Bridgeport/Islanders Prospect Roundup, Dec 11th
by Mark D on Dec 11, 2011 10:16 AM EST
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It's a tough stretch of games for Bridgeport, as they dropped both games this week and have lost 5 of their last 6 (although 2 of those were OTLs). The only good news is that both goalies are looking better, and Scott Howes had 2 points in last nights game to continue his point per game average. BP is still above .500 on the year, and is still within 2 points of a playoff spot.
Sunday December 4th Vs Hershey (Capitals)
Trevor Frischmon scored two goals in this game and was named 2nd star of the night. Unfortunately sandwiched between those goals were 3 goals by Hershey including 2 by Keith Aucoin. Aaron Ness, Tim Wallace and Steven Olesky had the assists. Kevin Poulin had 29 saves on 32 shots. BP also went 0/8 on the PP and one of Aucoin's goals was an unassisted shortie. Highlights
Saturday December 10th Vs Portland (Coyotes)
The Sound Tigers came out strong with 2 goals in the first by Howes (Calvin De Haan, Rhett Rakhshani) and Colliton (Howes, Ty Wishart). Unfortunately Curtis McElhinney worked the same magic on BP that he does against the Islanders, holding them scoreless the rest of the way. Portland scored the next 4 goals (including an empty netter) to get the win. Howes was named second star of the night. Anders Nilsson had 25 saves on 28 shots. Highlights. Interesting video of them covering the ice after a game.
Natural Born Kirills
Kirill Petrov added an assist this week and is now at 10 goals, 7 assists for 17 points in 30 games. PP Goal
Kirill Kabanov had a good game and a bad game this week. In his first game he had no points and was a -2. In his second game he had 2 goals and was named 2nd star of the night. In 17 games he has 12 g, 10 a for 22 points.
CHL
After a quiet two games (an assist and -1) Ryan Strome exploded with 1 goal and 3 assists on the way to a 5-3 win over Mississauga and first star of the night honors. He is now at Camp for Team Canada. Teammate Mitchell Therot had a goal in 4 games this week.
3 games and 3 more losses for the Red Deer Rebels. John Persson racked up 3 assists and a -3 in those games.
In 2 games this week Brenden Kitchton had 2 assists and was a +2 and was named 2nd star of the night on Friday night. Kichton is now off to Camp for Team Canada.
Andrey Pedan had a goal and 3 assists in 3 games this week and finished a total of -1. He was also named 2nd star of the night in the game last Sunday.
Hit the Books*: NCAA
*Diving 101 is popular
Notre Dame and Anders Lee both bounced out of their streaks last night. Notre Dame ended a 4 game losing streak, while Lee ended his pointless streak with an assist.
Brock Nelson was again named WCHA Player of the Week which begs the question of why the 19 year old Brock wasn't invited to Team USA camp [edit: Never mind, he turned 20 in October.]. Quiet weekend for Brock as Nebraska-Omaha held them to 2 goals in 2 games while splitting the weekend. Brock was on the Ice for the lone UND goal on Saturday that won the game.
Corey Trivino continues to push hard to be noticed by any Pro team. On Thursday he notched the game winning goal against UNH and on Saturday followed that up with a 2 goal performance and 1st star of the night honors. The former 2nd round pick is on pace to score as many goals this year as he had through his previous 3 years.
Jason Clark played both games for Wisconsin but had no points.
Scott Mayfield had no points in 2 games for Denver, and was a -1.
Cody Rosen Did Not Play this weekend
Finnish Loans & Trust
Mikko Koskinen's stats came down to earth a tad as in 8 games he's got a 1.25 GAA and .949 SV% and is 6-1-1
Jesse Joensuu added an assist this week and now has 9 goals and 9 assists in 20 games. Joensuu seems to be connecting with another lost Islanders prospect, Jason Krog.
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good job
with the roundup but a could we be spoiled and get season totals for all the players? there’s always only totals for the natural born killers and noone else. (petrov has been on 10 goals forever, what the hell happen?)
I’ve been trying to change it up from week to week, because just writing the season totals over and over was starting to drive me nuts. Next week I’ll post everyones season total
"I really wouldn’t wish rooting for both the Isles and Blues on anyone." Dominik
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the Bridgeport prospects are easy enough to find
The Sound Tigers website will have everything you need on them.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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Thanks
I wasn’t the only one wondering
"I really wouldn’t wish rooting for both the Isles and Blues on anyone." Dominik
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Brock Nelson, Player of the week for the 2nd week in a row. Now if we had any pics of Trivino, he’d be up here. But we don’t. We also have very few good picks of Nelson.
Not even from back when he was drafted?
Sheesh- SB Nations array of photos are probably the worst and most limiting aspect of their sports coverage.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
Believe it or not, their photo license agreements didn’t begin until well after Trivino was drafted. (So we have a bunch from the 09, 10 and 11 drafts but not then.) SBN has agreements with Getty and AP, so the photo usage has to stay on the up and up.
