Ottawa Senators Prospect Update - January 24th
Jorian Donovan continues to be a bright spot in the 2023 season.
Everything sucks right now. Here are a few exceptions.
Forwards:
Zack Ostapchuk
The Winnipeg Ice’s big trade deadline acquisition is settling into his new role, contributing a goal and three assists in his last three games, for a total of 6 points in 5 games. It’s not the dominance we saw back in Vancouver, but a few more games to adjust and he’ll be ready for another playoff run, this time with a much better team around him.
⭐️ Zack Ostapchuk had a 1G, 1A on Sunday and was named 2nd star. He’s riding a 4-game point streak.#GoSensGo pic.twitter.com/NyLMLkCkbG
— Sens Prospects (@SensProspects) January 23, 2023
Angus Crookshank
While Belleville didn’t have the best week, Crookshank was one of their more productive forwards with a goal and assist in three games this week. With Ottawa lacking any semblance of a decent bottom-six outside of Mathieu Joseph and Derick Brassard, look for Crookshank to potentially push for a spot on the big club.
Angus Crookshank tips the puck past Erik Kallgren on the power play.#Marlies trail Belleville by one in the first period. pic.twitter.com/bwX8rqkhqL
— Nick Barden (@nickbarden) January 19, 2023
Cole Reinhardt
Just read the last entry and replace “Crookshank” with “Reinhardt”.
Cole Reinhardt pretty much goes end-to-end and then beats Joseph Woll over the shoulder.#Marlies and Belleville tied 1-1. pic.twitter.com/jqgmTMYiji
— Nick Barden (@nickbarden) January 21, 2023
Defencemen:
Jorian Donovan
With back-to-back two-point games against North Bay and Sudbury, the overachieving 5th-round left-shot defenseman from the most recent draft now has 33 points in 40 games with the OHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs. Sitting 7th in the OHL’s Eastern Conference with a 19-19-4 record, they’re certainly a far cry from the squad that won the league last year, but a playoff spot is likely and if Donovan and a few others heat up at the right time, they could pull off an upset on a higher seed.
DONOVAN IN OVERTIME 🚨#GoSensGo prospect @DonovanJorian buries the feed from @NickLardis91 and the @BulldogsOHL steal the extra point in North Bay ✅ pic.twitter.com/IJjiiBlwJw
— OntarioHockeyLeague (@OHLHockey) January 20, 2023
Chandler Romeo
While not considered a major addition, acquired for a mere 4th-round pick and a swap of 2nds, Romeo is off to a good start with the Guelph Storm nonetheless. The 2021 7th-rounder scored in back-to-back contests to triple his season goal total for the season.
🚨 Chandler Romeo isn’t known for his offence but he’s scored in two straight for Guelph #GoSensGo pic.twitter.com/J4dTI9FTVx
— Sens Prospects (@SensProspects) January 22, 2023
Goalies:
Leevi Merilainen
Of the two goalies in the system who played this week, Merilainen stood out this week with a .957 save percentage in his two starts with Karpat. With Mads Sogaard and Kevin Mandolese struggling, it may come down to the unexpected 3rd-rounder from 2020 to determine if the Sens actually have a goaltender of the future.
Silver Linings:
- With Josh Norris done for the season, Ridly Greig has been called up. He’s had a modest first year in the AHL with 23 points in 28 games, including 12 goals.
