Dallas Stars prospect update

by Brandon Worley on Apr 12, 2009 2:52 PM CDT in News Comment 0 comments

The NHL season is drawing to a close, the AHL is about to start their playoffs and the junior hockey leagues are already deep into their postseason. With the focus of the Dallas Stars turning to build up their system with young prospects, we're going to start tracking the progress of players in the Dallas Stars system as well as updates on what the numerous prospects are up to as well.

Starting next season, expect a weekly update for both AHL/ECHL players and the junior league prospects.

For now, we'll start updating on what the Stars' players are up to in this season's playoffs, starting with the prospects today and updating the AHL players once those series gets underway.

There are a number of Stars prospects playing in the various junior league playoffs, but none is having the impact that Jamie Benn has had on the Western Hockey League. Benn leads the league in assists and points in the playoffs and has helped lead the Kelowna Rockets to a 3-2 lead in their second round series, after sweeping the first round. Benn scored the winning goal in overtime in game four, capping off a four point night on Wednesday. Friday in game five, a 5-2 win, Benn notched two more assists. The Rockets host game six tonight, and if so inclined you can follow the game on the WHL website.

Here's a look at the playoff stats for the Dallas Stars prospects, as of Sunday, April 12th.

Player	Pos	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Jamie Benn	LW	Kelowna	9	6	16	22	+7	6
Colton Sceviour	C	Lethbridge	11	4	3	7	+5	12
Ondrej Roman	C	Swift Current	10	1	4	5	+3	10
Sergey Korostin	RW	Peterborough	4	1	2	3	-1	0
Michael Neal	LW	Sarnia	5	0	1	1	-5	4
Luke Gazdic	LW	Erie	5	0	0	0	0	9
Guillaume Monast	D	Quebec	10	2	7	9	-7	16
Phillip Larsen	D	Frolunda (SWE)	11	2	1	3	-3	4

Tyler Beskorowney appeared in 27 minutes of a playoff game, yet did not last very long, allowing six goals in the loss.

Follow the jump for a look at the total season stats for all Dallas Stars prospects.

Western Hockey League

Player	Pos	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Jamie Benn	LW	Kelowna	56	46	36	82	+27	71
Colton Sceviour	C/RW	Lethbridge	69	29	51	80	+5	48
Matt Tassone	C	Swift Current	52	36	19	55	+23	100
Ondrej Roman	C	Spokane	32	10	22	32	+21	19

Ontario Hockey League

Sergey Korostin	RW	Peterborough	49	13	23	36	-6	33
Michael Neal	LW	Sarnia	66	9	12	21	-2	48
Luke Gazdic	LW	Erie	63	2	10	30	-21	127

Tyler Beskowney

Owen Sound

2160

11-12-10

3.64

.902

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Guillaume Monast

Quebec

+25

United States Hockey League

Scott Winkler

Cedar Rapids

Colleges

Richard Bachman

Colorado College

2073

14-11-10

2.63

.914

European Leagues

Tom Wandell	C	Timra (Swe)	51	15	26	41	+15	26
Phillip Larsen	D	Frolunda (Swe)	53	2	15	17	+8	18
Perttu Lindgren	C	Lukko (Fin)	49	5	19	24	-5	16
Ondrej Roman	C	Vitkovice (Cze)	26	3	6	9	+6	2