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WEEKEND UPDATE!


If you’re looking for the best goalie wearing Oilers (-ish) colors currently, it’s Laurent Brossoit of the Bakersfield Condors. Is he NHL-ready? We may find out soon. Here’s a look at the big hits from a week of hockey action across the globe.
BAKERSFIELD CONDORS
(major performances in bold)
- R Matt Ford 12GP, 5-5-10 (2GP, 0-1-1 this week)
- LD Brad Hunt 12GP, 3-7-10 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- L Josh Winquist 8GP, 3-4-7 (1GP, 0-0-0 this week, injured)
- C-R Andrew Miller 8GP, 2-4-6 (NHL this week)
- C Jujhar Khaira 12GP, 3-3-6 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- L Kale Kessy 10GP, 2-3-5 (2GP, 1-1-2 this week)
- L Ryan Hamilton 11GP, 5-0-5 (2GP, 1-0-1 this week)
- C Bogdan Yakimov 12GP, 2-3-5 (2GP, 0-1-1 this week)
- L Mitch Moroz 12GP, 1-3-4 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- RD Jordan Oesterle 10GP, 0-4-4 (DNP this week)
- R Iiro Pakarinen 4GP, 1-2-3 (NHL this week)
- D Nikita Nikitin 6GP, 0-3-3 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- LD David Musil 12GP, 2-1-3 (2GP, 1-0-1 this week)
- C Kyle Platzer 12GP, 1-2-3 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- RD Joey Laleggia 12GP, 0-3-3 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- C Leon Draisaitl 6GP, 1-1-2 (NHL this week)
- C Phil McRae 9GP, 2-0-2 (1GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- L Braden Christoffer 12GP, 1-1-2 (2GP, 1-0-1 this week)
- C Alexis Loiseau 5GP, 0-1-1 (2GP, one point taken away this week)
- LD Darnell Nurse 6GP, 0-1-1 (NHL this week)
- RD Nick Pageau 8GP, 0-0-0 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- D Martin Gernat 5GP, 0-0-0 (1GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- R Anton Slepyshev 4GP, 0-0-0 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- R Tyler Pitlick 3GP, 0-0-0 (DNP this week)
- D Dillon Simpson 2GP, 0-0-0 this week
- R Greg Chase 1GP, 0-0-0 this week
- C Marco Roy 1GP, 0-0-0 this week
- G Laurent Brossoit 8GP, 2.23 .933 (1GP, shutout this week)
- G Eetu Laurikainen 1GP, 4.02 .818 (loaned to Finland this week)
- G Ben Scrivens 3GP, 5.05 .826 (1GP, 6.00 .739 this week)
A quick note on Brossoit. He really has enjoyed a strong start to the season, and there has to be at least some temptation to recall him. I would think it unwise, prevailing wisdom says give him another year, but we’ll see.
ECHL
- C-R Greg Chase 10GP, 4-2-6 (1GP, 0-0-0 this week, called to AHL)
- F Marco Roy 10GP, 1-5-6 (1GP, 0-0-0 this week, called to AHL)
- F Alexis Loiseau 6GP, 2-2-4 (AHL this week)
- L Connor Rankin 5GP, 2-1-3 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- D Ben Betker 12GP, 0-3-3 (3GP, 0-1-1 this week)
- C Chase Schaber 2GP, 0-0-0 (DNP this week)
- G Ty Rimmer 11GP, 2.95 .921 (faced over 40 shots twice this week. They’re bad)
CHL
- Ethan Bear 19GP, 4-16-20 (2GP, 0-3-3 this week)
Caleb Jones 19GP, 4-12-16 (3GP, 0-3-3 this week)- Keven Bouchard 12GP, 4.79 .849 (1GP, 3.09 .875 this week)
NCAA
- L Evan Campbell, UMass-Lowell 9GP, 1-3-4 (1GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- F Tyler Vesel, Omaha 10GP, 0-4-4 (DNP this week)
- LD William Lagesson, UMass-Amherst 10GP, 1-2-3 (1GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- F Aidan Muir Western Michigan 10GP, 1-0-1 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- G Zach Nagelvoort 4GP, 3.00 .878 (DNP this week)
That’s a whole lotta nothing from the college men.
USHL
- D John Marino 15GP, 1-9-10 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
EUROPE
- D Ziyat Paigin 13GP, 0-4-4 (KHL) (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- G Miroslav Svoboda 8GP, 4.51 .866 (Czech 2, now on new team)
- G Miroslav Svobota 2GP, 5.27 .896 (Czech lower, 2GP, 5.27 .896 this week)
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