New Jersey Devils Prospect Update: 2/24/15

This post will recap the 21st week of Devils prospect action for the 2014-15 season. It's highlighted by Joseph Blandisi continuing to be a force in the OHL, Alexander Kerfoot excelling in college, and the Albany Devils continue to struggle as a whole. 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	/North Bay	OHL	49	25	20	45	15	28	0.92
Height: 6'2	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 207	8	33	18	11	29	6	8	14	0	1	1
					GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP
Connor Chatham	RW	19	Plymouth	OHL	44	16	19	35	0	47	0.80
Height: 6'2	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 225	14	30	11	15	26	5	4	9	0	0	0
					GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP
Joseph Blandisi	C	20	Barrie	OHL	57	46	52	98	19	98	1.72
Height: 6'0	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 192	29	75	20	22	42	10	28	38	9	2	11
					GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP
John Quenneville	C	18	Brandon	WHL	47	16	23	39	10	47	0.83
Height: 6'1	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 205	13	29	7	16	23	7	5	12	0	2	2
					GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP
Ryan Rehill	D	19	Kamloops	WHL	57	6	11	17	-16	113	0.30
Height: 6'3	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 225	5	11	6	10	16	0	1	1	0	0	0
					GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP
Brandon Baddock	LW	19	Edmonton	WHL	59	15	17	32	-11	113	0.54
Height: 6'4	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 215	9	24	7	11	18	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	26	21	7	7	0	4	1248:37	3.70	0.879	116	-10.54
Height: 5'11	Gatineau/Drummondville	SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 194	QMJHL	1	4.76%	7	33.33%	7	33.33%	3	14.29%	64.94%	31.17%	3.90%

Ryan Kujawinski continues to produce in bunches in February, scoring 2 goals and adding 2 assists in a game against Niagara on Sunday, after being held off the scoresheet for 3 games. He has 22 points in 22 games with North Bay. Connor Chatham has 1 goal over his last 4 games since coming off a 6 game scoring streak. Joseph Blandisi continues to be an offensive threat for Barrie as he had 2 assists against Owen Sound, 2 goals against Niagara, and 4 goals and an assist against Sudbury.

John Quenneville picked up 2 assists in a game against Saskatoon on Saturday. He has 4 assists over his last 6 games. Ryan Rehill had an assist, 4 penalty minutes, and -3 rating over 3 games for Kamloops. Brandon Baddock had a goal against Medicine Hat on Sunday. I didn't get a chance to see this game but if you watched it on the NHL Network, I'd love to read your comments on his game.

Anthony Brodeur started on Friday against Shawinigan but only made 19 saves on 24 shots to pick up the loss.

NCAA

Name	Pos.	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	FO%
Blake Coleman	C	Miami	28	12	12	24	16	63	101	11.88%	3.61	0.86	63.06%
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	18	7	9	16	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	18	7	15	22	13	6	41	17.07%	2.28	1.22	45.30%
Height: 5'10			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 175	20	NCAA	7	14	5	8	13	1	5	6	0	1	1
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	Blk
Steve Santini	D	Boston College	16	1	4	5	2	18	28	3.57%	1.75	0.31	23
Height: 6'2			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 208	19	NCAA	2	3	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	Blk
Joshua Jacobs	D	Michigan State	28	0	6	6	-9	22	51	0.00%	1.82	0.21	54
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 had goals in back to back games for Miami against Minnesota Duluth, including the overtime winner on Saturday. He still has just 3 goals over his last 15 games. He is 3rd on Miami in goals though.

Alexander Kerfoot had a goal and 2 assists over 3 games for Harvard. He's currently tied for 3rd on Harvard in scoring despite having missed 9 games due to injury. Steve Santini had an assist in a Boston College win over Harvard yesterday in the consolation game for the Beanpot.

Joshua Jacobs had an even rating, with 7 shots, 4 blocks, and 2 penalty minutes over two games for Michigan State against Wisconsin. Blake Pietila and Michigan Tech had the weekend off.

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
Artur Gavrus		Dinamo Molodechno	4	2	4	6	-3	2	10	20.00%	2.50	1.50
			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
		BXL	2	4	0	1	1	2	3	5	0	0	0
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Joey Dudek	C	Dubuque	40	6	6	12	-6	64	78	7.69%	1.95	0.30
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	14	14	14	28						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 still hasn't played for Dinamo Minsk since his latest injury, but he did suit up in the Belarus league again for Dinamo Molodechno, where he was held scoreless on 2/21. He didn't play in yesterday's game for Dinamo Molodechno so maybe he will be ready to play in the regular season finale for Dinamo Minsk today. Hopefully he can suit up for their playoff run.

Joey Dudek continues to struggle offensively, now going 7 games without a point for Dubuque. Miles Wood is back up to a 2 points per game pace for Nobles.

