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Mitch Marner: Offensive gem in deep draft

McKeen's Hockey and David Burstyn — Sat, 02 May 2015 18:55:36 +0000

An outstanding season to lead the London Knights in scoring began quietly with only one goal in his first ten games (10-1-6-7) and a four game pointless streak before he went on a tear with 12 multiple point games in the next 13 (13-20-20-40). The result was Marner led the OHL most of the season before being eclipsed in the final game despite missing five games due to injury. He would record 32 multiple point games after enjoying excelletn chemistry on the wing with two-way center Christian Dvorak through much of the season. They had success with Max Domi at times, but coach Hunter substituted Aaron Berisha in his place on occasion. They were separated when Marner switched to center, at his own suggestion, late in the season to balance out the scoring lines. After some adjustment he was leading the OHL playoffs in scoring with nine goals in seven games in the playoffs (7-9-7-16) before being knocked out in the same games as Max Domi against Erie.

McKeen’s Hockey ranked him fourth in the March rankings and with the rabid Toronto market analyzing their fourth overall pick with increasing intensity, much scrutiny between himself and Dylan Strome has occupied analysts, including an article by our own Sean LaFortune, at the end of January

Marner’s size versus the 6’3” Strome is an oft-mentioned mark against him, but he has a style of game that will be well-suited for the pros reminding strongly of Claude Giroux. The Thornhill native grew up cheering for the leafs and wearing number 93 can only invite Doug Gilmour references. Regardless of where you land in the debate there is no argument he represents an elite offensive forward that would vie for the first overall pick in a less deep draft.

David Burstyn provides a scouting report:

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Photo by Terry Wilson/OHL Images

Mitch Marner (2015), RW, London

A highly skilled and intuitive offensive player whose game reading ability is off the charts – able to dance all over the ice and make plays both forward and backhand .. attacks the middle of the ice and is not afraid to go into danger zones .. deploys a hair-trigger release and finding optimum scoring chances .. elusive in his approach as he spins off guys and simply anticipates the game better than his peers .. displays an uncanny ability to create even more room for himself when he is down low; habitually finds the best possible passing or shooting option .. slippery when entering the zone as he employs a series of head fakes and his upper body is like a slinky as he can twist and turn without losing stride and/or possession of the puck .. an excellent stick handler who owns a surplus of moves .. does not possess a prevailing gear however his stride is extremely efficient as he can maintain his speed the length of the ice and the length of his shift .. great stamina levels as he readily retreats back behind his own goal to make a heady defensive play only to dart up ice in the same sequence .. protects the puck very well in all areas of the ice .. not a selfish player as he readily dishes off the puck not a physical player and relatively small in stature as he continues to grow and expand into his 5’11, 165 pound frame however his self-preservation and constant awareness to the developing play are sublime .. constantly peeks over his shoulder and knows where everyone is on the ice lends to him never being in a bad situation to get blindsided .. sky high potential as his game marries traits of both Jordan Eberle and even more, Claude Giroux – and will adapt well to the pro game despite size, and he is still growing.

McKeen’s Hockey Pool Yearbook 2014-15: Additional Statistical Content

Gus Katsaros — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 13:32:50 +0000

If you were following along this past offseason, you likely came across a variety of charts and visualizations I posted on twitter while working on player profiles for the McKeen’s Yearbook. I had lots of prompts to describe the significance of the charts leading to extended thoughts about methodology behind writing up the profiles.

I put together the entire NHL season charts in a handy pdf on the eve of training camps opening up across the continent focusing on possession or shot-based metrics.

Download the pdf here of the 10-game rolling average of NHL teams Corsi, PDO and team level on-ice save percentage, shot differential and shooting percentage NHL 2013-14

** All metrics and how they were used is detailed below.

In addition to shot-based metrics, special teams play n important role in player assessment so there’s two special teams pdf documents

A rolling 10 game power play (and Penalty kill) average broken down by home and road (and overall) is available here -- NHL 2013-14 Special Teams

The last pdf features a cumulative power play graph based on power play opportunities, goals, and power play percentage over the course of 2013-14 for every NHL team -- NHL 2013-14 PP

The Yearbook’s 20th year edition features more analytics and extended profiles than the past, exploiting enhanced analysis offered through shot based metrics to compliment the industry-leading, extensive scouting reports known historically to our readers.

The charts I tweeted over the off season were jump off points starting from the team level and filtering down to players adding a new element in the overall analysis.

