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This post will recap the 20th week of Devils prospect action for the 2014-15 season. It's highlighted by Joseph Blandisi continuing to dominate in the OHL, Blake Pietila and Alexander Kerfoot staying productive in college, Joshua Jacobs impressing as a freshman defenseman for Michigan State, and the Albany Devils struggle to get out of a losing streak. 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 | 46 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 16 | 28 | 0.89 |
Height: 6'2 | A1 | Pts1 | EVG | EVA | EV Pts | PPG | PPA | PP Pts | SHG | SHA | SH Pts |
Weight: 207 | 7 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | Pts/GP | |||||
Connor Chatham | RW | 19 | Plymouth | OHL | 41 | 15 | 19 | 34 | -1 | 40 | 0.83 |
Height: 6'2 | A1 | Pts1 | EVG | EVA | EV Pts | PPG | PPA | PP Pts | SHG | SHA | SH Pts |
Weight: 225 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | Pts/GP | |||||
Joseph Blandisi | C | 20 | Barrie | OHL | 54 | 40 | 49 | 89 | 11 | 96 | 1.65 |
Height: 6'0 | A1 | Pts1 | EVG | EVA | EV Pts | PPG | PPA | PP Pts | SHG | SHA | SH Pts |
Weight: 192 | 27 | 67 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | Pts/GP | |||||
John Quenneville | C | 18 | Brandon | WHL | 45 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 4 | 47 | 0.82 |
Height: 6'1 | A1 | Pts1 | EVG | EVA | EV Pts | PPG | PPA | PP Pts | SHG | SHA | SH Pts |
Weight: 205 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | Pts/GP | |||||
Ryan Rehill | D | 19 | Kamloops | WHL | 54 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -13 | 109 | 0.30 |
Height: 6'3 | A1 | Pts1 | EVG | EVA | EV Pts | PPG | PPA | PP Pts | SHG | SHA | SH Pts |
Weight: 225 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | Pts/GP | |||||
Brandon Baddock | LW | 19 | Edmonton | WHL | 57 | 14 | 17 | 31 | -11 | 111 | 0.54 |
Height: 6'4 | A1 | Pts1 | EVG | EVA | EV Pts | PPG | PPA | PP Pts | SHG | SHA | SH Pts |
Weight: 215 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Name | Age (as of 2/1) | GP | GS | W | L | OTL | SOL | MIN | GAA | SV% | GA%- | GSAA |
Anthony Brodeur | 20 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1188:37 | 3.63 | 0.883 | 111 | -7.42 |
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% | 66.67% | 30.56% | 2.78% |
Ryan Kujawinski had 2 goals and an assist over 4 games for North Bay. He now has 18 points in 19 games since being traded to North Bay. Connor Chatham had 3 goals and an assist over 3 games for Plymouth. He was held off the scoresheet on Saturday which snapped a 6 game scoring streak, in which he had 5 goals and 4 assists during that time. He is currently 4th on Plymouth in scoring and 3rd in points per game. Joseph Blandisi had another strong week for Barrie. First, he had a hat trick against Owen Sound on Wednesday. He followed that up by picking up 2 assists against Plymouth on Friday and then adding a goal and 2 assists against Saginaw the following night.
John Quenneville returned to action after suffering a suspected concussion on 1/31. He had 2 assists over 3 games for Brandon. Ryan Rehill had an assist over 2 games for Kamloops. The assist broke an 8 game scoring drought and was his first assist in 11 games. Brandon Baddock had a goal and an assist in his second game of the week for Edmonton. That broke a 4 game scoring drought. He has just 2 goals and 3 assists over his last 16 games.
Anthony Brodeur returned from a shoulder injury and made 8 saves on 11 shots in 40 minutes of relief on Sunday against Chicoutimi.