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	49	17	24	41	13	30	-2	42	126	13.49%	2.57	0.84	10	12	22	7	12	19	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Thompson	6'1	205	26	RW	51	23	18	41	16	39	10	61	172	13.37%	3.37	0.80	14	11	25	7	6	13	1	1	2	1	0	1
Mike Sislo	5'11	195	27	RW	43	14	12	26	6	20	0	43	94	14.89%	2.19	0.60	7	5	12	5	7	12	1	0	1	1	0	1
Brandon Burlon	6'0	190	24	D	52	5	19	24	12	17	1	72	64	7.81%	1.23	0.46	3	8	11	1	11	12	0	0	0	1	0	1
Reid Boucher	5'10	190	21	LW	49	12	11	23	5	17	-6	28	124	9.68%	2.53	0.47	5	4	9	7	6	13	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
Reece Scarlett	6'1	185	21	D	37	2	17	19	10	12	1	10	62	3.23%	1.68	0.51	2	8	10	0	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stefan Matteau	6'2	220	20	LW	48	5	13	18	8	13	2	33	77	6.49%	1.60	0.38	2	7	9	3	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Sestito	5'11	195	30	C	38	7	9	16	6	13	-5	65	77	9.09%	2.03	0.42	5	6	11	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	3
Raman Hrabarenka	6'5	235	22	D	26	5	10	15	5	10	-2	18	46	10.87%	1.77	0.58	2	7	9	3	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Thomson	6'3	215	22	LW	50	7	7	14	5	12	-2	71	57	12.28%	1.14	0.28	7	6	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darcy Zajac	6'1	205	28	RW	51	4	9	13	7	11	-10	74	82	4.88%	1.61	0.25	2	7	9	1	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0
Graham Black	6'0	190	22	C	33	7	5	12	3	10	6	14	62	11.29%	1.88	0.36	3	3	6	4	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kelly Zajac	5'10	180	26	C	21	2	8	10	5	7	-4	16	26	7.69%	1.24	0.48	0	4	4	2	3	5	0	1	1	0	0	0
Dan Kelly	6'1	210	25	D	43	1	8	9	4	5	-4	94	33	3.03%	0.77	0.21	1	7	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
David Wohlberg	6'1	200	24	LW	34	4	4	8	2	6	3	14	30	13.33%	0.88	0.24	4	3	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rod Pelley	6'0	205	30	C	48	5	2	7	1	6	-5	36	68	7.35%	1.42	0.15	3	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
Corbin McPherson	6'5	220	26	D	54	1	5	6	3	4	-5	60	60	1.67%	1.11	0.11	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
Chris McKelvie	6'1	195	29	LW	40	2	2	4	0	2	-16	50	45	4.44%	1.13	0.10	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Seth Helgeson	6'5	215	24	D	28	0	4	4	2	2	2	36	28	0.00%	1.00	0.14	0	2	2	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
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	20	1	1	2	0	1	-2	25	11	9.09%	0.55	0.10	1	1	2	0	0	0	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	26	24	1454	7	12	3	2	2.89	0.900	118	-10.76
Height: 6'2		SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 190		0	0.00%	12	50.00%	5	20.83%	1	4.17%	71.43%	27.14%	1.43%
		GP	GS	Min	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA
Scott Clemmensen	37	15	14	872	5	8	0	1	2.75	0.900	118	-6.09
Height: 6'2		SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 200		1	7.14%	5	35.71%	4	28.57%	1	7.14%	52.50%	42.50%	5.00%
		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 managed to win a game while dropping the other two this week. They now have two wins out of their last 10 games played and sit in 12th place in the Eastern Conference, 7 points behind 8th place Providence. Albany's PP on the week was 3/17 to raise the season success rate up to 17.34%. The PK was 13/16 and now sits at 80.89%. Albany has an all situation PDO of 99.34% for the season but over their last 10 games is just 93.88%. They are only shooting 5.17% during this time with a lot of guys in slumps but the goaltending woes should come as no surprise. HockeyStats.ca has Albany with a 100.50% PDO and 50.55% estimated Fenwick Close.

Injury Update: It appears that Scott Timmins (leg injury) is the only injured player for Albany at the moment.

Transactions: With plenty of healthy players available, Mike Keenan and Alexandre Carrier were both returned to Orlando of the ECHL on 2/20. Scott Clemmensen was called up by New Jersey yesterday due to Keith Kinkaid's minor injury.

Friday 2/20: Albany lost to Syracuse 3-1. Kelly Zajac had the only Devils goal with Paul Thompson and Brandon Burlon picking up the assists. Reid Boucher had 4 shots as the Devils were outshot 24-21 by the Crunch. Scott Wedgewood made 21 saves on 24 shots. Albany went 1/4 on the PP and 3/3 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet and highlights.

