The Senators lost their third game in a row and didn’t look very good in the process.  They started with a physical tone that faded as the game wound on (likely a reaction to the officiating–it was not a great night for Marcus Vinnerborg and Kevin Pollock).  Despite a lack of results Chris Neil and Bobby Butler were still on the powerplay while the first unit spent much of a 5-on-3 passing the puck around on the outside (a simplified powerplay was where they found success earlier in the season).  For the box score go here link.  A look at the goals:
1. Vancouver, Edler (pp)
Phillips screens Anderson who over commits the wrong way
2. Vancouver, Kesler
A 2-on-1 where Spezza gives up on the backcheck allowing Kesler to score easily
3. Vancouver, Kesler (pp)
Smith misses the puck boucing off the backboards and Phillips can’t control Kesler in front who bangs it in
4. Greening (Spezza, Lee)
Luongo over commits to the deke and leaves Greening with a wide open net
5. Vancouver, Weise (sh)
Dekes Neil and then Anderson

Top-performers
Jared Cowen – he wasn’t spectacular, but played a safe, steady game
Daniel Alfredsson – he didn’t pick up a point, but he was strong on the puck and played hard at both ends

Players who struggled
Chris Phillips – was the key figure for two goals against
Jason Spezza – needs to simplify his game, but the main reason he’s here is because is he skaes hard for a few more strides the second Vancouver goal doesn’t happen
Craig Anderson – tonight wasn’t all his fault, but he isn’t paid to be average
Milan Michalek – no shots, no scoring chances, and a minus player

The Binghamton Senators lost their third game in a row (out shot 42-17), with the depleted lineup getting goals from Rob Klinkhammer and Mike Hoffman (Mike McKenna took the loss).  Craig Schira lead the team at -3.  I did not see the game so I’m reliant on reports on it–for the box score go here link and for Joy Lindsay’s summary go here link.

Elmira won last night, with Brian Stewart getting the win and Louie Caporusso adding a goal.

December 11, 2011
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–Peter Regin joins Matt Carkner in returning to the lineup; Zenon Konopka comes out of the lineup.  There’s no sign of Nikita Filatov and the longer this drags on the more I begin to wonder if Paul MacLean wants him on the team.

–The Ottawa Citizen‘s Ken Warren writes about Ottawa’s third period collapses (link), with Paul MacLean stating the obvious, “The guys that turned over (the puck), the mistakes we made weren’t just the  young guys, so we can’t just paint it with that broad brush.”

-Binghamton lost their second game in a row last night.  Playing with just five defenseman, they only scored one goal (Andre Petersson), but the big news out of the game was Patrick Wiercioch getting hit in the throat by a puck and then rushed to hospital.  Joy Lindsay reports that he’s in stable condition (link).  For the box score go here link and for Joy’s game summary go here link.

–Tim Conboy returns to action for Binghamton after missing the last seven games; Jack Downing and Mike Ratchuk are filling out the roster and Mike McKenna gets the start

-In a classic case of skewed priorities, the NHL (and the media that covers it) wasted a great deal of time having a hissy fit over Artem Anisimov‘s goal-scoring celebration.  Player celebrations used to be something the NHL used to differentiate themselves from the non-demonstrative Soviet-style of hockey, but that’s no longer the case.  Given all the rhetoric that’s poured out I wonder if the proper behaviour would have been Anisimov apologising to Mathieu Garon because he embarrassed him by scoring.  If the NHL spent this kind of energy on serious issues the league would be in much better shape.

December 10, 2011
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–The Ottawa Sun‘s Bruce Garrioch writes about last night’s game (link), with Jesse Winchester summing it up, “It’s not a nice feeling here now. We were in control of the game and we were playing pretty well. We had the upper hand early, but they (scored) too much in the third. We were able to push it to overtime, but we’re left feeling pretty empty right now.”  Alex Auld took blame on himself, “I don’t know if I’ve gone this late (without a win). I’ve got to keep battling.”

–The Silver Seven‘s Mark Parisi wants to get onboard the Nick Foligno train (link).  Like Parisi, I had given up on Foligno being more than a third-line winger (link).  Normally when a player breaks out you can point to increased ice time, but Foligno has benefitted from numerous opportunities in the past and simply been unable to produce enough.  The only change that’s apparent is the coaching staff, so either Foligno has evolved on his own or else the approach of Paul MacLean has helped.  Regardless, the good play hasn’t been going on for a full six weeks yet and 17 games is a trend not a career change, but it’s great to see how good Foligno can be.

