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Florida Panthers Prospect Roundup: March 5, 2012

With the Hockey's Future Spring Rankings released last month, and various additions/subtractions/movements of a few kids around the organization, I thought it would be a good time to update my list of the Top 20 Florida Panthers Prospects for the final quarter of the 2011-12 season. The list will be at the end of the roundup, so feel free to ask any questions in the comments section.

San Antonio Rampage 2, Chicago Wolves 1

The final game of the annual rodeo trip took place in Chicago with a Swedish battle in the net, between Jacob Markstrom and Eddie Lack, the second meeting between the two. Markstrom won the first game between the two former teammates (Lack was Markstrom's backup with Bryanas IF in 2009) with a 2-1 win on January 28th, 2011. The game also featured short-lived former Panthers Byron Bitz and Steve Reinprecht. The game was scoreless until eight minutes into the second period with Wolves defensemen Yann Sauve goal. Greg Rallo tied the game during the third with a powerplay goal, his 10th point of the rodeo trip, and five minutes later Nolan Yonkman scored his second goal of the season to win the game. With the win the Rampage go 7-3-0-1 on the annual rodeo trip with a .681 winning percentage, the best in team history.

San Antonio Rampage 2, Houston Aeros 1

After losing six straight games to Houston, the Rampage have won four straight games, outscoring them 14-8. Returning home from the annual rodeo trip, 11,382 Rampage fans packed into the AT&T Center, the third highest in the team history. Jacob Markstrom made his second straight start, his first since December 30th and 31st. Bill Thomas scored the game's first goal, his sixth in his last 11 games, in the second period. Eric Selleck and Aeros forward Jon DiSalvatore traded the goals early in the third period, with Markstrom shutting the door giving the Rampage the win over their I-10 rivals.

The Rampage are currently 5th in the Western Conference (tied for 4th with the Chicago Wolves and division rival Abbotsford Heat) at 67 points and a 32-23-2-1 record.

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 51 15 25 40 2 56 9 6 0 99 15.2
29 Bill Thomas RW 29 47 18 18 36 13 16 15 3 0 138 13.0
17 Mark Cullen C 34 40 8 26 34 14 22 6 2 0 92 8.7
27 Greg Rallo F 31 54 16 14 30 6
 12 12 4 0 163 9.8
25 Colby Robak (9)
 D 21 55 7 20 27 9 22 5 2 0 111 6.3
26 Michal Repik (13) RW 23 37 10 14 24 2 37 8 2 0 113 8.9
42 Evan Barlow† LW 27 43 9 15 24 10 18 8 1 0 90 10.0
32 Scott Timmins C 23 52 9 12 21 8 26 9 0 0 94 9.6
28
 James Wright C 22 36 6 12 18 -2 14 4 2 0 60 10.0
10 Jon Matsumoto C 25 17 5 11 16 3 10 2 3 0 37 13.5
6 Keith Seabrook D 24 42 3 10 13 -6 12 3 0 0 49 6.1
5 Tyson Strachan‡ D 28 35 3 9 12 2 31 2 1 0 60 5.0
43 Nolan Yonkman D 31 48 2 8 10 13 91 2 0 0 45 4.4
14 Evgeny Dadonov (7)‡ LW 23 20 5 4 9 -2 4 5 0 0 46 10.9
41 David Marshall† F 27 41 5 4 9 1 20 4 1 0 61 8.2
8 Tim Kennedy‡ C 26 18 3 6 9 -2 18 1 2 0 24 12.5
23 Wacey Rabbit† C 26 53 1 8 9 -8 35
 0 0 1 41 2.4
2 Michael Caruso D 24 50 3 5 8 0 55 3 0 0 50 6.0
7 Roman Derlyuk D 25 51 1 7 8 -3 23 0 0 0 32 3.1
15 Eric Selleck LW 25 54 4 3 7 -9 158 4 0 0 58 6.9
28 Mike Kostka‡ D 27 18 2 4 6 -6 14 0 1 1 45 4.4
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 22 0 4 4 0 7 0 0 0 11 0.0
21 Ondrej Roman LW 22 13 1 1 2 -3 0 0 0 0 8 12.5
22 Joe Devin‡ LW
 25 18 1 1 2 -3 13 1 0 0 14 7.1
8 Sean Sullivan D 28 14 0 2 2 -2 4 0 0 0 29 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
4 Tyler Ludwig‡ D 27 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
39 Justin Vaive LW 23 6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
11 Anthony Luciani ‡ RW 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
22 Steven Reinprecht ‡ C 36 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
18 Jeff LoVecchio‡ LW 27 12 0 0 0 -2 12 0 0 0 19 0.0
10 A.J. Jenks (19)‡ LW 22 25 0 0 0 -7 8 0 0 0 22 0.0
Team Total 58 142 252 394 11 780 109 31 2 1707 8.3
# Goaltender Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO PIM MIN
1 Dov Grumet-Morris† 30 29 18 9 1 61 833 772 .927 2.17 3 0 1686
30 Jacob Markstrom (2) 22 18 9 8 0 42 520 479 .919 2.46 0 0 1023
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 58 35
 25 1 154
 1767 1613 .913 2.63 3 0 3510