The team charts looked like this one of the Minnesota Wild. I liked this particular chart because it visually represented a look into the Wild’s season performance with an early spike and eventual drop, via a variety of shot metrics to paint a descriptive picture. Add the decline of the Wild’s power play over the season and the picture becomes clearer. At the team level, there’s indicators, and filtered into the player level turned out some robust player profiles in a special 20-year anniversary edition.

I should have posted the background on how I used these charts over the summer. The explanation should give some insight on team performance on an axis of time over the season.

The first consideration is that these values are all at 5v5, with special teams analyzed independently. The second is that these are shot-based metrics, with only one season or less of data trying to expand the amount of data points to work with lacking with sole goals data that isn’t as robust in a season or less.

Two values are represented at 5v5, overall value, and games close (with the score within 1 goal in the first two periods, or tied in the third). These lines diverge and cross each other offering a unique glimpse of the impact of ‘score effects’ (http://oilersnation.com/2014/9/1/the-nhl-advanced-stats-cheat-sheet) defined below.

Playing to Score Effect - The persistent tendency for teams who are leading to cede possession to teams who are trailing. This effect tends to accelerate the higher the goal differential in a game. For example, a team leading by three goals tends to give up more possession than a team leading by one or two goals (and vice versa). Can "wash out" over time, but can be very pronounced in small samples, such as a single game or a brief series of games.

5V5 OVERALL AND 5V5 CLOSE

Plotting the overall close lines together on the chart offers a visual with performance over time. According to the score effects definition, when a team is leading, they tend to sit back and protect the lead, with the trailing team piling on more shot attempts and skewing overall numbers.

The team effect with the lead is a higher ‘close’ line with a lower overall line. Using the Minnesota image from the beginning, the Corsi close line tends to be slightly higher until mid November, however the two lines are so tight with the overall Corsi at 5v5 the indication is that games were fairly tight except for a period closer to the middle of November where the lines diverge.

Towards the end of the month into December, the Corsi close line is substantially lower than the overall Corsi line, which can be generally interpreted as the Wild being outscored early then subsequently driving up the overall Corsi courtesy of score effects and not outplaying the opposition. The Wild between November 25 and December 31 sported a record of 5-12-1 mirroring the theory behind the image.

METRICS

Metrics presented are calculated as ‘on-ice’ meaning, two different things at the team and player level. These are records with players on the ice at the player level, while the image above at the team level is global. Filtering to the player level, graph could be very different since the player’s on-ice performance may not exactly parallel that of the team’s. The example here is Jason Pominville, with a similar looking chart for Corsi and PDO, but slightly different isolating his specific performance while on the ice independent of the overall team’s metrics.

This has significance when measuring the divergence (often referred to as a relative stat – Corsi of a player for instance, relative to the Corsi of the overall team, or quality of competition or teammate).

The chart at the top contains PDO and Corsi%.

PDO is the sum of on-ice save-percentage and shooting percentage, two individual items that have been demonstrated to lack a factor of repeatability. It’s known as a measure of ‘luck’ which could be misconstrued at times with the conventional and statistical definition of luck. Is general, luck is the random element associated to uncontrollable events that can land in or out of favor. The statistical view is one of repeatability, that is, the elements that can determine on ice performance but aren’t a repeatable events (puck bounces etc).

To further break this down and determine just which element was the dominant factor, the bottom chart plotted both individual on-ice save percentage and shooting percentage. Since PDO is a simple linear addition of the two variables, any one of the distinct factors can be dominant offering a different perspective of on-ice success or struggle. It’s this reason why I wanted to separate each element to view independently. I offered this in a post featuring Jason Spezza and how he drove the play for the Sens with games close, but suffered through sketchy goaltending.

Corsi is a measure of on-ice shot attempts towards the opposition goal relative to shot attempts towards the player’s own goal expressed as a ratio, Corsi For% or CF%. Shot attempts include shots on goal, missed shots and blocked shots, and offer a proxy to puck possession and with studies linking ratios to offensive zone time

In the chart below, I’ve isolated the shot differential, to isolate shots on goal performance to the player’s overall Corsi.

Putting it all together in an example is oft-maligned former Sharks Captain Joe Thornton.

The boxed period segregated his Corsi close that was on the rise from late-November to mid-December as shown via the yellow line. His overall Corsi began to dip towards the end, but the strange part was the large plunging PDO close (with the same definition of close). The two periods are highlighted, from 10/03 to 11/30 and then from 11/30-12-14.