–Robin Lehner is expected to get the start tonight; Binghamton has only five healthy blueliners, but there’s no word yet on an ECHL call-up.

–Sports Illustrated writes about Carolina prospect Mike Murphy earning a loss without surrendering a goal (link), the first time that’s happened in the NHL

December 9, 2011
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–Bobby Butler remains in the lineup going into tonight’s game; Alex Auld gets a rare start

–The Ottawa Sun‘s Aedan Helmer writes about last night’s game (link), with Chris Neil seemingly pretty forgiving of Ovechkin‘s spear, “I don’t see (Ovechkin) as that type of player and we played each other hard the rest of the night.”  But Don Brennan has a longer quote (link) where Neil implies a suspension should be forthcoming, “It was almost like a pitchfork, right in the gut. It’s frustrating, no call on the play, and I end up getting the penalty. Obviously people have seen the replay on it and they’ve seen that he catches me. We make mistakes out there, and so do the refs. Hopefully the league will review it and make the right call.”

-In the same Brennan article he quotes Erik Condra about the process of becoming a complete player, “You can learn defence. You can learn how to play smart in your own zone. And I think I’ve done that.”

–The Silver Seven‘s Adnan writes about last night’s game (link) and while I mostly agree with his article I take issue with two comments.  He had Erik Karlsson listed as one of his “underwhelming” players who was “victimised several times by Ovechkin“.  Other than one play in particular (where Ovechkin was able to drive wide around Karlsson and get a scoring chance), I thought Karlsson was fine (his partner, Cowen, struggled more with his pivots last night, with both Ovechkin and Semin blowing by him).  The second assertion was about the struggling first line (Greening-Spezza-Butler) and I’d simply qualify that to say when Greening played with anyone else (or when Michalek replaced Butler) he was fine, so I don’t think Greening was as culpable as his linemates.

–SenShot‘s Jared Crozier thinks he’s spotted a technical weakness in Craig Anderson‘s game (link).  For me the primary problem with Anderson is that he allows a soft goal every game.

-Joy Lindsay has her post-game comments posted (link), with Kurt Kleinendorst saying, “You know what, I thought our honest guys were honest. I mean, I can give you a handful of guys. I thought Robin gave us a chance to win. I thought Gratchev was really good. I thought Cowick was really good. Klinkhammer. I mean, I thought we had some guys that played well. Boro always plays well. Carkner was fine. I call those the honest guys. Those are the guys that you can take to the bank every single night. But I don’t think we were all in, for sure.”  On how to get all the players to give an honest effort, “That’s the million-dollar question. I mean, you put their fannies on the bench. But again, it’s a long year. There are going to be nights like tonight where you try to push buttons, but where do you go? How many guys do you sit down? And then when you sit them down, what’s left? So you’ve got to challenge. There’s motivation in sports for sure.”  There entire article is worth reading, so I recommend you check it out.

-The injuries continue to pile up in Binghamton, with Derek Grant on crutches and Josh Godfrey injured (link)

-Elmira’s Brian Stewart was named ECHL Goaltender of the Week last week

–The Hockey News‘ Ryan Kennedy hopes the World Junior rosters are picked based on talent and need instead of politics (link), but there’s no doubt politics will continue to play a role.  While Kennedy talks about the decision by the Czech team last year to leave off some of their better players who were in the CHL, he doesn’t bring up the gold medal winning Russians who did the same thing.  The idea of punishing players for playing junior in Canada seems to be ebbing away from the US side (in large part because so many top players come here now), but some of the European leagues will continue to punish their nationals for leaving home.

December 8, 2011
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Washington continued their mastery over Ottawa in a game the Sens probably deserved to lose.  The Caps dominated the first period, but allowed the Sens to take an early third period lead.  Paul MacLean stuck with combinations that were not working a bit longer than I would have liked (first line and powerplay configuration), although he made a good switch defensively putting the fourth line against Ovechkin.  Speaking of the Great Eight, one wonders if he’ll face any discipline for spearing Chris Neil (I doubt it, but the league has suspended him before).  For the box score go here link.  Here are the goals:
1. Washington, Halpern
Greening loses his man and Brian Lee doesn’t pick him up as Halpern cashes in on a juicy rebound
2. Condra (Karlsson, Smith)
Great play by Condra to cash in on Karlsson‘s deflected shot
3. Foligno (Gonchar)
At the end of a 5-on-3 Foligno walks around the Caps and cashes in with a one-handed back-hand
4. Washington, Backstrom (pp)
Phillips inexplicably goes down as Brooks Laich skates wide, leaving Backstrom open (Smith stopped skating on the back check just as the pass occurred)
5. Washington, Ovechkin
Anderson bites on the faked slapshot and is beat five-hole on a shot he could have had
6. Washington, Brouwer
Rundblad gets caught watching the puck and doesn’t have Brouwer‘s stick tied up as he cashes in on a pass from the corner
7. Michalek (Greening) (pp)
Greening is able to retrieve the puck on a lost faceoff and Michalek cashes in short side
8. Washington, Carlson (en)
Karlsson‘s pass to Alfredsson is deflected and Carlson scores from behind his own blueline

