The Future Flyers Weekly Report follows the weekly progress of Flyers prospects. Forwards: In juniors this week, Brendan Ranford recorded a goal and an assist in both games. Nick Cousins registered a point in each of his three games to finish with a goal and two assists. Marcel Noebels and Derek Mathers were kept off the scoreboard. For the Phantoms, Tye McGinn scored his first professional goal which was also his first professional point. Eric Wellwood and Harry Zolniercyzk both ended up scoring two goals a piece. Jason Akeson, Luke Pither, and Tom Sestito also collected two points on the …
Future Flyers Weekly Report
The Future Flyers Weekly Report follows the weekly progress of Flyers prospects playing in the various leagues throughout North America. Forwards: Brendan Ranford kicked off the weekend with a 5 point performance on Friday. He scored 4 of Kamloops’ 5 goals which included the OT game winner. He picked up an assist on the only goal he didn’t score. Ranford also collected a goal and an assist during the rest of the week’s games. Nick Cousins started off the week with a pair of 2 point games. He scored 2 goals in his first game and followed that up with …
Future Flyers Weekly Report
The Future Flyers Weekly Report follows the weekly progress of Flyers prospects playing in the various leagues throughout North America. Forwards: The Phantoms kicked off their season this week with a 6-3 win against the Connecticut Whale. Many forward prospects contributing with the scoring. Flyers top prospect, Brayden Schenn, contributed with a couple of assists and was named the second star of the match. Mike Testwuide also chipped in with two points, finishing with a goal and an assist. Luke Pither and Eric Wellwood each scored their first goal of the season. Shane Harper also contributed with an assist. Nick …
Ranking the Flyers top 20 prospects using NHLE
Last year, I wrote about a method of evaluating prospects using NHL Equivalencies or NHLE. NHLE allows us to figure out the NHL equivalent of prospect’s performance outside of the NHL. This enables us to better compare prospects playing in various leagues where the level of play is often quite different. I decided to come up with a prospects ranking using NHLE as my guide. Last year I simply ranked the prospects from the best NHLE to the worst, but this time I am taking into account age and league because those are big factors as well. A 20 year …
Flyers prospects make ESPN Insider’s top impact prospects
Grant Sonier, a former NHL scout, wrote a piece for ESPN Insider ranking the top 20 prospects most likely to have an impact for their NHL squads this season. The Flyers Matt Read and Sean Couturier made the list while Brayden Schenn appears in the bonus section. The interesting this is the only team that had more prospects mentioned than the Flyers is the Ottawa Senators with four which can be seen as both as a good and bad thing. It’s good because just a year ago the Flyers had little to get excited about in their system, but some …
Future Flyers Weekly Report
The Future Flyers Weekly Report follows the weekly progress of Flyers prospects playing in the various leagues throughout North America. Name Team Games Goals Assists +/- Ricard Blidstrand Regina Pats 3 0 1 0 Nick Cousins Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 2 2 2 -1 Derek Mathers Peterborough Petes 3 1 0 -1 Marcel Noebels Seattle Thunderbirds 1 1 0 -1 Colin Suellentrop Oshawa Generals 2 1 0 +3 Nick Cousins had a strong pair of games this weekend. He scored 2 goals in blowout on Friday. He followed it up by recording two helpers in 3-2 win on Saturday. Ricard …
Future Flyers Weekly Report
The Future Flyers Weekly Report follows the weekly progress of Flyers prospects playing in the various leagues throughout North America. The OHL and WHL kicked off their seasons this week so we can begin tracking the progress of Flyers progress. The AHL, ECHL, and NCAA seasons have yet to begin so the report is a little light this week. I’ve renamed the column to something shorter and more catchy. Name Team Games Goals Assists +/- Ricard Blidstrand Regina Pats 2 0 0 0 Nick Cousins Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 2 0 1 -1 Derek Mathers Peterborough Petes 2 1 1 …
Prospect Profiles: Zac Rinaldo
Position: Right Wing Shoots: Left Height: 5’11″ Weight: 180 lbs Birthdate: June 15, 1990 Age: 21 Hometown: Hamilton, Ontario Acquired: 6th round, 178th overall, of the 2008 entry draft “He’s absolutely fearless. The other team always knows when he’s on the ice, or at least they better be aware, because he will quickly announce himself. Zac plays with a great deal of pride and emotion. He’s a gritty player who wears his heart on his sleeve, and who will do anything to help us win. But he knows and understands the game, too, and he’s developing into …
Prospect Profiles: Brendan Ranford
Position: Left Wing Shoots: Left Height: 5’10″ Weight: 189 lbs Birthdate: May 3, 1992 Age: 19 Hometown: Edmonton, Alberta Acquired: 7th round (209 overall) of 2010 entry draft Underrated skill level. Shoots the puck pretty well. Can do a lot of things on offense. Has good two-way hockey sense. Competes and isn’t afraid of doing battle despite his smallish size. – Michael Remmerde, NHL scout. 2007-2008: As a 15 year old, Ranford play in the Alberta Midget Hockey League. He finished the season as the league’s leading scorer, scoring 33 goals and 79 points in 35 games. He won the …
Prospect Profiles: Luke Pither
Position: Center Shoots: Left Height: 6’0″ Weight: 194 lbs Birthdate: April 26, 1989 Age: 22 Hometown: Burketon, Ontario Acquired: Signed as free agent on March 4, 2010. 2005-2006 Pither’s Major Junior Hockey career begins with the Kingston Frontenacs of the OHL. It was a disappointing season for the former 4th overall pick from the OHL Priority Selection Draft. He ended the year with 13 points (4 g, 9 a) in 68 games. He also registered an assist in 6 playoff games that season. 2006-2007 Kingston decided to cut their ties and traded Pither to the Guelph Storm 5 games into …