Predators Prospect Update: Oct. 16
Saturday, 10.17.2009 / 3:58 PM
/ Features
By Kevin Wilson
- Nashville Predators
Teammates and 2009 third-round picks Taylor Beck (4g-6a) and Michael Latta (5g-4a) are both averaging more than a point per game through eight contests for the Guelph Storm (OHL), ranking second and third, respectively, in team scoring. Fellow OHLer, '09 first round pick Ryan Ellis – currently sidelined with a wrist injury – has posted 10 helpers in his first seven games of 2009-10 with Windsor. Over in the QMJHL, Gabriel Bourque, an '09 fifth-round pick, is ranked fourth in the QMJHL in assists (11), and also leads Baie-Comeau in penalty minutes (33), and is tied for the club lead in points (12) through nine contests.
Overseas in the Swiss League, 2008 second rounder Roman Josi leads all league defenseman and ranks sixth among all skaters with 16 points (7g-9a) through 14 contests. He also ranks in the league's top-10 in goals (T-5th, 7 goals) and assists (T-9th, 9 assists), topping all league defensemen in both categories, as well.
Overseas in the Swiss League, 2008 second rounder Roman Josi leads all league defenseman and ranks sixth among all skaters with 16 points (7g-9a) through 14 contests. He also ranks in the league's top-10 in goals (T-5th, 7 goals) and assists (T-9th, 9 assists), topping all league defensemen in both categories, as well.
| PROSPECT SCORING | ||||||||||||
| (as of games played October 15, 2009) | ||||||||||||
| CANADIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE | ||||||||||||
| POS | NAME | HT | WT | CLUB (LEAGUE) | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- | ||
| LW | Taylor Beck | 6-2 | 205 | Guelph (OHL) | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 5 | ||
| LW | Gabriel Bourque | 5-9 | 183 | Baie-Comeau (QMJHL) | 9 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 0 | ||
| D | Ryan Ellis | 5-9 | 173 | Windsor (OHL) | 7 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | ||
| C | Michael Latta | 5-11 | 200 | Guelph (OHL) | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 7 | ||
| D | Charles-Olivier Roussel | 6-1 | 196 | Shawinigan (QMJHL) | 9 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 24 | -3 | ||
| UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE | ||||||||||||
| POS | NAME | HT | WT | CLUB | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- | ||
| C | Nick Oliver | 6-3 | 184 | Fargo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| BRITISH COLUMBIA HOCKEY LEAGUE | ||||||||||||
| POS | NAME | HT | WT | CLUB | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- | ||
| C | Cam Reid | 6-2 | 185 | Westside | 10 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 0 | ||
| NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION | ||||||||||||
| POS | NAME | HT | WT | CLUB (LEAGUE) | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- | ||
| RW | Zach Budish | 6-3 | 229 | U. of Minnesota (WCHA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| RW | Ryan Flynn | 6-2 | 212 | U. of Minnesota (WCHA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| D | Jeff Foss | 6-2 | 200 | R.P.I. (ECAC) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | ||
| C | Blake Geoffrion | 6-1 | 196 | U. of Wisconsin (WCHA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| C | Ben Ryan | 5-11 | 191 | U. of Notre Dame (CCHA) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| C | Craig Smith | 6-1 | 189 | U. of Wisconsin (WCHA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LW | Tyler Stefishen | 5-11 | 170 | Ohio State Unversity (CCHA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | ||
| LW | Ryan Thang | 5-11 | 186 | U. of Notre Dame (CCHA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| EUROPEAN LEAGUES | ||||||||||||
| POS | NAME | HT | WT | CLUB (LEAGUE) | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- | ||
| RW | Jonas Andersson | 6-3 | 204 | Dynamo Minsk (KHL) | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | -3 | ||
| C | Stanislav Balan | 6-2 | 161 | PSG Zlin (CzRep) | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 1 | ||
| D | Mattias Ekholm | 6-4 | 194 | Mora (Sweden) | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -3 | ||
| RW | Matt Ellison | 6-0 | 192 | HC MVD (KHL) | 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | -3 | ||
| LW | Konstantin Glazachev | 6-0 | 186 | Barys Astana (KHL) | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | -1 | ||
| D | Roman Josi | 6-1 | 183 | Bern (Switzerland) | 14 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||
| D | Denis Kulyash | 6-2 | 199 | CSKA Moscow (KHL) | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | ||
| C | Jani Lajunen | 6-1 | 174 | Espoo (Finland) | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Espoo Jr. (Finland-Jr.) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | ||||||
| LW | Antti Pihlstrom | 5-11 | 190 | Farjestad (Sweden) | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| RW | Alexander Radulov | 6-1 | 188 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL) | 13 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 4 | ||
| C | Grigory Shafigulin | 6-2 | 185 | Nizhny Novgorod (KHL) | 13 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 5 | ||
| LW | Niko Snellman | 6-3 | 208 | LeKi (Finland-2) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 | ||
| C | Sergei Soin | 6-0 | 175 | Severstal Cherepovets (KHL) | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| LW | Kesley Wilson | 6-1 | 214 | EC Salzburg (Austria) | 14 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 65 | -1 | ||
| GOALTENDERS | HT | WT | CLUB (LEAGUE) | GP | W | L | T | GAA | SV% | SO | ||
| Atte Engren | 6-0 | 188 | TPS Turku (Finland) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.27 | .931 | 0 | ||
| Anders Lindback | 6-6 | 198 | Timra (Sweden) | 6 | -- | -- | -- | 2.68 | .902 | 0 | ||
| ECHL | ||||||||||||
| GOALTENDERS | HT | WT | CLUB | GP | W | L | OT | GAA | SV% | SO | ||
| Jeremy Smith | 5-11 | 161 | Cincinnati | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||




