AHL Report, November 2019 Edition By Kyle Stewart --------------------------------------------------- Welcome back to the November edition of the AHL Report! As we delve into AHL news and notes a sliver shy of the quarter-mark of the regular season, we’ve already seen some noticeable up and down shifts, be it in the scoring races [...]
Last week I had the chance to take a hockey road trip across Western Ontario to take in some games. The showcase games of course were the Canada Russia Series games during the OHL leg of the tournament. Between games I managed to to take advantage of geographical proximity of the GTA to watch several [...]
*** Overview: Dawson Mercer is a 2020 Draft Eligible right wing prospect who hails from Bay Roberts, Newfoundland. He is one of the top draft-eligible right wingers and should be a top-25 selection come draft night. Mercer can also be used at center; the Drummondville Voltigeurs have experimented with Mercer at center and [...]
Welcome back to Shift Work! The series where I take a look at a draft-eligible player and breakdown a game tape. I’ll be bringing you some comprehensive breakdowns of a player’s game as we go over an entire game of tape from a player. We will be focusing in on that player’s shifts and getting a [...]
I did my first projection of Team Finland for the World Juniors about a month ago (link). But because we got some new information from the U20 Four Nations tournament that was played in Helsinki about a week ago, I figured I’d share my updated projection now. This time, I also included my projection [...]
*** The annual CIBC Canada/Russia series kicked off earlier this month and wrapped up this week as Team Russia made their way to Western Canada. CHL team were comprised of top players who left their CHL teams to participate, making this tournament a good chance to see top prospects stand out (or not) among [...]
17-year-old Finnish defenseman Eemil Viro is an interesting prospect for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. He has average size (6’0”, 168 lbs) and he hasn’t produced a ton of points in the junior league but he’s already played a few games against men at the Liiga level. Some rankings even have him as a [...]
Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings. I sadly do not have a great rhyme for this week, I apologize. Anyway, anything controversial go on in this last hockey week, I had not noticed. To start, here is my #GoodTweet of the week {source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lol I almost believed this one. [...]
Photo Courtesy of TSN Goalies are Voodoo. Or are they? Scouting goaltenders has always been one of the more difficult tasks in the world of evaluating prospects. It is a position that is furthest from any other in terms of evaluation. The position itself is unique in a game that already requires [...]
After attending the Russia vs OHL game three live, Peter has a quick review of the games played already in the QMJHL and OHL with a focus on players including Dmitri Zavgorodiny, Alex Khovanov, Raphael Lavoie, Jakob Pelletier, Dawson Mercier, Quinton Byfield, Cole Perfetti, Rodin Amirov, Maxim Groshev, Hunter Jones, Connor McMichael, Connor Zary, Brayden [...]
