The Flyers Junior Hockey Prospect Report (Nov. 1

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This 3^rd edition for the 2023-2024 season covers the period that was in the CHL and BCHL from Wednesday November 1^st – Tuesday November 14^th.

WHL (Western Hockey League)

Carson Bjarnason #64 (G) – Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)

SEASON	GP	W	L	SO	MINS	SH	SAV	GAA	SAV%
2023-2024	14	4	8	1	817	458	414	3.23	.904

(Nov. 1) The Brandon Wheat Kings started the month with a home game against the Prince George Cougars. Carson Bjarnason got the start in goal for Brandon, but the Cougars scored only 1:53 in as Kings prospect Koehn Ziemmer picked up an assist. Brandon would tie the game 1-1 at 16:23 as Jayden Wiens scored his 4^th of the season. In the second period, another 2023 NHL draftee Riley Heidt put the Cougars up 2-1 with his 8^th of the season. The Wheat Kings needed a good third period as the Cougars had outshot them through two periods of play. In the third period, Nate Danielson (Red Wings draft pick) tied the game 2-2 at 10:50 with his 3^rd of the season. With regulation time not able to decide a winner, the game went to overtime. In the extra period, Prince George would get the winner as Bauer Dumanski was the hero and the Brandon Wheat Kings fell 3-2. Carson Bjarnason picked up the overtime loss and allowed 3 goals on 31 shots (28 saves). Bjarnason was named the game’s First Star.

(Nov. 3) Hitting the road on Friday night, the Brandon Wheat Kings travelled to face the Regina Pats with Carson Bjarnason getting the night off with his recent inspired play. In the first period, Regina jumped all over Brandon’s Ethan Eskit with 3 goals on 7 shots to lead 3-0. In the second period, the Pats opened up a 6-0 lead with another 3 goal period. Pats RW Borya Valis had himself a great forty minutes with 2 goals and 1 assist. In the third period, Brandon outshot Regina 14-2 and got a consolation goal from Quinn Mantei on the powerplay but fell 6-1.

(Nov. 9) Carson Bjarnason would get the start as the Brandon Wheat Kings travelled to face the Moose Jaw Warriors. Moose Jaw’s Atley Calvert would score powerplay goals late in the first period and early in the second period to give the Warriors a 2-0 lead. Brandon would battle back with goals by Carter Klippenstein (his 3^rd) at 9:26 and Brett Hyland’s 8^th at 12:47 to tie the game 2-2. Only 12 seconds later though, Moose Jaw would retake the 3-2 lead through Lynden Lakovic. In the third period, the Wheat Kings would once again tie the game 3-3 as Nolan Flamand scored his 5^th at 2:43. With no more scoring in regulation, the game would be decided in overtime. In the extra period, Moose Jaw’s Jagger Firkus scored the winner for his 18^th goal of the season as Moose Jaw defeated Brandon 4-3. Bjarnason took the loss allowing 4 goals on 41 shots (making 37 saves).

(Nov. 11) The Brandon Wheat Kings retuned home to face the Regina Pats with Carson Bjarnason getting the start. The Wheat Kings scored 3:46 in as Rylen Roersma scored his 6^th of the season. Regina would score twice to take a 2-1 lead in the first and add a shorthanded goal at 1:10 of the second period to lead 3-1. Brett Hyland scored a powerplay goal (his 9^th) at 5:45 to cut the lead to 3-2, but Regina would re-establish their two goal lead with an even strength goal at 6:16. Caleb Hadland (his 5^th) and Roger McQueen (his 11^th) would tie the game 4-4. In the third period, all three of McQueen, Hyland, and Roersma would score their second goals of the game as the Wheat Kings defeated the Pats 7-5. Bjarnason was credited with the win and he allowed 5 goals on 32 shots (27 saves).

(Nov. 12) The Brandon Wheat Kings played the second half of a home and home set as they travelled to Regina to take on the Pats. Carson Bjarnason would get the night off. Rylen Roersma stayed hot with his third goal in two games (8^th of the season) to open the scoring for Brandon at 4:46. In the second period, Roger McQueen’s 13^th at 8:39 gave the Wheat Kings a 2-0 lead. But Regina would cut the lead to 2-1 with a powerplay goal late in the second period. In the third period, Regina would tie the game at 4:18 and capitalize on the powerplay at 12:01 to take a 3-2 lead. The Pats would add an empty-netter t take this game by a score of 4-2.

