We’ve done it all. Profiled every Detroit prospect, save for Ryan Oulahen (AHL) and Gennady Stolyarov (KHL) who have been injured for the entire season. But the show must go on. Friday Prospects is still in demand. It’s averaged 1.3 comments over the past four weeks — that’s pretty good!
I took some time to day to think about what to do with this feature, since it would be boring if I just started over. I think the best thing to do until the end of the season is condense the report. Three profiles a week is nice, but it’s a lot of reading for you and a lot of work for me. I’ve realized that there are a good number of people who like to follow prospects. But not too many like to hear about everyone. So I’m introducing the statistical report, so that you can follow the prospects you’re hyped about most
In the mean time, every week I’ll just pick on prospect to profile. It’ll read less like a history of the player and more like a scouting report. It’ll focus on the prospects doing well, as there are different issues that arise in the second half of the season. Some prospects are playing for contracts. Some are knocking on the NHL’s door from the AHL. A couple are in the hunt for the Hobey Baker. Others are in line for long playoff runs. I’ll focus on the “stories” that the prospects are laying out for themselves instead of just rehashing the history portions that I’ve already done.
This week, though, since I spent so long tinkering with the tables, we’re going all numbers. Take a look at the format, and let me know what you think.
American Hockey League
| # | Name | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Last week | Notes |
| 3 | Logan Pyett | Grand Rapids | 38 | 5 | 9 | 14 | +5 | 10 | 1G, -3 in 3GP | Alternate captain last week |
| 4 | Travis Ehrhardt | Grand Rapids | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 22 | 1A, -4 in 1GP | |
| 5 | Jakub Kindl | Grand Rapids | 31 | 2 | 14 | 16 | -8 | 30 | -5 in 3GP | |
| 7 | Sebastien Piche | Grand Rapids | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | Playing in Toledo (ECHL) | |
| 8 | Cory Emmerton | Grand Rapids | 37 | 6 | 13 | 19 | +3 | 10 | 2A, -1, 4PIM in 3GP | |
| 9 | Evan McGrath | Grand Rapids | 35 | 7 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 12 | 1GP | |
| 12 | Dick Axelsson | Grand Rapids | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Playing in Farjestad (SEL) | |
| 13 | Jan Mursak | Grand Rapids | 37 | 16 | 8 | 24 | +15 | 12 | 3G, +4 in 3GP | |
| 17 | Francis Pare | Grand Rapids | 36 | 7 | 12 | 19 | +13 | 8 | 2G, 1A in 3GP | |
| 18 | Mattias Ritola | Grand Rapids | 32 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 24 | Demoted from Detroit (NHL) | |
| 25 | Jamie Tardif | Grand Rapids | 38 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 34 | 1A, 2PIM in 3GP | |
| 27 | Tomas Tatar | Grand Rapids | 23 | 8 | 9 | 17 | +11 | 6 | 1GP | Returned from WJC |
| 28 | Sergei Kolosov | Grand Rapids | 33 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 8 | Injured (concussion) | |
| 31 | Daniel Larsson | Grand Rapids | 25 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3.07 | .897 | Pulled 3 times in past 5 starts | |
| 35 | Thomas McCollum | Grand Rapids | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3.42 | .877 | Playing in Toledo (ECHL) | Pulled in past 2 starts |
| 36 | Jordan Pearce | Grand Rapids | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.10 | .853 | Pulled in first start |
ECHL
| # | Name | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | Last Week | Notes |
| 20 | Travis Ehrhardt | Toledo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 0 | Playing in Grand Rapids (AHL) | |
| 25 | Sebastien Piche | Toledo | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +8 | 23 | +1 in 1GP | |
| 30 | Thomas McCollum | Toledo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.09 | .865 | ||
| 35 | Jordan Pearce | Toledo | 18 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3.52 | .892 | Playing in Grand Rapids (AHL) |
NCAA
| # | Name | Teams | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | Last Week | Notes |
| 7 | Brendan Smith | Wisconsin | 19 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 26 | 1A in 2GP | 6th in NCAA scoring; 1st of defensemen |
| 7 | Max Nicastro | Boston U. | 17 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 2A, 4PIM in 1GP | Outdoor Game at 7:30 on NHL Network. |
