New Jersey Devils Prospect Update: 12/30/14

This post will recap the thirteenth week of Devils prospect action for the 2014-15 season. It's highlighted by Miles Wood playing for Team USA at the WJC, Connor Chatham returning from a month long layoff, Reid Boucher stay hot in the AHL, and the mumps hit Scott Clemmensen of the ADevils. Check out the stats and recap below!

CHL

Name	Pos.	Age (as of 2/1)	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP
Ryan Kujawinski	C	19	Kingston	OHL	25	12	9	21	7	18	0.84
Height: 6'2	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 207	4	16	9	4	13	2	5	7	0	0	0
					GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP
Connor Chatham	RW	19	Plymouth	OHL	22	6	10	16	1	30	0.73
Height: 6'2	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 225	7	13	5	7	12	1	3	4	0	0	0
					GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP
John Quenneville	C	18	Brandon	WHL	29	13	15	28	5	30	0.97
Height: 6'1	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 205	8	21	5	9	14	6	4	10	0	2	2
					GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP
Ryan Rehill	D	19	Kamloops	WHL	36	3	7	10	-8	96	0.28
Height: 6'3	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 225	4	7	3	6	9	0	1	1	0	0	0
					GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP
Brandon Baddock	LW	19	Edmonton	WHL	36	10	12	22	-3	59	0.61
Height: 6'4	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 215	5	15	4	8	12	4	2	6	0	1	1

Name	Age (as of 2/1)	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SOL	MIN	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA
Anthony Brodeur	20	16	14	5	4	0	3	774:35	3.72	0.876	117	-7.37
Height: 5'11	Gatineau	SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 194	QMJHL	0	0.00%	5	35.71%	5	35.71%	2	14.29%	66.67%	31.25%	2.08%

Ryan Kujawinski remains sidelined with an injury after taking a "high hit" against Belleville on 12/5. In positive news, Connor Chatham returned after a month long absence for Plymouth on Sunday and recorded an assist against Sarnia.

John Quenneville scored an empty net goal for Brandon in the first of a back-to-back against Moose Jaw. He has now fallen just under a point per game on the season. Ryan Rehill was a -1 with two penalty minutes against Kelowna as he extended his WHL PIM lead. Brandon Baddock was a -2 with two penalty minutes in both games he played against Red Deer this weekend.

Anthony Brodeur is yet to make his debut for Drummondville and hasn't played in a game since 11/14.

NCAA

Name	Pos.	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	FO%
Blake Coleman	C	Miami	16	9	8	17	12	53	61	14.75%	3.81	1.06	68.66%
Height: 5'11	Age (as of 2/1)	League	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 200	23	NCAA	4	13	5	6	11	3	1	4	1	0	1
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	FO%
Blake Pietila	C	Michigan Tech	18	4	6	10	-1	28	32	12.50%	1.78	0.56	62.43%
Height: 5'11			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 200	21	NCAA	5	9	2	1	3	1	4	5	0	1	1
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	FO%
Alex Kerfoot	C	Harvard	10	4	11	15	10	4	19	21.05%	1.90	1.50	49.68%
Height: 5'10			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 175	20	NCAA	6	10	2	6	8	1	3	4	0	1	1
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Steve Santini	D	Boston College	4	1	0	1	2	2	6	16.67%	1.50	0.25
Height: 6'2			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 208	19	NCAA	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	Blk
Joshua Jacobs	D	Michigan State	18	0	4	4	-7	12	30	0.00%	1.67	0.22	26
Height: 6'2			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 191	18	NCAA	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0

Blake Coleman participated in the Florida College Hockey Classic for Miami in games against Notre Dame and Cornell. Across the two games he added an assist while winning 73.33% of his faceoffs.

Blake Pietila and Michigan Tech competed in the 50th Annual Great Lakes Invitational in games against Michigan and Ferris State. He added a short handed assist while winning 60.00% of his faceoffs but still seems to be stuck in a slump with no goals in his last twelve games. He has three assist during that time and his assist in the last game snapped a seven game scoreless streak. Hopefully he finds his game in the 2015 portion of the season.

