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3/7 Prospect Update: Reid Boucher is Good.

The prospect update this week focuses on Reid Boucher being a scoring machine, the goalie shuffle, and Blake Coleman of Miami University winning the CCHA title.

Keith Kinkaid getting his first taste of an NHL game.
Keith Kinkaid getting his first taste of an NHL game.
Jim McIsaac

It has been a tough stretch as a Devils fan lately, but this week was a huge one for a couple of Devils' prospects as Reid Boucher, Blake Coleman, and Keith Kinkaid had one of the most exciting weeks of their lives. Keep reading to see how everyone performed last week and for extra information on some individuals.

NAME YOB League Team POS GP G A PTS +/- PPG PP SHG SOG SH%
Graham Black 1993 WHL Swift Current Broncos C 64 24 25 49 4 0.77 7 0
Reid Boucher 1993 OHL Sarnia Sting LW 63 60 31 91 14 1.44 21 1
Artur Gavrus 1994 OHL Owan Sound Attack RW 17 2 5 7 -3 0.41 1 0
Ben Johnson 1994 OHL Windsor Spitfires C 63 19 17 36 -29 0.57 4 0
Alexander Kerfoot 1994 BCHL Coquitlam Express C 16 8 11 19 1.19
Stefan Matteau (X) 1994 QMJHL Armada C 35 18 10 28 19 0.80 7 1 121 14.88%
Reece Scarlett 1993 WHL Swift Current Broncos D 63 7 38 45 11 0.71 1 0
Damon Severson 1994 WHL Kelowna Rockets D 65 8 39 47 39 0.72 5 0
Ben Thomson 1993 OHL Kitchener Rangers LW 62 13 15 28 -3 0.45 1 1
Jon Merrill 1992 NCAA University of Michigan D 15 1 6 7 3 0.47 1 0 19 5.26%
Blake Coleman 1991 NCAA Miami University C 36 8 8 16 6 0.44 2 0 116 6.90%
Curtis Gedig 1991 NCAA Ohio State D 28 2 8 10 6 0.36 2 0 44 4.55%
Blake Pietila 1993 NCAA Michigan Tech LW 30 14 8 22 -2 0.73 3 0 85 16.47%
Derek Rodwell 1990 NCAA University of North Dakota LW 27 1 1 2 -1 0.07 0 0 36 2.78%
Seth Helgeson 1990 NCAA University of Minnesota D 34 0 4 4 -4 0.12 0 0 35 0.00%
Joe Faust 1991 NCAA University of Wisconsin D 34 1 0 1 1 0.03 0 1 25 4.00%
League Team POS GP Mins W L OTL/SOL SO GA GAA SVS SV%
Maxime Clermont 1991 ECHL Elmira G 33 1913 16 10 3/2 0 101 3.17 928 0.902
Jeff Frazee (X) 1987 AHL Albany G 21 1234 7 9 0/4 0 48 2.33 555 0.920
Keith Kinkaid 1989 AHL Albany G 33 1982 17 11 0/5 2 89 2.69 843 0.905
Scott Wedgewood 1992 ECHL Titans G 44 2501 17 21 3/2 1 135 3.24 1194 0.898
Player League Team POS GP G A PTS +/- PPG PP SHG SOG SH%
Matt Anderson 1982 AHL Albany Devils RW 49 11 23 34 8 0.69 1 1 124 8.9
Joe Whitney 1988 AHL Albany Devils LW 44 17 18 35 16 0.80 3 0 143 11.9
Steve Zalewski 1986 AHL Albany Devils C 52 10 21 31 -1 0.60 1 0 107 9.3
Harri Pesonen 1988 AHL Albany Devils LW 51 10 13 23 2 0.45 3 0 96 10.4
Andrei Loktionov (total) (X) 1990 AHL Albany Devils C 40 7 15 22 3 0.55 1 2 84 8.3
Jacob Josefson 1991 AHL Albany Devils C 34 9 14 23 10 0.68 2 2 89 10.1
Tim Sestito 1984 AHL Albany Devils C 51 7 13 20 -1 0.39 0 0 78 9
Adam Larsson (X) 1992 AHL Albany Devils D 33 4 15 19 -1 0.58 2 0 46 8.7
Mattias Tedenby 1990 AHL Albany Devils LW 31 9 8 17 -5 0.55 2 0 57 15.8
Eric Gelinas 1991 AHL Albany Devils D 36 4 12 16 3 0.44 3 0 104 3.8
Mike Sislo 1988 AHL Albany Devils RW 39 6 8 14 2 0.36 1 1 76 7.9
Phil DeSimone 1987 AHL Albany Devils C 25 8 6 14 3 0.56 3 0 42 19
Brandon Burlon 1990 AHL Albany Devils D 38 0 13 13 8 0.34 0 0 35 0
Darcy Zajac 1986 AHL Albany Devils C 48 8 6 14 5 0.29 0 1 62 12.9
Chad Wiseman 1981 AHL Albany Devils LW 29 3 8 11 -8 0.38 0 0 48 6.3
Chris McKelvie 1985 AHL Albany Devils LW 33 3 9 12 -1 0.36 0 1 41 7.3
Adam Henrique (X) 1990 AHL Albany Devils C 16 5 3 8 1 0.50 1 0 40 12.5
Mike Hoeffel 1989 AHL Albany Devils LW 36 3 5 8 2 0.22 0 0 50 6
Jay Leach 1979 AHL Albany Devils D 39 2 4 6 9 0.15 0 0 33 6.1
Corbin McPherson 1999 AHL Albany Devils D 51 2 4 6 5 0.12 0 0 59 3.4
Dan Kelly 1989 AHL Albany Devils D 39 0 6 6 6 0.15 0 0 26 0
Alexander Urbom 1990 AHL Albany Devils D 49 0 7 7 7 0.14 0 0 45 0
Stephen Gionta (X) 1983 AHL Albany Devils C 11 2 3 5 -2 0.45 0 0 22 9.1
Raman Hrabarenka 1992 AHL Albany Devils D 29 1 4 5 2 0.17 0 0 46 2.2
Kelly Zajac 1988 AHL Albany Devils C 7 2 1 3 2 0.43 0 0 8 25
Scott Parse 1984 AHL Albany Devils RW 14 1 3 4 -6 0.29 1 0 18 5.6
Matthew Corrente (X) 1988 AHL Albany Devils D 11 0 2 2 -1 0.18 0 0 7 0
David Wohlberg 1990 AHL Albany Devils C 20 0 3 3 2 0.15 0 0 25 0
Bryan Haczyk (X) 1987 ECHL Trenton Titans RW 38 12 11 23 -11 0.61 7 0 111 10.8
Harry Young 1989 AHL Albany Devils LW 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
Cam Janssen 1984 AHL Albany Devils RW 14 0 1 1 -1 0.07 0 0 3 0
(X Indicates player is no longer on current roster)

