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It’s the latest edition of the weekly tracker, where we tally up the efforts of the Vancouver Canucks’ highest-profile prospects:

Jack Rathbone

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He simmered an extra year in prep school, wearing the ‘C’ while helping out on the home front.

Now, after wrapping up an impressive rookie campaign at Harvard, it’s safe to say the smart, stocky freshman has made a seamless jump into the NCAA spotlight.

Rathbone, the Canucks’ 4th-rounder in 2017, scored again this past week and added a couple of assists as the 16th-ranked Crimson split the final two games of the regular season.

Rathbone’s goal came in a 4-1 win at Rensselaer on Friday. With the score tied 1-1 in the second period, the smooth-skating, hard-shooting defenceman found some open space at the top of the left face-off circle, received a pass and wired a heavy wrist shot that beat the goalie short-side.