New Jersey Devils Prospect Update: 1/27/15

This post will recap the seventeenth week of Devils prospect action for the 2014-15 season. It's highlighted by Joseph Blandisi continuing to produce in the OHL, John Quenneville staying hot in the WHL, the two Blakes having strong weekends in college action, and the Albany Devils earning points thanks to a variety of players. 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/North Bay	OHL	36	18	13	31	13	24	0.86
Height: 6'2	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 207	5	23	13	6	19	4	6	10	0	1	1
					GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP
Connor Chatham	RW	19	Plymouth	OHL	32	9	15	24	0	36	0.75
Height: 6'2	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 225	11	20	7	12	19	2	3	5	0	0	0
					GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP
Joseph Blandisi	C	20	Barrie	OHL	45	32	42	74	10	78	1.64
Height: 6'0	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 192	24	56	14	17	31	7	23	30	7	2	9
					GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP
John Quenneville	C	18	Brandon	WHL	40	15	19	34	5	45	0.85
Height: 6'1	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 205	10	25	6	12	18	7	5	12	0	2	2
					GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP
Ryan Rehill	D	19	Kamloops	WHL	46	6	9	15	-12	98	0.33
Height: 6'3	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 225	4	10	6	8	14	0	1	1	0	0	0
					GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP
Brandon Baddock	LW	19	Edmonton	WHL	48	12	15	27	-8	94	0.56
Height: 6'4	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 215	8	20	5	11	16	5	2	7	0	1	1

Name	Age (as of 2/1)	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SOL	MIN	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA
Anthony Brodeur	20	23	19	7	5	0	4	1088:37	3.53	0.889	107	-4.10
Height: 5'11	Gatineau/Drummondville	SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 194	QMJHL	1	5.26%	7	36.84%	5	26.32%	3	15.79%	67.19%	29.69%	3.13%

Ryan Kujawinski had a bit of a slow week with just one assist over three games for North Bay. Connor Chatham also had a slow week as he was held off the scoresheet in two games for Plymouth. Joseph Blandisi continued to produce for Barrie with two goals and an assist over three games.

John Quenneville had a productive week with three assists over two games for Brandon. He now has two goals and four assists over his last six games so hopefully this is a sign of him turning his season around. Ryan Rehill had one goal over three games for Kamloops but made it count as it was the overtime winner in Friday's game against Victoria. It's also notable that he hasn't committed a penalty in nine games. Brandon Baddock had a tough week going a -4 with six penalty minutes over three games for Edmonton.

Anthony Brodeur picked up a shutout against his former Gatineau club on Friday. He followed that up by giving up four goals against Halifax on Sunday.

NCAA

Name	Pos.	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	FO%
Blake Coleman	C	Miami	22	10	11	21	17	59	77	12.99%	3.50	0.95	65.29%
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	6	16	5	9	14	3	1	4	1	0	1
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	FO%
Blake Pietila	C	Michigan Tech	26	10	9	19	2	48	60	16.67%	2.31	0.73	59.64%
Height: 5'11			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 200	21	NCAA	6	16	6	1	7	3	7	10	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	Blk
Steve Santini	D	Boston College	9	1	1	2	2	12	14	7.14%	1.56	0.22	13
Height: 6'2			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 208	19	NCAA	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	Blk
Joshua Jacobs	D	Michigan State	22	0	5	5	-7	16	37	0.00%	1.68	0.23	44
Height: 6'2			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 191	18	NCAA	3	3	0	2	2	0	3	3	0	0	0

Blake Coleman had a successful weekend against Denver as he picked up a goal and two assists in Saturday's game. The goal was an empty netter but was his first in eight games. He currently ranks fourth in the nation in faceoff percentage at 65.29%.

Blake Pietila continued to produce for Michigan Tech with two goals and an assist over two games against Alaska. His goal on Friday was even the overtime winner. He now has four goals and two assists over his last four games.

Steve Santini played twice for Boston College over the week, ending up an even rating with three shots and four penalty minutes between both games. Joshua Jacobs had an assist to go along with a +2 rating, four shots, two penalty minutes, and six blocks in Michigan States weekend sweep over Ohio State. He currently leads all drafted freshman defensemen in blocked shots and blocked shots per game.

Alexander Kerfoot remains out of Harvard's line up due to an "upper body" injury.

KHL, USHL, USHS

Name	Pos.	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	FO%	ATOI
Artur Gavrus	LW	Dinamo Minsk	35	5	4	9	-6	12	48	10.42%	1.37	0.26	39.22%	12:05
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	32	5	5	10	-3	56	69	7.25%	2.16	0.31
Height: 5'11			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 185	19	USHL	2	7	4	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Miles Wood	LW	Noble & Greenough	9	7	11	18						2.00
Height: 6'1	19		GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Weight: 165		USA	5	0	0	0	1	6	6	0.00%	1.20	0.00

Artur Gavrus played his first games for Dinamo Minsk in over a month this past week. He was held off the scoresheet and seems to be on the fourth line playing about eight minutes a game.

