Jesse Puljujarvi is scoring spectacular goals in Bakersfield and the playoff race with the Stockton Heat is neck and neck. At lower levels, Ethan Bear and Caleb Jones are ripping it up in the WHL playoffs. Let’s have a look at the prospects in Edmonton’s system and their performance this week.

BAKERSFIELD CONDORS

LC Anton Lander 36gp, 24-28-52 (3gp, 1-1-2 this week)
R Taylor Beck 40gp, 13-37-50 (No longer on team)
LD Joey Laleggia 61gp, 19-17-36 (3gp, 1-1-2 this week)
L Ryan Hamilton 46gp, 17-18-35 (DNP this week)
LD Jordan Oesterle 42gp, 7-25-32 (3gp, 0-1-1 this week)
LC Josh Currie 61gp, 18-12-30 (3gp, 2-0-2 this week)
R Jesse Puljujarvi 33gp, 11-14-25 (3gp, 1-0-1 this week)
L Scott Allen 53gp, 8-10-18 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LD Griffin Reinhart 49gp, 6-12-18 (3gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LC Jujhar Khaira 24gp, 8-10-18 (NHL this week)
R Patrick Russell 62gp, 7-9-16 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
RD Mark Fayne 34gp, 3-13-16 (3gp, 1-0-1 this week)
LD David Musil 47gp, 4-10-14 (‘loaned’)
R Jaedon Descheneau 33gp, 4-9-13 (2gp, 0-2-2 this week) (rookie)
R Greg Chase 47gp, 3-9-12 (3gp, 0-0-0 this week)
R Anton Slepyshev 9gp, 3-7-10 (NHL this week)
LD Dillon Simpson 47gp, 3-6-9 (3gp, 0-0-0 this week)
R Justin Fontaine 11gp, 2-7-9 (3gp, 0-3-3 this week)
LC Jere Sallinen 49gp, 4-4-8 (1gp, 0-1-1 this week)
RC Kyle Platzer 50gp, 1-7-8 (1gp, 0-0-0 this week)
L Braden Christoffer 45gp, 4-2-6 (3gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LC Brodie Dupoint 16gp, 1-5-6 (3gp, 0-0-0 this week)
L Joey Benik 21gp, 4-1-5 (Norfolk this week)
RD Bryce Aneloski 35gp, 1-4-5 (DNP this week)
LD Mark Fraser 59gp, 1-3-4 (3gp, 1-0-1 this week)
LD Ben Betker 22gp, 1-2-3 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
L Mitch Moroz 17gp, 1-2-3 (no longer on team)
C Mark Olver 9gp, 0-3-3 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
RD Matt Benning 2gp, 1-1-2 (NHL this week) (rookie)
RC Zach Pochiro 4p, 0-2-2 (DNP 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 15gp, 0-0-0 (DNP 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 29gp, 2.67 .920 (one game this week: .950)
G Laurent Brossoit 21gp, 2.67 .908 (NHL this week)
G Jonas Gustavsson 18gp, 2.38 .919 (two games this week: .856 and .880)

Top performers in Bakersfield this week included the usual suspects (Anton Lander, Joey Laleggia and Josh Currie) along with veteran winger Justin Fontaine.
Jaedon Descheneau is an AHL signing who has turned out well. He certainly has enough skill to play at this level.
Jesse Puljujarvi scored a spectacular goal in a big win last night. It’s coming down to the wire for the Condors, and it’s a big week ahead.

NORFOLK ECHL

RD Frankie Simonelli 49gp, 15-22-37 (2gp, 0-1-1 this week)
L Joey Benik 31gp, 14-15-29 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
RC Zach Pochiro 41gp, 3-24-27 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LD Mikael Tam 32gp, 8-13-21 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
R Jaedon Descheneau 26gp, 9-10-19 (AHL this week)
LD Ben Betker 5gp, 3-2-5 (AHL this week)
G Eetu Laurikainen 11gp, 3.77 .881 (DNP this week)

CHL

RD Ethan Bear, Seattle Thunderbirds 67gp, 28-42-70 (playoffs: 4gp, 2-7-9)
LD Caleb Jones, Portland Winterhawks 63gp, 9-53-62 (playoffs: 5gp, 0-6-6)
RD Ryan Mantha, Niagara Ice Dogs 65gp, 17-41-58 (4gp, 2-2-4 in playoffs, season over)
L Tyler Benson, Vancouver Giants 33gp, 11-31-42 (Season over)
LD Markus Niemelainen, Saginaw Spirit 59gp, 3-6-9 (Season over)
G Dylan Wells, Peterborough Petes 52gp, 3.07 .916 (playoffs: 4gp, 2.34 .937)

Dylan Wells put the boots to the Niagara Ice Dogs, so expect to see Ryan Mantha in Bakersfield.
Ethan Bear and Caleb Jones are finishing up their junior career with impact performances.

BCHL

Matthew Cairns, Powell River Kings 18gp, 2-14-16 (playoffs: 11gp, 0-2-2 and season over)

NCAA

RC Tyler Vesel, Nebraska-Omaha 39gp, 14-21-35 (Season over)
RD John Marino, Harvard 34gp, 2-13-15 (Frozen four this week!)
L Aidan Muir, Western Michigan 20gp, 2-9-11 (Season over)
L Graham McPhee, Boston College 39gp, 2-8-10 (Season over)
LD William Lagesson, UMass-Amherst 36gp, 2-6-8 (Season over)
L Evan Campbell, UMass-Lowell 33gp, 1-4-5 (Season over)
LD Vincent Desharnais, Providence 32gp, 2-1-3 (Season over)
G Zach Nagelvoort, Michigan 14gp, 2.87 .921 (Season over)

John Marino’s Harvard team made it all the way to the final four. He is the only remaining college prospect with a game on the schedule.
Edmonton hasn’t signed Evan Campbell, but did sign his teammate Joe Gambardella. The newest Oiler is a demon on the forecheck, an effective two-way center and the top scorer for UMass-Lowell this past season.

USHL

RC Aapeli Rasanen, Sioux City Musketeers 37gp, 7-18-25 (1gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LD Matthew Cairns, Fargo Force 17gp, 0-4-4 (no longer on team)

EUROPE

C Bogdan Yakimov Neftikhimik KHL 50gp, 3-8-11 (Season over)
D Filip Berglund, Skelleftea SHL 47gp, 0-9-9 (7gp, 0-0-0 in playoffs)
LD Ziyat Paigin, Bars Kazan KHL 17gp, 1-3-4 (Season over)
G Miroslav Svoboda,HC Dukla Jihlava (Cze 2) 25gp, 1.60 .944 (7gp, 1.56 .946 in playoffs)