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It was a busy week for Colorado Avalanche prospects.
Because I don’t include goalies in this report (which wasn’t my choice), here’s an update on Colorado’s top goalie prospect, Justus Annunen:
His 94.84 SV% is not bad either.
— Jokke Nevalainen (@JokkeNevalainen) January 23, 2020
He's only allowed 18 goals this season in 15 games.
Now, onto the rest of the skaters!
Canadian Hockey League
WHL
#44 - Bowen Byram (D)
Vancouver Giants (19-20-5)
Byram’s still adjusting to being back in the WHL (remember he was ill for the latter part of the WJC), but it looks like things are starting to get back to normal:
Bowen Byram is in his fifth game back with the @WHLGiants from #wjc2020 and he has one assist in that span so far, but the @Avalanche prospect is starting to look again like the guy who was so dominating in @TheWHL playoffs last spring. He's excelled early tonight versus Kelowna
— Steve Ewen (@SteveEwen) January 26, 2020
Byram just had the one assist in three games last week.
#34 - Sasha Mutala (RW)
Tri-City Americans (14-25-5)
Mutala had two points in two games for the Americans:
Ams take a penalty and score four-on-four Colorado Avalanche prospect Sasha Mutala with his 17th of the season pic.twitter.com/EosLkELIRE
— Tri-City Americans (@TCAmericans) January 26, 2020
Thanks to his 17th goal, Mutala has reached the 50-point mark in 43 games this season.
#27 - Luka Burzan (C)
Brandon Wheat Kings (25-17-4)
Burzan scored twice this week to help extend Brandon’s winning streak to 10 games:
Wheat Kings Win!!!
— Brandon Wheat Kings (@bdnwheatkings) January 25, 2020
Luka Burzan scores twice, while Jiri Patera kicks aside 45 shots for the win!
That’s 10 in a row!!
Post game reaction on the way! pic.twitter.com/rF7OOOo8cp
Congrats to LSE client & @Avalanche prospect Luka Burzan on scoring two goals and being named 1st star of the game in a 6-3 @bdnwheatkings win over the Victoria Royals. @LBurzan #nhl #whl pic.twitter.com/qpm9Wrnx2R
— Harkie Singh (@HarkieSingh) January 25, 2020
He’s been excellent during the win streak, too:
#WHL VIC/BDN: 4 goals in 4:32 hold up at @bdnwheatkings win streak goes to double-digits. Luka Burzan picks up 3rd game winning goal during stretch as he pots a pair for consecutive games and 4th during win streak. 17.8% of career goals have been game winners.
— Geoffrey Brandow (@GeoffreyBrandow) January 25, 2020
Burzan has 47 points in 46 games this season.
QMJHL
#16 - Alex Beaucage (RW)
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (23-20-4)
Beaucage returned to offensive form last week, putting up a casual five points in three games (with two goals):
BUT HUSKIES GOAL Alex Beaucage a assuré la réplique pour les Huskies! C'est 1-1!#HuskiesRNation
— | Huskies RN (@HuskiesRn) January 26, 2020
BUT HUSKIES GOAL BEAUCAGE ouvre les hostilités!
— | Huskies RN (@HuskiesRn) January 26, 2020
C'est 1-0 Huskies vs @ForeursVD #HuskiesRNation
Beaucage sits 12th in QMJHL scoring with 57 points in 47 games.
NCAA
HOCKEY EAST
#18 - Alex Newhook (C)
Boston College Eagles (15-7-0)
Newhook scored again, and added an assist:
Alex Newhook pots another one #GoAvsGo https://t.co/0s0VaCTj5T
— ♀️Lauren Kelly ♀️ (@laurkelly24) January 25, 2020
#4 - Drew Helleson (D)
Boston College Eagles (15-7-0)
Helleson went pointless in both games. Boston College will play one more game — against UMass — before the Beanpot begins next week.
BIG TEN
#26 - Cam Morrison (LW)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-11-4)
Notre Dame lost both of their games to Maine over the weekend, but Morrison registered one secondary assist:
Cam Morrison secondary assist (shown for 0.1 seconds at the beginning of the clip lol) #GoAvsGo https://t.co/eoFiK3OH6c
— ♀️Lauren Kelly ♀️ (@laurkelly24) January 26, 2020
#4 - Nick Leivermann (D)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-11-4)
Leivermann sat out both the Irish’s games this weekend. Whether he’s nursing an injury or just unable to draw into the lineup, I’m not quite sure, but he’s sat out four straight games now.
No Nick Leivermann again for Notre Dame tonight. #GoAvsGo prospect hasn't played the last four games. Not exactly sure why.
— ♀️Lauren Kelly ♀️ (@laurkelly24) January 25, 2020
#2 - Nate Clurman (D)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-11-4)
Clurman had two assists this weekend:
Nate Clurman secondary assist #GoAvsGo https://t.co/1WRdVXfBWe
— ♀️Lauren Kelly ♀️ (@laurkelly24) January 25, 2020
Nate Clurman primary assist #GoAvsGo https://t.co/ZmzzcD7yLI
— ♀️Lauren Kelly ♀️ (@laurkelly24) January 26, 2020
Notre Dame will travel to play Penn State twice this weekend.
#58 - Sampo Ranta (RW)
Minnesota Golden Gophers (10-10-4)
Minnesota finally got back to the winning side of things this weekend with two victories over Big Ten rivals Ohio State. Ranta contributed two goals and an assist, including potting his 10th of the season:
— Minnesota Men’s Hockey (@GopherHockey) January 25, 2020
HOW SAMPO?!
pic.twitter.com/4ALtwclUo9
Sampo Ranta with his 10th goal of the season #GoAvsGo https://t.co/OjOlscsg7w
— ♀️Lauren Kelly ♀️ (@laurkelly24) January 26, 2020
Brannon McManus has two goals this weekend, and his smile would indicate he's pretty happy about it. pic.twitter.com/piNuoBwH9S
— Minnesota Men’s Hockey (@GopherHockey) January 26, 2020
Minnesota will travel to Wisconsin this weekend for two games against the Badgers.
#25 - Denis Smirnov (RW)
Penn State Nittany Lions (17-8-1)
Smirnov went pointless as Penn State split their two games against Michigan State over the weekend. The Lions will face off against Notre Dame twice later in the week.
NCHC
#40 - Tyler Weiss (LW)
Nebraska Omaha Mavericks (11-10-5)
Omaha rattled off two wins over Colorado College, and Weiss contributed an assist and a game-winning goal:
That's a wrap!
— The NCHC (@TheNCHC) January 25, 2020
Weiss with the sneaky game-winner for @OmahaHKY in the final minute#NCHCHockey | #EveryoneForOmaha pic.twitter.com/HVxaEQojct
Omaha will play Western Michigan in their next two games.
ECAC
#20 - Matthew Stienburg (RW)
Cornell Big Red (14-1-4)
Just the lone assist for Stienburg this week, as Cornell defeated Dartmouth and settled for a tie against Harvard. Cornell has two more ECAC games this weekend, against Quinnipiac and Princeton.
Europe
KHL
#51 - Nikolai Kovalenko (RW)
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (27-20-4)
Kovalenko went pointless in three games (two of which were losses), and Lokomotiv stayed sixth in the conference.
#2 - Danila Zhuravlyov (D)
Ak Bars Kazan (35-11-4)
No points for Zhuravlyov this week, but thanks to the team’s three wins over that span, Bars remains first in the conference.
This report was compiled with information from the WHL, QMJHL, NCAA, and Flashscore.
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