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by Quisp on Oct 18, 2010 12:26 PM PDT
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PrintThe Hockey News: Vezina Trophy Watch - Quick takes early lead
#1 Los Angeles Kings Jonathan Quick
Will be pushed all year long by Jonathan Bernier, but proving 2009-10 wasn’t a fluke. So far, Quick is 3-0 and hasn’t allowed more than one goal in a game.
Weekly Prospects Watch - Edition 2
LA Kings' prospect Maxim Kitsyn finally recovered from his elbow injury and played his first KHL game of the season and had an assist during the 3-4 OT defeat to Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg.
Inside College Hockey | Recruiting Trail
TOP 20 INCOMING DEFENSEMEN
1. Derek Forbort, North Dakota
The 15th overall pick in June's NHL Draft scored five goals and added 23 assists for the U.S. NTDP last season.
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8. Kevin Gravel, St. Cloud State
A 2010 USHL All-Star, Gravel's dad, Jim, played for the Huskies from 1977-81 and scored 101 career points.
Friday night rewind | University of North Dakota Hockey
Derek Forbort is now tied for the team lead in scoring. Going back to the Fairbanks game, there was a point where Forbort had assisted on five straight Sioux goals.
2010-11 WHL Scoring Race | Sports Haze
Every year in the Western Hockey League there are select few players that dominate, and appear to be men amongst boys. Brandon Kozun led the league in points last year, racking up 32 goals and 75 assists for the Calgary Hitmen. Not far behind him, Jordan Eberle put up 106 points in only 57 games for the Regina Pats. Kozun and Eberle seemed to dominate last year, being superior players in the Western Hockey League.With Kozun currently playing for Manchester and Eberle playing for the Oilers there will be new stars and league leaders in the 2010/2011 season.
Last year Jordan Eberle played to the left of Jordan Weal. Weal and Eberle were a dynamic one-two punch, putting up a combined 208 points. This year however, Eberle is gone and leaves many wondering, did Eberle make Weal? So far Weal looks strong in Regina, putting up 10 points in 8 games.
In the past ten years Jordan Weal is only one of five players out of the CHL that put up over 100 points in their second year of junior eligibility. In doing so, Weal joined a star studded list that consisted of John Tavares, Steven Stamkos, Sam Gagner and Tyler Seguin.
Whalers win thriller on OT goal by Czarnik | hometownlife.com
Scoring the winning goal at 4:44 of the extra session was Robert Czarnik, who scored two goals and assisted on two others in his first game after returning from Los Angeles' NHL camp.
Winther scores again, but Raiders lose to Rebels - Hockey - Sports - The Prince Albert Daily Herald
Tigers forward Linden Vey of Wakaw had four assists in Saturday’s victory at Medicine Hat Arena.
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Seriously, I cannot wait for Kitsyn to be NHL-ready. He’s no Mikus, but that draft-day interview made him a folk legend, and deservedly so.
"Prepare your bladder for imminent release!" — Invader Zim
Good news: Weal now has 14 pts in 10 games. I don’t really understand what all the criticism was about how he only had so many points, because he played with Eberle. With that logic, all linemates of top prospects’ (JT, Stamkos, Hall, Seguin, et al.) should break 100 points. No one gives Weal props as an individual until now.
Bad news: Kitsyn now has 1 point in 3 games. Hope his season doesn’t turn out like last year’s.
History has shown that at times, players point totals can be inflated by their linemates. Normally I would say this isn’t the case especially since you have to be good enough to be put on the top line with the really good player, but one instance was Dany Roussin playing with Sidney Crosby.
His two career junior years with 116 and 117 points were when he played with Crosby, which led us to pick him in the second round of the draft. He then bounced between AHL and ECHL and has never made it to the NHL at all.
Not saying this is always the case, but it could be part of the case of inflated numbers. Hopefully Weal can continue to play well and be a great player.
Nice to see Forbort
putting up big #‘s. Obviously it’s very early, but it looks like another solid draft choice by DL.
Nice to see Kozun and Weal putting up good numbers and ...
…hopefully they can one day do it in the NHL.
Our defensive porspects are seemingly quite strong but it would be nice to have a big point producing forward or two make it on the big club.
I seriously hope Lok has some good luck in the next few games and cements a spot. He’s so talented and creative and it would be nice to have some of that as opposed to another grinding type forward (which we seem to be steeped in already).
Speaking of grinders, Clifford I think is going to replace Westgarth in some future games here shortly and is going to convince MGMT that he deserves to stay. Future top 6 power forward! I love this guy’s heart and his game…
Quisp you should do this from now on
I like getting updates from our prospects not in the AHL…
"I still love my ex-wife, but only when we're not talking"
i will try to keep it up
i clip every interesting tidbit on any kings prospects i come across. the thing about the CHL/NCAA kids is, there are only a handful.
CHL: Vey, Toffoli, Weal, Berube, Deslauriers and Czarnik.
NCAA: Forbort, Gravel, Roe, Turnbull and Dowd.
and in the KHL you’ve got Fransson, Kitsyn and Mikus.
That’s 14 guys. There are some others in Europe, but they’re not on the radar, really.
but, yes, i agree, it’s fun to keep tabs on the kids. for several years now, it’s been the only fun. and now that the kings are threatening to be great, it’s paying off.
Wait till this year.
Wait
I thought Fransson signed an EL with the Kings?
"I still love my ex-wife, but only when we're not talking"
by angelofdeath on Oct 19, 2010 1:52 AM PDT up reply actions
yes, but after he was assigned to manchester, he opted to go to the khl
the kings loaned him there, which means he remains kings property, like mikus.
Wait till this year.
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