Florida Panthers Prospect Roundup: February 20, 2012

by Alexander Calloway on Feb 20, 2012 6:00 PM EST in Florida Panthers Prospects

San Antonio Rampage captain Nolan Yonkman was recalled by Florida on February 18

The Rampage continue their road trip with Jacob Markstrom returning, another Panthers prospect has season-ending surgery, while Drew Shore and Nick Bjugstad continue to score. This and more in the Roundup after the jump...

Texas Stars 5, San Antonio Rampage 4

The Rampage ended the first period with a 2-1 lead, with goals from Michal Repik and Evan Barlow. The Stars tied the game in the second, scoring two goals, the Rampage only goal in the period being from former Star Greg Rallo. The Stars took the lead just a minute and a half into the third, with the Rampage tying it 16 minutes later with Roman Derlyuk's first goal of the season. The game went into overtime and a shootout where the Rampage couldn't score a goal and the Stars skated away with the win. Dov Grumet-Morris (who was to signed a one year extension by San Antonio) was in net for the 19th consecutive game, stopping 40 shots.

Texas Stars 4, San Antonio Rampage 2

Jacob Markstrom makes his return, playing his first game since New Year's Eve. After allowing a goal in the first period, the Rampage tied the game just 47 seconds into the second with a goal from Greg Rallo. In the third period, the Rampage took the lead with a powerplay goal from Bill Thomas, snapping an 0-12 drought on the powerplay. The Rampage failed to hold on to lead, allowing three goals. The lost dropped the Rampage to 8th place in the Western Conference. Markstrom made 34 saves off 37 shots.

San Antonio Rampage 1, Oklahoma City Barons 0

The game's only goal came from Michal Repik, his 10th of season, making ten of the team's 24 goals on their road trip scored from either Repik or Bill Thomas. After getting the last game off, Dov Grumet-Morris returned to the net, stopping all 22 shots from Oklahoma City, his third shutout of the season.

The San Antonio Rampage are 28-22-2-1, 4th in the West Division (tied for 3rd with Abbotsford, who has two games in hand) and 8th in the Western Conference.

Note: with Sunday's upper-body injury (concussion?) to Florida's Matt Bradley, expect the Panthers to recall a forward prior to Thursday.

**2011-12 San Antonio Rampage**
#	Player (LBC Rank)	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	S	S%
16	Bracken Kearns	C	31	46	14	23	41	2	56	9	5	0	90	15.6
17	Mark Cullen	C	34	39	8	25	33	13	22	6	2	0	87	9.2
29	Bill Thomas	RW	29	42	17	14	31	12	10	14	3	0	120	14.2
27	Greg Rallo	F	31	49	13	13	26	5	12	10	3	0	148	8.8
25	Colby Robak (9)	D	21	50	7	19	26	10	22	5	2	0	100	7.0
26	Michal Repik (13)	RW	23	35	10	14	24	3	37	8	2	0	107	9.3
42	Evan Barlow†	LW	27	39	9	15	24	10	14	8	1	0	84	10.7
32	Scott Timmins	C	23	47	8	11	19	6	24	8	0	0	83	9.6
28	James Wright	C	22	31	6	10	16	-1	14	4	2	0	53	11.3
10	Jon Matsumoto	C	25	14	4	11	15	5	8	2	2	0	26	15.4
5	Tyson Strachan‡	D	28	32	3	9	12	5	31	2	1	0	56	5.4
6	Keith Seabrook	D	24	38	3	9	12	-6	12	3	0	0	46	6.5
14	Evgeni Dadonov (7)‡	LW	23	20	5	4	9	-2	4	5	0	0	46	10.9
8	Tim Kennedy‡	C	26	18	3	6	9	-2	18	1	2	0	24	12.5
43	Nolan Yonkman‡	D	31	43	1	8	9	14	91	1	0	0	40	2.5
23	Wacey Rabbit†	C	26	48	1	8	9	-5	33	0	0	1	38	2.6
41	David Marshall†	F	27	37	5	3	8	1	20	4	1	0	56	8.9
2	Michael Caruso	D	24	48	3	5	8	0	55	3	0	0	50	6.0
15	Eric Selleck	LW	25	49	3	3	6	-9	146	3	0	0	49	6.1
28	Mike Kostka‡	D	27	18	2	4	6	-6	14	0	1	1	45	4.4
7	Roman Derlyuk	D	25	46	1	5	6	-7	21	0	0	0	27	3.7
21	Angelo Esposito‡	C	23	16	2	3	5	-5	8	2	0	0	26	7.7
20	Brian Sutherby‡	C	30	15	1	3	4	-1	18	1	0	0	26	3.8
3	Michael Vernace	D	26	21	0	4	4	0	5	0	0	0	11	0.0
21	Ondrej Roman	LW	22	9	1	1	2	-2	0	0	0	0	7	14.3
22	Joe Devin‡	LW	25	17	1	1	2	-3	13	1	0	0	12	8.3
8	Sean Sullivan	D	28	9	0	2	2	-1	4	0	0	0	18	0.0
3	Evan Oberg‡	D	24	12	0	2	2	-2	14	0	0	0	9	0.0
9	Jonathan Hazen ‡	RW	21	9	1	0	1	-5	0	1	0	0	8	12.5
19	Garrett Wilson (16) ‡	LW	21	11	1	0	1	-4	2	1	0	0	15	6.7
39	Justin Vaive	LW	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
4	Tyler Ludwig‡	D	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
10	A.J. Jenks (19)‡	LW	22	25	0	0	0	-7	8	0	0	0	22	0.0
18	Jeff LoVecchio ‡	LW	27	12	0	0	0	-2	12	0	0	0	19	0.0
22	Steven Reinprecht ‡	C	36	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0
11	Anthony Luciani ‡	RW	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Total				53	133	236	369	17	748	103	28	2	1556	8.5
#	Goaltender	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	PIM	MIN
1	Dov Grumet-Morris†	30	27	17	8	1	58	770	712	.925	2.22	3	0	1569
30	Jacob Markstrom (2)	22	15	6	8	0	39	433	394	.910	2.77	0	0	843
33	Brian Foster‡	25	12	4	6	0	37	321	284	.885	3.64	0	0	609
30	Scott Clemmensen ‡	35	1	1	0	0	1	32	31	.969	1.00	0	0	60
34	Manny Legace ‡	38	1	0	0	0	1	8	7	.875	3.00	0	0	20
35	Tyler Plante ‡	25	2	0	2	0	5	45	40	.889	3.14	0	0	95
Team Total			53	28	24	1	147	1615	1468	.909	2.75	3	0	3210

