Florida Panthers Prospect Roundup: March 26, 2012

Leading off this week's roundup, Denver Pioneers F Drew Shore has signed a contract with the Florida Panthers, forgoing his senior year. This move comes as something of a surprise as Shore was widely expected to return to Denver to play with brothers Nick and Quentin in what would have been his final NCAA season. Shore, a 2nd round selection in 2009, has proven to be a talented all-around player who can handle NHL action with his finishing, skating and puck-handling abilities.

While his numbers with Denver are impressive (53 points, with 22 goals, in 42 games), I personally think his predicted upside is far too high for him to achieve.

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%
2009-10	19	Denver	WCHA	41	5	14	19	-9	18	2	3	0	2	98	5.1
2010-11	20	Denver	WCHA	40	23	23	46	29	38	14	8	1	3	99	23.2
2011-12	21	Denver	WCHA	42	22	31	53	21	45	11	11	0	7	159	13.8
Total				123	50	68	118	41	101	27	22	1	12	356	14.0

After the jump, updates on the playoff races

Grand Rapids Griffins 5, San Antonio Rampage 4 (SO)

The Rampage lose a huge game against Grand Rapids, leading 3-0 at one point. Bracken Kearns scored his seventh powerplay goal to open the game with Bill Thomas making it a two goal first period for the Rampage. Michal Repik scored early in the second to give the Rampage the 3-0 lead, but Grand Rapids would score two minutes later. Bill Thomas scored his second goal of the game later in the second, the last game Rampage goal of the game. In the third period, Grand Rapids scored three unanswered goals in the span of two minutes to send the game to overtime, then the shootout. Mark Cullen was the only Rampage player to score in the shootout, with Grand Rapids scoring twice to skate away with the win. Jacob Markstrom was in net, stopping 30 shots of 34 (.882 Sv%).

San Antonio Rampage 4, Grand Rapids Griffins 2

The Griffins got on the scoreboard first, with the Rampage answering back two minutes later with a goal from Michael Caruso, his fourth of the season. Four minutes into the second period James Wright scored his ninth goal, tipping the puck in off a Greg Rallo shot. Rallo would score a goal of his own on the powerplay ten minutes later, but the Griffins would answer back less than a minute later. Bill Thomas scored his 23rd goal of the season early in the third, and the Rampage hold off the Griffins (who had 13 shots that period) to win the rematch. Jacob Markstrom had a quality start with a .939 save percentage (33 shots, 31 saves).

San Antonio Rampage 6, Abbotsford Heat 1

The Rampage had a huge game tonight, not only blowing an divisional opponent, but with several playoff teams in front of them losing in regulation. The first goal was scored by birthday boy James Wright. His 11th goal of the season came off a Greg Rallo rebound. Bracken Kearns scored his 17th goal 11 minutes later, which gave the Rampage a 2-0 lead heading into the second. Jonathan Matsumoto scored the third goal for the Rampage (his 20th of the season, seventh with San Antonio). the goal was answered with just 12 seconds left in the second period. Bill Thomas scored back-to-back goals in the third period, his 24th and 25th of the season, setting a new career high. Birthday boy James Wright scored a shorthanded empty net goal, to give the Rampage their 19th road win of the season, matching the franchise record in 2007-08. Jacob Markstrom allowed one goal on 39 shots (.974 Sv%).

Abbotsford Heat 6, San Antonio Rampage 5

The Rampage lose a heart-breaker in the Abbotsford rematch. The Rampage took a 3-1 lead in the first period with goals from Greg Rallo, James Wright, and Wacey Rabbit. The Heat cut the lead to one goal in the second, with Bracken Kearns answering back two minutes later on the powerplay. However, Abbotsford would score four straight goals to take the lead. Sean Sullivan scored his first goal with the Rampage since his return answering back a minute after the final goal, but Abbotsford skated away with the win. Dov Grumet-Morris was in net allowing all six goals on 31 shots (.806 Sv%).

As of March 26th, the Rampage are in a four-way tie for sixth with a 35-27-3-2 (75 points) and fourth in the West Division.

