Offensive flair in the CHL, Gustafsson returns to the ice, and a certain Finnish defenceman in the AHL goes viral in this week’s prospect update.

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OHL

Declan Chisholm continued to improve on his offensive output this week with five assists in two games, contributing on all but two Petes goals. The Petes won both games by a one-goal margin and gained a little separation at second place in the East Division. Chisholm was named first star of the game in Friday’s 4-3 win over Kingston.

Giovanni Vallati went without a point in Thursday’s 3-2 OT loss to the Petes and Friday’s 6-4 loss to the Attack, but tallied a goal and an assist and 2nd star honours in a 4-0 win over Barrie. The Generals continue to keep pace with the Petes for second place in the East Division, trailing by two points with a game in hand.

QMJHL

Leon Gawanke recorded assists in all three games this week to continue a six-game point streak. The Screaming Eagles lost two one-goal games on Tuesday and Saturday, but turned it around for a 6-2 win against the Titan on Sunday.

Gawanke is currently tied for 4th in the league in points by a defenceman and tied for 2nd in goals by a defenceman.

AJHL

Austin Wong’s point totals were corrected this week, as he was awarded secondary assists on the 27th and 28th of October – giving him 20 points in 15 games before the week began. Wong added to a five-game point streak this week, tallying two assists in a 3-2 win over the Calgary Mustangs and scoring the opening goal in a 7-0 drubbing of the Canmore Eagles.

USHL

Nathan Smith had a goal and an assist on Friday night, plus the shootout winner, in a 3-2 win over Madison. Smith did not make it onto the score sheet on Saturday, a 7-2 loss to Green Bay. Cedar Rapids continue to hang onto fourth place in the Eastern Conference, with games in hand on third place Dubuque and second place Central Illinois.

Jared Moe was up and down again this week, first coming into a game on Tuesday in relief of Logan Stein already down 4-1. With the help of Moe, the Black Hawks battled back to a 6-5 OT victory.

Moe stopped 25 of 26 in a 6-1 win on Friday over Dubuque and just 25 of 29 the following night in a 4-3 loss in the encore.

NCAA

Dylan Samberg and UMD enjoyed a weekend off. The Bulldogs will host Colorado College on Friday and Saturday this coming weekend.

Johnny Kovacevic assisted on the opening goal of the game in a 2-1 win over Boston College on Friday. Boston College would return the favour on Saturday, outscoring Merrimack 4-1 and giving BC their first win of the season.

Croix Evingson and the River Hawks split their series in Maine with the Black Bears. Evingson was +2 with three shots on net in a 4-3 loss on Friday, and put one shot on net on Saturday.

Overseas

David Gustafsson returned to the HV71 lineup last Tuesday and played three games this past week, picking up a pair of assists. Gustafsson is not currently on any special teams units, playing roughly 12 minutes a night this week at even strength.

Here is a shift by shift video of Gustafsson from Thursday’s game against Örebro HK:

Santeri Virtanen left Thursday’s game against TPS after blocking a shot, unable to put any weight on his leg. He was held out the rest of the game, but did return on Saturday against HIFK. Virtanen scored the game’s opening goal in a 4-2 win.

Pavel Kraskovsky played twice this week, Lokomotiv lost 2-1 to Sochi and shut out Slovan 3-0. He played just six minutes on Monday, a team low, which points to a possible injury. Kraskovsky did not play on Thursday and returned to the lineup on Saturday. Despite being listed as a centre, Kraskovsky took just eight faceoffs the past two games.

Arvid Holm started two games for Karlskrona this week, winning both. Holm stopped 28 of 29 in a 4-1 win over last place Tingsryds AIF, and needed to stop just 15 of 18 in a 4-3 win over BIK Karlskoga (beating fellow 2017 draftee Olle Eriksson Ek).

AHL

The Manitoba Moose won two of three games this past week. The Moose returned to Milwaukee for a rematch of last week’s 4-1 loss, this time winning 2-1 in overtime. Sami Niku scored his first of the season on a fantastic individual effort, and Mason Appleton buried the OT winner on a great feed from Michael Spacek. Mikhail Berdin won his second straight AHL game, stopping 29 of 30 shots.

The team returned home for a weekend back-to-back with Chicago, splitting the two games. Manitoba took the win on Friday in a close 5-4 game, holding on to the lead after Chicago scored two late goals. Michael Spacek scored his first of the season on the power play, CJ Suess and Mason Appleton scored their team-leading sixth goals, and Luke Green scored his first AHL goal in the win. Mikhail Berdin stopped 32 of 36 to go 3-0 in the AHL and 6-0 across the ECHL and AHL.

Chicago came ahead in game two, winning by a score of 4-1.

The Moose sit in 5th place in the Central Division with a 6-5-0-0 record. The team will host Grand Rapids on Thursday and Saturday this week.

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