Minnesota Wild Prospects Update: January 18, 2011

by nathaneide on Jan 18, 2011 1:32 PM CST in Prospects

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Once again, our friends at Wild PR are kind enough to compile the highlights of the Wild prospects, and we are delighted to bring that information to you.

Starting with the week that was for the Houston Aeros, and continuing to the kids in the OHL and NCAA, they have the Wild prospects covered like a blanket (or some other all too often used cliche).

The Aeros went 3-0-0-1 this past week, winning 4-2 at Rockford on Wednesday and 4-3 in a shootout at Chicago on Friday. Houston then came home for a pair of games vs. Grand Rapids, winning 2-1 on Saturday and falling 3-2 in a shootout on Sunday. RW Jon DiSalvatore (1-3=4) and D Maxim Noreau (0-4=4) led the squad with four points each while G Josh Tordjman posted two wins and a .925 SV%. Overall, LW Robbie Earl has totaled 29 points (12-17=29) to lead the Aeros while G Matt Hackett currently owns team bests in wins (10), goals against average (2.52) and save percentage (.912) . This week the Houston hosts Texas on Friday then plays at Lake Erie on Saturday and Toronto on Sunday.

Aeros Record: 24-18-1-3, 52 pts., 3rd place in the West Division

#	Player	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PP	SHG	SOG	SH%
17	Robbie Earl	35	12	17	29	7	18	4	1	106	11.3
26	Maxim Noreau	46	7	20	27	-4	26	5	0	120	5.8
14	Jon DiSalvatore	46	8	17	25	-9	22	4	0	117	6.8
12	Cody Almond	43	11	12	23	-3	82	7	1	82	13.4
62	Jean-Michel Daoust	45	7	12	19	-3	20	1	0	73	9.6
25	Warren Peters	41	8	10	18	-10	25	2	0	70	11.4
19	Jarod Palmer	36	4	12	16	2	41	3	0	59	6.8
7	Casey Wellman	22	7	7	14	-4	8	1	0	59	11.9
27	Carson McMillan	46	7	7	14	-10	51	0	2	55	12.7
20	Chad Rau	26	5	9	14	8	8	0	0	43	11.6
18	Colton Gillies	35	6	6	12	-4	47	1	0	53	11.3
15	Nate Prosser	44	4	8	12	-1	21	1	0	47	8.5
39	Brandon Buck	41	2	7	9	-3	6	0	0	71	2.8
23	Petr Kalus	32	6	2	8	-5	68	1	0	49	12.2
22	Jed Ortmeyer (total)	28	2	6	8	1	20	0	0	58	3.4
56	Joel Broda	20	5	2	7	-1	16	3	0	33	15.2
32	Kris Fredheim	33	3	3	6	-5	12	0	0	30	10.0
42	Matt Kassian	40	2	3	5	-6	100	0	0	31	6.5
44	Justin Falk	23	1	3	4	-1	21	0	0	31	3.2
61	Tyler Cuma	21	1	2	3	-3	8	0	0	15	6.7
16	Patrick O'Sullivan	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	6	33.3
4	Jamie Fraser	14	0	1	1	-4	4	0	0	13	0.0
29	Drew Bagnall	43	0	1	1	-4	76	0	0	40	0.0

#	Goalies	GP	Mins	W	L	SL	SO	GA	GAA	SVS	SV%
41	Josh Tordjman	3	156	2	0	0	0	4	1.54	61	0.938
31	Matt Hackett	24	1336	10	10	2	1	56	2.52	579	0.912

