Love TPP's summaries on Kolyachonok
Rest of the CHL:
- The Seattle Thunderbirds are having a bad start of the season. Scored only seven goals while surrendering 17 in four WHL games so far, adding a 1-5 loss on Friday. Wedman and Rybiski now playing next to each other on the top line. Rybinski newly with an A and back to playing RW, pointless two games in a row; Wedman (who's the team's new captain) had 9 SOG but was also pointless; was on the PK for a goal against and looked pretty useless in that sequence but I'm just highlight watching so I might have missed something.
- Schwindt collects two more assists for Mississagua in a 6-2 win, bringing him to 1+6 in five games. Good net presence and scramble there; hopefully he can get some more goals soon.
- Meireles - first game of the regular season, scores the GWG and finishes 1+2 (both primary assists) in a 6-4 win. Good start to his final season in juniors.
-Ludving scores another goal in a 2-4 loss, now 3+2 in four games, on ice for both his team's goals and for two goals against: one was a 3-on-5 PK so tough to blame him, the other was a shorthanded 2-on-1 breakaway - not sure what happened there but he was nowhere near his own net when the goal happened (no idea where he was - record lists him on ice but didn't see him there). I have to say I love Ludvig's shot - it's powerfu and dangerous (scored another top corner goal). Was he shooting like this last year also or is it a new skill? Currently 4th in WHL d-men scoring - this probably won't last as he won't kept scoring with a 23% success rate forever but it's still nice. And I'd love him to prove all the people wrong who dismissed him as one of the worst picks in the draft.
Europe:
Denisenko with his 2 points in ten games is starting to worry me. I understand playing on a bad team, being snakebit, playing low minutes (though not recently) etc. etc.... but this is yet another year that he has been expected to produce more and doesn't, and at some point the excuses ran out. His international performances have been excellent and he was always going to be a long-term project... but when is that potential going to start showing on the score sheet?
Kinnunnen still alternating between being scratched and not doing much in Liiga. Disappointing start of the season.
Schutz keeping up his pointless streak (still 2+1 in 8 games).
Lammikko with 8 points in 8 games, playing's Karpat's 1C.