Prospect Info: 2024 Draft, 9th Overall, Zayne Parekh

[Dack]

I went to the Saginaw Spirit vs Niagara Ice Dogs game tonight. I live 5 minutes from the arena.
Ice Dogs dominated. They won 8-2. Got to see Zayne play. I liked his game, he's a very good skater, played both sides of D, was on PP1 and on the PK.
He didn't get too involved offensively, I don't think he was on the ice for many of the Dogs goals, I'd have to check the stats. I went in saying he's still young, still learning, still has a ways to go. Saginaw just didn't have much to show tonight, but Misa stood out, he looked really good.
Going to post a couple of pics.

He actually wasn't on the ice for any of the Ice Dogs goals. +2 on the night, wasn't even on the ice for the powerplay goals against. I watched the game replay now, Saginaw kind of got rag dolled. It happens to them somewhat frequently, their defensemen are very leaky and their forwards (while skilled) are very small so I think they struggle to maintain possession in the offensive zone which sucks for a D-man like Parekh who loves to create in the O-zone. Usually he's able to get more involved than he was tonight but the Ice Dogs were just in total control this game.

One cool thing about tonight was that prior to this game the Spirit made a deadline deal that sent away their former captain and an alternate captain. Misa was given the C and Parekh was given an A.