Minnesota Wild Prospects Report - March 8, 2011

by nathaneide on Mar 8, 2011 4:16 PM CST in Prospects

Jason Zucker is dominating the NCAA. Does he sign after the season? (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

Thanks to our good friends at Wild PR, here is your weekly update on the Wild of the future!

The Aeros went 2-2-0-0 last week, beating Rockford 8-1 on Wednesday and Syracuse 3-1 on Friday, and then falling 3-1 to Texas on Saturday and 5-4 to Abbotsford on Sunday. D Maxim Noreau (1-5=6), C Patrick O'Sullivan (2-4=6) and D Marco Scandella (2-4=6) co-led Houston with six points apiece while RW Jon DiSalvatore (5-0=5) and LW Robbie Earl (0-5=5) tallied five points each. G Matt Hackett and G Josh Tordjman each recorded one win. Overall, Disalvatore owns a team best 48 points (20-28=48) in 67 games. Hackett leads the team with 15 wins, a 2.27 GAA, and a .918 SV% (minimum 1260 minutes played). This week the Aeros will host Manitoba on Friday and Sunday.

Aeros Record: 37-25-1-4, 79 pts., 2nd in West Division, 2nd in Western Conference

#	Player	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PP	SHG	SOG	SH%
14	Jon DiSalvatore	67	20	28	48	-9	45	10	0	163	12.3
26	Maxim Noreau	66	10	35	45	-7	44	6	0	185	5.4
17	Robbie Earl	56	16	26	42	7	34	6	1	167	9.6
16	Patrick O'Sullivan	23	13	18	31	2	12	6	0	80	16.3
12	Cody Almond	52	12	15	27	-5	94	7	1	106	11.3
62	Jean-Michel Daoust	64	10	17	27	4	33	2	0	101	9.9
20	Chad Rau	47	8	19	27	9	10	2	0	76	10.5
19	Jarod Palmer	55	8	15	23	9	53	3	0	90	8.9
18	Colton Gillies	55	10	12	22	-1	70	1	1	83	12.0
15	Nate Prosser	65	7	15	22	7	29	1	0	77	9.1
27	Carson McMillan	67	10	9	19	-6	64	0	3	88	11.4
5	Jeff Penner (total)	57	5	14	19	10	30	2	0	100	5.0
6	Marco Scandella	33	3	16	19	0	17	2	0	63	4.8
39	Brandon Buck	52	3	13	16	1	6	0	0	90	3.3
22	Jed Ortmeyer (total)	47	6	7	13	-2	35	0	1	104	5.8
44	Justin Falk	44	3	8	11	10	35	0	0	60	5.0
23	Petr Kalus	34	6	2	8	-5	68	1	0	50	12.0
56	Joel Broda	22	5	2	7	-2	16	3	0	33	15.2
32	Kris Fredheim	53	3	4	7	0	16	0	0	48	6.3
42	Matt Kassian	58	3	4	7	-1	130	0	0	39	7.7
16	Brock McBride	19	3	3	6	3	12	0	0	15	20.0
61	Tyler Cuma	31	1	3	4	-3	15	0	0	27	3.7
21	Chris Lawrence (total)	8	1	0	1	-2	15	0	0	12	8.3
4	Jamie Fraser	21	0	1	1	-4	6	0	0	23	0.0
29	Drew Bagnall	60	0	1	1	1	96	0	0	50	0.0
3	Jamie Fritsch	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
37	Pascal Morency	7	0	0	0	-2	24	0	0	3	0.0

