New Jersey Devils Prospect Update: 12/1/15

This post will recap the 9th week of Devils prospect action for the 2015-16 season. It's highlighted by Colton White and John Quenneville producing in CHL action, Miles Wood and Alex Kerfoot continuing to be threats in the NCAA, and the Albany Devils earning a sweep by winning 3 games this week. Check out the stats and recap below!

OHL

Name	Pos.	Age	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Connor Chatham	RW	20.10	Flint	24	6	12	18	-6	28	8.33%	3.00	0.75
Height: 6'2	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts	NHLe
Weight: 225	7	13	3	9	12	3	3	6	0	0	0	20
				GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Josh Jacobs	D	19.81	Sarnia	25	1	11	12	2	18	1.54%	2.60	0.48
Height: 6'2	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts	NHLe
Weight: 200	9	10	0	8	8	1	3	4	0	0	0	13
				GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Pavel Zacha	C	18.67	Sarnia	20	13	8	21	5	38	18.84%	3.45	1.05
Height: 6'3	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts	NHLe
Weight: 213	5	18	7	5	12	5	3	8	1	0	1	28
				GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Blake Speers	RW	18.92	Sault Ste. Marie	25	5	15	20	-16	18	6.49%	3.08	0.80
Height: 5'11	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts	NHLe
Weight: 183	9	14	4	7	11	1	8	9	0	0	0	22
				GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Colton White	D	18.59	Sault Ste. Marie	25	3	10	13	-11	5	8.57%	1.40	0.52
Height: 6'1	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts	NHLe
Weight: 185	7	10	2	5	7	1	4	5	0	0	0	14

Name	Age	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA	GSAA/60
Mackenzie Blackwood	18.99	23	23	16	7	0	0	2.39	0.930	74	18.66	0.83
Height: 6'4	Barrie	SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 215	OHL	2	8.70%	16	69.57%	2	8.70%	1	4.35%	85.19%	12.96%	1.85%

Connor Chatham had a productive week for Flint starting it off with a goal, assist, and 6 shot effort against Saginaw on Wednesday. He followed that up with a goal against Sudbury on Saturday before being held off the scoresheet on Sunday against North Bay. He's heated up a bit lately after a slow start as he now has 3 goals and 6 assists over his last 7 games. Chatham is currently tied for 3rd on Flint in points.

Pavel Zacha had just a goal across 3 games for Sarnia last week but did manage 10 shots on goal during that time. His 2 shot game against Kingston on Sunday snapped an 11 game streak of 3+ shots per game. Josh Jacobs was held to just an assist across 3 games for Sarnia last week. That assist came in a game against Peterborough in which Jacobs managed 8 shots on goal. Overall, Zacha is still leading Sarnia in goals and points while being the only regular player above the point per game mark at this time. Jacobs is 3rd among Sarnia's defensemen in points.

Blake Speers appeared 3 times for the Soo last week and had a goal on Sunday against Kitchener. He managed 11 shots on goal across the 3 game stretch and his goal on Sunday snapped a 4 game point drought and 7 game goal drought. He's been getting his shots (3.08 SH/GP) but hasn't had much puck luck so far (6.49 SH%). His teammate, Colton White, enjoyed a productive week. He was held off the scoresheet against Niagara on Thursday but scored against Erie on Saturday night and then had a goal and an assist against Kitchener on Sunday. I also find it impressive that he is yet to take a minor penalty after 25 games of play this season. Overall, Speers leads the Greyhounds in assists and points. White leads the defensemen in goals, assists, and points.

Mackenzie Blackwood went 1-1 on the week for Barrie. He stopped 34 of 35 shots against Owen Sound on Thursday to pick up his 16th Quality Start of the season. He surrendered 5 goals on Saturday against Niagara but still made 37 saves. Blackwood is still atop the OHL leaderboard for goaltenders.

WHL

Name	Pos.	Age	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP	NHLe
John Quenneville	C	19.64	Brandon	20	11	13	24	11	17	1.20	27
Height: 6'1	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 205	8	19	6	8	14	4	5	9	1	0	1
				GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP	NHLe
Ryan Rehill	D	20.08	Kamloops	22	2	11	13	1	52	0.59	13
Height: 6'3	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 218	6	8	1	7	8	1	2	3	0	1	1
				GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP	NHLe
Brandon Baddock	C	20.69	Edmonton	28	8	3	11	-11	64	0.39	9
Height: 6'4	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 225	2	10	4	2	6	2	1	3	1	0	1

John Quenneville had a nice weekend for Brandon with a goal against Lethbridge on Friday night and then a goal and an assist against Medicine Hat on Saturday night. He is currently 3rd on the team in points and 2nd in points per game.

