Weekly Prospect Report February 23, 2017 Compiled by Griffin Foster

American Hockey League – (28-14-2-2, 60 points) No. PLAYER POS GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG SH 1 Corey Tropp RW 42 12 25 37 +5 44 5 0 70 2 *Kalle Kossila LW 44 10 24 34 +20 4 3 0 100 3 *Kevin Roy LW 46 11 21 32 -2 12 4 0 112 4 x Brandon Montour D 34 12 18 30 +12 32 3 0 138 5 Jaycob Megna D 46 4 16 20 +20 18 0 1 50 6 *Andrew Welinski D 46 3 14 17 +1 4 1 0 62 Chris Wagner C 27 10 7 17 +7 16 3 2 67 *Nick Sorensen RW 35 6 11 17 -3 19 2 0 57 9 Jeff Schultz D 45 0 12 12 +5 10 0 0 38 10 Shea Theodore D 15 2 9 11 +7 8 2 0 56 11 x Nicolas Kerdiles LW 10 4 5 9 +2 2 0 0 37 Ryan Garbutt LW 26 4 5 9 +7 43 0 2 54 13 Max Gortz RW 12 1 7 8 +7 2 0 0 18 14 x *Ondrej Kase RW 9 3 4 7 +7 2 2 0 28 Nate Guenin D 37 2 5 7 +1 16 0 0 47 *Keaton Thompson D 34 2 5 7 +3 18 1 0 55 17 x *Jacob Larsson D 4 0 2 2 -6 2 0 0 9 18 x Emerson Etem RW 1 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 2 19 x Logan Shaw RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 x Joseph Cramarossa C 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 2

No. GOALIE GP MINS W L OT SO GA GAA SV% 1. x 12 7171:52 10 2 0 2 17 1.42 0.944 2. x*Kevin Boyle 11 668:26 5 3 3 1 26 2.33 0.919 3. Dustin Tokarski 18 1049:32 11 6 1 1 53 3.03 0.895 4. x Matt Hackett 7 339:48 2 3 0 1 19 3.35 0.898 x – inactive, * - rookie

Notes:  San Diego has won 17 of its last 21 games (17-3-1), including six of its last seven at home. The Gulls have the third- best points percentage (.652) and have allowed the second-fewest goals (119) among Western Conference teams.  Kalle Kossila has 5-15=20 points in his last 22 games. He ranks second among rookies and tied for fifth in the AHL in plus/minus (+20), while also ranking tied for third in assists (24) and tied for sixth in scoring (34) among AHL rookies.  Rookie Kevin Roy earned his 21st assist of the season on Feb. 17 and recorded a four-game point streak Feb. 10-17. Roy has six assists in his last seven contests.  Max Gortz recorded his second multi-assist game of the season (0-2=2) on Feb. 18, pushing his point streak to a season-high four games.  Defensemen Jaycob Megna tallied his 16th assist of the season on Feb. 18, giving him 2-3=5 points in his last seven games.  Dustin Tokarski has earned wins in consecutive starts since returning from injury on Feb. 12, stopping 46-of-48 shots in the two games.

ECHL – PLAYER POS GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG SH Kenton Helgesen F 37 3 10 13 -6 13 0 1 47 xKeaton Thompson D 4 0 0 0 -7 0 0 0 7

GOALIE GP MINS W L OT SO GA GAA SV% *Kevin Boyle 10 607 4 5 1 0 31 3.06 0.902 x – inactive, * - rookie

North American Prospects – College

Player POS Team GP G A PTS S GWG PPG SHG +/- Grant Besse (So.) F Wisconsin 27 8 18 26 75 2 4 0 -20 2012, Fifth Round, 127th Overall Brent Gates Jr. (So.) F Minnesota 29 14 4 18 67 2 7 0 +3 2015, Third Round, 80th Overall Troy Terry (So.) F Denver 24 14 11 25 66 4 3 0 +15 2015, Fifth Round,148th Overall

Goalie Team GP MINS W L T SO GA GAA SV% Garrett Metcalf UMass-Lowell 4 208:21 1 0 1 0 9 2.59 0.913 2015, Sixth Round, 179th Overall

Notes:  Grant Besse has assists in three consecutive games (0-3=3) after recording an assist in consecutive games against Michigan on Feb. 17 and 18. Besse has four assists in his last six contests and ranks tied for second among Wisconsin skaters in assists (18).  Troy Terry scored three goals in two games against Miami over the weekend, including his fourth game-winning in a 5-2 Denver win on Feb. 18. Terry leads Denver in goals per game (0.58) while ranking second in goals.  Brent Gates Jr. had goals in three consecutive contests from Feb. 4-11 and leads Minnesota in PPG (7).

