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2025-26 Hurricanes Prospects and Minors Thread

cmon3 said:
What’s the deal with Ivan Ryabkin? Is he the real deal?
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Well, as you can see he went back to juniors after 25 games with Chicago … during which time he amassed 7 points. He’s having a huge impact as an over-age player in major junior. What that means beyond this year is entirely unclear, other than that CM is correct that he’s too good to be in the QMJHL. There were reports out of Chicago that he still had a lot of maturing to do, on and off the ice … which jives with the scouting on him before the draft last summer. So, he’s something, but anybody who tells you they know quite what is probably selling something.

Next year, I’d guess he’s back in Chicago. Or maybe he could go college hockey since the NCAA was cool to clear guys with similar AHL experience. The right college situation might do him a lot of good.
 
College hockey tournaments have started. Perron and Emerson are the only Canes players still alive. Michigan plays Ohio State in the final next Saturday. Michigan is the top ranked team in the country, they will get a bid even if they lose. Merrimack plays UMass next Friday in the Hockey East semis. Penn State seems likely to get an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament when the draw is held next week, Maine is not. Does anyone think the Canes will push to sign Poirier? And if Penn St. doesn’t get a bid, will they try to sign Cerrato?
 
Carrato, maybe. He’s got two seasons of college hockey under his belt and took big strides this year with his point production up a bit and his PIMs way down. Carolina likes to get guys after their 2nd year at that level. Plus, he’s a big-ish body and should be ready enough for the physical play at the AHL level. Poirier is tricky. He’s short, but stocky and I’m not sure what his game looks like at the pro level. He’s got a bit more experience though, having put some time in in the Q before playing for Maine. Maybe they give him another year in the oven in college? I dunno. A lot comes down to how they see his physical development and I haven’t seen nearly enough of him to judge that. I don't think there’s a hot rush in either case though. Chicago’s got a pretty solid group up front, so any time they got this season would just be a teaser.
 
andyt said:
College hockey tournaments have started. Perron and Emerson are the only Canes players still alive. Michigan plays Ohio State in the final next Saturday. Michigan is the top ranked team in the country, they will get a bid even if they lose. Merrimack plays UMass next Friday in the Hockey East semis. Penn State seems likely to get an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament when the draw is held next week, Maine is not. Does anyone think the Canes will push to sign Poirier? And if Penn St. doesn’t get a bid, will they try to sign Cerrato?
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...and Cornell is one period away from knocking Harvard out of the ECAC quarterfinals. The semis and final are next weekend in Lake Placid.
 
Canes Prospects through 3/15/2026. College kids in conference playoffs. Russian VHL seasons are over. That might mean playoffs or the end of the season for some of our Russian prospects or promotion or demotion if their VHL team missed the playoffs. I believe the KHL regular season ends this week. Some lower level Euro leagues have kicked off their playoffs already. This is where things get all kinds of messy :):

Nikita Artamonov W (2nd Round 2024 KHL Nizhny Novgorod/VHL Gorky-NN)

With KHL Nizhny Novgorod: 16 Games 0 Goals 1 Assists -3
With KHL Nizhnekamsk: 34 Games 2 Goals 4 Assists -10 ****
With VHL Gorky NN: 8 Games 2 Goals 2 Assists Even Qualified for the playoffs

Fyodor Avramov LW (6th Round 2024 KHL Sochi/MHL Stupino/VHL Orsk)

With KHL Sochi: 35 Games 2 Goals 0 Assists -5 ****
With MHL Stupino: 14 Games 8 Goals 8 Assists +4
With VHL Orsk: 5 Games 0 Goals 5 Assists +1 Did not qualify for the playoffs

Roman Bausov RHD (3rd Round 2025 MHL St. Petersburg): 18 Games 1 Goal 5 Assists +4 *** Injured

Charlie Cerrato C (2nd Round 2025 Big Ten Penn St. So.): 22 Games 7 Goals 20 Assists +3 *** Penn State was eliminated from the Big 10 tournament and awaits a possible NCAA at large bid.

