2019 Ice Box Lincoln, NE USHL.COM @USHL | /USHLHOCKEY USHL.COM 1 2019 USHL/NHL TOP PROSPECTS GAME USHL/NHL TOP PROSPECTS GAME NOTES ALL-AMERICAN PROSPECTS GOLDEN BOYS 11 players in the USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game played in the 12 players in the 2019 USHL/NHL Top Prospects played for Team 2018 USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game earlier this West assistant coach Anthony Noreen (Tri-City Storm) at the season in Buffalo, NY. 2018 World Junior A Challenge, where Team USA won a gold medal. Trevor Janicke (Central Illinois Flying Aces/Team East) 2018 USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game Participants finished in the top-five in tournament scoring. Kaden Bohlsen Fargo Force/Team West 2018 World Junior A Challenge Player Stats (Team USA) Ryan Drkulec Waterloo Black Hawks/Team East Ethan Frisch Green Bay Gamblers/Team East Trevor Janicke 6 points (3-3-6) Trevor Janicke Central Illinois Flying Aces/Team East Matt Brown 5 points (0-5-5) Zac Jones Tri-City Storm/Team West Luke Johnson 4 points (1-3-4) Robert Mastrosimone Chicago Steel/Team East Zac Jones 4 points (1-3-4) Shane Pinto Lincoln Stars/Team West Robert Mastrosimone 4 points (2-2-4) John Prokop Omaha Lancers/Team West Shane Pinto 2 points (1-1-2) Grant Silianoff Cedar Rapids RoughRiders/Team East Josh Nodler 2 points (1-1-2) Isaiah Saville Tri-City Storm/Team West Grant Silianoff 1 point (0-1-1) Austen Swankler Sioux Falls Stampede/Team West Jack Malone 1 point (0-1-1) Ethan Frisch 0 points (0-0-0) Ryan Johnson 0 points (0-0-0) SECOND TIME’S A CHARM Isaiah Saville 2-0-0-1, 1.30 GAA, .944 SV%, 1 SO Matej Blumel (Waterloo Black Hawks/Team East) will be playing in his second USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game. The University of Connecticut commit scored a goal in the 2018 USHL/NHL Top RANDOM STAT Prospects Game. 2019 marks the second time Team West head coach Cody Chupp will be behind the bench for the USHL/NHL The losing conference in the USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game has Top Prospects Game, as he served as an assistant coach for Team gone on to win the Clark Cup five out of six times. West in last year’s contest. Team West assistant coach Anthony Noreen served as head coach for Team West at the 2018 USHL/ NHL Top Prospects Game. Team East assistant coach Oliver SCHEDULE OF EVENTS David served as an assistant coach for Team East at the 2018 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game. All times Central Standard Time (CST) SCORING PROWESS Sunday, Jan. 6: 6:00 pm Players arrive for equipment fitting courtesy of BAUER Five of the top 10 USHL scoring leaders are playing in the 2019 Media availability for players and coaches USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game: Matej Blumel (T-1st, Waterloo Black Hawks/Team East), Egor Afanasyev (T-5th, Muskegon Monday, Jan. 7: Lumberjacks/Team East), Matias Maccelli (T-5th, Dubuque 11:00 am - 2:00 pm On-ice player testing courtesy of Sport Testing (Team Fighting Saints/Team East), Vladislav Firstov (T-7th, Waterloo West followed by Team East) 1:00 pm Press conference at Ice Box Black Hawks/Team East) and Matt Brown (T-9th, Des Moines 3:30 pm Team West practice Buccaneers/Team West). 