North American Juniors

Ontario Hockey League

Owen Sound Attack 3 @ Barrie Colts 2 (OT)

D Jake Dotchin, BAR: 0-0-0, +1, 2 PIM
Season totals: 56 GP, 4-17-21, +1, 66 PIM
With Barrie: 18 GP, 2-5-7, E, 27 PIM
With Owen Sound: 38 GP, 2-12-14, +1, 39 PIM

Jake Dotchin’s former team got an overtime goal from Kurtis Gabriel (undrafted) to defeat the Colts in Barrie, 3-2. Jets prospect Mark Scheifele scored both of Barrie’s goals. Owen Sound outshot the Colts, 41-27.

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 6 @ Rimouski Oceanic 2

C Cedric Paquette, BLB: 2-0-2, +2, 0 PIM, 4 SOG, 0 Hits, *Third Star*
Season totals: 55 GP, 24-49-73, +25, 89 PIM

Paquette scored the Armada’s first and third goals, helping the club to a big road win in Rimouski. He is now within seven goals of his career high of 31, set last year in 63 games. He has 25 more assists than he did last season.

By Pete Choquette

It's been a long, strange trip for Bolt Prospects to arrive at this year's Midterm Prospect Rankings. Between the end of the NHL lockout and an abbreviated training camp, call-ups, graduations, and trades, there's been a lot of movement in the rankings. One lesson learned from the first half of this season: no more standing still for Lightning prospects. Even first and second round picks can't afford to stagnate in their development with so much quality depth within the organization. More than that, the youth movement is already beginning in Tampa Bay with three prospects currently up with the Lightning and recently graduated Keith Aulie also with the NHL club.

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 2 @ Quebec Remparts 4

C Cedric Paquette, BLB: 0-0-0, -1, 2 PIM, 3 SOG, 0 Hits
Season totals: 53 GP, 21-47-68, +21, 87 PIM

Paquette was scoreless as the Armada fell in Quebec City to Patrick Roy’s Remparts. B-B still leads the TELUS West Division by four points over Nikita Kucherov’s Rouyn-Noranda Huskies.

We continue our Prospect of the Week award, an honor (virtually) given to one Tampa Bay Lightning prospect for their recent contributions on and off the ice.

The Prospect of the Week for February 19 is … Nikita Kucherov, W, Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL – Canada)

Nikita Kucherov of the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies is our Prospect of the Week for the fourth time this season, but this may have been his most impressive week of the year.

Kucherov, a 2011 second round pick of the Tampa Bay Lightning, had 12 points in three games last week, including two five-point games. He has three five-point games this season.