The take away from the table in the image is the CFcl% of 68% with a similar save percentage (0.903) but a severe dip in on-ice shooting percentage, affecting the dip in PDO despite the rise in Corsi close.

Further illustrating this is the individual PDO components of save percentage and shooting percentage, both overall and in games with the score close within the boxed area. The decline in shooting percentage drove the PDO. The Corsi close was driven by the high amount of shots on goal differential signified by the red line in the middle of the chart.

Much more went into the overall analysis, but there’s little nuggets like throughout the entire suite of images at the team level. I won’t go into the player level, however a lot of the insight ended up in the Yearbook as a result. Enjoy the 20th year edition.

Data sources:

timeonice.com .. stats.hockeyanalysis.com .. nhl.com

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Week 3: CHL Points Breakdown by NHL Team

Gus Katsaros — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:43:28 +0000

For a complete explanation please see the original post here.

Week 2 rankings are here: CHL Points Breakdown Week 2

This is a team by team breakdown of prospects drafted from the Canadian Hockey League and returned back to their respective junior teams.

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Legend:
GP - Games Played
G - Goals
A - Assists
PTS - Points
PPG - Power Play Goals
Pt/G - Pooints per game
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Teams/Players	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	Pt/G
Anaheim Ducks	15	4	2	6	1	0.39
OHL
C	11	4	2	6	1	0.59
Joseph Cramarossa	6	1	0	1	1	0.17
Rickard Rakell	5	3	2	5	0	1.00
WHL
D	4	0	0	0	0	0.00
Kenton Helgesen	4	0	0	0	0	0.00
Boston Bruins	18	18	7	25	7	1.37
OHL
LW	7	7	3	10	5	1.43
Anthony Camara	7	7	3	10	5	1.43
RW	11	11	4	15	2	1.34
Seth Griffith	6	7	3	10	2	1.67
Cody Payne	5	4	1	5	0	1.00
Buffalo Sabres	53	21	36	57	8	1.06
OHL
C	14	4	6	10	3	0.72
Daniel Catenacci	7	3	4	7	2	1.00
Justin Kea	7	1	2	3	1	0.43
D	6	0	2	2	0	0.33
Brady Austin	6	0	2	2	0	0.33
QMJHL
C	8	6	11	17	1	2.13
Mikhail Grigorenko	8	6	11	17	1	2.13
LW	4	2	2	4	1	1.00
Cédrick Henley	4	2	2	4	1	1.00
WHL
C	14	9	12	21	3	1.57
Colin Jacobs	6	6	6	12	2	2.00
Logan Nelson	8	3	6	9	1	1.13
D	7	0	3	3	0	0.43
Alex Lepkowski	7	0	3	3	0	0.43
Calgary Flames	34	7	19	26	2	0.68
QMJHL
D	8	2	8	10	1	1.25
Ryan Culkin	8	2	8	10	1	1.25
WHL
LW	7	2	6	8	1	1.14
Coda Gordon	7	2	6	8	1	1.14
RW	2	0	1	1	0	0.50
Patrick Holland	2	0	1	1	0	0.50
D	17	3	4	7	0	0.39