2011-12 San Antonio Rampage

#	Player (LBC Rank)	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	S	S%
29	Bill Thomas	RW	29	56	25	21	46	12	16	22	3	0	163	15.3
16	Bracken Kearns	C	31	60	18	28	46	1	58	10	8	0	113	15.9
17	Mark Cullen	C	34	49	9	34	43	13	26	7	2	0	117	7.7
27	Greg Rallo	F	31	63	19	19	38	8	14	14	5	0	186	10.2
25	Colby Robak (7)	D	21	64	8	27	35	9	26	6	2	0	127	6.3
26	Michal Repik	RW	23	46	13	19	32	1	45	10	3	0	140	9.3
42	Evan Barlow†	LW	27	48	10	18	28	10	18	8	2	0	101	9.9
28	James Wright (18)	C	22	45	11	14	25	-1	23	8	2	1	76	14.5
32	Scott Timmins	C	23	61	9	14	23	10	32	9	0	0	112	8.0
10	Jon Matsumoto	C	25	26	7	14	21	-4	26	4	3	0	54	13.0
5	Tyson Strachan	D	28	41	3	12	15	-3	35	2	1	0	67	4.5
6	Keith Seabrook‡	D	24	45	3	10	13	-9	12	3	0	0	49	6.1
43	Nolan Yonkman	D	31	57	2	9	11	17	100	2	0	0	49	4.1
23	Wacey Rabbit†	C	26	62	2	9	11	-8	39	0	0	2	48	4.2
2	Michael Caruso	D	24	59	4	6	10	4	57	4	0	0	58	6.9
41	David Marshall†	F	27	41	5	4	9	1	20	4	1	0	61	8.2
7	Roman Derlyuk	D	25	60	1	8	9	-4	27	1	0	0	40	2.5
15	Eric Selleck	LW	25	63	4	3	7	-10	192	4	0	0	63	6.3
8	Sean Sullivan	D	28	23	1	6	7	1	4	0	0	0	42	2.4
21	Ondrej Roman	LW	22	16	1	2	3	-3	2	0	0	0	11	9.1
9	Jonathan Hazen‡	RW	21	9	1	0	1	-5	0	1	0	0	8	12.5
19	Garrett Wilson (13)‡	LW	21	11	1	0	1	-4	2	1	0	0	15	6.7
1	Dov Grumet-Morris†	G	30	33	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0
39	Justin Vaive	LW	23	15	0	0	0	-3	10	0	0	0	7	0.0
3	Alexander Petrovic	D	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Total				67	171	305	476	4	902	131	36	4	1959	8.7
#	Goaltender	Age	GP	W	L	SL	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	PIM	MIN
1	Dov Grumet-Morris†	30	33	19	12	1	75	956	881	.922	2.34	3	0	1922
30	Jacob Markstrom (2)	22	19	11	10	1	55	690	635	.920	2.48	0	0	1331
Team Total			67	35	30	2	183	2061	1878	.911	2.71	3	0	4056

†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%
26	Anthony Luciani	RW	22	51	23	23	46	-7	51	16	7	0	193	11.9
10	Garrett Wilson (13)	LW	21	60	17	16	33	-9	50	11	5	1	166	10.2
94	Jonathan Hazen	RW	21	45	12	18	30	-2	30	8	1	3	86	14.0
44	Keith Seabrook	RW	24	8	2	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	22	9.1
#	Goaltender	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	PIM	MIN
29	Brian Foster	25	26	14	10	2	70	588	529	.903	2.80	3	2	1501

Canadian Hockey League

#	Player (LBC Rank)	Age	Team	League	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH
3	Jonathan Racine	19	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL	D	2	1	3	4	5	2	0	1	0
11	Jonathan Huberdeau (1)	19	Saint John Sea Dogs	QMJHL	C	2	1	3	4	3	4	0	0	1
21	Quinton Howden (3)	20	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL	LW	2	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	0
22	David Pacan	21	Niagara IceDogs	OHL	C	3	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0
11	Logan Shaw	20	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL	RW	1	1	1	2	1	2	0	1	0
89	Vincent Trocheck (14)	19	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
10	Josh Birkholz	21	Everett Silvertips	WHL	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	John McFarland (11)	20	Ottawa 67s	OHL	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

WHL

• (2) Moose Jaw Warriors vs. (7) Regina Pats (Series is tied 1 – 1)
• (1) Tri-City Americans vs. (8) Everett Silvertips (Tri-City leads series 2 – 0)

QMJHL

• (1) Saint John Sea Dogs vs. (16) Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (Saint John leads series 2 – 0)
• (2) Shawinigan Cataractes vs. (15) Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (Shawinigan leads series 2 – 0)
• (5) Quebec Remparts vs. (12) Drummondville Voltigeurs (Quebec leads series 1 – 0)

