Prospect Report
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prospect report October 30, 2019 hershey bears update The Capitals’ AHL affiliate went 4-3-1-1 in October, marking the team’s best record in the month of October since the 2015-16 season (4-3-0-1). The Bears’ roster features 14 Capitals’ draft picks, and six prospects playing in their first season in the AHL. Hershey’s rookies (Alexander Alexeyev, Martin Fehervary, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Brett Leason, Bobby Nardella, Joe Snively) have accounted for 17 of the Bears’ 70 points (24 percent) this season. ahl, echl featured prospects skater team Pos GP G A PTS PIM +/- S Alexander Alexeyev Hershey D 9 1 5 6 2 1 19 CONNOR MCMICHAEL Kristofers Bindulis S. Carolina D 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 Through 12 games with London (OHL), McMichael’s 26 points (13g, 13a) leads the Knights and ranks fifth in the OHL. Additionally, McMichael ranks first in the OHL in Kody Clark Hershey R - - - - - - - points per game (2.17) among players that have played at least 10 games, and ranks Christian Djoos Hershey D 9 1 6 7 2 2 19 tied for third in goals. McMichael was named OHL Player of the Week for the week Martin Fehervary Hershey D 6 1 2 3 2 3 16 ending Sept. 29, after recording seven points (5g, 2a) in two games, including a single- game career high five points (3g, 2a) Sept. 28 at Hamilton. The 6’0”, 183-pound center Tobias Geisser Hershey D 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 has recorded a point in 11 of his 12 games played this season and has recorded four Shane Gersich Hershey L 6 0 2 2 4 -1 7 consecutive multi-point games, including three three-point games. Connor Hobbs Hershey D 5 1 0 1 7 1 6 Lucas Johansen Hershey D 6 0 1 1 2 2 8 MARTIN FEHERVARY Axel Jonsson-Fjallby Hershey L 9 4 1 5 0 4 11 After appearing in three games with the Capitals to begin the 2019-20 season, Fe- Brett Leason Hershey R 9 0 1 1 4 1 12 hervary has recorded three points (1g, 2a) in six games with Hershey. The Capitals’ Philippe Maillet Hershey C 9 1 2 3 4 0 16 second-round choice, 46th overall, in the 2018 NHL Draft ranks tied for first in plus/ Beck Malenstyn Hershey L 9 2 2 4 2 3 15 minus (3) among Hershey defensemen and third in points. The Bratislava, Slovakia, native scored his first career AHL goal, a shorthanded goal, Oct. 13 vs. Wilkes-Barre/ Bobby Nardella Hershey D 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Scranton and recorded his first career multi-point game (0g, 2a) Oct. 19 at Laval. In Liam O’Brien Hershey C 9 3 0 3 13 3 26 three games with the Capitals, the 6’2”, 200-pound defenseman averaged 14:29 time on Garrett Pilon Hershey C 9 0 3 3 5 -1 16 ice, registered four shots and two penalty minutes. Brian Pinho Hershey C 9 1 4 5 2 3 14 Mike Sgarbossa Hershey C 8 4 4 8 4 -2 22 ALEXANDER ALEXEYEV Joe Snively Hershey C 9 1 1 2 2 -4 12 Through nine games this season, Alexeyev’s six points (1g, 5a) leads Bears rookies Riley Sutter Hershey R - - - - - - - and ranks second among Hershey defensemen. Additionally, Alexeyev ranks second among AHL rookie defensemen in assists and shots (19). The Capitals’ first-round Colby Williams Hershey D 7 0 0 0 10 3 7 choice, 31st overall, in the 2018 NHL Draft recorded his first career AHL goal in his goaltender team GP W L OT MIN SO GAA SV% AHL debut Oct.5 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, scoring 1:02 into the first period. The 6’4”, 210-pound defenseman recorded his first career multi-point game Oct. 18 at Belleville, Pheonix Copley Hershey 5 2 2 1 282 0 2.13 0.920 registering two assists in the Bears’ 5-1 win. Alexeyev added an assist Oct. 19 at Laval, Vitek Vanecek Hershey 5 2 1 1 269 0 2.90 0.883 registering the secondary assist on Brian Pinho’s game-winning goal. juniors, NCAA, europe additional notes skater team Leag Pos GP G A PTS PIM +/- Axel Jonsson-Fjallby ranks tied for firston Hershey in goals (4g) and ranks first on Eric Florchuk Saskatoon WHL C 11 5 2 7 6 1 the team in plus/minus (+4). Martin Has Tappara Liiga D 5 1 1 2 0 2 Brett Leason recorded his first career AHL point, an assist, Oct. 19 at Laval. Alex Kannok-Leipert Vancouver WHL D 16 1 1 2 21 0 Benton Maass UNH NCAA D 5 1 1 2 4 1 Joe Snively has appeared in all nine of Hershey’s games this season and has re- Connor McMichael London OHL C 12 13 13 26 10 9 corded two points (1g, 1a). Aliaksei Protas Prince Albert WHL C 14 9 10 19 0 16 Brian Pinho ranks tied for third on Hershey in assists (4a) and tied for sixth in Damien Riat EHC Biel NLA L 14 2 4 6 10 5 points (5 pts) through nine games this season. Last season, Pinho recorded 12 Kristian Roykas Marthinsen HC Dalen SWE-3 L 12 1 1 2 0 0 points (4g, 8a) in 73 games. Sebastian Walfridsson Södertälje SK SWE-2 D 13 2 2 4 10 3 Aliaksei Protas, the Capitals’ third-round choice, 91st overall, in the 2019 NHL goaltender team LEAG GP W L OT SO GAA SV% Draft, leads Prince Albert (WHL) in scoring and ranks tied for third in the WHL in Mitchell Gibson Harvard NCAA - - - - - - - scoring with 19 points (9g, 10) in 14 games. @CapitalsPR www.capitalstoday.com.