Top-performers:
Erik Karlsson – was strong defensively tonight and assisted on the Sens first goal
Erik Condra – scored and was good in all three zones

Players who struggled:
Bobby Butler – it’s strange, but for the longest time Butler could do nothing to get himself elevated to the top line, but now that he’s there it appears he can do nothing to get removed from it
Jason Spezza – at some point he has to produce and be the team’s dominant offensive player; he was also a team worst -3
Brian Lee – played the fewest minute of any player on the team–clearly the coaching stuff has lost their confidence in him

Binghamton got a fantastic performance from Robin Lehner (35 saves, including 18 in the first period), but couldn’t score and lost to Wilkes-Barre.  I did not see the game so I’m reliant on reports of it.  Eric Gryba did not play, but I haven’t read why.  For the box score go here link and for Joy Lindsay’s game summary go here link.

Elmira won 5-4 tonight, with Brian Stewart earning another win and Jack Downing picking up a goal.  Louie Caporusso did not play.

December 7, 2011
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-There are no lineup changes reported for tonight’s game

–Filip Kuba is going to be out 3-4 with his shoulder injury, meaning the Sens earn themselves a reprieve from an overcrowded blueline when Matt Carkner returns tomorrow

–The Ottawa Sun‘s Don Brennan looks at the keys to Ottawa’s success are so far this year (link), with Zack Smith talking about leadership, “On the ice and in the room. We have a young team, so that’s a big part of it. We have some older, veteran players who have been around for a while, and it’s nice to have cool heads within the group. They help out a lot with that.”  Paul MacLean talks about the 200-foot game and skating, “What we’ve tried to establish is a work ethic for 60 or 65 minutes, depending on how long the games are. I think that belief that we can skate for 60 minutes has been a very positive thing for us. The results obviously build confidence. And I think it’s becoming part of our identity as a team, that we play for 60 minutes or 65 minutes, and we play hard. I know it’s a priority for me, that our team is able to skate.”

-Brennan also writes about the upcoming return of Peter Regin (link), who skated in practice yesterday and is looking forward to returning to contact drills.  The hope is that this is the end of his shoulder problems, but Regin remains a realist,  “You never know. That’s why we were taking such a long time, to make sure we gave it the best chance.”

–Senators Extra’s Ken Warren writes about the Binghamton line of Daugavins–Smith–Condra (link), which doesn’t contain much new although it has a good quote from Daugavins, “This is my opportunity, right, so I have to play shift by shift and obviously, you’re a little nervous at the start and you don’t want to screw up your chance and you go 100 miles per hour per shift.”

-Rob Brodie, writing for the Sens website, looks at the pairing of Karlsson and Cowen (link), with Paul MacLean saying about the latter, “He’s a high, high draft pick, so I knew he was going to be a good player. Ever since he came here, he’s made the most of his opportunities and progressed a lot. He’s doing the things a young guy coming into the league should do and he’ll keep improving.”

–David Rundblad writes that Chris Phillips was very helpful to him early in the season giving him tips on his game (link)

-Warren also talked to Zenon Konopka about the brain study on Derek Boogaard (link).  Konopka had an interesting and thoughtful response, “I’m sure (brain damage) has happened to a lot of people that have passed on and something that can happen to people that haven’t taken hits to the head. We haven’t done enough science on it. Look at NFL football. There are over 40 concussions a week in NFL football and you don’t really hear about that. I think there’s more cause for concern there than in our sport. Is our sport perfect? Absolutely not. Should we try to improve our sport? Absolutely. But you also have to take everything with a grain of salt, too. What people have to remember too is that there are guys in the minors that are doing this. I did this in the minors for $350 (a week) in the East Coast Hockey League, so it’s not just the National Hockey League dealing with fighting and taking hits to the head. It’s something where we will work with science to help the problem.”  As interesting as this is, I’m not sure how much science you need to realise getting hit in the head repeatedly is not good for the brain.