Joshua Jacobs also participated in the 50th Annual Great Lakes Invitational with Michigan State. They won their first game against Ferris State but lost the title match against Michigan. He posted two shots and three blocks with an even rating across both games.

Alexander Kerfoot remains out with an injury and did not play in an exhibition match against the Russian Red Stars. Steve Santini is still recovery from his wrist surgery but is currently supporting Team USA from the sidelines at the WJC.

KHL, USHL, USHS

Name	Pos.	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	FO%	ATOI
Artur Gavrus	LW	Dinamo Minsk	33	5	4	9	-4	10	46	10.87%	1.39	0.27	37.50%	12:20
Height: 5'10	Age (as of 2/1)	League	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 177	21	KHL	2	7	1	4	5	4	0	4	0	0	0
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Joey Dudek	C	Dubuque	23	4	2	6	-3	46	45	8.89%	1.96	0.26
Height: 5'11			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 185	19	USHL	0	4	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Miles Wood	LW	Noble & Greenough	4	3	5	8						2.00
Height: 6'1	19		GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Weight: 165		USA	3	0	0	0	1	2	4	0.00%	1.33	0.00

Artur Gavrus hasn't played for Dinamo Minsk since returning from international duty with Belarus. He played on 12/19 against Slovakia and 12/20 against Switzerland at the Arosa Challenge in Switzerland.

Joey Dudek snapped an eight game scoreless streak with an assist against Bloomington. He has just a goal and an assist over his last fifteen games.

Miles Wood has put up a +1 rating with two penalty minutes and four shots in three games for Team USA at the WJC. He was mostly used as the extra forward in the first two games but received plenty of ice time in the 6-0 rout over Germany where he got to play in front of the net on the PP. He was listed as the second line left wing for the third game of the tournament but once again moved around the line up as the USA coaches are still trying to find their preferred lines. I felt like his game really got strong in the second half of that third game, against Slovakia yesterday, as he was quick to chase down loose pucks and drive the net hard. His skating and compete level have stood out to me so far. Team USA takes on Canada on New Year's Eve in what should be a thrilling match up.