Filip Ekberg RW (7th Round 2025 OHL Ottawa): 56 Games 22 Goals 22 Assists +18

Michael Emerson F (6th Round 2023 Hockey East Merrimack Jr.): 34 Games 4 Goals 5 Assists -2 *** Merrimack plays UMASS in the Hockey East semis on Friday

Simon Forsmark LHD (4th Round 2022 SweHL Timra): 51 Games 3 Goals 11 Assists -8

Noel Fransén LHD (3rd Round 2024 SweHL Färjestad/HockeyAllsvenskan Karlskoga):

With SweHL Färjestad: 13 Games 1 Goals 1 Assist Even
With HAllsvenskan Karlskoga: 38 Games 6 Goals 8 Assists Even **** Qualified for the playoffs

Vladimir Grudinin LHD (5th Round 2022 KHL Cherepovets): 51 Games 4 Goals 5 Assists -8

Nikita Guslistov C (7th round 2021 VHL Novokuznetsk): 58 Games 12 Goals 6 Assists +6 **** Qualified for the playoffs (top team)

Nils Juntorp RW (via Trade HockeyEttan (Swedish 3rd tier) Boras and Dalen):

With Boras: 15 Games 3 Goals 4 Assists +1
With Dalen: 23 Games 8 Goals 22 Assists +2 **** Dalen did not make the playoffs. I believe that Juntorp's season is over.

Timur Kol LHD (6th Round 2024 MHL Moskova/KHL Moskova)

With MHL Moskova: 33 Games 13 Goals 16 Assists +14
With KHL Moskova: 7 Games 0 Goals 1 Assists -1 *** Promoted to KHL but playoffs may change that

Andrei Krutov LW (7th Round 2024 MHL Nizhny Novgorod/VHL Gorky NN/KHL Nizhny Novgorod/KHL Khabarovsk)

With MHL Nizhny Novgorod: 9 Games 3 Goals 4 Assists +4
With VHL Gorky NN: 23 Games 2 Goals 4 Assists +5
With KHL Nizhny Novgorod: 3 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists Even
With KHL Khabarovsk: 19 Games 2 Goals 2 Assists Even ****

Kurban Limatov LHD (3rd Round 2025 MHL Moskova): 45 Games 10 Goals 18 Assists +21

Timur Mukhanov LW (6th Round 2023 KHL Cherepovets and Nizhny Novgorod/MHL Cherepovets/VHL Tambov):

With KHL Cherepovets: 27 Games 3 Goals 2 Assists -7
With MHL Cherepovets: 8 Games 2 Goals 4 Assists -3
With VHL Tambov: 6 Games 2 Goals 3 Assists +4
With KHL Nizhny Novgorod: 13 Games 2 Goals 0 Assists -5 ****

Viggo Nordlund LW (6th Round 2025 Swe HAllsvensken Oskarshamn/SweHL Skelleftea):

With Swe Hallsvensken Oskarshamn: 52 Games 12 Goals 14 Assists +4 *** Playoffs 3 Games 1 Goal 0 Assists +1 Oskarshamn won their qualifying series 2-0 and is down in their Quarterfinals series 0-1
With SweHL Skelleftea: 2 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists Even

Alexander Pelevin LHD (7th round 2022 VHL Gorky NN/KHL Nizhny Novgorod):

With VHL Gorky NN: 46 Games 2 Goals 9 Assists +27 **** Gorky NN made the playoffs
With KHL Nizhny Novgorod: 1 Game 0 Goals 0 Assists +1

Alexander Perevalov LW (3rd Round 2022 VHL Novokuznetsk): 57 Games 20 Goals 13 Assists -2 *** Novokuznetsk made the playoffs (top team)

Jayden Perron RW (3rd Round 2023 Big 10 U of Michigan Jr.): 36 Games 15 Goals 20 Assists +15 *** Michigan plays for the Big 10 title on Saturday

Justin Poirier RW (5th Round 2024 Hockey East U of Maine Fr.): 27 Games 18 Goals 11 Assists +3 *** Injured. Maine was eliminated from the Hockey East playoffs and is unlikely to get an NCAA bid. Poirier's season is very likely over.

