New Jersey Devils Prospect Update: 11/7/17

The fifth week of the 2017-18 prospect update is here. It's highlighted by Marian Studenic and Joey Anderson suffering injuries, Reilly Walsh staying hot for Harvard, and mutliple prospects gearing up for international exhibitions.

QMJHL

Jocktan Chainey had a goal, 2 assists, +3, and 8 shots over the course of 3 games for Halifax last week. A quick reminder that he'll be a part of the QMJHL team to take on Russia in the upcoming Canada - Russia Series on 11/14 and 11/16. It appears NHL Network will be airing those games on tape delay, the following morning at 10 AM ET.

OHL

Marian Studenic had an assist, +1, and 2 shots against Windsor on Thursday. He managed a shot against Oshawa on Saturday before leaving the game late in the 1st period after a taking a hard hit by Riley Stillman. Studenic didn't return to the game and missed Sunday's game against Windsor. He's currently sidelined with a concussion.

Evan Cormier and Saginaw picked up 3 wins last week. Cormier made 24 saves on 27 shots against Flint on Wednesday, 31 saves on 36 shots against London on Friday, and 22 saves on 23 shots against North Bay on Saturday. 5 of the 9 goals he gave up last week were while Saginaw was on the penalty kill.

WHL

Colby Sissons had a PP assist, even rating, 2 PIM, and 2 shots against Prince Albert on Friday, to extend his point streak to 7 games with a goal and 8 assists during that stretch. Sissons was a +2 with a shot the next night against Red Deer as his point streak was snapped.

NCAA

Merrimack and Boston College squared off for a home and home set last weekend, with BC winning both games. Brett Seney had an assist, even rating, 8 PIM, and 3 shots for Merrimack in the series. JD Dudek had a goal, +1, and 4 shots for Boston College. Dudek's goal (embedded below) ended up being the game winning goal on Friday and earned him praise from SBN College Hockey's Joshua Kummins and BC head coach Jerry York:

Dudek is one player York expected to make a jump in replacing the likes of Ryan Fitzgerald, Colin White, and Austin Cangelosi, and a season of trials and tribulations slowed his production down to just a goal and two assists through the first seven games.

It was a play that showed his all-around tools and a responsible game.

“JD has been hurt most of the year,” York said. “He’s been banged up in a lot of different areas, but he fought through those different aches, pains, and sprains. Just about anything you can have, he has. He got a huge goal tonight, a real goal scorer’s goal.”

Joey Anderson missed both of Minnesota Duluth's games against St. Cloud State last weekend due to an upper body injury.

Jeremy Davies saw his 4 game point streak come to an end on Saturday against Boston University though he was a +1 with 2 PIM and 3 shots.

Reilly Walsh continues to be a threat on the PP for Harvard. The offensively skilled defenseman put up 2 PP goals, a PP assist, -1, 4 PIM, and 5 shots in 2 games for Harvard last week.

Matt Hellickson had an assist, +2, 2 shots, and 4 blocks in 2 games for Notre Dame against Ohio State over the weekend. You can catch him in action on NBCSN this Saturday when Notre Dame takes on Penn State at 7 PM ET.

KHL/VHL/MHL

Yegor Rykov had an assist, +1, 1 shot, and 2 blocks while averaging over 12 minutes per game in 3 games for SKA last week.

Mikhail Maltsev had an even rating, 2 shots, and won 6/7 faceoffs in 10:42 against Dinamo Riga on Tuesday. He is now with the Russian team for the Canada - Russia Series, along with fellow Devils prospect, Yegor Zaitsev. The full schedule can be found here and it appears most of these games are being broadcast on the NHL Network by tape delay the following morning.

Yegor Zaitsev had a brief 1:30 cameo for Dynamo Moscow against Torpedo on Tuesday. According to both Russian Prospects and Aivis Kalnins on twitter, Zaitsev is expected to captain the Russian U20 team in the Canada - Russia Series.

Nikita Popugaev was assigned by CSKA Moscow to Zvezda Chekhov of the VHL in the Russian second tier. He had an assist, -1, and played 23:40 in his debut on Sunday.

Europe

Fabian Zetterlund played just under 3 minutes for Farjestad BK with a -1 on Friday. The following night he had an even rating with a shot in 9:30.

Aarne Talvitie had 5 goals, 2 assists, +7, and 2 PIM in 3 games for the Espoo Blues U20 team last week.

Gilles Senn played the final 2 periods of HC Davos 6-1 loss to SC Bern on Friday. He made 21 saves on 24 shots in relief. Senn is on the Swiss roster for the upcoming Karjala Cup Tournament in Finland which runs from 11/8 to 11/12.

Your Take

What prospects stood out to you this week? Are you going to try to catch the Canada - Russia Series games? How do you feel about Reilly Walsh's hot start? Leave your comments below and thank you for reading!