†Player signed to AHL contract
‡No longer on team

ECHL

Player (LBC Rank)	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	S	S%
Anthony Luciani	RW	22	32	14	15	29	-5	45	8	6	0	124	11.3
Jonathan Hazen	RW	21	42	10	18	28	1	30	6	1	3	81	12.3
Garrett Wilson (16)	LW	21	40	13	12	25	0	30	7	5	1	113	11.5
Justin Vaive	LW	23	32	5	9	14	-2	38	5	0	0	54	9.3
Keith Seabrook‡	D	24	4	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	17	0.0

Goaltenders

Player	Age	League	Team	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	PIM	TOI
Brian Foster	25	ECHL	Cincinnati	13	9	3	1	34	372	338	.909	2.60	2	2	785
Sam Brittain	19	WCHA	Denver	6	4	2	0	15	194	179	.923	2.51	1	0	359
Sergei Gayduchenko	23	KHL	CSKA Moscow	13	2	6	4	30	313	283	.904	2.89	0	0	623

Canadian Hockey League

Player (LBC Rank)	Age	Team	League	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PP	SH	S
Vincent Trocheck (17)	19	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	C	54	25	46	71	8	57	7	4
Quinton Howden (4)	20	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL	LW	39	27	27	54	6	12	9	2
Jonathan Huberdeau (1)	19	Saint John Sea Dogs	QMJHL	C	26	19	33	52	38	40	5	1	88
David Pacan	21	Niagara IceDogs	OHL	C	56	25	25	50	15	42	10	2
John McFarland (14)	20	Ottawa 67s	OHL	C	48	24	26	50	-7	28	5	2
Josh Birkholz	21	Everett Silvertips	WHL	RW	56	25	24	49	-13	52	5	2
Alexander Petrovic (11)	20	Red Deer Rebels	WHL	D	55	10	31	41	-1	103	4	1
Logan Shaw	20	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL	RW	54	18	18	36	-27	44	8	2	175
Corey Durocher	20	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL	LW	53	15	14	29	-15	18	5	0
Jonathan Racine	19	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL	D	51	3	6	9	10	90	0	0	53

National Collegiate Athletic Association

Player (LBC Rank)	Age	School	League	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PP	SH	GW	S
Drew Shore (8)	22	Denver	WCHA	C	31	18	24	42	18	18	10	0	7	119
Nick Bjugstad (5)	20	Minnesota	WCHA	F	31	22	14	36	19	24	7	0	3	111
Kyle Rau (20)	20	Minnesota	WCHA	F	30	14	17	31	21	25	5	1	5	98
Corban Knight (15)	22	North Dakota	WCHA	C	28	11	19	30	7	20	2	1	1	70
Wade Megan	22	Boston University	H-East	C	30	15	6	21	-5	51	8	2	4	86
Joe Basaraba	20	Minnesota-Duluth	WCHA	RW	31	7	7	14	9	52	1	0	3	49
John Lee	23	Denver	WCHA	D	32	3	9	12	10	18	0	0	2	44
Benjamin Gallacher	20	Ohio State	CCHA	D	23	1	11	12	-2	30	1	0	0	37
Connor Brickley	20	Vermont	H-East	F	19	8	3	11	14	-8	2	1	1	43
Zach Hyman (18)	20	Michigan	CCHA	F	34	2	7	9	-2	10	0	0	0	52
Rocco Grimaldi (6)	19	North Dakota	WCHA	F	4	1	1	2	-5	2	0	0	0	13

