WEEKEND UPDATE!

7 years ago

Jujhar Khaira returned from injury this week, but the Bakersfield Condors couldn’t get the offense going beyond a goal here or there. ZIyat Paigin finally returned to KHL action after a long layoff and the CHL and NCAA prospects were filling the net this week. Let’s have a look. Photo by Mark Williams, all rights reserved.

AHL BAKERSFIELD

R Taylor Beck 11gp, 5-11-16 (2gp, 0-1-1 this week)
L Ryan Hamilton 12gp, 3-6-9 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LC Jujhar Khaira 6gp, 4-3-7 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
RC Kris Newbury 11gp, 3-2-5 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LD Joey Laleggia 12gp, 1-4-5 (2gp, 1-0-1 this week)
L Scott Allen 11gp, 2-2-4 (1gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LC Josh Currie 11gp, 2-2-4 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
L Joey Benik 10gp, 3-0-3 (2gp, 0-0-0) (rookie)
L Mitch Moroz 12gp, 1-2-3 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
R Patrick Russell 12gp, 0-3-3 (2gp, 0-0-0) (rookie)
RD Matt Benning 2gp, 1-1-2 (NHL this week) (rookie)
L Braden Christoffer 12gp, 1-1-2 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LD Jordan Oesterle 6gp, 1-1-2 (DNP this week)
RC Kyle Platzer 11gp, 0-2-2 (2gp, 0-1-1 this week)
LD David Musil 10gp, 0-2-2 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LC Jere Sallinen 11gp, 1-0-1 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LD Dillon Simpson 8gp, 1-0-1 (1gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LD Mark Fraser 10gp, 0-1-1 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LD Ben Betker 9gp, 0-1-1 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
R Jaedon Descheneau 4gp, 0-1-1 (Norfolk this week) (rookie)
RD Frankie Simonelli 4gp, 0-1-1 (1gp, 0-0-0 this week)
R Greg Chase 6gp, 0-0-0 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LD Griffin Reinhart 4gp, 0-0-0 (DNP this week)
RD Bryce Aneloski 4gp, 0-0-0 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
R Joel Rechlicz 3gp, 0-0-0 (DNP this week)
C Kellen Lain 2gp, 0-0-0 (DNP this week)
G Laurent Brossoit 7gp, 2.77 .915 (two games, one poor, one very good)
G Nick Ellis 6gp, 2.38 .931 (one game this week (rookie)

This was one of the least eventful weeks on the scoreboard, but the game Saturday saw lots of chances but nothing cashed.
Anton Lander should be in the lineup in the coming days. His last regular season AHL game was December 31, 2014, a game he went 1-1-2 with six shots.
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NORFOLK ADMIRALS, ECHL

R Jaedon Descheneau 7gp, 3-1-4 (3gp, 1-0-1 this week)
RD Frankie Simonelli 7gp, 0-2-2 (AHL this week)
RC Zach Pochiro 8gp, 0-3-3 (3gp, 0-2-2 this week)
G Eetu Laurikainen 8gp, 3.57 .886 (one poor game this week, .818)

It is nice to see Pochiro have some success. He was the player involved in the Nail Yakupov trade from St. Louis.
Eetu Laurikainen is struggling badly now, I wonder if he ends up in Finland in the new year.

CHL

L Tyler Benson, Vancouver Giants 19gp, 8-13-21 (3gp, 0-2-2 this week)
LD Caleb Jones, Portland Winterhawks 21gp, 3-15-18 (2gp, 1-2-3 this week)
RD Ethan Bear, Seattle Thunderbirds 18gp, 5-8-13 (3gp, 0-1-1 this week)
LD Markus Niemelainen, Saginaw Spirit 18gp, 0-3-3 (3gp, 0-2-2 this week)
G Dylan Wells, Peterborough Petes 18gp, 3.10 .915 (Two games: .969, .812)

Caleb Jones had a big night on Sunday picking up a goal and two assists. He and Ethan Bear are part of that monster 2015 draft—Edmonton picked Connor McDavid and traded out of the second round, but still found value.
Markus Niemelainen scored 27 points in 65 games one year ago in Saginaw, but is off to a poor start offensively this season. The big Finn had a couple of assists this week, ending a long drought.

USHL

RC Aapeli Rasanen, Sioux City Musketeers 14gp, 3-9-12 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LD Matthew Cairns, Fargo Force 13gp, 0-4-4 (1gp, 0-0-0 this week)

NCAA

RC Tyler Vesel, Nebraska-Omaha 12gp, 5-9-14 (2gp, 0-2-2 this week)
L Aidan Muir, Western Michigan 9gp, 1-6-7 (DNP this week)
LD William Lagesson, UMass-Amherst 10gp, 1-3-4 (1gp, 0-0-0 this week)
L Graham McPhee, Boston College 14gp, 0-4-4 (1gp, 0-0-0 this week)
L Evan Campbell, UMass-Lowell 13gp, 1-2-3 (2gp, 1-0-1 this week)
RD John Marino, Harvard 7gp, 1-2-3 (1gp, 0-1-1 this week)
LD Vincent Desharnais, Providence 6gp, 0-0-0 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
G Zach Nagelvoort, Michigan 2gp, 2.52 .931 (DNP this week)

EUROPE

C Bogdan Yakimov, Neftekhimik (KHL) 21gp, 2-4-6 (2gp, 1-0-1 this week)
C Bogdan Yakimov, Neftekhimik (VHL) 1gp, 0-0-0 (DNP this week)
RD Filip Berglund, Skelleftea (SHL) 17gp, 0-3-3 (3gp, 0-1-1 this week)
RD Filip Berglund, Skelleftea (SuperElite) 2gp, 1-1-2 (DNP this week)
LD Ziyat Paigin, AK Bars Kazan (KHL) 5gp, 0-0-0 (1gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LD Ziyat Paigin, AK Bars Kazan (VHL) 4gp, 0-2-2 (DNP this week)
G Miroslav Svoboda, HC Dukla Jihlava (Cze 2) 13gp, 1.45 .953 (3 games this week)