Joey Dudek added an assist over two games for Dubuque on the weekend. Miles Wood picked up two goals and an assist over two games for Noble & Greenough this past week.

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	38	16	21	37	11	27	5	26	102	15.69%	2.68	0.97	9	10	19	7	11	18	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Thompson	6'1	205	26	RW	41	22	14	36	12	34	14	53	143	15.38%	3.49	0.88	13	9	22	7	4	11	1	1	2	1	0	1
Reid Boucher	5'10	190	21	LW	39	11	11	22	5	16	-6	26	101	10.89%	2.59	0.56	5	4	9	6	6	12	0	0	0	0	1	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
Mike Sislo	5'11	195	27	RW	32	8	11	19	6	14	3	13	72	11.11%	2.25	0.59	2	5	7	4	6	10	1	0	1	1	0	1
Brandon Burlon	6'0	190	24	D	41	4	14	18	9	13	3	62	53	7.55%	1.29	0.44	3	5	8	1	9	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stefan Matteau	6'2	220	20	LW	38	5	12	17	8	13	6	29	67	7.46%	1.76	0.45	2	7	9	3	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reece Scarlett	6'1	185	21	D	26	1	15	16	10	11	3	6	41	2.44%	1.58	0.62	1	6	7	0	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
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
Graham Black	6'0	190	22	C	28	7	5	12	3	10	7	12	56	12.50%	2.00	0.43	3	3	6	4	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darcy Zajac	6'1	205	28	RW	42	4	7	11	5	9	-10	70	67	5.97%	1.60	0.26	2	6	8	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ben Thomson	6'3	215	22	LW	40	5	6	11	4	9	-2	57	51	9.80%	1.28	0.28	5	5	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Kelly	6'1	210	25	D	32	1	8	9	4	5	2	78	27	3.70%	0.84	0.28	1	7	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
David Wohlberg	6'1	200	24	LW	27	4	3	7	1	5	3	10	22	18.18%	0.81	0.26	4	2	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kelly Zajac	5'10	180	26	C	14	0	7	7	4	4	-2	12	16	0.00%	1.14	0.50	0	3	3	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
Rod Pelley	6'0	205	30	C	39	4	2	6	1	5	-5	32	51	7.84%	1.31	0.15	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
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
Corbin McPherson	6'5	220	26	D	43	1	4	5	2	3	-3	52	39	2.56%	0.91	0.12	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Fraser	6'4	220	28	D	18	1	2	3	1	2	-1	45	19	5.26%	1.06	0.17	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Baier	6'2	210	26	D	12	1	2	3	2	3	-3	4	19	5.26%	1.58	0.25	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris McKelvie	6'1	195	29	LW	29	2	1	3	0	2	-11	48	37	5.41%	1.28	0.10	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Faust	6'0	205	23	D	21	0	3	3	1	1	-3	14	20	0.00%	0.95	0.00	0	3	3	0	0	0	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
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
Ben Johnson	6'0	195	20	LW	20	1	1	2	1	2	-2	8	16	6.25%	0.80	0.10	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Cam Janssen	6'0	210	30	RW	18	1	1	2	0	1	-2	23	11	9.09%	0.61	0.11	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Seth Helgeson	6'5	215	24	D	18	0	2	2	1	1	4	29	12	0.00%	0.67	0.11	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Keenan	6'0	190	25	D	15	0	1	1	1	1	-3	15	14	0.00%	0.93	0.07	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alexandre Carrier	6'3	210	23	RW	8	0	0	0	0	0	-1	10	5	0.00%	0.63	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	91	2.48
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	21	19	1158	6	8	3	2	2.95	0.897	123	-10.46
Height: 6'2		SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 190		0	0.00%	10	52.63%	4	21.05%	1	5.26%	70.18%	29.82%	0.00%
		GP	GS	Min	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA
Scott Clemmensen	37	10	9	575	4	4	0	1	2.51	0.912	105	-1.07
Height: 6'2		SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 200		1	11.11%	4	44.44%	2	22.22%	1	11.11%	50.00%	45.83%	4.17%
		GP	GS	Min	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA
Maxime Clermont	23	3	3	180	3	0	0	0	2.34	0.909	108	-0.53
Height: 6'0		SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 200		0	0.00%	1	33.33%	0	0.00%	2	66.67%	57.14%	42.86%	0.00%

Albany had a succesful week with two wins and an overtime loss. They are in 9th place in the Eastern Conference with 49 points from 43 games. Albany's PP is now at 18.81% while the PK is at 80.81%. Albany's all situation PDO stands at 100.22%.

