Saturday night was a tiny bit better for the eight New York Rangers prospects who saw action. By tiny bit there were three fewer losses because there were three overtime ties but there was still only one prospect who could say he (a) won and (b) had a good game.
Two sets of prospects faced off against each other and the way college hockey works a game that goes to the shootout is listed as a tie in the overall standings. If your team wins the shootout then they earn an extra point in their conference standings.
If you are a bit confused that is all right as it is confusing as the NCAA should go to a uniform way of determining the standings for all the hockey conferences.
First Star of the game Raoul Boilard is the hottest Rangers prospect now as the 2024 fourth-round pick of the Rangers was 1-1-2 to lead his Baie-Comeau Drakkar to a 4-2 win over the Drummondville Voltigeurs in QMJHL play. The game’s first star, Boilard, got his team on the scoreboard when he tied the game up at 1-1 with a power play goal in the second period.
Boilard found a rebound right in front of the Voltigeurs goal and shoved it into the goal for his fifth goal of the season and fourth power play goal at 9:50. 46 seconds after the goal, Boilard would start the play that put his team up 2-1 with a secondary assist at 10:36.
The 1-1-2 was part of a two-shot, +1 with a high sticking minor and a 12-9 faceoff performance. Boilard improved to a prospect leading 5-14-19 season totals that go along with the four power play goals, two game-winners, a -3, 10 PIMS and a 56.4% faceoff win rate.
Boilard is also on a four-game scoring streak (3-2-5) as his team improves to 15-6-1-0 in QMJHL play. Now the QMJHL has a licensing setup which makes showing highlights of Boilard’s play hard but the following is a highlight package of his entire game last April. Warning it is over 16 minutes but it is worth watching to get an idea of his play.
NCHC
Noah Laba earned a primary assist as his eighth-ranked Colorado College Tigers played to a 1-1 overtime tie against Ty Henricks 11th-ranked Western Michigan Broncos in NCHC play. Colorado College won the shootout 1-0 (seven rounds) as they are 8-1-1 (1-0-2-1 NCHC) while Western Michigan is 6-1-1 (2-0-1-1 NCHC).
E. J. Emery was scoreless as his 10th-ranked North Dakota Fighting Hawks lost to top-ranked Denver University 3-2 in NCHA play. Emery was credited with one shot as the Fighting Hawks fell to 5-6 (2-2 NCHC).
Laba with his 0-1-1 (1-6-7 on season) was credited with two shots, a +1 and was 6-15 on his faceoffs while Henricks was credited with two shots and a +1. Both players missed their shootout attempts.
ECAC
Hank Kempf and his fifth-ranked Cornell Big Red played to a 2-2 overtime tie with Zakary Karpa’s 19th ranked Harvard Crimson in ECAC play. Cornell would pick up the extra point in the standings by winning the shoot-out 2-0.
Kempf was credited with one shot, a -1 and one blocked shot while Karpa was credited with two shots and was 8-7 on his faceoffs. The tie dropped Cornell to 3-1-2 (1-1-1-1 ECAC) while Harvard fell to 2-2-1 (1-2-1-1 ECAC).
CCHA
Rasmus Larsson and his Northern Michigan Wildcats played to a 1-1 overtime tie with 16th-ranked Minnesota State in CCHA play. Northern Michigan did win the shootout 1-0 to end an eight-game losing streak.
It is now a nine-game winless streak (0-8-1) as the Wildcats fall to 1-10-1 (0-5-1-0 CCHA). Larsson was credited with two shots and a +1 to go along with two blocked shots.
Big Ten
Brody Lamb was scoreless as his third-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers were upset by Bemidji State 3-1 in non-conference play. Lamb was credited with just one shot and was a -1 as his Gophers fell to 10-2 on the season.
Did Not Play
Nathan Aspinall missed his fourth straight game with his lower body injury that he suffered during a game on November 8th. No word as to when he might return to the Flint Firebirds lineup
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