Overseas Habs & Prospects Weekly Report 10

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Tomas Plekanec	Czech Extraliga	Kladno	Last Week	2	2	2	4
			Total	24	18	19	37

Ho hum, just another week of Tomas Plekanec putting up 2 points a game. I guess he's good or something. Plekanec is 3rd in the Czech league in scoring, although Jaromir Jagr passed him this week so he's now only second in Kladno.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Lars Eller	SM Liiga	Jyvaskyla	Last Week	3	2	5	7
			Total	6	4	6	10

Hey guys, I'm going to let you in on a little secret, Lars Eller is awesome. After a season where Eller missed training camp and couldn't bulk up in the summer due to a shoulder injury and subsequent surgery, Eller went at it like crazy this summer and seems to be in the best shape of his life. This has shown up in a big way with his start in the notoriously low scoring Finnish SM Liiga. He's outpacing the Bruins' Rich Peverley by a wide margin, and Peverley is an established NHL second liner.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Raphael Diaz	National League	EV Zug	Last Week	3	2	2	4
			Total	24	7	19	26

Diaz just keeps lighting it up in Switzerland. I wasn't too enthused with him overall last season as he was kind of forced to play above his weight, but he's really making a case for himself as an NHL caliber defenseman.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Yannick Weber	National League	Geneva	Last Week	3	0	0	0
			Total	21	3	11	14

Zeroes across the board for Weber this week, and it may be a bit concerning that the defenseman with the rocket shot hasn't scored in 19 games.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
David Desharnais	National League	Fribourg	Last Week	3	1	2	3
			Total	6	1	3	4

After a slow start without a point in two games, Desharnais is now riding a 4 game point streak. Considering the level of play, I think there's a lot more Desharnais can show here. He's starting to heat up, but we're going to see a lot more points soon.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Andrei Markov	KHL	Vityaz Chekhov	Last Week	2	0	0	0
			Total	11	0	1	1

Hey! Guess who's back! Markov finally returned to game action this week with two games where he played heavy minutes but didn't notch any points.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Alexei Emelin	KHL	Ak Bars Kazan	Last Week	3	1	0	1
			Total	17	2	3	5

Another goal for Emelin as he pushes the offense a bit further the last two weeks.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Scott Gomez	ECHL	Alaska Aces	Last Week	1	0	0	0
			Total	5	2	3	5

Gomez missed a game this week for the Aces and didn't do much of note in the game that he did play.

Prospects

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Sebastian Collberg	Elitserien	Frölunda	Last Week	0	0	0	0
			Total	16	0	2	2
	Allsvenskan	Örebro HK	Last Week	2	0	0	0
			Total	10	4	1	5

Nothing to report for Collberg this week, two games and no points..

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Magnus Nygren	Elitserien	Färjestads	Last Week	3	0	1	1
			Total	28	6	11	17

A slower week for Nygren, but he still registered a point and continues to log huge minutes.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Erik Nystrom	Super Elit U20	Modo U20	Last Week	0	0	0	0
			Total	22	8	16	24
	Allsvenskan	Karlskrona HK	Last Week	2	0	0	0
			Total	2	0	0	0

No points in Nystrom's first two Allsvenskan games, which is to be expected. It may be a rough transition for Nystrom but for a sixth round pick to be making this kind of headway is pretty nice.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Daniel Pribyl	Czech Extraliga	Sparta Praha	Last Week	2	0	1	1
			Total	15	2	5	7

He's not scoring like he was early in the season, but Pribyl is at least putting points on the board every week.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Alex Galchenyuk	OHL	Sarnia Sting	Last Week	2	2	5	7
			Total	26	16	28	44

