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It’s time for every Canucks fans favourite weekly feature, Blackfish. This week we have a serious injury, a retirement and contract signing. So there’s plenty to digest this week in the constantly changing world of Canucks prospects.

Let’s forget about the Canucks being heavily outshot on a regular basis, and take a look at the week that was for next generation. Let this basement blogger give you the lowdown on the past week!

CANADIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE Name Pos Age League Team GP G A P P/GP NHLe +/- PIM SOG Sh% SOG/GP Carl Neill D 19.198 QMJHL Carl Neill 43 5 32 37 0.88 18.8 -12 49 86 5.8% 2.05 Tate Olson D 18.305 WHL Prince George 40 5 30 35 0.88 19.4 +17 58 Dmitry Zhukenov C 18.302 QMJHL Chicoutimi 40 10 27 37 0.93 19.7 2 42 56 17.9% 1.40 Guillaume Brisebois D 18.183 QMJHL Acadie-Bathurst 33 6 12 18 0.55 11.6 -6 16 67 9.0% 2.03 Kyle Pettit C 20.001 OHL Erie 42 7 9 16 0.38 10.0 +11 8 Mackenze Stewart LW 20.163 WHL Tri-City 10 0 2 2 0.20 4.4 9 -1 Carl Neill had a slow week by Carl Neill standards, with only 1 assist in 3 games. He finished the week +1 and with 10 SOG Dmitry Zhukenov played two games this week – chipping in with 2 assists, 4 PIM and +2 in Chicoutimi’s first game, although he was held off the scoresheet in their other game. Since the beginning of November, Zhukenov has points in 20 of the last 26 games. Tate Olson played two games this week and had points in both. He had one assist against the Vancouver Giants on the 16th, then followed that up with a goal and two assists against Kelowna on the 19th. He finished the week with 4 points (1-3-4), 4 PIM and -3. #Canucks prospect Tate Olson’s goal from last night for @PGCougars – he ended the night with 1G & 2A pic.twitter.com/er8j8tuL6M — Ryan Biech (@ryanbiech) January 21, 2016 Kyle Pettit finished the week with one goal in two games. He also had 5 SOG and was -1.

Guillaume Brisebois remains out of the Acadie-Bathurst Titans lineup with an injury.

Mackenze Stewart played three games this week – he finished the week -1 with 5PIM, which was from a fight against Vancouver Giants forward Taylor Crunk. NCAA Name Pos Age League Team GP G A P P/GP NHLe +/- PIM SOG Sh% SOG/GP Brock Boeser RW 18.329 NCAA-NCHC North Dakota 22 15 10 25 1.14 38.2 +22 0 75 20.0% 3.41 Adam Gaudette C 19.104 NCAA-HE Northeastern 23 5 9 14 0.61 18.5 -5 0 52 9.6% 2.26 Mike Williamson D 22.137 NCAA-Big-10 Penn State 6 0 1 1 0.17 4.8 -2 2 14 0.0% 2.33 Boeser scored a goal and an assist in both games this week against the University of Omaha. This extends his point streak to 12 games, and goal scoring streak to 7 games. Boeser was named the NCHC rookie of the week for the third week this season. If Boeser scores again tomorrow to extend his goal scoring streak, he will tie the 37-year-old University of North Dakota freshman goal scoring streak. He can obviously then break that record with another goal on Saturday. His goal from this past Saturday: #Canucks prospect Brock Boesers’ goal from tonight – rips it top corner. pic.twitter.com/Iaa5BI0NL4 — Ryan Biech (@ryanbiech) January 17, 2016 Adam Gaudette played two games this week against New Hampshire – he had a total of one goal and 3 assists in the two games. Currently on a four-game point streak.

Unfortunately, this week it was announced by Penn State that Mike Williamson would be retiring from hockey due to chronic injuries. No matter who it is, it’s sad to hear about a young man having to hang up his skates. I wish him all the best in whatever his future holds.

Name Pos DOB AGE Team GP Mins GA SA SV Sv% GAA Record SO Thatcher Demko G 95-12-08 20 Boston College 20 1205 35 545 510 0.936 1.74 14-4-2 6

Thatcher Demko returned action this past weekend to take on Boston University on Friday and Saturday. Boston College won the Friday night tilt 5-3, and then skated to a 1-1 draw. I saw some individuals tweeting that they were concerned about Demko’s durability – he played through major hip pain all last year, didn’t miss any time, had surgery and was able to return without missing any time. Suffers a reported concussion last week, and only misses one week. It’s fair to say that those concerns are unfounded.

You can vote for Thatcher Demko in the Hobey Baker fan vote here.

EUROPE

Name Pos Age League Team GP G A P P/GP NHLe +/- PIM SOG Sh% SOG/GP Anton Rödin LW 25.060 SHL Brynäs 33 16 21 37 1.12 55.2 7 18 91 17.6% 2.76 Nikita Tryamkin D 21.143 KHL Avtomobilist 45 4 7 11 0.24 16.0 -4 40 68 5.9% 1.51 Lukas Jasek RW 18.145 Extraliga HC Trinec 20 2 1 3 0.15 -1 16 15 13.3% 0.75

I went more in depth here – but Anton Rodin suffered a skate cut near his knee in practice on Tuesday. He had surgery later in the day and is expected to be out at least 8 weeks. Although he hasn’t been officially ruled out for the season, given that the SHL regular season ends on March 8, it’s safe to assume he is done for the regular season and MAY return for the post-season.

