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New Jersey Devils Prospect Update: 2/28/17

Week 21 of the 2016-17 prospect update saw Michael McLeod have an insanely awesome week, the college prospects get set for conference tournaments, and the Russian based prospects play in playoff action.

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Michael McLeod with the classic 9 points in 2 games week.
Photo by Jeffrey T. Barnes/Getty Images

This post will recap the 21st week of Devils prospect action for the 2016-17 season. It's highlighted by Michael McLeod's 9 point week, Alexander Kerfoot leading Harvard to some silverware, and Albany split a series with St. John's.

QMJHL

Name Pos. Age Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM SH% SH/GP Pts/GP FO%
Brandon Gignac C 19.32 Shawinigan 50 19 34 53 19 28 14.07% 2.70 1.06 56.25%
Height: 5'11 A1 Pts1 EVG EVA EV Pts PPG PPA PP Pts SHG SHA SH Pts NHLe
Weight: 179 20 39 9 23 32 9 11 20 0 0 0 23

Brandon Gignac had an assist, +3, 2 PIM, 3 shots, and won 56.41% of his faceoffs in 2 games for Shawinigan.

OHL

Name Pos. Age Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM SH% SH/GP Pts/GP FO%
Blake Speers RW 20.17 Sault Ste. Marie 21 13 13 26 8 8 16.05% 3.86 1.24 59.50%
Height: 5'11 A1 Pts1 EVG EVA EV Pts PPG PPA PP Pts SHG SHA SH Pts NHLe
Weight: 183 8 21 8 7 15 2 5 7 2 0 2 30
Pos. Age Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM SH% SH/GP Pts/GP
Colton White D 19.84 Sault Ste. Marie 55 5 23 28 17 39 4.85% 1.87 0.51
Height: 6'1 A1 Pts1 EVG EVA EV Pts PPG PPA PP Pts SHG SHA SH Pts NHLe
Weight: 193 12 17 4 20 24 0 2 2 1 0 1 13
Pos. Age Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM SH% SH/GP Pts/GP FO%
Michael McLeod C 19.08 Mississauga 48 21 40 61 23 45 14.29% 3.06 1.27 59.95%
Height: 6'2 A1 Pts1 EVG EVA EV Pts PPG PPA PP Pts SHG SHA SH Pts NHLe
Weight: 195 25 46 14 29 43 5 7 12 2 2 4 31
Pos. Age GP G A Pts +/- PIM SH% SH/GP Pts/GP FO%
Nathan Bastian RW 19.24 Mississauga 49 14 28 42 11 32 11.29% 2.53 0.86 48.09%
Height: 6'4 A1 Pts1 EVG EVA EV Pts PPG PPA PP Pts SHG SHA SH Pts NHLe
Weight: 219 18 32 9 20 29 2 7 9 3 0 3 21
Name Age GP GS W L OTL SOL GAA SV% GA%- GSAA GSAA/60
Evan Cormier 19.32 43 43 19 17 5 2 3.32 0.897 102 -7.63 -0.18
Height: 6'2 Saginaw SO SO% QS QS% RBS RBS% BO BO% EVG% PPG% SHG%
Weight: 215 OHL 2 4.65% 24 55.81% 11 25.58% 3 6.98% 69.57% 29.71% 0.72%

Blake Speers had 2 assists, +1, 8 shots, and won 63.64% of his faceoffs in 2 games for Sault Ste. Marie. Colton White was a -1 with 5 shots in that stretch.

Michael McLeod had himself quite the week. He had 3 goals, 3 assists, +4, 3 shots, and won 13/22 faceoffs against Peterborough on Friday. The following night he had 2 goals, an assist, +3, 3 shots, and won 9/21 faceoffs. More on him later. Nathan Bastian had a goal, +3, 6 shots, and won 3/6 faceoffs in 2 games for Mississauga last week.

Evan Cormier lost both of his starts last week. He made 24 saves on 27 shots against North Bay on Saturday. The following day he made 40 saves on 44 shots against Flint.

WHL

Name Pos. Age Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM Pts/GP NHLe
Colby Sissons D 19.13 Swift Current 57 6 19 25 8 26 0.44 9
Height: 6'2 A1 Pts1 EVG EVA EV Pts PPG PPA PP Pts SHG SHA SH Pts
Weight: 190 12 18 4 13 17 2 6 8 0 0 0

Colby Sissons had 3 assists, -3, and 2 PIM in 3 games for Swift Current last week.

