Finnigan's 8: March 28, 2022
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Tyler Boucher (Ottawa/OHL)Season totals: 17GP / 6G / 4A / 10 PIM / -4
The 10th overall pick in 2021 registered his first three-point OHL game Friday night as he had two goals and an assist as the 67's stomped Peterborough 9-4. Boucher would also set a new career high with eight shots in the game.
He was held pointless Sunday in a 2-1 loss to Barrie as he tallied three shots on goal. Ottawa sits seventh in the Eastern Conference with a 24-29-8 record.
Phil Daoust (Saint John/QMJHL)Season totals: 23GP / 17G / 12A / 4PIM / +17
It was a busy week for Daoust who lined up four times for the Sea Dogs as they split the week at 2-2-0.
On a mini-two game road trip, Daoust was pointless in a 6-2 win over his former squad in Moncton Tuesday before he scored twice Thursday as the Sea Dogs lost 6-4 to Charlottetown.
The 20-year-old would score against the Wildcats Friday in an 8-3 win as Saint John opened a two-game homestand of their own before he failed to get on the scoresheet Sunday in a 5-4 loss to Halifax. However, Daoust would win 18 of his 27 faceoffs in the defeat.
Daoust's 1.26 point-per-game average is the third best on the Sea Dogs while his 51.4 faceoff percentage ranks fourth. Saint John are 32-17-4 and sit fourth in the QMJHL's Eastern Conference.
Mark Kastelic (Belleville/AHL)Season totals: 52GP / 11G / 10A / 67PIM / -11
Kastelic reached double digit assists on the season Saturday on Parker Kelly's goal as Belleville beat the Phantoms in a shootout.
The 22-year-old has 67 penalty minutes to lead the Senators while his 21 points are tied for seventh most among Belleville forwards. His 11 goals are tied for fourth on the team. The Arizona native also has one assist in nine NHL games this season.
Belleville sits sixth in the North Division with a 30-24-3 record.
Parker Kelly (Belleville/AHL)Season totals: 30GP / 5G / 8A / 32PIM / -1
Kelly registered his fifth goal of the season Saturday as he got Belleville on the board as the Sens erased a 2-0 deficit in Lehigh Valley en route to a 3-2 shootout win.
The 22-year-old had an assist Wednesday in a 3-1 loss to Wilkes-Barre while he fired three shots on goal in a 2-1 shootout victory over Laval on Wednesday. His 32 penalty minutes this year matches a career high while he is two shots away from tying his career high in that category. Kelly has five goals and one assist in 27 games with Ottawa this year.
Carson Latimer (Prince Albert/WHL)Season totals: 55GP / 14G / 20A / 24PIM / +7
Latimer was a +1 rating in a 3-2 home win over Winnipeg Tuesday before the Raiders opened a three-game road trip with a a 5-3 loss in Brandon in which Latimer tied his season high with six shots.
Prince Albert then lost back-to-back nights to the ICE Saturday and Sunday where Latimer scored his 14th goal last night in a 5-2 defeat.
With the Raiders, Latimer has eight goals and 26 points in 37 games. Prince Albert are one spot out of the WHL Western Conference playoffs as they sit four points behind Swift Current but have two games in hand.
Cole Reinhardt (Belleville/AHL)Season totals: 56GP / 11G / 14A / 50PIM / -9
Reinhardt collected an assist Friday in Belleville's 3-1 loss to the Penguins but he was the difference maker 24 hours later as on his first career AHL shootout attempt, he won the game for the Senators against Lehigh Valley as he scored in the fifth round.
His 25 points this year are tied for the sixth most on the Senators while his goals tie Kastelic for fourth most. His 50 penalty minutes rank third.
Chandler Romeo (Sarnia/OHL)Season totals: 58GP / 2G / 16A / 94PIM / -11
In four games this week, Romeo faced Owen Sound three times but it was the lone contest against Saginaw that he saw success as he registered scored just his second OHL goal, and first with Sarnia, and had an assist in a wild 9-8 overtime loss Friday.
The Sting went 0-3-1 this week but continue to hold onto the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference at 25-29-5.
Mads Sogaard (Belleville/AHL)Season totals: 31GP / 16-13-1 / 2.87 GAA / .906 save percentage
Sogaard started all three games this week for the Sens, going 2-1-0 in the process. He made 29 saves Wednesday as Belleville beat Laval 2-1 in a shootout where he turned away both Rocket shooters while Jake Lucchini and Egor Sokolov scored to secure the two points.
He'd take the loss Friday despite stopping 27 of 29 shots against Wilkes-Barre but the following night, made 31 saves as the Senators again won in shootout. Sogaard stopped all five Phantom shooters before Reinhardt's winner.
The Dane's 16 wins are tied for the ninth most in the AHL. They also rank as the second most by a Sens goaltender in one season behind Marcus Hogberg's 21 victories in 2018-19.
Sogaard's strong play was rewarded with a recall by Ottawa Sunday and he is in line to make his NHL debut this week.
