Edmonton Oilers prospect roundup: Who to expect to get some NHL icetime

This past week was a low-event time for the Edmonton Oilers prospect pipeline. CHL seasons wrap up later this week, and awards are starting to be handed out to European players. As playoffs start to kickoff expect teams like Lokomotiv Yarlslavl (Maxim Beryozkin), BIK Karlskoga (Samuel Jonsson), and the London Knights, (William Nicholl and Sam O’Reilly) to be main contenders in their leagues playoffs.

Lets get into the events this week.

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.

Oilers in the system most likely to see NHL games

With playoff season coming up, in case of injury here are the five most likely Oilers to be called up:

1. James Hamblin: a shifty NHL ready scorer that can provide quality secondary offence from the oilers bottom six.
2. Matthew Savoie: there’s little this prospect doesn’t have from quality skating, to puck skills, and high end senses. The furture top-six forward could really prove his worth if given the opportunity.
3. Derek Ryan: the experienced vet has bounced around the NHL and AHL a bit this season, in event of an injury expect his name to be one of the first called up.
4. Josh Brown: the physical defensive orientated defender does not light up the scoresheet, but proves to be a capable and responsible defender that the coaches could trust.
5. Noah Philp: expect the former University of Alberta Golden Bear to be a reliable fourth line centre for Edmonton if called up. Grit, and energy are his focal points.

Edmonton Oilers prospect updates

AHL

• As of Tuesday morning the Bakersfield Condors have been 1–2–0 this past week. They play the Colorado Eagles in back-to-back games on March 18 and 19.
• In terms of playoffs the Condors are on the outside looking in. They sit 25–22–9 on the season, and are currently eighth in the AHL’s pacific division.
• A flurry of moves yesterday, Derek Ryan got called up to the Oilers. Defender Kyle Meyhew signed a PTO with the Condors, and forward Ethan Keppen got called up from Fort Wayne.

ECHL

• The Fort Wayne Komets sit second in their division, and third in their conference with a 36–19–5 record, and look poised to make a playoff run.
• The Komets went 2–1–0 this past week splitting a pair of games with the Wheeling Nailers on March 14 and 15, and collecting a victory against the Indy Fuel on the 16.
• Ungar collected a win, making 26 of 29 stops against the Wheeling Nailers on March 15.

Europe

• Jonsson got named Swedish Allsvenskan goalie of the year. The next stop for his development would be the top tier of Swedish hockey in the SHL. He collected one win this past week, in a 6–2 victory over IK Oskarshamn.

NCAA

• Luca Münzenberger and Joel Maatta continue to be a workhorses for the University of Vermont, regularly averaging 23:00, and 20:00 of TOI a game respectively.

OHL

• Barrie Colts defender had a two point game against the IceDogs last Wednesday, and appeared in three games this past week. Colts teammate Dalyn Wakely had a monster week, posting eight points, and a +6 rating across four games. Wakely looks to be ready for pro-hockey next season.
• Brady Stonehouse posted an assist across three games against Brampton, Kingston, and Sudbury this past week.
• Nicholl was on a roll, posting an assist in his last four games this past week. O’Reilly on the other hand only appeared in one game this past week, but did find the back of the net.

Forwards

Player	Position	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	PIM	Team	League
Maxim Beryozkin	RW	64	14	26	40	0.63	18	Yaroslavl Lokomitiv	KHL
Connor Clattenburg	LW	46	16	19	35	0.76	108	Flint Firebirds	OHL
Matt Copponi	C	35	4	16	20	0.57	10	Boston University	NCAA
Maxim Denezhkin	C	56	9	7	16	0.29	18	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL
Jayden Grubbe	C/RW	55	2	10	12	0.22	44	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
James Hamblin	C/LW	35	10	18	28	0.80	20	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Roby Järventie	LW/RW	2	0	2	2	1.00	0	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Tomas Mazura	C	20	4	8	12	0.60	2	BK Mlada Boleslav	Czechia
Joel Määttä	C	35	9	18	27	0.77	16	University of Vermont	NCAA
William Nicholl	C/LW	63	18	35	53	0.84	31	London Knights	OHL
Sam O’Reilly	C	60	27	41	68	1.13	38	London Knights	OHL
Matvei Petrov	LW/RW	40	8	7	15	0.38	8	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Matthew Savoie	C/W	50	16	25	41	0.82	18	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
James Stefan	RW/LW	40	3	0	3	0.08	8	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Brady Stonehouse	RW/LW	45	14	12	26	0.58	37	Peterborough Petes	OHL
Dalyn Wakely	C	52	22	33	55	1.04	52	Barrie Colts	OHL
Cameron Wright	RW/C	54	11	10	21	0.39	66	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Jacob Perreault	RW	42	2	11	13	0.31	41	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Petr Hauser	RW	26	1	3	4	0.15	6	HC Vitkovice	Czechia
Noah Philp	C/RW	42	11	10	21	0.50	23	Bakersfield Condors	AHL

Defence

Player	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	PIM	Team	League
Beau Akey	51	6	26	32	0.63	30	Barrie Colts	OHL
Bauer Berry	48	1	5	6	0.13	26	Muskegon Lumberjacks	USHL
Paul Fischer	36	2	19	21	0.58	16	University of Notre Dame	NCAA
Philip Kemp	53	7	5	12	0.23	39	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Luca Münzenberger	31	5	7	12	0.39	18	University of Vermont	NCAA
Albin Sundin	25	0	0	0	0	6	AIK	Allsvenskan
Nikita Yevseyev	38	1	1	2	0.05	4	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL
Robbie Attard	50	5	7	12	0.24	48	Bakersfield Condors	AHL

Goaltenders

Player	GP	GAA	SV%	Record	SO	Team	League
Nathaniel Day	57	3.09	.893	25-24-5	2	Flint Firebirds	OHL
Samuel Jonsson	24	1.88	.922	17-6-0	6	BIK Karlskoga	HockeyAllsvenskan
Olivier Rodrigue	37	2.94	.900	18-13-7	1	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Connor Ungar	28	2.76	.901	17-9-2	2	Fort Wayne Comets	ECHL
Eemil Vinni	7	2.02	.910	4-3-0	0	HIFK U20	U20 SM-sarja