–Sports Illustrated‘s power rankings are out (link), with Ottawa 18th (Adrian Dater writes “The fact that they’re in a playoff spot today is one of the season’s minor miracles“)

-Binghamton lineups this morning (link): Klinkhammer-Da Costa-Petersson, Hoffman-Armstrong-Grant, Gratchev-Cannone-Bartlett, Cowick-Hamilton-Lessard; Borowiecki-Carkner, Wiercioch-Schira, Raymond-Godfrey (Gryba is expected to play).

-Joy Lindsay confirmed that David Dziurzynski has a concussion, while Mark Parrish and Tim Conboy are expected to miss another week; Jim O’Brien is weeks away, while Corey Locke is trying to rebuild the strength in his hand and hopes to be back before Christmas (link).

-Joy writes about the addition of Rob Klinkhammer (link), with assistant coach Steve Stirling (who coached him previously) saying, “When they ask my opinion, which sometimes they do, I certainly appreciate that — especially guys that I’ve coached. He’s just a quality person. For me, that’s the most important quality of any hockey player. He’s just a really good person. I knew that, because I had him his rookie year. And he didn’t play much for me. He was fourth line, just one of those kids that was happy to be there. But as he played, he got better and better and better. We started using him killing penalties that year because he proved he could do it. I knew the character was good. He can skate like the wind. He’s 6-foot-3, 205-pounds, and can skate. I can’t teach that. That’s a quality that is awfully good, because the game is about speed. And he’s not afraid to work. Now, he’s not the most physical, but he’s physical. He will finish his checks, he will close his gaps, so he can forecheck, he can backcheck. And what I liked about him — and, again, I didn’t see it coming, because he was fourth line for me all year and every once in a while, short-term, would go third line and did fine that way — I had him a year, and then I followed his career. After that, he went to Rockford. He had 12 (goals) for me, had 15 the next year, probably played third line on a regular basis. And the next year, again. And that might have been his first NHL contract, because with me, he was on an AHL contract. And then, all of a sudden, he gets an NHL call-up last year, he goes and gets 17 goals and 29 assists, so he’s really matured as a player to certainly more than what I saw, just based on his numbers. This is not a third-line player anymore. It’s a great third-line player who can probably play on a second line. And I think that’s what you’ll see. So it was easy for me.”

-In the same article Joy quotes Kurt Kleinendorst about Andre Petersson, “I think Andre has made as much progress as any player we have down here, in regards to everything — the way he plays with the puck … he’s really turning into a complete player, and I think where he’s probably made the most progress is his play without the puck.”

Here are some more articles on NHL realignment:
–Post Media‘s Bruce Arthur (link) points out potential problems (“Florida is now an orphaned state, hockey’s big toe“), but like nearly everyone else likes the change.  He illustrates one of the major benefits, “However, there is a bigger picture here, as there has to be. If you look at this  plan, you see a league in which it would now be quite easy to move a franchise  here or a franchise there. Got a seven-team division? Make it eight. In an  eight-team division? Well, now it’s seven.”
-Puck Daddy (Greg Wyshynski, link) see’s the winners as Gary Bettman, Detroit, Columbus, Dallas, Washington, traditional rivalries (he means the post-WHA divisional rivalries), regular-season television, and expansion.  The losers are Canadian teams (six of seven in two conferences), Florida teams, Carolina, Phoenix, Columbus (yes, they were winners and losers), playoff-TV in the States (repetitive match-ups, greater chance of all-Canadian match-ups, and losing potential Original Six teams in the Pacific time zone), good teams in tough conferences suffering, non-traditional rivalries, NHLPA, and Cinderella teams (no more 1 versus 8 upsets).
–The Silver Seven‘s Adnan makes a sensible list of pros and cons (link)
Pros: divisional playoffs; more possibilities for Stanley Cup final (anyone outside your own conference); fans see every team; time zones (no team is more than one hour away in time difference from any of their conference opponents)
Cons: playoffs could get repetitive; unfair to eight team conferences; play former conference opponents less; Canadian teams clustered (six of the seven Canadian teams in two conferences); Florida teams in northeast conference

For my part, I think realignment is a mixed bag–I remember the old divisional rivalries very well and it was mostly frustrating to watch the same match-ups (typically with the same results) over and over again.  Geographically aligning teams makes all kinds of sense and I believe the current arrangement is a prelude to relocation (Phoenix for sure–Quebec must have a quid pro quo agreement with Bettman to get public money for their arena–but other teams moving seems likely).  I anticipate fans will enjoy the change for the first 5-6 years before there’s a clammering for a return to the 1 versus 8 arrangement.

