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With December looming, so too does the World Juniors (where we could see a number of Colorado Avalanche prospects representing their countries on the biggest of junior stages). The season is flying by, and it was a pretty good week for Avs prospects all around.
Canadian Hockey League
WHL
#44 - Bowen Byram (D)
Vancouver Giants (12-10-2)
The Giants ended the week on a high note with a big overtime win. Byram had a goal and an assist in two games:
GOOOOOOOOALLLLLL!!!@BowenByram on a breakaway! The Giants are on the board with 13:31 to go in the second period!
— Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) November 21, 2019
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLL!!!!@SourdifJustin gets the overtime winner! The Giants win a thriller by a 5-4 score at home! Bowen Byram and Dylan Plouffe set up the winner! Giants are big winners tonight at home!!!
— Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) November 24, 2019
MORE TO COME!
He’s now up to 16 points in 22 games, and the Giants still sit third in the division.
#34 - Sasha Mutala (RW)
Tri-City Americans (11-8-3)
There were three games for Tri-City last week, and Mutala contributed two assists. He’s now up to 24 points in 21 games, but the Americans slipped down to first in the Western conference wildcard race.
#27 - Luka Burzan (C)
Brandon Wheat Kings (11-14-1)
Burzan had a goal and three assists in three games last week (unfortunately, there aren’t any videos of his points).
Wheat Kings Win!!!!
— Brandon Wheat Kings (@bdnwheatkings) November 20, 2019
Ethan Kruger makes 32 saves for his 2nd career shutout!
Luka Burzan (x2), Neithan Salame and Ridley Greig with the goals! #bdnmb #whl pic.twitter.com/KV5ovDdFBT
The Wheat Kings sit second in the Eastern conference wildcard race, and Burzan has 25 points in 26 games this season.
QMJHL
#16 - Alex Beaucage (RW)
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (13-10-3)
It was another three-point weekend for Beaucage, who put up two goals and an assist in three games.
BUT HUSKIES GOAL Tic-tac-toe Beaucage en AN!
— | Huskies RN (@HuskiesRn) November 23, 2019
3-2 @LesOlympiques #huskiesRNation
BUT HUSKIES GOAL Beaucage remet ça avec un 2e ce soir! C'est maintenant 4-3 Huskies fin de 2e #huskiesRNation
— | Huskies RN (@HuskiesRn) November 23, 2019
Les étoiles du match! pic.twitter.com/oYjnPqqzSd
— | Huskies RN (@HuskiesRn) November 23, 2019
Beaucage has 31 points in 26 games this season.
NCAA
HOCKEY EAST
#18 - Alex Newhook (C)
Boston College Eagles (7-4-0)
The Eagles had the weekend off.
#4 - Drew Helleson (D)
Boston College Eagles (7-4-0)
They’ll play Yale tomorrow night, actually. And Harvard on Friday.
BIG TEN
#26 - Cam Morrison (LW)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-2-2)
One tie and one loss against Michigan State for Notre Dame over the weekend. Morrison had two assists, including the primary apple on this goal:
Theisen on the forecheck.
— Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) November 24, 2019
Morrison ➡️ O'Leary for the score.#GoIrish☘️ pic.twitter.com/P4xSENyK9M
#4 - Nick Leivermann (D)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-2-2)
Leivermann scored!
on the power play. #GoIrish☘️ pic.twitter.com/gTiESvkzWW
— Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) November 24, 2019
And he almost had another one, too:
Great feed by Cam Burke leads to a chance for Leivermann.
— Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) November 23, 2019
Irish still looking for the equalizer with less than five minutes to go in the 2nd.#GoIrish pic.twitter.com/6tHPsY3yFn
#2 - Nate Clurman (D)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-2-2)
No points for Clurman this week. Notre Dame will play a home-and-home series against Bowling Green next weekend.
#58 - Sampo Ranta (RW)
Minnesota Golden Gophers (5-6-3)
It was a big weekend for the Gophers, who went 1-0-1 against the offensively dangerous Badgers.
