Mark Allan, Author at DobberProspects

About Mark Allan

A semi-retired freelance writer, editor and recipient of the Eric Dunning Integrity Award, Mark Allan draws on more than three decades of journalism experience as a newspaper reporter, editor and publisher. He’s also worked in radio sports departments, watching WHL and Junior B games. As a sports editor, he’s watched NHL games from press boxes in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto. Mark has loved hockey since he was a lad, and in the 1990s wrote for and edited nationally distributed hockey pool mags Sharks and Prey and Hockey Pool Prophet. He’s also written for the Sports Forecaster, Ultimate Pool Preview and, of course, Dobber Sports. As a Dobber correspondent, he currently covers the prospect pool of the New York Islanders. Mark lives on gorgeous Vancouver Island off Canada’s west coast. @Islander2023

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Prospect Ramblings: Prospects with new teams (Feb.27)

By Mark Allan|2016-02-27T18:43:49-05:00February 27th, 2016|Prospects Rambling|

Forward prospect Marko Dano was dealt by Chicago GM Stan Bowman to Winnipeg to land former Blackhawk left winger Andrew Ladd. Photo courtesy Hockey's Future. Since Toronto GM Lou Lamoriello swung the massive Dion Phaneuf deal Feb. 9, other NHL GMs have decided not to wait for the Feb. 29 trade deadline. Counting the [...]

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AHL callups contributing to Penguins, Canucks’ future is now (Feb. 20)

By Mark Allan|2016-02-21T01:04:15-05:00February 20th, 2016|Prospects Rambling|

Derrick Pouliot is paying attention to defense and playing with increased assurance on Pittsburgh's blueline. "Photo courtesy Pittsburgh Penguins" Injuries to four forwards and one defenseman are not helping the Pittsburgh Penguins in their desperate struggle to qualify for the playoffs. Promoted prospects are contributing, though, in bottom-six and third-pairing roles. Superstar Evgeni Malkin [...]

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Eric Hartzell

By Mark Allan|2016-05-18T23:31:19-04:00January 11th, 2016|Free Agent prospects - 20+|

Eric Hartzell - Photo Courtesy of wheelingnailers.com

Eric Hartzell, G
Catches: L	Height: 6-4	Weight: 188
Born: 1989-05-28	Hometown: White Bear Lake, MN, USA	Undrafted, free agent, 2013

GM Benning will decide Virtanen’s short-term fate

By Mark Allan|2016-01-09T14:03:07-05:00January 8th, 2016|Prospects Rambling|

{youtube}c3bsIGPQu-0{/youtube} Here’s Jake Virtanen at his physical, rambunctious best, not the undisciplined, penalty-prone version on display at the 2016 world junior championship. * The Canucks have an important decision to make about Jake Virtanen within two days. The budding power winger is back in Vancouver after the crushing disappointment of a sixth-place finish at the [...]

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Jayson Megna

By Mark Allan|2017-06-05T14:16:24-04:00January 6th, 2016|Prospect - Graduates|

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Jayson Megna, C
Shoots: R	Height: 6-1	Weight: 195
Born: 1990-02-01	Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FLA, USA	Drafted: Undrafted – Signed as Free Agent

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Joonas Donskoi

By Mark Allan|2016-05-18T23:57:34-04:00November 23rd, 2015|Prospect - Graduates|

Donskoi courtesy of Wikipedia. Credit to: Aleksi Ollila

Joonas Donskoi, RW
Shoots: R	Height: 6-0	Weight: 187
Born: 1992-04-13	Hometown: Raahe, Finland	Drafted: 2010 by Florida Panthers, 99^th overall

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Mark’s prospect ramblings – Oct. 25, 2015

By Mark Allan|2015-11-18T14:46:56-05:00October 25th, 2015|Prospects Rambling|

Updating all 2015 NHL top-10 draft choices not named McDavid or Eichel, two Bruin prospects among the AHL scoring leaders, an early look at how Torts might affect the Columbus roster and a heads-up about the 2016 BMO CHL/NHL top prospects game. The top two players in the 2015 NHL draft are understandably getting the lion's share of attention so far this season [...]