New Jersey Devils Prospect Update: 3/8/16

This post will recap the 23rd week of Devils prospect action for the 2015-16 season. It's highlighted by Pavel Zacha's return from a concussion, Blake Speers and John Quenneville staying hot in CHL action, Brett Seney and Merrimack keeping their season alive, and Albany battling for some tough points. 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	20.37	Flint/Windsor	59	16	21	37	-12	84	9.41%	2.88	0.63
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	17
				GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Josh Jacobs	D	20.07	Sarnia	62	4	18	22	19	38	3.03%	2.13	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	6	7	0	0	0	10
				GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Pavel Zacha	C	18.93	Sarnia	46	25	28	53	10	87	16.89%	3.22	1.15
Height: 6'3	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts	NHLe
Weight: 213	17	42	14	16	30	9	12	21	2	0	2	31
				GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Blake Speers	RW	19.19	Sault Ste. Marie	62	21	42	63	-7	38	10.88%	3.11	1.02
Height: 5'11	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts	NHLe
Weight: 183	23	44	16	17	33	4	24	28	0	0	0	27
				GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SH%	SH/GP	Pts/GP
Colton White	D	18.86	Sault Ste. Marie	62	8	22	30	-11	13	8.89%	1.45	0.48
Height: 6'1	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts	NHLe
Weight: 185	11	19	3	16	19	4	5	9	0	0	0	13

Name	Age	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA	GSAA/60
Mackenzie Blackwood	19.25	39	38	25	12	0	0	2.71	0.922	84	16.13	0.44
Height: 6'4	Barrie	SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 215	OHL	3	7.89%	23	60.53%	5	13.16%	3	7.89%	82.00%	15.00%	2.00%

Connor Chatham had no points, a -1 rating, 2 PIM, and 9 shots in 3 games for Windsor last week. He has no points in 6 games and just 8 points in 25 games with Windsor.

Pavel Zacha returned from his concussion with a 2 goal performance against Sault Ste. Marie on Thursday. He finished the week with 2 goals, and even rating, 8 PIM, 7 shots, and won 19/41 faceoffs across 2 games. Josh Jacobs had an assist, -1 rating, and 3 shots in 2 games for Sarnia last week.

Blake Speers had 3 goals, an assist, -1 rating, 16 shots, and won 18/32 faceoffs over 3 games for Sault Ste. Marie last week. He is currently on a 5 game point streak with 5 goals and 3 assists during that time. Colton White had 2 assists, a +1 rating, 2 PIM, and a shot during that stretch of games.

Mackenzie Blackwood won both of his starts for Barrie last week. He made 49 saves on 52 shots against Niagara on Friday. The following night he made 32 saves on 35 shots against Owen Sound. Hopefully this is a sign that he is breaking out of his slump.

WHL

Name	Pos.	Age	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP	NHLe
John Quenneville	C	19.90	Brandon	52	25	39	64	21	65	1.23	27
Height: 6'1	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 205	26	51	17	23	40	7	16	23	1	0	1
				GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP	NHLe
Ryan Rehill	D	20.35	Kamloops	58	10	27	37	1	90	0.64	14
Height: 6'3	A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 218	12	22	4	13	17	6	11	17	0	1	1
				GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Pts/GP	NHLe
Brandon Baddock	C	20.96	Edmonton	62	21	12	33	-10	133	0.53	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 had 3 goals and 7 assists in 4 games for Brandon last week. He finished a +5 with 11 PIM.

Ryan Rehill had 2 assists, a +3 rating, and 13 PIM in 3 games for Kamloops last week. He even donned the modern day version of Cooperalls in a game against Kelowna on Friday.

Brandon Baddock was a -1 with 4 PIM for Edmonton in 2 games last week.

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	21.59	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	21	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	21.02	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	20.12	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	20.50	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	30	8	18	26	8	34	15.38%	1.73	0.87	49.03%	23
Height: 5'9			A1	Pts1	EVG	EVA	EV Pts	PPG	PPA	PP Pts	SHG	SHA	SH Pts
Weight: 170	20.03	Hockey East	12	20	7	12	19	1	6	7	0	0	0

Alex Kerfoot and Harvard had a bye in the opening round of the ECAC Tournament. They will take on RPI in the Quarterfinals this weekend.

Boston College had a bye in the opening round of the Hockey East Tournament. They will take on Vermont in the Quarterfinals this weekend.