Ivan Ryabkin C (2nd Round 2025 QMJHL Charlottetown): 19 Games 12 Goals 29 Assists +12

Alexander Rykov RW (4th Round 2023 KHL Chelyabinsk/VHL Chelyabinsk):

With KHL Chelyabinsk: 53 Games 8 Goals 7 Assists +3 ****
With VHL Chelyabinsk: 4 Games 3 Goals 2 Assists +3 Chelyabinsk qualified for the playoffs

Roman Shokhrin LHD (6th Round 2024 MHL Loko Yaroslavl): 50 Games 5 Goals 12 Assists +49

Alexander Siryatsky LHD (4th Round 2024 KHL Magnitogorsk): 35 Games 2 Goals 3 Assists Even

Oskar Vuollet F (5th Round 2024 SweHL Skellefteå): 51 Games 3 Goals 4 Assists +3

Stanislav Yarovoi LW (4th Round 2023 KHL Moskova/VHL Voskresensk)

With KHL Moskova: 5 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists -2
With VHL Voskresensk: 43 Games 8 Goals 11 Assists +11 ***** Voskresensk qualified for the playoffs


Semyon Frolov G (2nd Round 2025 MHL Moskova/MHL MAH Moskova (which I think is 2nd tier Junior league level):

With MHL Moskova: 4-1-0 1.83 GAA .929 Sv%
With MHL MAH Moskova: 0-2-0 4.04 GAA .879 Sv% ***

Yegor Velmakin G (7th Round 2023 VHL St. Petersburg): 7-9-3 2.88 GAA .908 Sv% *** St. Petersburg did not make the VHL playoffs. Velmakin's season is likely over.

Jakub Vondras G (6th round 2022 Czech2 Pardubice): 10-11-0 2.72 GAA .912 Sv% PLAYOFFS: 0-1 5.45 GAA .808 Sv% *** Pardubice lost their qualifying series 1-2. Vondras' season is over.
 
Chicago Wolves last week:

Mar 11 Iowa L 4-2 Primeau with the loss. Nikita Pavlychev, and Nadeau with the goals.
Mar 13 @Rockford L 4-1 Primeau with the loss. Suzuki with the goal
Mar 15 Grand Rapids W 1-0 Primeau with the 28 save shutout. G. Smith with the goal.

Definitely a strange week for the Wolves. They lost those first 2 games to the bottom feeders in the Central Division and then went out and beat the AHL 2nd best team.

Chicago is now 29-15-12, 2nd in the Central division. 8 points ahead of 3rd place Manitoba. Still 20 points behind Grand Rapids

4 Games this week. Tue/Wed @texas, Sat v. Rockford, Sun v Iowa
 
Michigan won the Big 10 championship and Merrimack won Hockey East. Penn St. got an at large bid, so Perron, Emerson and Cerrato are still playing. The brackets will be announced later today.
 
Michigan is the overall #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and heads to Albany. Penn St. is the 3 seed in the same region. Merrimack is the overall #15 seed and faces overall #2 North Dakota in the Sioux Falls regional.

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2026 DI men's ice hockey championship: Bracket, schedule, scores

Coverage of the 2026 DI men's hockey championship and Frozen Four, including selection show info, bracket, schedule and championship history.
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andyt said:
Michigan is the overall #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and heads to Albany. Penn St. is the 3 seed in the same region. Merrimack is the overall #15 seed and faces overall #2 North Dakota in the Sioux Falls regional.

www.ncaa.com

2026 DI men's ice hockey championship: Bracket, schedule, scores

Coverage of the 2026 DI men's hockey championship and Frozen Four, including selection show info, bracket, schedule and championship history.
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Looking forward to this tournament. I think there is more parity than usual in this years field
 
Canes Prospects through 3/22/2026. The insanity that is Russian prospects during the playoffs continues....

Nikita Artamonov W (2nd Round 2024 KHL Nizhny Novgorod/VHL Gorky-NN)

With KHL Nizhny Novgorod: 16 Games 0 Goals 1 Assists -3
With KHL Nizhnekamsk: 37 Games 3 Goals 6 Assists -9 **** Qualified for the Playoffs
With VHL Gorky NN: 8 Games 2 Goals 2 Assists Even

Fyodor Avramov LW (6th Round 2024 KHL Sochi/MHL Stupino/VHL Orsk)

With KHL Sochi: 36 Games 2 Goals 0 Assists -6 Did not qualify for the playoffs
With MHL Stupino: 15 Games 10 Goals 8 Assists +6 **** Avramov was returned to the MHL
With VHL Orsk: 5 Games 0 Goals 5 Assists +1 Did not qualify for the playoffs

Roman Bausov RHD (3rd Round 2025 MHL St. Petersburg): 18 Games 1 Goal 5 Assists +4 *** Injured

