carolina 1
Ellington 0 points, +1
Anthony 0 points, even

NCAA

St. Lawrence 2 Colgate 6
Price 1 goal, 2 assists, +2

Providence 6 Merrimack 1
Cannata 36 saves on 42 shots

Minnesota State 2 Minnesota 3
Matson 1 goal, 1 assist, +1

QMJHL

Quebec 4 Halifax 6
Hannay 0 points, even
Grenier 2 assists, +2

Victoriaville 4 Rouyn-Noranda 5
Honzik 17 saves on 19 shots (Whitney started, and was pulled after 3 saves on 6 shots)

OHL

Barrie 4 Niagara 3 (SO)
Friesen 0 points, even (did not score on his shootout attempt)

S_C

[Benjo]

Thought I'd help SC for a minute and do a pts update (In no particular order) on some players---PIMS may not be accurate on some of the CHL players I just realized it may be shots on goal...except Hanny that is his real PIM.

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Mark Mancary 21 7 9 16 6
Kevn Connauton 21 7 5 12 13
Bill Sweatt 18 4 5 9 10
Jordon Schroeder 20 5 3 8 10
Mike Duco 4 2 6 8 27
Anton Rodin 2 4 6 10 8
VO 11 1 4 5 6
Adam Polasek 14 1 2 3 12
Yann Sauve 19 1 2 3 30
Steven Reinprecht 10 0 3 3 2
Chris Tanev 8 0 2 2 2
Sebastian Erixon 11 0 2 2 4
Darren Archibald 18 1 0 1 6
Stefan Schneider 14 0 1 1 2
Ryan Parent 7 0 0 0 17
Frank Corrado 24 3 13 16 45
Taylor Elling.. 19 2 2 4 8
Steven Anthony 13 4 4 8 12
Kellan Tochkin 25 7 17 24 32
Alex Friesen 24 11 17 28 33
Jeremy Price 11 2 9 11 11
Patrick Mcnally 9 2 7 9 26
Taylor Matson 18 5 7 12
Alex Grenier 25 9 19 28 14
Sawyer Hannay 25 0 1 1 47
Nicklas Jensen 27 15 17 32 16


Goalies GP W L SL GAA SV
Eddie Lack 11 3 4 3 2.57 .913
Matt Climie 10 6 4 0 2.60 .928
David Honzik 19 9 9 0 3.34 .882

[Southern_Canuck]

^^^ beyond the 20 year old juniors Friesen, Tochkin, and Grenier - Corrado, McNally, and Jensen stand out.

Sunday Dec 4

AHL

Abbotsford 3 Chicago 1
Lack 22 saves on 25 shots

Miller, (5) (Oreskovich, Mancari)

Ugh, beaten twice at home by the Baby Flames in the last 3 days... that sucks. In this one there were two boarding majors in the 3rd - one to Desbiens, and one to Roussel... I wonder what happened there?

OHL

Niagara 0 Brampton 3
Friesen 0 points, even

Peterborough 1 Oshawa 9
Jensen 1 assist, +1

Does that strike anyone else as odd? Nine goals, and a key offensive contributor with only 1 assist? Although Boone Jenner had only 1 goal as well... guessing the coach rested them a bit after Oshawa got way ahead.

WHL

Moose Jaw 1 Prince Albert 3
Tochkin 0 points, even

S_C

[Southern_Canuck]

Tuesday Dec 6

WHL

Regina 3 Prince Albert 6
Tochkin 0 points, even

S_C

[Southern_Canuck]

Wednesday Dec 7

ECHL

Of note:
ECL Transactions Dec 5

Kalamazoo:
Add Darren Archibald, F assigned from Chicago (AHL) by Vancouver (NHL)

Kalamazoo 1 Chicago 4
Ellington 0 points, -1
Anthony 0 points, -2
Archibald 0 points, -1

NCAA

Vermont 2 Merrimack 5
Cannata 32 saves on 34 shots

Nice bounce back after the 6 GA outing on Saturday

OHL

Sudbury 2 Sault Ste. Marie 1
Corrado 0 points, -1

S_C

[dbr]

I wonder, is the stream of players heading to the ECHL a function of the Canucks organization's effort to have unprecedented depth or is it a reflection of the dim likelihood these players become AHL contributors (let alone NHLers)?

[Fred]

Talking on dim likelyhoods have you seen the Wolves stats

http://www.chicagowolves.com/team/statistics

3 of the top 4 are AHL regulars, only Connauton breaks into the that group. The others who we've been lead to believe are future NHL stars are way down that list & IMO that's not a good sign.

This just a guess but I tend to think McTavish is old school and maybe not the best selection as a teacher. He is a friend of MG and a past client but we've had better success with the previous coaches with the Moose.

According to that page Archibald in not with the club ??

[Southern_Canuck]

I wonder, is the stream of players heading to the ECHL a function of the Canucks organization's effort to have unprecedented depth or is it a reflection of the dim likelihood these players become AHL contributors (let alone NHLers)?

Let's just say that I don't have high hopes for Ellington (3rd year pro still stuck in the ECHL) or even Anthony. Archibald could be one of those late developing power forwards, but reports that his skating is holding him back have surprised me - he actually looked like a decent skater from what I saw on OHL highlight packages.

OHL

Niagara 5 Peterborough 2
Friesen 0 points, even

S_C

[Blob Mckenzie]

The Canucks had a kid in rookie camp last year named Matt Fraser. In the two games I saw him play he aquitted himself pretty well. Scored a goal , got into a fight and had some nice hits. They opted to release him outright and later on signed Darren Archibald. Fraser had a nice year last season, going to the Memorial Cup, had a great playoff and got a contract with the Stars. He has 10 goals in 21 games with their farm club.