October 26th: Leivo, Brown, and Rielly Are Lighting It Up

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October 26th: Leivo, Brown, and Rielly Are Lighting It Up
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Really exciting night for Leafs fans on a day that was otherwise full of depressing lockout news.

Tonight’s action saw a 4-point performance from Sudbury Wolves forward Josh Leivo (1 goal, 3 assists) who is now scoring at better than a point-per-game pace on one of the weaker offensive teams in the OHL.  Leivo will be taking part in both OHL games during the Subway Super Series so clear your schedule.  He’s been a really determined player this year, has added a lot of strength, and may end up being one of those rare 3rd round selections who has an impact at the NHL level.

Morgan Rielly was his usual dominant self tonight — stripping the puck from opponents at will, creating transition offense for his team, and skating circles around a fairly strong Prince Albert team.  Rielly picked up a pair of assists; one of which was an impressive pass from the blueline to the opposing corner of the crease which led to a one-time goal.  Rielly is now sitting at 18 points in 14 games and isn’t showing any signs of slowing down from his torrid start.

Connor Brown continues to throw points on the board with a hattrick in Erie’s 6-5 loss.  Brown has 17 points in 14 games and at 18 years old, has to be considered one of the statistical surprises of the year among Leafs prospects.  After putting up a green jacket worthy -72 last year, it’s nice to be able to talk about Brown’s stats in a positive way — we’ll see if he can keep it up as the season wears on.

As for the Marlies, we saw single-point efforts from Gardiner, Ashton, McKegg and Kadri in their 5-4 OT win over in Hamilton.  Colborne had a solid game and created some chances but couldn’t get on the scoresheet.  The Marlies’ next game isn’t until Wednesday so it’s all CHL until then, folks.

That’s it for now.  Check me out on Twitter here if you want immediate, in-game info or if you just want to chat hockey.

Maple Leafs Prospect Regular Season Stats

Name
Age
League/Team
Position
GP
Goals
Assists
Points
AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Joe Colborne22AHL - MarliesForward65142842
Carter Ashton21AHL - MarliesForward5311819
Jerry D'Amigo21AHL - MarliesForward65161127
Greg McKegg20AHL - MarliesForward5571421
Kenny Ryan21AHL - MarliesForward5391120
Brad Ross20AHL - MarliesForward34729
David Broll20AHL - MarliesForward1000
Spencer Abbott24AHL - MarliesForward51111930
Jesse Blacker21AHL - MarliesDefenceman574711
Jake Gardiner(X)22AHL - MarliesDefenceman43102131
Simon Gysbers25AHL - MarliesDefenceman5241216
Morgan Rielly19AHL - MarliesDefenceman9112
Stuart Percy19AHL - MarliesDefenceman1101
Andrew MacWilliam23AHL - MarliesDefenceman----
Andrew Crescenzi 20AHL - Marlies
ECHL - San Francisco
Forward15
23
1
3
1
11
2
14
Jamie Devane21AHL - Marlies
ECHL - San Francisco
Forward18
12
2
1
3
0
5
1
Tyler Brenner24ECHL - Bakersfield
ECHL - Toledo
Forward32
21
8
2
13
4
21
6
Sam Carrick20AHL - Marlies
ECHL - Idaho
Forward14
49
2
15
2
21
4
36
Tyler Biggs19AHL - MarliesForward----
CANADIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Josh Leivo19OHL - Sudbury/KitchenerForward63294473
Tyler Biggs19OHL - OshawaForward60262753
Connor Brown18OHL - ErieForward63284169
Ryan Rupert18OHL - LondonForward54113546
David Broll19OHL - Sault Ste. MarieForward67173754
Stuart Percy19OHL - Mississauga Defenceman68133245
Matt Finn18OHL - GuelphDefenceman41112031
Morgan Rielly18WHL - Moose JawDefenceman60124254
AMERICAN COLLEGE/JR HOCKEY
Tony Cameranesi19WCHA - Minnesota DuluthForward38142034
Dominic Toninato18USHL - FargoForward62294170
Eric Knodel22NCAA - New Hampshire Defenceman38101121
Dennis Robertson21ECAC - Brown Defenceman3631720
Max Everson19ECAC - Harvard
USHL - Omaha
Defenceman7
16
0
1
2
4
2
5
Andrew MacWilliam23NCAA - North Dakota
Defenceman4121113
SWEDISH ICE HOCKEY
Petter Granberg 20SEL - SkellefteåDefenceman13000
Tom Nilsson19Allsvenskan - Mora
Defenceman421
34
Viktor Loov19Allsvenskan - SödertäljeDefenceman40268

