Chicago Blackhawks Prospect Updates
Seasons across college and junior hockey are coming to a close, and players are beginning to make decisions about their futures in the game. Some of the Hawks’ top prospects have formally joined the organization already, and others have decisions coming soon.
- John Hayden‘s college career ended and he is with the Chicago Blackhawks’ NHL roster.
- Anthony Louis‘ college career ended and he has joined the IceHogs. His entry-level contract begins next season.
- Luc Snuggerud left Omaha early to join the professional ranks. He is with the IceHogs; his entry-level contract also begins next season.
- Roy Radke‘s OHL career ended and he signed an ATO contract with the Rockford IceHogs.
- Dylan Sikura will return to Northeastern for his senior season.
- Maxim Shalunov will not be joining the Blackhawks for at least another year.
John Hayden – Yale*
33 games, 21 goals, 13 assists, 34 points
* – Hayden was the captain at Yale
Anthony Louis – Miami (OH)**
36 games, 14 goals, 25 assist, 39 points
** – Louis was an alternate captain at Miami
Luc Snuggerud – Omaha
39 games, 11 goals, 20 assists, 31 points
Roy Radke – Barrie Colts (OHL)
45 games, 23 goals, 13 assists, 36 points
Radke missed 20 games because of an ankle injury.
Dylan Sikura – Northeastern
38 games, 21 goals, 36 assists, 57 points
Maxim Shalunov – Sibir Novosibirsk (KHL)
49 games, 19 goals, 18 assists, 37 points
It’s official!@NHLBlackhawks prospect @Brinksy97 @ErieOtters caps record season with #OHL Scoring Title.
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— OntarioHockeyLeague (@OHLHockey) March 22, 2017
- FORWARDS
Alex DeBrincat – Erie Otters (OHL)
63 games, 65 goals, 62 assists, 127 points
Matthew Highmore – Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
64 games, 34 goals, 55 assists, 89 points
Alexandre Fortin – Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
52 games, 22 goals, 30 assists, 52 points
Radovan Bondra – Prince George Cougars (WHL)
Vancouver Giants (WHL): 32 games, 19 goals, 12 assists, 31 points
Prince George Cougars (WHL): 30 games, 13 goals, 19 assists, 32 points
Slovakia (WJC): 5 games, 0 points
John Dahlström – Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL): 63 games, 30 goals, 29 assists, 59 points
Sweden (WJC): 8 games, 2 goals, 0 assists, 2 points
Nathan Noel – Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
52 games, 26 goals, 24 assists, 50 points
Graham Knott – Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
Niagara IceDogs (OHL): 14 games, 4 goals, 13 assists, 17 points
Windsor Spitfires (OHL): 45 games, 11 goals, 24 assists, 35 points
Mathias From – Rögle BK (SHL)
Rögle BK J20 (SuperElit): 12 games, 8 goals, 9 assists, 17 points
Rögle BK (SHL): 33 games, 3 goals, 1 assist, 4 points
Denmark (WJC): 3 games, 2 goals, 1 assist, 3 points
Artur Kayumov – HK Ryazan (VHL)
HK Ryazan (VHL): 12 games, 1 goal, 6 assists, 7 points
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL): 4 games, 0 points
Loko Yaroslavl (MHL): 33 games, 8 goals, 11 assists, 19 points
- DEFENSEMEN
Lucas Carlsson – Brynäs IF (SHL)
Brynäs IF (SHL): 41 games, 3 goals, 8 assist, 11 points
Sweden (WJC): 7 games, 1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points
Andreas Söderberg – IK Pantern (Allsvenskan)
52 games, 3 goals, 6 assists, 9 points
Joni Tuulola – HPK (Liiga)
54 games, 2 goal, 6 assist, 8 points
Jake Ryczek – Waterloo (USHL)
46 games, 8 goals, 21 assists, 29 points
NCAA prospects
- FORWARDS
Matt Iacopelli – Western Michigan
39 games, 20 goals, 14 assists, 34 points
Chris Calnan – Boston College*
39 games, 6 goals, 10 assists, 16 points
* – Calnan is the captain at Boston College this season
Fredrik Olofsson – Omaha
34 games, 11 goals, 13 assists, 24 points
Beau Starrett – Cornell
34 games, 4 goals, 10 assists, 14 points
Liam Coughlin – Vermont
31 games, 3 goals, 8 assists, 11 points
Jack Ramsey – Minnesota
35 game, 1 goal, 4 assist, 5 points
- DEFENSEMEN
Dennis Gilbert – Notre Dame
37 games, 0 goals, 22 assists, 22 points
Chad Krys – Boston University
37 games, 5 goal, 5 assists, 10 points
Ryan Shea – Northeastern
38 games, 1 goal, 13 assists, 14 points
Blake Hillman – Denver
39 games, 1 goals, 6 assists, 7 points
It’s a rule that everyone must score in these Canadian junior leagues
in the WHL – Bondra and Dahlstrom are 58th and 73rd respectively in scoring
OHL – Knott was 73rd, Brincat of course was 1st
QMJHL – Highmore 8th, Fortin 57th, Noel 66th
Brincat has signed
Who else do you think, Tab?
Shalunov “will not be joining the Blackhawks for at least another year”
I knew he wasn’t coming over now – but not for at least another year? What happened?
Will be interesting to see if they sign radke or bondra.
Noel is another guy drafted as a 19 year old last year.
Tompkins and calnan are both seniors don’t think there is interest from the hawks to sign them.
Don’t know if they would lose rights to anyone else by not signing them from Europe.
I think he might come in 17/18.
Shalunov wants to play in the olympics, the NHL may not go to the olympics. He would be a fringe player for the olympic team if he stayed in Russia. Jumping the pond even if NHL players are allowed to go, he probably wouldnt be selected as the Ruskies tend to hold grudges. They’re weird that way. Same way they don’t give young guys ice.
He’s an RFA and wants his rights traded to a better team. If hes traded to SKA or CSKA he’ll probably stay in the KHL. If not he’ll come over. The agent is using the Hawks option as leverage to get what he wants.
The Sea Dogs had their annual awards and Highmore won the highest scorer as mentioned above and also won team MVP. Playoffs start Friday. Hopefully a long run.
I was wondering what happened to Highmore the last couple weeks. I remember looking at his stats when the Hawks signed him and at that time I think he had 84 or 85 points. Then after a couple more games he had 88 points. Then he stayed at 88 points for 5 or 6 games until he scored one to end the season with 89. It’s like his offense dried up for almost 2 weeks and I wondered if he was injured and missed games. Anyone know if he was hurt or what happened?
Man, you had me scared when you said Shalumov wouldn’t join the Blackhawks for at least another year. He may join them next season – that’s very different than a year.
I still wouldn’t keep my hopes up.
ER there were many players being rested before playoffs begin as they were comfortably in first place. They will need a healthy Highmore, Chabot, Joseph, Gauthier, Smallman, Noel etc. for a deep run
Ah, thanks Goldenbladz.
Most comments on this post really focus on the Forwards we have in the system ,.,.,Are the D players really that futile to speak about ?