New Jersey Devils Prospect Update: 3/1/16

This post will recap the 22nd week of Devils prospect action for the 2015-16 season. It's highlighted by Pavel Zacha being sidelined by a concussion, Blake Speers, John Quenneville, and Ryan Rehill producing in juniors, the NCAA regular season coming to an end for Devils prospects, and Albany continuing to find ways to get results. 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	20.35	Flint/Windsor	56	16	21	37	-11	82	9.94%	2.88	0.66
Height: 6'2	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts	NHLe
Weight: 225	13	29	12	17	29	4	3	7	0	0	0	18
				GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Josh Jacobs	D	20.05	Sarnia	60	4	17	21	20	38	3.10%	2.15	0.35
Height: 6'2	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts	NHLe
Weight: 200	13	17	3	12	15	1	5	6	0	0	0	9
				GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Pavel Zacha	C	18.91	Sarnia	44	23	28	51	10	79	16.31%	3.20	1.16
Height: 6'3	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts	NHLe
Weight: 213	17	40	13	16	29	9	12	21	1	0	1	31
				GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Blake Speers	RW	19.17	Sault Ste. Marie	59	18	41	59	-6	38	10.17%	3.00	1.00
Height: 5'11	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts	NHLe
Weight: 183	23	41	15	16	31	2	24	26	0	0	0	27
				GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Colton White	D	18.84	Sault Ste. Marie	59	8	20	28	-12	11	8.99%	1.51	0.47
Height: 6'1	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts	NHLe
Weight: 185	10	18	3	14	17	4	5	9	0	0	0	13

Name	Age	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA	GSAA/60
Mackenzie Blackwood	19.24	37	36	23	12	0	0	2.69	0.921	85	16.13	0.46
Height: 6'4	Barrie	SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 215	OHL	3	8.33%	21	58.33%	5	13.89%	3	8.33%	80.85%	15.96%	2.13%

Connor Chatham was held without a point over the course of 3 games for Windsor last week. It's not from a lack of effort as he did have 5 shots against Barrie on Thursday and 7 shots against Flint on Saturday. He also added 6 PIM to his season totals.

Pavel Zacha did not play for Sarnia last week due to a concussion. According to The Observer, he is hoping return for Thursday's game against Sault Ste. Marie. Josh Jacobs did play for Sarnia though, going a +7 with 2 PIM and 6 shots over the course of 3 games.

Blake Speers had 2 goals, 2 assists, -1 rating, 12 shots, and won 16/29 faceoffs in 3 games. He continues to lead Sault Ste. Marie in assists (41) and points (59). Colton White had a goal, 2 assists, -3 rating, and 3 shots over the course of 3 games last week.

Mackenzie Blackwood made 26 saves on 32 shots in a loss to Sarnia on Friday. He's in a bit of a slump over his last 5 games with a .861 SV%.

WHL

Name	Pos.	Age	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP	NHLe
John Quenneville	C	19.88	Brandon	48	22	32	54	16	54	1.13	25
Height: 6'1	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 205	21	43	16	17	33	5	15	20	1	0	1
				GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP	NHLe
Ryan Rehill	D	20.33	Kamloops	55	10	25	35	-2	77	0.64	14
Height: 6'3	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 218	11	21	4	13	17	6	9	15	0	1	1
				GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP	NHLe
Brandon Baddock	C	20.94	Edmonton	60	21	12	33	-9	129	0.55	12
Height: 6'4	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 225	7	28	12	9	21	6	3	9	2	0	2

John Quenneville scored against Kootenay on Wednesday and Lethbridge on Friday before being held off the scoresheet against Medicine Hat on Saturday. He also finished the week a +2 with 2 PIM.

Ryan Rehill had a nice week for Kamloops with a goal, 3 assists, even rating, and 2 PIM over the course of 3 games. He finished February with 4 goals and 5 assists in 9 games.

Brandon Baddock had a goal, assist, -2 rating, and 8 PIM in 4 games for Edmonton last week. He is currently 2nd in the WHL with 129 PIM.

