Prospect Info: 2024-25 Prospect and Wranglers Thread

[Volica]

18 year old RW (LHS) Jacob Battaglia who was drafted 62nd overall in the 2024 draft. 5 goals and 7 assists.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1843055180969062735

Love when these guys leave camp with fire in their bellies and just put on a show in junior.

 

[Lunatik]

Wranglers Announce 2024-25 Opening Night Roster - Calgary Wranglers

Calgary, AB – The Calgary Wranglers announce today their opening […]

calgarywranglers.com

 

[Lunatik]

Props to the AHL for making neck protection mandatory.

American Hockey League mandates neck protection this season. Will the NHL one day follow suit?

Protective equipment has been a hot topic at every level of hockey since the death of Adam Johnson in October 2023 after his neck was cut by a skate blade during a game in England.

apnews.com

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

Wranglers Announce 2024-25 Opening Night Roster - Calgary Wranglers

Calgary, AB – The Calgary Wranglers announce today their opening […]

calgarywranglers.com

So Lipinksi made it on a PTO? SO the Flames have to sign him to an ELC for him to play right?

 

[Lunatik]

So Lipinksi made it on a PTO? SO the Flames have to sign him to an ELC for him to play right?

Nope, players on PTOs can play in the AHL, but while under the PTO their GP is limited to 25. They're often used mid-season when organizational injuries have the AHL team short-handed, rather than forcing them to sign copious amounts of AHL contracts.

 

[Lunatik]

Wranglers are down 4-3

Not watching, nor listening, so I can't comment on how they've played.

• Kerins has 2 goals, Pelt w/ an assist on each of them. They're playing w/ Dryden Hunt.
• Solo has the 3rd goal. He's paired w/ Grush, talk about a big shutdown pair.
• Brzust got an apple on the first Kerins goal for his first career point, he's playing with Kuznetsov.
• Morton had a helper on Solo's tally, he's playing with Frk and Stromgren.
• Other lines/pairings... Tinordi and Poirier are together... Bishop is w/ Ciona and Duehr on the 3rd line... and Bell, Nikolayev and Lipinski are the 4th line.
• Cooley is between the pipes and has allowed 4 on 23 shots.

Wranglers on the PP w/ 3 min left

 

[Lunatik]

Wranglers lose.

 

[JPeeper]

Good to see Battaglia explode offensively to start the year. Got another 2 goals so he's up to 7g7a in 6 games played. He's really the only one off to a hot start, everyone else is hovering around a PPG to start the year. Basha and Gridin are both at 2G 3A in 6GP which isn't great, but obviously VERY early. Aydar Suniev has 4 goals in 2 games played for UMASS. Hoping he can maintain at least a ppg season in the NCAA (anything more is a bonus in my eyes), I think that'd be very good season for him.