Joey Leach	5	0	2	2	0	0.40
Tyler Wotherspoon	5	1	0	1	0	0.20
Brett Kulak	7	2	2	4	0	0.57
Carolina Hurricanes	27	2	10	12	1	0.46
OHL
LW	7	1	3	4	1	0.57
Brock McGinn	7	1	3	4	1	0.57
D	12	0	4	4	0	0.34
Ryan Murphy	6	0	1	1	0	0.17
Trevor Carrick	6	0	3	3	0	0.50
WHL
D	8	1	3	4	0	0.54
Tyler Stahl	5	0	2	2	0	0.40
Keegan Lowe	3	1	1	2	0	0.67
Chicago Blackhawks	32	19	21	40	9	1.04
OHL
LW	7	3	6	9	2	1.29
Garret Ross	7	3	6	9	2	1.29
QMJHL
C	9	11	5	16	5	1.78
Phillip Danault	9	11	5	16	5	1.78
D	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
Dillon Fournier	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
WHL
C	7	3	6	9	1	1.29
Mark McNeill	7	3	6	9	1	1.29
D	7	2	4	6	1	0.86
Travis Brown	7	2	4	6	1	0.86
Colorado Avalanche	61	13	28	41	5	0.67
OHL
C	8	3	0	3	2	0.38
Michael Clarke	8	3	0	3	2	0.38
RW	6	2	3	5	0	0.83
Joseph Blandisi	6	2	3	5	0	0.83
D	6	1	1	2	1	0.33
Stephen Silas	6	1	1	2	1	0.33
QMJHL
D	10	0	2	2	0	0.17
Gabriel Beaupré	4	0	0	0	0	0.00
Dillon Donnelly	6	0	2	2	0	0.33
WHL
C	12	5	11	16	2	1.33
Colin Smith	6	3	8	11	1	1.83
Troy Bourke	6	2	3	5	1	0.83
RW	5	2	3	5	0	1.00
Garrett Meurs	5	2	3	5	0	1.00
D	14	0	8	8	0	0.58
Troy Rutkowski	7	0	6	6	0	0.86
Duncan Siemens	7	0	2	2	0	0.29
Columbus Blue Jackets	27	11	19	30	2	0.94
OHL
C	7	8	8	16	0	2.29
Boone Jenner	7	8	8	16	0	2.29
RW	6	1	4	5	0	0.83
Josh Anderson	6	1	4	5	0	0.83
D	7	1	4	5	1	0.50
Brandon Archibald	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
Gianluca Curcuruto	5	1	4	5	1	1.00
WHL
D	7	1	3	4	1	0.57
Ryan Murray	7	1	3	4	1	0.57
Dallas Stars	36	9	20	29	5	0.86
OHL
C	13	6	7	13	4	1.00
Gemel Smith	7	2	5	7	1	1.00
Radek Faksa	6	4	2	6	3	1.00
QMJHL
D	9	0	6	6	0	0.67
Troy Vance	9	0	6	6	0	0.67
WHL
C	3	0	4	4	0	1.33
Mike Winther	3	0	4	4	0	1.33
RW	11	3	3	6	1	0.59
Matej Stransky	7	2	1	3	1	0.43
Branden Troock	4	1	2	3	0	0.75
Detroit Red Wings	48	10	34	44	5	0.93
OHL
LW	7	2	5	7	1	1.00
Andreas Athanasiou	7	2	5	7	1	1.00
D	7	1	8	9	1	1.29
Ryan Sproul	7	1	8	9	1	1.29
QMJHL
RW	6	2	2	4	1	0.67
Martin Frk	6	2	2	4	1	0.67
D	8	2	4	6	2	0.75
Xavier Ouellet	8	2	4	6	2	0.75
WHL
LW	7	0	6	6	0	0.86
Marek Tvrdon	7	0	6	6	0	0.86
RW	6	3	6	9	0	1.50
Brooks Macek	6	3	6	9	0	1.50
D	7	0	3	3	0	0.43
Richard Nedomlel	7	0	3	3	0	0.43
Edmonton Oilers	34	4	17	21	2	0.54
OHL
LW	6	1	2	3	0	0.50
Daniil Zharkov	6	1	2	3	0	0.50
WHL
C	7	1	2	3	1	0.43
Travis Ewanyk	7	1	2	3	1	0.43
LW	8	0	3	3	0	0.22
Drew Czerwonka	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Mitchell Moroz	7	0	3	3	0	0.43
RW	6	1	5	6	1	1.00
Tobias Rieder	6	1	5	6	1	1.00
D	7	1	5	6	0	0.86
David Musil	7	1	5	6	0	0.86
Florida Panthers	39	25	22	47	9	1.18
OHL
C	7	5	5	10	1	1.43