NCAA

Name Pos. Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM SH% SH/GP Pts/GP FO% NHLe
Alex Kerfoot C Harvard 29 14 23 37 20 16 16.67% 2.90 1.28 47.34% 27
Height: 5'10 Age League A1 Pts1 EVG EVA EV Pts PPG PPA PP Pts SHG SHA SH Pts
Weight: 175 22.56 ECAC 15 29 7 11 18 6 5 11 1 4 5
GP G A Pts +/- PIM SH% SH/GP Pts/GP FO% NHLe
JD Dudek LW Boston College 36 11 7 18 7 22 12.36% 2.47 0.50 0.00% 14
Height: 5'11 A1 Pts1 EVG EVA EV Pts PPG PPA PP Pts SHG SHA SH Pts
Weight: 185 21.10 Hockey East 4 15 9 6 15 1 1 2 1 0 1
GP G A Pts +/- PIM SH% SH/GP Pts/GP FO% NHLe
Brett Seney C Merrimack 33 10 19 29 11 30 14.29% 2.12 0.88 45.83% 24
Height: 5'9 A1 Pts1 EVG EVA EV Pts PPG PPA PP Pts SHG SHA SH Pts
Weight: 170 21.01 Hockey East 13 23 9 10 19 1 9 10 0 0 0
GP G A Pts +/- PIM SH% SH/GP Pts/GP FO% NHLe
Joey Anderson RW Minnesota Duluth 29 7 17 24 5 4 10.14% 2.38 0.83 15.79% 20
Height: 6'0 A1 Pts1 EVG EVA EV Pts PPG PPA PP Pts SHG SHA SH Pts
Weight: 195 18.71 Hockey East 10 17 6 12 18 1 5 6 0 0 0
GP G A Pts +/- PIM SH% SH/GP Pts/GP BLK NHLe
Jeremy Davies D Northeastern 34 7 13 20 -7 34 10.61% 1.94 0.59 54 16
Height: 5'11 A1 Pts1 EVG EVA EV Pts PPG PPA PP Pts SHG SHA SH Pts
Weight: 182 20.25 Hockey East 5 12 4 4 8 3 9 12 0 0 0

Alexander Kerfoot had 2 goals, 2 assists, +3, 2 PIM, 7 shots, and won 51.61% of his faceoffs across Harvard's final 2 regular season games. He has now helped Harvard clinch a share for the Cleary Cup for the ECAC Regular Season Title. They'll share it with Union College. Harvard has earned a bye through the 1st round of the ECAC Playoffs and will host a Quarterfinal series on the weekend of March 10-12.

JD Dudek was a -1 with 4 PIM, 5 shots, and won 1/2 faceoffs in Boston College's final 2 regular season games. BC will either be the 2nd or 3rd seed in the Hockey East Tournament and will have a bye in the opening round.

Brett Seney had a goal, even rating, 2 PIM, 6 shots, and won a faceoff in Merrimack's final 2 regular season games. They are the 7th seed in the Hockey East Tournament and will host 10th seeded New Hampshire this upcoming weekend.

Joey Anderson was a -1 with 2 PIM and 2 shots in 2 games for Minnesota Duluth last week.

Jeremy Davies had a goal, 2 assists, -2, and 3 shots in Northeastern's final 2 regular season games. Northeastern is the 8th seed in the Hockey East Tournament and will host 9th seeded UConn this upcoming weekend.

