Prospects Thread 2012-13

[Southern_Canuck]

Follow the Canucks' Prospects!

OHL
Brendan Gaunce Belleville Bulls
Frankie Corrado Kitchener Rangers
Evan McEneny Kitchener Rangers

QMJHL
David Honzik Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

Europe
Nicklas Jensen AIK
Alexandre Grenier EC Salzburg
Henrik Tommernes Vastra Frolunda
Ludwig Blomstrand Djurgarden
Pathrik Westerholm BIK Karlskoga
Mats Froshaug Lorenskog
Jonathan Iilahti Espoo Blues

NCAA
Ben Hutton Maine
Jeremy Price Colgate
Wesley Myron Boston University (left university)
Patrick McNally Harvard (suspended)
Joseph Labate Wisonsin
Matt Beattie Yale

ECHL
Alexandre Mallet
Alexandre Grenier
Wesley Myron
Alex Friesen
Steven Anthony
Darren Archibald
Prab Rai
Yann Sauve
Adam Polasek
Joe Cannata

CHL
Kellan Tochkin

AHL
Zack Kassian
Jordan Schroeder
Nicklas Jensen
Anton Rodin
Bill Sweatt
Alexandre Mallet
Kellan Lain
Alex Friesen
Steven Anthony
Darren Archibald
Aaron Volpatti
Andrew Ebbett
Steven Pinizzotto
Stefan Schneider
Andrew Gordon
Chris Tanev
Yann Sauve
Kevin Connauton (traded to Dallas)
Adam Polasek
Peter Andersson
Jeremy Price
Eddie Lack
Joe Cannata
Matt Climie

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[Southern_Canuck]

Sept 20 is opening night in the CHL - but the Canucks have only 3 prospects that are likely to play in Canadian Juniors - Brendan Gaunce, Frank Corrado, and David Honzik...

In contrast, the Canucks have 6 prospects in the NCAA:

Jeremy Price, senior, Colgate
Joseph Labate, sophomore, Wisconsin
Patrick McNally, sophomore, Harvard
Ben Hutton, freshman, Maine
Wesley Myron, freshman, Boston University
Matt Beattie, freshman, Yale

Alexandre Grenier goes from the Halifax Mooseheads to Salzburg (Austria), and Nicklas Jensen goes from the Oshawa Generals to AIK (Sweden).

AIK plays their first game on Sep 13 against Timra, and Salzburg played their first league game tonight, losing 3-1! Grenier did not show up on the scoresheet.

Guess who the ref was in the Salzburg game... yep, Stephane Auger! Hahahaha.

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[Tanti09]

Follow the Canucks' Prospects!

OHL
Brendan Gaunce Belleville Bulls
Frankie Corrado Sudbury Wolves

QMJHL
David Honzik Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

Europe
Nicklas Jensen AIK
Alexandre Grenier EC Salzburg
Henrik Tommernes Vastra Frolunda
Ludwig Blomstrand Djurgarden
Pathrik Westerholm Malmo
Mats Froshaug Lorenskog
Jonathan Iilahti Espoo Blues

NCAA
Ben Hutton Maine
Jeremy Price Colgate
Wesley Myron Boston University
Patrick McNally Harvard
Joseph Labate Wisonsin
Matt Beattie Yale

ECHL
Steven Anthony
Darren Archibald
Prab Rai
Kellan Tochkin

AHL
Jordan Schroeder
Anton Rodin
Bill Sweatt
Alexandre Mallet
Alex Friesen Niagara IceDogs
Steven Anthony
Darren Archibald
Aaron Volpatti
Andrew Ebbett
Steven Pinizzotto
Prab Rai
Stefan Schneider
Andrew Gordon
Yann Sauve
Kevin Connauton
Adam Polasek
Peter Andersson
Eddie Lack
Matt Climie
Joe Cannata

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Nice! Thanks for the hard work as always. Guys I will be following closely are:

Gaunce
Corrado
Jensen
Grenier
McNally
Labate
Schroeder
Rodin
Friesen
Connaughton
Polasek

If the NHL does shut it down, this thread will be much more active methinks.

[Southern_Canuck]

OHL Exhibition

Belleville 3 Kingston 6

I'm not sure if Gaunce was in the lineup.

Kitchener 3 Sudbury 5

The Wolves are still trying out players, so Corrado was not in the lineup.

I wonder what will happen with David Honzik - he lost his starting role in Victoriaville last season to Brandon Whitney, and was traded to Cape Breton this summer for a 4th round pick in 2013...

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[Southern_Canuck]

Sept 8, 2012

Exhibition OHL

Kingston 5 Belleville 6
Gaunce 1 goal, 1 assist

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[Southern_Canuck]

The Wolves training camp opens on Sept 28, and the first regular season game is Oct 13... here are a couple of familiar faces getting signed to AHL contracts:

Wolves Ink Negrin

excerpt:
The 23-year-old blueliner split the 2011-12 campaign between the American Hockey League’s Abbotsford Heat and St. John’s IceCaps, posting 4 assists and 18 penalty minutes in 40 games. He also recorded 5 assists and 6 points in nine ECHL tilts with the Utah Grizzlies last year.

