New Jersey Devils Prospect Update: 2/10/15

This post will recap the nineteenth week of Devils prospect action for the 2014-15 season. It's highlighted by Connor Chatham playing well for Plymouth, Blake Coleman continue to be a faceoff threat for Miami, and the Albany Devils struggle, especially on the PP. 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	42	21	17	38	17	26	0.90
Height: 6'2	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 207	7	28	15	10	25	5	6	11	0	1	1
					GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP
Connor Chatham	RW	19	Plymouth	OHL	38	12	18	30	-2	40	0.79
Height: 6'2	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 225	13	25	7	14	21	5	4	9	0	0	0
					GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP
Joseph Blandisi	C	20	Barrie	OHL	51	36	46	82	7	92	1.61
Height: 6'0	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 192	25	61	15	18	33	9	26	35	8	2	10
					GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP
John Quenneville	C	18	Brandon	WHL	42	16	19	35	4	45	0.83
Height: 6'1	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 205	10	26	7	12	19	7	5	12	0	2	2
					GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP
Ryan Rehill	D	19	Kamloops	WHL	52	6	9	15	-12	107	0.29
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	55	13	16	29	-10	109	0.53
Height: 6'4	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 215	8	21	5	11	16	6	3	9	0	1	1

Name	Age (as of 2/1)	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SOL	MIN	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA
Anthony Brodeur	20	24	20	7	6	0	4	1148:37	3.60	0.886	107	-4.37
Height: 5'11	Gatineau/Drummondville	SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 194	QMJHL	1	5.00%	7	35.00%	6	30.00%	3	15.00%	68.12%	28.99%	2.90%

Ryan Kujawinski had an assist against Plymouth on Thursday to extend his five game scoring streak, but would end up being held off the scoresheet in his next two games. Connor Chatham extended his scoring streak to four games with a goal and three assists over three games last week. Joseph Blandisi was held without a point against Kingston on Thursday but quickly rebounded with a two goal game against Mississauga and a two assists game against Sudbury during the weekend.

John Quenneville remained sidelined with an "upper body" injury that is a suspected concussion. Ryan Rehill had an even rating and four penalty minutes over four games for Kamloops last week. Brandon Baddock had a goal over four games for the Oil Kings. It's his only goal over his last fourteen games.

Anthony Brodeur remained sidelined due to a shoulder injury.

NCAA

Name	Pos.	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	FO%
Blake Coleman	C	Miami	24	10	12	22	15	61	86	11.63%	3.58	0.92	64.36%
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	2	5	1	0	1
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	FO%
Blake Pietila	C	Michigan Tech	30	11	13	24	2	48	69	15.94%	2.30	0.80	60.07%
Height: 5'11			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 200	21	NCAA	8	19	6	2	8	4	10	14	0	1	1
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	FO%
Alex Kerfoot	C	Harvard	13	5	11	16	10	6	24	20.83%	1.85	1.23	48.42%
Height: 5'10			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 175	20	NCAA	6	11	3	6	9	1	3	4	0	1	1
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	Blk
Steve Santini	D	Boston College	12	1	2	3	5	16	18	5.56%	1.50	0.25	17
Height: 6'2			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 208	19	NCAA	2	3	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	Blk
Joshua Jacobs	D	Michigan State	24	0	5	5	-8	16	41	0.00%	1.71	0.21	45
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 powerplay assist and two shots against Western Michigan on Saturday. He was also 17/24 on faceoffs and now has the third best FO% in the country at 64.36%. Blake Pietila cooled off against Bemidji State but continued to do well in the circle, winning 21/35 faceoffs to raise his FO% to 60.07%.

Alexander Kerfoot returned to the ice for the first time since 11/29 on Tuesday, scoring a goal in a double overtime loss to Boston University in the Beanpot. He was held off the scoresheet against Yale and Brown in his next two games. Steve Santini was also a part of the Beanpot, and like Kerfoot, saw his team fail to reach the final. He did register an assist against Merrimack on Friday.

Joshua Jacobs was a -1 with two shots and a block against Michigan on Saturday. I was able to catch part of this game and like in previous viewings, he played in all situations and quite a bit for a freshman. He's in a challenging situation that I think will help him grow as a player.

