Flyers Prospects Weekend Review: October 25th-27th

Another late report, I'll get this thing right eventually. It was a good weekend for the Flyers but a bad weekend for their prospects.

The Phantoms were shut out Friday night, but bounced back with their second win of the season Saturday. Multiple people including coach Terry Murray and commentator Bob Rotruck thought the team play significantly better in the game they were shut out in than the game they one.

Cal Heeter was the big reason they won Saturday night. He stopped 35 of 36 in what was his second best statistical game as a pro. I don't think he'll overtake Yann Danis as the starter but it was a great game.

Jason Akeson picked up an assist on Sunday and took four shots. He in his normal position as the team leader in points with a goal and 5 assists on the season.

Kyle Flanagan picked up a goal and assist in only his 3rd game of the season. Flanagan is a really skilled player that has been bumped a little bit because he is playing behind similar players like Akeson and Nick Cousins. Maybe he can get himself in some more games after this performance.

Marcel Noebels picked up 2 assist and was a +2 in what has been his best game of the season so far. He has 3 points (all assists) in 7 games.

Nick Cousins was originally given an assist but it was later given to Noebels. Petr Straka sat out the win Saturday, with McGinn and Newbury returning to the line up and the coaches decision to play Kyle Flanagan bumped Straka from the line up. He'll be back soon, the only player currently on the Phantoms to have a higher point per game average than Straka is Akeson.

Scott Laughton finally came back to Earth a little bit after his hot start. He only picked up a goal, an assist, and a fight in his three games this weekend. He wore the 'C' over the weekend while regular captain Josh Brown was out with a suspension. He is still averaging over 1.70 PPG and is still on a goal a game pace. Today he was named to the OHL team for the Subway Super Series.

Anthony Stolarz had a great game on Thursday picking up a 35 shot shut out. Then he was pulled in the next two games giving up 6 goals in 53 games. He was pulled before the 10 minute mark in his last game of the weekend. This has kind of been the book on Stolarz so far in his junior career. He can reach soaring heights yet can still have these bad stretches. Is is something to worry about? I don't think so, most young goalies go through similar spells, that's why it takes much longer for goalies to develop into NHL goalies.

Sam Morin picked up an assist and took 9 shots over two games this past weekend in the QMJHL. He was a -1 on the weekend and his team still doesn't have a good record when he's in the line up.  Morin, like Laughton, will battle the Russians in the Subway Super Series for Team QMJHL.

Tyrell Goulbourne had what was probably his best weekend of the year so far. He picked up a goal and an assist Friday night then dropped the gloves for the third time this season on Saturday. So far this season Goulbourne has 8 points (3 G, 5 A) and 3 fights in 13 games.

Taylor Leier picked up 2 goals and an assist in his two games over the weekend. He was also +2 on the weekend raising him to a +8 on the season. Remember that he was even just 6 games ago. Leier has 18 points (8 G, 11 A) in 15 games. The WHL has yet to name their Super Series team, and I'm really interested to see if he will be named to the team. He's right now 18th in scoring among eligible forwards, but his defensive abilities may make him an essentially part of the team.

Robert Hagg has had a solid run of games, averaging over 14 minutes a game in his last three games. He's also picked up 4 shots in that 3 game span.

Valeri Vasiliev played his most minutes of the season last thursday, skating well over 16 minutes in a regulation game. He was boosted by his team only skating 6 defenseman (they usually dress 8). He played just under 15 minutes on Saturday but played less than minutes on Monday and reportedly left the game in the second period today, skating less than 6 minutes. I want to know how this injury could affect if he is on the Russian Super Series team. Vasiliev is a shoo in for both that team and the Russian World Junior team, especially if Nikita Zadorov sticks with the Sabres.

Jakub Kovar is red hot an propelling his Avtomobilist club back into relevancy. He picked up a 28 shot shut out earlier today and in his last 7 games he has a .950 Sv%, a 1.67 GAA, and a 4-2-1-0 record (since the KHL has a 3 point system OT or shoot out wins are worth 2 points, basically he has 4 wins, 2 shoot out wins, a shoot out loss, and 0 regulation losses). Avtomobilist is currently in a playoff position because of Kovar, outside of this stretch Avto is 3-2-1-10. That means they have more points in this stretch of games than they had in rest of the season combined.

Shayne Gostisbehere and Union only had one game over the weekend. He didn't pick up any points and was a -2. He did take another 7 shots, giving him a total of 32 shots in 5 games. Wow.

Nick Luukko picked up his first goal of the season in the College Hockey Face-Off Saturday Night at the Wells Fargo Center.

Reece Willcox had a bit of a rough opening night ending with a -2. But Willcox, who compares best with the Flyers Nick Grossmann, was and will be likely playing against the other teams top competition.

Petr Placek was held out of both of Harvard's first games.

Terrance Amorosa picked up an assist Friday night and was a +3 on the weekend. David Drake and Fredric Larsson didn't hit the score sheet and both were -1 on the weekend. Merrick Madsen stopped 31 of 34 in a 3-1 loss in his only action of the weekend.