Carter Sotheran #59 (D) – Portland Winterhawks (WHL)

SEASON	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	S	PIM
2023-2024	15	3	6	9	+8	26	25

(Nov. 1) Losers of three games in a row, the Portland Winterhawks had another stretch of three games in four nights as they began by traveling to face the Medicine Hat Tigers. Down 1-0, the Winterhawks would get on the board through Gabe Klassen’s 8^th of the season at 8:09 to tie the game 1-1. Medicine Hat would capitalize on the powerplay though to take a 2-1 lead into the break. In the second period, the Tigers would extend the lead to 3-1 only 3:26 in. Portland would get their powerplay working to get back in the game as Josh Davies redirected a point shot in front for his 6^th goal of the season to cut the lead to 3-2. In the third period, Jack O’Brien would fan on a deke attempt in on goal but still score his 4^th of the season and Josh Davies would score his second of the game only 54 seconds later to give the Winterhawks a 4-3 lead. Diego Buttazzoni would get his 9^th and 10^th goals of the season on the powerplay to ice the game as Portland defeated Medicine Hat 6-3. Carter Sotheran finished the game with no points, a +2 rating, and 1 SOG.

(Nov. 3) The Portland Winterhawks continued to hit the road as they travelled to face the Swift Current Broncos. The Winterhawks would get on the board only 33 seconds in as Josh Davies scored his 8^th of the season. Swift Current would tie the game at 4:37 with a powerplay goal and take a 2-1 lead at 16:41. Portland would tie the game 2-2 only 39 seconds later as Josh Zakreski scored his 4^th of the season. In the second period, Portland’s Nicholas Johnson scored his 4th of the season at 10:49 to give the Winterhawks a 3-2 lead. Swift Current scored the only goal in the third period to tie the game 3-3, and overtime could not decide the winner. In the shootout, Diego Buttazzoni scored for the Winterhawks but Mathew Ward and Rylan Gould scored for the Broncos in a 4-3 shootout win. Carter Sotheran finished the game with no points, a +2 rating, and 1 SOG.

(Nov. 4) The Portland Winterhawks’ road trip continued as they finished up their third game in four nights visiting the Lethbridge Hurricanes. In the first period, the Winterhawks dominated by outshooting the Hurricanes 14-0. Portland would score the opening goal through Jack O’Brien’s 5^th of the season at 15:15. In the second period, Carter Sotheran would break up a play with his stick and Marek Alscher would race down the ice and score his 1^st of the season at 8:13. The Hurricanes though had a much better period generating 17 shots on goal and getting a goal back at 13:56 to make it 2-1. Portland would ice the game in the third period though with an empty net goal at 18:21 by James Stefan to seal a 3-1 win. Sotheran finished the game with 1 assist, an even rating, and 2 SOG.

The absolute WHEELS on Marek Alscher 😮‍💨 pic.twitter.com/Zb0pohmTIO
— Portland Winterhawks (@pdxwinterhawks) November 5, 2023

Video is courtesy of the Portland Winterhawks

(Nov. 8) The Portland Winterhawks long road trip continued as they made their way into British Columbia to take on the Kamloops Blazers. Special teams were all the rage in the opening period as both teams combined for three powerplay goals. Kamloops opened the scoring but Portland would take a 2-1 lead thanks to goals by Luca Cagnoni and Josh Davies. In the second period, Davies would score his second of the game (10^th of the season) at 11:22 followed by Gabe Klassen’s 9^th of the season 2:21 later to give the Winterhawks a 4-1 lead. The Blazers would cut the lead to 4-3 with two even strength goals before the end of the period. In the third period, Portland dominated the shots 15-3 and got goals from Klassen (his second of the game), Davies (hat-trick), and Luke Schelter (4^th of the season) paced Portland to a lopsided 7-3 victory. Carter Sotheran finished the game with no points, a +1 rating, 2 SOG, and 2 PIMs.

(Nov. 11) The Portland Winterhawks visited the Vancouver Giants on Remembrance Day (Veterans Day in the U.S.). In the opening period, Portland once again used special teams to dictate the terms of the game. Gabe Klassen scored his 11^th of the season on the powerplay at 11:21 and James Stefan scored his 10^th of the season while shorthanded at 19:45 to give Portland a 2-0 lead. In the second period, Josh Zakreski scored his 5^th on the powerplay to make it 3-0 with a secondary assist credited to Carter Sotheran. Klassen scored his second of the game (12^th of the season) at 18:06 to make it 4-0 after forty minutes. 47 seconds into the third period, Stefan scored his second shorthanded goal of the game to make it 5-0 but the shutout was spoiled at 7:42. Portland would still win their third straight game by thumping Vancouver 5-1. Sotheran finished the game with 1 assist, a -1 rating, and no SOG.

