Minnesota Wild Prospects Report - February 1, 2011

by nathaneide on Feb 1, 2011 2:25 PM CST in Prospects

Once again, our good friends at Minnesota Wild Media Relations have made our jobs easier and shared with us (to share with all of you) the updated prospects report.

While the Wild were on their ASG break, Brent Burns was not playing defense and Martin Havlat was actually backchecking, the Houston Aeros wrapped up one of the best months in franchise history and moved into first place in the Western Conference of the AHL.

The Aeros earned a pair of extra session wins last week, topping Syracuse 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday and Abbottsford 4-3 in a shootout on Friday. C Chad Rau led the squad with three points (0-3=3) while G Anton Khudobin stopped 41 of 47 shots to earn both victories. Overall, LW Robbie Earl owns 33 points (16-17=33) to lead the Aeros. Khudobin owns a team-best 15 wins while G Matt Hackett leads in goals against average (2.47) and save percentage (.913).

Aeros Record: 28-19-1-3, 60 pts., T-1st in West Division and Western Conference

#	Player	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PP	SHG	SOG	SH%
17	Robbie Earl	40	16	17	33	8	28	6	1	127	12.6
14	Jon DiSalvatore	51	11	19	30	-10	28	5	0	127	8.7
26	Maxim Noreau	51	7	23	30	-5	26	5	0	131	5.3
12	Cody Almond	45	10	12	22	-7	86	6	1	88	11.4
25	Warren Peters	46	10	11	21	-10	33	3	0	79	12.7
62	Jean-Michel Daoust	50	8	13	21	-2	24	1	0	83	9.6
7	Casey Wellman	26	8	9	17	-2	8	1	0	71	11.3
20	Chad Rau	31	5	12	17	8	8	0	0	49	10.2
19	Jarod Palmer	39	4	13	17	3	48	3	0	63	6.3
27	Carson McMillan	51	9	7	16	-7	51	0	2	63	14.3
18	Colton Gillies	40	7	7	14	-4	53	1	0	57	12.3
15	Nate Prosser	49	4	10	14	2	23	1	0	50	8.0
22	Jed Ortmeyer (total)	33	2	7	9	1	24	0	0	66	3.0
39	Brandon Buck	42	2	7	9	-2	6	0	0	71	2.8
23	Petr Kalus	32	6	2	8	-5	68	1	0	49	12.2
16	Patrick O'Sullivan	7	3	4	7	1	0	1	0	20	15.0
32	Kris Fredheim	37	3	3	6	-6	12	0	0	38	7.9
42	Matt Kassian	45	2	3	5	-4	107	0	0	32	6.3
44	Justin Falk	28	1	4	5	3	23	0	0	32	3.1
61	Tyler Cuma	26	1	2	3	-5	15	0	0	21	4.8
4	Jamie Fraser	15	0	1	1	-3	4	0	0	14	0.0
29	Drew Bagnall	48	0	1	1	-3	83	0	0	43	0.0

#	Goalies	GP	Mins	W	L	SL	SO	GA	GAA	SVS	SV%
31	Matt Hackett	26	1455	11	11	2	1	60	2.47	631	0.913
30	Anton Khudobin	27	1464	15	9	1	1	62	2.54	632	0.911