5:00 pm Team East practice 7:00 pm USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game welcome reception (invite-only) The top-6 USHL rookie scoring leaders are playing in the 2019 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game: Vladislav Firstov (1st, Waterloo Tuesday, Jan. 8: Black Hawks/Team East), Shane Pinto (2nd, Lincoln Stars/Team 8:00 am Team West & Team East NHL Central Scouting heights & weights West), Marcus Kallionkieli (3rd, Sioux City Musketeers/Team 10:00 am Team West morning skate West), Jami Krannila (4th, Sioux Falls Stampede/Team West), 11:15 am Team East morning skate 7:05 pm USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game (media availability following Josh Nodler (T-5th, Fargo Force/Team East) and Lynden Breen game) (T-5th, Central Illinois Flying Aces/Team East). MEDIA CONTACT: Kevin Meyers SWITCHING SIDES Director, Media & Communications, USHL [email protected] The 40 players have been split into two teams – Team East and Team West – for the 2019 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, representing a split of players competing in the USHL’s Eastern Conference and Western Conference. Fargo Force forward Josh Nodler along with Waterloo Black Hawks Matej Blumel, Ryan Drkulec, Vladislav Firstov and Logan Stein have been assigned to Team East, despite playing in the Western Conference. Youngstown Phantoms forward Jack Malone has been assigned to Team West despite playing in the Eastern Conference. USHL.COM 2 2019 USHL/NHL TOP PROSPECTS GAME USHL/NHL TOP PROSPECTS GAME NOTES ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY USHL TEAM ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY NCAA COMMITMENT Total USHL Team Total School 6 Sioux Falls Stampede 3 Michigan State University 4 Des Moines Buccaneers 3 Western Michigan University 4 Dubuque Fighting Saints 2 Boston University 4 Waterloo Black Hawks 2 Harvard University 3 Central Illinois Flying Aces 2 Miami University 3 Fargo Force 2 Northeastern University 3 Muskegon Lumberjacks 2 University of Connecticut 3 Sioux City Musketeers 2 University of Massachusetts Lowell 2 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 2 University of Minnesota Duluth 2 Green Bay Gamblers 2 University of Nebraska Omaha 2 Tri-City Storm 2 University of North Dakota 1 Chicago Steel 2 University of Notre Dame 1 Lincoln Stars 1 Clarkson University 1 Omaha Lancers 1 Cornell University 1 Youngstown Phantoms 1 Ferris State University ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY STATE 1 Penn State University Total State 8 Minnesota 1 Providence College 3 Michigan 1 St. Cloud State University 4 New Jersey 1 University of Maine 2 New York 1 University of Massachusetts 2 Pennsylvania 1 University of Michigan 1 Alaska 1 University of Minnesota 1 California ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY NCAA CONFERENCE 1 Florida Total NCAA Conference 12 NCHC 1 Georgia 11 Hockey East 1 Texa s 8 Big Ten 1 Virginia 4 ECAC 1 Wisconsin ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY COUNTRY 1 WCHA Total State 26 United States ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING GRADE 7 Canada Total NHL CSS GRADE (11/12/18) 0 A-rated (1st round candidate) 3 Finland 11 B-rated (2nd-3rd round candidate) 2 Russia 17 C-rated (4th-6th round candidate) 1 Czech Republic 12 Not Ranked 1 Sweden USHL.COM 3 2019 USHL/NHL TOP PROSPECTS GAME USHL/NHL TOP PROSPECTS GAME RECORDS GOALS ASSISTS Rank Name Year Team