Dallas Stars Prospect Update: Roope Hintz Returns From Injury, Hansson Keeps Scoring
How have the Dallas Stars prospects done in this past week of hockey? Defending Big D is committed to to giving you weekly updates as their seasons progress.
North American Juniors and NCAA
OHL
Alex Peters played three games for the Flint Firebirds this week. He went pointless in all three of the games. Peters has three points in 14 games this season.
Chris Martenet went pointless through three games with the London Knights this week. He has four points in 15 games this year.
After being a healthy scratch for a week Aaron Haydon returned to action with the Niagara IceDogs. He went pointless through the three games they played.
Haydon has gone pointless through all 13 games he has played this season for the IceDogs.
Brent Moran returned from injury and played well in his only game this week. He stopped 22 of 24 shots, a 0.914SVS%, as the IceDogs beat the Sarnia Sting 6-2 on Friday.
Patrick Sanvido did not play this week because he is injured.
WHL
Brett Pollock had his point streak broken at seven games. In the four games that the Oil Kings played this week he finished with one goal.
He scored a powerplay goal during a 3-1 win against the Saskatoon Blades. Highlights can be found here.
USHL
Matej Paulovic played three games this week for the Muskegon Lumberjacks this week. He finished with three points in those games, all coming in a single game.
On Wednesday, during a 4-2 win against the Chicago Steel, he scored a goal and two assists. He was named first star of the game.
NCAA
Mike Prapavessis played two games, both wins, for the RPI Engineers. He went pointless in both contests.
Joseph Cecconi went pointless through two games for Michigan, he continues to play on Michigan's third defensive pairing.
Europe
Sweden
Niklas Hansson continues his impressive start to the season, adding a pair of goals to his totals.
He scored both of HV71's goals in a 2-1SO win. It appears that the SHL include his shootout winner as a goal on his season statistics.
Highlights of his first goal can be seen here, and his shootout goal here.
John Nyberg played two games for Oskarshamn in the Allsvenska, finishing with a single assist. He got his assist during a 5-4SO loss on Thursday. Nyberg got a secondary assist on the game tying goal.
Finland
Roope Hintz returned to action in the Liiga this week, getting his first point of the year in his first game back from injury. He is averaging 14 minutes of ice time per game in his return.
Aleksi Makela got his first point of the season this week. He got a secondary assist on the only goal in a 1-0 loss to Assat.
Troy Vance went pointless through three games for Assat. He continues to play over 23 minutes per game.
Miro Karjalainen continues to be out of action for HIFK J20.
Russia
Denis Guryanov played two games in the KHL this week and went pointless in those games. He continues to play around 10 minutes per game.
Dmitry Sinitsyn got an assist in two games this week in the VHL. He got the assist in a 3-2OT loss last Monday.
North American Junior Leagues and European Leagues
| Team | GP | Goals | Assists | Points | PIMs | +/- | |
| North American Juniors/NCAA | |||||||
| OHL | |||||||
| Aaron Haydon (D) | Niagara IceDogs | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | -1 |
| Chris Martenet (D) | London Knights | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 15 |
| Alex Peters (D) | Flint Firebirds | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 2 |
| Patrick Sanvido (D) | Windsor Spitfires | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| WHL | |||||||
| Brett Pollock (LW/C) | Edmonton Oil Kings | 16 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 1 |
| USHL | |||||||
| Matej Paulovic (C) | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 26 | -4 |
| NCAA | |||||||
| Michael Prapavessis (D) | Rensselaer Poly Institute (RPI) | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -5 |
| Joseph Cecconi (D) | University of Michigan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Sweden | |||||||
| SHL | |||||||
| Niklas Hansson (D) | HV71 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | -2 |
| Allsvenskan | |||||||
| John Nyberg (D) | Oskarshamn | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| Finland | |||||||
| Liiga | |||||||
| Aleksi Makela (D) | Ilves | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 |
| Roope Hintz (C) | HIFK | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Troy Vance (D) | Assat | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 |
| Mestis | |||||||
| Aleksi Makela (D) | Leki | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Finland Juniors | |||||||
| Miro Karjalainen (D) | HIFK J20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 66 | 1 |
| Russia | |||||||
| KHL | |||||||
| Dmitry Sinitsyn (D) | Dynamo Moscow | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Denis Guryanov (W) | Dynamo Moscow | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -4 |
| VHL | |||||||
| Dmitry Sinitsyn (D) | Dynamo Balashikha | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 8 |
| MHL | |||||||
| Denis Gurynov (W) | Dynamo Moscow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team | GP | Record | Mins | GA | Svs | GAA | SVS% | SO | |
| OHL | |||||||||
| Brent Moran (G) | Niagara IceDogs | 9 | 3-5-0 | 496 | 31 | 197 | 3.75 | 0.864 | - |
| Liiga | |||||||||
| Henri Kiviaho (G) | Ilves | 1 | 0-0-1 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 0.00 | 1.000 | - |
| Mestis | |||||||||
| Markus Ruusu (G) | JYP-Akatemia | 12 | - | 12 | 318 | - | 0.868 | - | |
North American Professional Leagues:
| Team | GP | G | A | P | PIMs | +/- | |
| Remi Elie (LW) | Texas Stars | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 |
| Justin Dowling (C) | Texas Stars | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Branden Troock (RW) | Texas Stars | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Gemel Smith (C) | Texas Stars | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Curtis McKenzie (LW) X | Texas Stars | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Cole Ully (LW) | Texas Stars | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Brendan Ranford (LW) | Texas Stars | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Matej Stransky (RW) | Texas Stars | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 6 |
| Radek Faksa (C) X | Texas Stars | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Devin Shore (C) X | Texas Stars | 9 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 7 |
| Jason Dickinson (C) | Texas Stars | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Esa Lindell (D) | Texas Stars | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| Stephen Jones (D) | Texas Stars | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Mattias Backman (D) | Texas Stars | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Julius Honka (D) | Texas Stars | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| Ludwig Bystrom (D) | Texas Stars | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Taylor Peters (C) | Idaho Steelheads | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 2 |
| Emil Molin (C) | Idaho Steelheads | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | GP | Record | Mins | GA | Svs | GAA | SVS% | SO | |
| Jack Campbell | Texas Stars | - | |||||||
| Philippe Desrosiers | Idaho Steelheads | 4 | 1-1-1 | 200 | 9 | 102 | 2.70 | 0.919 | |
| Maxime Lagace | Texas Stars | 6 | 4-2-0 | 356 | 14 | 173 | 2.36 | 0.925 | - |
X indicates that a player is currently with the Dallas Stars
