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HW's Weekly Prospect Report 11/12/2012

Remembrance Day. Nuff said.

By danccchan
Bruce Bennett

Highlights

Maillet, Bussières, Cüpper named the QMJHL three stars of the week - Nice to see our 2nd rounder starting to come around!

Minnesota Wild’s prospect pool boasts top-end talent and character - More hype around our kids, and obviously some stuff we don't like from HF, but its worth a read

Minnesota Wild prospect power rankings; Nov. 6 - Thought this was ... interesting ...

Future Considerations releases its Intro to '13 Draft

Sounds like goaltender Stephen Michalek is leaving Harvard for the USHL Cedar Rapids

Harvard sophomore G Steve Michalek added by Cedar Rapids...has yet to suit up for Crimson this year. 6th round Minnesota pick in '11.

Tyler Graovac's goal in the Super Series against the Russians:

Also, Hockey Wilderness and First Round Bust are planning the next issue for the Wild Prospect Handbook, slated for a mid-December release! Stay tuned! Some information: link

Prospect Of The Week

Raphael Bussieres

Sorry to Justin Fontaine and Erik Haula, both who had great weeks, but Bussieres just knocked it out of the park, or ice, or whatever.

He score three goals and four assists in just three games. He also had a nice +6 in total and total of 10 shots.

Per the QMJHL link posted above:

...In three road games, Raphaël Bussières of the Baie-Comeau Drakkar collected 7 points including 3 goals and a great +/- of +6, extending his streak to 6 games with at least one point. The second round pick of the Minnesota Wild collected at least 2 points in every one of his games.

Bussieres was drafted for his grit and a touch of offense so it is nice seeing the offensive side starting to be realized, but like Brett Bulmer, if he doesn't realize it at the NHL level, he'll always be useful as a pain in the ass type of player. We are starting to stock up on those with Bulmer, Zucker, Larsson and with Clutterbuck, Powe and Mitchell on the pro roster.

Minor League

Pos Age Height Weight DOB Team League GP G A P PIM +/- PPG SHG Shots
Mikael Granlund C/W 20 5.10 180 2/26/1992 Houston Aeros AHL 8 4 8 12 2 5 2 0 23
Charlie Coyle RW/C 20 6.02 205 3/2/1992 Houston Aeros AHL 13 7 2 9 4 1 2 0 24
Justin Fontaine RW 25 5.10 160 11/6/1987 Houston Aeros AHL 12 4 5 9 0 2 1 0 27
Marco Scandella D 22 6.02 190 2/23/1990 Houston Aeros AHL 9 0 8 8 2 0 0 0 12
Jason Zucker LW 20 5.11 180 1/16/1992 Houston Aeros AHL 9 5 3 8 10 0 2 0 34
Johan Larsson C/LW 20 5.10 200 7/25/1992 Houston Aeros AHL 13 2 4 6 12 -2 0 0 18
David McIntyre LW/C 25 6.00 190 2/4/1987 Houston Aeros AHL 12 2 4 6 6 6 0 0 28
Kris Foucault LW 21 6.01 202 12/12/1990 Houston Aeros AHL 11 3 3 6 0 -4 2 0 14
Chay Genoway D 25 5.09 177 12/20/1986 Houston Aeros AHL 11 2 4 6 8 4 1 0 14
Chad Rau C 25 5.11 175 1/18/1987 Houston Aeros AHL 13 4 2 6 4 3 0 0 11
Zack Phillips C/RW 20 6.00 175 10/28/1992 Houston Aeros AHL 12 1 4 5 2 -5 0 0 15
Steven Kampfer D 24 5.11 197 9/24/1988 Houston Aeros AHL 12 0 5 5 10 -7 0 0 27
Carson McMillan RW/C 24 6.01 200 9/10/1988 Houston Aeros AHL 12 1 4 5 2 4 0 0 20
Nick Palmieri RW 23 6.03 220 7/12/1989 Houston Aeros AHL 13 4 1 5 18 1 1 0 23
Jonas Brodin D 19 6.01 166 7/12/1993 Houston Aeros AHL 8 2 2 4 4 2 0 0 13
Joel Broda LW/C 22 6.00 196 11/24/1989 Houston Aeros AHL 12 1 2 3 12 -3 0 0 23
Brett Bulmer RW 20 6.03 185 4/26/1992 Houston Aeros AHL 12 0 1 1 13 -8 0 0 17
Jarod Palmer RW 26 6.00 200 2/10/1986 Houston Aeros AHL 4 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 5
Tyler Cuma D 22 6.02 180 1/19/1990 Houston Aeros AHL 7 0 0 0 2 -8 0 0 6
Kyle Medvec D 24 6.05 191 6/16/1988 Orlando Solar Bears ECHL 8 3 3 6 8 4 0 0 22
Josh Caron D 21 6.02 215 2/10/1991 Orlando Solar Bears ECHL 14 1 1 2 28 -2 0 0 6

