Predators Prospect Update (Mar. 6)
by Staff Writer / Nashville PredatorsAnders Lindback's hot streak after grabbing the No. 1 goaltending job at the end of the season helped lead his Brynas squad into the playoffs in the Swedish Elite League, as most of the European Leagues have wrapped up their regular seasons and head into the post-season.
Closer to home, the NCAA regular season is coming to an end and conference playoffs are starting up. Taylor Stefishen and the No. 5 seed Ohio State Buckeyes open the CCHA tournament this weekend against No. 12 seed Bowling Green. Notre Dame with Ben Ryan and Ryan Thang are the CCHA's No. 1 seed and have a bye into next weekend's second round. Jeff Foss and RPI play at Dartmouth this weekend in the opening round of the ECAC tournament. Both the Hockey East (Colin Wilson - Boston University) and WCHA (Blake Geoffrion - Wisconsin & Ryan Flynn - Minnesota) wrap up their regular seasons this weekend and start post-season action next weekend.
| CANADIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE | ||||||||
| POS | NAME | CLUB (LEAGUE) | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- |
| D | Jonathon Blum | Vancouver Giants (WHL) | 45 | 16 | 45 | 61 | 24 | 52 |
| GOALTENDERS | CLUB (LEAGUE) | GP | W | L | OT | GAA | SV% | |
| Chet Pickard | Tri-City Americans (WHL) | 50 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 2.28 | .921 | |
| Jeremy Smith | Niagara IceDogs (OHL) | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3.22 | .913 | |
| Plymouth Whalers (OHL)* | 17 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4.79 | .873 | ||
| NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION | ||||||||
| POS | NAME | CLUB (LEAGUE) | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- |
| RW | Ryan Flynn | U. of Minnesota (WCHA) | 32 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 56 | 3 |
| D | Jeff Foss | R.P.I. (ECAC) | 34 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 45 | -6 |
| C | Blake Geoffrion | U. of Wisconsin (WCHA) | 31 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 47 | -7 |
| C | Ben Ryan | U. of Notre Dame (CCHA) | 34 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 28 | 3 |
| LW | Taylor Stefishen | Ohio State Unversity (CCHA) | 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| LW | Ryan Thang | U. of Notre Dame (CCHA) | 28 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 7 |
| C | Colin Wilson | Boston University (Hockey East) | 32 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 42 | 13 |
| EUROPEAN LEAGUES | ||||||||
| POS | NAME | CLUB (LEAGUE) | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- |
| RW | Jonas Andersson | Karpat Oulu (Finland) | 54 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 42 | 17 |
| C | Stanislav Balan | RI OKNA Zlin (CzRep) | 46 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 61 | 0 |
| HC Dukla Jihlava (CzRep-2)* | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | ||
| RI OKNA Zlin (CzRep) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| RW | Matt Ellison | Dynamo Riga (KHL) | 55 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 84 | 1 |
| playoffs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | ||
| LW | Konstantin Glazachev | Barys Astana (KHL) | 56 | 28 | 24 | 52 | 30 | -7 |
| playoffs | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | ||
| D | Roman Josi | Bern (Switzerland) | 42 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 0 |
| playoffs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| D | Denis Kulyash | CSKA Moscow (KHL) | 56 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 62 | 5 |
| playoffs | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| C | Jani Lajunen | Espoo (Finland) | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 |
| Espoo Jr. (Finland-Jr.) | 25 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 18 | ||
| D | Anton Lavrentiev | HK Chelny (Russia-3) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| C | Denis Platonov | Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL) | 55 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 91 | -6 |
| playoffs | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
| RW | Alexander Radulov | Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL) | 52 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 92 | 26 |
| playoffs | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| C | Grigory Shafigulin | Chekhov Vityaz (KHL) | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | -3 |
| Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)* | 28 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 1 | ||
| LW | Niko Snellman | LeKi (Finland-2) | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | -2 |
| Ilves Tampere Jr. (Finland Jr.)* | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -5 | ||
| LeKi (Finland-2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | ||
| C | Sergei Soin | Severstal Cherepovets (KHL) | 51 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 38 | -5 |
| GOALTENDERS | CLUB (LEAGUE) | GP | W | L | T | GAA | SV% | |
| Atte Engren | TPS Turku (Finland) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3.22 | .883 | |
| K-Vantaa (Finland-2) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.05 | .917 | ||
| TPS Turku-Jr. (Fin.-Jr.) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.75 | .909 | ||
| Anders Lindback | Brynas (Sweden) | 24 | -- | -- | -- | 2.57 | .915 | |
| Brynas Jr. (Swe-Jr.) | 3 | -- | -- | -- | 2.35 | .928 | ||
| Rustam Sidikov | Valk-494 Tartu (Estonia) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| ECHL | ||||||||
| POS | NAME | CLUB (LEAGUE) | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- |
| RW | Ian McKenzie | Cincinnati Cyclones | 36 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 45 | -1 |
| RW | Mark Santorelli | Cincinnati Cyclones* | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -3 |
| * - Denotes no longer/not currently with team. | ||||||||