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The Assembly Line: Wings Nation’s Weekly Prospect Report – February 12th

By Jeremy Davis

Feb 12, 2016, 17:00 ESTUpdated:

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I’m back again with another weekly update of the Detroit Red Wings prospects. Things last week went pretty great once again for one Evgeny Svechnikov, and the Grand Rapids Griffins filled their boots on the weekend with a pile of goals.

Let’s check out how the organization’s crop of youngsters performed throughout the various leagues, who’s catching fire and who’s cooling off.

American Hockey League

Name	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	NHLe	+/-	PIM	SOG	Sh%	SOG/GP
Martin Frk	RW	22-129	36	18	10	28	0.78	30.0	+4	55	108	16.7%	3.00
Anthony Mantha	RW	21-148	40	12	16	28	0.70	27.0	+2	24	94	12.8%	2.35
Mitch Callahan	RW	24-178	31	12	8	20	0.65	24.9	+5	55	71	16.9%	2.29
Robbie Russo	D	22-361	40	2	17	19	0.48	18.3	+24	16	81	2.5%	2.03
Xavier Ouellet	D	22-197	37	3	14	17	0.46	17.7	+8	41	89	3.4%	2.41
Andreas Athanasiou	LW	21-189	26	8	8	16	0.62	23.7	-6	9	54	14.8%	2.08
Louis-Marc Aubry	C	24-092	44	8	8	16	0.36	14.0	+2	50	84	9.5%	1.91
Tyler Bertuzzi	LW	20-352	41	4	12	16	0.39	15.0	-3	74	73	5.5%	1.78
Ryan Sproul	D	23-029	44	4	11	15	0.34	13.1	-5	10	94	4.3%	2.14
Tomas Nosek	LW	23-163	39	7	7	14	0.36	13.8	+4	20	69	10.1%	1.77
Colin Campbell	LW	24-300	45	7	4	11	0.24	9.4	+9	36	88	8.0%	1.96
Nick Jensen	D	25-143	44	2	9	11	0.25	9.6	-1	15	58	3.4%	1.32
Zach Nastasiuk	RW	20-318	15	0	4	4	0.27	10.3	+2	2	14	0.0%	0.93

After enduring a five game losing streak, the Griffins turned the tables last weekend and absolutely lit up the Rockford Ice Hogs by a score of 9-1, followed by a 4-3 overtime win the following day. Naturally, that leads to piles of points for Red Wings prospects.

Mitch Callahan led the way on Friday, with a hat-trick and two assists. He added another assist on Saturday to cap a six-point weekend. The 24-year old winger passed five Detroit AHL prospects on the Grand Rapids leaderboard, and now trails only Martin Frk and Anthony Mantha in points.
Speaking of Martin Frk, he had a solid weekend as well, collecting two goals in each of the two games, boosting his team-leading goal total to 18 on the season. The weekend boosted his NHLe metric to an even 30.0, which trails only Evgeny Svechnikov.
Anthony Mantha had a bit of a quiet weekend, collecting only a single assist. Frk has now tied him in points for the team lead.
Xavier Ouellet collected a goal and an assist in Friday’s 9-1 drubbing, but added no points on Saturday.
Tomas Nosek had a goal in each game on the weekend, bringing his total to seven for the season.
Robbie Russo had one assist on the weekend.
Andreas Athanasiou did not dress for either game last weekend. Nor did Zach Nastasiuk.
Tyler Bertuzzi had no points in the 9-goal outing on Friday, but did score once in Saturday’s game.
Nick Jensen collected three assists over the two games, while Ryan Sproul had one assist. Colin Campbell did not manage any points.
Louis-Marc Aubry didn’t collect any points, while playing in only one game (Friday).

Check out Jeff’s Griffins Watch from yesterday to see a thorough recap of the Griffins week that was.