Canadian Major Junior Leagues

Pos Age Height Weight DOB Team League GP G A P PIM +/- PPG SHG Shots
Tyler Graovac C 19 6.03 179 4/27/1993 Ottawa 67's OHL 19 18 8 26 6 -4 4 6 -
Raphael Bussieres LW 19 6.01 195 11/5/1993 Baie-Comeau QMJHL 20 9 13 22 14 11 2 0 56
Colton Jobke D 20 6.00 175 4/20/1992 Regina Pats WHL 15 1 12 13 42 -1 0 0 -
Matt Dumba D 18 6.00 183 7/25/1994 Red Deer Rebels WHL 21 5 8 13 31 -7 0 0 -

USA/BCHL

Pos Age Height Weight DOB Team League GP G A P PIM +/- PPG SHG Shots
Louis Nanne LW 18 5.10 162 6/18/1994 Penticton Vees BCHL 14 4 9 13 4 0 1 1 -
Erik Haula C/LW 21 5.11 170 3/23/1991 U of Minnesota WCHA 9 5 6 11 2 2 0 0 40
Adam Gilmour RW 18 6.02 193 1/29/1994 Muskegon Lumberjacks USHL 14 3 5 8 2 4 1 0 34
Nick Seeler D 19 6.00 170 6/3/1993 U of Nebraska Omaha WCHA 10 1 4 5 10 5 0 0 15
John Draeger D 18 6.02 186 12/2/1993 Michigan State CCHA 10 1 3 4 2 -5 1 0 18
Anthony Hamburg RW 21 6.01 185 8/30/1991 Rochester Inst. of Tech AHA 9 1 2 3 4 0 0 0
Mario Lucia LW 19 6.02 187 8/25/1993 Notre Dame CCHA

European

Pos Age Height Weight DOB Team League GP G A P PIM +/- PPG SHG Hits Time
Cody Almond C/LW 23 6.02 199 7/24/1989 Geneve-Servette NLA 20 6 12 18 24 7
Daniel Gunnarsson D 20 6.04 191 4/15/1992 Lulea Elitserien 19 2 2 4 10 5 1 0 4 16.44
Christoph Bertschy C 18 5.10 170 4/5/1994 Bern NLA 17 1 0 1 8 -4
Bern U20 Elit Jr 2 2 1 3 2
Bjorn Krupp D 21 6.02 189 3/6/1991 Kolner Haie DEL 17 1 4 5 8 3

Goaltenders

Age Height Weight DOB Team League GP Min GA SO GAA W L SOL/T SA Svs Sv%
Johan Gustafsson G 20 6.02 202 2/28/1992 Lulea Elitserien 9 15 0 1.52 6 3 0 229 214 0.935
Matt Hackett G 22 6.02 170 3/7/1990 Houston Aeros AHL 9 508.5 27 0 3.19 2 4 2 252 225 0.893
Darcy Kuemper G 22 6.04 195 5/5/1990 Houston Aeros AHL 5 281 12 1 2.56 3 2 0 118 106 0.898
Stephen Michalek G 19 6.02 196 8/6/1993 Harvard ECAC

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