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: Nick Cousins had another impressive performance. He started off the week with a game winning goal in his first game. He then finished with a goal and an assist in his next game. Finally, he capped off the wek with 2 goals and an assist in his final game. He earned two first star honors this week. Cousins is currently sitting at 12 in scoring in the OHL and 2nd in team scoring for the Greyhounds. Marcel Noebels also …
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 …
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 …
Flyers draft Marcel Noebels
With the 118th pick in the 2011 draft, Flyers select forward Marcel Noebels of the WHL’s Seattle Thunderbirds. Birthdate: March 14, 1992 Birthplace: Tonisvorst, Germany Height: 6’2″ Weight: 205lbs Position: Wing Shoots: Left Noebels posted 54 points (28G, 26A) in 66 games in his rookie season for the Thunderbirds. He also played for Germany at the 2011 U-20 World Junior Championship this past season. He posted 3 points (1G, 2A) in 6 games there. Noebels was named the Thunderbirds’ player of the week on September 24. At the WJC, he was named the U20 WJC Top 3 Player on Team. At …