Line Up (via ADevils twitter):

Whitney-K. Zajac-Sislo

Matteau-Sestito-Thompson

Boucher-Black-McKelvie

D. Zajac-Pelley-Janssen

Kelly-Hrabarenka

Burlon-McPherson

Helgeson-Scarlett

Saturday 2/21: Albany defeated Utica 2-1. Ben Thomson led the way for the Devils with a goal and an assist. Reece Scarlett had the other Devils goal. Brandon Burlon, Chris McKelvie, and Seth Helgeson each picked up an assist. David Wohlberg led the Devils with 3 shots as the Devils got outshot 32-23 by the Comets. Scott Clemmensen made 31 saves on 32 shots. Albany went 0/3 on the PP and 6/6 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet and highlights:

Sunday 2/22: Albany lost to Springfield 4-2. Raman Hrabarenka and Kelly Zajac each had power play goals for the Devils. Seth Helgeson, Stefan Matteau, Joe Whitney, and Mike Sislo each had an assist. Tim Sestito led the Devils with 5 shots as they outshot the Falcons 41-21. Scott Clemmensen made 17 saves on 21 shots. Albany went 2/9 on the PP and 4/7 on the PK. An incident between Paul Thompson and the Falcons goaltender at the final whistle resulted in Helgeson picking up a fighting major, Sestito and Sislo getting game misconducts, and someone on Albany's bench getting a game misconduct. Here is the gamesheet and highlights:

Still Struggling: Stefan Matteau had an assist on Sunday to go along with his first 2+ shot game since mid-Janaury but that still just broke a 10 game scoring drought. According to Quant Hockey he is at the AHL median in points per game and below it in goals per game. Reid Boucher is currently on a 7 game scoring drought and has just 2 goals and 4 assists over his last 22 games. He has a 3.77 SH% and 2.41 SH/GP during that time so hopefully he can start converting on some of these shots. According to Quant Hockey, Boucher is in-between the median and 75th percentile in points per game and is about at the 75th percentile in goals per game.

Coming Up: Albany has another three in three. They take on Syracuse on Friday, Hershey on Saturday, and Binghamton 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	7	0	1	1	0	0	-2	2	7	0.00%	1.00	0.14	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Baier	6'2	210	26	D	32	5	8	13	4	9	6	11	82	6.10%	2.56	0.41	4	6	10	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Keenan	6'0	190	25	D	23	0	6	6	2	2	0	16	33	0.00%	1.43	0.26	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0

Name	Age (as of 2/1)	GP	GS	Min	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA
Maxime Clermont	23	12	10	694	6	4	0	1	3.63	0.877	143	-12.67
Height: 6'0		SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 200		0	0.00%	2	20.00%	3	30.00%	1	10.00%	80.95%	14.29%	4.76%

Myles Bell remained sidelined with an undisclosed injury.

Alexandre Carrier played in his first ECHL game since December, picking up an assist for Orlando on Saturday. Eric Baier was a -2 with 14 shots over 4 games for Orlando. Mike Keenan played in his first ECHL action since November, going a -1 with 4 shots over 2 games for Orlando. Maxime Clermont started twice for Orlando, picking up a quality start and a really bad start. On Friday he made 32 saves on 34 shots to get his first ECHL win since November. He followed that up the next night by making just 24 saves on 29 shots and losing in a shootout.

Prospect of the Week

Joseph Blandisi is the clear cut prospect of the week after notching 6 goals and 3 assists over 3 games. He's currently on a 8 game scoring streak in which he has 12 goals and 8 assists. He currently leads the OHL in goals, is 10th in assists, and is 4th in scoring. According to CHL Stats, he has an age adjusted points per game of 0.84, a NHLe of 42 which ranks 6th among OHL forwards (min. 45 GP), is second with a goals created per game of 0.702, has the highest estimated time on ice at 32.13, and an estimated points per 60 of 3.24.

ADevil of the Week

Honestly, it's hard to pick an ADevil of the week with the team struggling this much. I'll give this week's honors to Kelly Zajac as he had 2 power play goals. It's been a tough year for the center due to injuries causing him to miss most of the season. I was looking forward to how he would do after a strong rookie campaign saw him put up 44 points in 67 games. I hope he can stay healthy and productive the rest of the way since he could provide Albany with a nice offensive boost.

Prospects on TV

-- Thursday 2/26: Michigan State (Jacobs) vs. Minnesota on the Big Ten Network at 9 PM ET.

-- Friday 2/27: Boston College (Santini) vs. Notre Dame on NBCSN at 7:30 PM ET.

-- Friday 2/27: Michigan State (Jacobs) vs. Minnesota on the Big Ten Network at 9 PM ET.

-- Saturday 2/28: Boston College (Santini) vs. Notre Dame on NBCSN at 6 PM ET.

Your Take

Are you excited about Blandisi's play or are you tempering your enthusiasm? Did you get a chance to watch Baddock last week, and if so, what are your thoughts on his game? Does Kerfoot intrigue you as a prospect? What do you think about the struggling ADevils. Leave your comments below and thank you for reading!