December 7, 2011
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–The Ottawa Sun‘s Bruce Garrioch writes about last night’s win (link), with Daniel Alfredsson saying “It wasn’t one of our best games, but it was nice after a long road trip to come home and win right away. It’s huge. They’re a stingy team. They’re good defensively and being down a goal partway through the third, it’s nice to win the way we did.”

–The Ottawa Citizen‘s Ken Warren’s write-up about the game (link) includes Paul MacLean’s comments about the win, “The goalie played real good in the second period and gave us an opportunity to be tied going into the third period and the team took charge in the third period. I thought the play of the Zack Smith line was outstanding all night long. They did a good job against the (Steven) Stamkos group and they came up with a couple of big goals, as well.”

-Ian Mendes Tweets (link) that Ottawa’s has now won three times in regulation when trailing in 3rd period–as many as they’ve had in last three seasons combined (via the Elias Sports Bureau)

-TSN’s power rankings (link) have Ottawa 21st (just like everyone else)

-Joy Lindsay Tweets Binghamton’s lines at practice (link): Klinkhammer-Da Costa-Petersson, Hoffman-Grant-Armstrong, Gratchev-Bartlett-Cannone, Cowick-Hamilton-Lessard; Borowiecki-Carkner, Wiercioch-Gryba, Raymond-Schira.

With NHL realignment approved (26 of 30 team’s voted for the change; for a visual go here link), everyone is weighing in with their opinions:
–The Hockey News‘ Ken Campbell likes the plan (link), “But we still have no idea whether there’s a possibility of two teams from the east or two teams from the west meeting in the Stanley Cup final because, in true NHL fashion, the board deferred that crucial detail until later. We do know the top four teams in each conference will qualify for the playoffs and will spend the first two rounds deciding which of those four will move on to the two semifinals.  What we don’t know is which format the playoffs will take after that. We have no idea whether the league will pit the winners of Conference A and B – which make up the western teams – and C and D – which make up the eastern teams – in the semifinals. Or will there be some kind of geographical crossover in the semis that could conceivably result in two eastern- or two western-based teams playing for the Stanley Cup?”
-ESPN’s Scott Burnside has nothing but praise for the change (link), as does Sportsnet‘s Mark Spector (link) and The Edmonton Sun‘s  Terry Jones joins the chorus of praise (link)
-TSN’s Bob McKenzie does have questions about realignment, but has yet to put those views into a column.  From what’s reported his major objection relates to what happened in the old six division set-up the NHL had in the 1980s, when good teams would miss the playoffs because they were in a strong division.  This is a definite possibility.  On the other hand I do think the change will help rivalries, but I can’t help but recall the complaints about the post-lockout format that also put a heavy emphasis on divisional play (8 games versus division opponents, for 32 of 82 games).  There are admittedly more teams in realignment (so 5 or 6 against each, for 30-32 of 82 games), but I wonder if we’ll hear the same exasperation in the media after a few years that there isn’t enough variety at the arena.

December 6, 2011
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–Nikita Filatov will sit tonight and Brian Lee will play as Filip Kuba continues to recover (MacLean is using Butler over Filatov based purely on work ethic, “[Butler] has worked real hard through training camp as well as into the course of the season, and has developed has game to the point that the opportunity to play [on the first line]“).

–The Ottawa Sun‘s Don Brennan writes about the performance of Jared Cowen (link), who is enjoying a strong rookie campaign.  His minutes have gone up the last three games while Kuba has been out of the lineup.  While the coaching staff truly is pleased with his performance, it’s worth pointing out he’s the only left-handed blueliner who likes to play his strong side (besides Kuba) and the Sens have had only one powerplay in each of the last two games (cutting into time played by Gonchar, Karlsson, and Rundblad).

-In the same article Kaspars Daugavins talks about blocking an Alexander Ovechkin shot, “My arm went numb. I thought the top of it was going to fall off.”