Vincent Trocheck	7	5	5	10	1	1.43
QMJHL
LW	14	12	5	17	3	1.21
Jonathan Huberdeau	7	8	4	12	3	1.71
Francis Beauvillier	7	4	1	5	0	0.71
RW	8	5	7	12	2	1.50
Logan Shaw	8	5	7	12	2	1.50
D	7	1	4	5	1	0.71
Jonathan Racine	7	1	4	5	1	0.71
WHL
C	3	2	1	3	2	1.00
Steven Hodges	3	2	1	3	2	1.00
Los Angeles Kings	17	3	7	10	1	0.54
OHL
D	11	0	6	6	0	0.48
Nick Ebert	8	0	5	5	0	0.63
Colin Miller	3	0	1	1	0	0.33
QMJHL
RW	6	3	1	4	1	0.67
Tomas Hyka	6	3	1	4	1	0.67
Minnesota Wild	26	11	12	23	0	0.88
QMJHL
LW	6	2	1	3	0	0.50
Raphaël Bussières	6	2	1	3	0	0.50
WHL
C	6	5	2	7	0	1.17
Tyler Graovac	6	5	2	7	0	1.17
RW	7	2	5	7	0	1.00
Dylen McKinlay	7	2	5	7	0	1.00
D	7	2	4	6	0	0.86
Mathew Dumba	7	2	4	6	0	0.86
Montreal Canadiens	47	25	25	50	12	1.05
OHL
C	15	8	11	19	4	1.27
Brady Vail	8	4	6	10	2	1.25
Alex Galchenyuk	7	4	5	9	2	1.29
QMJHL
LW	14	8	8	16	3	1.15
Olivier Archambault	7	3	3	6	1	0.86
Charles Hudon	7	5	5	10	2	1.43
WHL
LW	6	5	5	10	2	1.67
Tim Bozon	6	5	5	10	2	1.67
D	12	4	1	5	3	0.42
Darren Dietz	7	3	0	3	3	0.43
Dalton Thrower	5	1	1	2	0	0.40
Nashville Predators	21	9	13	22	5	1.05
QMJHL
C	7	3	3	6	0	0.86
Brent Andrews	7	3	3	6	0	0.86
WHL
C	7	3	2	5	3	0.71
Brendan Leipsic	7	3	2	5	3	0.71
RW	7	3	8	11	2	1.57
Colton Sissons	7	3	8	11	2	1.57
New Jersey Devils	29	5	13	18	2	0.66
OHL
LW	13	2	3	5	0	0.39
Ben Thomson	5	0	2	2	0	0.40
Ben Johnson	8	2	1	3	0	0.38
WHL
C	6	2	4	6	1	1.00
Graham Black	6	2	4	6	1	1.00
D	10	1	6	7	1	0.75
Reece Scarlett	4	0	4	4	0	1.00
Damon Severson	6	1	2	3	1	0.50
New York Islanders	35	4	17	21	2	0.67
OHL
D	14	2	8	10	1	0.72
Andrey Pedan	7	2	2	4	1	0.57
Adam Pelech	7	0	6	6	0	0.86
QMJHL
D	9	0	1	1	0	0.11
Loic Leduc	9	0	1	1	0	0.11
WHL
D	12	2	8	10	1	0.92
Brenden Kichton	5	2	5	7	1	1.40
Griffin Reinhart	7	0	3	3	0	0.43
New York Rangers	20	7	10	17	5	0.83
QMJHL
C	7	5	5	10	3	1.43
Michael St. Croix	7	5	5	10	3	1.43
D	6	2	1	3	2	0.50
Samuel Noreau	6	2	1	3	2	0.50
WHL
RW	7	0	4	4	0	0.57
Shane McColgan	7	0	4	4	0	0.57
Ottawa Senators	21	12	10	22	7	1.01
OHL
LW	11	10	3	13	5	1.19
Matt Puempel	6	5	2	7	4	1.17
Stefan Noesen	5	5	1	6	1	1.20
D	6	2	5	7	2	1.17
Cody Ceci	6	2	5	7	2	1.17
WHL
D	4	0	2	2	0	0.50
Jordan Fransoo	4	0	2	2	0	0.50
Philadelphia Flyers	33	10	26	36	3	1.05
OHL
C	14	8	12	20	3	1.43
Nick Cousins	7	5	7	12	1	1.71
Scott Laughton	7	3	5	8	2	1.14
WHL
LW	6	2	6	8	0	1.13
Brendan Ranford	4	2	5	7	0	1.75
Taylor Leier	2	0	1	1	0	0.50
RW	6	0	1	1	0	0.17
Derek Mathers	6	0	1	1	0	0.17
D	7	0	7	7	0	1.00
Colin Suellentrop	7	0	7	7	0	1.00
Phoenix Coyotes	37	11	15	26	5	0.74
OHL
LW	7	5	5	10	4	1.43
Lucas Lessio	7	5	5	10	4	1.43
RW	7	2	4	6	0	0.86
Andrew Fritsch	7	2	4	6	0	0.86
QMJHL
D	7	0	1	1	0	0.14