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wow
he looks so different now
"I really wouldn’t wish rooting for both the Isles and Blues on anyone." Dominik
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yikes
Didn’t miss those unis, that’s for sure.
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The action pics of Nelson are even worse, there’s a few good Team USA ones, but he seems to be falling over or just has an odd look on his face.
"I really wouldn’t wish rooting for both the Isles and Blues on anyone." Dominik
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Most of those pics
are from when he got injured during the WJC, so yeah they’re going to be of him falling down or on the ice.
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by David Hanssen on Dec 11, 2011 7:19 PM EST up reply actions
I thought Mayfield was supposed to be something of a 2 way defensmen?
Or had some offensive upside? He doesnt really seem to be getting any points
"Mario Lemiuex… I used to respect you."- Turgeon1992
I think of him more as a big strong tough defenseman than one who is going to be on offense.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Dec 11, 2011 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
I know hes supposed to be a big defense first guy
But around when he was drafted there was some positive mention of his skating and his puck moving abilities. Id be more than happy with a solid defensive d man in the pipeline as we dont have many of those i was just wondering if he simply wasnt being used in offensive situations or if he just hasnt found that part of his game
"Mario Lemiuex… I used to respect you."- Turgeon1992
that's true
Mayfield is projected to become anywhere from a 1st to 3rd pairing D, depending on whether the offense comes. He is huge, mean, hits, will fight, can skate and pass…but i agree with you, he doesn’t seem to be getting the points…
I hope the Isles sign Lee, maybe even Nelson in the off-season and get them both to the AHL.
2008 Draft:
In NHL with Isles
Bailey, Hamonic, Ullstrom and Martin are/will have NHL careers of 400 plus games…
In AHL with Isles’ farm team
Ness, Donovan, Poulin, Dibo
Still Isles’ property
Trivino (NCAA), Petrov (KHL),
No longer Isles property
Neimi(Rags’ system) , Toews (Hawks’ system-Isles did a good deed, sent him to big bro’s team), Spurgeon (Dallas NHL)
by CanadianIsleslifer on Dec 11, 2011 3:35 PM EST up reply actions
Spurgeon
Is with the Wild, not Dallas. He sees significant PP time and is often in the top 4 paired with Marco Scandella. basically he’s a younger MA Bergeron at this point.
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by David Hanssen on Dec 11, 2011 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
oops, thanks for correction
don’t know why i typed dallas when i was thinking minnesota, must have been b/c the stars were originally the minn team…mind wondering on me lol
by CanadianIsleslifer on Dec 11, 2011 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
Toews
is so off the depth chart at Chicago that he’s on the ECHL team.
Brian Day is in the Penguins system, Blake Kessel is in Philly’s system.
"I really wouldn’t wish rooting for both the Isles and Blues on anyone." Dominik
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
Hey, at least we got “Future considerations” for Toews.
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by David Hanssen on Dec 11, 2011 7:03 PM EST up reply actions
I think the Toews move was nothing more than a favour
but still, the 2008 draft is looking like a solid one for the Isles…
by CanadianIsleslifer on Dec 11, 2011 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
More on 2008
AKA the Isles made some damn good picks. After Jon Carlson was picked at 27, only five players have played in 100 or more NHL games so far from that draft. One is Travis Hamonic, two is Matt Martin, three is Ottowa’s 3rd rounder Zach Smith and fourth is Sharks 7th rounder Jason Demers. Finally the other player who is close is Rangers’ 2nd rounder Derek Stepan (Who the Isles passed over twice… 20/20 hindshigt and all). Another Islanders pick (Although not with the org anymore) Jared Spurgeon will likely pass that at some point this season too as he’s at 83 games played.
Looking more closely at the 2nd round, this round looks to produce at least quality defensemen. You have Hamonic and the Wild’s Marco Scandella, who sees the second most ice time of any Wild defenseman. If Roman Josi and Slava Voynov stay up with the Preds and Kings respectively, that’s four NHL defensemen produced by the 2008 2nd round three years on. That’s pretty impressive.
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by David Hanssen on Dec 11, 2011 7:18 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
rec'd
2008 & 2009 could very well make or break this team…
by CanadianIsleslifer on Dec 11, 2011 9:39 PM EST up reply actions
I know Duncan Keith was a mid 2nd rounder too
There just aren’t as many sure thing D-Men as forwards. They take longer to develop typically so more will slip through the cracks to the second round.
No Sleep 'til....Belmont?
Freshman Year at DU
You don’t know what kind of ice time he’s getting, who his D partner is, or what role he’s been asked to play….in many schools freshmen play lesser roles (like Nelson did last year at NoDak and Trivino did for a majority of his time at BU) while they grow into their roles. Let’s not rush to judgment on him yet – college is a different animal for development.
by Nick (LetThereBeLighthouse) on Dec 11, 2011 3:48 PM EST up reply actions
Lol Cody Rosen
I will never understand that one.
