Prospects Thread 2012-13

[Lancer]

Chris Kuc ‏@ChrisKucAHL's Chicago Wolves assign Darren Archibald and John Negrin to Kalamazoo of ECHL and sign Kenton Miller and assign him Missouri of CHL.

I'm not happy to say it, but was waiting for that shoe to drop. Not sure what it is about his game, but Archibald just can't seem to impress - rightly or wrongly.

Either way, at least 2 more forwards would have to go, I think. I think Schneider will be one, and unfortunately it will probably be Friesen, Mallet, Gordon, or Rodin for the other...

Would hate to see any of them go down but even so, when the NHL ramps back up there will be spots galore in Chicago so the prugatory may not be too long. Any chance somebody like Gordon can get loaned to another 'A' team? Otherwise, unless one of them tanks I think it will be either Friesen or Mallet going down as well.

[Southern_Canuck]

Wednesday Oct 10

QMJHL

Val d'Or 7 Cape Breton 2
Honzik still recovering from shoulder surgery (Bureau 10 saves on 13 shots, Trudeau 28 saves on 32 shots)

OHL

Brampton 1 Belleville 2 (SO)
Gaunce 1 goal (3), +1 (scored on his shootout attempt, was selected 3rd star)

S_C

[Fred]

Chris Kuc ‏@ChrisKucAHL's Chicago Wolves assign Darren Archibald and John Negrin to Kalamazoo of ECHL and sign Kenton Miller and assign him Missouri of CHL.

I'm not happy to say it, but was waiting for that shoe to drop. Not sure what it is about his game, but Archibald just can't seem to impress - rightly or wrongly.

Either way, at least 2 more forwards would have to go, I think. I think Schneider will be one, and unfortunately it will probably be Friesen, Mallet, Gordon, or Rodin for the other...

Would hate to see any of them go down but even so, when the NHL ramps back up there will be spots galore in Chicago so the prugatory may not be too long. Any chance somebody like Gordon can get loaned to another 'A' team? Otherwise, unless one of them tanks I think it will be either Friesen or Mallet going down as well.

I can't see Rodin or even Mallet going any where they're invested in these guys for the future. Archibald seems be blowing his opportunity.

[RoyalDude]

In the 4 pre-season games ole Kassian has been awfully quiet. Is it time to send out the alarm bells? I thought he'd be a man amongst boys out there. Schroeder continues to impress, the kid is ready for prime time. Can we finally close the book on Rodin? I'm looking at what's left on the Chicago roster and I can't help but shake my head. Nice drafting, Gillis.

[dbr]

4 pre-season games ... Is it time to send out the alarm bells?

[Fred]

Kassian

http://www.theprovince.com/sports/hocke ... story.html


Rodin

http://www.theprovince.com/sports/Canuc ... story.html

[Southern_Canuck]

Catching up on the NCAA...

Saturday Oct 6

Quinnipiac 2 Maine 1
Hutton 0 points, even

Queen's 0 Colgate 1
Price 0 points, +1

US Under-18 0 Wisconsin 5
Labate 2 assists, +2

Sunday Oct 7

New Brunswick 2 Maine 2 (OT)
Hutton 0 points, -1

Toronto 0 Boston University 5
Myron 0 points, even (was on ice for one of the 5 PP goals)

Tuesday Oct 9

Niagara 2 Colgate 10
Price 1 assist, +3

S_C

[Southern_Canuck]

Friday Oct 12

ECHL

Kalamazoo 4 Fort Wayne 1
Anthony 0 points, +1
Archibald 1 goal, +3 (selected 3rd star)
Rai 1 goal, +1
Polasek 1 assist, +1
Cannata was the backup (Martin 25 saves on 26 shots)

A good night for the ECHL prospects in the first game of the regular season for Kalamazoo.

NCAA

Northern Michigan 2 Wisconsin 1
Labate 0 points, -1

Notre Dame 1 Maine 0
Hutton 0 points, even

Colgate 0 Miami 3
Price 0 points, even

OHL

Kitchener 2 Kingston 3
McEneny 0 points, -1

Saginaw 6 Sudbury 1
Corrado 0 points, -2

Belleville 2 Brampton 0
Gaunce 1 assist, even

S_C

[Southern_Canuck]

Saturday Oct 13

SEL

AIK 2 Lulea 0
Jensen 1 goal, +1, 1 SOG, 15:04

GP 12 G 6 A 2 P 8 PIM 8 -4

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[Lancer]

Jensen 1 goal, +1, 1 SOG, 15:04

Looking at the highlights, a couple of his goals have been the result of coasting into the slot un-marked for the pass from behind the net. We'll see if he can get away with that in the NHL. Stats are looking pretty good though.