Canadian Hockey League

Name	Pos	Age	League	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	NHLe	+/-	PIM
Evgeny Svechnikov	LW	19-103	QMJHL	Cape Breton	38	25	36	61	1.61	34.2	17	70
Dominic Turgeon	C	19-352	WHL	Portland	54	27	25	52	0.96	21.3	-1	22
Joe Hicketts	D	19-283	WHL	Victoria Royals	43	4	38	42	0.98	21.6	+20	34
Adam Marsh	LW	18-173	QMJHL	Saint John	39	19	17	36	0.92	19.7	11	46
Vili Saarijärvi	D	18-272	OHL	Flint	41	10	19	29	0.71	18.6	+9	24

Evgeny Svechnikov had another monster week. He played in three games, scoring goals in each of them. Because that wasn’t impressive enough on its own, apparently, he added four assists, bringing his point total for the past week to seven. He’s just so good, it’s not even fair.
Dominic Turgeon, possible intimidated by the thought of competed with Svechnikov, played in three games in the past week and scored a single goal. He has now dipped below the point-per-game threshold.
Joe Hicketts had a decent week, putting up three points (a goal and two assists) in three games played.
Adam Marsh played twice in the past week, putting up three points, including a two-goal effort on Wednesday against Charlottetown.
Vili Saarijärvi had two games on the weekend, and tallied one assist. He also took 10 shots on net, all 10 of which were credited as scoring chances, which is pretty damn impressive.

NCAA

Name	Pos	Age	Conf.	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	NHLe	+/-	PIM	SOG	Sh%	SOG/GP
James de Haas	D	21-284	ECAC	Clarkson	28	3	10	13	0.46	8.8	-3	0	69	4.3%	2.46
David Pope	LW	21-137	NCHC	Nebraska-Omaha	21	4	4	8	0.38	12.8	+3	0	33	12.1%	1.57
Mike McKee	D	25-143	NCHC	Western Michigan	20	1	3	4	0.20	6.7	-3	0	18	5.6%	0.90

James de Haas skated in two games for Clarkson Univeristy last weekend, tallying one assist, while also taken two shots on net.
Nebraska-Omaha did not have any games last week, but it’s unclear if David Pope would have played anyways – he’s missed the last four games, probably due to an injury.
Western Michigan also had no games last weekend, so Mike McKee saw no action.

USHL

Name	Pos	Age	League	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PIM
Chase Pearson	C	18-172	USHL	Youngstown	36	9	23	32	0.89	23	32
Patrick Holway	D	19-133	USHL	Dubuque	33	1	6	7	0.21	5	32

Chase Pearson had no points and four shots on goal in two games last week. He is now pointless in four straight games, after concluding a ten game point streak.
Patrick Holway played in one game last week and had no points and one shot on net.

Europe

Name	Pos	Age	League	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	NHLe	+/-	PIM	SOG	Sh%	SOG/GP	TOI
Axel Holmström	RW	19-227	SHL	Skelleftea AIK	38	7	15	22	0.58	28.5	1	18	53	13.2%	1.39	13:39
Julius Vahatalo	LW	20-325	Liiga	TPS Turku	40	9	4	13	0.33	7.7	-1	4	91	9.9%	2.28	12:49
Alexander Kadeykin	C	22-130	KHL	St. Petersburg	47	5	5	10	0.21	14.0	7	14	48	10.4%	1.02	10:44
Christoffer Ehn	C	19-312	SHL	Frolunda HC	27	0	2	2	0.07	3.6	-1	2	17	0.0%	0.63	5:34

Axel Holmström played twice in the last week, scoring once and averaging about 12 minutes of ice time.

Julius Vahatalo played three games last week and didn’t collect any points, though he did direct 10 shots on net.
Alexander Kadeykin played one game last week, posting no point in a game that St. Petersburg won 7-2. He did play 16:33 (which is well above his season average), and take three shots on goal.
Christoffer Ehn played once last week, garnering 8:06 of ice time but managing no points. He did not dress for Frolunda’s game on Saturday.