AHL

Name	Height	Weight	Age (as of 2/1)	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	A1	Pts1	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts	ENG	ENA	EN Pts
Joe Whitney	5'6	170	26	LW	30	11	16	27	8	19	4	22	78	14.10%	2.60	0.90	7	8	15	4	8	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Thompson	6'1	205	26	RW	28	13	10	23	8	21	11	41	90	14.44%	3.21	0.82	8	7	15	3	2	5	1	1	2	1	0	1
Scott Timmins	6'0	200	25	C	23	6	13	19	5	11	3	4	52	11.54%	2.26	0.83	5	7	12	1	5	6	0	1	1	0	0	0
Reid Boucher	5'10	190	21	LW	26	9	7	16	3	12	-2	4	67	13.43%	2.58	0.62	4	1	5	5	5	10	0	0	0	0	1	1
Raman Hrabarenka	6'5	235	22	D	20	4	10	14	5	9	1	18	36	11.11%	1.80	0.70	2	7	9	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Sestito	5'11	195	30	C	27	6	7	13	5	11	0	10	57	10.53%	2.11	0.48	4	5	9	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	2
Brandon Burlon	6'0	190	24	D	28	3	10	13	7	10	3	44	40	7.50%	1.43	0.46	2	3	5	1	7	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Sislo	5'11	195	27	RW	21	7	4	11	4	11	2	9	57	12.28%	2.71	0.52	1	2	3	4	2	6	1	0	1	1	0	1
Graham Black	6'0	190	22	C	24	6	5	11	3	9	7	12	43	13.95%	1.79	0.46	3	3	6	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stefan Matteau	6'2	220	20	LW	26	1	8	9	5	6	3	19	41	2.44%	1.58	0.35	1	4	5	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Thomson	6'3	215	22	LW	28	3	3	6	3	6	-4	45	36	8.33%	1.29	0.21	3	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Kelly	6'1	210	25	D	19	0	6	6	4	4	3	47	16	0.00%	0.84	0.32	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Reece Scarlett	6'1	185	21	D	13	0	6	6	4	4	1	2	24	0.00%	1.85	0.46	0	3	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darcy Zajac	6'1	205	28	RW	29	3	2	5	1	4	-6	63	45	6.67%	1.55	0.17	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Steve Bernier	6'3	215	29	RW	9	1	4	5	3	4	-1	17	16	6.25%	1.78	0.56	1	2	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Fraser	6'4	220	28	D	16	1	2	3	1	2	-2	41	16	6.25%	1.00	0.19	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Baier	6'2	210	26	D	10	1	2	3	2	3	-2	4	12	8.33%	1.20	0.30	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peter Harrold	5'11	180	31	D	13	1	1	2	0	1	3	10	21	4.76%	1.62	0.15	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rod Pelley	6'0	205	30	C	26	2	0	2	0	2	-7	18	27	7.41%	1.04	0.08	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Kelly Zajac	5'10	180	26	C	5	0	2	2	2	2	-1	4	2	0.00%	0.40	0.40	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Chris McKelvie	6'1	195	29	LW	16	1	1	2	0	1	-7	20	21	4.76%	1.31	0.13	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corbin McPherson	6'5	220	26	D	30	0	2	2	1	1	-3	39	27	0.00%	0.90	0.07	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adam Larsson	6'3	200	22	D	1	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	0.00%	1.00	2.00	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Faust	6'0	205	23	D	14	0	2	2	0	0	-3	8	15	0.00%	1.07	0.00	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Seth Helgeson	6'5	215	24	D	12	0	1	1	1	1	3	11	7	0.00%	0.58	0.08	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Johnson	6'0	195	20	LW	12	1	0	1	0	1	-2	4	11	9.09%	0.92	0.08	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Cam Janssen	6'0	210	30	RW	8	1	0	1	0	1	1	9	2	50.00%	0.25	0.13	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Keenan	6'0	190	25	D	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	6	0.00%	1.50	0.25	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Wohlberg	6'1	200	24	LW	15	1	0	1	0	1	-1	8	11	9.09%	0.73	0.07	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alexandre Carrier	6'3	210	23	RW	5	0	0	0	0	0	-1	10	2	0.00%	0.40	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Myles Bell	6'1	216	21	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00%	1.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Name	Age (as of 2/1)	GP	GS	Min	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA
Keith Kinkaid	25	13	12	713	7	2	1	2	2.19	0.923	90	3.15
Height: 6'2		SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 195		1	8.33%	8	66.67%	1	8.33%	1	8.33%	69.23%	23.08%	7.69%
		GP	GS	Min	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA
Scott Wedgewood	22	14	12	723	5	5	1	1	3.23	0.883	136	-10.28
Height: 6'2		SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 190		0	0.00%	5	41.67%	3	25.00%	1	8.33%	71.79%	28.21%	0.00%
		GP	GS	Min	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA
Scott Clemmensen	37	7	6	395	2	3	0	1	2.28	0.916	97	0.39
Height: 6'2		SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 200		1	16.67%	3	50.00%	1	16.67%	0	0.00%	40.00%	60.00%	0.00%

Albany split their games last week and currently sit in 7th place in the Eastern Conference with 34 points from 30 games. They have an all situation PDO of 99.92% with a PP% of 17.86% and a PK% of 79.85%.

Transactions: Maxime Clermont was called up from Orlando of the ECHL to backup for Albany with Scott Clemmensen being the latest player to contract the mumps. Tim Sestito was once again recalled by New Jersey on 12/27. Yesterday, Joe Whitney and Stefan Matteau were called up by New Jersey.