Galchenyuk failed to record a point in just two games in November. He recorded a whopping 8 goals and 15 assists for 23 points in 11 November games. He's tied for 4th in league scoring with Mark Scheifele and Boone Jenner, who are both older than him and have been receiving rave reviews as potential Team Canada stars in the upcoming World Junior Championships. Both players have also played more games than Goalchenyuk. Galchenyuk should be playing a starring role for Team USA this December, unless an NHL season begins and the Habs decide he's good to go. Over an 82 game season, NHL equivalency would predict a 42 point season for Galchenyuk at this pace. Interestingly, he's on a similar pace to what Tyler Seguin produced as a 17 year old. I have an extremely high opinion of Seguin as a hockey player, so this is very good in my opinion.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Brady Vail	OHL	Windsor Spitfires	Last Week	3	1	1	2
			Total	28	11	16	27

Vail snapped a 4 game pointless streak with a goal and an assist in Thursday's game against the Barrie Colts, keeping him near a point per game pace. He's not at the lofty heights he achieved offensively to start the season, but it's important to remember that Vail was drafted as a defense first hockey player. The point production is a bonus.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Olivier Archambault	QMJHL	Drumm. Volitgeurs	Last Week	3	0	1	1
			Total	28	12	15	27

Consistency is not a word to be associated with Archambault, but I guess he's still floating around a point per game, which is good. I'm still expecting some more impressive stats from him as a 19 year old, and the QMJHL tracking shot statistics doesn't help his case.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Charles Hudon	QMJHL	Chicoutimi	Last Week	3	1	2	3
			Total	23	15	16	31

Only a point per game week from Hudon? I've come to expect grander things from you, Charles. I'm pretty excited to see what Hudon can do on Team Canada. Hopefully he's still in line for a top 6 spot.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Darren Dietz	WHL	Saskatoon Blades	Last Week	3	1	1	2
			Total	26	7	8	15

Solid week from Dietz. I'm still not sure what to make of Dietz as a hockey player, but after kind of ignoring him last year, Corey Pronman called him an interesting prospect this week, so I'd say that's a good thing.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Dalton Thrower	WHL	Saskatoon Blades	Last Week	0	0	0	0
			Total	13	2	4	6

Still out with an injury, but hopefully Thrower is back in game action soon.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Tim Bozon	WHL	Kamloops Blazers	Last Week	2	0	1	1
			Total	28	16	22	38

Another slow week for Bozon and he let everyone know on twitter that he does not intend to produce this little next month, and that he's a little miffed about how November went. Just 2 goals and 7 points for Bozon in 11 November games.

Bad day , bad month ... but Tomorrow is a new month #getbetter #isuck #awful #bad

— tim bozon (@timbozon94) December 1, 2012

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Mac Bennett	NCAA	Michigan	Last Week	2	1	0	1
			Total	14	4	7	11

Scoring his 4th goal in just 14 games, Bennett has matched his career high from last year in 27 fewer appearances. Bennett is on pace to score as many points this year as his last two NCAA seasons combined.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Danny Kristo	NCAA	North Dakota	Last Week	2	0	1	1
			Total	11	5	9	14

Way slower week for Kristo with only one point. Hopefully he picks it up this weekend and keeps his numbers looking impressive.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Mark MacMillan	NCAA	North Dakota	Last Week	2	1	0	1
			Total	13	6	4	10

Also just one point this week from MacMIllan, but his goal puts him in the scoring lead for North Dakota in this early season. MacMillan is a long term project but Trevor Timmins is very confident in the young kid, so maybe we should be too.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Mike Cichy	NCAA	Western Mich.	Last Week	1	0	0	0
			Total	11	2	6	8

Out of action for 13 days, Cichy didn't manage to net a point in his return last night.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Josiah Didier	NCAA	Denver	Last Week	1	0	1	1
			Total	12	0	2	2

Didier finally starts getting some points and he's injured and out 3-6 weeks. Ouch.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Colin Sullivan	NCAA	Boston College	Last Week	2	0	0	0
			Total	12	0	0	0

2 games, nothing to report on. Sullivan and Didier may get the Trunev treatment soon.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Dustin Walsh	NCAA	Dartmouth	Last Week	1	0	1	1
			Total	7	1	3	4

Another one game week, another one point week. Walsh was far more dominant in his 8 games played last year than he has been in 7 in 2012.