Pete Choquette The new normal. NSH-3TB-5 Jonas Johansson allowed 3 goals on 31 shots for the victory. I wasn’t overly bothered by any of the three he allowed and that’s pretty much the effort the Lightning need out of JoJo as they try to get through this interval with Vasilevskiy on the shelf. First Period9:48 TB Kucherov … Read more
Name: Ethan HayPosition: CenterClub: Flint (OHL)Height/Weight: 6’1″ 189 lbs. Shoots: Left Ranking: 83rd North American Skater (NHL Central Scouting), 197th Overall (Red Line Report) What you have in Ethan Hay is a young player with some tools who has yet to really figure out what to do with them. Hay posted 17 goals and 28 … Read more
Name: Jack HarveyPosition: Left Wing/CenterClub: Chicago (USHL)Height/Weight: 5’10″ 175 lbs.Shoots: Left Ranking: 146th North American Skater (NHL Central Scouting), 251st Overall (Red Line Report) Harvey is an offensively gifted 20 year old waterbug who set the USHL ablaze this past season with 40 goals and 74 points in 62 games for the Chicago Steel. The … Read more
Name: Warren ClarkPosition: DefensemanClub: Steinbach (MJHL)Height/Weight: 6’3″ 195 lbs.Shoots: Right Ranking: 169th North American Skater (NHL Central Scouting) As they often do late in drafts, the Lightning take a penny stock in right handed defenseman Warren Clark. The offensively skilled puck mover is committed to play his NCAA hockey at St. Cloud State. Stature-wise and … Read more
Name: Jayson ShaugabayPosition: Center/Right WingClub: Warroad (USHS)/Green Bay (USHL)Height/Weight: 5’9″ 165 lbs.Shoots: Right Ranking: 55th North American Skater (NHL Central Scouting), 121st Overall (Red Line Report) Minnesota’s Mr. Hockey is a high-reward swing for the fences by the Lightning scouting staff. Tiny in stature at 5’9″ 165 lbs., there is near universal agreement in the … Read more
Name: Ethan GauthierPosition: Center/Right WingClub: Sherbrooke (QMJHL)Height/Weight: 6’0″ 183 lbs.Shoots: Right Ranking: 16th North American Skater (NHL Central Scouting), 28th Overall (Red Line Report) Gauthier is an undersized but scrappy playmaking center who is solid on the forecheck and plays a well-rounded 200 foot game. His skating is good but not great, but he more … Read more
Despite amazing comeback bid, Syracuse’s season ends far too soon. ROC-5SYR-4 (OT) Rochester Wins the Series 3-2 Max Lagace was lifted in the Second Period after allowing four goals on 15 shots. Hugo Alnefelt allowed one goal on 10 shots the rest of the way for the backdoor loss. Lagace, who had an .888 sv% … Read more
Syracuse offense gets Subban’ed from scoring to force winner-takes-all Game Five next weekend. SYR-0ROC-4 Series Tied 2-2 Max Lagace allowed three goals on 25 shots for the loss. He gave his team a chance, but zero goal support is zero goal support. First Period3:38 ROC Kulich (2), (Rousek, Prow)(PP) Second PeriodNO SCORING Third Period3:06 ROC … Read more
Tampa Bay’s luck runs out. TOR-2TB-1 (OT) Toronto Wins the Series 4-2 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 22 shots for the loss. I think he reclaimed a lot of his dignity in the past couple of games after a rough start to the series and I expect him to train like a demon in … Read more
Syracuse wastes a Simon Ryfors hat trick. SYR-5ROC-8 Syracuse Leads the Series 2-1 Max Lagace allowed six goals on 25 shots for the loss. That’s an ugly stat line. First Period5:31 ROC Rosen (1), (Weissbach, Pilut)(PP)6:28 SYR Ryfors (1), (Barre-Boulet, Goncalves)17:39 ROC Mersch (1), (Murray, Jobst) Second Period7:29 SYR Goncalves (3), (Barre-Boulet, Carrick)18:55 ROC Malone … Read more