Each week, NHL.com/de looks back on notable performances by German-speaking draft players and emerging developments in the AHL, ECHL, and junior hockey. This week the games from January 14 to 20, 2023.
For Leon Gawanke and the Manitoba Moose, the balance was quite positive this week. There were two wins from three games. Only once morest the Chicago Wolves did they lose 6-2 on Friday. The Moose had previously won 2-0 once morest Chicago and 4-2 once morest the Belleville Senators. Gawanke ended his lull of six pointless games in the first game of the week with an assist to make it 1-0 once morest the Senators. In the defeat once morest the Wolves he scored the interim connection to 1:2.
The Providence Bruins can continue to look forward to a good development from Kai Wissmann. The defenseman faced the Hartford Wolf Pack in two of the Bruins’ three games. In the first encounter, a 1:3 defeat, he remained without a point. In the third game he managed an assist in a 5-3 away win. He scored three of his nine points of the season (1 goal, 8 assists) in the last four games.
[Ähnliches: Wissmann meldet sich eindrucksvoll zurück]
The Swiss goalkeeper Akira Schmid once more presented himself with good performances at the Utica Comets. The Comets suffered two losses once morest the Syracuse Crunch last week (5-1 and 2-0) and celebrated a 5-1 win over the Bridgeport Islanders. Schmid stood between the posts at 0:2 and saved 20 shots, but offered a secure backing in the only win with 33 saves. In both appearances together he had a catch rate of 94.6 percent.
Marco Rossi enjoyed two wins in two games with the Iowa Wild. There was a 2-1 win following a penalty shoot-out once morest the Grand Rapid Griffins. In the 3-2 victory following extra time once morest the Milwaukee Admirals, the Austrian prepared the 2-1 lead and the decisive goal in extra time. His 18 points (5 goals, 13 assists) make him the team’s sixth-best scorer despite playing just 19 of 37 games with the Minnesota Wild due to his NHL appearances.
Lukas Reichel returned to the Rockford IceHogs following three more NHL appearances for the Chicago Blackhawks. But there was little to celebrate there. The IceHogs lost all three games in the observation period with a goal difference of 5:15. Reichel contributed an assist and had a plus-minus record of -1. Despite receiving multiple calls to Chicago this season, Reichel remains Rockford’s third-best scorer, second-best assist and third-best scorer with 37 points (14 goals, 23 assists).
[Ähnliches: Kurashev lobt die Entwicklung von Reichel bei Blackhawks]
Bad Nauheim winger Julian Napravnik is still waiting for his next assignment with the Hershey Bears. He last played on December 28th. He scored one goal in nine games this season for the Bears.
Other talents from the DACH region to watch out for:
In the East Coast Hockey League, the Florida Everblades with German defenseman Lukas Kälble managed a record of 3-0-1 in four games. The man from Mannheim recorded two assists and a plus-minus balance of +4. He is the team’s second best defender with 17 points (3 goals, 14 assists).
Austria’s Vinzenz Rohrer and Switzerland’s Brian Zanetti did not play in the Ontario Hockey League. Rohrer was injured on January 11 during a game once morest the Kingston Frontenacs. Zanetti last played in a game for the Peterborough Petes on December 11. Nevertheless, there is exciting news for the defender: he has signed a contract with the SCL Tigers in the National League and will be active in Langnau from next season.
Forward Håkon Hänelt remains out of the Gatineau Olympics in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with a foot injury.
