Ottawa Senators Prospect Update: April 27th
A solid if unspectacular week on the farm
Even while the Belleville Senators have struggled this season in the wake of so many key graduations (and as a result of some untimely injuries) and the Senators’ organizational footprint has gradually shrunk in the NCAA and overseas, you won’t hear many fans complaining because the Ottawa Senators have played some of the most convincing hockey this fanbase has seen in years. Recently we’ve seen flashes of Ottawa’s future potential as a bonafide NHL team and despite that, you can still find a handful of decent prospects scattered about North America and Europe. You can feel the season winding down and most of these youngsters have their eyes on bigger roles next season as opposed to playoff action. With that said, let’s take a look around for the last time this April.
Team of the Week
Forwards
Cole Reinhardt
While not Ottawa’s most hyped selection out of Brandon this past summer, Reinhardt has made a name for himself in the Senators’ system fairly quickly with some strong play in Belleville. In his rookie campaign, Reinhardt has become one of the BSens’ key offensive contributors and may have just had his best week yet with three points in three games.
Ridly Greig
For those of you keeping track, Ridly now has 30 points and 80 shots through 20 games with Brandon this season. At this point, a three-point, nine-shot week seems like business as usual for Greig.
🍎Ridly Greig had a nice assist on the game-tying goal before Brandon went on to win it in OT
— Sens Prospects (@SensProspects) April 25, 2021
Greig has 9G, 19A in 19GP👀 #GoSensGo pic.twitter.com/aEJSt3g3vr
Egor Sokolov
While I’d love to diversify and write about some other Belleville forwards, Egor the oversized, over-ager continues to provide the lion’s share of the goals down on the farm for the Senators. The one-man wrecking crew continued to torment the Canadian division this week.
File this under 'Things you like to see' 🦈
— Belleville Senators (@BellevilleSens) April 24, 2021
🍎 Reinhardt
🍏 Brown#fortheb pic.twitter.com/unYB0GHWS6
Defence
Maxence Guénette
Guénette and Val d’Or have established a 2-0 series lead over Baie-Comeau with two convincing wins at home. The young blueliner has contributed two goals to the cause thus far.
Lassi Thomson
As Spencer noted in his latest Belleville recap, Thomson has begun to complement his offence with some more sound defensive play lately for a BSens team in desperate need of—everything.
Goaltender
Kevin Mandolese
Slim pickin’s here as only Mandolese and Filip Gustavsson suited up for the Sens’ affiliates this week, and Mandolese narrowly beat out Gustavsson in terms of save percentage. Both went winless.
Silver Linings:
- Roby Järventie’s season with the Lynx has come to an end after a brief playoff appearance. The young winger notched one assist in five postseason games.
- Due to COVID-19, Viktor Lodin’s postseason remains on hiatus. The league intends to resume the finals on April 30th if all goes according to plan.
- The Moncton Wildcats have started their postseason round-robin with one win and two losses with top centre Philipe Daoust still sidelined with injury.
- Mark Kastelic has played exceptionally well since returning from injury and added another goal and assist this week./
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— Everyday Sens (@EverydaySens) April 21, 2021
Mark Kastelic opens the scoring for Belleville however! #GoSensGo pic.twitter.com/1Q2V9BN6k6
- While Angus Crookshank cooled off slightly with only one goal this week and no assists, the first-year pro continues firing at will with ten more shots on net./
Angus Crookshank finally pots one! Sokolov and Brown assist.
— Everyday Sens (@EverydaySens) April 22, 2021
That’s 11 points through 9 games for @Angusshanks8. #GoSensGo pic.twitter.com/jhRVeA5V0I
- Although off to a modest start by his own standards, Logan Brown’s two assists this week should have fans feeling cautiously optimistic again about the oft-injured centre.
