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Every week we will take a look around the Minnesota Wild prospect pool and see what players have had an impressive streak of games. It might be three, it might be five, it might just be one. Let’s look at The Young and Wild.
With the World Juniors canceled last week, a pile of opportunities to watch Wild prospects were washed away and all we were left with was some scattering of junior hockey, the AHL dudes, and, of course, the prospects in the NCAA.
Luckily, some of them completely dominated their holiday break for us.
Jack McBain
One of the lesser known prospects in the Wild system has been Jack McBain, but since becoming an older collegiate player for Boston College, he has not been able to stop producing. The 21-year-old came back from a temporary absence last week and just completely rolled through opponents.
Marshall Warren wins the puck with a nice poke check.
— Spoked Z (@SpokedZ) December 30, 2021
Nikita Nesterenko shows patience before taking the space in front of him and firing a pass to a streaking McBain.
McBain goes NSFW mode and tucks a SHG. 1-1
Filthy sequence from the 3 Minnesota draft picks #mnwild pic.twitter.com/K0zgMX05pB
Sometimes, he was doing it literally.
Jack McBain was also running around killing guys last night https://t.co/0lvztB0Ysi pic.twitter.com/p0f1NlQErz
— Spoked Z (@SpokedZ) December 31, 2021
First shift since December 10 and Jack McBain chooses violence #mnwild pic.twitter.com/SGHZfKDuDR
— Spoked Z (@SpokedZ) December 30, 2021
Through two games last week, McBain scored four goals to add to his season total which now stands at 13 goals and 24 points in just 18 games. This will be his final year in the NCAA before (hopefully) signing a professional contract with Minnesota. So the 2018 third-round pick is doing all the right things already for a big-bodied center.
Marco Rossi (duh)
This one is obvious, but Marco Rossi did enough last week to earn his well-deserved call-up to the NHL. He scored three goals and earned two assists in three games for the AHL Wild. One of those goals was the overtime game-winning penalty shot that made us all collectively drop our jaws.
The tying goal. The winning goal.
— Spoked Z (@SpokedZ) December 30, 2021
Marco Rossi calls game in OT with a penalty shot. 3-point night for 23 #mnwild pic.twitter.com/eOnbDbc5Ct
We just started this prospect report for the year and Rossi and Boldy have already graduated. It’s kind of a good thing since they would no doubt be hogging up all the space and there would be none left for the younger guys. Thanks Marco and Matt.
Sam Hentges
Another NCAA center is on the list this week for his goalscoring, as St. Cloud center Sam Hentges managed to score three goals and added an assist in two games.
Welcome back, Sam Hentges!
— The NCHC (@TheNCHC) January 2, 2022
The senior scores his 3rd of the weekend to tie it for @SCSUHUSKIES_MH #NCHChockey // #SCSUHuskies pic.twitter.com/4vqLE9UQlW
Joining Hentges on the Huskies is defenseman Jack Peart, and although he didn’t do much last week since he was at the World Juniors, for a rookie blueliner to have 11 points in 13 games in the NCAA, is kind of insane. Points aren’t everything, but with his mobility that he has put on display in the past, the 2021 second-rounder is doing more than enough to get us hyped for the next wave of Wild prospects.
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