Does anyone actually know why they drafted him?
Was it a joke? Like when I forget what GM drafted a made up japanese player.
by The Danish Backhand of Judgement on Dec 11, 2011 2:01 PM EST reply actions
Hey, he looked pretty good in the prospect game. He really did!
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by TheMetalChick on Dec 11, 2011 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
tis a mystery
don’t know if it is a product of snow’s tight-lipness or what but no journalist seems to have been able to get the answer out of the organization…
by CanadianIsleslifer on Dec 11, 2011 3:26 PM EST up reply actions
Blackmail
It’s the only reason I can think of. Or extortion.
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by David Hanssen on Dec 11, 2011 4:53 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah that was Buffalo
He was protesting the horrible draft format that they had back then. It was like the third or forth day. The player supposedly played for the Katanas which is kinda like a Sabre.
No Sleep 'til....Belmont?
Kind of a cult hero among Sabres fans
The League was not amused… in fact, the official draft registers no longer have Taro Tsujimoto listed, or at most have “pick forfeited” or something.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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I think 7th round picks are worthless, and Snow saw something he liked in the kid. It’s not his fault he’s stuck behind Karpowhich who is just playing out of his mind.
"I really wouldn’t wish rooting for both the Isles and Blues on anyone." Dominik
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Karpowhich?
I think they serve that at Katz’s Deli.
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by PGI on Dec 11, 2011 9:20 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I feel like
I remember a story that had something from Garth in it that Rosen reminded him of himself since he was originally a backup at Maine. Of course backup on a powerhouse is a little different than on Clarkson.
Don't make me bring out the Silky.
by afrosupreme on Dec 11, 2011 6:34 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Hey now...
Let’s not bash on my Golden Knights. We were a pretty darn good team when I was there. Then they built the team a beautiful state of the art arena and moved them out of the old barn Walker arena. And they have sucked ever since. Sometimes you need to be careful what you wish for.
by CloseCallJiggs on Dec 11, 2011 10:48 PM EST up reply actions
Petrov's gone ice cold since his hot start. I guess it was a flash in the pan.
What do you mean they won 4 cups in a row? Is that possible?
Everybody has slumps
Lets not forget that this is only Lee’s sophmore season i believe and Petrovs second season where hes getting real ice time. JT is our best offensive player at any level and he just went 13 games without a goal lol
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by Zhora on Dec 11, 2011 5:16 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I understand, but some players can't get away with being streaky because they aren't a high-end enough talent like JT.
Streakiness is one of the reason’s Comeau is gone, and could be a reason why petrov/lee become nothing more then 3rd liners, just saying.
What do you mean they won 4 cups in a row? Is that possible?
From everything I've seen and heard
Petrov is a solid NHL player. It’s just tough writing updates for him because the English KHL site is very bad, so I can’t find game summaries.
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by Mark D on Dec 11, 2011 6:09 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I hear you. You do a great job on this and I appreciate it.
I just am so confused on Petrov. I’ve heard everything from top 6 offensive skills to defensive incompetence to evident streakiness etc, etc. I have no idea what to expect, but his size and numbers seem interesting.
What do you mean they won 4 cups in a row? Is that possible?
Sounds like DiBenedetto is banged up again
Missed today’s game after a hit on Saturday.
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Nabokov activated, Poulin returned
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BTW
Not sure if this clip made it to a previous prospect roundup or not, but I thought I’d throw it up there. Strome’s two goals against Russia in that Russia/OHL matchup last month (they happily came back to back). Good wrister on the first and nice give and go on the second.
Don't make me bring out the Silky.
I could swear
that I did.
"I really wouldn’t wish rooting for both the Isles and Blues on anyone." Dominik
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
You probably did
I just couldn’t remember and didn’t feel like checking, so I threw it up since I happened across it today.
Don't make me bring out the Silky.
No problem
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The victory justified the faith in coach Al Arbour who guided them from their second season to their first Stanley Cup seven seasons later. The Islanders would not be the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup, but they would be the only one capable of a dynasty.
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May 21, 1981: This time it was much easier. After falling to "only" 91 points in the 1979-80 season, the Islanders returned to their division title tradition, piling up 110 points -- a whole 13 points over second-place Philadelphia.
Between the quarterfinals (where they beat the upstart Oilers in six games) and the finals, the Islanders reeled off eight consecutive wins -- with a four-game sweep of archrival Rangers in between. As they defeated the Minnesota North Stars in five games for their second Cup, their goal difference in the final was a combined +10.
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A first-round scare against the Pittsburgh Penguins turned in the Isles' favor thanks to John Tonelli's heroics, and a true dynasty was on its way: Past the Rangers in six games, then an eight-game sweep of the Quebec Nordiques and Vancouver Canucks to run away with the Stanley Cup.
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