Injury Update: Scott Timmins (leg injury), Graham Black (wrist), Cam Janssen (upper body), and Raman Hrabarenka (concussion, fractured cheek bone) all remain sidelined.

Transactions: Joe Whitney was returned to Albany from New Jersey and the ADevils sent Myles Bell back to Evansville of the ECHL on 1/20.

Wednesday 1/21: Albany defeated Bridgeport 5-3 at The Rock. Paul Thompson led the way with 2 goals followed by fellow all-star Joe Whitney with a goal and an assist. Ben Thomson and Stefan Matteau had the other goals. Reece Scarlett had 3 assists followed by Kelly Zajac and Mike Sislo with 2 each. Darcy Zajac and David Wohlberg also picked up an assist each. Kelly Zajac had a team high 4 shots as the Devils were outshot 34-31. Scott Clemmensen made 31 saves on 34 shots. Albany went 3/6 on the PP and 4/5 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet.

Line Up (via ADevils twitter):

Whitney-K. Zajac-Thompson

Boucher-D. Zajac-Sislo

Matteau-Wohlberg-Thomson

McKelvie-Pelley-Johnson

Helgeson-Scarlett

Burlon-McPherson

Kelly-Keenan

Friday 1/23: Albany defeated Worcester 3-2. Brandon Burlon led the way with a goal and an assist. Joe Whitney and David Wohlberg added the other goals. Kelly Zajac, Stefan Matteau, Ben Thomson, Mike Sislo, and Reid Boucher each had an assist. Joe Whitney had a game high 5 shots as both teams had 20 shots. Maxime Clermont made 18 saves on 20 shots. Albany went 0/3 on the PP and 5/6 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet and highlights:

Saturday 1/24: Albany lost in overtime to Worcester 2-1. Paul Thompson had the lone Devils goal with assists going to Kelly Zajac and Joe Whitney. Scott Wedgewood made 38 saves on 40 shots as the Devils were outshot 40-21. Albany went 1/6 on the PP and 4/4 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet and highlights:

Line Up (via ADevils twitter):

Whitney-K. Zajac-Thompson

Boucher-D. Zajac-Sislo

Matteau-Wohberg-Thomson

McKelvie-Pelley-Johnson

Helgeson-Scarlett

McPherson-Keenan

Kelly-Burlon

Matteau Coming Around: Stefan Matteau now has 4 goals and 4 assists over his last 8 games.

Flying Under the Radar?: Reece Scarlett has 16 points in 26 games this season. He has earned 10 of those points in 12 January games and seems to be making up for the loss of Raman Hrabarenka in the line up.

All-Star Update: Joe Whitney had a goal with the assists going to ex-Devil Matt Taormina and current teammate Paul Thompson as the East fell to the West 14-12.

Coming Up: Albany takes on Lehigh Valley on Thursday and then St. John's back-to-back on Friday and Saturday.

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	27	8	7	15	3	11	-9	17	79	10.13%	2.93	0.56	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
Eric Baier	6'2	210	26	D	19	4	5	9	3	7	5	11	43	9.30%	2.26	0.47	3	3	6	0	2	2	1	0	1	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 was a -1 with 6 shots in 3 games for Evansville but as John pointed out in last week's comments, Bell won the ECHL All-Star game MVP after notching 2 goals and and assist with 7 shots against the host Orlando. Perhaps he can use this to jump start his season which has been disappointing after a hot start.

Eric Baier was a -2 with 5 shots in 2 games for Orlando this past week. He picked up an assist to go along with 2 shots in the All-Star game as he played for Orlando.

Prospect of the Week

This week's honors go to John Quenneville. He added 4 assists in 3 games and now has 2 goals and 4 assists over his last 6 games. It also appears that he has shifted back to playing center from left wing according to the WHL From Above blog. Ideally he'd finish the season above a point per game so hopefully this is the start of him having a monster second half.

ADevil of the Week

This week's honors go to Kelly Zajac as he is finally healthy and in form for Albany. After a successful 2013-14 season with 44 points in 67 games, it's been a rough follow up campaign for the center in 2014-15. He missed November and December due to injury and then had to take some time to start producing once he was healthy. This past week was more like the Kelly Zajac from last year as he had 4 assists in 3 games. Hopefully he can keep producing in the second half.

Prospects on TV

-- Dinamo Minsk (Artur Gavrus) take on Metallurg MG at 9 AM ET on One World Sports on 1/28.

-- Some Beanpot action if you get NESN. First, Harvard (Alexander Kerfoot, if healthy) take on Boston University at 5 PM ET on 2/2. Followed by Boston College (Steve Santini) against Northeastern at 8 PM ET.

Your Take

Do you think Quenneville is turning his season around? What do you think of Albany rotating all three goaltenders? What do you expect out of Kelly Zajac in the second half of the season? What players are standing out to you for good or bad reasons? Leave your comments below and thank you for reading!