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Bruins Prospects Roundup Week 10

A light edition with many teams beginning winter breaks

By sean hathaway
MinnesotaHockey.com

The week of December 9 - December 15

NCAA

Matt Benning (Northeastern University)

Northeastern was off this week. They'll travel to Burlington to take on University of Vermont on Tuesday.

This week:

GP G A Pts PIM
0 0 0 0 0

Season:

GP G A Pts PIM
16 1 6 7 14

Brian Ferlin (Cornell University)

Cornell is off until the 28th when they'll face off against University of New Hampshire in the Florida College Classic tournament.

This week:

GP G A Pts PIM
0 0 0 0 0

Season:

GP G A Pts PIM
12 6 7 13 6

Ryan Fitzgerald (Boston College)

BC is off until the 27th when they'll take on Bowling Green University in the Three Rivers Classic tournament. Fitzgerald is currently in Minnesota, hoping to make the final roster for the U.S.'s World Junior Championship team. Here's what Chris Peters of United States of Hockey had to say about him:

Though he's played a lot of center over his career, Fitzgerald has played primarily on the left side at BC and the results have been strong so far. With 14 points in 14 games for the Eagles, Fitzgerald is making a rather smooth transition to college hockey. He's a bit on the smaller side at 5-9, 166, but he has pretty good wheels and some puck smarts as well. I think he's still a bubble candidate, but he has someone on the U.S. bench that is very familiar with his strengths and weaknesses in assistant coach Greg Brown (also an assistant at BC). A point-per-game as a freshman is nothing to sneeze at. I don't know if he has the goods to beat out the likes of Stefan Matteau, Adam Erne, Tyler Motte and Henrik Samuelsson for one of those wing spots, but a good camp could change things there. The U.S. has been a little more creative with their 13th forward spot in recent years, so there's potential for Fitzgerald in there, too.

This week:

GP G A Pts PIM
0 0 0 0 0

Season:

GP G A Pts PIM
16 7 8 15 8

Zane Gothberg (University of North Dakota)

North Dakota swept Northern Michigan winning 4-1 and 3-1 this week. Gothberg had a relatively light work load as he only faced 39 shots, of which he stopped 37. The good news is that Gothberg's now made five straight starts for NoDak.

This week:

GP W L T GA SV SO
2 2 0 0 2 37 0

Season:

GP W L T GA GAA SV SV% SO
14 7 5 2 30 2.36 333 .917 0

Matt Grzelcyk (Boston University)

BU was upset by the other BU, Bentley University, at home 4-1 this week. Grzelcyk had five shots in the loss. On the bright side, he's now focusing on helping the U.S. retain its World Junior Championship gold. Here's Chris Peters on Grz:

The agonizing last cut from last year's team, Grzelcyk actually traveled with the U.S. squad to Ufa as an injury to Connor Murphy delayed the final selection. Team USA even played a game before the final decision was made. The U.S. brass decided to go with Patrick Sieloff over Grzelcyk. Now it looks like Grzelcyk, who got off to a bit of a slow start at BU, is poised for a big role on this team. He has seven points for BU this season. A very smart, smooth-skating defenseman, Grzelcyk is sound in both ends. He is a terrific puck mover and doesn't take too many risks out there. The 5-10, 175-pound rearguard thinks the game at a high level and is a natural when it comes to handling the pace the WJC throws at players. His poise is going to be a real asset to the U.S.

This week:

GP G A Pts PIM
1 0 0 0 0

Season:

GP G A Pts PIM
17 2 6 8 10

Colton Hargrove (Western Michigan University)

Western Michigan split a series against Minnesota-Duluth with a 5-3 win and a 4-3 loss. Hargrove had the game-winning and insurance goals in the win and was awarded the first star.

This week:

GP G A Pts PIM
2 2 0 2 4

Season:

GP G A Pts PIM
17 5 6 11 18

Rob O'Gara (Yale University)

Yale is off until the 27th when they'll play an exhibition against the Russian Red Stars.

This week:

GP G A Pts PIM
0 0 0 0 0

Season:

GP G A Pts PIM
12 2 3 5 16

Ben Sexton (Clarkson University)

Clarkson is off until the 28th when they'll play against the University of Vermont.

This week:

GP G A Pts PIM
0 0 0 0 0

Season:

GP G A Pts PIM
16 4 11 15 53

GOJHL

Mitch Dempsey (Kitchener Dutchmen)

This week the Dutchmen defeated Stratford 3-1 and lost to Waterloo 2-1. The team's streak ends after 25 consecutive wins. To add to that, this is their first loss since September 15th. That's insane. Dempsey does not play for the Kitchener Rangers, by the way.

This week:

GP G A Pts PIM
2 0 0 0 6

Season:

GP G A Pts PIM
11 0 5 5 28

Europe

Linus Arnesson (Djurgardens)

Djurgardens aka Animal Gardens aka Mesta Mästarna, Stockholms Stolthet, split this week's games losing 4-2 to Malmö Redhawks and winning 3-0 over Oskarshamn. Arnesson did not play in either game but joined Sweden's World Junior camp on Sunday.

This week:

GP G A Pts PIM
0 0 0 0 0

Season:

GP G A Pts PIM
26 0 3 3 34

Anton Blidh (Frölunda)

Frölunda defeated Örebro HK 3-2 but lost 3-2 to HV 71 and 4-1 to Skellefteå this week. Blidh did not play in any of the games and didn't dress for either of the losses.

This week:

GP G A Pts PIM
0 0 0 0 0

Season:

GP G A Pts PIM
27 9 7 16 16

Peter Cehlarik (Luleå)

Luleå lost 2-1 to Färjestads, defeated MODO 3-0 and HV 71 5-3. Cehlarik was selected to Slovakia's World Junior Championship preliminary roster this week so congrats to him.

This week:

GP G A Pts PIM
3 0 0 0 2

Season:

GP G A Pts PIM
34 5 10 15 10

Maxim Chudinov (SKA Saint Petersburg)

SKA had just one game this week, a 2-0 loss to Metallurg Magnitogorsk. SKA has now fallen to second in the KHL and the Western Conference behind Dinamo Minsk.

This week:

GP G A Pts PIM
1 0 0 0 0

Season:

GP G A Pts PIM
35 6 5 14 32



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