Left wing Blake McLaughlin is lighting up scoreboards at a point-per-game pace (20 G, 22 A, 44 games) for the defending champion Chicago Steel, sitting just behind USHL vet and Vegas draftee Jack Dugan (22 G, 29 A) for top point producer on the squad. Ticketed as a potential second round pick this June [...]
| Joonas Korpisalo, G | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6-2 | Weight: 168 |
| Born: 1994-04-28 | Hometown: Pori, Finland | Drafted: 2012 by Columbus, 62nd overall |
As we hit the two-thirds mark for the USHL campaign, with teams clustered around the 40-game point in a 60-contest regular schedule, one prospect in particular has raced up the rankings. While the league’s generally most highly regarded and publicized this year (Oliver Wahlstrom, Bode Wilde and Joel Farabee) play for the US National Team [...]
Pierre-Luc Dubois, C/LW Shoots: L Height: 6-03 Weight: 201 Born: 1998-06-24 Hometown: Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, QC, CAN Drafted: 3rd Overall 2016 by Columbus Blue Jackets Observations: February 2018 - With 10 goals and 13 assists in 52 contests, Dubois has served a key role on the Blue Jackets' injury-depleted forward [...]
| Darren Dietz, D | ||
| Shoots: R | Height: 6-1 | Weight: 195 |
| Born: 1993-07-17 | Hometown: Medicine Hat, AB, Canada | Drafted: 2011 by Montreal, 138th overall |
Thanks largely to the efforts of Team East forward Tyler Madden (pictured above and son of long-time NHLer and Cleveland Monsters Head Coach John Madden) potting two goals on home ice, and Youngstown Phantom goaltender Ivan Provestov stopping each Team West shot he faced, East prevailed over West 4-3 in Tuesday’s annual USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game. Waterloo [...]
| Scott Harrington, D | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6-1 | Weight: 203 |
| Born: 1993-3-10 | Hometown: Kingston, ON, CAN | Drafted: 2011 by Pittsburgh Penguins, 54th overall |
As the USHL campaign nears its midway point, several teams have separated from the pack. Most notably the Fargo Force have been just that through 23 games, a force atop the Western Conference at 15-6-1-1 (32 points) featuring three of the league’s top four scorers - Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup (17 G, 13 A) at left [...]
| Tim Schaller, C/LW | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6-2 | Weight: 206 |
| Born: 1990-11-16 | Hometown: Merrimack, NH, USA | Drafted: Undrafted |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand, RW | ||
| Shoots: R | Height: 5”11 | Weight: 164 |
| Born: 1995-04-10 | Hometown: Henning, DEN | Drafted: 2013 by Columbus Blue Jackets, 89th Overall |
