Kale Kessy
| Kale Kessy, LW | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6-3 | Weight: 202 |
| Born: 1992-12-04 | Hometown: Shaunavon, SK, Canada | Drafted: 2011 by Phoenix, 111th overall |
Joshua Winquist
| Joshua Winquist, LW | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6”0 | Weight: 181 |
| Born: 1993-09-06 | Hometown: St. Albert, Alberta, Canada | Drafted: Undrafted |
Matt Frattin
| Matt Frattin, RW | ||
| Shoots: R | Height: 6-0 | Weight: 200 |
| Born: 1988-1-3 | Hometown: Edmonton, Alberta | Drafted: 2007 by Toronto Maple Leafs, 99th Overall |
USHL update
The NHL’s “Players to Watch” prospect list came out earlier this week and among the 54 current USHL players selected five were given “A” ratings, considered as first round candidates. Along with 14 “B” and 35 “C” prospects, four Team USA and one Sioux City Musketeer 2018 draft-eligible players top the list. Joel Farrabe, LW [...]
USHL Puck Drop! 2017-18 Campaign Begins
Much as with the NHL, you can’t read too much into the first week of the 2017-18 USHL campaign. That’s just one or two games thus far for each squad in the primarily Friday, Saturday, Sunday-based league, but a few important names have emerged early. Matching Marc-Andre Fleury’s hot Vegas start, netminder Maksim Zhukov, [...]
Zachary Werenski
| Zachary Werenski, LD | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6-2 | Weight: 214 |
| Born: 1997-07-19 | Hometown: Grosse Pointe, MI, USA | Drafted: 2015 by Columbus Blue Jackets, 8th overall |
Prospects Rambling – NHL Preseason and the Knights Begin
No more writing about hockey without NHL action! Thus far we’ve seen Vegas start with a bang, blowing out Vancouver 9-4 thanks much to Tyler Wong’s hat trick and franchise-first goal and assists. It had to be a satisfying day for the smallish, undrafted right wing who led last year’s Lethbridge Hurricanes with [...]
Prospects Rambling: USHL Preview – Mathias Emilio Pettersen
The 2017 USHL preseason schedule begins today, and with marquee 2018 draft-eligible names including Andrei Svechnikov, Brady Tkachuk and Quinton Hughes departing for the OHL and NCAA there are a few prospects that appear primed to take a big step and assume some of that upper-echelon USHL status. One of them is new Muskegon [...]
Prospects Rambling: Alexis Lafrenière and QMJHL Preseason Notes
With Canada’s three major junior leagues in various stages of their preseason schedules, a few players have made their early marks. Here are several particularly noteworthy QMJHL efforts. While we can debate the value of preseason statistics in any league, there’s no denying William Lagrange’s efforts in four contests have been impressive. At age 16, [...]
Prospects Rambling: Kaprizov, Tolvanen, Sorokin – KHL/NHL Connections
With North American hockey fans waiting impatiently for the return of NHL play, many have an eye on the Kontinental Hockey League. In the middle of their second regular season week, its 27 teams across Belarus, China, Finland, Khazakstan, Latvia, Russia and Slovakia feature widespread NHL prospects, former players, and potential future players. Among [...]