NCAA

Name	Pos.	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	FO%	NHLe
Alex Kerfoot	C	Harvard	28	4	28	32	10	16	8.70%	1.64	1.14	45.58%	37
Height: 5'10	Age	League	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 175	21.57	ECAC	16	20	3	13	16	0	13	13	0	0	0
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	Blks	NHLe
Steve Santini	D	Boston College	34	1	15	16	23	38	2.27%	1.29	0.47	47	13
Height: 6'2			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 208	21.00	Hockey East	4	5	1	12	13	0	0	0	0	1	1
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	FO%	NHLe
JD Dudek	C	Boston College	27	0	1	1	-6	6	0.00%	0.44	0.04	40.00%	1
Height: 5'11			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 185	20.10	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	30	8	22	30	14	72	8.70%	3.07	1.00	22.22%	27
Height: 6'1			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 185	20.48	Hockey East	15	23	4	17	21	2	2	4	1	1	2
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP	FO%	NHLe
Brett Seney	C	Merrimack	27	8	18	26	10	34	19.05%	1.56	0.96	48.83%	26
Height: 5'9			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 170	20.01	Hockey East	12	20	7	12	19	1	6	7	0	0	0

Alex Kerfoot finished off Harvard's regular season with 2 assists, a +1 rating, 2 PIM, 4 shots, and won 11/27 faceoffs in games against Clarkson and St. Lawrence. Kerfoot is currently 1st on Harvard in assists (28) and 2nd in points (32). He is also 3rd in the country in assists per game (1.00). Harvard finished as the #3 seed for the ECAC playoffs and will have a bye next weekend.

Boston College played 2 games against UMass Lowell on the weekend. Steve Santini finished a +2 with 2 shots. Miles Wood was -2 with 2 PIM, 6 shots, and lost 2 faceoffs. JD Dudek was a -1 and won 1/2 faceoffs. Boston College finished as the #1 seed for the Hockey East playoffs and will have a bye next weekend.

Brett Seney was a +2 with 2 shots and won 1/3 faceoffs in 2 games against Vermont for Merrimack. He continues to lead Merrimack in assists (18) and points (26). Merrimack finished as the #7 seed for the Hockey East playoffs and will take on #10 New Hampshire in a best of 3 series this weekend.

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	22.17	KHL	4	7	3	6	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	36

Season over.