Charlie Cerrato C (2nd Round 2025 Big Ten Penn St. So.): 22 Games 7 Goals 20 Assists +3 *** Penn State made the NCAA tourney

Filip Ekberg RW (7th Round 2025 OHL Ottawa): 59 Games 24 Goals 22 Assists +19

Michael Emerson F (6th Round 2023 Hockey East Merrimack Jr.): 36 Games 4 Goals 5 Assists -2 *** Merrimack Won the Hockey East tournament, automatically qualifying them for the NCAA tourney

Simon Forsmark LHD (4th Round 2022 SweHL Timra): 51 Games 3 Goals 11 Assists -8 Timra failed to qualify for the playoffs, Forsmark's season is over.

Noel Fransén LHD (3rd Round 2024 SweHL Färjestad/HockeyAllsvenskan Karlskoga):

With SweHL Färjestad: 13 Games 1 Goals 1 Assist Even
With HAllsvenskan Karlskoga: 38 Games 6 Goals 8 Assists Even PLAYOFFS 2 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists Even Karlskoga won their opening round series 2-0

Vladimir Grudinin LHD (5th Round 2022 KHL Cherepovets): 53 Games 5 Goals 6 Assists -7 *** Qualified for the Playoffs

Nikita Guslistov C (7th round 2021 VHL Novokuznetsk): 59 Games 13 Goals 6 Assists +7 **** PLAYOFFS 1 Game 0 Goals 0 Assists Even. Novokuznetsk is up in their 1st round series 1-0

Timur Kol LHD (6th Round 2024 MHL Moskova/KHL Moskova)

With MHL Moskova: 35 Games 13 Goals 16 Assists +15 *** Demoted to MHL
With KHL Moskova: 8 Games 0 Goals 2 Assists Even Qualified for the Playoffs

Andrei Krutov LW (7th Round 2024 MHL Nizhny Novgorod/VHL Gorky NN/KHL Nizhny Novgorod/KHL Khabarovsk)

With MHL Nizhny Novgorod: 9 Games 3 Goals 4 Assists +4
With VHL Gorky NN: 23 Games 2 Goals 4 Assists +5
With KHL Nizhny Novgorod: 3 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists Even
With KHL Khabarovsk: 21 Games 2 Goals 2 Assists -2 **** Failed to make the playoffs. Krutov's season is likely over.

Kurban Limatov LHD (3rd Round 2025 MHL Moskova): 46 Games 12 Goals 18 Assists +21

Timur Mukhanov LW (6th Round 2023 KHL Cherepovets and Nizhny Novgorod/MHL Cherepovets/VHL Tambov):

With KHL Cherepovets: 27 Games 3 Goals 2 Assists -7
With MHL Cherepovets: 8 Games 2 Goals 4 Assists -3
With VHL Tambov: 6 Games 2 Goals 3 Assists +4
With KHL Nizhny Novgorod: 14 Games 2 Goals 0 Assists -6 **** Qualified for the Playoffs

Viggo Nordlund LW (6th Round 2025 Swe HAllsvensken Oskarshamn/SweHL Skelleftea):

With Swe Hallsvensken Oskarshamn: 52 Games 12 Goals 14 Assists +4 *** Playoffs 6 Games 1 Goal 1 Assist Even Oskarshamn was swept in their Quarterfinals series 0-4
With SweHL Skelleftea: 2 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists Even Qualified for the Playoffs - I doubt Nordlund will play for top seeded Skelleftea, but we will keep him active just in case.

Alexander Pelevin LHD (7th round 2022 VHL Gorky NN/KHL Nizhny Novgorod):

With VHL Gorky NN: 46 Games 2 Goals 9 Assists +27 PLAYOFFS: 1 Game 0 Goals 0 Assists -2 Gorky NN is down in their 1 round series 0-1
With KHL Nizhny Novgorod: 1 Game 0 Goals 0 Assists +1

Alexander Perevalov LW (3rd Round 2022 VHL Novokuznetsk): 58 Games 20 Goals 14 Assists -1 *** PLAYOFFS: 1 Game 0 Goals 1 Assist Even Novokuznetsk is up in their 1st round series 1-0

Jayden Perron RW (3rd Round 2023 Big 10 U of Michigan Jr.): 37 Games 16 Goals 21 Assists +16 *** Michigan is a top seed in the NCAA tournament

