Following a excellent year together with Smith Falls last year, and a terrific preseason,'' winger Ryan Van Stralen seems to have earned a spot on the 67's. With 4 goals and an assist in the preseason,'' Van Stralen could be a classic late bloomer. Tough guy Emerson Clark had a wonderful preseason with 4 goals and two assists. Overager Colin Martin was also solid with 2 goals and two assists. Too bad that he 's not qualified for the NHL draft till 2014. Veteran Barclay Goodrow had 3 goals and an assist. I went so far to put him on my HM list on my preseason top 30. Well, he's appeared pretty damn good this preseason with 6 goals and an assist.
The house service will seem to offer them an advantage and obviously has an impact on ref conclusions that has been the largest (only) drawback of the championship. And second year forward Kerby Rychel is perhaps showing he's more offense into his game than people give him credit , together with 3 goals and an assist. Brandon Robinson had a 4 target preseason and the 2nd year electricity forward looks poised for a breakout season. One of my selections for a breakout year, Brassard paced the Bulls in preseason scoring with 4 goals in 4 matches. He had 2 goals, and two assists this preseason and appears to be ready to breakout. Trocheck had 4 goals and two assists and seems ready to push for the scoring title in the league this past year. Import defenseman Dario Trutmann seems prepared to accept a larger offensive character this season after scoring 2 goals and two assists in the preseason.
Even though Sudbury went winless and ended up making the playoffs. To put it in perspective, Erie and Peterborough had one of the worst recordings of last year's preseason and ended up missing the playoffs. He looked a lot better last year and evolved into a strong all round player. As mentioned before, the Hounds had an extremely solid preseason thanks to a powerful performances from coming players. And former first overall pick Alex Galchenyuk was strong with 2 goals and 4 assists. Racine is a undersized offensive ahead who had been a part of this CCHL all rookie team last year after a wonderful season with Ottawa. When these players cannot receive outside offers, if the participant feels his offer is not fair, the staff can enter into mediation controlled by a third party.