WEEKEND UPDATE

7 years ago

This is Ryan Mantha. The giant defenseman was signed to an entry-level deal this week by the Edmonton Oilers, and then went out and celebrated by filling OHL nets. Here are Edmonton’s prospects and their impact weeks.

BAKERSFIELD CONDORS

R Taylor Beck 40gp, 13-37-50 (1gp, 0-2-2 and then traded)
LC Anton Lander 25gp, 21-21-42 (3gp, 3-2-5 this week)
L Ryan Hamilton 46gp, 17-18-35 (DNP this week)
LD Joey Laleggia 50gp, 14-13-27 (3gp, 1-4-5 this week)
LC Josh Currie 50gp, 14-11-25 (3gp, 4-2-6 this week)
LD Jordan Oesterle 31gp, 4-18-22 (3GP, 1-2-3 this week)
R Jesse Puljujarvi 22gp, 9-11-20 (3gp, 2-2-4 this week)
LC Jujhar Khaira 24gp, 8-10-18 (NHL this week)
LD Griffin Reinhart 38gp, 6-11-17 (3gp, 0-3-3 this week)
L Scott Allen 43gp, 7-8-15 (3gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LD David Musil 47gp, 4-10-14 (3gp, 1-0-1 this week)
R Patrick Russell 51gp, 6-7-13 (3gp, 2-1-3 this week)
RD Mark Fayne 23gp, 2-11-13 (1gp, 0-1-1 this week)
R Anton Slepyshev 9gp, 3-7-10 (NHL this week)
LD Dillon Simpson 36gp, 3-5-8 (3gp, 1-0-1 this week)
R Greg Chase 37gp, 2-6-8 (3gp, 1-1-2 this week)
RC Kyle Platzer 45gp, 1-6-7 (DNP this week)
LC Jere Sallinen 48gp, 4-3-7 (3gp, 0-0-0 this week)
L Joey Benik 21gp, 4-1-5 (Norfolk this week)
RD Bryce Aneloski 32gp, 1-4-5 (2gp, 0-1-1 this week)
R Jaedon Descheneau 22gp, 0-5-5 (3gp, 0-2-2 this week) (rookie)
LC Brodie Dupoint 5gp, 1-3-4 (3gp, 0-2-2 this week)
R Justin Fontaine 2gp, 1-3-4 (2gp, 1-3-4 this week)
L Braden Christoffer 37gp, 1-2-3 (DNP this week)
L Mitch Moroz 17gp, 1-2-3 (no longer on team)
LD Ben Betker 15gp, 1-2-3 (DNP this week)
LD Mark Fraser 48gp, 0-2-2 (3gp, 0-0-0 this week)
RD Matt Benning 2gp, 1-1-2 (NHL this week) (rookie)
RC Zach Pochiro 4p, 0-2-2 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
RD Frankie Simonelli 6gp, 0-1-1 (DNP this week)
R Iiro Pakarinen 5gp, 0-1-1 (NHL this week)
R Joel Rechlicz 14gp, 0-0-0 (1gp, 0-0-0 this week)
C Henrik Samuelsson 5gp, 0-0-0 (DNP this week)
C Kellen Lain 2gp, 0-0-0 (No longer in organization)
LD Mikael Tam 1gp, 0-0-0 (DNP this week)
G Nick Ellis 25gp, 2.52 .925 (three games this week: 1.000, .941 and .926)
G Laurent Brossoit 21gp, 2.67 .908 (NHL this week)
G Jonas Gustavsson 8gp, 2.91 .901 (one game this week: .769)

It would be easy to overlook one or two performances this week because so many AHL players performed at a high level. It was a mammoth week.

NORFOLK ECHL

RD Frankie Simonelli 38gp, 12-15-27 (3gp, 1-2-3 this week)
RC Zach Pochiro 34gp, 3-20-23 (AHL this week)
R Jaedon Descheneau 26gp, 9-10-19 (AHL this week)
LD Mikael Tam 21gp, 7-12-19 (3gp,0-3-3 this week)
L Joey Benik 20gp, 7-10-15 (3gp, 0-2-2 this week)
LD Ben Betker 5gp, 3-2-5 (3gp, 2-0-2 this week)
G Eetu Laurikainen 11gp, 3.77 .881 (DNP this week)

CHL

RD Ethan Bear, Seattle Thunderbirds 61gp, 26-41-65 (DNP this week)
RD Ryan Mantha, Niagara Ice Dogs 61gp, 16-38-54 (4gp, 3-1-4 this week)
LD Caleb Jones, Portland Winterhawks 56gp, 7-45-52 (3gp, 0-3-3 this week)
L Tyler Benson, Vancouver Giants 33gp, 11-31-42 (Injured this week)
LD Markus Niemelainen, Saginaw Spirit 53gp, 1-5-6 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
G Dylan Wells, Peterborough Petes 48gp, 2.99 .919 (two games: ..915 and .929)

BCHL

Matthew Cairns 18gp, 2-14-16 (1GP, 0-1-1 this week)

NCAA

RC Tyler Vesel, Nebraska-Omaha 36gp, 12-21-33 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
RD John Marino, Harvard 28gp, 2-9-11 (DNP this week)
L Aidan Muir, Western Michigan 17gp, 2-8-10 (DNP this week)
L Graham McPhee, Boston College 35gp, 1-7-8 (DNP this week)
LD William Lagesson, UMass-Amherst 36gp, 2-6-8 (2gp, 0-1-1 this week)
L Evan Campbell, UMass-Lowell 31gp, 1-3-4 (DNP this week)
LD Vincent Desharnais, Providence 29gp, 2-1-3 (1gp, 0-0-0 this week)
G Zach Nagelvoort, Michigan 12gp, 3.03 .915 (one solid game this week)

USHL

RC Aapeli Rasanen, Sioux City Musketeers 28gp, 6-15-21 (1gp, 1-0-1)
LD Matthew Cairns, Fargo Force 17gp, 0-4-4 (no longer on team)

EUROPE

C Bogdan Yakimov Neftikhimik KHL 50gp, 3-8-11
D Filip Berglund, Skelleftea SHL 45gp, 0-9-9 (3gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LD Ziyat Paigin, Bars Kazan VHL 17gp, 5-2-7
G Miroslav Svoboda,HC Dukla Jihlava (Cze 2) 25gp, 1.60 .944