James Melindy	7	0	1	1	0	0.14
WHL
C	7	2	5	7	1	1.00
Henrik Samuelsson	7	2	5	7	1	1.00
LW	2	2	0	2	0	1.00
Kale Kessy	2	2	0	2	0	1.00
D	7	0	0	0	0	0.00
Pittsburgh Penguins	37	7	13	20	2	0.53
OHL
LW	6	0	0	0	0	0.00
Matia Marcantuoni	6	0	0	0	0	0.00
D	17	1	8	9	0	0.53
Scott Harrington	6	0	3	3	0	0.50
Olli Maatta	6	0	3	3	0	0.50
Clark Seymour	5	1	2	3	0	0.60
QMJHL
LW	7	3	2	5	1	0.71
Anton Zlobin	7	3	2	5	1	0.71
WHL
D	7	3	3	6	1	0.86
Derrick Pouliot	7	3	3	6	1	0.86
Harrison Ruopp	7	0	0	0	0	0.00
San Jose Sharks	31	2	21	23	0	0.78
OHL
C	6	0	3	3	0	0.50
Chris Tierney	6	0	3	3	0	0.50
D	8	1	1	2	0	0.25
Justin Sefton	8	1	1	2	0	0.25
QMJHL
C	3	0	3	3	0	1.00
Christophe Lalancette	3	0	3	3	0	1.00
D	7	0	9	9	0	1.29
Konrad Abeltshauser	7	0	9	9	0	1.29
WHL
D	7	1	5	6	0	0.86
Dylan DeMelo	7	1	5	6	0	0.86
St Louis Blues	34	10	15	25	5	0.77
QMJHL
C	3	2	2	4	2	1.33
Stephen MacAulay	3	2	2	4	2	1.33
RW	13	5	7	12	2	0.88
Ryan Tesink	7	4	6	10	2	1.43
Yannick Veilleux	6	1	1	2	0	0.33
WHL
C	7	2	1	3	1	0.43
Tyrel Seaman	7	2	1	3	1	0.43
RW	6	1	2	3	0	0.50
Ty Rattie	6	1	2	3	0	0.50
D	5	0	3	3	0	0.60
Joel Edmundson	5	0	3	3	0	0.60
Tampa Bay Lightning	42	6	25	31	0	0.72
OHL
LW	7	1	8	9	0	1.29
Tanner Richard	7	1	8	9	0	1.29
D	27	1	12	13	0	0.48
Geoffrey Schemitsch	7	1	5	6	0	0.86
Jake Dotchin	7	0	2	2	0	0.29
Slater Koekkoek	6	0	2	2	0	0.33
Dylan Blujus	7	0	3	3	0	0.43
QMJHL
C	8	4	5	9	0	1.13
Cédric Paquette	8	4	5	9	0	1.13
Toronto Maple Leafs	49	18	31	49	9	1.00
OHL
C	6	0	7	7	0	1.17
Ryan Rupert	6	0	7	7	0	1.17
LW	15	9	8	17	3	1.14
David Broll	7	2	6	8	1	1.14
Joshua Leivo	8	7	2	9	2	1.13
RW	7	4	5	9	2	1.29
Connor Brown	7	4	5	9	2	1.29
D	14	3	6	9	2	0.64
Stuart Percy	7	2	2	4	1	0.57
Matt Finn	7	1	4	5	1	0.71
WHL
D	7	2	5	7	2	1.00
Morgan Rielly	7	2	5	7	2	1.00
Vancouver Canucks	16	2	9	11	0	0.53
OHL
C	6	2	3	5	0	0.83
Brendan Gaunce	6	2	3	5	0	0.83
D	8	0	6	6	0	0.75
Frank Corrado	8	0	6	6	0	0.75
QMJHL
RW	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
Alexandre Grenier	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
Washington Capitals	22	1	14	15	0	0.69
QMJHL
D	8	0	4	4	0	0.50
Samuel Carrier	8	0	4	4	0	0.50
WHL
LW	8	1	5	6	0	0.75
Chandler Stephenson	8	1	5	6	0	0.75
D	6	0	5	5	0	0.83
Jaynen Rissling	6	0	5	5	0	0.83
Winnipeg Jets	56	22	19	41	9	0.74
OHL
C	7	4	7	11	2	1.57
Mark Scheifele	7	4	7	11	2	1.57
RW	7	5	3	8	2	1.14
Scott Kosmachuk	7	5	3	8	2	1.14
WHL
C	14	4	3	7	2	0.50
Ryan Olsen	7	3	2	5	2	0.71
Lukas Sutter	7	1	1	2	0	0.29
LW	7	5	4	9	2	1.29
Adam Lowry	7	5	4	9	2	1.29
RW	6	3	0	3	1	0.50
Austen Brassard	6	3	0	3	1	0.50
D	15	1	2	3	0	0.19
Zachary Yuen	8	1	2	3	0	0.38
Kendall McFaull	7	0	0	0	0	0.00