Nikita Tryamkin still hasn’t played since leaving Avtomobilist’s game on January 9th. No word on the injury at this time.

Lukas Jasek played one game this week, where he was held pointless.

AHL

Name Pos Age League Team GP G A P P/GP NHLe +/- PIM SOG Sh% SOG/GP Hunter Shinkaruk LW 21.099 AHL Utica 33 15 15 30 0.91 35.0 +3 14 82 18.3% 2.48 Jordan Subban D 20.323 AHL Utica 32 5 14 19 0.59 22.9 -7 21 65 7.7% 2.03 Alexandre Grenier RW 24.137 AHL Utica 36 6 13 19 0.53 20.3 -6 32 82 7.3% 2.28 Linden Vey C 24.187 AHL Utica 26 3 12 15 0.58 22.2 -5 8 43 7.0% 1.65 Brendan Gaunce LW 22.301 AHL Utica 28 10 10 20 0.71 27.5 +3 12 63 15.9% 2.25 Mike Zalewski C 23.155 AHL Utica 36 8 9 17 0.47 18.2 +5 16 66 12.1% 1.83 Alex Friesen C 24.355 AHL Utica 34 8 9 17 0.50 19.3 +5 53 68 11.8% 2.00 Nicklas Jensen RW 22.320 AHL Utica 27 4 8 12 0.44 17.1 +3 20 82 4.9% 3.04 Andrey Pedan D 22.201 AHL Utica 22 2 8 10 0.45 17.5 +7 49 48 4.2% 2.18 Ashton Sautner D 21.238 AHL Utica 23 3 5 8 0.35 13.4 +4 2 27 11.1% 1.17 Cole Cassels RW 20.261 AHL Utica 32 1 3 4 0.13 4.8 -5 11 21 4.8% 0.66 Ronalds Kenins LW 24.326 AHL Utica 9 0 1 1 0.11 4.3 -1 8 13 0.0% 1.44

Hunter Shinkaruk and Alex Friesen led the Comets offence, while Cannata and Bachman held the fort admirably.

Grenier and Ronalds Kenins are currently injured.

Mike Zalewski was signed to a NHL contract, and then recalled by the Canucks. It was well deserved, Zalewski has been one of the most consistent Comets all year, bouncing throughout the lineup and playing well each time.

Taylor Fedun was re-assigned by Vancouver to the Comets after two days and one game with the big club.

The Comets re-assigned Curtis Valk to the ECHL and released Danny Syvret from his PTO. Defenceman Jon Landry was signed to a standard AHL contract.

Linden Vey and Alex Biega are still up with the Canucks. Vey would now need to clear waivers to be re-assigned and Trevor Linden announced that Biega will remain in Vancouver for the remainder of the season.

As always, here is Jeremy Davis’s in-depth look at the week that was for the Comets.

ECHL

Name Pos Age League Team GP G A P P/GP NHLe +/- PIM SOG Sh% SOG/GP Dane Fox RW 22.099 ECHL Kalamazoo 36 15 16 31 0.86 -3 68 109 13.8% 3.03 Ludwig Blomstrand LW 22.318 ECHL Kalamazoo 37 10 16 26 0.70 -19 26 105 9.5% 2.84 Curtis Valk C 22.346 ECHL Kalamazoo 6 3 7 10 1.67 +1 8 18 16.7% 3.00 Anton Cederholm D 20.333 ECHL Kalamazoo 35 0 6 6 0.17 0 39 42 0.0% 1.20 Evan McEneny D 21.243 ECHL Kalamazoo 2 0 2 2 1.00 -1 0 3 0.0% 1.50

Dane Fox put up 3 goals in 2 games this week for Kalamazoo. He finished the week +/- 0 with 15 SOG and 2 PIM. It’s becoming quite clear that Fox likes to shoot, a lot.

Ludwig Blomstrand finished the week with 3 assists in 2 game. He also had 14 SOG, 2 PIM and was -2.

Curtis Valk returned to the Wings lineup and put up 1 goal and 1 assist in their January 17th game.

Anton Cederholm finished the week with 1 SOG and +1

Even McEneny did not play a game this week as he remains on IR.

Name Pos DOB AGE Team GP Minutes GA SV SA SV% GAA Record SO Clay Witt G 91-08-24 24 Kalamazoo 6 294 23 110 127 0.858 4.35 0-5-0 0

To no ones surprise, Witt didn’t play any games this week.

Schedule

Thursday

Jan 21 Friday

Jan 22 Saturday

Jan 23 Sunday

Jan 24 Monday

Jan 25 Tuesday

Jan 26 Wednesday

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COMETS @ Toronto 12:00 PT Advertisement - Continue Reading Below @ Toronto 12:00 PT KWINGS @Wheeling 4:30 PT @ Wheeling Advertisement - Continue Commenting Below 4:30 PT CHL Carl Neill Kyle Pettit Mackenze Stewart Tate Olson Dmitry Zhukenov Carl Neill Kyle Pettit Tate Olson Guillaume Brisebois Mackenze Stewart Tate Olson NCAA Thatcher Demko Brock Boeser Adam Gaudette Thatcher Demko Brock Boeser Adam Gaudette Europe Nikita Tryamkin

A lot happened this week in the Canucks prospects world; hopefully, the news is a little less crazy next week. So too I remain hopeful that the points will come in bunches too!

That’s it for this week!