Brett Seney and Merrimack won their opening round series in the Hockey East Tournament against New Hampshire 2 games to 1. Seney had a -2 rating with 10 shots, and won 1/1 faceoff in the 3 game series. He now has no points over his last 5 games after having a 2 goals and 10 assists in his previous 6 games. Merrimack will take on Providence in the Quarterfinals 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	22.19	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	28.15	RW	54	27	25	52	14	41	16	18	159	16.98%	2.94	0.96	21.25	0.39	38	10	13	23	14	10	24	3	0	3	0	2	2
Matt Lorito	5'9	170	25.70	LW	53	13	32	45	22	35	11	20	91	14.29%	1.72	0.85	15.60	0.29	33	9	14	23	4	18	22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reid Boucher	5'10	190	22.51	LW	32	17	12	29	7	24	10	4	123	13.82%	3.84	0.91	12.38	0.39	36	9	9	18	7	3	10	0	0	0	1	0	1
Corey Tropp	6'2	185	26.64	RW	51	11	17	28	11	22	2	61	78	14.10%	1.53	0.55	10.49	0.21	22	7	14	21	3	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	1
Paul Thompson	6'1	200	27.28	RW	41	11	16	27	10	21	5	59	120	9.17%	2.93	0.66	10.22	0.25	26	7	13	20	3	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	1
Marc-Andre Gragnani	6'3	210	29.01	D	40	0	22	22	8	8	-9	6	36	0.00%	0.90	0.55	5.92	0.15	22	0	7	7	0	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1
Joseph Blandisi	6'0	200	21.65	C	24	7	14	21	8	15	0	47	29	24.14%	1.21	0.88	7.53	0.31	34	3	5	8	4	8	12	0	0	0	0	1	1
Jim O'Brien	6'3	195	27.12	C	38	10	10	20	8	18	0	28	105	9.52%	2.76	0.53	8.07	0.21	21	7	9	16	2	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
Reece Scarlett	6'1	180	22.95	D	43	3	17	20	8	11	2	39	75	4.00%	1.74	0.47	6.19	0.14	18	3	9	12	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian O'Neill	5'9	175	27.78	RW	28	8	12	20	5	13	5	4	47	17.02%	1.68	0.71	7.53	0.27	28	5	8	13	3	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Burlon	6'0	190	26.02	D	42	3	15	18	5	8	-6	39	39	7.69%	0.93	0.43	5.65	0.13	17	3	6	9	0	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Thomson	6'3	205	23.15	LW	54	4	12	16	8	12	1	91	85	4.71%	1.57	0.30	5.38	0.10	12	4	11	15	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Kelly	6'1	215	26.82	D	53	4	11	15	3	7	8	78	57	7.02%	1.08	0.28	5.11	0.10	11	4	9	13	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
Ryan Kujawinski	6'2	205	20.95	C	47	4	11	15	3	7	-5	27	48	8.33%	1.02	0.32	5.11	0.11	13	3	8	11	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rod Pelley	6'0	205	31.53	LW	51	7	5	12	3	10	-3	24	60	11.67%	1.18	0.24	5.11	0.10	9	7	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Blake Pietila	5'11	200	23.06	LW	48	8	4	12	2	10	-17	15	73	10.96%	1.52	0.25	5.38	0.11	10	5	1	6	3	2	5	0	1	1	0	0	0
Vojtech Mozik	6'3	200	23.21	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
Seth Helgeson	6'4	215	25.43	D	37	2	5	7	3	5	12	45	44	4.55%	1.19	0.19	2.42	0.07	7	2	4	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blake Coleman	5'11	200	24.29	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
Max Novak	5'11	180	24.91	RW	28	2	5	7	3	5	-3	6	41	4.88%	1.46	0.25	2.42	0.09	10	1	4	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris McKelvie	6'1	195	31.06	RW	41	1	6	7	2	3	-8	37	51	1.96%	1.24	0.17	2.15	0.05	7	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Graham Black	6'0	185	23.16	C	35	5	1	6	0	5	-1	8	47	10.64%	1.34	0.17	2.96	0.08	7	5	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corbin McPherson	6'4	210	27.52	D	47	1	4	5	2	3	-2	28	47	2.13%	1.00	0.11	1.61	0.03	4	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Raman Hrabarenka	6'4	230	23.55	D	33	3	1	4	1	4	-12	42	43	6.98%	1.30	0.12	1.88	0.06	5	2	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond	6'1	210	30.78	RW	35	1	2	3	0	1	-1	96	34	2.94%	0.97	0.09	1.08	0.03	3	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Wolfe	5'10	185	25.88	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	21.76	LW	4	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	4	0.00%	1.00	0.25	0.27	0.07	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Faust	5'11	207	24.33	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	25.07	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	22.05	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	34.73	40	38	25	9	5	0	2.28	0.907	104	-1.36	-0.04
Height: 5'11	MIN	SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 180	2315.29	6	15.79%	21	55.26%	4	10.53%	6	15.79%	79.55%	19.32%	1.14%
	Age	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SOL	GAA	SV%	GA%-	GSAA	GSAA/60
Scott Wedgewood	23.58	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	27.01	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	20.92	5	5	2	2	1	0	2.77	0.903	109	0.94	0.19
Height: 6'4	MIN	SO	SO%	QS	QS%	RBS	RBS%	BO	BO%	EVG%	PPG%	SHG%
Weight: 205	303.41	1	20.00%	1	20.00%	0	0.00%	1	20.00%	78.57%	21.43%	0.00%

