Kreider Gaining Confidence, Hagelin Lighting It Up

It’s amazing what a strong World Juniors tournament can do for a young player. Kreider, who was struggling to find his game at BC in his freshman year, led the tournament in goals, and that confidence is transferring to his college game, where he is beginning to find his stride. In his 11 games since the tournament, Kreider has put up 8 goals and a +5 rating. In his previous 15 games, Kreider had just 2 goals and a +6 rating (with 3 assists).

Rangers prospect Carl Hagelin (5th round, 2008), a relatively unknown prospect in the Rangers world, is lighting it up for the Michigan Wolverines. In 35 games so far this year, Hagelin is scoring at over a point per game, while playing in one of the toughest conferences in college hockey. Hagelin has turned into a very pleasant surprise, hopefully he can continue it at the professional level.

Canadian Juniors:

• Ethan Werek; Kingston Frontenacs, OHL: 49 GP, 24G, 29A, 54 PIM, +11
• Chris Doyle; PEI Rocket/Victoriaville Tigres, QMJHL: 56 GP, 21G, 38A, 49 PIM, +3
• Ryan Bourque; Quebec Remparts, QMJHL: 42GP, 18G, 24A, 20 PIM, +8
• Roman Horak; Chilliwack Bruins, WHL: 56 GP, 16G, 23A, 24 PIM, +11
• Sam Klassen; Saskatoon Blades, WHL: 58 GP, 3G, 26A, 79 PIM, +32
• Tomas Kundratek; Medicine Hat Tigers, WHL: 57 GP, 2G, 28A, 54 PIM, +11

NCAA:

• Ryan McDonagh; Wisconsin: 31 GP, 4G, 10A, 51 PIM, +13
• Derek Stepan; Wisconsin: 29 GP, 8G, 29A, 6 PIM, +2
• Chris Kreider; Boston College: 26 GP, 10G, 3A, 18 PIM, +11
• Carl Hagelin; Michigan: 35 GP, 13G, 24A, 16 PIM, +8

International:

• Roman Psurny; HC Slovan Ustecti Lvi, CZ 1.Liga: 37 GP, 16G, 20A, 28 PIM, +23

AHL:

• Bobby Sanguinetti: 43 GP, 6G, 22A, 20 PIM, -8
• Evgeny Grachev: 59 GP, 12G, 13A, 14 PIM, -8
• Ilkka Heikkenin: 51 GP, 7G, 22A, 10 PIM, -2
• Chad Johnson: 14-11-2, 2.45 GAA, .915 SV%, 3 SO