Anaheim Ducks Weekly Prospect Report

Anaheim Ducks Weekly Prospect Report April 6, 2016 Compiled by Josh Schlichter

American Hockey League – San Diego Gulls (36-22-3-2, 77 points) No. 26 15 18 27 11 20 17 19 22 5 16 25 13 21 24 12 9 7 14 3 6

PLAYER POS Brandon Montour* D Chris Mueller C Mike Sgarbossa C Shea Theodore* D Stefan Noesen RW Nick Ritchie* LW Nic Kerdiles LW Joseph Cramarossa C Matt Bailey RW Shane O’Brien D Brian McGrattan RW Andrew O’Brien D Ondrej Kase* LW x Chris Wagner C Jaycob Megna D Corey Tropp (w/SD) RW Harry Zolnierczyk LW Joe Piskula D Kalle Kossila* C Martin Gernat (w/SD) D Brian Cooper* D

GP 63 59 59 49 63 36 44 56 46 56 53 55 20 15 63 13 24 34 1 3 1

G 11 18 15 8 10 16 15 10 4 1 8 6 7 6 0 3 5 0 1 0 0

A 41 31 26 27 22 13 12 6 12 15 6 8 5 4 9 6 3 4 0 0 0

PTS 52 49 41 35 32 29 27 16 16 16 14 14 12 10 9 9 8 4 1 0 0

+/0 -13 -4 -3 -4 -4 -7 -13 +14 -8 -13 +1 -2 +1 +20 +8 -3 -2 0 +1 -1

PIM 38 48 46 34 54 57 70 64 30 81 122 50 4 22 12 16 31 21 0 0 0

PPG 5 7 3 4 4 8 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0

PPA 24 14 8 13 6 3 5 0 0 7 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

SH% 7.2 11.8 11.2 7.5 8.5 16.8 18.8 13.3 6.1 2.2 9.1 5.5 18.4 20.0 0.0 21.4 10.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0

No. GOALIE 35 x Anton Khudobin 31 Matt Hackett 39 Dustin Tokarski (w/ SD) x – inactive, * - rookie

GP 30 19 2

W 19 8 1

L 7 7 1

OTL 3 2 0

MIN 1748 947 102

SO 0 1 0

GA 70 48 4

GAA 2.40 3.04 2.35

SV% .922 .895 .920

Notes: 

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With five games left on the schedule, San Diego’s magic number sits at one (A team's magic number is the number of points needed by a team to clinch a playoff berth. The number is reduced when the team earns standings points, or when the team with the highest possible total outside the playoff picture fails to earn standings points). The Gulls have three home games and two road games remaining to clinch a spot in the Calder Cup Playoffs. Earlier today, Brandon Montour was named to the 2015-16 AHL All-Rookie Team. Montour leads the AHL in power-play assists and power-play points (5-24=29), leads AHL rookies in assists (39) and ranks tied for third in scoring (11-41=52). Among AHL defensemen, Montour ranks second in scoring and assists. College signees Kalle Kossila (St. Cloud State) and Brian Cooper (Nebraska-Omaha) made their San Diego debuts last week. Kossila scored his first professional goal on Apr. 3 vs. Stockton while Cooper went scoreless. Defenseman Andy Welinski (Minnesota-Duluth) and goaltender Kevin Boyle (UMass Lowell) have yet to make their AHL debuts.

ECHL – Utah Grizzlies (38-26-3-3, 82 points) No. 71

PLAYER Kenton Helgesen

POS F

GP 31

G 2

A 3

PTS 5

+/-6

PIM 41

PPG 0

SHG 0

Player/Draft Info POS Team Andy Welinski (Sr.) D Minnesota-Duluth 2011, Third Round, 83rd Overall Kevin Roy (Sr.) F Northeastern 2012, Fourth Round, 97th Overall Brian Cooper (Sr.) D Nebraska-Omaha 2012, Fifth Round, 127th Overall Kalle Kossila (Sr.) F St. Cloud State Undrafted, signed Mar. 30, 2016 Keaton Thompson (Jr.) D North Dakota 2013, Third Round, 87th Overall Grant Besse (So.) F Wisconsin 2013, Fifth Round, 147th Overall Brent Gates, Jr. (Fr.) F Minnesota 2015, Third Round, 80th Overall Troy Terry (Fr.) F Denver 2015, Fifth Round, 148th Overall Steven Ruggiero (Fr.) D Providence 2015, Sixth Round, 178th Overall

Conf. NCHC

GP 40

G 6

A 13

PTS 19

PIM 45

+/+13

H-East

29

10

16

26

10

0

NCHC

35

5

11

16

51

+7

NCHC

41

14

40

54

14

+29

NCHC

39

2

13

15

34

+20

Big Ten 35

11

22

33

10

-5

Big Ten 35

3

4

7

6

0

NCHC

38

9

8

17

8

0

H-East

10

0

1

1

19

+3

Player/Draft Info POS Team Kevin Boyle (Sr.) G UMass Lowell Undrafted, signed Mar. 30, 2016