NCAA
Name | Pos. | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | SH | SH% | SH/GP | Pts/GP | FO% |
Blake Coleman | C | Miami | 26 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 63 | 91 | 10.99% | 3.50 | 0.85 | 63.94% |
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 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 5 | 50 | 73 | 15.07% | 2.28 | 0.81 | 59.77% |
Height: 5'11 | A1 | Pts1 | EVG | EVA | EV Pts | PPG | PPA | PP Pts | SHG | SHA | SH Pts | ||
Weight: 200 | 21 | NCAA | 9 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | SH | SH% | SH/GP | Pts/GP | FO% | |||
Alex Kerfoot | C | Harvard | 15 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 30 | 20.00% | 2.00 | 1.27 | 46.72% |
Height: 5'10 | A1 | Pts1 | EVG | EVA | EV Pts | PPG | PPA | PP Pts | SHG | SHA | SH Pts | ||
Weight: 175 | 20 | NCAA | 7 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | SH | SH% | SH/GP | Pts/GP | Blk | |||
Steve Santini | D | Boston College | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 4.55% | 1.57 | 0.29 | 24 |
Height: 6'2 | A1 | Pts1 | EVG | EVA | EV Pts | PPG | PPA | PP Pts | SHG | SHA | SH Pts | ||
Weight: 208 | 19 | NCAA | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | SH | SH% | SH/GP | Pts/GP | Blk | |||
Joshua Jacobs | D | Michigan State | 26 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -9 | 20 | 44 | 0.00% | 1.69 | 0.23 | 50 |
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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blake Coleman was held off the scoresheet in a weekend series against Colorado College. The Miami center has just a goal and 5 assists over his last 13 games. He still has the best FO% in the country (63.94%) but I was hoping for more point production out of the senior.
Blake Pietila had an assist in both of Michigan Tech's victories over Alaska Anchorage. He's been more productive of late with 5 goals and 8 assists over his last 10 games - though that is including games against weak competition.
Alexander Kerfoot had a productive weekend with a goal and 2 assists in 2 games for Harvard. He's been awesome when healthy, putting up a 1.27 points per game played rate.
Steve Santini picked up an assist, -2, 4 shots, and 7 blocks in a weekend series against Vermont. The Devils other college defenseman, Joshua Jacobs had an assist, -1, 4 penalty minutes, 3 shots, and 5 blocks for Michigan State in a weekend sweep over Penn State. Once again, the freshman defender played on the top pair, PP unit, and PK unit. Early in the game the announcer remarked that he's had games where he's played around 25 minutes a night and that wouldn't surprise me if it was true. Overall, he played a sound two-way game, though Penn State did score on a PP that was the result of a penalty he committed. In my opinion, Jacobs has been one of the bright spots this year.
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 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 64 | 77 | 7.79% | 2.03 | 0.32 | ||
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 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 1.67 | |||||||
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 still remains sidelined with a suspected finger injury. Hopefully he returns soon because Dinamo Minsk only has 4 games left in the regular season before they start the playoffs.
It appears Miles Wood only played once since the last update and had a goal. Joey Dudek was held off the scoresheet in a weekend series against Youngstown, extending his scoreless streak to 5 games. It's been a tough year for him to say the least.
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 | 46 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 29 | -1 | 36 | 118 | 14.41% | 2.57 | 0.87 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Thompson | 6'1 | 205 | 26 | RW | 48 | 23 | 16 | 39 | 14 | 37 | 12 | 53 | 163 | 14.11% | 3.40 | 0.81 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mike Sislo | 5'11 | 195 | 27 | RW | 40 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 17 | 89 | 15.73% | 2.23 | 0.63 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Reid Boucher | 5'10 | 190 | 21 | LW | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 17 | -5 | 26 | 120 | 10.00% | 2.61 | 0.50 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Brandon Burlon | 6'0 | 190 | 24 | D | 49 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 68 | 61 | 8.20% | 1.24 | 0.45 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 34 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 54 | 1.85% | 1.59 | 0.53 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stefan Matteau | 6'2 | 220 | 20 | LW | 46 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 33 | 74 | 6.76% | 1.61 | 0.37 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Sestito | 5'11 | 195 | 30 | C | 35 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 13 | -2 | 39 | 70 | 10.00% | 2.00 | 0.46 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Raman Hrabarenka | 6'5 | 235 | 22 | D | 23 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 18 | 42 | 9.52% | 1.83 | 0.61 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Darcy Zajac | 6'1 | 205 | 28 | RW | 50 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 74 | 81 | 4.94% | 1.62 | 0.26 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Graham Black | 6'0 | 190 | 22 | C | 30 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 57 | 12.28% | 1.90 | 0.40 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Thomson | 6'3 | 215 | 22 | LW | 48 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 71 | 56 | 10.71% | 1.17 | 0.25 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dan Kelly | 6'1 | 210 | 25 | D | 40 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 89 | 32 | 3.13% | 0.80 | 0.23 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
