Islanders Prospect Report

Arnaud Durandeau and David Quenneville each had big offensive weeks as they continue career years in the Canadian junior leagues, while Ilya Sorokin took home Olympic gold in PyeongChang. Get the latest news and stats in the Islanders Prospect Report.

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The Islanders' 2016 seventh-rounder is the highest scoring defenseman in the WHL with 70 points (26G, 44A) in 61 games so far this season, and leads the league's defenseman in goals. Quenneville leads in team assists and is second in team scoring and goals.

DURANDEAU HAS SIX-POINT WEEK:

Arnaud Durandeau scored six points (1G, 5A) in four games last week games, extending his point streak to eight games overall (3G, 9A) before it was snapped on Sunday.
Durandeau's week started with a three-assist night in Halifax's 6-5 OT win over Rimouski on Monday, including an assist on the OT-winner. Durandeau contributed another assist on Wednesday, in yet another overtime win for Halifax, a 3-2 final against the Charlottetown Islanders. Saturday's 4-1 victory over the Gatineau Olympiques brought another multi-point game for Durandeau, with an empty-netter and his 30th assist of the season. The Mooseheads 7-1 loss to the Drummondville Voltigeurs ended Durandeau's eight-game run.
The Islanders' 2017 sixth round pick has scored 48 points (18G, 30A) in 59 games so far this season, tying him for fifth in team points and placing him fifth in team assists and sixth in team goals.

SOROKIN WINS OLYMPIC GOLD:

Ilya Sorokin and the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) took home a gold medal at the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang. OAR went undefeated in six straight games, including two shutout wins. OAR's road to gold included a 6-1 win over Norway in the quarterfinals on Wednesday followed by a 3-0 shutout win on Friday against the Czech Republic in the semifinals. The gold medal game took place on Sunday, where OAR defeated Germany 4-3 in overtime.
Sorokin got into one game for OAR, playing the final 20 minutes of OAR's 8-2 victory over Slovenia in the round-robin. Sorokin stopped six of seven shots in his period while OAR scored six of their eight goals in the final frame.
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