League GP H-East 39

North American Prospects – College

W 24

L 10

OTL 5

MIN 2480

SO 7

GAA 1.83

SV% .934

Notes:  Andy Welinski signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Ducks on Mar. 30. The 6-2, 205-pound fourth-year senior was a Second-Team All-NCHC and named NCHC Defenseman of the Week three times in 2015-16. As captain of the Bulldogs, Welinski led team defensemen in scoring, goals, points per game (0.47) and plus/minus (+13), while co-leading in assists and assists per game (0.33).  Undrafted free agents Kalle Kossila and Kevin Boyle were also signed to entry-level deals. Kossila, scored 14-40=54 points in 41 games with the St. Cloud State University Huskies (NCHC) this season and led his team to the 2015-16 NCHC Frozen Faceoff Championship. Boyle, the Hockey East 2015-16 Goaltender of the Year and Hockey East Co-Player of the Year, posted a 24-10-5 record, 1.88 GAA, .934 save percentage SV% and seven shutouts with the University of Massachusetts Lowell Riverhawks this season.  The Ducks have two prospects playing in the Frozen Four: Defenseman Keaton Thompson (junior, University of North Dakota) and forward Troy Terry (freshman, University of Denver). The two players face each other in the national semifinal on Thursday, Apr. 7 at 5:30 p.m. PDT on ESPN2.

North American Prospects – Juniors Player/Draft Info POS Team Matt Berkovitz D Green Bay 2014, Fifth Round, 123rd Overall Julius Nattinen LW Barrie 2015, Second Round, 59th Overall Deven Sideroff RW Kamloops 2015, Third Round, 84th Overall

League USHL

GP 51

G 2

A 8

PTS 10

PIM 20

+/+12

OHL

52

22

49

71

18

+32

WHL

63

19

40

59

28

+4

Player/Draft Info POS Team Garrett Metcalf G Waterloo 2015, Sixth Round, 179th Overall

League GP USHL 35

W 13

L 15

OTL 4

MIN 1920

SO 2

GAA 3.12

SV% .904

Notes:  Julius Nattinen averaged 1.37 points per game in the regular season with Barrie and has posted 1-5=6 points in seven playoff games thus far. Barrie defeated Mississauga in a seven-game first-round series and faces North Bay in the OHL Quarterfinals.  Kamloops fell to Kelowna in Game 7 of the first round of the WHL Playoffs. Deven Sideroff tallied 0-3=3 points in the series.

European Prospects Player/Draft Info POS Team Nick Sorensen RW Linkoping HC 2013, Second Round, 45th Overall Marcus Pettersson D Skelleftea AIK 2014, Second Round, 38th Overall Jacob Larsson D Frolunda HC 2015, First Round, 27th Overall

League SHL

GP 37

G 10

A 13

PTS 23

PIM 37

+/+5

SHL

46

2

5

7

10

+17

SHL

47

5

9

14

10

+11

Notes:  Skelleftea and Frolunda are playing in opposite semifinals in the SHL Playoffs. Jacob Larsson has earned 0-2=2 points in seven playoff games, while Marcus Pettersson has gone scoreless in three playoff contests.

UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE (all times PDT): Wednesday, Apr. 6 San Diego vs. Bakersfield, 7:05 p.m. (AHL) Frolunda @ Lulea, 10:30 a.m. (SHL Playoffs Semifinals – Game 3) Thursday, Apr. 7 Skelleftea vs. Vaxjo, 10:30 a.m. (SHL Playoffs Semifinals – Game 4) Barrie vs. North Bay, 4:30 p.m. (OHL Playoffs Quarterfinals – Game 1) North Dakota vs. Denver, 5:30 p.m. (NCAA Frozen Four Semifinal) Friday, Apr. 8 Frolunda vs. Lulea, 10:30 a.m. (SHL Playoffs Semifinals – Game 4) Waterloo vs. Cedar Rapids, 5:05 p.m. (USHL) Green Bay @ Lincoln, 5:05 p.m. (USHL) Utah @ Rapid City, 6:05 p.m. (ECHL) Saturday, Apr. 9 Skelleftea @ Vaxjo, 6:00 a.m. (SHL Playoffs Semifinals – Game 5) North Dakota or Denver vs. Quinnipiac or Boston College, 5:00 p.m. (NCAA Frozen Four Championship) Waterloo vs. Dubuque, 5:05 p.m. (USHL) Green Bay @ Lincoln, 5:05 p.m. (USHL) Utah @ Rapid City, 6:05 p.m. (ECHL) San Diego @ Stockton, 7:30 p.m. (AHL) Sunday, Apr. 10 Frolunda @ Lulea, 6:00 a.m. (SHL Playoffs Semifinals – Game 5) San Diego @ Stockton, 4:00 p.m. (AHL) Monday, Apr. 11 If necessary: Skelleftea vs. Vaxjo, 10:30 a.m. (SHL Playoffs Semifinals – Game 6) Barrie vs. North Bay, 4:30 p.m. (OHL Playoffs Quarterfinals – Game 2) Tuesday, Apr. 12 If necessary: Frolunda vs. Lulea, 9:30 a.m. (SHL Playoffs Semifinals – Game 6) Barrie @ North Bay, 4:00 p.m. (OHL Playoffs Quarterfinals – Game 3)