David Wohlberg | 6'1 | 200 | 24 | LW | 32 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 14.81% | 0.84 | 0.25 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kelly Zajac | 5'10 | 180 | 26 | C | 18 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 14 | 23 | 0.00% | 1.28 | 0.44 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rod Pelley | 6'0 | 205 | 30 | C | 45 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 34 | 63 | 7.94% | 1.40 | 0.16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Corbin McPherson | 6'5 | 220 | 26 | D | 51 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 58 | 54 | 1.85% | 1.06 | 0.12 | 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 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -15 | 48 | 41 | 4.88% | 1.11 | 0.08 | 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 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 8 | 21 | 4.76% | 0.84 | 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 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 23 | 0.00% | 0.92 | 0.08 | 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 | 25 | 23 | 1396 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2.88 | 0.900 | 118 | -9.80 |
Height: 6'2 | SO | SO% | QS | QS% | RBS | RBS% | BO | BO% | EVG% | PPG% | SHG% | |
Weight: 190 | 0 | 0.00% | 12 | 52.17% | 5 | 21.74% | 1 | 4.35% | 70.15% | 28.36% | 1.49% | |
GP | GS | Min | W | L | OTL | SOL | GAA | SV% | GA%- | GSAA | ||
Scott Clemmensen | 37 | 13 | 12 | 752 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2.79 | 0.899 | 119 | -5.59 |
Height: 6'2 | SO | SO% | QS | QS% | RBS | RBS% | BO | BO% | EVG% | PPG% | SHG% | |
Weight: 200 | 1 | 8.33% | 4 | 33.33% | 3 | 25.00% | 1 | 8.33% | 54.29% | 40.00% | 5.71% | |
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 lost all 3 of their games this weekend and they now have lost 6 of their last 7. They now sit tied for 10th place in the Eastern Conference and are 5 points behind 8th place with 2 more games played. Albany's PP was 1/7 on the weekend and now has a 17.24% success rate. Their PK was 8/9 now on the weekend and now has a 80.87% success rate. Their all situation PDO is now at 99.56%. Their 5 game rolling average is 93.72% and their 10 game rolling average is 97.14%. Josh Weissbock's AHL stats from HockeyStats.ca has Albany with a 99.69% PDO and 50.46% estimated Fenwick Close.
Injury Update: The good news in Albany is that a whole group of players returned from injury. Kelly Zajac, Graham Black, Rod Pelley, Tim Sestito, and Raman Hrabarenka all featured in this weekend's action. Only Scott Timmins (leg injury) and Cam Janssen (upper body) remain sidelined.
Transactions: Maxime Clermont was reassigned to Orlando (ECHL) on 2/13.
Friday 2/13: Albany lost to Hershey 1-0. Joe Whitney, Mike Sislo, and Darcy Zajac had 4 shots each as the Devils outshot the Bears 35-27. Scott Wedgewood made 26 saves on 27 shots. Albany went 0/3 on the PP and 2/2 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet and highlights:
Line Up (via ADevils twitter):
Whitney-Sestito-Sislo
Boucher-K. Zajac-Matteau
Wohlberg-Black-Thomson
McKelvie-Pelley-D. Zajac
Helgeson-Scarlett
Kelly-Hrabarenka
Burlon-McPherson
Saturday 2/14: Albany lost to Hartford 5-2 after having a 2-0 lead. Mike Sislo and Rod Pelley had the goals for Albany with Darcy Zajac picking up an assist. Rod Pelley had 6 shots as the Devils were outshot 32-31. Scott Clemmensen made 27 saves on 31 shots. Albany went 1/3 on the PP and 5/6 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet and highlights:
Sunday 2/15: Albany lost to Hartford 4-3. Mike Sislo had 2 goals with Paul Thompson adding the other one. Joe Whitney had 2 assists and Kelly Zajac and David Wohlberg picked up one each. Paul Thompson had 4 shots as the Devils outshot the Wolf Pack 25-23. Albany went 0/1 on the PP and 1/1 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet and highlights:
Line Up (via ADevils twitter):
Whitney-K. Zajac-Sislo
Matteau-Sestito-Thompson
Wohlberg-Pelley-McKelvie
Johnson-D. Zajac-Thomson
Helgeson-Scarlett
Burlon-McPherson
Kelly-Hrabarenka
A Healthy Scratch: Reid Boucher, who has just 2 goals and 4 assists over his last 19 games was a healthy scratch on Sunday. Bill Cain of The Daily Gazette has the quote from Head Coach Rick Kowalsky, "Your top guys have to be your top guys." According to Quant Hockey, Boucher has gone from being comfortably above the 75th percentile in points per game last year to under it this year. He also went from being around the 95th percentile in goals per game last year to just above the 75th percentile this year. Of course, a SH% decrease of 5.1 will impact his totals but it's still disappointing to see. Hopefully he can find his game soon.
