Edmonton Oilers Prospects Roundup: Condors clinch a playoff spot, Lachance off to the Frozen Four

The Edmonton Oilers’ prospects had a very memorable week this week! The Bakersfield Condors clinched a post-season berth on the back of a massive performance from Olivier Rodrigue. Shane Lachance and Boston won both of their qualification games on route to a spot in the Frozen Four.

This side of the border, James Stefan and Portland are through to the next round of the playoffs in the WHL, while Brady Stonehouse’s Ottawa 67s and injured Beau Akey’s Barrie Colts are up 2–1 in their respective playoffs.

There is so much to get into this week- let’s dive right in!

Welcome to the TOR Edmonton Oilers prospect update. Each week, we’ll take a dive into how the Oilers’ prospects have done in their respective leagues. We have defined a prospect as a skater who has played fewer than 65 NHL games, and is younger than 25 years of age. All data is from EliteProspects. We also use an NHLe calculator built by Christian Roatis (@Croatis) which is used to estimate a player’s equivalent point total in the NHL based on how they are performing in their respective league. The calculator uses the difficulty of the given league combined with the ease at which a player puts up points to determine the NHLe.

AHL

• The Condors went 1–2–0 this week, losing to Ontario and Henderson, but beating Tuscon most recently. That win clinched a playoff spot for the team.
• Four assists this week for Philip Broberg, who has been very good of late. He has only played 44 games this season, and sits 28th in the AHL in scoring among defencemen.
• Olivier Rodrigue played all three games for the Condors this week, and was the first star in the win over Tuscon. He sits 14th in the league in save percentage.

Europe

• Jeremias Lindewall had 12 points in 11 qualification games in the HockeyEttan, Sweden’s third division. It’s worth noting that as a 22-year-old, he should definitely be playing in a higher league.

NCAA

• Shane Lachance and Boston University are headed to the Frozen Four finals. They faceoff against Denver in the semis.
• The freshman played on the top line alongside projected first overall pick Macklin Celebrini and Tampa Bay Lightning prospect Jack Harvey. Lachance had a goal and two assists in the qualifying games against RIT and Minnesota.
• All of the other prospects in the NCAA are finished for the season.

OHL

• The Barrie Colts are down 2–1 in their first round series against the top-seeded Oshawa Generals. Akey suffered a season-ending injury in November and has not played since.
• Brady Stonehouse and the Ottawa 67’s are up 2-1 as well against the Brantford Bulldogs. Stonehouse has one assist.

Russia

• Maxim Beryozkin and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl are through to the third round of the playoffs. The Russian prospect has 11 points in 13 games so far.

WHL

• The Oilers signed James Stefan out of the WHL a couple weeks back. He and the Portland Winterhawks demolished Victoria 4–0 in the first round of the playoffs, and are through to the second round. The winger finished with 101 points in 67 games and added eight points in the first four playoff games.
• Of his eight points, five were goals and three of which were in the same game. Take a look at his hat-trick here:

50 goals in the regular season and now a post-season hat-trick! 🎩🎩🎩#LetsGoOilers prospect James Stefan led the @pdxwinterhawks to a Game 3 victory over Victoria Tuesday and now sits tied first in #WHLPlayoffs scoring with eight points!

— Canadian Hockey League (@CHLHockey) April 3, 2024

Forwards

Player	Position	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	PIM	Team	League
Carl Berglund	C/RW	10	1	2	3	0.30	4	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
		45	10	27	37	0.82	3	Fort Wayne Komets	ECHL
Maxim Beryozkin	LW/RW	62	8	22	30	0.47	26	Yaroslavl Lokomitiv	KHL
Xavier Bourgault	C	51	7	10	16	0.38	20	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Jake Chiasson	C/RW	62	8	10	18	0.29	30	Fort Wayne Komets	ECHL
Matt Copponi	C	30	7	25	32	1.2	42	Merrimack College	NCAA
Maxim Denezhkin	C	16	1	3	4	0.25	6	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL
		10	4	2	6	0.60	6	Gornyak Uchaly	VHL
Jayden Grubbe	C	60	7	6	13	0.22	49	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
James Hamblin	C/LW	13	4	4	8	0.62	8	Bakersfield Condors	NHL
Shane Lachance	LW	39	13	14	27	0.69	12	Boston University	H-East
Raphael Lavoie	C/RW	59	27	19	46	0.78	56	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Jeremias Lindewall	RW/LW	16	1	2	3	0.19	0	Kalmar HC	HockeyAllsvenskan
		20	6	7	13	0.65	2	Brodernas/Vasby	HockeyEttan
Tomas Mazura	C	34	6	13	20	0.59	12	St. Lawrence University	NCAA
Joel Maatta	C	26	4	5	9	0.35	35	University of Vermont	NCAA
Matvei Petrov	RW/LW	59	8	5	13	0.27	32	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Carter Savoie	LW	56	8	11	19	0.34	18	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
James Stefan	RW	67	50	51	101	1.51	51	Portland Winterhawks	WHL
Brady Stonehouse	RW	64	20	24	44	0.69	59	Ottawa 67’s	OHL
Tyler Tullio	C/RW	47	8	10	18	0.38	34	Bakersfield Condors	AHL

Defence

Player	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	PIM	Team	League
Beau Akey	14	4	5	9	0.64	30	Barrie Colts	OHL
Philip Broberg	44	2	27	29	0.66	14	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Cam Dineen	51	5	18	23	0.45	18	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Benjamin Gleason	55	10	20	30	0.55	30	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Philip Kemp	57	1	12	13	0.23	52	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Markus Niemelainen	32	1	3	4	0.11	6	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Maximus Wanner	65	6	10	16	0.25	30	Bakersfield Condors	AHL

Goaltenders

Player	GP	GAA	SV%	Record	SO	Team	League
Nathaniel Day	54	3.73	0.868	25-26-1	0	Flint Firebirds	OHL
Ryan Fanti	0	0	0	0	0	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
	14	2.86	0.910	8-4-1	2	Fort Wayne Komets	ECHL
Samuel Jonsson	3	3.75	0.884	0-3-0	0	BIK Karlskoga	HockeyAllsvenskan
	5	4.34	0.843	1-2-0	0	Strmsbro IF	HockeyEttan
Olivier Rodrigue	34	2.71	0.916	18-11-4	0	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Connor Ungar	26	2.15	0.932	20-6-0	3	Brock University	USports