Notes:

  • Graham Black played well last week - he had four points in four games (two goals and two assists). He is third on the Swift Current Broncos in points and second in goals.
  • Artur Gavrus finally broke his goal drought and scored his first two of the season. He has played in 17 games for the Owen Sound Attack and now has seven points.
  • Blake Coleman and the Miami University Redhawks won the final CCHA title. Here is an interesting article about Coleman and how he found a passion hockey in Texas as a young boy.
  • He did it! Reid Boucher broke the record set by Steven Stamkos for most goals scored in a single season for the Sarnia Sting. Reid broke the record in the best way he knows - with a hat trick. When asked about the accomplishment, Boucher was relieved,

"I’m relieved more than anything else. I’ve been getting a lot of heat lately for not scoring in the last two games. I’m pretty happy. Scoring the record-breaking goal on a breakaway was pretty cool. I’m probably going to have a couple of bumps and bruises because I fell down after the puck went in."

Congratulations to Boucher!

Playoff Outlook:

  • In the OHL, the Owen Sound Attack (Artur Gavrus), Kitchener Rangers (Ben Thomson), and Sarnia Sting (Reid Boucher) have clinched playoff spots in the west.
  • The Kelowna Rockets (Damon Severson) have clinched in the western conference in the WHL.

Albany News:

  • With Brodeur out indefinitely with a back injury, Keith Kinkaid was called up to back up Hedberg. Even with the losing streak and poor play from Hedberg, it took until the Devils were losing to the Lightning on Tuesday for Kinkaid to get his first taste in the NHL. He did a pretty good job, especially with this save on Steven Stamkos.


  • Kinkaid and Janssen were sent back to Albany yesterday and Jeff Frazee was called up to take the open spot in goal.
  • Bobby Butler was put on waivers to be sent back to Albany, but he was claimed by Nashville. Although he wasn't a scoring machine, this makes the Devils depth on offense even thinner. Good luck with the Predators, Bobby!
  • Clermont got to play a game in Albany with all of the goalies shuffling around - he lost 2-1 in the shootout.
  • Clermont was sent back to the ECHL and Wedgewood was called up from Trenton - he may get his first chance in net for Albany tomorrow night.
  • The Albany Devils went 2-0-1 last week:
    • They won 3-1 over Syracuse with two goals by Darcy Zajac and one from Chris McKelvie. Frazee got his third win in four starts.
    • Clermont made 29 saves in a 2-1 shootout loss. Darcy Zajac got the only regulation goal for the Devils.
    • Phil DeSimone had two goals and Joe Whitney had one goal and two assists in a 3-2 win over Adirondack.

Player Spotlight:

It would be wrong to pick anyone but Reid Boucher after the week he had. After going scoreless in two games, it was starting to become a question as to when Boucher would break the Sarnia Sting goal record. In the second period of Sarnia's most recent game against Saginaw, Boucher scored three goals to tie, break, and add to the single season goal record. The Sting still has five games left in the regular season for Boucher to make the record more difficult to break.

Boucher and his line mate, Charlie Sarault (who is undrafted) will be honored at the Sting home game tomorrow evening - Boucher for his 60 goal season and Sarault for a 100+ point season.

That's it for the prospect update this week. What are your thoughts on the goalie shuffle going on between the NHL, AHL, and ECHL Devil prospects? Who do you think deserves the open spots? What prospects have been standing out to you the most (besides Boucher)? Feel free to discuss anything prospect related below. Thanks for reading!