Position: Center Shoots: Left Height: 6’4″ Weight: 197 lbs Birthdate: December 7, 1992 Age: 18 Hometown: Bathurst, NB Acquired: 8th overall pick of the 2011 Entry Draft Sean Couturier is described by scouts as a two-way forward. He has good size, good vision, and good hockey sense. He protects the puck well and has the ability to play in all three zones. He had a solid character and is a competitor. He needs to work on his skating and needs to get stronger. Scouts took notice of Sean Couturier when he was only 13 years of age. Once considered a …
Flyers Draft Derek Mathers
With the 206th pick in the 2011 Entry Draft, the Flyers select winger Derek Mathers of the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League. Birthdate: August 4, 1993 Birthplace: Strathroy, Ontario Height: 6’3″ Weight: 226lbs. Shoots: Right Position: Right Wing Mathers made his rookie debut with the Peterborough Petes this past season. He tallied 1 goal and 4 assists in 55 games. Mathers, known more for his toughness, racked up 171 penalty minutes which included 27 fights. His fight card can be found here. Mathers was actually drafted in into the OHL as a defenseman in the foruth round of …
Flyers draft Colin Suellentrop
Photo courtesy of NHL.com With the 116th pick in the 2011 draft, the Flyers selected defenseman, Colin Suellentrop, from the Oshawa Generals. Birthday: June 10, 1993 From: Plantation, Florida Height: 6’1″ Weight: 190 lbs Shoots: Right Suellentrop made his rookie debut with the Oshawa Generals in the 2009-2010 season where he posted a goal and 5 assists in 54 games played. He was also a -37 on the year, but the Generals were one of the poorer teams in the league. This past season he made leaps on both sides of the puck. He finished with 14 assists in 59 …
Sean Couturier it is
With the 8th overall selection, the Philadelphia Flyers picked Sean Couturier of the Drummondville Voltigeurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The 18-year-old center was named the QMJHL’s Most Valuable Player after finishing 4th overall with 96 points (36G, 60A). He was also the only 2011 draft- eligible player to make team Canada’s silver medal winning World Junior squad to become the youngest member of the team. Couturier was ranked the 3rd best player by the International Scouting Service, the 5th best player by TSN’s Bob McKenzie, ESPN.com’s Gare Joyce, and the 6th best skater by the NHL’s Central …
Prospect Profiles: Ben Holmstrom
Photo courtesy of theahl.com Position: Center Shoots: Right Height: 6.1″ Weight: 180 Birthdate: April 9, 1987 Age: 24 Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colorado Acquired: Signed as free agent (3-17-10) Ben Holmstrom spent his junior years playing for the Sioux Falls Stampede of the United States Hockey League from 2003-2006. He tallied 14 goals and 18 assists in 126 games over three years with the Stampede. In his final season with te Stampede, he captained them to their first ever championship and to a franchise best record of 43-13-4. Holmstrom headed to the NCAA to play for the University of Massachusetts Lowell …