FUTURE MINNESOTA WILD STATISTICS – FEBRUARY 1, 2011

CHL	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	NOTES
LW Brett Bulmer	Kelowna (WHL)	48	18	27	45	-6	79	Registered three points (1-2=3) in a pair of games last week and owns a nine-game point streak. Ranks 2nd in points and 4th in goals among Rockets skaters.
D Josh Caron	Kamloops (WHL)	11	0	0	0	E	26	Racked up six PIM in three games last week. Missed 41 games with a broken collar-bone (9/25-1/8).
LW Kris Foucault	Calgary (WHL)	45	15	18	33	-7	46	Potted goals in consecutive games to open the week (1/25, 1/28) and was held scoreless in two others. Ranks T-2nd in points and T-3rd in goals among Hitmen skaters.
D Colton Jobke	Kelowna (WHL)	38	1	7	8	+2	61	Out of action last week after suffering a leg injury. He is expected to return to the lineup sometime this week.
D Bjorn Krupp	Belleville (OHL)	41	1	9	10	-21	40	Dished out assists in consecutive games (1/26, 1/28) for the first time since 11/17-11/19. Is now one point away from matching his total from all of last season.
RW Dylen McKinlay	Chilliwack (WHL)	33	4	10	14	-7	35	Recorded a -3 rating and two PIM in three games for Chilliwack this past 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	Registered one point in each of his three games last week (2-1=3) to go along with a +1 rating and two PIM for Omaha.
C Anthony Hamburg	Omaha (USHL)	11	4	6	10	-1	6
LW Erik Haula	Minnesota (WCHA)	22	3	13	16	+6	14	Held scoreless as Minnesota split a pair of games with Alaska Anchorage this past week. He co-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)	30	4	6	10	+19	30	Registered one SOG and five blocks to go along with a -2 rating in two games. Ranks 2nd on team in plus/minus rating.
D Kyle Medvec	Vermont (HE)	22	1	2	3	-10	24	Recorded two PIM as Vermont dropped a pair of games to Merrimack last weekend (1/28-1/29).
F Jason Zucker	Denver (WCHA)	24	17	9	26	+13	30	Denver was off this past week. He ranks 1st in WCHA play and 10th 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)	25	4	15	19	-2	8	Potted his fourth goal of the year in a 3-2 win over Karpat (1/25). 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	Scored his second Elite league goal of the season in a 3-2 SO loss (1/25). Posted four points (1-3=4) and four PIM in six games at the World Junior Championship.
RW Johan Larsson	Brynas (Sweden – Elitserien)	32	2	3	5	+3	12
F Jere Sallinen	Blues Espoo (Finland - SM-liiga)	42	4	6	10	+3	26	Averaged 8:23 TOI and picked up two PIM in three games for Blues this past week. Blues is eighth in the 14-team league with 70 points.
GOALTENDERS	TEAM	GP	MIN	GAA	W-L-OTL	GA	SV%	NOTES
Dennis Endras	Augsburger (Germany -DEL)	36	2063	3.34	16-17-3	115	0.892	Stopped 25 of 26 shots in a 2-1 victory over EHC in his only appearance last week (1/30).
Johan Gustafsson	VIK (Sweden - Hockey Allsvenskan)	19	1145	2.41		46	0.910	Made 23 saves in a 5-3 loss (1/29) and stopped 21 shots in a 2-1 SO loss (1/31) for VIK last week.
Darcy Kuemper	Red Deer (WHL)	44	2595	1.83	33-8-3	79	0.933	Posted two wins, including a 31-save shutout, last week and has now won his last nine straight starts. He currently ranks 1st in the WHL in wins, GAA, SV% and shutouts. He owns 10 shutouts while no other goalie has more than four. Named CHL Goalie of the Week for the period of 10/4-10/10, 11/29-12/5, and 1/10-1/16. Named WHL Player of the Week for the period of 1/10-1/16.

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Endras seems to be having a not-so-great season. Is that true or are the numbers not telling the whole tale? At the very least he seems to be getting a lot of minutes. On the flip side, Kuemper is looking like a rock star in Red Deer. I am very curious to see where all of our goalie prospects end up next season.

by Jonsey on Feb 1, 2011 2:59 PM CST reply actions

Kuemper is leaping up the prospect lists

I haven’t seen one kid make this kind of jump in a long time, especially a goalie. His numbers are, frankly, ridiculous. He has a closet full of WHL goalie of the week awards and with the number of games he’s played, those numbers are not a fluke. I’m just shocked by his season, especially when looking back at the dev camp when both Endras and Hackett looked better.

Now, on Endras, I haven’t the slightest idea what’s going on there. It might be that the DEL is a weak defensive league, or his team is terrible and he’s the only reason they aren’t even worse, but the numbers are troubling, especially with how good he looked at the WCs and camp last summer.

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by nathaneide on Feb 1, 2011 3:37 PM CST up reply actions

So what's the next step with ol' Darcy then?

Is he Houston bound next year?

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by JMarushin on Feb 1, 2011 3:47 PM CST up reply actions

Someone needs to take over for Borat.

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by TheDragonReborn on Feb 1, 2011 3:56 PM CST up reply actions

Kuemper’s one SO away from tying the WHL record with Justin Pogge and it’s February 1. Red Deer is a great team, but that’s how ridiculous his season has been.

As for Endras, his team (Augsburg) is horrible and in the DEL cellar. I don’t believe his numbers showcase his talent but at this point the sooner he comes over to NA the better. Endras is a low-risk, high-reward signing so it’s not the end of the world if things don’t work out but a goalie can only be left out to dry so many times.

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by GopherState on Feb 1, 2011 4:43 PM CST up reply actions

He's the WHL's Tim Thomas and then some this year.

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by JSLandry on Feb 1, 2011 7:48 PM CST up reply actions

Endras plays on a terrible team. Absolutely terrible. The guy can flat out play, but as we have seen with great goaltending, he is only one man.

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by BReynolds on Feb 1, 2011 6:31 PM CST up reply actions

Sure are a lot of -‘s in those Aero’s stats

by Chris Winner on Feb 1, 2011 3:00 PM CST reply actions

Interesting for a division and conference leading team, isn't it?

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by nathaneide on Feb 1, 2011 3:34 PM CST up reply actions

"First" should be in quotes

Sorry to state the obvious but the only reason the Aeros are TIED for first is that they have played as many as four games more than the teams around them in the standings. If you go by winning/points percentage they are in 8th. Obviously games in hand are only good if you win them and the Aeros have been playing well, but hyping them as being in first place is a little bit of a joke at this point.

by North2AK on Feb 1, 2011 10:18 PM CST up reply actions

Interesting fact of the day: Kyle Wanvig plays on the same team as Dennis Endras.

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used to, I guess. My German sucks.

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