- As for the prospects in Sweden, it’s good to see both Filip Nordberg and Oskar Pettersson playing in the SHL. Even with a lack of production, being able to hold down a role on the big club at a young age is a good first step for players drafted after the first round, as is so for 2022 2nd-rounder Nordberg and 2022 3rd-rounder Pettersson. Additionally, Nordberg will take part in the Five Nations tournament from February 6th-12th, representing Sweden./
🇸🇪 Filip Nordberg has been named to Sweden's U19 team that will compete in the 5-nations tournament from Feb 6-12#GoSensGo https://t.co/gPdyqWDJjn pic.twitter.com/aX3nisD6Gn
— Sens Prospects (@SensProspects) January 24, 2023
Stats:
Pro (NHL, AHL)
| - | - | - | - | - | Since | the | last | prospect | update | - | | | - | T | O | T | A | L | - |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | LEAGUE | GP | G | A | P | PIM | SOG | SH% | | | GP | G | A | P | PIM | SOG | SH% |
| Jonathan Aspirot | LD | 23 | AHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0% | | | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 6% |
| Jacob Bernard-Docker | RD | 22 | AHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | | | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 0% |
| Jacob Bernard-Docker | RD | 22 | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0% | | | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 0% |
| Angus Crookshank | LW/C | 23 | AHL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 20% | | | 39 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 15 | 107 | 11% |
| Philippe Daoust | C | 21 | AHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 20% |
| Ridly Greig | C/LW | 20 | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0% | | | 28 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 38 | 56 | 21% |
| Maxence Guénette | RD | 21 | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0% | | | 39 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 79 | 3% |
| Roby Järventie | C/LW | 20 | AHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13% |
| Viktor Lodin | LW | 23 | AHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0% | | | 19 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 35 | 17% |
| Cole Reinhardt | LW | 22 | AHL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14% | | | 39 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 52 | 74 | 8% |
| Egor Sokolov | RW/LW | 22 | AHL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14% | | | 39 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 34 | 88 | 14% |
| Lassi Thomson | RD | 22 | AHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 24 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 47 | 6% |
| Lassi Thomson | RD | 22 | NHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0% |
USA
| - | - | - | - | - | 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% |
| Tyson Dyck | C/LW | 18 | UMass | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% | | | 20 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 25% |
| Stephen Halliday | C | 20 | Ohio State Univ. | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0% | | | 26 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 65 | 11% |
| Tyler Kleven | LD | 21 | Univ. of North Dakota | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0% | | | 23 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 52 | 52 | 10% |
| Luke Loheit | RW | 22 | Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20% | | | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 49 | 8% |
| Jakov Novak | LW/C | 24 | Northeastern Univ. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0% | | | 24 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 30 | 17% |
| Cameron O'Neill | RW | 19 | Tri-City (USHL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0% | | | 26 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 58 | 7% |
| Jonny Tychonick | LD | 22 | Univ. of Omaha | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0% | | | 24 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 50 | 12% |
| Theo Wallberg | LD | 19 | Dubuque (USHL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | | | 30 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 31 | 10% |
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% |
| Tyler Boucher | RW | 20 | Ottawa | OHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 17 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 66 | 14% |
| Jorian Donovan | LD | 18 | Hamilton | OHL | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 29% | | | 40 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 39 | 95 | 11% |
| Tomas Hamara | LD | 18 | Kitchener | OHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0% | | | 31 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 49 | 4% |
| Carson Latimer | RW | 20 | Prince Albert/Winnipeg | WHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 25% | | | 37 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 34 | 73 | 15% |
| Zach Ostapchuk | C | 19 | Vancouver/Winnipeg | WHL | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 33% | | | 26 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 20 | 91 | 14% |
| Ben Roger | RD | 20 | Kingston | OHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0% | | | 31 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 38 | 3% |
| Chandler Romeo | LD | 19 | Sarnia/Guelph | OHL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 100% | | | 29 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 24 | 13% |
Europe
| - | - | - | - | - | - | Since | the | last | prospect | update | - | | | - | T | O | T | A | L | - |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | TEAM | LEAGUE | GP | G | A | P | PIM | SOG | SH% | | | GP | G | A | P | PIM | SOG | SH% |
| Vitaly Abramov | LW/RW | 24 | Moscow | KHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | | | 38 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 59 | 15% |
| Oliver Johansson | C/LW | 19 | Timrå IK | J20 Nationell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 15% |
| Oliver Johansson | C/LW | 19 | IF Björklöven | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 27 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 15% |
| Oliver Johansson | C/LW | 19 | Timrå IK | SHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| Filip Nordberg | LD | 18 | Södertälje SK | J20 Nationell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 18 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 7% |
| Filip Nordberg | LD | 18 | Södertälje SK | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 25 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15% |
| Filip Nordberg | LD | 18 | Växjö HC | SHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Oskar Pettersson | RW | 18 | Rögle BK | J20 Nationell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | | 19 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 75 | 20% |
| Oskar Pettersson | RW | 18 | Rögle BK | SHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | | | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 8% |
Goalies
| - | - | - | - | - | Since | the | last | prospect | update | - | - | | | - | T | O | T | A | L | - | - |
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| PLAYER | AGE | TEAM | LEAGUE | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | SA | GA | SV% | | | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | SA | GA | SV% |
| Kevin Mandolese | 22 | Belleville | AHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 12 | 88.5% | | | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 316 | 39 | 87.7% |
| Kevin Mandolese | 22 | Allen | ECHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | | | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 14 | 92.6% |
| Leevi Meriläinen | 20 | Kärpät | Liiga | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 95.7% | | | 24 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 530 | 43 | 91.9% |
| Kevin Reidler | 18 | AIK | J20 Nationell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | | | 19 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 610 | 57 | 90.7% |
| Mads Søgaard | 22 | Belleville | AHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | | | 18 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 459 | 44 | 90.4% |