Highlights
The Steve Michalek Project - Interesting look at one of the more unknown goaltenders in the Wild system
Matt Hackett Dobber Sports - Another goaltender update with a quick update on Hackett.
Jason Zucker vs Mark Olver - Because we all love fights! (There are more fights of Palmeri and Genoway on that linked page as well)
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Wild Prospect Handbook also has a short preview on the World Junior Championships and seeing that Mario Lucia and Christoph Bertschy make final cut, it should be a good read here .
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Prospect Of The Week
A very slow week for Wild prospects because of the holidays but a few did manage to squeeze in a few games. However, those few games just weren't exactly explosive. So with that said, which two prospects manage to put up at least decent showing this week?
Michalek only played one game but after not playing with Harvard and starting slow with Cedar Rapids, Michalek is starting to make up for it. He only played one game this week but it was a .933% save percentage game with 30 shots against and only two goals allowed.
While the rest of the Houston Aeros offense continues to struggle, Palmieri is picking up some of the slack, with three points in two games, and a total of eight shots and 7 penalty minutes. Seems like a very solid performance on an erratic Aeros team.
So who did the best this week?
Minor League
Pos
Age
Ht
Wt
Team
GP
G
A
P
PIM
+/-
PPG
SHG
S
Jason Zucker LW
20
5.11
180
Houston Aeros (AHL)
24
13
10
23
21
-8
7
1
89
Justin Fontaine RW
25
5.10
160
Houston Aeros (AHL)
26
8
13
21
2
2
4
0
49
Nick Palmieri
RW
23
6.03
220
Houston Aeros (AHL)
28
8
9
17
31
8
2
0
56
Johan Larsson C/LW
20
5.10
200
Houston Aeros (AHL)
28
6
10
16
16
-1
2
1
39
Charlie Coyle RW/C
20
6.02
205
Houston Aeros (AHL)
28
10
6
16
14
-5
2
0
43
David McIntyre LW/C
25
6.00
190
Houston Aeros (AHL)
27
7
8
15
18
13
0
0
62
Mikael Granlund C/W
20
5.10
180
Houston Aeros (AHL)
16
5
9
14
6
-5
2
0
34
Marco Scandella D
22
6.02
190
Houston Aeros (AHL)
23
1
10
11
13
1
0
0
53
Kris Foucault
LW
22
6.01
202
Houston Aeros (AHL)
20
4
6
10
2
-3
2
0
27
Chay Genoway D
26
5.09
177
Houston Aeros (AHL)
26
3
7
10
21
6
1
0
28
Zack Phillips C/RW
20
6.00
175
Houston Aeros (AHL)
26
1
9
10
2
-5
0
0
36
Jarod Palmer RW
26
6.00
200
Houston Aeros (AHL)
16
2
6
8
26
6
0
0
18
Chad Rau C
25
5.11
175
Houston Aeros (AHL)
13
4
2
6
4
3
0
0
11
Steven Kampfer D
24
5.11
197
Houston Aeros (AHL)
14
0
6
6
10
-10
0
0
30
Carson McMillan RW/C
24
6.01
200
Houston Aeros (AHL)
17
1
4
5
4
3
0
0
25
Jonas Brodin D
19
6.01
166
Houston Aeros (AHL)
8
2
2
4
4
2
0
0
13
Joel Broda LW/C
23
6.00
196
Houston Aeros (AHL)
26
2
2
4
20
-5
0
0
44
Tyler Cuma D
22
6.02
180
Houston Aeros (AHL)
20
1
2
3
8
-5
0
0
16
Brett Bulmer RW
20
6.03
185
Houston Aeros (AHL)
17
1
1
2
19
-8
0
0
27
Josh Caron D
21
6.02
215
Houston Aeros (AHL)
10
0
0
0
7
-1
0
0
0
Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL)
14
1
1
2
28
-2
0
0
6
Kyle Medvec D
24
6.05
191
Houston Aeros (AHL)
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL)
12
3
4
7
16
2
0
0
27
Canadian Junior Leagues
Pos
Age
Height
Weight
Team
GP
G
A
P
PIM
+/-
PPG
SHG
Shots
Raphael Bussieres LW
19
6.01
195
Baie-Comeau (QMJHL)
36
18
26
44
22
21
4
0
114
Tyler Graovac C
19
6.03
179
Ottawa 67s (OHL)
26
18
12
30
6
-14
5
1
-
Matt Dumba
D
18
6.00
183
Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
34
7
10
17
43
-3
1
0
-
Colton Jobke D
20
6.00
175
Regina Pats (WHL)
15
1
12
13
42
-1
0
0
-
USA/BCHL
Pos
Age
Height
Weight
Team
GP
G
A
P
PIM
+/-
PPG
SHG
Shots
Louis Nanne LW
18
5.10
162
Penticton Vees (BCHL)
27
13
13
26
12
-
3
0
-
Erik Haula
C/LW
21
5.11
170
U of Minnesota (WCHA)
17
8
14
22
6
5
3
0
65
Adam Gilmour RW
18
6.02
193
Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
28
10
12
22
4
9
4
0
81
Mario Lucia
LW
19
6.02
187
Notre Dame (CCHA)
9
5
5
10
4
4
3
0
19
Nick Seeler
D
19
6.00
170
U of Nebraska Omaha (WCHA)
16
2
5
7
16
7
1
0
23
John Draeger D
19
6.02
186
Michigan State (CCHA)
17
1
4
5
6
-6
1
0
28
Anthony Hamburg
RW
21
6.01
185
Rochester Inst. of Tech (AHA)
11
1
2
3
8
0
0
0
European
Pos
Age
Height
Weight
Team
GP
G
A
P
PIM
+/-
PPG
SHG
Hits
Time
Cody Almond C/LW
23
6.02
199
Geneve-Servette (NLA)
26
6
13
19
40
4
Daniel Gunnarsson D
20
6.04
191
Lulea (Elitserien)
31
5
5
10
12
5
3
0
7
17.42
Christoph Bertschy
C
18
5.10
170
Bern (NLA)
27
2
2
4
14
1
Bern U20 (Elit Jr)
2
2
1
3
2
Bjorn Krupp D
21
6.02
189
Kolner Haie (DEL)
18
1
4
5
8
3
Goaltenders
Age
Height
Weight
Team
League
GP
Min
GA
SO
GAA
W
L
SOL/T
SA
Svs
Sv%
Johan Gustafsson G
20
6.02
202
Lulea
Elitserien
20
33
2
1.65
12
8
0
484
450
0.930
Matt Hackett G
22
6.02
170
Houston Aeros
AHL
23
1362
60
0
2.64
11
8
3
615
555
0.902
Darcy Kuemper G
22
6.04
195
Houston Aeros
AHL
6
340
14
1
2.47
3
3
0
158
138
0.908
Orlando Solar Bears
ECHL
3
184
8
0
2.61
0
2
1
113
105
0.929
Stephen Michalek
G
19
6.02
196
Cedar Rapids
USHL
7
423.5
22
0
3.12
3
3
1
191
169
0.885
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