Maple Leafs Goalie Prospect Stats

Name
Age
League
GP
W
L
SOL/OTL
SV%
GAA
SO
Jussi Rynnas25AHL - Marlies211091.9082.633
Mark Owuya23AHL - Marlies
ECHL - Las Vegas
ECHL - Reading
11
6
1
4
3
1
5
3
0
1
0
0
.883
.904
.964
3.22
2.97
1.00
Garret Sparks 19OHL - Guelph
OHL - Guelph (Playoffs)
60
5
36
1
17
4
4
-
.917
.920
2.65
3.05
7
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  • rustynail

    Michael Whaley ‏@zwhalez
    If the NHL ruins our outdoor game Im going to be upset and out of anger decline any NHL contract offers I revieve this summer. Your loss NHL

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  • Dangle_My_Berries

    Quick interview with mark owuya up on the marlies page, just talks about upcoming road-trip……usually not news, but since its slow around here, why not….

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  • http://www.hockey-nerd.com Cameron

    I don’t understand this comment.  Is this supposed to be a shot at Suter, the PA, or is it a legitimate comment?

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  • http://www.hockey-nerd.com Cameron

    Also bodes well for his interest and faith in Franson.  I maintain to this day that Burke didn’t know much about Komisarek and signed him to make a splash and based on the opinions of others around him.  

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  • rustynail

    So if the lockout lasts past the end of the season I presume no draft until a CBA is signed.

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  • wiski

    NHLwiki ‏@NHLwiki
    RT @Rosenberg_Mike Flights canceled. Trains canceled. School canceled. I guess Sandy’s last name is Bettman.

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  • rustynail

    Looks legitimate to me since that actually is the effect.

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  • Optimustic

    I think it’s a shot at Suter. The PA’s lawyers must not have liked the comments he made according to  this article. http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/176190261.html .

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  • rustynail

    Justin Fisher ‏@thejustinfisher
    Rielly gets his 2nd assist of the night. It’s a secondary assist, but again, it’s his zone entry and puck possession that creates the goal.

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  • Tim Horton

    Rielly with 2 assists so far…  20 points in 16 games.

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  • http://www.hockey-nerd.com Cameron

    More impressive is that he’s keeping his team in games with his efforts.  He’s not racking up points in 8-1 slaughters like a lot of CHL stars.  So much of what he’s done so far has been in a come from behind effort that results in a win for his team.

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  • http://www.hockey-nerd.com Cameron

    Man, what a dumb thing for Suter to say.  Bitching about 98 million potentially becoming 90 million.  Never mind the fact that he’s getting it for years he doesn’t even intend to play.  Fucking joke for him to say something like that and expect sympathy from the fans. 

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  • Tim Horton

    Exactly, the Warriors have only had one big win this year. Rielly has 20 points and the Warriors have 48 goals for this year. He was part of 42% of the teams total goals.


    Warriors just lost in OT.

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  • bobsyouruncle

    Funny how the retractions always say that’s not really what I meant to say but it seems it was exactly what they meant to say. This one may have indeed had some input from the lawyers.   

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  • bobsyouruncle

    Yeah, when it was 2-1, I was thinking Rielly seems to be able to turn it up a notch when needed, so not a big surprise that he helped tie the game.

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  • http://www.hockey-nerd.com Cameron

    Yea, there was no error in speech there.  Suter doesn’t have any difficulty articulating what he means to say.

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  • Dangle_My_Berries

    Which is good news cause we could use an eberle like clutch player on the leafs. Rielly has looked solid

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  • Optimustic

    On top of that, he must have known that the contract would be affected by the new CBA. Weren’t the contracts affected the same way the last time the CBA was negotiated?

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  • bobsyouruncle

    True. Eberle’s unbelievable that way. Always hoping we get one of those too

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  • http://www.hockey-nerd.com Cameron

    Yes.  And it’s apparently written into all the contracts anyways.  So the whole idea of this not honoring contracts is all just garbage.

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  • Optimustic

    If he didn’t like his contract being affected by the CBA he should have waited until after it was signed.   How much would he have gotten then?  …  Likely not as much with the cap going down in a year.

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  • bobsyouruncle

    Marlies tied for last in division with Hamilton win today. The good news- win the 2 games in hand and we’re tied for 1st.

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  • lukethenuke

    congrats to the giants for winning the world series…. better san fran than detroit i guess lol

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  • RiellyFactor

    what world series?

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  • wiski

    Yup no more baseball. 

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