I was just watching the highlights of the MHT vs Calgary Hitmen to see if the Rucks or Sanderson had good games and the announcer said that Sanderson had 14 goals so far this season in WHL so I thought “My God, how are the other prospects doing?”
Aside from Sanderson who has 21 points with 15 goals in 11 games, some of the other prospects are doing very well at least when it comes to counting stats. I figured I’d just share them here since we all have to wait so long for the next game.
WHL:
Sanderson 15G/6A
Markus Ruck 4G/9A
Liam Ruck 2G/5A
I find the Ruck stats interesting because pre draft/during the draft/post draft/ and throughout Pens training camp the narrative was that Markus was lesser player and would probably be left behind when Liam made it to the NHL. I wonder if he heard all that noise and stepped it up. Now I haven’t been watching their games so I don’t know if the Rucks are being used differently and that’s making Markus shine a little brighter but gotta love a Center who’s putting up goals and assists.
OHL:
Pierce Mbuyi 10G/9A
Travis Hayes and Jordan Charron are playing well in the SOO and are both wearing letters but they are off to slower start in the points department than last season. Not so slow though they have 9 and 7 points respectively in 14 games.
NCAA:
Zam Plante 4G/5A
Will Horcoff 3G/4A
Joona Väisänen 2G/5A
Kale Dach 2G/4A
Mac Swanson 2G/3A
With the NCAA guys it’s so cool to see so many guys at or nearly 1.00 ppg. These guys are in good hockey programs and are now in the stretch of the season where they’re playing against other talented programs. Lots of “what if’s” involved but some of these guys could legitimately get NHL playing time at the end of this season.
It’s awesome seeing our prospect pool so beefed up compared to just a few years ago.