With a trio of losses this week, the Adirondack Phantoms extended their losing streak to five games. Over their five-game losing streak, the Phantoms have been out scored 20-7, as the team has suffered two four-goal losses. The Phantoms hope the AHL’s All-Star break will end their misery as of late, as they have a three-game home stand over the next several days. For their third straight loss, the Phantoms dropped a 5-1 decision at the Verizon Wireless Arena to the Manchester Monarchs (Los Angeles Kings’ AHL affiliate) on Wednesday night. Jordan Nolan posted the game-winner 11:31 into the middle stanza …
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 …
North American Prospect Weekly Report (4/4 – 4/10)
The North American Prospect Report follows the weekly progress of Flyers prospects playing in the various leagues throughout North America. Forwards: Jason Akeson and the Kitchener Rangers played a game seven versus Tyler Brown and the Plymouth Whalers earlier this week. Akeson assisted on both of the Rangers’ goals, but it was not enough for Kitchener to move on. Brown scored a goal and assisted on another to help his team advance to round two. Brown assisted on all three of Plymouth’s goals in the opening match of round two, but his team fell short. He was held pointless in …
North American Prospect Weekly Report (3/28 – 4/3)
The North American Prospect Report follows the weekly progress of Flyers prospects playing in the various leagues throughout North America. Forwards: Jason Akeson scored a hat trick and was named the first star in a 6-4 win in game five of the first round. He also finished with an assist in game six. Tyler Brown assisted on the game winning goal in overtime during game four. He also had a 4 assist game in game five. The series between will be going to game seven. Tye McGinn and Dave Labrecque will both be moving to the second round of the …
North American Prospect Weekly Report (3/21 – 3/27)
The North American Prospect Report follows the weekly progress of Flyers prospects playing in the various leagues throughout North America. Forwards: The playoffs begun for the kids in juniors this week. Tyler Brown’s Plymouth Whalers are matched up against Jason Akeson’s Kitchener Rangers in round one of the OHL playoffs so only one will be advancing. Brown scored the game winner in over time of game one. He also assisted on two other goals in game one. Jason Akeson had a pair of assists in the same game. Brown scored a shorthanded goal in game two while Akeson finished with …
North American Prospect Weekly Report (3/14 – 3/20)
The North American Prospect Report follows the weekly progress of Flyers prospects playing in the various leagues throughout North America. Forwards: The Canadian junior leagues closed out their regular season this past week. Dave Labcreque and Tye McGinn each got to play a game before getting a rest before the playoffs. Labrecque had a goal and 2 assists in his final game, but somehow managed to be a -2. McGinn scored a goal in his final game. Jason Akeson assisted on two goals during his final game of the regular season. Akeson’s team also made the playoffs. Tyler Brown did …
North American Prospect Weekly Report (3/7 – 3/13)
The North American Prospect Report follows the weekly progress of Flyers prospects playing in the various leagues throughout North America. Forwards: Tye McGinn returned from a broken foot this week and immediately made an impact with a 7 point performance over two games. He scored a goal and assist in his first game back and went on to score 4 goals and assisted on another in the second of his two games. Dave Labcrecque also had a nice week in the QMJHL. He had 5 points in 3 games which included a 3 point performance (2 g, 1 a) in …
North American Prospect Weekly Report (2/21 – 2/27)
The North American Prospect Report follows the weekly progress of Flyers prospects playing in the various leagues throughout North America. Forwards: Shane Harper continues to play well in the ECHL. He had 4 points (2 g, 2 a) in four games. Andrew Rowe was loaned to the Road Warriors where he had a goal and an assist in his three games. Ben Holmstrom and Mike Testwuide each scored a goal and assisted on another on Sunday with the Phantoms. Brendan Ranford had a pair of assists in his three games, but was a -4 on the week. Dave Lebrecque scored …
North American Prospect Weekly Report (2/14 – 2/20)
The North American Prospect Report follows the weekly progress of Flyers prospects playing in the various leagues throughout North America. Forwards: Eric Wellwood had a strong week offensively. He recorded 4 points (2 g, 2 a) in 4 games. Mike Testwuide also had a nice week offensively. He scored a goal during his second game, and recorded an assist in his third and fourth games. Ben Holmstrom contributed to the Phantoms with a goal and an assist. Rob Bordson also scored his fourth goal with the Phantoms. Andrew Rowe also registered a point for the Phantoms. Shane Harper had 3 …
North America Prospect Weekly Report (2/7-2/13)
The North American Prospect Report follows the weekly progress of Flyers prospects playing in the various leagues throughout North America. Forwards: Dave Labrecque cooled down to a mere point per game pace on the week. He had a goal and 2 assists over three games played. Brendan Ranford also finished with a goal and 2 assists over his two games. Michael Chaput had a fairly quiet week, finishing with one assist over three games. Shane Harper had a pair of goals in ECHL action. Mike Testwuide scored a goal and assisted on another in the second of the Phantoms two …