Wolves Sign Matson

excerpt:
MATSON tallied 2 points (G, A) in five regular-season games with the Wolves last year after being signed by the team to an Amateur Tryout Contract (ATO) on April 7, 2012. He also appeared in all five of Chicago’s Calder Cup postseason tilts, accruing an assist and 4 penalty minutes.

Prior to joining the Wolves, the 23-year-old forward ranked eighth on the University of Minnesota with 23 points (8G, 15A) in 43 outings during his senior campaign. He also captained the Golden Gophers to the 2012 NCAA Frozen Four. (was a Canuck 6th round pick in 2007, 176 overall)

Wolves Ink Longpre

excerpt:

LONGPRE posted eight goals and 18 points in 39 games with the Wolves as a rookie last season before being traded to the American Hockey League’s Springfield Falcons on Feb. 28, 2012.

The 24-year-old forward set a career-high and led the team with 42 points (14G, 28A) in 33 games as a senior with Robert Morris University (AHA) in 2010-11. He also made his professional debut in eight contests with the AHL’s Worcester Sharks after the completion of his collegiate season.

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[SKYO]

S_C kudos for the updates!

[Fred]

Hockey Futures got around to reviewing the Canuks Propspects

http://www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/7 ... ks-system/

[Southern_Canuck]

Vancouver Canucks sign defenceman Evan McEneny

excerpt:
The 6’2”, 205 lbs. Hamilton, ON, native registered two assists, four penalty minutes and a plus-three rating in two games with the OHL Kitchener Rangers in 2011.12 before missing the remainder of the season due to injury.


This guy might have been drafted in the 2012 Draft if he had not sustained a season ending knee injury after only 2 games this last season --- a low risk (48th contract for the Canucks?) addition.

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[Southern_Canuck]

Sept 14, 2012

OHL Exhibition

Barrie 4 Kitchener 6
McEneny 0 points

Oshawa 3 Belleville 4
Gaunce 1 assist

Sault Ste. Marie 4 Sudbury 2
Corrado 0 points

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[Southern_Canuck]

Wolves Receive 23 from Vancouver

excerpt:
Goaltenders Eddie Lack and Joe Cannata, defensemen Chris Tanev, Kevin Connauton, Yann Sauve and Adam Polasek, left wings Bill Sweatt, Anton Rodin and Darren Archibald, right wing Andrew Gordon and centers Jordan Schroeder and Stefan Schneider helped the Wolves win the American Hockey League’s 2012 Midwest Division title.

Centers Andrew Ebbett, ALEXANDRE MALLET, ALEX FRIESEN and Prab Rai, right wings Zack Kassian, Guillaume Desbiens and KELLAN TOCHKIN, left wing Steven Anthony and defensemen Derek Joslin, Patrick Mullen and PETER ANDERSSON also have been assigned to Chicago.


The Wolves have quite a few players signed to AHL contracts as well:

Darren Haydar RW
Taylor Matson C
Nathan Longpre C
Tim Miller F
Michael Davies F
Brett Sterling LW
Brad Hunt D
Mark Matheson D
John Negrin D
Zach Miskovic D
Mathieu Corbeil-Theriault G
Matt Climie G

Uh-oh, logjam!!!

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[Southern_Canuck]

Guessing at the Chicago Wolves Roster (Canuck NHL contracts bolded):

(The Chicago Wolves open training camp on Sept 28)

Sweatt-Schroeder-Kassian
Sterling-Ebbett-Haydar
Rodin-Longpre-Miller
Mallet-Matson-Desbiens

Joslin-Mullen
Connauton-Tanev
Sauve-Matheson

Lack
Climie

Extra
Alex Friesen C
Michael Davies F
Andrew Gordon RW
Adam Polasek D
Peter Andersson D
Brad Hunt D
Zach Miskovic D

ECHL

Stefan Schneider C
Prab Rai C
David Archibald LW
Steven Anthony LW
Kellan Tochkin RW
John Negrin D
Joe Cannata G
Mathieu Corbeil-Theriault G

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[Southern_Canuck]

Bulls announce Captains

excerpt:
The Belleville Bulls unveiled their captaincy for the 2012-13 season on Monday, naming third year-centreman Brendan Gaunce captain along with Stephen Silas, Brady Austin, Michael Curtis and Joseph Cramarossa serving as assistants.

Gaunce was impressive as a 17 year-old, scoring 20 times while adding 48 assists in 68 games. The Markham native was drafted 26th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft and signed an entry level contract with the club on August 13th.

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[Fred]

From all I've read about Joe Cannata he'll start his apprenticeship with the Wolves. For the second time I'm hoping Archibald comes in a blows every ones socks off and makes the team we could do with a power forward like him clicking

[damonberryman]

Thanks once more for doing the work on this thread. Like most of us I am saddened by this nonsense of a strike/lockout (I just cannot care whose fault it is) and this thread will be something to look forward to. Thanks.