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	ENG	ENA	EN Pts
Mike Sislo	5'11	190	28.13	RW	51	26	24	50	14	40	16	16	148	17.57%	2.90	0.98	20.47	0.40	39	9	13	22	14	9	23	3	0	3	0	2	2
Matt Lorito	5'9	170	25.68	LW	50	12	31	43	21	33	12	16	81	14.81%	1.62	0.86	14.82	0.30	34	8	14	22	4	17	21	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reid Boucher	5'10	190	22.49	LW	32	17	12	29	7	24	10	4	123	13.82%	3.84	0.91	12.39	0.39	36	9	9	18	7	3	10	0	0	0	1	0	1
Corey Tropp	6'2	185	26.62	RW	51	11	17	28	11	22	2	61	78	14.10%	1.53	0.55	10.51	0.21	22	7	14	21	3	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	1
Paul Thompson	6'1	200	27.27	RW	39	11	16	27	10	21	6	55	117	9.40%	3.00	0.69	10.24	0.26	27	7	13	20	3	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	1
Marc-Andre Gragnani	6'3	210	28.99	D	37	0	22	22	8	8	-5	6	35	0.00%	0.95	0.59	5.93	0.16	23	0	7	7	0	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1
Joseph Blandisi	6'0	200	21.63	C	24	7	14	21	8	15	0	47	29	24.14%	1.21	0.88	7.54	0.31	34	3	5	8	4	8	12	0	0	0	0	1	1
Jim O'Brien	6'3	195	27.10	C	35	10	10	20	8	18	4	26	98	10.20%	2.80	0.57	8.08	0.23	22	7	9	16	2	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
Reece Scarlett	6'1	180	22.93	D	40	3	16	19	8	11	3	39	70	4.29%	1.75	0.48	5.93	0.15	19	3	9	12	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Burlon	6'0	190	26.01	D	41	3	15	18	5	8	-7	37	38	7.89%	0.93	0.44	5.66	0.14	17	3	6	9	0	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian O'Neill	5'9	175	27.76	RW	25	7	11	18	5	12	5	2	41	17.07%	1.64	0.72	6.73	0.27	28	5	7	12	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Thomson	6'3	205	23.13	LW	51	4	12	16	8	12	3	81	83	4.82%	1.63	0.31	5.39	0.11	12	4	11	15	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Kelly	6'1	215	26.81	D	51	4	11	15	3	7	10	66	56	7.14%	1.10	0.29	5.12	0.10	12	4	9	13	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
Ryan Kujawinski	6'2	205	20.93	C	44	4	10	14	2	6	-4	12	44	9.09%	1.00	0.32	4.85	0.11	13	3	7	10	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vojtech Mozik	6'3	200	23.19	D	44	2	10	12	7	9	22	30	75	2.67%	1.70	0.27	3.77	0.09	11	1	6	7	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rod Pelley	6'0	205	31.52	LW	48	6	5	11	3	9	-3	24	56	10.71%	1.17	0.23	4.58	0.10	9	6	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Blake Pietila	5'11	200	23.04	LW	45	6	4	10	2	8	-15	15	66	9.09%	1.47	0.22	4.31	0.10	9	4	1	5	2	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	0
Seth Helgeson	6'4	215	25.41	D	34	2	5	7	3	5	11	45	38	5.26%	1.12	0.21	2.42	0.07	8	2	4	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blake Coleman	5'11	200	24.27	C	14	4	3	7	2	6	5	19	26	15.38%	1.86	0.50	2.96	0.21	20	4	2	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris McKelvie	6'1	195	31.04	RW	38	1	5	6	1	2	-8	37	48	2.08%	1.26	0.16	1.89	0.05	6	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Graham Black	6'0	185	23.14	C	33	5	1	6	0	5	1	8	45	11.11%	1.36	0.18	2.96	0.09	7	5	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Novak	5'11	180	24.89	RW	25	2	3	5	1	3	1	6	37	5.41%	1.48	0.20	1.89	0.08	8	1	3	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Raman Hrabarenka	6'4	230	23.53	D	30	3	1	4	1	4	-6	38	41	7.32%	1.37	0.13	1.89	0.06	5	2	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corbin McPherson	6'4	210	27.50	D	44	1	3	4	1	2	-3	26	45	2.22%	1.02	0.09	1.35	0.03	4	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond	6'1	210	30.76	RW	34	1	0	1	0	1	-3	96	34	2.94%	1.00	0.03	0.54	0.02	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Wolfe	5'10	185	25.87	C	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	50.00%	0.67	0.33	0.54	0.18	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Johnson	6'0	195	21.75	LW	3	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	0.00%	1.00	0.33	0.27	0.09	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Faust	5'11	207	24.31	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alexandre Carrier	6'3	210	25.05	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.00%	1.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stefan Matteau	6'2	220	22.03	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0.00%	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	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	34.72	38	36	25	7	5	0	2.21	0.910	101	-1.36	-0.04
Height: 5'11	MIN	SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 180	2198.21	6	16.67%	21	58.33%	4	11.11%	6	16.67%	80.25%	19.75%	0.00%
	Age	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA	GSAA/60
Scott Wedgewood	23.56	12	11	6	2	2	0	1.67	0.932	76	5.58	0.52
Height: 6'2	MIN	SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 195	645.43	1	9.09%	7	63.64%	2	18.18%	1	9.09%	66.67%	33.33%	0.00%
	Age	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA	GSAA/60
Doug Carr	26.99	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%
	Age	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA	GSAA/60
Ken Appleby	20.90	4	4	1	2	1	0	2.51	0.915	96	0.94	0.24
Height: 6'4	MIN	SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 205	239.19	1	25.00%	1	25.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	80.00%	20.00%	0.00%

Albany once again had a successful week, picking up points in all 3 games they played. Albany is still 2nd in the North Division with 74 points in 54 games. They have an all situation PDO of 101.19% and a rolling 10 game average of 104.52%. Albany's 21.20 PP% is ranked 3rd in the AHL and their 88.04 PK% is 1st.

Injury Update: Blake Coleman remains out following left shoulder surgery. Scott Wedgewood is still sidelined with a right shoulder injury. As the Times Union notes, Vojtech Mozik (upper body) and Blake Pietila (lower body) have also been out for Albany.