Europe

Regular Season

Name Pos. Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM SH SH% SH/GP Pts/GP BLK ATOI
Yegor Rykov D SKA St. Petersburg 47 0 9 9 9 8 41 0.00% 0.87 0.19 39 12:24
Height: 6'2 Age League A1 Pts1 EVG EVA EV Pts PPG PPA PP Pts SHG SHA SH Pts NHLe
Weight: 216 19.89 KHL 5 5 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Name Pos. Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM SH SH% SH/GP Pts/GP FO% ATOI
Mikhail Maltsev C SKA-Neva 34 2 12 14 13 21 57 3.51% 1.68 0.41 58.26% 12:07
Height: 6'3 Age League A1 Pts1 EVG EVA EV Pts PPG PPA PP Pts SHG SHA SH Pts NHLe
Weight: 205 18.98 VHL 10 12 2 11 13 0 1 1 0 0 0 13
Name Pos. Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM SH SH% SH/GP Pts/GP FO% ATOI
Mikhail Maltsev C SKA-1946 14 5 9 14 11 2 36 13.89% 2.57 1.00 63.29% N/A
Height: 6'3 Age League A1 Pts1 EVG EVA EV Pts PPG PPA PP Pts SHG SHA SH Pts NHLe
Weight: 205 18.98 MHL 4 9 4 7 11 1 1 2 0 1 1 15
Name Pos. Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM SH SH% SH/GP Pts/GP FO% ATOI
Jesper Bratt LW AIK 44 6 14 20 -4 6 58 10.34% 1.32 0.45 0.00% 13:20
Height: 5'10 Age League A1 Pts1 EVG EVA EV Pts PPG PPA PP Pts SHG SHA SH Pts NHLe
Weight: 174 18.59 Allsvenskan 10 16 6 12 18 0 2 2 0 0 0 30

Playoffs

Name Pos. Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM SH SH% SH/GP Pts/GP BLK ATOI
Yegor Rykov D SKA St. Petersburg 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.00% 2.00 0.00 2 13:50
Height: 6'2 Age League A1 Pts1 EVG EVA EV Pts PPG PPA PP Pts SHG SHA SH Pts
Weight: 216 19.89 KHL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Name Pos. Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM SH SH% SH/GP Pts/GP FO% ATOI
Mikhail Maltsev C SKA-Neva 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 33.33% 1.50 0.50 75.00% 11:01
Height: 6'3 Age League A1 Pts1 EVG EVA EV Pts PPG PPA PP Pts SHG SHA SH Pts
Weight: 205 18.98 VHL 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

SKA St. Petersburg swept Vityaz in the Quarterfinals of the KHL Playoffs. Yegor Rykov didn't appear until Game 4, for reasons I haven't been able to track down, but posted a +1, 2 shots, and 2 blocks in 13:50.

Mikhail Maltsev has helped SKA-Neva get out to a 2-0 lead in their opening playoff series against HC Ryazan. He had an even rating, 2 PIM, 2 shots, and won 9/11 faceoffs in 10:42 in game 1. He had the game winning goal in overtime along with a +1, 1 shot, and won 6/9 faceoffs in 11:20 in game 2. The series continues tomorrow.

Jesper Bratt had an assist, even rating, 2 shots, and averaged 15:50 in ice time across 3 games for AIK last week.

