Overseas Habs & Prospects Weekly Report 11

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Tomas Plekanec	Czech Extraliga	Kladno	Last Week	3	2	2	4
			Total	27	20	21	41

A solid week from Plekanec, but not as dominant as recent weeks. How well he's playing with Jagr in Kladno makes me really wish that gambling addict had signed here instead of boring old Dallas.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Lars Eller	SM Liiga	Jyvaskyla	Last Week	3	1	2	3
			Total	9	5	8	13

Eller had a much slower week, but still very solid for SM Liiga standards. Eller has been held without a point in just a single game in Finland, currently riding a 6 game points streak. Eller may cool off a little, but over the 9 games he's played, he has been Jyvaskyla's best player by miles.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Raphael Diaz	National League	EV Zug	Last Week	1	0	0	0
			Total	25	7	19	26

Light week for Diaz with only one game on the schedule. Nothing much to see there other than he's still a defenseman that's over a point per game.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Yannick Weber	National League	Geneva	Last Week	2	0	1	1
			Total	26	3	12	15

An assist is nice, and 15 points in 26 games isn't a bad mark for the young Swiss defenseman, but it's now 21 games without a goal for a defenseman who's known more for his shot than anything. What's going on?

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
David Desharnais	National League	Fribourg	Last Week	3	0	3	3
			Total	8	1	6	7

A 7 game point streak for Davey now, all one point games. I still think we're going to see him break out even further.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Andrei Markov	KHL	Vityaz Chekhov	Last Week	3	1	3	4
			Total	14	1	4	5

Woah! Maybe that rib injury did Markov some good, because this is more like the guy we remember. Markov began the week with a Gordie Howe hat trick, and topped it off with another 2 assists. 4 points in 3 games after just one assist in 11 games could be a bit of a turning point. After nearly 2 years away from hockey, is the Markov we remember finally back?

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Alexei Emelin	KHL	Ak Bars Kazan	Last Week	3	0	2	2
			Total	20	2	5	7

That other Russian Habs defenseman is putting up points in the KHL too... After 1 assist in 12 games, Emelin has put up 2 goals and 4 assists in his last 8.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Scott Gomez	ECHL	Alaska Aces	Last Week	1	1	1	2
			Total	6	3	4	7

I know it's the ECHL and everything, but 3 goals in 6 games? For Scott Carlos Gomez? Not too shabby, Scotty.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Colby Armstrong	ECHL	Utah Grizzlies	Last Week	0	0	0	0
			Total	0	0	0	0

With the lockout dragging on, Armstrong joined the Utah Grizzlies of the ECHL to get some game action in. He's set to make his debut tonight against Gomez's Alaska Aces.

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	3	2	1	3
			Total	15	6	2	8

Really solid week from Collberg with 2 goals and 1 assist in 3 games. A point per game week is just the kind of thing we want to see from him in the Allsvenskan. We'll get to see a lot more of Collberg coming up as he should be a star for Sweden's WJC team over the holidays. Collberg scored 4 goals and 3 assists in 6 games last year in the WJC as a 17 year old, and he'll still have another year of eligibility for the tournament after this year.

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

Nygren was suspended last week and didn't see any game action this week.

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	3	0	0	0
			Total	5	0	0	0

Still no points from Nystrom in the men's league. It's a big adjustment for him.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Daniel Pribyl	Czech Extraliga	Sparta Praha	Last Week	3	1	0	1
			Total	18	3	5	8

Like I said last week, Pribyl isn't tearing up the league but he's putting something on the board every week. Not every prospect is a complete home run right away, and Pribyl is a project.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Alex Galchenyuk	OHL	Sarnia Sting	Last Week	4	5	2	7
			Total	30	21	30	51

Held off the scoresheet last night for just the 6th time in 30 games, Galchenyuk is hitting every expectation Habs fans have of him. 2nd in the OHL in points as an 18 year old, only 19 year old, the 5th overall pick from the 2011 NHL entry draft, has outscored him. Galchenyuk is likely going to be the go-to player for scoring for Team USA in the upcoming WJC.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Brady Vail	OHL	Windsor Spitfires	Last Week	3	1	1	2
			Total	31	12	17	29

Who was it who shut down Galchenyuk last night? Brady Vail of course. Of the 6 games Galchenyuk has went pointless, two of them were while Vail drew shutdown duty. Vail was snubbed and left off the invitee list for Team USA's WJC camp, but he'll be there next year.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Olivier Archambault	QMJHL	Drumm. Volitgeurs	Last Week	3	1	0	1
			Total	31	13	16	29

I had a chance to watch Archambault on TV this week as the Volts took on Blainville on Sportsnet with P.K. Subban doing commentary. In a word, Archambault was invisible. It was a terrible performance and not worth rehashing.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Charles Hudon	QMJHL	Chicoutimi	Last Week	3	3	2	5
			Total	26	18	18	36

13 game point streak for Hudon now, and the newly named captain of the Sagueneens and invitee to Team Canada's WJC selection camp just keeps on impressing.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Darren Dietz	WHL	Saskatoon Blades	Last Week	2	0	0	0
			Total	26	7	8	15

No points for Dietz this week.

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. He's now missed half of the Blades' games.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Tim Bozon	WHL	Kamloops Blazers	Last Week	4	0	3	3
			Total	32	16	25	41

Can't really complain about Bozon's production, but 7 games without a goal doesn't look good on him.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Mac Bennett	NCAA	Michigan	Last Week	1	0	1	1
			Total	15	4	8	12

Bennett continues his impressive year with Michigan, second on the team in goals (tied with a few others), 1st in assists and 2nd in points overall. Not bad for a defenseman.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Danny Kristo	NCAA	North Dakota	Last Week	2	0	0	0
			Total	13	5	9	14

3 game pointless streak for Kristo after a run of 8 points in 5 games. Not what we want to see at all. C'mon Danny, get back to lighting it up.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Mark MacMillan	NCAA	North Dakota	Last Week	2	0	1	1
			Total	15	6	5	11

One point from MacMillan means he had a better week than Kristo at least.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Mike Cichy	NCAA	Western Mich.	Last Week	2	0	0	0
			Total	13	2	6	8

3 game pointless streak on Cichy's return from injury. Not great from a 4th year college vet.

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

Didier still out 3-6 weeks.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Colin Sullivan	NCAA	Boston College	Last Week	2	0	0	0
			Total	14	0	0	0

Yeah I think this is the last week for Colin Sullivan on this list.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Dustin Walsh	NCAA	Dartmouth	Last Week	2	3	1	4
			Total	9	4	4	8

Walsh this week finally looked like the boss that he was in brief playing time last year, doubling his point total on the season in just 2 games. It's a little late in the game for Walsh to start looking like a legitimate prospect, but could he surprise us all?