McKeen’s Cover Mosiac

Gus Katsaros — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:59:10 +0000

In 1994-95, a small pool magazine emerged from the wreckage of the first players lockout under the tutelage of new NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman.

Fitting that as the first lockout ushered in the first print edition of the regular season staple, the latest lockout marked a definitive end to print, ushering in a new era of electronic media as evidenced by our brand new, shiny site.

It's been 18 seasons since that first edition, and the magazine changed over the years.

The first cover featured stars of the day, Doug Gilmour and Sergei Fedorov locked in a puck battle.

Contributions from various mainstream writers have graced the pages through the years. Scott Morrison, Gord Stellick, Red Fisher, Damian Cox to name a few.

This isn't about contributors, it's about the changing of the cover over the years.

While the Pittsburgh Penguins star Mario lemiuex graced the cover in 2001-02, Wayne Gretzky did not appear on any cover.

Using the current cover, the mosaic below represents every cover in McKeen's publishing history, along with various pages that have graced the inside from 1994 to 2012. Clicking on the image will blow it up to see more detail.

NOTE** I am hoping to make the image interactive but haven't found a solution just yet.

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MacKinnon, Jones Head 2013 First-Round Hopefuls

Iain Morrell — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:44:33 +0000

While normally it is a challenge to identify 30 candidates worthy of first-round consideration, such is not the case for 2013.

A trio of marquee prospects lead the way in Nathan MacKinnon (Hal), Seth Jones (Por), and Sean Monahan (Ott).

Here is an initial 'watch' list of players who have the potential to be among the top 30 selections in the 2013 NHL Draft next June.

Below that, our initial Top 15 rankings published last May in the 2012 McKeen's NHL Draft Guide

PLAYER .... POS .... TM .... H/W .... COUNTRY .... BORN

OHL (11)

Jason Dickinson .... C .... Guelph .... 6-1/180 .... Canada .... 7-4-1995

Ryan Kujawinski .... C .... Kingston .... 6-1/200 .... Canada .... 3-20-1995

Justin Bailey .... C .... Kitchener .... 6-3/195 .... USA .... 7-1-1995

Max Domi .... C .... London .... 5-9/195 .... Canada .... 3-2-1995

Bo Horvat .... C .... London .... 6-0/200 .... Canada .... 4-5-1995

Nikita Zadorov .... D .... London .... 6-5/230 .... Russia .... 4-15-1995

Sean Monahan .... C .... Ottawa .... 6-2/195 .... Canada .... 10-12-1994

Ryan Hartman .... RW .... Plymouth .... 5-10/185 .... USA .... 9-20-1994

Darnell Nurse .... D .... Sault Ste Marie .... 6-3/190 .... Canada .... 2-4-1995

Nicholas Baptiste .... RW .... Sudbury .... 6-1/190 .... Canada .... 8-4-1995

Kerby Rychel .... C .... Windsor .... 6-1/200 .... Canada .... 10-7-1994

QMJHL (9)

William Carrier .... C .... Cape Breton .... 6-1/200 .... Canada .... 12-20-1994

Jonathan Drouin .... LW .... Halifax .... 5-11/185 .... Canada .... 3-28-1995

Zachary Fucale .... G .... Halifax .... 6-1/180 .... Canada .... 5-28-1995

Nathan MacKinnon .... C .... Halifax .... 6-0/180 .... Canada .... 9-1-1995

Anthony Duclair .... LW .... Quebec .... 5-11/180 .... Canada .... 8-26-1995

Adam Erne .... LW .... Quebec .... 6-1/195 .... USA .... 4-20-1995

Frederik Gauthier .... C .... Rimouski .... 6-4/215 .... Canada .... 4-26-1995

Samuel Morin .... D .... Rimouski .... 6-6/205 .... Canada .... 7-12-1995

Anthony Mantha .... LW .... Val d'Or .... 6-3/180 .... Canada .... 9-16-1994

WHL (10)

Ryan Pulock .... D .... Brandon .... 6-0/210 .... Canada .... 10-6-1994

Eric Roy .... D .... Brandon .... 6-3/185 .... Canada .... 10-24-1994

Curtis Lazar .... C .... Edmonton .... 6-0/195 .... Canada .... 2-2-1995

Madison Bowey .... D .... Kelowna .... 6-1/195 .... Canada .... 4-22-1995

Hunter Shinkaruk .... C .... Medicine Hat .... 5-10/165 .... Canada .... 10-13-1994