USHL Team Goals Rank Name Year Team USHL Team Assists 1 Ross Colton 2016 East Cedar Rapids 3 1 Mike O’Leary 2016 East Dubuque 3 2 Tyler Madden 2018 East Tri-City 2 2 Ben Copeland 2018 East Waterloo 2 Paul Washe 2017 West Tri-City 2 Philippe Lapointe 2018 West Lincoln 2 Kevin Conley 2015 East Youngstown 2 Ross Colton 2016 East Cedar Rapids 2 Robbie 2012 East Indiana Willie Knierim 2016 East Dubuque 2 Baillargeon Adam Gaudette 2015 East Cedar Rapids 2 3 34 players 1 Tanner Laczynski 2015 East Chicago 2 POINTS Nikita Pavlychev 2015 West Des Moines 2 Rank Name Year Team USHL Team Points Luke Johnson 2012 West Lincoln 2 1 Ross Colton 2016 East Cedar Rapids 5 8 48 players 1 2 Mike O’Leary 2016 East Dubuque 4 SHOTS 3 Kevin Conley 2015 East Youngstown 3 Rank Name Year Team USHL Team Shots 4 Ben Copeland 2018 East Waterloo 2 1 Robert 2015 West Sioux City 7 Philippe Lapointe 2018 West Lincoln 2 Carpenter Chris Wilkie 2015 West Tri-City 7 Tyler Madden 2018 East Tri-City 2 3 Tyler Madden 2018 East Tri-City 6 Paul Washe 2017 West Tri-City 2 Kevin Roy 2012 West Lincoln 6 Wade Allison 2016 West Tri-City 2 4 Wyatt 2017 West Tri-City 5 Willie Knierim 2016 East Dubuque 2 Bongiovanni Cal Burke 2015 East Cedar Rapids 2 Paul Washe 2017 West Tri-City 5 Jakob Forsbacka 2015 West Omaha 2 Jake Henderson 2015 West Omaha 5 Karlsson Christian Heil 2013 East Chicago 5 Adam Gaudette 2015 East Cedar Rapids 2 Robert Polesello 2012 East Indiana 5 Jake Henderson 2015 West Omaha 2 Robbie 2012 East Indiana 5 Tanner Laczynski 2015 East Chicago 2 Baillargeon Nikita Pavlychev 2015 West Des Moines 2 10 10 players 4 Chase Pearson 2015 East Youngstown 2 SHORTHANDED GOALS Robbie 2012 East Indiana 2 Rank Name Year Team USHL Team PPG Baillargeon 1 NONE Austin Farley 2012 West Fargo 2 +/- RATING Luke Johnson 2012 West Lincoln 2 Rank Name Year Team USHL Team +/- Jeff Kubiak 2012 East Chicago 2 1 Ross Colton 2016 East Cedar Rapids +5 A.J. Michaelson 2012 West Waterloo 2 Mike O’Leary 2016 East Dubuque +5 Nicholas Schilkey 2012 East Green Bay 2 3 Derek Daschke 2016 East Muskegon +4 POWER PLAY GOALS Willie Knierim 2016 East Dubuque +4 Rank Name Year Team USHL Team PPG 5 Marc Del Gaizo 2018 East Muskegon +3 1 Matej Blumel 2018 West Waterloo 1 Kevin Conley 2016 East Youngstown +3 Paul Cotter 2018 West Lincoln 1 Matt Kiersted 2016 East Chicago +3 Chris Wilkie 2015 West Tri-City 1 Tanner Laczynski 2015 East Chicago +3 Alex Kile 2012 East Green Bay 1 Chase Pearson 2015 East Youngstown +3 9 19 players +2 USHL.COM 4 2019 USHL/NHL TOP PROSPECTS GAME USHL/NHL TOP PROSPECTS GAME RECORDS PENALTY MINUTES SAVE PERCENTAGE Rank Name Year Team USHL Team PIM Rank Name Year Team USHL Team sv% 1 Wyllum Deveaux 2018 West Tri-City 15 1 Ivan Prosvetov 2018 East Youngstown 1.000 Xan Gurney 2018 East Chicago 15 Keith Petruzzelli 2017 East Muskegon 1.000 Michael Boyle 2016 West Sioux City 15 Cayden Primeau 2017 West Lincoln 1.000 Willie Knierim 2016 East Dubuque 15 Dayton 2017 West Lincoln 1.000 Rasmussen 5 Martin Pospisil 2018 West Sioux City 12 Cale Morris 2016 East Waterloo 1.000 6 Michael Downing 2013 East Dubuque 7 Chris Birdsall 2015 West Youngstown 1.000 7 John Hayden 2013 East Team USA 5 Ryan Larkin 2015 East Cedar Rapids 1.000 Luke Johnson 2013 West Lincoln 5 Eamon McAdam 2013 West Waterloo 1.000 Miles Wood 2013 West Lincoln 5 Alex 2013 East Chicago 1.000 10 Cole Krygier 2018 West Lincoln