Finnigan's 8

Finnigan's 8 is a weekly recap highlighting eight top performing Ottawa Senators prospects.

Eric Engstrand (Malmo/SHL)Season totals: 15GP / 3G / 1A / 0PIM / 0 +/-
Engstrand buried his fourth goal of the season Thursday as Malmo collected a point in a 4-3 overtime loss to Rogle. The 21-year-old also played a season high 15:00 that night.
His three goals in the SHL this year are already a career high while Engstrand has already made eight appearances in the HockeyAllsvenskan with Troja/Ljunby where he had one assist and 27 penalty minutes.
Ridly Greig (Brandon/WHL)Season totals: 15GP / 12G / 11A / 37 PIM / +8
Simply put, Greig was outrageous this week. He had two goals and two assists Tuesday, and also won 11 of 16 faceoffs and tallied seven penalty minutes, in an 8-2 with over Swift Current.
He followed that performance up with a hat-trick Friday in a 7-4 win over Medicine Hat where he also tallied two assists.
He was held off the scoreboard Saturday in a 2-1 loss to Prince Albert but Greig concluded his week with five goals and nine points in just three games.
His 1.53 points-per-game is the fourth best in the WHL while among skaters who have played at least 15 games, he is tied first in penalty minutes per game at 2.47.
Max Guenette (Belleville/AHL)Season totals: 9 GP / 2G / 2A / 2PIM / +3
It was a perfect week for Belleville who won all three games this week and Guenette chipped in with two points.
He had an assist Wednesday night in a 3-2 win in Syracuse and on Saturday night scored short-handed in a 7-3 victory over Laval where he also matched his career high with three shots on goal.
Guenette has points in three of his last four contests.
Vitkor Lodin (Timra/SHL)Season totals: 16 GP / 4G / 9A / 29 PIM / -3
Lodin scored his fourth goal of the season Thursday in a 4-1 loss to Farjestad before he had an assist Saturday as Timra beat Linkoping 4-2.
The 22-year-old has points in his last five games, coinciding with Timra winning four of its last five contests. His five-game point streak is a new career high in the SHL.

Lodin goal — Nov. 25, 2021

Cole Reinhardt (Belleville/AHL)Season totals: 16GP / 2G / 7A / 21 PIM / -2
Reinhardt had a two-point week as part of Belleville's successful week. He buried his second goal of the year Friday in a 6-2 win in Laval before he added an assist the following night in a 7-3 victory over the Rocket at CAA Arena while he also dropped the gloves for his first professional fight.
His seven assists this year are already a career high, as are his 21 penalty minutes. Reinhardt's nine points are tied for the fourth most on the Senators this year.
Chandler Romeo (Hamilton/OHL)Season totals: 19 GP / 1G / 4A / 26PIM / -1
Romeo notched two assists in three games this week with the first coming Thursday in a 6-3 victory over Niagara. He had another helper Saturday night in a 5-4 shootout loss to Kingston before Hamilton ended the week with a 6-4 win over Oshawa.
His three-game point streak was snapped against Oshawa where the d-man had registered assists in three straight games previously.
Mads Sogaard (Belleville/AHL)Season totals: 9GP / 6-3-0 / 2.70 GAA / .913 save percentage
Two starts, two road wins for Sogaard this week. The Danish netminder made a career high 38 saves Wednesday night in Syracuse as the Sens won 3-2 before he stopped 32 shots Friday night in Laval.
Dating back to Nov. 13, Sogaard has won four straight starts and is 13-3-0 in his AHL career.
Egor Sokolov (Belleville/AHLSeason totals: 13GP / 4G / 9A / 4PIM / +4
Sokolov had himself a six-point week as Belleville collected six points this week. He had one assist in Syracuse Wednesday before a three-point effort Friday night that featured one goal and two assists as well as a season high seven shots.
He'd add one goal and one assist Saturday to take his point total on the season to 13 in 13 games.

Sokolov goal — Nov. 27, 2021