†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 40 17 20 37 -5 47 11 6 0 154 11.0
Garrett Wilson (16) LW 21 49 17 13 30 0 34 11 5 1 143 11.9
Jonathan Hazen RW 21 42 10 18 28 1 30 6 1 3 81 12.3
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 19 12 6 1 51 534 483 .904 2.75 2 2 1114
Sam Brittain 19 WCHA Denver 8 5 3 0 21 266 245 .921 2.68 1 0 469
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 60 27 53 80 10
 59 7
 4
Jonathan Huberdeau (1) 19 Saint John Sea Dogs QMJHL C 32 28 37 65 49 46 6
 1
 110
Quinton Howden (4) 20 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL LW 45 30 32 62 10
 14 9
 2
David Pacan 21 Niagara IceDogs OHL C 62 26 31 57 20 46 10
 2
Josh Birkholz 21 Everett Silvertips WHL RW 63 28 27 55 -10 58 6
 2
John McFarland (14) 20 Ottawa 67s
 OHL C 48 24 26 50 -7 28 5
 2
Alexander Petrovic (11) 20 Red Deer Rebels WHL D 61 10 32 42 -3 111 4
 1
Logan Shaw 20 Quebec Remparts QMJHL RW 58 20 20 40 -23 44 8
 2
 182
Corey Durocher 20 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL LW 57
 16
 15
 31
 -15
 20
 5
 0
Jonathan Racine 19 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL D 56 3 9
 12
 13 96 0
 0
 56

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 35 21 26 47 18 28 11 0
 7 134
Nick Bjugstad (5) 20 Minnesota WCHA F 34 23 15
 38
 15
 26 7 1
 2
 139
Kyle Rau (20) 20 Minnesota WCHA F 34 16 18
 34
 22
 29 7 1
 6 106
Corban Knight (15) 22 North Dakota WCHA C 32 12 22 34 10 26
 2 1 1 75
Wade Megan 22 Boston University H-East C 34 18 6
 26 -2 55 8
 2
 4
 103
Joe Basaraba 20 Minnesota-Duluth WCHA RW 35 7 7 14 8 54 1 0
 3
 54
John Lee 23 Denver WCHA D 36 3 10
 13
 14 26 0
 0 2 46
Connor Brickley 20 Vermont H-East F 23 9 3 12 16 -13 2 1 1 46
Benjamin Gallacher 20 Ohio State CCHA D 24 1 11 12 -3 30 1 0 0 33
Zach Hyman (18)
 20 Michigan CCHA F 36 2 7 9 -2 10 0 0 0 54
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 53 18 30 48 7 26 10 7 1 163 11.0
Joonas Donskoi (12) 20 Oulun Kärpät SM-liiga F 47 8 12 20 1 12 5
 2 1 130 6.2
Iiro Pakarinen 21 Kalevan Pallo SM-liiga F 49 10 3 13 -1 47 9 0 1 153 6.5
Yaroslav Kosov 19 Magnitogorsk Metallurg KHL
 F
 27 4 5 9 6 6 4 0 0 31 12.9
Mattias Lindstrom 21 Tingsryds AIF HockeyAllsvenskan LW 34 0 3 3 16

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 46 3 11 14 18 58 3 0 0 80 3.8
R.J. Boyd 21 Indiana Ice USHL D 36 0 10 10 -2 75 0 0 0 35 0.0
Rasmus Bengtsson (10)
 19 Muskegon Lumberjacks USHL D
 19 2 6 8 -3 2 1 1 0 26 7.7
19 Rögle BK J20 SuperElit D
 15 3 8 11 8
19 Rögle BK HockeyAllsvenskan D 18 0 3 3 2

Updated Top 20 prospects for the Florida Panthers

  1. Jonathan Huberdeau
  2. Jacob Markstrom
  3. Quinton Howden
  4. Nick Bjugstad
  5. Rocco Grimaldi
  6. Drew Shore
  7. Colby Robak
  8. Rasmus Bengtsson
  9. Alex Petrovic
  10. Joonas Donskoi
  11. John McFarland
  12. Corban Knight
  13. Garrett Wilson
  14. Vincent Trocheck
    Zach Hyman
    Kyle Rau
    Sam Brittain
    James Wright
    Yaroslav Kosov
    Connor Brickley

Who should be the San Antonio Rampage starting goaltender?

Jacob Markstrom, it's a development league and he's the future in goal.53
Dov Grumet-Morris, he's the more experienced goalie and it's about the team getting into the playoffs.12
Pull a Ron Wilson and start both back-to-back no matter what the outcome.5
Brian Foster, because I'm hilarious6

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