For the New York Rangers prospects, Saturday helped to make this week a lost cause as the offensive woes continued. Eight prospects played and there was not even a single assist to show for any of them.
Equally frustrating is watching losses starting to pile up with each passing game as the overall record for the night was 3-5. Right now, other than Malcolm Spence’s second-ranked Michigan Wolverines and Sean Barnhill’s top-ranked Michigan State Spartans, none of the other teams with Rangers prospects is off to a particulary good start in the point production department.
- Spence and his Wolverines needed overtime to escape Notre Dame with a 2-1 win in Big Ten play. Spence was scoreless with all of one shot to show for his efforts as the Wolverines improved to 9-1 (2-0 Big Ten) on the season. Spence has gone pointless in his last five games and no goals in six.
- E. J. Emery was scoreless on one shot as his eighth-ranked North Dakota Fighting Hawks defeated the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs 5-1 in NCHC play. The win gave North Dakota a split of their weekend series as they improved to 5-3 (1-0-0-1 NCHC) on the season. Emery other than his two-goal night has not scored in his last five games.
- Evan Passmore was scoreless as his Barrie Colts defeated the Erie Otters 4-2 in OHL play to even their record at 7-7-0-3. Passmore is 1-0-1 after 16 games for the Colts.
- Brody Lamb and his 18th-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers were shut out 4-0 by 14th-ranked Wisconsin in Big Ten play. Minnesota has lost four straight to fall to 2-7-1 (0-2 Big Ten) as Lamb who remains the leading scorer for Minnesota at 4-3-7 has gone pointless in his last four games.
- Ty Henricks was scoreless as his third-ranked Western Michigan Broncos dropped a 5-1 decision to St. Cloud State in NCHC play. Western Michigan falls to 5-3 (1-1 NCHC) as Henricks has gone without a goal in four straight games and is 2-4-6 overall.
- Artem Gonchar was scoreless as his Sudbury Wolves dropped a 4-3 game to the Owen Sound Attack in OHL play. Gonchar has posted three points (1g, 2a) on the season for Sudbury as they fell to 4-11-1-0 on the season, last in the OHL’s Central Division.
- Raoul Boilard went scoreless. His Shawinigan Cataractes were whipped 7-2 by the Newfoundland Regiment in QMJHL play. Boilard saw his streak of three point games end at three games as his Cataractes fell to 6-4-1-2. Boilard has 12 points (5g, 7a) 5overall this season which is second best among Rangers prospects.
- Nathan Aspinall was scoreless as his Flint Firebirds got spanked 7-0 by the Branford Bulldogs in OHL play. Aspinall leads the Rangers prospects in scoring at 6-8-14 as his Firebirds are 8-5-1-0 on the season.
Larsson dealing with an injury
Rasmus Larsson has not been a healthy scratch after all as his Robert Morris Colonials reported that he is dealing with an injury. The details of said injury remain unknown as does how long he might miss playing time.