European Leagues

Player (LBC Rank)	Age	Team	League	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	S	S%
Sergei Shirokov	26	CSKA Moscow	KHL	RW	51	18	29	47	6	26	10	7	1	160	11.3
Joonas Donskoi (12)	20	Oulun Kärpät	SM-liiga	F	41	5	11	16	-2	10	5	0	1	114	4.4
Iiro Pakarinen	21	Kalevan Pallo	SM-liiga	F	44	9	3	12	3	47	8	0	1	144	6.3
Yaroslav Kosov	19	Magnitogorsk Metallurg	KHL	F	25	4	5	9	6	6	4	0	0	29	13.8
Mattias Lindstrom	21	Tingsryds AIF	HockeyAllsvenskan	LW	29	0	3	3		14

Junior A

Player (LBC Rank)	Age	Team	League	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	S	S%
Edward Wittchow	20	Waterloo Black Hawks	USHL	D	41	3	11	14	24	49	3	0	0	62	4.8
R.J. Boyd	21	Indiana Ice	USHL	D	32	0	8	8	-3	70	0	0	0	27	0.0
Rasmus Bengtsson (10)	19	Muskegon Lumberjacks	USHL	D	13	1	5	6	-4	2	0	1	0	16	6.3
	19	Rögle BK	J20 SuperElit	D	15	3	8	11		8
	19	Rögle BK	HockeyAllsvenskan	D	18	0	3	3		2

Notes

Another article on how spectacular Nick Bjugstad's season is.
John McFarland will undergo shoulder surgery and will be out for the rest of the OHL season (and maybe playoffs).

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By golly I sure do want those prospects to translate those goals into NHL points for the upcoming seasons.

Fish, Heatles, Cats, Fins, Noles

by National Mario on Feb 20, 2012 9:33 PM EST reply actions

I have a feeling that Thomas or Repik will be making an appearance on Thursday. Whichever one is willing to put themselves in front of the goalie should be called up.

by Hawkseye on Feb 20, 2012 9:36 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Shirikov is basically never going to suit up for the panthers. Am I wrong in believing this?

by milhouse on Feb 20, 2012 11:20 PM EST reply actions

Maybe so. However I never thought Jagr would ever come back to the NHL. No means am I comparing them in skills but the NHL does have an allure to it. Also Russians love South Florida during the winter months.

A lil thunder and a lil lightning is what the Cats are going to bring this year.

by trinidaddy on Feb 20, 2012 11:30 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Even if he doesn’t, he still has a value.

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by Donny Rivette on Feb 21, 2012 10:10 AM EST up reply actions

If he keeps putting up those numbers, he’s worth something by the time his contract ends

I’m putting here for reflection later on in the season…. #14 Tomas [Fleischmann] is getting a 40G season. FLASH COUNT: 19G/25A
by RPC on Sep 17, 2011 5:20 PM MDT
Find me on Twidduh And look at my Marmots

by Chris S Roberts on Feb 21, 2012 1:14 PM EST up reply actions

If the panthers look strong, Shirokov will want in.

CFS93

by chesterbardo on Feb 21, 2012 12:33 AM EST reply actions

What happened to Zach Hyman?

34GP 2G 7A 9PTS -2 10PIM

CFS93

by chesterbardo on Feb 21, 2012 12:36 AM EST reply actions

He’s a freshmen, give him time.

by Alexander Calloway on Feb 21, 2012 1:09 AM EST up reply actions

Michigan coach Red Berenson is concentrating on Zach’s defensive game, hence the reduced offensive numbers, which will likely be lower than initially expected for some time.

This is a very good thing, as two-way players are hot commodities.

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by Donny Rivette on Feb 21, 2012 10:09 AM EST up reply actions

Speaking of Zach

His brother Spencer is draft eligible in June

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by Donny Rivette on Feb 21, 2012 10:23 AM EST up reply actions

I've been wondering for a few weeks...

Who’s ranked 3rd? I’m assuming it’s Guds, but not sure if you’re limiting “prospects” to non-NHL’ers

by The Rat Attack on Feb 21, 2012 8:06 AM EST reply actions

Want to jump in here, Alex?

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by Donny Rivette on Feb 21, 2012 11:07 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

Yeah, Gubs is the number three prospect. The list was completed before training camp.

by Alexander Calloway on Feb 21, 2012 12:52 PM EST up reply actions

Man do we have a good future...

Gudbranson
Ellerby
Kulikov

Jacob Markstrom
Colby Robak

Vincent Trocheck
Quinton Howden
Jonathan Huberdeau
Alexander Petrovic
David Pacan
John McFarland

Drew Shore
Nick Bjugstad
Kyle Rau
Rocco Grimaldi
Zach Hyman

I mean really, no one can have more depth than this. The Panthers lack a 2nd line right now, look who will fill those spots soon.

by Colt1235 on Feb 21, 2012 6:12 PM EST reply actions

i still think the Panthers lack a first line. WVF looked like a real first line at the beginning of the season since then not so much.
Versteeg and Flash have the potential (still haven’t reached it though) to be first line wingers while Weiss is not a first line center and never will be. If the Panthers could get a first line center and a big rugged winger who could score they would be looking pretty set as an organization.

107 days until Prometheus

by Todd Little on Feb 22, 2012 9:28 AM EST up reply actions