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Well, honestly, it was a pretty quiet week for our Colorado Avalanche prospects, especially for those in the CHL. However, players in the NCAA and Europe did step up! A lot of prospects had multi-point weeks, which is always fun to see. Enjoy this week’s installment.
Canadian Hockey League
WHL
#44 - Bowen Byram (D)
Vancouver Giants (11-9-2)
Byram’s Giants played twice this week, but he failed to record any points. Of course, he was busy putting up points at the Canada-Russia series last week, which was good. Vancouver sits second in their division and Byram still has 14 points in 20 games this season.
#34 - Sasha Mutala (RW)
Tri-City Americans (11-7-1)
Just the one assist for Mutala this week (who didn’t represent Team WHL at the Canada-Russia series). Tri-City sits third in their division and Mutala has 22 points in 18 games this season.
#27 - Luka Burzan (C)
Brandon Wheat Kings (10-13-0)
In two games this week, Burzan only had one assist, but he did play with Byram for the WHL at the Canada-Russia series. Brandon has climbed up to second in the wildcard race, and Burzan has 21 points in 23 games this season.
QMJHL
#16 - Alex Beaucage (RW)
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (11-9-3)
Rouyn is slipping a little bit, having fallen to fourth in the conference. After representing Team QMJHL at the Canada-Russia series, Beaucage returned to Rouyn and put up a goal and two assists in three games.
BUT HUSKIES GOAL Au tour de Alex Beaucage de déjouer le gardien des @SJSeaDogs. L’avance est maintenant de 5-2. #huskiesRNation
— | Huskies RN (@HuskiesRn) November 16, 2019
Beaucage has 28 points in 23 games this season.
NCAA
HOCKEY EAST
#18 - Alex Newhook (C)
Boston College Eagles (7-4-0)
It was another high-scoring weekend for Newhook and the Eagles. Boston College swept both games against Vermont and Newhook had a goal and an assist.
GOAL! Newhook finishes a centering pass from Hardman and it's 4-1 Eagles!#WeAreBC pic.twitter.com/t7Ikw7Sqwd
— BC Hockey (@BCHockey) November 16, 2019
#4 - Drew Helleson (D)
Boston College Eagles (7-4-0)
Helleson also tallied an assist in the first game against Vermont. Boston College will lay two Ivy League schools next week — their first against Yale on Tuesday, followed by Harvard over the weekend.
BIG TEN
#26 - Cam Morrison (LW)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-1-1)
Well, Notre Dame finally suffered their first regulation loss of the season (and it was a shutout loss, to boot). While they did manage to win the second game in overtime, unfortunately, Morrison went pointless.
2-0 UW | Morris is pulled in favor of the extra attacker and Morrison nearly gets the Irish on the board but Lebedeff made the save, now 3:47 left in the 3rd
— Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) November 16, 2019
#4 - Nick Leivermann (D)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-1-1)
Leivermann registered one assist on this goal:
Lansdell with his first career goal!
— Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) November 17, 2019
The freshman winger tipped a Leivermann blast from the point to put the Irish back in front 3-2! pic.twitter.com/kBcbviSAnm
#2 - Nate Clurman (D)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-1-1)
But it was Clurman who had the biggest week for the Irish (shocking, I know!). He had two assists in the second game:
Now 9:55 left in the first and we're all tied up at 1-1
— Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) November 17, 2019
Trevor Janicke's fifth of the season pic.twitter.com/vVByXK841u
2-2 | The second period is underway!
— Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) November 17, 2019
Cam Burke's second of the season ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/fQOgHeA5vn
And was named the player of that game!
☘️ Onward to Victory ☘️
— Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) November 17, 2019
Nate Clurman earns our Player of the Game ⛓ pic.twitter.com/R4trnMzCfu
Notre Dame will take on Michigan State next weekend in two games.
#58 - Sampo Ranta (RW)
Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-6-2)
Despite dropping both games to Penn State over the weekend, Ranta had a stellar showing, scoring twice:
What a fine Finnish... pic.twitter.com/d9ymdFq6xx
— Minnesota Men’s Hockey (@GopherHockey) November 16, 2019
What a pass.
— Minnesota Men’s Hockey (@GopherHockey) November 17, 2019
What a breakaway.
What a goal from Ranta. pic.twitter.com/XIDyRZ4wqO
Minnesota will play the offensively dangerous Wisconsin Badgers twice next weekend.
#25 - Denis Smirnov (RW)
Penn State Nittany Lions (9-2-0)
It was quite the thrashing of Minnesota by Penn State over the weekend. Smirnov tallied one goal (an empty-netter) and two assists:
DENNYYYYYYYY
— Penn State Men’s Hockey (@PennStateMHKY) November 17, 2019
With the redirect off Wall's shot and Penn State leads 6-3 with 1:38 remaining in the contest!! #WeAre #HockeyValley pic.twitter.com/bDNeK3Izxj
NCHC
#40 - Tyler Weiss (LW)
Nebraska Omaha Mavericks (6-3-1)
Another multi-point weekend for Weiss as the Mavericks split their two games against Western Michigan. Weiss had two assists.
We've got a tie game‼️ Sundberg to Primeau for his third of the year. The other helper to Weiss.
— Omaha Hockey (@OmahaHKY) November 16, 2019
1-1 at Lawson. pic.twitter.com/Btc7NNrc2H
Omaha will play two games against Miami next weekend.
ECAC
#20 - Matthew Stienburg (RW)
Cornell Big Red (6-0-0)
Stienburg may have gone pointless over the weekend, but Cornell is rolling and are undefeated to start the season. They’ll play two games next weekend, against Quinnipiac and Princeton — can they keep their undefeated streak alive?
Europe
KHL
#51 - Nikolai Kovalenko (RW)
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (15-13-0)
Lokomotiv has really started to turn their season around (remember when they fired their head coach?). They won twice last week, and Kovalenko had a goal and an assist:
Nikolai Kovalenko's top corner snipe from today's KHL game. #GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/TZSfK2ssRD
— Russian Prospects (@RUSProspects) November 16, 2019
#2 - Danila Zhuravlyov (D)
Ak Bars Kazan (21-5-1)
Bars still sits atop the conference and Zhuravlyov has returned to Russia after a stint with the U20 team. They only played one game, but Zhuravlyov tallied an assist!
All statistics from the WHL, QMJHL, Flaschscore, and the NCAA team websites.