Ryan Rehill had a goal and an assist across 2 games against Prince George for Kamloops last weekend. He is now on 3 game point streak with a goal and 3 assists during that time. He is currently 2nd among the Blazers defensemen in assists and points.

Brandon Baddock snapped an 8 game goal drought by scoring in back-to-back games against Prince Albert and Saskatoon last weekend. He is currently 7th on Edmonton in points.

NCAA

Name	Pos.	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	FO%	NHLe
Alex Kerfoot	C	Harvard	8	2	10	12	5	8	11.76%	2.13	1.50	44.80%	49
Height: 5'10	Age	League	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 175	21.32	ECAC	4	6	1	3	4	0	7	7	0	0	0
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	Blks	NHLe
Steve Santini	D	Boston College	13	1	5	6	10	24	4.76%	1.62	0.46	26	12
Height: 6'2			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 208	20.75	Hockey East	1	2	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	1
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	FO%	NHLe
JD Dudek	C	Boston College	12	0	1	1	-1	6	0.00%	0.75	0.08	33.33%	2
Height: 5'11			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 185	19.85	Hockey East	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	FO%	NHLe
Miles Wood	LW	Boston College	13	6	11	17	9	28	15.79%	2.92	1.31	100.00%	35
Height: 6'1			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 185	20.23	Hockey East	7	13	3	9	12	2	1	3	0	0	0
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	FO%	NHLe
Brett Seney	C	Merrimack	11	2	8	10	4	14	11.76%	1.55	0.91	55.40%	25
Height: 5'9			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 170	19.77	Hockey East	6	8	2	7	9	0	1	1	0	0	0

Alex Kerfoot continues to enjoy his Junior season as he had a productive weekend for Harvard. Kerfoot had a 3 assists performance against Notre Dame on Friday and followed that up with an assist against RPI on Saturday. His point streak is now at 5 games with a goal and 7 assists during that time.

Steve Santini was a +1 with 4 penalty minutes, 3 shots, and 6 blocks across both of Boston College's games last week. Miles Wood had a goal and 2 assists to go along with 4 shots across both of those games. Wood is currently on a 5 game point streak with 4 goals and 4 assists during that stretch. JD Dudek remains a regular on BC's 4th line and was a -1 with a shot and won 1/6 faceoffs last week for BC.

Brett Seney missed Merrimack's match against Union on Saturday night due to an undisclosed injury. A timetable for his return is not known at this point.

KHL

Name	Pos.	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	FO%	ATOI
Artur Gavrus	LW	Dinamo Minsk	19	3	7	10	-1	0	41	7.32%	2.16	0.53	26.32%	16:54
Height: 5'10	Age	League	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts	NHLe
Weight: 183	21.92	KHL	4	7	3	6	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	36

Artur Gavrus remains out for an indefinite period of time due to a concussion that he suffered against Metallurg Nk on 10/19.