Transactions: Stefan Matteau was sent down for a conditioning stint on 2/27, played in 1 game, and then was recalled and traded to Montreal at the trade deadline yesterday. Seth Helgeson was sent back down to Albany on 2/27 after an extended stint with New Jersey. New Jersey also sent down and then recalled Reid Boucher, Joseph Blandisi, and Damon Severson yesterday to make them eligible for the AHL playoffs. Finally, Corey Tropp who was on loan from the Blackhawks was traded to the Ducks at the trade deadline.

Wednesday 2/24: Albany defeated St. John's 4-3. Mike Sislo had a goal and 2 assists followed by Paul Thompson with a goal and an assist. Corbin McPherson and Chris McKelvie had the other goals for Albany. Matt Lorito had 2 assists followed by Corey Tropp and Brian O'Neill with 1 each. Yann Danis made 22 saves as the Devils were outshot 25-20. Albany went 0/1 on the PP and 3/3 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet.



Line Up:
Sislo-Lorito-Thompson
Tropp-O'Brien-O'Neill
Novak-Black-Kujawinski
McKelvie-Pelley-Thomson

Kelly-Faust
Gragnani-Scarlett
Hrabarenka-McPherson

Friday 2/26: Albany lost to Springfield 4-3 in OT. Matt Lorito, Brian O'Neill, and Reece Scarlett had the goals for Albany. Marc-Andre Gragnani, Mike Sislo, Ben Thomson, and Rod Pelley had an assist each. Paul Thompson had 6 shots as the Devils were outshot 39-28. Ken Appleby made 35 saves. Albany went 1/3 on the PP and 2/3 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet.



Sunday 2/28: Albany defeated Bridgeport 4-1. Leading the offense for Albany was Paul Thompson with a goal and an assist as well as Marc-Andre Gragnani with 2 assists. Graham Black, Rod Pelley, and Raman Hrabarenka had the other goals for Albany. Ryan Kujawinski, Max Novak, Brian O'Neill, and Mike Sislo had an assist each. Raman Hrabarenka had 5 shots followed by Jim O'Brien with 4 as the Devils outshot the Sound Tigers 27-17. Yann Danis made 16 saves on 17 shots. Albany went 2/4 on the PP and 4/5 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet.



Coming Up: Albany will be taking on Toronto today when this post is published. Albany also has a back-to-back against St. John's on Friday and Saturday.

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	ENG	ENA	EN Pts
Joe Faust	5'11	207	24.31	D	36	2	7	9	4	6	3	12	62	3.23%	1.72	0.25	1	5	6	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Johnson	6'0	195	21.75	LW	13	3	3	6	2	5	0	6	31	9.68%	2.38	0.46	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Name	Age	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA	GSAA/60
Ken Appleby	20.90	24	24	14	8	1	1	2.22	0.925	85	2.18	0.09
Height: 6'4	MIN	SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 205	1434.8	3	12.50%	16	66.67%	4	16.67%	1	4.17%	73.58%	22.64%	3.77%
	Age	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA	GSAA/60
Scott Wedgewood	23.56	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.00	0.951	55	1.61	1.61
Height: 6'2	MIN	SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 195	60	0	0.00%	1	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	100.00%	0.00%	0.00%

Joe Faust, Ben Johnson, and Ken Appleby are still up with Albany.

Prospect of the Week

I'm going to give this week's honors to Ryan Rehill. In addition to eating a lot of minutes for Kamloops, he has added some offensive production as of late, with a goal and 3 assists over his last 2 games and he has been a point per game player in February. While I'm still skeptical of him turning into more than an AHL defensemen, I am happy to see him performing well in his overage season.

ADevil of the Week

You could make a case for a handful of ADevils to get this week's honors. I'm going to go with Paul Thompson after he had 2 goals, 2 assists, and 9 shots over the course of 3 games last week. Thompson enjoyed a productive February with 4 goals and 5 assists in 11 games. He is currently leading the active ADevils in shots per game (3.00) and is now 3rd in even strength points (20) now that Corey Tropp is gone. According to Quant Hockey, Thompson is above the 75th percentile in goals per game and points per game.

Prospects on TV

Friday 3/4: Kamloops (Ryan Rehill) vs. Kelowna at 10:00 PM on NHL Network.
Sunday 3/6: Windsor (Connor Chatham) vs. Kingston at 2:00 PM on NHL Network.

Your Take

Do you expect Blackwood to break out his slump this weekend? What prospects stood out to you this week? How do you think Albany will do without Corey Tropp? Leave your comments below and thank you for reading!