FUTURE MINNESOTA WILD STATISTICS – JANUARY 18, 2011

CHL	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	NOTES
LW Brett Bulmer	Kelowna (WHL)	42	14	21	35	-9	66	Totaled three assists in two games last week and currently owns a three-game assist streak. Ranks 3rd in points, T-3rd in assists and 4th in goals among Rockets skaters.
D Josh Caron	Kamloops (WHL)	5	0	0	0	+3	10	Registered four PIM in three games in his first action since suffering a broken collar-bone 9/25. He missed 41 games with the injury.
LW Kris Foucault	Calgary (WHL)	39	13	16	29	-7	44	Dished out four assists in three games last week. He has picked up five assists in his last five games and ranks 2nd in points and T-3rd in goals among Hitmen skaters.
D Colton Jobke	Kelowna (WHL)	35	1	6	7	-1	59	Recorded a -1 rating in two games for Kelowna last week. The Rockets are 23-20-0 and sit in 6th place in the Western Conference.
D Bjorn Krupp	Belleville (OHL)	37	1	7	8	-17	35	Claimed an assist to end a 15-game scoreless streak (1/15) and now ranks T-3rd among Belleville defensemen in assists.
RW Dylen McKinlay	Chilliwack (WHL)	26	4	9	13	-4	29	Posted a -3 rating and two PIM as Chilliwack took two of three games from Prince George last week. He missed 16 games with a knee injury (10/16-11/26).
COLLEGE/USHL	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	NOTES
C Anthony Hamburg	Colgate (ECAC)	7	0	3	3	-4	4	Has left Colgate University and will play the remainder of the season with Omaha of the USHL. He has compiled seven points (2-5=7) in his first seven games with the Lancers.
C Anthony Hamburg	Omaha (USHL)	7	2	5	7	-2	4
LW Erik Haula	Minnesota (WCHA)	19	3	13	16	+7	14	Recorded an assist and four shots on goal in his first game since the World Junior Championship (1/14). He leads the Gophers in assists and is 4th in points. Led all Finnish players with four goals and ranked 2nd with seven points in six games at the World Junior Championship.
D Sean Lorenz	Notre Dame (CCHA)	26	4	5	9	+20	28	Saw a three-game point streak snapped 1/14, but was back on the scoresheet the next night with an assist in a 4-1 loss to Alaska. He leads the team in plus/minus rating.
D Kyle Medvec	Vermont (HE)	18	1	2	3	-7	22	Registered one shot and a +1 rating as Vermont split a pair of games with Northeastern last week.
F Jason Zucker	Denver (WCHA)	22	16	8	24	+13	28	Potted a goal and an assist (1/4) and another goal the next night as Denver went 1-0-1 vs. Minnesota State last weekend. He ranks 1st in WCHA play and T-6th in the nation in goals. Named WCHA Freshman of the Week 12/7 and 12/14. Claimed a bronze medal at the World Junior Championship, potting one goal in four games.
INTL	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	NOTES
F Mikael Granlund	HIFK Helsinki (Finland - SM-liiga)	19	3	15	18	-1	8	Notched five assists and a +4 rating in three games last week. He currently holds a four-game assist streak (1/8-1/15). He was sidelined 21 games with an injury (10/16-12/28).
RW Johan Larsson	Brynas (Sweden – J20 Super Elit)	10	6	9	15	+8	8	Netted a goal and an assist in a 5-0 victory over Skelleftea to earn his first multi-point game of the season in Elite play (1/15). Posted four points (1-3=4) and four PIM in six games at the World Junior Championship.
RW Johan Larsson	Brynas (Sweden – Elitserien)	27	1	3	4	+3	10
F Jere Sallinen	Blues Espoo (Finland - SM-liiga)	36	4	6	10	+4	24	Snapped a seven-game scoring drought by tallying Blues’ first goal in a 4-2 win over HPK (1/11).
GOALTENDERS	TEAM	GP	MIN	GAA	W-L-OTL	GA	SV%	NOTES
Dennis Endras	Augsburger (Germany -DEL)	33	1924	3.30	15-15-3	106	0.895	Stopped 31 of 34 shots to earn a 5-3 victory over Hamburg (1/16). Allowed three goals on eight shots before being relieved in a 4-1 loss to Straubing (1/14).
Johan Gustafsson	VIK (Sweden - Hockey Allsvenskan)	15	900	2.40		36	0.910	Made 22 saves in a 3-2 OT loss to Orebro in his first game for VIK since the World Junior Championship (1/14).
Darcy Kuemper	Red Deer (WHL)	39	2296	1.80	28-8-3	69	0.933	Named WHL Player of the Week after going 3-0-0 with two shutouts, stopping 85 of 86 shot for a 0.32 GAA and a .988 SV%. He currently ranks 1st in the WHL in wins, GAA, SV% and shutouts. Named CHL Goalie of the Week for the period of 10/4-10/10.

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Granlund

Droooooool……glad to see the next Wild fiinish center is back ripping it up after that concussion scare!

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by JMarushin on Jan 18, 2011 1:44 PM CST reply actions

Finnish*

I apologize Finland

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by JMarushin on Jan 18, 2011 1:45 PM CST up reply actions

Good to hear Mixo is back from his concussion. Putting up a point per game in the SM Liiga is quite the accomplishment for an 18 year old. I don’t know if he comes over next year though… development wise as a 19 year old he might be better off staying in the SM Liiga another year rather than play 10-12 minutes a night in the NHL or playing against the quality of competition in the major juniors.

As for Haula, straight up steal. I was surprised he lasted until the 7th round in 09 and he’s proving everyone why he should have gone in the 2nd to 3rd round.

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by David Hanssen on Jan 18, 2011 7:10 PM CST reply actions

Hopefully Haula can become our Datsyuk..

Well ok, that’s a bit unrealistic, but it would be nice to have a 7th rounder become a great player for us. It would be a nice change from all of the busts we drafted in the 1st-2nd-3rd rounds.

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by JSLandry on Jan 18, 2011 7:32 PM CST up reply actions

Our 2nds and 3rds haven't be terrible

2006 – Cal Clutterbuck (3rd)
2007 – None
2008 – Marco Scandella (2nd)
2009 – Matthew Hackett (3rd)
Now 2010 – Jason Zucker, Johan Larsson

But the future for our recent firsts is bleak. Benoit Pouliot (at least we got Latendresse) James Sheppard, Colton Gillies (I still have hope for you!), Tyler Cuma (poor injuries)

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by danccchan on Jan 19, 2011 7:46 AM CST up reply actions