Elite Prospects Rank: 93
6'3 175lbs, from Port Moody
Elite Prospects Scouting Report
Looking for a shutdown defenceman with size, mobility, and potential for major growth? Parker Alcos is your guy. He breezed through big minutes with the Edmonton Oil Kings with a modern, projectable defensive game and flashes of offence.
Mobility forms the basis of Alcos’ game. He’s a fluid skater who achieves full flexion through his stride, retains most of it through his edges, and retains speed through his pivots and transitions. Mobility forms the basis of his detailed defensive game. He wins races on retrievals, controls contact, checks over both shoulders, and leaves pucks into space for a teammate.
“First, the rush defence,” Elite Prospects Dir. of North American scouting Mitchell Brown wrote in February. “Smooth, balanced, and then he darts across and erases plays on the surf. Stick inside every lane. Physical. He doesn’t overextend, either. One sequence, he forced the cutback, then beat the opponent to the other side to get the stop – a great example of dictating as a defender.”
Alcos has both high-level breakout and offence flashes too, even if a bit too infrequent at this stage. On the breakout, he draws and evades pressure, finding weak side targets and using give-andgoes. From the point, he’s always creeping into space on the weak side, usually to shoot but sometimes to pass back across the slot for an even better look.
At times, Alcos’ hands fail him. He gets locked into plays and lacks deception outside his more advanced retrieval game. Translating that to open ice should make Alcos an offensive creator in the WHL.
Tightening up his gap control and puckhandling, while finding more opportunities to create offence and dictate the game, are Alcos’ development keys. He’s a long-term project, but the potential for a No. 5 or even No. 4 defenceman is here.
6'3 175lbs, from Port Moody
Elite Prospects Scouting Report
Looking for a shutdown defenceman with size, mobility, and potential for major growth? Parker Alcos is your guy. He breezed through big minutes with the Edmonton Oil Kings with a modern, projectable defensive game and flashes of offence.
Mobility forms the basis of Alcos’ game. He’s a fluid skater who achieves full flexion through his stride, retains most of it through his edges, and retains speed through his pivots and transitions. Mobility forms the basis of his detailed defensive game. He wins races on retrievals, controls contact, checks over both shoulders, and leaves pucks into space for a teammate.
“First, the rush defence,” Elite Prospects Dir. of North American scouting Mitchell Brown wrote in February. “Smooth, balanced, and then he darts across and erases plays on the surf. Stick inside every lane. Physical. He doesn’t overextend, either. One sequence, he forced the cutback, then beat the opponent to the other side to get the stop – a great example of dictating as a defender.”
Alcos has both high-level breakout and offence flashes too, even if a bit too infrequent at this stage. On the breakout, he draws and evades pressure, finding weak side targets and using give-andgoes. From the point, he’s always creeping into space on the weak side, usually to shoot but sometimes to pass back across the slot for an even better look.
At times, Alcos’ hands fail him. He gets locked into plays and lacks deception outside his more advanced retrieval game. Translating that to open ice should make Alcos an offensive creator in the WHL.
Tightening up his gap control and puckhandling, while finding more opportunities to create offence and dictate the game, are Alcos’ development keys. He’s a long-term project, but the potential for a No. 5 or even No. 4 defenceman is here.