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
John Quenneville 6'1 205 20.88 C 49 11 26 37 14 25 -16 51 124 8.87% 2.53 0.76 13.32 0.27 27 5 13 18 6 13 19 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Coleman 5'11 200 25.27 C 49 18 16 34 9 27 16 46 117 15.38% 2.39 0.69 14.43 0.29 25 15 15 30 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ben Sexton 5'11 195 25.75 C 53 19 12 31 3 22 -1 60 102 18.63% 1.92 0.58 13.87 0.26 21 11 6 17 8 6 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Gibbons 5'8 175 29.02 LW 54 11 17 28 8 19 -7 32 86 12.79% 1.59 0.52 10.82 0.20 19 7 12 19 4 4 8 0 0 0 0 1 1
Blake Pietila 5'11 200 24.03 LW 39 13 12 25 7 20 0 29 86 15.12% 2.21 0.64 10.54 0.27 23 7 10 17 4 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 2
Carter Camper 5'9 175 28.66 C 30 5 19 24 11 16 1 10 46 10.87% 1.53 0.80 8.05 0.27 29 4 9 13 1 10 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Blandisi 6'0 200 22.63 C 28 7 16 23 9 16 -2 56 55 12.73% 1.96 0.82 8.32 0.30 30 5 7 12 2 9 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reece Scarlett 6'1 185 23.93 D 50 4 17 21 6 10 -6 53 85 4.71% 1.70 0.42 6.94 0.14 15 2 8 10 2 9 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Lappin 6'1 175 24.34 RW 23 8 11 19 9 17 -3 6 59 13.56% 2.57 0.83 7.49 0.33 30 5 9 14 2 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 1
Kevin Rooney 6'2 190 23.79 C 57 10 7 17 7 17 -3 39 88 11.36% 1.54 0.30 7.49 0.13 11 8 4 12 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2
Vojtech Mozik 6'3 200 24.19 D 48 8 8 16 5 13 13 44 108 7.41% 2.25 0.33 6.66 0.14 12 1 6 7 7 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karl Stollery 5'11 180 29.29 D 42 1 13 14 7 8 11 32 48 2.08% 1.14 0.33 4.16 0.10 12 1 10 11 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan Mandat 6'0 205 21.29 C 33 5 8 13 6 11 6 19 36 13.89% 1.09 0.39 4.99 0.15 14 4 8 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Petr Straka 6'0 185 24.72 LW 27 4 9 13 5 9 -5 10 44 9.09% 1.63 0.48 4.72 0.17 17 4 4 8 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rod Pelley 6'0 205 32.51 LW 55 6 6 12 5 11 -2 16 56 10.71% 1.02 0.22 4.99 0.09 8 5 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Max Novak 5'11 180 25.89 C 47 5 6 11 4 9 -10 19 64 7.81% 1.36 0.23 4.44 0.09 8 2 2 4 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 2
Ryan Kujawinski 6'2 200 21.93 C 26 5 5 10 4 9 6 16 31 16.13% 1.19 0.38 4.16 0.16 14 5 3 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
Yohann Auvitu 5'11 190 27.61 D 19 3 7 10 2 5 1 2 56 5.36% 2.95 0.53 3.61 0.19 19 3 4 7 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brandon Gormley 6'2 195 25.04 D 34 2 7 9 3 5 -13 30 48 4.17% 1.41 0.26 3.05 0.09 10 1 3 4 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jacob MacDonald 6'0 208 24.02 D 17 3 6 9 4 7 -3 5 36 8.33% 2.12 0.53 3.33 0.20 19 1 3 4 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ben Thomson 6'3 205 24.13 LW 56 5 3 8 3 8 -12 77 83 6.02% 1.48 0.14 3.61 0.06 5 5 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Jacobs 6'2 200 21.05 D 38 0 7 7 4 4 -6 30 43 0.00% 1.13 0.18 1.94 0.05 7 0 6 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Seth Helgeson 6'4 215 26.41 D 31 2 4 6 3 5 10 39 31 6.45% 1.00 0.19 2.22 0.07 7 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miles Wood 6'2 215 21.47 LW 14 3 3 6 3 6 -2 32 41 7.32% 2.93 0.43 2.50 0.18 15 2 2 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luke Gadzic 6'4 225 27.61 LW 25 1 4 5 3 4 -2 50 20 5.00% 0.80 0.20 1.66 0.07 7 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew MacWilliam 6'2 230 26.95 D 51 0 4 4 1 1 -14 83 53 0.00% 1.04 0.08 1.11 0.02 3 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Ward 6'1 205 25.05 LW 8 0 1 1 0 0 -2 0 4 0.00% 0.50 0.13 0.28 0.03 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ty Loney 6'3 205 25.01 RW 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 0.00% 1.25 0.25 0.28 0.07 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Santini 6'2 210 21.99 D 15 0 0 0 0 0 4 25 16 0.00% 1.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Justin Agosta 6'3 205 26.40 D 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0.00% 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tylor Spink 5'10 180 24.17 C 4 0 0 0 0 0 -4 4 4 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
Mackenzie Blackwood 20.23 23 22 11 9 1 1 2.96 0.897 114 -7.73 -0.37
Height: 6'4 MIN SO SO% QS QS% RBS RBS% BO BO% EVG% PPG% SHG%
Weight: 215 1258.37 1 4.55% 7 31.82% 4 18.18% 5 22.73% 62.90% 30.65% 6.45%
Age GP GS W L OTL SOL GAA SV% GA%- GSAA GSAA/60
Scott Wedgewood 24.55 10 8 5 3 0 0 2.18 0.912 98 0.43 0.05
Height: 6'2 MIN SO SO% QS QS% RBS RBS% BO BO% EVG% PPG% SHG%
Weight: 190 549.87 0 0.00% 2 25.00% 1 12.50% 3 37.50% 60.00% 30.00% 10.00%
Age GP GS W L OTL SOL GAA SV% GA%- GSAA GSAA/60
Ken Appleby 21.90 26 26 15 11 0 0 2.42 0.908 102 -1.44 -0.06
Height: 6'4 MIN SO SO% QS QS% RBS RBS% BO BO% EVG% PPG% SHG%
Weight: 210 1559.78 0 0.00% 14 53.85% 4 15.38% 2 7.69% 80.95% 14.29% 4.76%
Age GP GS W L OTL SOL GAA SV% GA%- GSAA GSAA/60
J.P. Anderson 24.85 1 1 0 1 0 0 4.07 0.857 159 -1.48 -1.51
Height: 5'11 MIN SO SO% QS QS% RBS RBS% BO BO% EVG% PPG% SHG%
Weight: 185 58.95 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 75.00% 25.00% 0.00%