Here’s a good scoring chance he had:
Lebedeff and Emberson hold off the Minnesota attack! pic.twitter.com/5YSZdKTADr
— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerMHockey) November 23, 2019
Ranta scored one goal to increase his point streak to six games:
An unassisted goal to make it a career-best six game point streak?
— Minnesota Men’s Hockey (@GopherHockey) November 23, 2019
That's just how Sampo Ranta do. pic.twitter.com/lgotR4OFf0
Minnesota will play two games against North Dakota next weekend.
#25 - Denis Smirnov (RW)
Penn State Nittany Lions (10-3-0)
In their two games against Ohio State over the weekend, the Lions won their first game and tied the second game. Smirnov registered two assists, including the primary assist on this goal:
Well, that was quick!! Right off the draw it's Biro with the tip from Smirnov and we are tied 3-3!! #WeAre #HockeyValley pic.twitter.com/KCT450q7Wp
— Penn State Men’s Hockey (@PennStateMHKY) November 24, 2019
Penn State will head on the road next weekend to play Merrimack and UMass-Lowell.
NCHC
#40 - Tyler Weiss (LW)
Nebraska Omaha Mavericks (6-4-2)
It was another pointless week for Weiss, whose Mavericks lost and tied their two-game series against Miami over the weekend. Omaha has a bye-week upcoming, and won’t play again until December.
ECAC
#20 - Matthew Stienburg (RW)
Cornell Big Red (8-0-0)
Cornell continues to roll through opponents, and are just one of two teams who remain undefeated in the entire country. They rattled off two wins against Quinnipiac and Princeton last week, but Stienburg went pointless (despite playing on Cornell’s top line).
Stienburg was on the receiving end of a hit to the head. Thankfully, he was all right:
Matt Stienburg gets hit and goes down in the offensive zone. He's slow to the bench and is being looked at by training staff.
— Cornell Daily Sun Sports (@DailySunSports) November 23, 2019
Alex Green is in the penalty box for Cornell as the refs sort things out with 6:22 to play. The play is under review.
After review, William Fällström is ejected and assessed a major penalty for contact to the head.
— Cornell Daily Sun Sports (@DailySunSports) November 23, 2019
Green is given two minutes for tripping. The teams will play 4-on-4 and then Cornell will get time on the man advantage.
Stienburg stayed on the bench and appears OK.
Cornell will play one game against Boston University next week, looking to extend their undefeated streak.
We sure are thankful to have our @sachockey guys! Thanks for coming down to the game! https://t.co/1LTenVTgGp
— Cornell Hockey (@CUBigRedHockey) November 25, 2019
Europe
KHL
#51 - Nikolai Kovalenko (RW)
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (17-13-1)
All right, so the title of this article was a bit of clickbait. Technically, Kovalenko scored four goals, but one of them was in the shootout. Not that it really matters. It finally looks as though he’s getting the hang of the KHL:
Nikolai Kovalenko scoring after a nice move. #GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/rw4csEaQbF
— Russian Prospects (@RUSProspects) November 22, 2019
"If at first you don't succeed..." type of goal by Nikolai Kovalenko. #GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/HJ3bCfQB89
— Russian Prospects (@RUSProspects) November 24, 2019
Nikolai Kovalenko's second goal of the game. #GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/o2NUEJg4NR
— Russian Prospects (@RUSProspects) November 24, 2019
Nikolai Kovalenko scores in the shootout. #GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/7mVn6jJbHS
— Russian Prospects (@RUSProspects) November 24, 2019
After struggling out of the gate, things finally seem to be turning around for Lokomotiv. The team has climbed back into a playoff spot and sit seventh in the conference. Kovalenko is now up to 10 points in 28 games.
#2 - Danila Zhuravlyov (D)
Ak Bars Kazan (24-5-1)
Bars played three games last week, all of them wins. Although Zhuravlyov didn’t record any points, the team still sits first in the conference.
All statistics from the WHL, QMJHL, Flashscore, and the NCAA team websites.