Prospect Roundup: Sikura's big night, IceHogs go on the offensive

On Mondays, chicagoblackhawks.com will highlight players who stood out for their minor-league, junior, college or European teams in the previous week's action. All prospect/system stats will be
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1st Star: C Dylan Sikura, Northeastern (H-EAST)
The Line: 1GP, 2G, 2A
Sikura led the way for Northeastern in a big 5-2 win over Boston College last Saturday, tallying twice and adding a pair of assists to match a single-game career high. Both of his goals were recorded on the power play, and one of his helpers came on the eventual game-winner; he shares the NCAA lead with seven goals with the man advantage this season, while his 1.57 points per game (22 points in 14 appearances) rank second in the nation.
2nd Star: D Carl Dahlstrom, Rockford (AHL)
The Line: 2GP, 1G, 4A
Dahlstrom's offensive outburst continued last week with five points in two games for the IceHogs. The 22-year-old picked up two helpers in Rockford's 4-1 win over Grand Rapids on Friday, then collected a goal and two assists the next night in in a 7-2 win over the Griffins. Dahlstrom has 10 points over his last seven games and paces Rockford defensemen with 15 points (2G, 13A) in 24 tilts this season.
3rd Star: LW Tomas Jurco, Rockford (AHL)
The Line: 2GP, 2G, 1A
Jurco stretched his goal streak to four games with tallies in both of Rockford's games last week and added an assist in Friday's win. The 24-year-old has 18 points (9G, 9A) in 25 games this season, including six points in his last four outings, and shares first among players on the active IceHogs roster. Jurco also ranks first on the team with 85 shots on goal this season.

Around the system:
- Joni Tuulola notched a goal and an assist in three games with Sport in the Finnish liiga last week; the 2015 sixth-round pick continues to lead team defensemen with 19 points (4G, 15A) in 32 games this season … Netminder Ivan Nalimov went 1-1-0 in his two starts last week for the KHL's Admiral Vladivostok. The 23-year-old stopped 61 of 65 shots and continues to post an impressive .942 save percentage and 1.98 goals-against average in 17 games this season.

• Chad Krys had a big weekend for Boston University, contributing a goal and three assists as the Terriers split their series against UMass-Lowell. The 2016 second-round pick shares second among NCAA blueliners with 18 pints (5G, 13A) in 19 games this season … Providence freshman Jake Ryczek notched his first career NCAA point and goal on Friday in an 8-3 win over RIT … Denver freshman Ian Mitchell also tallied his first collegiate goal in a 4-4 tie against Colorado College last Friday; the 2017 second-round pick has 12 points in 16 games.

• In Vermont's 2-2 tie against Brown on Saturday, Blackhawks prospects Jake Massie and Liam Coughlin contributed an assist each … Nebraska-Omaha sophomore Fredrik Olofsson posted three helpers in two games against Minnesota-Duluth last weekend and now has 12 points (2G, 10A) in 16 games this year … Notre Dame blueliner Dennis Gilbert had a big weekend, picking up an assist in a 3-2 win over Wisconsin on Friday and tallying a pair of goals the next night in a 6-2 win to help the Fighting Irish stay undefeated in Big10 conference play.

• David Kampf netted a goal and two assists on 5 SOG in Rockford's win on Saturday, part of a four-point week for the first-year pro … Anthony Louis picked up a helper in both IceHogs games last week … Matheson Iacopelli notched a goal and two assists over two games last week and now has 11 points (5G, 6A) in 20 games in his first professional season … Andreas Martinsen tallied a pair of goals and added a helper for Rockford last week and has nine points (4G, 5A) in 21 games since joining the team via trade.

• Defenseman Robin Norell tallied his first goal of the season on Friday againt Grand Rapids and added a helper the next night, bringing his season total to six points in 19 games … Viktor Svedberg recorded two assists in two games last week and now has five points (2G, 3A) in 25 tilts.

• Forward Nathan Noel collected two consecutive multi-point games for Indy last week, collecting a goal and an assist in wins over Wheeling and Wichita over the weekend. The 2016 fourth-round pick now has eight points (4G, 4A) in 11 games.