Ivan Ryabkin C (2nd Round 2025 QMJHL Charlottetown): 20 Games 13 Goals 29 Assists +13

Alexander Rykov RW (4th Round 2023 KHL Chelyabinsk/VHL Chelyabinsk):

With KHL Chelyabinsk: 56 Games 8 Goals 7 Assists +3 **** Qualified for the Playoffs
With VHL Chelyabinsk: 4 Games 3 Goals 2 Assists +3

Roman Shokhrin LHD (6th Round 2024 MHL Loko Yaroslavl): 51 Games 5 Goals 12 Assists +53

Alexander Siryatsky LHD (4th Round 2024 KHL Magnitogorsk): 37 Games 2 Goals 3 Assists -4 *** Qualified for Playoffs

Oskar Vuollet F (5th Round 2024 SweHL Skellefteå): 51 Games 3 Goals 4 Assists +3 *** Qualified for Playoffs

Stanislav Yarovoi LW (4th Round 2023 KHL Moskova/VHL Voskresensk)

With KHL Moskova: 5 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists -2
With VHL Voskresensk: 44 Games 8 Goals 11 Assists +11 ***** Voskresensk qualified for the playoffs


Semyon Frolov G (2nd Round 2025 MHL Moskova/MHL MAH Moskova (which I think is 2nd tier Junior league level):

With MHL Moskova: 4-1-0 1.83 GAA .929 Sv%
With MHL MAH Moskova: 0-2-0 4.04 GAA .879 Sv% ***


PROSPECTS WHOSE SEASON HAS ENDED:

Simon Forsmark LHD (4th Round 2022 SweHL Timra)
Nils Juntorp RW (via Trade HockeyEttan (Swedish 3rd tier) Boras and Dalen)
Andrei Krutov LW (7th Round 2024 MHL Nizhny Novgorod/VHL Gorky NN/KHL Nizhny Novgorod/KHL Khabarovsk)
Justin Poirier RW (5th Round 2024 Hockey East U of Maine Fr.)

Yegor Velmakin G (7th Round 2023 VHL St. Petersburg)
Jakub Vondras G (6th round 2022 Czech2 Pardubice)

 
Chicago Wolves last week:

Mar 17 @'Texas L 2-1 Primeau with the loss. Gunler with the goal.
Mar 18 @'Texas L 5-4 Miftakhov with the loss. Legault, Unger Sorum, Slavin and Heimosalmi with the goals
Mar 21 Rockford L 4-2 Primeau with the loss. Gunler and Slavin with the goals
Mar 22 Iowa L 6-4 Miftakhov with the loss. Legault, Suzuki, Seeley and Evan Veirling with the goals

Obviously not a great week for the Wolves. They have now lost 8 of their last 9 games...the only win being a 1-0 victory against Grand Rapids.

Chicago is now 29-19-12, 2nd in the Central division. Now just 4 points ahead of 3rd place Texas and 6 points ahead of 4th place Manitoba.

3 Games this week. Wed @Iowa, Sat @Grand Rapids, Sun v Milwaukee
 
cmaleski2 said:
Chicago Wolves last week:

Mar 17 @'Texas L 2-1 Primeau with the loss. Gunler with the goal.
Mar 18 @'Texas L 5-4 Miftakhov with the loss. Legault, Unger Sorum, Slavin and Heimosalmi with the goals
Mar 21 Rockford L 4-2 Primeau with the loss. Gunler and Slavin with the goals
Mar 22 Iowa L 6-4 Miftakhov with the loss. Legault, Suzuki, Seeley and Evan Veirling with the goals

Obviously not a great week for the Wolves. They have now lost 8 of their last 9 games...the only win being a 1-0 victory against Grand Rapids.

Chicago is now 29-19-12, 2nd in the Central division. Now just 4 points ahead of 3rd place Texas and 6 points ahead of 4th place Manitoba.

3 Games this week. Wed @Iowa, Sat @Grand Rapids, Sun v Milwaukee
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I think Nadeau is injured, I suspect that has a lot to do with the downturn although giving up 6 goals to last place Iowa can’t be laid at his feet.
 
Yeah, he’s just never gotten much traction since he came over to North America. Gunler was always a guy that was going to have to figure out how to score goals to have value and he’s just never done it. He was worth a swing, but he looks like a miss.
 
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