OHL

• (1) Niagara IceDogs vs. (8) Oshawa Generals (Niagara leads series 2 – 1)
• (2) Ottawa 67's vs. (7) Belleville Bulls (Ottawa leads series 2 – 1)
• (4) Sarnia Sting vs. (5) Saginaw Spirit (Series tied 1 – 1)

National Collegiate Athletic Association

#	Player (LBC Rank)	Age	School	League	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%
15	Drew Shore (6)	21	Denver	WCHA	C	42	22	31	53	21	45	11	11	0	7	159	13.8
7	Kyle Rau (16)	20	Minnesota	WCHA	F	39	18	25	43	24	29	8	9	1	6	118	15.3
27	Nick Bjugstad (4)	20	Minnesota	WCHA	F	39	25	17	42	23	28	17	8	0	3	143	17.5
10	Corban Knight (12)	22	North Dakota	WCHA	C	39	16	24	40	15	36	12	3	1	2	88	18.2
18	Wade Megan	22	Boston University	H-East	C	39	20	9	29	-3	57	9	9	2	4	121	16.5
18	Joe Basaraba	20	Minnesota-Duluth	WCHA	RW	40	7	9	16	8	58	6	1	0	3	71	9.9
5	John Lee	23	Denver	WCHA	D	43	3	11	14	11	45	3	0	0	2	56	5.3
23	Connor Brickley (20)	20	Vermont	H-East	F	23	9	3	12	16	-13	6	2	1	1	46	19.6
44	Benjamin Gallacher	20	Ohio State	CCHA	D	24	1	11	12	-3	30	0	1	0	0	37	2.7
11	Zach Hyman (15)	20	Michigan	CCHA	F	41	2	7	9	-2	12	2	0	0	0	57	3.5
19	Rocco Grimaldi (5)	19	North Dakota	WCHA	F	4	1	1	2	-5	2	1	0	0	0	13	7.7
#	Player	Age	League	Team	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	PIM	TOI
1	Sam Brittain (17)	19	WCHA	Denver	12	8	4	0	29	424	395	.932	2.36	1	0	735

2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

West Regional

• (1) North Dakota wins 3-1 over (4) Western Michigan
• (2) Minnesota wins 7-3 over (3) Boston University
• (2) Minnesota wins 5-2 over (1) North Dakota
• (2) Minnesota advances to Frozen Four

Northeast Regional

• (2) Minnesota–Duluth wins 5-2 over (3) Maine
• (1) Boston College wins 4-0 (2) Minnesota-Duluth
• (1) Boston College advances to Frozen Four

Frozen Four

April 5th (E1) Boston College vs. (W2) Minnesota at 8 pm EST at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.

European Leagues

Player (LBC Rank)	Age	Team	League	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%
Joonas Donskoi (10)	20	Oulun Kärpät	SM-liiga	F	2	1	2	3	2	0	1	0	0	1	5	20.0
Iiro Pakarinen	21	Kalevan Pallo	SM-liiga	F	3	2	0	2	2	0		0	0	0	10	20.0
Sergei Shirokov	26	CSKA Moscow	KHL	RW	5	1	0	1	-2	2	1	0	0	0	9	11.1
Yaroslav Kosov (19)	19	Magnitogorsk Metallurg	KHL	F	7	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Player	Age	League	Team	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	PIM	TOI
Sergei Gayduchenko	23	KHL	CSKA Moscow	2	0	0	0	7	48	41	.854	4.01	0	0	104

KHL

• (2) Avangard Omsk vs. (3) Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Avangard wins series 4-1)

SM-liiga

• (1) Kalevan Pallo vs. (10) HC TPS (Kalevan Pallo leads 2-0)
• (2) Lahti Pelicans vs. (7) Oulun Kärpät (Series tied 1-1)
  

Junior A

#	Player (LBC Rank)	Age	Team	League	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%
51	*Edward Wittchow	20	Waterloo Black Hawks	USHL	D	53	5	11	16	22	70	4	1	0	1	99	5.1
24	*R.J. Boyd	21	Indiana Ice	USHL	D	44	1	13	14	8	87	0	0	0	0	50	2.0
2	Rasmus Bengtsson (8)	19	Muskegon Lumberjacks	USHL	D	27	3	7	10	-7	2	2	1	0	0	35	8.6
		19	Rögle BK	J20 SuperElit	D	15	3	8	11		8
		19	Rögle BK	HockeyAllsvenskan	D	18	0	3	3		2

*Player on a playoff clinched team

Notes
Alexander Petrovic wins the Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy (WHL Defenceman of the Year) and first All-Team honors for the Western Conference.