QMJHL (Quebec Major Junior Hockey League)

Matteo Mann #76 (D) – Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)

SEASON	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	S	PIM
2023-2024	11	1	2	3	+3	5	23

(Nov. 3) The Saint John Sea Dogs began their first of back-to-back-to-back games this weekend as they hosted the Acadie-Bathurst Titan. Saint John jumped to a 1-0 lead only 1:10 in as Matteo Mann saw the rebound from his weak shot get tapped in by Eriks Mateiko. The Titan would tie the game 1-1 with a powerplay goal at 15:32. In the second period, the Sea Dogs would again take the lead early as Peter Reynolds would score his 8^th of the season at 2:30. Acadie-Bathurst would tie the game only 10 seconds later and take the 3-2 lead at 10:40. In the third period, it was the Titan’s turn to score early by making it 4-2 only 42 seconds in. Noah Reinhart would score his 6^th at 5:05 to cut the deficit to 4-3 and score his 7^th to tie the game 4-4. Saint John got a bit fortunate as Matteo Mann would get a major penalty and a game misconduct for a hit to the head at 14:35 but Acadie-Bathurst’s Robert Orr would take a costly tripping penalty. The Sea Dogs would score at 19:12 through Vince Elie and add an empty net goal to win the game 6-4. Mann finished the game with 1 assist, a +3 rating, and 7 PIMs.

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Mateiko's 6th opened the scoring in the first.#GoDogsGo pic.twitter.com/GMMfdNOhQk
— Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) November 3, 2023

Video courtesy of the Saint John Sea Dogs

(Nov. 4) The return match of the home and home took place as the Saint John Sea Dogs visited the Acadie-Bathurst Titan. Donovan Arsenault scored twice to pace the Titan to a 2-0 lead but Pavel Simek scored his 5^th goal of the season on the powerplay to cut the deficit to 2-1 at 12:44. Arsenault would complete the hat-trick at 19:15 with his 10^th of the season to make it 3-1. In the second period, Noah Reinhart would score his 7^th of the season at 8:24 to cut the deficit to 3-2. In the third period, Matteo Mann would get his 2^nd assist of the season as Jacob Beaulieu scored his 1^st goal of the season at 3:31 to tie the game. Saint John would take a 4-3 lead at 7:58 as Pavel Simek scored his 6^th of the season. The Titan would not go away though as they outshot the Seas Dogs 14-8 in the final frame. The Titan were rewarded with two goals that were two minutes apart as they would defeat Saint John 5-4 in a thriller. Matteo Man finished the game with 1 assist, a +2 rating, and 2 SOG.

(Nov. 5) Saint John opened a four game homestand with a game against the Sherbrooke Phoenix. With Sherbrooke leading 1-0, Matteo Mann scored his 1^st of the season with a seeing eye wrist shot from the right point to tie the game 1-1 at 10:32. After the Phoenix capitalized on the powerplay to end the period, the Sea Dogs wasted no time tying the game 2-2 in the second period as Eriks Mateiko scored his 7^th of the season at 1:19. Sherbrooke would score 3 goals on 8 shots with the Sea Dogs Egan Beveridge scoring his 4^th of the season in between to end the period 5-3 in favor of the Phoenix. In the third period, Sherbrooke would put the game away with a powerplay goal (with Mann in the penalty box for slashing) and an even strength goal as Saint John would fall to Sherbrooke 7-3. Matteo Mann finished the game with 1 goal, a +1 rating, 2 SOG, and 4 PIMs.

Mann pots his first as a Sea Dog. 🤩#GoDogsGo pic.twitter.com/LJfMGKy1Ig
— Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) November 5, 2023

Video is courtesy of the Saint John Sea Dogs

(Nov. 10) The Saint John Sea Dogs hosted the Halifax Mooseheads at the TD Station. In the first period, Halifax pushed the play with a 14-4 shots advantage and would take a 2-0 lead into the intermission. In the second period, the Mooseheads would lead 3-0 with an even strength goal at 10:55 but Saint John would respond through Nate Tivey’s 3^rd of the season at 18:48 to make it 3-1. In the third period, Jordan Dumais would score his second of the game to restore the two-goal lead for Halifax. Saint John would get a consolation goal with 9 seconds remaining as Pavel Simek scored his 7^th of the season but the Sea Dogs lost their third straight by a score of 4-2. Matteo Mann finished the game with no points, a -1 rating, and no SOG.

