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  • ROdin's big change

    When Anton Rodin plays, he plays well. The only problem is, he doesn’t play very much. Rodin scored a goal on his first shift, and added an assist and a penalty as Sweden’s national junior defeated the Carleton Ravens 5-1. More

  • Sauve steps up

    Yann Sauve was recently named QMJHL TELUS Defensive Player of the Week, a stretch in which the 6-foot-3, 209-pound defenceman registered one goal, four assists and a plus-8 rating in three Saint John victories. More

  • So many prospects, so little time

    Ask Dave Gagner how many kids he has and he’ll hesitate for a moment before answering. Vancouver’s director of player development has three children of his own, but his job entails watching over many more adolsecents than that. More


eric walsky

Team: Manitoba Moose (AHL)
Season stats: 16 GP, 1 G, 5 A



Manitoba Moose fans know Eric Walsky is fast but it wasn’t until the team held their first ever skills competition earlier this week that it became official. Walsky, currently playing in his first full season with the Moose, finished his lap around the MTS Centre in a time of 13.46 seconds, .22 seconds faster than teammate Marco Rosa. Already everyone’s new favourite Moose, Walsky then hit all five targets in the accuracy shooting challenge to claim top spot. The Anchorage, Alaska product’s production on this night was impressive, but it really didn’t surprise anyone who has followed him all season as he is tied for fifth in Moose scoring with one goal and six assists, alongside his team-high plus-3 rating. Walsky has three points, all assists, in his last two outings and he scored the shootout winner in a 2-1 Moose win over the Toronto Marlies last Saturday.


Taylor Ellington

Team: Victoria Salmon Kings (ECHL)
Season stats: 11 GP, 1 G, 4 A



Sitting in the basement of the ECHL’s National Conference, the Victoria Salmon Kings have had few things go right this season. The play of Canucks prospect Taylor Ellington is thankfully one of the positives. The 21-year-old defenceman, a Victoria product proudly suiting up for the Salmon Kings after five years with the WHL’s Everett Silvertips, is tied for first in scoring for defence with one goal and four assists through 11 games. The Kings are 4-10-0 thus far, but Ellington is holding his own with a plus-2 rating; he was a plus-1 with a pair of helpers in Victoria’s last win, a 5-3 victory against Idaho on November 18th.


kevin connauton

Team: Vancouver Giants (WHL)
Season stats: 25 GP, 9 G, 13 A



AJHL, NCAA and now the WHL, Kevin Connauton is a traveling man, but he’ll likely lose that title now that he’s gotten comfortable with the Vancouver Giants. Connauton, an Edmonton native, has 22 points (9-13-22) in 25 games to sit third in team scoring and fourth in rookie scoring for defenceman, only one point back of a share of second in the league. These numbers, and the fact that Connauton isn’t a true rookie as he’s coming out of Division One, are leading to some good treatment on the bus by the Giants, he recently revealed to the Vancouver Sun. “At the beginning of the year, I talked to Lance Bouma [team captain] to see where I stood. I understood I was a first-year guy but, at the same time, I was coming from Division One. So I'm back there but I'm not too far back. I'm definitely not the very back seat. I've kind of found the middle ground.”
Prospects
Name Pos Team Age
Peter Andersson D Frolunda Jr. 18
Steven Anthony LW Saint John Sea Dogs 18
Mario Bliznak C Manitoba Moose 22
Alexandre Bolduc C Manitoba Moose 24
Matt Butcher LW U. of N. Michigan 22
Joe Cannata G Merrimack college 19
Morgan Clark G Swift Current broncos 19
Kevin Connauton D Vancouver Giants 19
Guillaume Desbiens RW Manitoba Moose 24
Taylor Ellington D everett silvertips 20
Kris Fredheim D colorado college 22
Mats Froshaug C Linkopings HC 21
Michael Funk D Manitoba Moose 22
Dan Gendur RW Manitoba Moose 22
Tanner Glass LW Manitoba Moose 25
Michael Grabner RW Manitoba Moose 21
Denis Grot D Novosibirsk Siber 25
Cody Hodgson C Brampton Batalion 19
Ilja Kablukov C Torpedo Nizhny-novgorod 21
Kiril Koltsov D Salavat Yulayev 26
Pierre-Cedric Labrie LW Manitoba Moose 22
Taylor Matson C U. Of Minnesota 20
Nathan McIver D Manitoba Moose 24
Lukas Mensator G Karlovy Vary HC 24
Evan Oberg D Manitoba Moose 21
Matt Pope C Manitoba Moose 25
Jeremy Price D Nepean Raiders 18
Prab Rai C Seattle thunderbirds 19
Anton Rodin RW Brynas Jr. 18
Yann Sauve D Saint John Sea Dogs 19
Cory Schneider G Manitoba Moose 23
Jordan Schroeder C u. of Minnesota 18
Kellan Tochkin RW everett silvertips 18
Sergei Topol LW Omsk Avangard 24
Eric Walsky RW Manitoba Moose 24
 
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