| 16 | Nick Oslund | St. Cloud St. | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 4PIM in 2GP | |
| 81 | Julien Cayer | Clarkson | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | DNP | May have been healthy scratch. |
| 89 | Bryan Rufenach | Clarkson | 17 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 1G, 8PIM in 2GP | First goal |
| 89 | Gustav Nyquist | Maine | 19 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 12 | Maine didn’t play | 2nd in NCAA scoring |
Swedish Eliteserien
| # | Name | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | Last Week | Notes |
| 12 | Dick Axelsson | Farjestad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Will debut with Farjestad next week | |
| 16 | Anton Axelsson | Timra | 33 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 4 | -3 in 3GP | |
| 18 | Joakim Andersson | Frolunda | 36 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +8 | 30 | -1, 2PIM in 2GP | 9th in team scoring |
| 24 | Jesper Samuelsson | Timra | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | +1 in 3GP | Sadly, his best week of the season |
| 28 | Adam Almqvist | HV71 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +10 | 4 | 1A, +1 in 2GP | Playing 18-20 mins/night |
Swedish Allsvenskan
| # | Name | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | Last Week | Notes |
| 3 | Jesper Samuelsson | Sundsvall | 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -9 | 0 | Playing with Timra (SEL) | |
| 16 | Johan Ryno | AIK | 27 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +3 | 20 | 2G, 1A +3, 6PIM in 2GP | Best week of the season |
| — | Adam Almqvist | Troja/Ljungby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Playing with HV71 (SEL0 |
Swedish J20 League
| # | Name | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | Last Week | Notes |
| 4 | Adam Almqvist | HV71 | 15 | 5 | 29 | 34 | +14 | 14 | Playing with HV71 (SEL) |
Kontinental Hockey League
| # | Name | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | Last Week | Notes |
| 21 | Gennady Stolyarov | HC MVD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Injured until later this month |
| 26 | Jiri Hudler | Moscow Dynamo | 36 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 12 | 2nd in team scoring |
Ontario Hockey League
| # | Name | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | Last Week | Notes |
| 11 | Stephen Johnston | Belleville | 18 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 16 | Traded to Windsor | |
| — | Stephen Johnston | Windsor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Acquired by Windsor | Injured (returning soon) |
| 18 | Brian Lashoff | Kingston | 33 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 51 | Returned from WJC |
Western Hockey League
| # | Name | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | Last Week | Notes |
| 9 | Brent Raedeke | Edmonton | 39 | 17 | 14 | 31 | +4 | 60 | Traded to Brandon | |
| 9 | Brent Raedeke | Brandon | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +1 | 0 | 1G, 2A in 2GP | |
| 13 | Landon Ferraro | Red Deer | 21 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -2 | 32 | 3A, +4, 9PIM in 3GP | Two straight good weeks |
| 19 | Willie Coetzee | Red Deer | 41 | 18 | 37 | 55 | +8 | 16 | 1G, 2A in 3GP | 8th in league scoring |
| 24 | Mitchell Callahan | Kelowna | 43 | 12 | 20 | 32 | -2 | 102 | 2A, -5, 7PIM in 3GP | 3rd in team scoring |
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
| # | Name | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | Last Week | Notes |
| 11 | Andrej Nestrasil | Victoriaville | 34 | 13 | 25 | 38 | +0 | 24 | 1G in 1GP | Returned from WJC |
| 14 | Gleason Fournier | Rimouski | 32 | 6 | 20 | 26 | +11 | 56 | 2A, +1 in 2GP |
United States Hockey League
| # | Name | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | Last Week | Notes |
| 6 | Nick Jensen | Green Bay | 24 | 0 | 8 | 8 | +13 | 8 | +3, 2PIM in 2GP |
World Junior Championships
| # | Name | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | Last Week | Notes |
| 10 | Tomas Tatar | Slovakia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +2 | 6 | 8th place finish | |
| 11 | Andrej Nestrasil | Czech Republic | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 4 | 7th place finish | |
| 18 | Brian Lashoff | United States | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Gold Medal |
