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New Jersey Devils Prospect Update: Week 15

The Albany Devils had a busy week, but other prospects weren't as active.

Like father, like son - Anthony Brodeur is a record breaker.
Like father, like son - Anthony Brodeur is a record breaker.
Bruce Bennett

The Albany Devils had an extremely busy weekend and went 2-for-3. It was an exceptional week for the goalies in the system, while no other prospects stood out too much.

Player Birth Year Team League Position GP G A PTS PPG +/- PIM PP SHG SOG SH%
Joe Whitney 1988 Albany AHL LW 37 14 20 34 0.92 1 20 5 0 104 13.5
Mike Sislo (X) 1988 Albany AHL RW 27 9 11 20 0.74 8 14 3 1 59 15.3
Reid Boucher (X) 1993 Albany AHL LW 21 10 8 18 0.86 4 2 2 0 69 14.5
Scott Timmins 1989 Albany AHL C 23 9 13 22 0.96 5 8 2 1 48 14.6
Tim Sestito 1984 Albany AHL C 24 6 9 15 0.63 -1 33 1 1 35 17.1
Harri Pesonen 1988 Albany AHL LW 37 6 10 16 0.43 5 32 1 0 79 7.6
Raman Hrabarenka 1992 Albany AHL D 25 3 12 15 0.60 -1 15 3 0 42 7.1
Kelly Zajac 1988 Albany AHL C 31 4 16 20 0.65 6 2 1 0 36 11.1
Stefan Matteau 1994 Albany AHL LW 30 6 8 14 0.47 1 35 1 0 45 13.3
Chris McKelvie 1985 Albany AHL LW 37 6 7 13 0.35 2 47 0 1 61 9.8
Reece Scarlett 1993 Albany AHL D 34 4 8 12 0.35 10 16 4 0 47 8.5
Mike Hoeffel 1989 Albany AHL LW 33 5 7 12 0.36 0 29 2 0 65 7.7
Dan Kelly 1989 Albany AHL D 36 1 10 11 0.31 9 53 0 0 36 2.8
Jon Merrill (X) 1992 Albany AHL D 14 2 7 9 0.64 -1 0 2 0 20 10
Brandon Burlon 1990 Albany AHL D 36 3 6 9 0.25 1 29 1 0 52 5.8
Rod Pelley 1984 Albany AHL C 36 6 3 9 0.25 -1 28 0 0 60 10
Seth Helgeson 1990 Albany AHL D 37 1 7 8 0.18 6 56 0 0 34 2.9
Artem Demkov 1989 Albany AHL C 16 5 3 8 0.50 6 4 1 0 34 14.7
Mattias Tedenby 1990 Albany AHL LW 7 5 2 7 1.00 1 4 1 0 13 38.5
Eric Gelinas (X) 1991 Albany AHL D 5 1 2 3 0.60 2 4 1 0 20 5
Corbin McPherson 1988 Albany AHL D 33 0 4 4 0.12 6 27 0 0 22 0
David Wohlberg 1990 Albany AHL C 32 2 0 2 0.06 0 35 0 0 22 9.1
Riley Boychuk 1991 Albany AHL LW 18 1 1 2 0.11 2 14 0 0 6 16.7
Darcy Zajac 1986 Albany AHL C 4 0 1 1 0.25 -3 12 0 0 2 0
Harry Young 1989 Albany AHL D 10 0 0 0 0.00 1 15 0 0 3 0
Cam Janssen (X) 1984 Albany AHL RW 11 0 1 1 0.09 -2 15 0 0 2 0
Alexander Urbom 1990 Albany AHL D 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Adam Larsson 1992 Albany AHL D 3 0 4 4 1.33 0 0 0 0 6 0
















Goalies



GP Mins W L SOL SO GA GAA SVS SV%
Keith Kinkaid 1989 Albany AHL G 22 1318:19:00 14 7 1 4 48 2.18 518 0.915
Scott Wedgewood 1992 Albany AHL G 15 835:03:00 7 6 1 1 38 2.73 309 0.89
Maxime Clermont 1991 Elmira ECHL G 15 815:00:00 4 9 1 0 45 3.31 378 0.894
Anthony Brodeur 1995 Gatineau Olympiques QMJHL G 20 971:32:00 10 8 0 1 44 2.72 377 0.895
(X - not on active roster)






