North American Prospects – Juniors Player POS Team GP G A PTS PPG PIM +/- Max Jones LW London 29 14 18 32 1 63 +26 2016, First Round, 26th Overall Jack Kopacka LW Sault Ste. Marie 54 24 15 39 5 10 +2 2015, Fourth Round, 93rd Overall Julius Nattinen LW Windsor 40 8 23 31 3 16 +1 2015, Second Round, 59th Overall Josh Mahura D Regina 60 14 33 47 8 47 +9 2016, Third Round, 85th Overall Deven Sideroff RW Kamloops 59 33 38 71 9 40 +28 2015, Third Round, 84th Overall Tyler Soy LW Victoria 42 25 30 55 7 15 +27 2016, Seventh Round, 205th Overall Sam Steel LW Regina 53 39 67 106 10 30 +43 2016, First Round, 30th Overall Alex Dostie LW Charlottetown 51 22 35 57 4 12 +5 2016, Fourth Round, 115th Overall Matt Berkovitz D Green Bay 38 2 15 17 1 6 +2 2014, Fifth Round, 123rd Overall Steven Ruggiero D Youngstown 17 0 4 4 0 20 0 2015, Sixth Round, 178th Overall

Notes:  Sam Steel has 10 assists in his last eight games and 3-12=15 points in 12 games during February. Steel recorded a 10-game point streak from Jan. 30-Feb. 17 (3-13=16). He leads the WHL and ranks second in the CHL in scoring (106). He also leads the WHL in even-strength points (63) and has factored into 37% of Regina’s goals this season, which ranks sixth among WHL skaters. Steel has recorded a point in all but eight games this season.  Josh Mahura has 1-3=4 points in his last four games and ranks sixth in goals (14), fourth in PPG (8) and tied for seventh in primary points (32) among WHL defensemen.  Deven Sideroff has points in four consecutive games (3-6=9), including a pair of three-point games on Feb. 17 (0-3=3) and Feb. 21 (2-1=3). Sideroff has recorded a point in 37 games this season, in 24 of which he has recorded multiple points. He leads Kamloops in scoring and co-leads the WHL in GWG (9).  Jack Kopacka recorded a seven-game point streak from Feb. 1-15 (6-4=10) and has 20-10=30 points in his last 30 games.  Tyler Soy recorded a career-high 12-game point streak (8-14=22) from Jan. 14-Feb. 10. Soy had four power-play goals, two game-winning goals and one shorthanded goal during his point streak.  Alex Dostie has 1-2=3 points in his last two games, along with 4-9=13 points in his last nine games.

European Prospects Player/Draft Info POS Team GP G A PTS PPG PIM +/- Marcus Pettersson D Skelleftea 41 2 7 9 0 49 -3 2014, Second Round, 38th Overall Jacob Larsson D Frolunda 20 0 3 3 0 14 -7 2015, First Round, 27th Overall

UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE (all times PT):

Thursday, Feb. 23 Windsor (Nattinen) vs. Saginaw, 4 p.m. (OHL) UMass-Lowell (Metcalf) @ Boston College, 4 p.m. (NCAA)

Friday, Feb. 24 San Diego vs. Texas, 7 p.m. (AHL) Sault Ste. Marie (Kopacka) vs. Sarnia, 4 p.m. (OHL) Windsor (Nattinen) @ London, 4:30 p.m. (OHL) Regina (Steel & Mahura) vs. Swift Current, 5 p.m. (WHL) Kamloops (Sideroff) vs. Kelowna, 7 p.m. (WHL) Victoria (Soy) @ Vancouver, 7:30 p.m. (WHL) Charlottetown (Dostie) @ Blainville-Boisbriand, 4:30 p.m. (QMJHL) UMass-Lowell (Metcalf) vs. Boston College, 5:30 p.m. (NCAA) Minnesota (Gates Jr.) vs. Wisconsin (Besse), 5 p.m. (NCAA) Denver (Terry) vs. St. Cloud State, 7 p.m. (NCAA) Green Bay (Berkovitz) @ Chicago, 5 p.m. (USHL) Youngstown (Ruggiero) vs. Fargo, 4 p.m. (USHL) Skelleftea (Pettersson) @ HV71, 10 a.m. (SHL) Frolunda (Larsson) vs. Leksands, 10 a.m. (SHL)

Saturday, Feb. 25 San Diego vs. Rockford, 7 p.m. (AHL) Kamloops (Sideroff) @ Everett, 7 p.m. (WHL) Victoria (Soy) vs. Vancouver, 7 p.m. (WHL) Charlottetown (Dostie) @ Quebec, 4 p.m. (QMJHL) Minnesota (Gates Jr.) vs. Wisconsin (Besse), 5 p.m. (NCAA) Denver (Terry) vs. St. Cloud State, 6 p.m. (NCAA) Green Bay (Berkovitz) vs. Chicago, 5 p.m. (USHL) Youngstown (Ruggiero) vs. Fargo, 4 p.m. (USHL) Frolunda (Larsson) @ Leksands, 9:30 a.m. (SHL)

Sunday, Feb. 26 Sault Ste. Marie (Kopacka) vs. North Bay, 11 a.m. (OHL) Windsor (Nattinen) vs. Sarnia, 11 a.m. (OHL) Regina (Steel & Mahura) vs. Swift Current, 2 p.m. (WHL) Victoria (Soy) vs. Vancouver, 7 p.m. (WHL) Charlottetown (Dostie) @ Rimouski, 12 p.m. (QMJHL)

Monday, Feb. 27 No games

Tuesday, Feb. 28 San Diego @ Tucson, 6 p.m. (AHL) Regina (Steel & Mahura) vs. Lethbridge, 5 p.m. (WHL) Skelleftea (Pettersson) vs. Farjestad, 10 a.m. (SHL) Frolunda (Larsson) vs. Leksands, 10 a.m. (SHL)