[Southern_Canuck]

Saturday Oct 13

AHL

Rockford 0 Chicago 1 (SO)
Lack 25 saves on 25 shots (3 saves on 4 shots in the SO, selected 1st star)

Shootout:
Schroeder scores!
Saad stopped by Lack 5-hole
Sterling stopped on a deke by Hutton
Pirri dekes and scores on Lack
Sweatt makes a nifty move and scores
Bollig is stopped by Lack
Haydar scores! (reviewed since it went in and out so fast)
Leblanc is stopped by Lack - game over.

ECHL

Kalamazoo 1 Toledo 4
Anthony 0 points, even
Archibald 0 points, even
Rai 0 points, -1
Polasek 0 points, even
Cannata was the backup (Martin 27 saves on 31 shots)

NCAA

Providence 2 Boston University 4
Myron 0 points, -1

Colgate 1 Miami (Ohio) 5
Price 1 assist, +1

Northern Michigan 4 Wisconsin 2
Labate 1 assist, -1

Maine 4 Army 3
Hutton 1 assist, +2

OHL

Sudbury 1 Barrie 2
Corrado 1 assist, -1

Oshawa 1 Belleville 4
Gaunce 1 goal (4), +1

S_C

[Southern_Canuck]

Sunday Oct 14

AHL

Rockford 3 Chicago 5
Lack 25 saves on 28 shots

Ebbett, (1) (Sterling, Connauton)
Longpre, (1) (SH)
Sterling, (1)
Longpre, (2) (Pinizzotto, Connauton)
Sweatt, (1) (Kassian)

Longpre (Wolves contract) selected 1st star, and supposedly has had an unbelievable start to the season - dangerous on almost every shift. Kevin Connauton with 2 assists, selected 3rd star, and not that +/- means a whole lot, but for a player that has been criticized for his defensive awareness it's relevant to note that he was +4 in this game!

OHL

Kitchener 2 Ottawa 6
McEneny 0 points, -3

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[Fred]

From Hockey Futures

Another forward making good progress in his development last season was Joseph LaBate (VAN). The Eagan, MN native finished his outstanding rookie campaign leading all Wisconsin freshmen with 20 points (five goals, 15 assists) in 37 games. LaBate was utilized as both a center and winger last season and played quite well at both positions. His confidence level grew over the course of the season and where this was particularly evident was in his willingness to take calculated risks to create plays.

“We’re absolutely hoping that Joe will have a breakout year for us,” Eaves said of LaBate. “He’s a skilled forward that’s really competitive and has learned the (college) game. Joe was put in a lot of situations that maybe he probably wouldn’t have played in if we weren’t so young last year. The only situation that he didn’t play in for us was on the penalty kill. Joe wants to get better and he’s willing to do what’s necessary to get the job done. He has come back bigger and stronger, but he’s still got a lot of room for improvement there because his body is not physically mature yet. But he’s still working hard at it and Joe is going to play in a lot of situations for us this year.”

http://www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/7 ... ew-part-2/

[Southern_Canuck]

Wednesday Oct 17

AHL

Peoria 1 Chicago 2 (OT)
Climie 30 saves on 31 shots

Kassian, (1) (Joslin, Schroeder), (PP)
Miskovic, (1) (Gordon, Sterling)

SEL

Brynas 1 AIK 5
Jensen 0 points, even, 1 SOG, 11:52

QMJHL

Sherbrooke 6 Cape Breton 5 (OT)
Honzik still recovering from shoulder surgery (Trudeau 5 saves on 8 shots, Bureau 14 saves on 17 shots)

OHL

Sudbury 1 Sault Ste. Marie 3
Corrado 0 points, -1

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[RoyalDude]

How many actual Canuck draft picks are in the Wolves line-up? All I see are names of non-drafted Canuck players in the stats columns