It was quite the week for the little Lightning. Two hat tricks, three players putting up five point weeks and a few more who had four points. There’s a lot to watch, and to help you with all these highlights I added players numbers next to their names so you know who to watch for. Stick tap to Boomkk47 for the suggestion.
Ontario Hockey League
#12 – Christopher Paquette (F) – 3G, 0A, -2
Peterborough Petes – 8-4-0-1
Oct. 19th: @ Windsor Spitfires
W 5-1 – 3G, 0A, +3
Oct. 21st: @ Flint Firebirds
L 7-3 – 0G, 0A, -3
Oct. 22nd: @ Saginaw Spirit
L 3-2 – 0G, 0A, -2
Paquette had a big night against the reigning Memorial Cup champs, netting a hat trick. Unfortunately it didn’t keep going and Chris was off the scoreboard the rest of the week.
#12 – Boris Katchouk (F) – 3G, 1A
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds – 9-2-2-0
Oct. 18th: @ Sudbury Wolves
L 4-2 – 1G, 1A, -1
Oct. 20th: vs Kingston Frontenacs
W 6-5 – No Points
Oct. 22nd: vs Guelph Storm
W 7-4 – 2G, 0A, +1
The Greyhounds are hot and scoring all the goals. Katchouk had a big four point week.
#17 – Taylor Raddysh (F) – 1G, 4A, +2
Erie Otters – 5-6-1-0
Oct. 21st: vs Owen Sound Attack
W 6-4 – 0G, 3A, +1
Oct. 22nd: vs Owen Sound Attack
W 4-3 – 1G, 1A, +1
Raddysh was playing like his old self last week, leading the Otters with five points.
#17 – Alexei Lipanov (F) – 3G, 0A, +1
Barrie Colts – 8-3-0-1
Oct. 21st: vs Sarnia Sting
L 7-2 – 1G, 0A
Oct. 22nd: @ Oshawa Generals
W 4-0 – 2G, 0A, +1
Lipanov has lost his fellow Russian in Barrie as Andrei Svechnikov is injured and will be out for weeks with a broken hand.
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
#89 – Otto Somppi (F) – 3G, 2A, +5
Halifax Mooseheads – 8-4-2-0
Oct. 17th: vs Moncton Wildcats
W 5-1 – 0G, 2A, +2
Oct. 20th: @ Blainsville-Boisbriand Armada
W 4-2 – 3G, 0A, +3
Oct 21st: @ Sherbrooke Phoenix
W 3-1 – 0G, 0A, +1
Oct. 22nd: @ Victoriaville Tigres
L 2-0 – 0G, 0A, -1
Otto Somppi continued his hot streak into this week, but it only lasted two games before he maxed out at five points.
Western Hockey League
#21 – Brett Howden (F) / #76 – Oleg Susonov (D)
2G, 2A, +2 / No Points
Moose Jaw Warriors – 9-3-0-0
Oct. 17th: @ Kootenay Ice
L 2-1 – No Points / No Points
Oct. 18th: @ Spokane Warriors
L 2-1 – No Points / No Points
Oct. 20th: @ Everett Silvertips
W 6-3 – 2G, 2A, +1 / No Points
Oct. 21st: @ Seattle Thunderbirds
W 3-1 – 0G, 0A, +1 / No Points
The Warriors tacked on two losses, but once the Bolts prospects started scoring the wins started coming.
#25 – Libor Hajek (D) – 1G, 0A, -1
Saskatoon Blades – 3-6-1-0
Oct. 18th: vs Vancouver Giants
L 6-3 – 1G, 0A, -1
Oct. 21st: @ Prince Albert Raiders
L 4-3 OT – No Points
Well, not everyone can score all the time.
#25 – Cal Foote (D) – 1G, 1A, +1
Kelowna Rockets – 5-5-1-1
Oct. 17th: @ Tri-City Americans
L 2-1 – 0G, 0A, -1
Oct. 20th: vs Portland Winterhawks
L 3-1 – No Points
Oct. 21st: vs Portland Winterhawks
W 7-2 – 1G, 1A, +2
Kelowna is Rocketing to the bottom of the WHL standings, thankfully the B.C. Division is terrible so they’re really ok after these losses.
