Abbotsford Canucks | Season Starting
- Thread starter Mr. Canucklehead
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December 5th
Having only watched him this year, I still have no idea how he only got 4 points in 24 games last year. Even with an injury, that just doesn't compute.Did not see Klimo 33 goal pace happening
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Poor start, coach buried him, minimal ice time and no confidence.
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December 5th
Biggest thing was trying to put an extremely raw Russian teenager in the AHL. Absolute development malpractice.
That was my thought earlier in this thread, until I went back and looked at his stats on Hockey DB.
Actually, for a teenager, his first couple of years in Abbotsford weren't too bad. He played 62 games as an 18-year and had 8 goals 10 assists in 2021-22. The next season he actually suited up in 67 games, and increased his production to 17 goals and 12 assists.
His defensive awareness was lacking at times and he was prone to turnovers that cost him some time riding the pine in both seasons. But that's no more or less than what you'd expect from any teenager trying to adjust to NA pro hockey from the junior leagues in Belarus, which might not even be the hockey equivalent of the BCHL.
It was last season where things hit the wall. Chronically injured, Colliton appeared to lose confidence in him, and he only got into 24 games the entire year.
So while he probably would have benefitted going back to junior, his career in Abby to date hasn't been a complete loss. And this year with a new coach, some maturity and renewed confidence, it looks like he could be finally breaking out.
I watched him quite a bit in Abbotsford for several seasons and his defensive game and attention to details were not existent. He was somewhat productive offensively but was making mistake after mistake at every other aspect of the game. I suspect the language barrier and poor development structure in his early seasons did not help.
He was in over his head trying to learn everything at once far away from home in a language he barely understood. I commend him for trying but he should have been in junior and taken a standard development path.
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Yeah, like "but that's no more or less than what you'd expect from any teenager trying to adjust to NA pro hockey from the junior leagues in Belarus, which might not even be the hockey equivalent of the BCHL" is basically exactly a word-for-word description of why, given his background, it was stupid to just dump him straight into NA pro hockey when he was 18.
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Henderson Silver Knights
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | PIM | Shots | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | A | Geertsen, Mason | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Brisson, Brendan | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | Addison, Calen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Sapovaliv, Matyas | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Johansen, Lucas | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 41 | Hickey, Brandon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 42 | Bowman, Braeden | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | Sedoff, Christoffer | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | C | Bischoff, Jake | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | A | Rondbjerg, Jonas | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Denisenko, Grigori | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 50 | Fleming, Joe | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 53 | Pinard, Simon | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 60 | Hughes, Bear | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 77 | Uchacz, Kai | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 89 | McKay, Riley | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 91 | Jones, Jett | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 92 | Stanick, Sloan | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Goalie | GA | Mins | SA | SVS | G | A | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Vikman, Jesper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 40 | Schmid, Akira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head Coach: Ryan Craig |
| Assistant Coach: Jamie Heward |
| Assistant Coach: Brent Kisio |
| Goaltending Coach: Fred Brathwaite |
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Jonny Lek strips Vegas first rounder Brendan Brisson and walks in alone on Akira Schmid deking five hole and it's 1-0 Abbotsford Canucks.
Mid second shots are 19-6 in favor of Abby.
Mid second shots are 19-6 in favor of Abby.
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Schmid.... 9 playoff games to an AHL regular. The wonder has to be about Silovs.
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Wouters finds Nielsen in the bumper and it's 2-0 Abby late second.
Kudryavtsev quarterbacking the pp first unit from the right point.
2-0 after two as Fleming takes a run at Friedman at the buzzer. Henderson goons Fleming and McKay gooning it up at period's end; Fleming on Friedman and McKay on Pettersson.
Kudryavtsev quarterbacking the pp first unit from the right point.
2-0 after two as Fleming takes a run at Friedman at the buzzer. Henderson goons Fleming and McKay gooning it up at period's end; Fleming on Friedman and McKay on Pettersson.
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Yeah, shots are something like 30-10 after two periods and it's very indicative.
Knights are frankly embarrassing.
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Five holding calls tonight, the latest to Jett Woo.
Tolo looking sharp in limited action tonight.
Tolo looking sharp in limited action tonight.
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Cheap play by HSK, kicking out the skate from underneath Friedman. Typical of their entire weekend: bad, undisciplined.
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