AHL

Name	Height	Weight	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	A1	Pts1	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	GC	GC/GP	NHLe	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Matt Lorito	5'9	170	25.43	LW	18	4	15	19	11	15	5	6	26	15.38%	1.44	1.06	6.18	0.34	42	2	5	7	2	10	12	0	0	0
Mike Sislo	5'11	190	27.88	RW	19	11	6	17	3	14	1	2	60	18.33%	3.16	0.89	7.52	0.40	35	3	2	5	7	4	11	1	0	1
Joseph Blandisi	6'0	200	21.38	C	16	6	8	14	5	11	0	33	19	31.58%	1.19	0.88	5.37	0.34	34	3	4	7	3	4	7	0	0	0
Reid Boucher	5'10	190	22.24	LW	14	9	5	14	4	13	6	4	47	19.15%	3.36	1.00	6.18	0.44	39	5	3	8	4	2	6	0	0	0
Corey Tropp	6'2	185	26.37	RW	19	5	6	11	3	8	4	23	35	14.29%	1.84	0.58	4.30	0.23	23	3	4	7	2	2	4	0	0	0
Paul Thompson	6'1	200	27.02	RW	13	5	5	10	4	9	2	25	38	13.16%	2.92	0.77	4.03	0.31	30	3	5	8	2	0	2	0	0	0
Brandon Burlon	6'0	190	25.76	D	16	1	8	9	4	5	-1	9	16	6.25%	1.00	0.56	2.69	0.17	22	1	2	3	0	6	6	0	0	0
Marc-Andre Gragnani	6'3	210	28.74	D	13	0	9	9	0	5	-8	0	8	0.00%	0.62	0.69	2.42	0.19	27	0	1	1	0	8	8	0	0	0
Vojtech Mozik	6'3	200	22.94	D	16	1	7	8	5	6	15	14	30	3.33%	1.88	0.50	2.42	0.15	20	1	5	6	0	2	2	0	0	0
Blake Coleman	5'11	200	24.02	C	14	4	3	7	2	6	5	19	26	15.38%	1.86	0.50	2.95	0.21	20	4	2	6	0	1	1	0	0	0
Blake Pietila	5'11	200	22.79	LW	17	4	3	7	2	6	-1	0	26	15.38%	1.53	0.41	2.95	0.17	16	3	1	4	1	1	2	0	1	1
Seth Helgeson	6'4	215	25.16	D	19	0	5	5	3	3	9	39	20	0.00%	1.05	0.26	1.34	0.07	10	0	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0
Dan Kelly	6'1	215	26.56	D	17	0	5	5	2	2	3	23	8	0.00%	0.47	0.29	1.34	0.08	12	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	2
Ryan Kujawinski	6'2	205	20.68	C	14	2	3	5	0	2	-1	2	11	18.18%	0.79	0.36	1.88	0.13	14	2	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ben Thomson	6'3	205	22.88	LW	16	2	3	5	2	4	-4	26	30	6.67%	1.88	0.31	1.88	0.12	12	2	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	0
Jim O'Brien	6'3	195	26.85	C	8	2	2	4	1	3	-3	4	31	6.45%	3.88	0.50	1.61	0.20	20	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	1
Rod Pelley	6'0	205	31.27	LW	19	1	1	2	0	1	-1	13	22	4.55%	1.16	0.11	0.81	0.04	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reece Scarlett	6'1	180	22.68	D	12	0	2	2	1	1	-4	6	10	0.00%	0.83	0.17	0.54	0.04	7	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Max Novak	5'11	180	24.64	RW	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	15	0.00%	1.67	0.11	0.27	0.03	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris McKelvie	6'1	195	30.79	RW	11	0	1	1	0	0	-2	9	10	0.00%	0.91	0.09	0.27	0.02	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Graham Black	6'0	185	22.89	C	5	0	1	1	0	0	-2	0	5	0.00%	1.00	0.20	0.27	0.05	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corbin McPherson	6'4	210	27.25	D	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	14	14	0.00%	1.17	0.08	0.27	0.02	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Wolfe	5'10	185	25.62	C	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	50.00%	2.00	1.00	0.54	0.54	39	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Raman Hrabarenka	6'4	230	23.28	D	8	0	0	0	0	0	-2	20	9	0.00%	1.13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond	6'1	210	30.51	RW	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	10	0.00%	0.77	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Faust	5'11	207	24.06	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0.00%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Name	Age	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA	GSAA/60
Yann Danis	34.47	16	16	11	2	3	0	1.86	0.925	84	5.78	0.36
Height: 5'11	MIN	SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 180	967.54	3	18.75%	11	68.75%	0	0.00%	1	6.25%	76.67%	23.33%	0.00%
	Age	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA	GSAA/60
Scott Wedgewood	23.31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0
Height: 6'2	MIN	SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 195	0	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	Age	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA	GSAA/60
Doug Carr	26.74	3	3	1	2	0	0	2.34	0.897	116	-0.95	-0.32
Height: 6'2	MIN	SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 200	179.75	0	0.00%	1	33.33%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	100.00%	0.00%	0.00%

Albany won all 3 of their games last week. They are currently 2nd in the division with 27 points after 19 games. According to CHL Stats, their 56.421% Estimated Fenwick Close is the best in the AHL. They are also riding the 4th highest PDO in the league at 102.68%. Albany currently has the top ranked PP at 26.1% and top ranked PK at 90.1%.