Player Birth Year Team League Position GP G A PTS PPG +/- PIM PP SHG SOG SH%
Artur Gavrus 1994 Dinamo Minsk KHL C 25 1 2 3 0.12 -6 8 1 0 33 3.03%
Vladimir Zharkov 1988 CSKA Moskva KHL RW 42 2 2 4 0.10 0 4 0 0 66 3.03%
Graham Black 1993 Swift Current Broncos WHL C 42 19 38 57 1.36 11 37 8 2 - -
Myles Bell 1993 Kelowna Rockets WHL LW 41 25 21 46 1.12 16 36 4 1 - -
Damon Severson 1994 Kelowna Rockets WHL D 36 11 24 35 0.97 25 30 4 1 - -
Ben Johnson 1994 Windsor Spitfires OHL C 34 17 11 28 0.82 12 16 2 2 - -
Ben Thomson (total) 1993 North Bay Battalion OHL LW 30 10 10 20 0.67 -1 64 3 1 - -
Ryan Kujawinski 1995 Kingston Frontenacs OHL C 31 16 11 27 0.87 2 27 6 0 - -
Blake Coleman 1991 Miami Ohio NCAA C 17 10 6 16 0.94 8 39 3 0 64 15.63%
Alexander Kerfoot 1994 Harvard University NCAA C 10 3 1 4 0.40 5 2 1 0 17 17.65%
Blake Pietila 1993 Michigan Tech NCAA LW 25 3 9 12 0.48 -8 58 3 0 79 3.80%
Derek Rodwell 1990 University of North Dakota NCAA LW 11 3 0 3 0.27 3 10 0 0 20 15.00%
Miles Wood 1995 Brown University NCAA LW - - - - - - - - - - -
Joe Faust 1991 University of Wisconsin NCAA D 20 1 9 10 0.50 10 4 0 0 17 5.88%
Curtis Gedig 1991 Ohio State University NCAA D 19 1 3 4 0.21 6 8 1 0 27 3.70%
Steve Santini 1995 Boston College NCAA D 15 2 4 6 0.40 12 36 0 0 17 11.76%

Albany Notes:

  • The Albany Devils had a three-in-three this weekend and were pretty successful overall.
  • On Friday, the Devils faced the first-place Springfield Falcons. Scott Wedgewood earned his first career shutout in a 3-0 victory. Rod Pelley, Joe Whitney, and Artem Demkov scored the goals while Wedgewood had to make 21 saves to give the team their fifth overall shutout this season. Here are the highlights:


  • Saturday was another successful evening with a 5-2 win over the Manchester Monarchs. Adam Larsson had three assists in the game while Scott Timmins registered two goals and an assist. This was the second night in a row the Devils defeated a top team in the AHL. It was a huge test, and Coach Rick Kowalsky said,

"I said to the guys, ‘set the bar.' This is a good opportunity to see where we really hold up back-to-back."

Keith Kinkaid made 21 saves, the same number of shots the Devils put on net. Here are the highlights:


  • In one of the Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City games, the Devils fell 4-1 to the Hershey Bears on Sunday. Artem Demkov scored the only Devil goal and Kinkaid and Wedgewood split the game - Kinkaid made 12 saves on 16 shots in the first two periods, and Wedgewood stopped all five shots he faced in his relief appearance. Here are the highlights:


  • Scott Timmins had two goals and two assists in the three-in-three weekend for the Devils.
  • Adam Larsson was sent down to Albany late last week. He participated in all three Devils game over the weekend and had four assists - three of which were in one game.

Other Notes:

  • Little Brodeur had another great week. He allowed just one goal in a six-period span.
  • Ryan Kujawinski didn't play this week due to an injury.

Prospect of the Week:

Anthony Brodeur is following in his father's footsteps. His 194:28 shutout-streak broke a Gatiuneau Olympique franchise record and is the third-longest shutout streak in QMJHL history. He was named the QMJHL third star of the week. He earned the Prospect of the Week honors for the second week in a row.

What do you think of the goalies in the Devils system? We saw some strong play from both Brodeur and Wedgewood this week. Do you think it was the right move to send Larsson down to the AHL? Which prospect stood out the most to you this week? Feel free to discuss your thoughts on the prospects! Thanks for reading.