Seth Jones .... D .... Portland .... 6-3/205 .... USA .... 10-3-1994

Josh Morrissey .... D .... Prince Albert .... 6-0/185 .... Canada .... 3-28-1995

Morgan Klimchuk .... C .... Regina .... 5-11/180 .... Canada .... 3-2-1995

Shea Theodore .... D .... Seattle .... 6-2/185 .... Canada .... 8-3-1995

Eric Comrie .... G .... Tri-City .... 6-0/175 .... USA .... 7-6-1995

US JUNIOR-HS (7)

J.T. Compher .... C .... NTDP .... 5-11/180 .... USA .... 4-8-1995

Hudson Fasching .... C .... NTDP .... 6-3/195 .... USA .... 7-28-1995

Steven Santini .... D .... NTDP .... 6-1/210 .... USA .... 3-7-1995

Keaton Thompson .... D .... NTDP .... 6-0/185 .... USA .... 9-14-1995

Michael Downing .... D .... Dubuque (USHL) .... 6-3/190 .... USA .... 5-19-1995

Luke Johnson .... C .... Lincoln (USHL) .... 5-11/165 .... USA .... 9-19-1994

Ian McCoshen .... D .... Waterloo (USHL) .... 6-2/205 .... USA .... 8-5-1995

EUROPE (8)

Aleksander Barkov .... C .... Tappara (Fin) .... 6-2/205 .... Finland .... 9-2-1995

Artturi Lehkonen .... RW .... TPS Turku (Fin) .... 5-10/155 .... Finland .... 7-4-1995

Rasmus Ristolainen .... D .... TPS Turku (Fin) .... 6-3/205 .... Finland .... 10-27-1994

Valery Nichushkin .... C .... Chelyabinsk (Rus) .... 6-4/195 .... Russia .... 3-4-1995

Elias Lindholm .... C .... Brynas (Swe) .... 6-0/185 .... Sweden .... 12-2-1994

Jacob de la Rose .... C .... Leksands (Swe) .... 6-2/180 .... Sweden .... 5-20-1995

Andre Burakovsky .... LW .... Malmo (Swe) .... 6-1/180 .... Sweden .... 2-9-1995

Robert Hagg .... D .... MoDo (Swe) .... 6-2/195 .... Sweden .... 2-8-1995

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Top 15 Rankings (May 2012)

2011-12 (TEAM) AND STATS ... GP-G-A-PTS

01...Nathan MacKinnon (Halifax-QMJHL) ... 58-31-47-78

02...Seth Jones (US NTDP-18) ... 52-8-23-31

03...Sean Monahan (Ottawa-OHL) ... 62-33-45-78

04...Valery Nichushkin (Belye Medvedi-MHL) ... 38-4-6-10

05...Aleksander Barkov (Tappara-Fin) ... 32-7-9-16

06...Elias Lindholm (Brynas-Swe Jr) ... 36-14-35-49

07...Rasmus Ristolainen (TPS Turku-Fin) ... 40-3-5-8

08...Hunter Shinkaruk (Medicine Hat-WHL) ... 66-49-42-91

09...Curtis Lazar (Edmonton- WHL) ... 63-20-11-31

10...Ryan Pulock (Brandon-WHL) ... 71-19-41-60

11...J.T. Compher (US NTDP-17) ... 40-15-27-42

12...Kerby Rychel (Windsor-OHL) ... 68-41-33-74

13...Hudson Fasching (US NTDP-17) ... 54-16-20-36

14...Nikita Zadorov (Armiya CSKA-MHL) ... 41-2-4-6

15...Robert Hagg (MoDo-Swe Jr) ... 44-4-13-17

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McKeen’s Hockey Pool Yearbook 2014-15: Additional Statistical Content

5V5 OVERALL AND 5V5 CLOSE

METRICS

Week 3: CHL Points Breakdown by NHL Team

Anaheim Ducks

15

4

2

6

1

0.39

Boston Bruins

18

18

7

25

7

1.37

Buffalo Sabres

53

21

36

57

8

1.06

Calgary Flames

34

7

19

26

2

0.68

Carolina Hurricanes

27

2

10

12

1

0.46

Chicago Blackhawks

32

19

21

40

9

1.04

Colorado Avalanche

61

13

28

41

5

0.67

Columbus Blue Jackets

27

11

19

30

2

0.94

Dallas Stars

36

9

20

29

5

0.86

Detroit Red Wings

48

10

34

44

5

0.93

Edmonton Oilers

34

4

17