USHL
#19 – Cole Guttman (F) – 0G, 0A, -1
Dubuque Fighting Saints – 1-3-1-0
Oct. 20th: @ Chicago Steel
L 3-2 – 0G, 0A, -1
Not a good week for the Saints as they lie low with only one game.
#14 – Nicklaus Perbix (D) – 0G, 0A, -1
Omaha Lancers – 2-5-0-0
Oct. 20th: @ Tri-City Storm
L 4-1 – No Points
Oct. 21st: vs Fargo Force
L 5-2 – 0G, 0A, -1
Oct. 22nd: vs Fargo Force
L 4-1 – No Points
Even worse for the Lancers who went 0-3 and were outscored 13-4.
Upper Midwest High School Elite League
#19 – Samuel Walker (F) – 1G, 3A
Team Southwest
Oct. 17th: vs Northwest
W 5-2 – 0G, 2A
Oct. 21st: vs Wisconsin
W 8-1 – No Points
Oct. 22nd: @ Shattuck-St. Mary’s
L 4-3 – 1G, 1A
Walker and Southwest won the regular season championship this past weekend, and will be the #1 seed heading into the playoffs.
NCAA
#33 – Kris Oldham (G) – 32sh, 28sv, .875sv%
U. Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks
Overall: 2-1-1 / Conference: 0-0
Oct. 20th: vs Arizona State
W 5-1 – Did Not Play
Oct. 21st: vs Arizona State
T 4-4 – 32sh, 28sv, .875sv%
Oldham got in a game! Well, at least he didn’t lose.
#20 – Ross Colton (F) – 1G, 0A, -4
U. Vermont Catamounts
Overall: 2-4 / Conference: 0-0
Oct. 20th: @ Michigan
L 4-1 – 1G, 0A, -3
Oct. 21st: @ Michigan
L 3-2 – 0G, 0A, -1
The cats were no match for the Wolverines.
#18 – Ryan Lohin (F) – 0G, 5A, +3
U. Mass-Lowell River Hawks
Overall: 3-3 / Conference: 0-2
Oct. 20th: @ Clarkson
W 3-1 – 0G, 2A, +1
Oct. 21st: @ St. Lawrence
W 5-0 – 0G, 3A, +2
A great weekend for UML and for Lohin himself. five points in two games, and he was sharing the glory on all five goals.
#16 – Johnathan MacLeod (D) – 0G, 1A, +1
Boston U. Terriers
Overall: 3-2-1 / Conference: 1-0-1
Oct. 20th: vs UConn
T 2-2 – Did Not Play
Oct. 21st: @ UConn
W 6-3 – 0G, 1A, +1
See? You don’t play the Bolt and you aren’t going to win.
#20 – Ryan Zuhlsdorf (D) – No Points
U. Minnesota Golden Gophers
Overall: 3-3 / Conference: 1-1
Oct. 20th: @ North Dakota
W 2-1 – 0G, 0A, +1
Oct. 21st: @ North Dakota
L 4-0 – 0G, 0A, -1
One of the few point-less players we saw this week, Zuhlsdorf needs to step things up this weekend.
It’s really awesome to see so many players who sit at over a PPG. Hopefully this list gets bigger as the season goes on, not smaller.
Lightning prospects points
Player | League | Points | Games | PPG | NHLe |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Samuel Walker | Big 10 | 18 | 26 | 0.69 | 19.87 |
Ryan Lohin | Hockey East | 22 | 21 | 1.05 | 31.78 |
Alexey Lipanov | OHL | 21 | 43 | 0.49 | 12.81 |
Cole Guttman | NCHC | 18 | 25 | 0.72 | 24.21 |
Nicklaus Perbix | NCHC | 13 | 26 | 0.50 | 16.81 |
Ryan Zuhlsdorf | Big 10 | 4 | 24 | 0.17 | 4.78 |
Gabriel Fortier | QMJHL | 64 | 50 | 1.28 | 27.29 |
Radim Salda | QMJHL | 23 | 31 | 0.74 | 15.82 |
Alex Green | ECAC | 1 | 5 | 0.20 | 3.77 |
Cole Koepke | NCHC | 11 | 26 | 0.42 | 14.22 |