Injury Update: Jim O'Brien (ankle), Scott Wedgewood (ankle), and Chris McKelvie (wrist) all remained sidelined. Reece Scarlett missed this past week's action after leaving a game in the prior week. Vojtech Mozik who left a game early in the previous week did feature for the ADevils this past week. Marc-Andre Gragnani made his return to the line up. Joseph Blandisi (ankle) and Blake Pietila (hamstring) were both injured in Wednesday's contest and missed the remaining 2 games of the week. Blake Coleman will be out indefinitely after being boarded by Mark Fraser on Friday night. Fraser was suspended 2 games.

Transactions: Due to injuries up front, Albany signed RW Alexandre Carrier to a PTO on 11/27 and C Greg Wolfe to a PTO on 11/28.

Wednesday 11/25: Albany defeated Bridgeport 3-1. Blake Coleman had 2 goals with Rod Pelley adding the other. Paul Thompson had 2 assists followed by Brandon Burlon, Reid Boucher, and Vojtech Mozik with 1 each. Thompson and Jospeh Blandisi had 4 shots each as the Devils outshot the Sound Tigers 30-19. Yann Danis made 18 saves on 19 shots. Albany went 0/3 on the PP 2/2 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet.



Line Up:
Lorito-Blandisi-Sislo
Boucher-Coleman-Thompson
Thomson-Pietila-Tropp
Leblond-Pelley-Novak

Kelly-Gragnani
Helgeson-Mozik
McPherson-Burlon

Friday 11/27: Albany defeated Binghamton 4-0 while holding them to a franchise record 6 shots. Reid Boucher and Corey Tropp had a goal and an assist each. Mike Sislo and Brandon Burlon had the other goals. Paul Thompson and Matt Lorito had 2 assists followed by Ryan Kujawinski and Ben Thomson with 1 each. Vojtech Mozik had 5 shots followed by Boucher with 4 as the Devils outshot the Senators 32-6. Yann Danis got the shutout for the Devils. Albany went 1/6 on the PP and 4/4 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet.



Line Up:
Sislo-Lorito-Tropp
Boucher-Coleman-Thompson
Thomson-Kujawinski-Novak
Leblond-Pelley-Carrier

Kelly-Gragnani
Helgeson-Mozik
Burlon-McPherson

Saturday 11/28: Albany defeated Springfield 4-3. Corey Tropp, Reid Boucher, Greg Wolfe, and Paul Thompson had the goals for the Devils. Ryan Kujawinski had 2 assists followed by Brandon Burlon, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Mike Sislo, Ben Thomson, and Matt Lorito with 1 each. Boucher had 7 shots followed by Thompson with 6 as the Devils outshot the Falcons 37-22. Yann Danis made 19 saves on 22 shots. Albany went 2/4 on the PP and 1/2 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet.



Coming Up: Albany takes on St. John's on Wednesday, Rochester on Saturday, and Syracuse on Sunday.

ECHL

Name	Height	Weight	Age	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
Joe Faust	5'11	207	24.06	D	10	0	4	4	3	3	-1	6	12	0.00%	1.20	0.40	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0

Name	Age	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA	GSAA/60
Ken Appleby	20.66	12	12	9	2	0	1	1.99	0.932	78	6.71	0.56
Height: 6'4	MIN	SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 205	724.94	1	8.33%	8	66.67%	1	8.33%	1	8.33%	58.33%	37.50%	4.17%

Ken Appleby made 2 starts for Adirondack last week. He won on Wednesday against Elmira, making 32 saves on 33 shots to earn his 8th quality start of the season. He lost a shootout decision against Elmira on Saturday, stopping 33 of 37 in regulation and 2 of 3 in the shootout.

Prospect of the Week

This week's honors go to Sault Ste. Marie defensemen, Colton White after he put up 2 goals, an assist, and 6 shots on the week and is yet to commit a minor penalty on the season. The top pairing defender has emerged as a leader on the Greyhounds blueline by playing in all situations. CHL Stats has his estimated Time On Ice at 28:06 on the season.

ADevil of the Week

With 2 goals and 2 assists after 3 games last week, Reid Boucher picks up this week's honors. He is currently on a 4 game point streak and seems to be enjoying the ice time that he's getting in Albany. He is 2nd on the team in goals, tied for 3rd in points, 3rd in primary points, has one of the higher shots per game rates which is encouraging. If he keep this up, he may very well end up earning another shot with the big club, but he's going to have to prove his consistency with Albany first.

Your Take

Which prospects stood out to you this week? How do you feel about Reid Boucher and the rest of the Albany Devils right now? Leave your comments below and thank you for reading!