- In Ottawa, all of Drake Batherson, Josh Norris, and Tim Stützle added to their goal totals. Meanwhile Alex Formenton, Erik Brännström, and Shane Pinto played decently while not registering any points./
Stats
Pro
- | - | - | - | - | Since | the | last | prospect | update | - | | | - | T | O | T | A | L | - |
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PLAYER | POS | AGE | LEAGUE | GP | G | A | P | PIM | SOG | SH% | | | GP | G | A | P | PIM | SOG | SH% |
Mike Amadio | C/RW | 24 | NHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0% |
Drake Batherson | RW | 22 | NHL | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 40% | | | 49 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 6 | 101 | 17% |
Jacob Bernard-Docker | RD | 20 | NHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Erik Brännström | LD | 21 | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0% | | | 23 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 6% |
Erik Brännström | LD | 21 | AHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0% |
Alex Formenton | LW | 21 | AHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 13 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 31 | 13% |
Alex Formenton | LW | 21 | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0% | | | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15% |
Josh Norris | C | 21 | NHL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14% | | | 49 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 84 | 17% |
Shane Pinto | C | 20 | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% | | | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
Tim Stützle | LW/C | 19 | NHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17% | | | 46 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 12 | 99 | 8% |
Vitaly Abramov | RW/LW | 22 | AHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 22 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 53 | 11% |
Olle Alsing | LD | 24 | AHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
Jonathan Aspirot | LD | 21 | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0% | | | 20 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 12% |
Jean-Christophe Beaudin | C/RW | 24 | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0% | | | 26 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 7% |
Logan Brown | C | 23 | AHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% | | | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 0% |
Angus Crookshank | LW/C | 21 | AHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10% | | | 11 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 8% |
Jonathan Davidsson | RW | 24 | AHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0% |
Brandon Fortunado | LD | 24 | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Ridly Greig | C/LW | 18 | AHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0% |
Mark Kastelic | C/RW | 22 | AHL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25% | | | 22 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 13% |
Parker Kelly | C | 21 | AHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 50% | | | 26 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 13% |
Jack Kopacka | LW | 23 | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0% | | | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 0% |
Zachary Magwood | C | 23 | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0% | | | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0% |
Cole Reinhardt | LW | 21 | AHL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 25% | | | 25 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 14% |
Egor Sokolov | RW/LW | 20 | AHL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14% | | | 26 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 52 | 23% |
Lassi Thomson | RD | 20 | AHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0% | | | 26 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 2% |
NCAA
- | - | - | - | - | Since | the | last | prospect | update | - | | | - | T | O | T | A | L | - |
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PLAYER | POS | AGE | TEAM | GP | G | A | P | PIM | SOG | SH% | | | GP | G | A | P | PIM | SOG | SH% |
Jacob Bernard-Docker | RD | 20 | Univ. of North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 27 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 62 | 5% |
Todd Burgess | C/RW | 25 | Minnesota State Univ. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 25 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 46 | 11% |
Angus Crookshank | LW | 21 | Univ. of New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 20 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 83 | 11% |
Tyler Kleven | LD | 19 | Univ. of North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 22 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 17% |
Luke Loheit | RW | 20 | Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 28 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 14% |
Jakov Novak | LW/C | 22 | Bentley Univ. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 15 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 40 | 18% |
Shane Pinto | C | 20 | Univ. of North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 28 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 4 | 94 | 16% |
Jake Sanderson | LD | 18 | Univ. of North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 22 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 58 | 3% |
Jonny Tychonick | LD | 21 | Univ. of Omaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 23 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 14% |
CHL
- | - | - | - | - | - | Since | the | last | prospect | update | - | | | - | T | O | T | A | L | - |
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PLAYER | POS | AGE | TEAM | LEAGUE | GP | G | A | P | PIM | SOG | SH% | | | GP | G | A | P | PIM | SOG | SH% |
Philippe Daoust | C | 19 | Moncton | QMJHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 21 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 20 | 45 | 13% |
Ridly Greig | C/LW | 18 | Brandon | WHL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11% | | | 20 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 39 | 80 | 13% |
Maxence Guénette | RD | 19 | Val-d'Or | QMJHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 36 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 82 | 6% |
Maxence Guénette | RD | 19 | Val-d'Or playoffs | QMJHL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 22% | | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 22% |
Europe
- | - | - | - | - | - | Since | the | last | prospect | update | - | | | - | T | O | T | A | L | - |
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PLAYER | POS | AGE | TEAM | LEAGUE | GP | G | A | P | PIM | SOG | SH% | | | GP | G | A | P | PIM | SOG | SH% |
Eric Engstrand | LW/RW | 20 | Malmö | SHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 45 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 3.2% |
Eric Engstrand | LW/RW | 20 | Malmö Playoffs | SHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
Roby Järventie | LW | 18 | Ilves | Liiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 48 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 16 | 134 | 10% |
Roby Järventie | LW | 18 | Ilves Playoffs | Liiga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0% | | | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0% |
Viktor Lodin | C/LW | 21 | Timrå IK | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 47 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 20 | 85 | 16% |
Viktor Lodin | C/LW | 21 | Timrå IK Playoffs | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 10% |
Goalies
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PLAYER | AGE | TEAM | LEAGUE | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | SA | GA | SV% | | | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | SA | GA | SV% |
Joey Daccord | 24 | Belleville | AHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 10 | 86.7% |
Joey Daccord | 24 | Ottawa | NHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 214 | 22 | 89.7% |
Filip Gustavsson | 22 | Belleville | AHL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 8 | 87.1% | | | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 410 | 37 | 91.0% |
Filip Gustavsson | 22 | Ottawa | NHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 6 | 94.6% |
Kevin Mandolese | 20 | Belleville | AHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 88.2% | | | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 246 | 27 | 89.0% |
Leevi Meriläinen | 18 | Kärpät U20 | U20 SM-sarja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 93.4% |
Leevi Meriläinen | 18 | Kärpät U20 Finals | U20 SM-sarja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 7 | 91.1% |
Mads Søgaard | 20 | Esbjerg | Metal Ligaen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 92.2% |
Mads Søgaard | 20 | Esbjerg Semi-Finals | Metal Ligaen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 8 | 90.4% |