Prospects: Week of 11-3-08

Rochester played two games over the weekend, first on Friday and again on Saturday. The Amerks lost 5-1 to Manitoba on Friday night, but rebounded and picked up their second win of the season by beating Houston 3-2 on Saturday.
Shawn Matthias led the way with two goals, while Kenndal McArdle had a goal and one assist. Stefan Meyer scored one goal, his first of the year, and Duco, Repik, Glass, Larman, Sprukts and Fitzpatrick each tallied one assist.

As for the rest of the North American players:

ECHL -- Dayton played Friday, Saturday and Sunday. David Shantz started the games on Saturday and Sunday, winning both. On Saturday, Shantz turned aside 25 of 26 shots and on Sunday, 28 of 30. For the weekend, the Bombers went 3-0, while Shantz pulled a save percentage of around .946%.

Juniors -- Adam Comrie scored a goal (his 5th) on Friday and an assist (7) on Saturday, although he took four minor penalties and then a ten-minute misconduct was assessed while he was serving a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. Through 16 games, Comrie's 12 points leads all defensemen on the Saginaw Spirit . . Corey Syvret had an assist (8) on Friday, but was unable to help the team on Sunday, going -2 in a 4-1 loss to Kingston. . . A.J. Jenks had a quiet week, going without points in back-to-back losses before scoring a goal (6) in another loss on Saturday. . . James DeLory has not played for Oshawa. . . To the WHL, Colby Robak put up another assist (7) in a Friday night victory but was kept off the scoresheet on Saturday in a 6-2 loss against Medicine Hat. Like Comrie, Robak leads his team in points by a defenseman.

CCHA -- Matt Rust centered Michigan's second line for a two-game weekend series against Alaska. Rust was held off the scoreboard in the loss on Friday, but registered an assist (5) in the win on Saturday. . . Matt Bartkowski played on the top pairing for Ohio State this weekend, upsetting #8 Michigan State in both games. Friday night, Bartkowski scored a goal (2) and Saturday, an assist (3). The Pittsburgh native shares the defensive point lead with Chris Reed. . . Ryan Watson played in one of Western Michigan's two weekend games but didn't get on the board. . .

WCHA -- North Dakota's Derrick LaPoint spent the weekend first on the top pairing (a 3-1 win) and then on the second pairing (a 7-4 loss). LaPoint finished the week with a -2 and the defenseman was held without a point in either game. . . John Lee didn't log much ice time, or poitns, over the weekend, but the freshman has still been a regular fixture in the Denver lineup, while goaltender Marc Cheverie stopped 61 of 63 shots and helped move Denver back to #6 in the nation. The goaltender's save percentage and goals-against-average have been steadily improving, now at .918% and 2.54, respectively. . .

Hockey East -- Netminder Brian Foster had another strong start on Friday, stopping 39 of 41 shots against #1 Minnesota, but he stumbled on Saturday, allowing four goals on twelve shots in the third period. For the game, Foster allowed six goals on thirty-four shots. . . Maine only played one game this week, and defenseman Matt Duffy was a -1 in Maine's 2-1 win against Boston College.