Goalies

Mins

GAA

SVS

SV%

Josh Tordjman

276

2.18

114

0.919

Matt Hackett

1878

2.27

791

0.918

FUTURE MINNESOTA WILD STATISTICS – MARCH 8, 2011

CHL	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	NOTES
LW Brett Bulmer	Kelowna (WHL)	54	18	29	47	-11	103	Has missed 10 games since suffering a leg injury 2/13. He is now listed as week-to-week. Ranks T-4th in assists among Rockets skaters.
D Josh Caron	Kamloops (WHL)	22	1	0	1	-2	43	Skated in three games and picked up two PIM last week. Missed 41 games with a broken collar-bone (9/25-1/8).
LW Kris Foucault	Calgary (WHL)	58	23	22	45	-4	56	Scored Calgary’s lone goal in a 5-1 loss to Red Deer (3/4). Leads all Hitmen skaters in points while ranking 2nd in goals and 3rd in assists.
D Colton Jobke	Kelowna (WHL)	44	1	7	8	+4	77	Registered four PIM and a +1 rating in three games last week. Ranks 5th among Rockets defensemen in points.
D Bjorn Krupp	Belleville (OHL)	55	1	10	11	-31	54	Skated in three games this past week. Ranks 4th among Belleville blueliners in assists and points.
RW Dylen McKinlay	Chilliwack (WHL)	48	5	14	19	-13	55	Potted his fifth goal and racked up seven PIM in four games last week. 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	Snapped a six-game scoreless streak with an assist (3/5). Named the Lancers’ Old Chicago Player of the Month for January.
C Anthony Hamburg	Omaha (USHL)	18	4	7	11	-5	6
LW Erik Haula	Minnesota (WCHA)	32	6	18	24	+10	20	Recorded eight shots and two PIM in a pair of games vs. Bemidji State. Co-leads the Gophers in assists and is T-3rd 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)	36	4	9	13	+25	32	Notre Dame was off this past week. Leads the team in plus/minus rating and ranks 3rd among defensemen in scoring.
D Kyle Medvec	Vermont (HE)	27	2	4	6	-8	28	Returned to the lineup after missing the past five games due to injury (3/5). Ranks 4th among Vermont defensemen in points.
F Jason Zucker	Denver (WCHA)	34	20	18	38	+20	51	Skated in two games last week and was named College Hockey Rookie of the Month for February. He ranks 2nd in WCHA play in goals and 3rd in points. 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)	38	8	27	35	+7	14	Recorded three points (1-2=3) and a +3 rating in three games last week. 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	Skated in two games as Brynas finished the regular season in 7th place. Served as captain of Team Sweden and co-led the U19 5 Nations Tournament with 10 points (4-6=10) in four games. Posted four points (1-3=4) and four PIM in six games at the World Junior Championship.
RW Johan Larsson	Brynas (Sweden – Elitserien)	43	4	4	8	+3	18
RW Mikko Lehtonen	Skelleftea (Sweden – Elitserien)	55	30	28	58	+1	34	Finished the regular season as the league leader in goals and ranking 2nd in points. Acquired along with D Jeff Penner from Boston in exchange for G Anton Khudobin (2/28).
F Jere Sallinen	Blues Espoo (Finland - SM-liiga)	54	5	8	13	+4	28	Dished out an assist to end an eight game streak without a helper (3/8).
GOALTENDERS	TEAM	GP	MIN	GAA	W-L-OTL	GA	SV%	NOTES
Dennis Endras	Augsburger (Germany -DEL)	45	2613	3.15	20-21-4	137	0.901	Saved 48 of 51 shots in a 4-3 shootout loss (3/6). Made 18 stops as Augsburger dropped a 4-3 decision to EHC Munchen (3/4).
Johan Gustafsson	VIK (Sweden - Hockey Allsvenskan)	26	1510	2.30		58	0.910	Owns a 1-1-0 record with a 2.94 GAA and a .867 SV% in two playoff games. VIK is currently playing for a spot in the Elite league next season.
Darcy Kuemper	Red Deer (WHL)	56	3320	1.90	40-12-4	105	0.932	Posted a 21-save victory (3/4) and stopped 28 shots in a 4-2 loss (3/1). 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, 11/29-12/5, and 1/10-1/16. Named WHL Player of the Week for the period of 1/10-1/16 and WHL Goalie of the Month for January.

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I've been looking forward to seeing Jason Zucker at the X for the WCHA Final Five all year

I’ve enjoyed watching him on TV when I’ve had the chance, but have yet to see him in person (which is weird considering the amount of college hockey I usually attend in person). I was a little nervous during the WJC when he took that head-shot and missed the rest of the qualifying rounds. However, he came back and has pretty much dominated the WCHA. He is looking to be a First Team all WCHA selection as well as RoY.

The #2 seed Denver has drawn the #11 seed Mankato in the first round of the WCHA playoff best of 3 series this coming weekend. Under normal circumstances, this should be an auto-punch for DU to St. Paul next Thursday-Friday-Saturday (and, really, all logic says this should hold true). However, there are two things working against DU and Jason Zucker.

First, some back story… I am an alumnus of Mankato and still throw the majority of my college hockey support to Mankato hockey. I will have to pull for them this weekend. Again, under normal circumstances, this should mean an auto-pass for DU into the Final Five. However, I don’t want to pull too hard because a #11 finish should be embarrassing enough to this program to hasten the departure of its head coach, Troy Jutting. A series win and a trip to St. Paul certainly keeps him around—after all, he is under contract for something like the next 3 years. (Side note: there is very little that will dislodge coach Jutting form his job, really, but that is an even longer story and is besides the point.)

As I said, there are two very negative factors, from my point of view, at play that could keep DU from St. Paul and us from seeing Mr. Zucker in action:

While I’d be happy for MSU and its players, a win “validates” coach Jutting—at least enough for him to keep his job: something I very strongly am against.
Simply, to what I look forward with eager anticipation just doesn’t happen.

Sound crazy? Of course it is, but that is the shit I think about at 11:00 PM on Tuesday night, FML.

Number 2 there says something about the Wild’s playoffs, too, and for that I am deeply sorry.

by redheadzeb on Mar 8, 2011 11:10 PM CST reply actions

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