Edmonton Oilers prospect roundup: William Nicholl has yet another hot week

As teams outside of the North American professional leagues start to make playoff pushes, expect some long runs for some Edmonton Oilers prospects particularly Shane Lachance, Sam O’Reilly, William Nicholl, Beau Akey, and Dalyn Wakely. From other prospects this next month or so might be the last hockey they play for the season, so take it in while you can.

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.

Edmonton Oilers prospect updates

AHL

• The Bakersfield Condors remain on a six-game losing streak, including three losses this past week against Henderson, and a pair of losses against the San Diego Gulls.
• The Condors are 3–4–3 in their last ten games. They sit eighth in the AHL’s Pacific Division with a combined record of 20–19–9.
• James Hamblin continues to impress, but has cooled down this past week a bit. James Stefan scored in his first AHL game back on the 22nd since his recall from Fort Wayne.
• James Stefan was reassigned to the Condors from the ECHL’s Fort Wayne Komets on the February 22. Matthew Savoie got the long awaited call-up to the Edmonton Oilers on February 21.

ECHL

• The Fort Wayne Komets sit sixth in the ECHL’s Western conference with a 30–17–4 record.
• They are 1–3–0 in the last week, collecting their lone win against the Indy Fuel in a 4–3 fashion.
• Connor Ungar split a pair of games this past week, collecting his sole win against the Indy Fuel.

Europe

• Tomas Mazura found the scoresheet again in his clubs Wednesday morning game against Mountfield HK, after a five game drought. The young European is finding reliable minutes again with 16:44 of TOI in that game.
• Sam Jonsson appeared in one game this past week stopping 22 of 23 regulation shots in a 2–1 loss to AIK on the 21st.

NCAA

• Paul Fischer played a pair of games against the University of Wisconsin, averaging around 18:00 of TOI per game, and posted a single assist in their first game on the 21st.
• Joel Maatta had another solid week, with another three point outing, this time against the Boston College Eagles, getting involved in each of his teams goals in a 6–3 loss. Maybe this is a sign that Maatta is unlocking higher end offensive instincts, and awareness.
• Lachance and Matt Copponi appeared in a pair of games against Northeastern. Lachance found the back of the net in the second game, while Copponi posted an assist in that same game.

OHL

• The London Knights remained on a roll, collecting a seven game win streak before Kitchener ended it on Sunday. Nicholl collected three points in three games this past week.
• Akey appeared in three games this past week, and left the week on a two game point streak. Wakely appeared in one fight over the week. The Barrie Colts are also retiring Kyle Cliffords jersey in their February 25 game.
• Brady Stonehouse had an night against the Barrie Colts on the February 22, posting a goal, an assist, and six total shots on goal.
• Connor Clattenburg joined the 100 penalty minute club this past week, now standing at a total of 101 on the season. The forward also posted a pair of assists in Flints game on the 22nd versus Windsor. Day appeared in both games, and collected his sole win in that same game against Windsor.

Forwards

Player	Position	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	PIM	Team	League
Carl Berglund	C/LW	42	2	8	10	0.24	8	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Maxim Beryozkin	RW	58	14	23	37	0.64	18	Yaroslavl Lokomitiv	KHL
Connor Clattenburg	LW	42	16	16	32	0.76	101	Flint Firebirds	OHL
Matt Copponi	C	31	4	14	18	0.58	10	Boston University	NCAA
Maxim Denezhkin	C	52	9	7	16	0.31	18	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL
Jayden Grubbe	C/RW	48	2	9	11	0.23	44	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
James Hamblin	C/LW	27	10	14	24	0.89	14	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Roby Järventie	LW/RW	2	0	2	2	1.00	0	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Shane Lachance	LW	31	10	15	25	0.81	26	Boston University	NCAA
Tomas Mazura	C	17	4	4	8	0.47	2	BK Mlada Boleslav	Czechia
Joel Määttä	C	30	9	16	25	0.83	18	University of Vermont	NCAA
William Nicholl	C/LW	53	17	31	48	0.91	22	London Knights	OHL
Sam O’Reilly	C	53	18	35	53	1.00	31	London Knights	OHL
Matvei Petrov	LW/RW	36	8	7	15	0.42	8	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Matthew Savoie	C/W	45	13	24	37	0.82	18	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
James Stefan	RW/LW	34	3	0	3	0.09	8	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Brady Stonehouse	RW/LW	37	12	9	21	0.57	28	Peterborough Petes	OHL
Dalyn Wakely	C	47	19	28	47	1.00	50	Barrie Colts	OHL
Cameron Wright	RW/C	46	9	9	18	0.39	58	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Jacob Perreault	RW	35	2	9	11	0.31	39	Bakersfield Condors	AHL

Defence

Player	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	PIM	Team	League
Beau Akey	42	4	24	28	0.67	24	Barrie Colts	OHL
Bauer Berry	42	1	4	5	0.12	24	Muskegon Lumberjacks	USHL
Paul Fischer	30	2	17	19	0.63	16	University of Notre Dame	NCAA
Philip Kemp	48	7	4	11	0.23	32	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Luca Münzenberger	27	4	7	11	0.41	12	University of Vermont	NCAA
Albin Sundin	19	0	0	0	0	4	Frolunda HC	SHL
Maximus Wanner	21	1	1	2	0.10	28	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Nikita Yevseyev	38	1	1	2	0.05	4	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL
Robbie Attard	42	3	6	9	0.21	42	Bakersfield Condors	AHL

Goaltenders

Player	GP	GAA	SV%	Record	SO	Team	League
Nathaniel Day	50	3.00	.894	22-20-5	2	Flint Firebirds	OHL
Samuel Jonsson	22	1.87	.925	16-5-0	5	BIK Karlskoga	HockeyAllsvenskan
Olivier Rodrigue	31	2.90	.903	14-11-7	1	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Connor Ungar	25	2.70	.904	16-8-1	2	Fort Wayne Comets	ECHL
Eemil Vinni	7	2.02	.910	4–3-0	0	HIFK U20	U20 SM-sarja