-ESPN, Sportsnet, and The Hockey News‘ power rankings are up (link, link, and link), with Ottawa 21st in all three

–The Silver Seven‘s Mark Parisi takes his look at the week that was for Ottawa (link) and I agree with virtually everything he says with one puzzling exception: he has David Rundblad as trending downward despite saying “As Cowen‘s minutes have increased, Rundblad‘s have decreased. We’re not sure why.”  There’s an obvious answer (MacLean doesn’t fully trust Rundblad on his off-side and refuses to put Lee there), but isn’t this Parisi’s (or Silver Seven‘s) list?  If he/they like how Rundblad is playing, why trend him down?

-Binghamton stormed back from a two goal deficit to defeat Connecticut 4-3, bringing their record with Matt Carkner in the line-up to 2-0.  Robin Lehner got the win and Andre Petersson scored twice (Derek Grant and Rob Klinkhammer had the other goals).  For the box score go here link, for Joy Lindsay’s game summary go here link.

-Joy Lindsay’s post-game article is up (link), with Kurt Kleinendorst saying “I think we’ve been playing pretty well lately. It’s unfortunate we found a way to lose that game (Saturday night). But even though we haven’t always had the right results, I think we’ve been playing very well, really starting to get it. We were playing really well, then a marginal call gave them a power play, and it took them about 10 seconds to score a goal. Then we weren’t ready for the next shift, which is an important shift. That’s probably my fault for putting the wrong guys out there. But that’s how I learn. That’s how we all learn. We got right back to it. If we are playing the game the way we needed to play — the right way, no matter what the score — we’ll be just fine. The guys just kept going along, playing the game the right way.  Any time you can take four out of six (points), with two (games) on the road. But on the other hand, we were so close last night, had such a nice opportunity last night, and that just shows we’re not quite where we need to be. But we’re starting to make progress. I see things with this group that I like.  I think now that Steph‘s [Da Costa] here, we made a change, and that was a nice line. That was the line that helped us get it done offensively. But it was also the line I was referring to after the goal. There are going to be some growing pains, but if we can get that group to be playing both sides of the puck, we’ll be in good shape. Klinkhammer had one, Petey [Petersson] had two, and Da Costa had one that was questionable, probably a goal. Three goals out of one line is something we have not had often.  He [Klinkhammer] is exactly what we thought he was going to be. He’s fast, he’s not going to be overly physical, but he’s certainly physical. He’s what I call an honest player. He plays both sides of the puck.”

-Elmira won 2-1 in a shootout, with Brian Stewart picking up the win and Jack Downing going pointless.  Louie Caporusso did not play.

-Prospect updates (their position in team scoring is noted in brackets, defence compared to defence; I’ve also indicated if the player’s scoring position has change (with a + for up, – for down, and = for unchanged):
CHL
Mark Stone (Brandon, WHL) 31-25-36-61 (1st=)
Shane Prince (Ottawa 67s, OHL) 23-14-22-36 (3rd=)
Matt Puempel (Peterborough, OHL) 29-17-15-32 (1st+)  
Jean-Gabriel Pageau (Gatineau, QMJHL) 17-18-13-31 (1st=) (injured)
Stefan Noesen (Plymouth, OHL) 25-8-21-29 (3rd=)
Jakub Culek (Rimouski, QMJHL) 27-6-13-19 (5th=)
Darren Kramer (Spokane, WHL) 25-11-7-18 (5th-)
Jordan Fransoo (Brandon, WHL) 31-1-5-6 (4th=)
SEL
Jakob Silfverberg (Brynas) 25-11-11-22 (t-1st+)
Mika Zibanejad (Djurgarden) 11-3-2-5 (14th+)  
Fredrik Claesson (Djurgarden) 27-1-4-5 (4th=)
Allsvenskan
Marcus Sorensen (Boras) 11-2-4-6 (8th=)
NCAA
Ryan Dzingel (CCHA-Ohio State) 15-5-10-15 (t-2nd-)
Ben Blood (WCHA-North Dakota) 16-2-7-9 (t-1st+)  
Bryce Aneloski (WCHA-Nebraska-Omaha) 18-1-8-9 (t-2nd-)
Chris Wideman (CCHA-Miami) 18-1-7-8 (1st=)
Max McCormick (CCHA-Ohio State) 8-2-3-5 (11th-)
Michael Sdao (ECAC-Princeton) 12-4-1-5 (2nd=)
Jeff Costello (CCHA-Notre Dame) 13-0-4-4 (13th-)
Brad Peltz (ECAC-Yale) 2-0-0-0 (=)

December 5, 2011
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