1/31 Prospect, Albany, and Elmira Update

Friday 1/31
QMJHL
Gatineau lost to Drummondville 6-5 (SO)
Anthony Brodeur G: DNP

OHL
North Bay defeated Oshawa 5-1
Ben Thomson LW: Goal (PP), Assist, +1* 1st Star

-- Thomson has a 7 game point streak: 8 goals, 3 assists. For January he has 10 goals, 5 assists in 12 games.

Kingston defeated Plymouth 3-2
Ryan Kujawinski C: DNP (Wrist)

WHL
Swift Current defeated Medicine Hat 4-3
Graham Black C: 3 Goals, +3* 1st Star

-- Black has a 5 game point streak: 5 goals, 4 assists. Finishes January with 9 goals, 8 assists in 12 games.

Kelowna defeated Kamloops 4-2
Damon Severson D: E
Myles Bell RW: 2 Goals (1 PP), Assist (PP), E

-- Bell has 31 goals in 49 games.

NCAA
Wisconsin lost to Michigan 3-1
Joe Faust D: -2, 2 Shots, 2 Blocks

-- Got worked over by Hyman (Michigan) on top of the crease for Michigan's 3rd goal. With the defensive depth in the organization, I can't see Faust getting a contract of any sort with the Devils organization. Hasn't progressed in 4 years at school.

Ohio State defeated Penn State 5-1
Curtis Gedig D: DNP (Injured)

Michigan Tech defeated Bowling Green 5-2
Blake Pietila F: Assist, +1, 2 PIM (Roughing), 2 Shots, 8/14 Faceoffs

Boston College defeated Providence 2-0
Steve Santini D: Assist, +1, 1 Block

Harvard defeated Princeton 3-2
Alex Kerfoot F: Goal, +1, 5 Shots, 2/2 Faceoffs* 2nd Star

-- Kerfoot has 2 goals and an assist in his last 3 games. 6 goals and 5 assists in 17 games this season.

Program Note: Wisconsin (Faust) vs. Michigan Saturday night at 6:30 on NBCSN.

AHL
Albany defeated Bridgeport 2-1. Scoring for the Devils was Boucher (K. Zajac, Tedenby) and Sestito (Pesonen, Pelley). Kinkaid stopped 27 of 28 shots to earn 1st star. Albany was outshot 28-22 and went 0/3 on the PP and 1/2 on the PK. Here is the gamesheet.


Stats:
Keith Kinkaid: 27 GP 17-8-1, 2.33 GAA, .912 SV%, 4 SO
Reid Boucher: 25 GP 11-10-21, +2, 4 PIM, 14.47 SH%, 3.04 SH/GP
Kelly Zajac: 36 GP 6-18-24, +7, 2 PIM, 13.63 SH%, 1.22 SH/GP
Harri Pesonen: 43 GP 7-12-19, +8, 38 PIM, 7.95 SH%, 2.04 SH/GP

Note: Gelinas was sent down and Sislo called up prior to the game.

ECHL
Elmira defeated Fort Wayne 4-3 (OT)
Artem Demkov: Goal, 2 Assists, +3, 4 Shots
Riley Boychuk: E, 2 PIM (Boarding)
Harry Young: E, 1 Shot
Maxime Clermont: DNP (Injured)

Notes: Since being loaned to Elmira by Albany, Demkov has 2 goals and 3 assists in 2 games. He has 12 goals and 5 assists in 19 games for Elmira.