Albany went 1-2 last week. They are still 2nd in the North Division with 76 points after 57 games. They have an all-situation PDO of 100.76%. Albany's 20.78 PP% ranks 3rd in the AHL while their 87.61 PK% is 1st overall.

Injury Update: Blake Coleman (left shoulder), Scott Wedgewood (right shoulder), and Vojtech Mozik (upper body) remain sidelined for Albany.

Transactions: New Jersey recalled Yann Danis from Albany on 3/5 due to Cory Schneider's injury. In need of a back for Ken Appleby while in St. John's, Albany signed local product Doug Pippy to an ATO on 3/5. He was released the next day and it remains to be seen who will back up Appleby this weekend.

Tuesday 3/1: Albany lost to Toronto 4-0. Brian O'Neill led the Devils with 4 shots as they outshot the Marlies 24-23. Yann Danis made 19 saves. Albany went 0/6 on the PP and 3/3 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet.



Friday 3/4: Albany lost to St. John's 3-1. Blake Pietila had the Devils goal on the PP with Max Novak and Reece Scarlett earning the assists. Mike Sislo had 4 shots as the Devils and IceCaps had 27 shots each. Yann Danis made 24 saves. Albany went 1/4 on the PP and 1/2 on the PK. Dan Kelly and Ben Thomson had 2 fights each while Ryan Kujawinski had one that earned him a game misconduct for a secondary altercation. Here is the gamesheet.



Saturday 3/5: Albany defeated St. John's 5-4 in OT. Matt Lorito, Mike Sislo, and Brian O'Neill had a goal and an assist each. Rod Pelley and Blake Pietila had the other goals. Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond had 2 assists while Corbin McPherson, Ryan Kujawinski, Chris McKelvie, and Max Novak picked up an assist each. Lorito had 7 shots followed by Sislo with 5 shots as the Devils outshot the IceCaps 31-27. Ken Appleby made 23 saves. Albany went 1/4 on the PP and 3/4 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet.



Another Honor for Sislo: Last Tuesday, Mike Sislo was named CCM/AHL Player of the Month for February after he had 9 goals and 7 assists in 11 games.

Coming Up: Albany takes on Binghamton on Friday, Utica on Saturday, and Toronto 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	ENG	ENA	EN Pts
Joe Faust	5'11	207	24.33	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	21.76	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	20.92	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	23.58	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

John Quenneville picks up this week's honors after notching 3 goals and 7 assists over the course of 4 games last week. He currently has the 3rd highest Pts/GP rate on Brandon (1.23) and has enjoyed a steady increase in his production this season. Hopefully he'll be able to carry this strong play through the end of the regular season and into the playoffs.

ADevil of the Week

This week's honors go to Blake Pietila after he had 2 goals in the weekend series against St. John's. The Michigan Tech product has found himself a regular in Albany's line up this season as a rookie and has produced 8 goals and 4 assists in 48 games. He was known for a strong defensive game in college which helped him earn a spot on the US WJC team in 2013. It will be interesting to see how he progresses and if he can find himself a role in New Jersey eventually as a 4th liner that can win faceoffs and kill penalties.

Your Take

What are your thoughts on John Quenneville's season? Do you think we'll see him in New Jersey next year? What are your expectations for Albany down the stretch? Leave your comments below and thank you for reading!