Photo Courtesy of www.leijonat.fi Welcome back to my mid-week Prospect Ramblings. This week we will take a look at some of the draft-eligible players who may not be on your radar yet but will be as the draft year progresses. These are players who aren't in the first round conversation at the [...]
Episode 66 open with Peter doing his deep dive onto the Fantasy Hockey Prospect waiver wire and finds some more hidden gems for you to add in your dynasty league. Aarne Talvitie (NJD), Nikolay Goldobin (VAN), Lucas Elvenes (VGK), and Chase Priskie (CAR) are the players discussed. Chris Wassel @ChrisWasselDFS joins Peter to discuss USHL [...]
Episode 52 deep dives with USHL Scout Dave MacDonald as he joins the show to review the OHL Cup final, Shane Wright who is headed to the Kingston Frontenacs as the Sixth player to be granted exceptional status following John Tavares, Connor McDavid, Sean Day, Aaron Ekblad, and Joe Veleno. Dave also talks about Adam [...]
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 [...]
Top USHL Draft Prospects: LW Blake McGlaughlin, Chicago Steel (Ranked No. 42): A skilled playmaking forward who can man either the wing or center, McGlaughlin is blessed with excellent vision to turn any teammate into a scoring threat. He is one of the more talented set-up men in a draft relatively deep [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
By Kevin Wickersham The United States Hockey League and their alumni had a couple of banner days at the NHL Entry Draft with 48 players and former players selected. That’s nearly a quarter of all 217 draftees. Most of us know about Casey Mittelstadt and Eeli Tolvanen, and are getting more familiar with Josh [...]
Chicago Steel USHL 2017 Clark Cup Champions By Kevin Wickersham With Tuesday night’s 2-1 overtime victory the visiting Chicago Steel won their first USHL Clark Cup, defeating the Sioux City Musketeers three games-to-two. In the battle between the Eastern and Western top seeds, right wing Tyler Gratton a 17-year-old Penn State commit, landed the [...]
USHL Playoffs Primer and Regular Campaign Review By Kevin Wickersham With Saturday’s USHL regular season finish the Clark Cup Playoffs are upon us. For those new to the league here’s how it works. The top four spots in each conference qualify. The number one and four seeds from each conference face off, as do [...]