Friday 12/26: Albany suffered a 3-2 overtime loss to Syracuse. Brandon Burlon and Reid Boucher scored for Albany with assists going to Joe Whitney, Dan Kelly, and Joe Faust. Paul Thompson had a game high ten shots even though the Devils were outshot 37-33. Scott Wedgewood made 34 saves on 37 shots which included stopping a Nikita Nesterov penalty shot. The Devils went 0/6 on the PP and 3/3 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet.

Saturday 12/27: Albany defeated Springfield 4-3 in overtime. Joe Whitney led the way for the Devils with a goal (GWG) and two assists. David Wohlberg, Graham Black, and Reid Boucher added the other goals for the Devils. Reece Scarlett, Paul Thompson, and Brandon Burlon picked up an assist each. Stefan Matteau and Paul Thompson had five shots each as the teams were level with 25 shots each. Scott Wedgewood made 22 saves on 25 shots. Albany went 1/3 on the PP and 3/6 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet and highlights:

Line Up for this game thanks to the ADevils twitter:

Whitney-Black-Thompson

Boucher-Pelley-Matteau

McKelvie-D. Zajac-Carrier

Janssen-Wohlberg-Janssen

Fraser-Scarlett

Burlon-McPherson

Kelly-Baier

Busy Week Coming Up: Albany will play four games this upcoming week, starting with a match tonight against Providence. Then they will have a three in three this weekend featuring games against Syracuse and Bridgeport twice.

Injury Update: Raman Hrabarenka, Kelly Zajac, and Scott Timmins all remain out with undisclosed injuries while Scott Clemmensen has the mumps. Cam Janssen and Chris McKelvie returned to the line up.

ECHL

Name	Height	Weight	Age (as of 2/1)	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	A1	Pts1	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts	ENG	ENA	EN Pts
Myles Bell	6'1	216	21	RW	24	8	7	15	3	11	-8	9	73	10.96%	3.04	0.63	7	2	9	1	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alexandre Carrier	6'3	210	23	RW	6	0	0	0	0	0	-3	2	7	0.00%	1.17	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Name	Age (as of 2/1)	GP	GS	Min	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA
Maxime Clermont	23	9	7	511	5	3	0	0	3.76	0.873	148	-10.41
Height: 6'0		SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 200		0	0.00%	1	14.29%	2	28.57%	1	14.29%	75.00%	18.75%	6.25%

Myles Bell added an assist in three games over the week. He has just one goal over his last seventeen games with six assists during that time. During this slump he's shooting 2.38% while averaging 2.47 shots per game.

Maxime Clermont has been called up to Albany to backup Wedgewood with Clemmensen ill. He wasn't playing as the third choice goaltender for Orlando and last saw game action on 12/5. Alexandre Carrier has also remained with Albany.

Prospect of the Week

This week I'll switch it up and go with a collegiate prospect - after all it was another slow week for the junior prospects and we've talked about Miles Wood a lot recently. This week I'll give the honors to Miami senior Blake Coleman after his assist and 73.33% FO% on the weekend. He is currently just above a point per game pace and averaging 3.81 shots per game. His 68.66 FO% is third in the country at the moment and is an improvement so far on last year's 51.36%. It will be interesting to see how he adjust to the pro game in Albany next year.

ADevil of the Week

You could make a case that Joe Whitney with his goal and three assists in two games during the week deserves the honors but I'm going to go with Reid Boucher. Boucher scored in both games this past week and is in the middle of a six game scoring streak with five goals and two assists during that time. In the month of December he has six goals and two assists in nine games and seems to have rebounded from a sluggish start to his season. He doesn't have to remain red hot but if he can keep up his consistency it shouldn't be long before we see him in New Jersey again.

Your Take

Are you satisfied with Quenneville's production so far? Do you feel that Blake Coleman has NHL potential? What is your opinion on Miles Wood now that we've seen him play a handful of games? Are you worried about the potential Wedgewood/Clermont goaltending tandem in Albany with Clemmensen ill and Kinkaid in New Jersey? Leave your comments below and thank you for reading!