Matteau Struggling: Stefan Matteau has no points over his last 9 games. He's had a shot or less in his last 10 games. It seems that he's not even getting his chances lately. Sure deployment could play an issue here but he's still expected to do more. It was only just a month ago when he had 4 goals and 4 assists in 7 games and was getting 2+ shots off per game. According to Quant Hockey, he is just below the AHL median in points per game and in goals per game, taking a step back from last year.
Congrats McPherson!: Corbin McPherson played his 200th career AHL game on Saturday. The 26 year old, 6'5, 220 lbs., California product has carved out a nice career for himself with Albany after spending 4 years at Colgate where he captained the team his senior year. He was drafted by the Devils in the 3rd round of the 2007 draft.
Coming Up: Albany has another 3 in 3 this weekend. They take on Syracuse on Friday, Utica on Saturday, and Springfield on 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 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 68 | 7.35% | 2.43 | 0.46 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 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 | 10 | 8 | 569 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.69 | 0.874 | 148 | -11.37 |
Height: 6'0 | SO | SO% | QS | QS% | RBS | RBS% | BO | BO% | EVG% | PPG% | SHG% | |
Weight: 200 | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 12.50% | 2 | 25.00% | 1 | 12.50% | 77.14% | 17.14% | 5.71% |
Eric Baier had an assist and 13 shots in 3 games for Orlando. Maxime Clermont had his first ECHL game since 12/5 on Friday, making 24 saves on 27 shots for Orlando in a loss.
Myles Bell missed all of Evansville's games due to an undisclosed injury. Alexandre Carrier is still up with Albany.
Prospect of the Week
Joseph Blandisi gets this week's honors after putting up 4 goals and 4 assists in 3 games last week. 2 of the goals were empty netters but it's nice to see him dominating, as he should at his age. Brock Otten of OHL Prospects named him #8 on his Most Improved Players list for the 2014/15 season. Blandisi currently ranks 4th in the OHL in scoring, t-1st in goals, and t-9th in assists. According to CHL Stats, Blandisi has a NHL Equivalency of 41, Goals Created (explanation here) of 35.82, and Team Pt% of 39.82%.
ADevil of the Week
Mike Sislo picks up this week's honors after he had 3 goals in 3 games this weekend. He's currently 3rd on the team in goals and points. According to Quant Hockey, he is above the 75th percentile in points per game and above the 90th percentile in goals per game. Kevin Zalaznik of TheAHL.com had this article on Sislo a few days ago, in which head coach Rick Kowalsky has plenty of positive things to say about Sislo. Have to think he's a prime call up candidate if the Devils move out some guys around the deadline.
Prospects on TV
-- Friday 2/20: Michigan State (Jacobs) vs. Wisconsin on the Big Ten Network at 9 PM ET.
-- Sunday 2/22: Edmonton (Baddock) vs. Medicine Hat on the NHL Network at 3:00 PM ET.
-- Tuesday 2/24: Dinamo Minsk (Gavrus, if healthy) vs. Dynamo Moscow on One World Sport at 11:30 AM ET.
Your Take
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