Albany went 1-1 last week and currently sit 2nd in the North Division with 64 points after 57 games. Their all situation PDO is currently 99.84%. They currently have a Shots For% of 51.94%. The PP is currently operating at 18.07% which is 13th in the league, while the PK is at 85.31% which is 2nd in the league.

Injury Update: Scott Wedgewood (shoulder), Ben Sexton, and Vojtech Mozik were sidelined. Carter Camper remained behind to be with his wife who is pregnant. Newly acquired defenseman, Viktor Loov also was left behind due to paperwork issues.

Transactions: Blake Coleman was recalled by New Jersey on 2/27.

Friday 2/24: Albany defeated St. John's 3-2 in overtime. Albany fell behind 2-0 in the 1st period, but 3rd period goals by Ryan Kujawinski and Ben Thomson forced overtime. Kevin Rooney, Jan Mandat, and Karl Stollery had an assist each in regulation. Rooney had the game winning goal with Stollery and Blake Coleman earning the assists. Brian Gibbons had 4 shots as Albany was outshot 34-26. Ken Appleby made 32 saves. Albany went 0/2 on the PP and 2/2 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet.

Saturday 2/25: Albany lost to St. John's 5-4. Reece Scarlett, Luke Gazdic, Petr Straka, and Nick Lappin had the goals. Gazdic, Ben Thomson, Kevin Rooney, Scarlett, and Karl Stollery had an assist each. 4 Devils had 4 shots as both teams finished with 33 shots on goal. Mackenzie Blackwood made 28 saves. Albany went 0/4 on the PP and 2/2 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet.

PK on a Roll: The ADevils penalty kill has been hot lately, succesfully killing off 33 of the past 35 penalties (94.28%) over the past 9 games.

Coming Up: Albany plays Providence on Friday and Utica on 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
Brandon Baddock 6'4 215 21.93 F 18 0 3 3 2 2 2 11 21 0.00% 1.17 0.17 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Jacobs 6'2 200 21.05 D 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.00% 2.00 0.00 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
Ken Appleby 21.90 6 6 4 1 0 1 1.98 0.915 89 1.49 0.25
Height: 6'4 MIN SO SO% QS QS% RBS RBS% BO BO% EVG% PPG% SHG%
Weight: 205 363.23 1 16.67% 4 66.67% 0 0.00% 1 16.67% 50.00% 41.67% 8.33%

Brandon Baddock returned from injury to appear in Adirondack's game against Brampton on Saturday.

Prospect of the Week

With 5 goals, 4 assists, +7, 6 shots, and 51.16 FO% in 2 games, Michael McLeod is clearly the prospect of the week. While those totals alone stand out, I really am encouraged to see that all 9 of those points were primary and that they came across even strength (3 goals, 2 assists), power play (1 goal, 1 assist), and short handed (1 goal, 1 assist). Not to mention that his electric speed and playmaking abilities make him an exciting player to watch.

ADevil of the Week

Kevin Rooney earns this week's honors after posting a game winning goal, 2 assists, and 4 shots in 2 games for Albany last week. The unheralded forward isn't known for his offensive abilities but has become a solid regular in the line up as a rookie for Albany this season. The big club has taken notice and yesterday they inked Rooney to a NHL deal for the remainder of the season.

Your Take

What are your thoughts on McLeod's week and overall season? What about the college prospects as they get towards the end of their seasons? Leave your comments below and thank you for reading!