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	36	6	6	12	-3	62	76	7.89%	2.11	0.33
Height: 5'11			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 185	19	USHL	3	9	4	6	10	1	0	1	0	0	0
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Miles Wood	LW	Noble & Greenough	11	7	12	19						1.73
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 didn't play for Dinamo Minsk last week and according to a rough translation of his ask.fm page, it seems he may have a broken finger.

Joey Dudek continues to have a rough season for Dubuque as he was held off the scoresheet for two more games. It appears Miles Wood played again but didn't register a point.

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	43	17	21	38	11	28	3	30	109	15.60%	2.53	0.88	10	10	20	7	11	18	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Thompson	6'1	205	26	RW	46	22	16	38	14	36	13	53	155	14.19%	3.37	0.83	13	11	24	7	4	11	1	1	2	1	0	1
Reid Boucher	5'10	190	21	LW	44	12	11	23	5	17	-5	26	116	10.34%	2.64	0.52	5	4	9	7	6	13	0	0	0	0	1	1
Brandon Burlon	6'0	190	24	D	46	5	17	22	11	16	4	66	57	8.77%	1.24	0.48	3	7	10	1	10	11	0	0	0	1	0	1
Mike Sislo	5'11	195	27	RW	37	11	11	22	6	17	3	17	82	13.41%	2.22	0.59	5	5	10	4	6	10	1	0	1	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
Reece Scarlett	6'1	185	21	D	31	1	17	18	10	11	1	10	52	1.92%	1.68	0.58	1	8	9	0	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stefan Matteau	6'2	220	20	LW	43	5	12	17	8	13	5	31	71	7.04%	1.65	0.40	2	7	9	3	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Sestito	5'11	195	30	C	32	7	9	16	6	13	-1	33	67	10.45%	2.09	0.50	5	6	11	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	3
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
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	47	4	8	12	6	10	-10	72	75	5.33%	1.60	0.26	2	7	9	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ben Thomson	6'3	215	22	LW	45	6	6	12	4	10	-2	64	56	10.71%	1.24	0.27	6	5	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Kelly	6'1	210	25	D	37	1	8	9	4	5	0	89	28	3.57%	0.76	0.24	1	7	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
David Wohlberg	6'1	200	24	LW	30	4	3	7	1	5	2	12	23	17.39%	0.77	0.23	4	2	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kelly Zajac	5'10	180	26	C	15	0	7	7	4	4	-1	14	20	0.00%	1.33	0.47	0	3	3	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
Rod Pelley	6'0	205	30	C	42	4	2	6	1	5	-6	34	53	7.55%	1.26	0.14	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Corbin McPherson	6'5	220	26	D	48	1	5	6	3	4	-1	58	46	2.17%	0.96	0.13	1	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	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	34	2	1	3	0	2	-12	48	39	5.13%	1.15	0.09	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Faust	6'0	205	23	D	22	0	3	3	1	1	-3	14	20	0.00%	0.91	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	24	1	1	2	1	2	-4	8	20	5.00%	0.83	0.08	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	22	0	2	2	1	1	3	31	17	0.00%	0.77	0.09	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Keenan	6'0	190	25	D	20	0	1	1	1	1	-3	15	23	0.00%	1.15	0.05	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alexandre Carrier	6'3	210	23	RW	12	0	0	0	0	0	-2	10	11	0.00%	0.92	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	2.82
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	23	21	1278	7	9	3	2	2.91	0.900	118	-9.05
Height: 6'2		SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 190		0	0.00%	11	52.38%	4	19.05%	1	4.76%	67.74%	30.65%	1.61%
		GP	GS	Min	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA
Scott Clemmensen	37	12	11	693	4	6	0	1	2.68	0.902	116	-4.23
Height: 6'2		SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 200		1	9.09%	4	36.36%	3	27.27%	1	9.09%	51.61%	41.94%	6.45%
		GP	GS	Min	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA
Maxime Clermont	23	4	4	247	4	0	0	0	1.94	0.921	93	0.58
Height: 6'0		SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 200		0	0.00%	2	50.00%	0	0.00%	2	50.00%	50.00%	50.00%	0.00%

Albany fell to 10th place in the Eastern Conference after two regulation losses this week. Albany's PP was 0/12 on the week and is now 2/32 (6.25%) over their last 7 games. The PK currently sits at 80.54%. Their all situation PDO is now 99.89% and they have a 3 game rolling average of 94.64%. Going by the even strength estimates over on HockeyStats.ca we see the ADevils have a 100.03% PDO and 50.63% estimated Fenwick Close.