(Nov. 12) The homestand continued as the Saint John Sea Dogs hosted the Charlottetown Islanders. Vince Elie opened the scoring for Saint John only 3:55 in with his 7^th of the season. The Islanders tied the game at 7:07, but Noah Reinhart’s 8^th of the season on the powerplay restored the 2-1 lead for the Sea Dogs. In the second period, Charlottetown dominated the shots in the period 13-6 but only managed one goal 48 seconds in to tie the game 2-2. In the third period, Eriks Mateiko scored his 8^th of the season at 11:34 to take a 3-2 lead. Saint John would see this game through as Pavel Simek scored his 8^th at 13:59 and then added his 9^th into an empty net as the Sea Dogs snapped their losing skid with a 5-2 victory. Matteo Mann finished the game with no points, a +1 rating, no shots, and 4 PIMs.

(Nov. 13) The Saint John Sea Dogs finished their home stretch as they faced the Cape Breton Eagles. The Eagles outshot the Sea Dogs 13-7 in the opening period but neither side could find the back of the net. In the second period, Cape Breton opened the scoring at 11:55 but Saint John replied through Vince Elie’s 8^th of the season on the powerplay at 13:38 to tie the game 1-1. In the third period, the Eagles scored 39 seconds in and erupted for 5 goals on only 9 shots to really widen the gap in this game as the Saint John Sea Dogs fell 6-1. Matteo Mann finished the game with no points, a -2 rating, 1 SOG, and 2 PIMs.

OHL (Ontario Hockey League)

Oliver Bonk #59 (D) – London Knights (OHL)

SEASON	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	S	PIM
2023-2024	18	1	14	15	+2	12	12

Denver Barkey #86 (RW) – London Knights (OHL)

SEASON	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	S	PIM
2023-2024	18	11	15	26	+14	35	4

(Nov. 3) The London Knights were back in action at home for their first of back-to-back-to-back games as they hosted the Brantford Bulldogs. In the opening period, the dynamic duo got the Knights on the board while shorthanded as Eason Cowan fed Denver Barkey scored his 8^th of the season at 9:26. In the second period, the Bulldogs would score the only goal of the period to tie the game 1-1. In the third period, Brantford would take the 2-1 lead at 10:45 but London would respond at 12:10 as William Nicholl scored his 2^nd of the season to force overtime. In the extra frame, London would get the 3-2 win as Max McCue would score his 2^nd of the season on another great feed by Cowan. Oliver Bonk finished the game with no points, a -1 rating, and 3 SOG. Barkey scored 1 goal, had a +1 rating, 5 SOG, and was 10/18 on faceoffs.

Common Cowan and Barkey shorthanded goal#LetsGoFlyers | #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/holUXYKbtV
— London Knights (@LondonKnights) November 3, 2023

Video is courtesy of the London Knights

(Nov. 4) The London Knights went on the road looking to win their third straight game as they visited the Owen Sound Attack. Denver Barkey opened the scoring for the second straight game as his wrist shot from the right circle was good for his 9^th of the season at 17:20. In the second period, Owen Sound outshot London 14-12 and were rewarded with a powerplay goal at 8:02 (with Bonk in the penalty box) and an even strength goal by Colby Barlow at 10:00 to take a 2-1 lead. In the third period, Oliver Bonk would pick up a secondary assist as Eason Cowan tied the game 2-2 with his 6^th of the season at 12:22. The Knights would then get some late game heroics as Sam O’Reilly won the game with 18 seconds remaining in regulation as the Knights won a thriller 3-2. Bonk finished the game with 2 assists, a +2 rating, 2 SOG, and 2 PIMs. Barkey registered 1 goal, a +1 rating, 4 SOG, and struggled on faceoffs going 5/11.

BARKS ON THE BOARD 🐶@NHLFlyers | #LetsGoFlyers pic.twitter.com/QNzCXXx3pk
— London Knights (@LondonKnights) November 4, 2023