Injury Update: Scott Timmins (leg injury), Graham Black (wrist), Cam Janssen (upper body), and Raman Hrabarenka (concussion, fractured cheek bone) all remain sidelined. Rod Pelley has also been out for a few games as well as Kelly Zajac who may have picked up a shoulder injury against Lehigh Valley on 1/29.

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Wednesday 2/4: Albany lost to Manchester 4-1. Mike Sislo had the only Devils goal with Paul Thompson and Reece Scarlett picking up the assists. Mike Richards had a goal and two assists for the Monarchs. Sislo had 3 shots as the Devils were outshot 33-17. Scott Wedgewood made 29 saves on 33 shots. Albany went 0/7 on the PP and 4/5 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet and highlights:

Friday 2/6: Albany lost to Springfield 4-1. Mike Sislo had the only Albany goal with Brandon Burlon getting the assist. Paul Thompson and Reece Scarlett had 4 shots each as the Devils outshot the Falcons 30-28. Clemmensen made 24 saves on 27 shots. Albany went 0/5 on the PP and 3/4 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet and highlights:

Line Up (via ADevils twitter):

Whitney-Sestito-Sislo

Boucher-D. Zajac-Thompson

Matteau-Wohlberg-Thomson

Johnson-McKelvie-Carrier

Helgeson-Scarlett

Burlon-Kelly

McPherson-Keenan

No Puck Luck for Scarlett?: Reece Scarlett currently has a strong 0.58 points per game rate thanks to 17 assists in 31 games. He has the second highest shots per game rate among the Albany defensemen but only has 1 goal on the season due to a 1.92 SH%. It will be interesting to see if he gets some of those shots into the back of the net during the last few months of the season.

Coming Up: Albany has a 3 in 3 this weekend, starting with a game against Hershey on Friday, followed by a home and away with Hartford on Saturday and Sunday.

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	33	9	9	18	5	14	-12	25	91	9.89%	2.76	0.55	8	4	12	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	25	5	7	12	3	8	7	11	55	9.09%	2.20	0.48	4	5	9	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	150	-10.67
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 had a goal and four shots on Friday to briefly extend a scoring streak to three games. He then went -3 with a shot over his next two games. Eric Baier had a goal and an assist over four games last week for Orlando.

Prospect of the Week

Connor Chatham gets this week's honors as he added a goal and three assists over three games to his totals. He now has a four game scoring streak with two goals and three assists. The 6'2, 225 lbs. RW currently owns the third best points per game mark (0.79) on a struggling Plymouth team. According to CHL Stats with data from all but the most recent Plymouth game, Chatham has a 19.86 Team Point%, 16.61 estimated Time on Ice, and 2.83 estimated Points per 60. He may not have been the player I wanted the Devils to choose at the draft when he was selected, but overall I'm happy with his production this year. He's definitely got the size to make it in the pro's.

ADevil of the Week

It was a tough week for Albany but this week's honors go to Mike Sislo who scored a goal in both losses. He is currently sporting a solid 0.59 points per game and 2.22 shots per game. According to Quant Hockey, he is currently above the 75th percentile in both goals per game and points per game in the AHL. I wouldn't mind seeing him as a fourth line, penalty killer for the NJ Devils if they end up needing some bodies to fill out the roster towards the end of the year.

Prospects on TV

-- Saturday 2/14: Michigan State (Jacobs) vs. Penn State on the Big Ten Network at 6 PM ET.

Your Take

What were your thoughts when the Devils drafted Chatham and has your opinion of him changed? Did you get a chance to watch Jacobs last week and if so, what did you think of his skill set? Are you concerned that the Albany Devils won't make the playoffs? Leave your comments below and thank you for reading!