Compiled by Brian Weidler, "Game Time" Prospect Department
Five prospects, five medals ... Wamsley gets first win as head coach ... Warsofsky, BU win at Fenway.
The first week of the New Year was a very good one for several of the Blues' top prospects.
The Blues' organization had five prospects participating in the U-20 World Junior Championships, and all five came home with medals. Center Philip McRae and defenseman David Warsofsky helped Team USA to a 6-5 overtime win over Canada (with defenseman Alex Pietrangelo and goaltender Jake Allen) in the gold medal game, and defenseman David Rundblad scored in Sweden's 11-4 rout of Switzerland for the bronze.
The Blues actually had five prospects earn medals last season as well, but Rundblad and Sergei Andronov were not actually part of the organization at the time of the 2009 U20 World Juniors (held prior to the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, in which both were chosen). Pietrangelo and Brett Sonne were on the roster of 2009 gold medalist Canada, Andronov skated for silver medal-winning Russia, and Rundblad and Simon Hjalmarsson won bronze with Tre Kronor in 2009.
Former Blues' goaltending coach Rick Wamsley, who recently became the head coach in Peoria, earned his first win as a head coach on Friday night, a 5-1 thrashing of the Toronto Marlies at home on Carver Arena ice. The game was attended by your Game Time Prospect Department, and live-blogged HERE.
Center Nicholas Drazenovic picked up a goal and an assist for Peoria in the victory, as did veteran winger Barry Tallackson. Lars Eller, one of Peoria's two representatives in the upcoming AHL All-Star Game on Jan. 19, chipped in a pair of assists. Hannu Toivonen turned aside 29 of 30 Toronto shots to pick up the victory, his eighth of the season.
The win on Friday was the start of a busy three games in three days for Wamsley and the Rivermen, who dropped a 3-1 decision to the Chicago Wolves on Saturday night. Peoria will have little time to mull over the loss to veteran Chris Chelios and the Wolves, however, as they return to Carver Arena for a 3:00 PM showdown today with the Milwaukee Admirals.
As reported by Greg "Puck Daddy" Wyshynski at Yahoo, Blues' d-prospect David Warsofsky capped off a memorable week on Friday night, with a little assist from the NHL.
After winning gold with Team USA on Tuesday, Warsofsky returned to the lineup of the Boston University Terriers just in time to skate on the same ice at Fenway Park that the NHL used for the Winter Classic on New Years' Day. Warsofsky's return was timely, as he scored the first goal in BU's 3-2 win over crosstown rival Boston College in the opener of a two-game series dubbed the Sun Life Financial "Frozen Fenway 2009."
New Hampshire will take on UMass at 8:00 PM Eastern in the nightcap of the series.
Your Game Time weekly prospect statistics update after the jump...
| ST. LOUIS BLUES 2009-10 PROSPECT STATS as of 02 January 2010 |
| Lines with GREY backgrounds denote players above "prospect age" of 25 years. |
| Lines with BLUE backgrounds indicate statistics for players in the NHL at any point in the 2009-10 season. |
| ## | FORWARDS | Ps/Sh | Ht | Wt | Birthdate | Birthplace | 2008-09 Club(s) | League | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW |
| 3 (78) '09 | ANDRONOV, Sergei | RW/L | 6-00 | 183 | 07-19-89 | Moscow, RUS | Lada Togliatti | KHL | 34 | 5 | 8 | 13 | - 5 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| CSKA | KHL | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| TOTALS | KHL | 42 | 6 | 10 | 16 | - 6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Trade '07 | BARRIBALL, Jay | C/L | 5-09 | 165 | 05-27-87 | Prior Lake, MN | Minnesota | WCHA | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | + 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F/A '09 | CRACKNELL, Adam | RW/R | 6-03 | 215 | 07-15-85 | Prince Albert, SK | Peoria | AHL | 38 | 7 | 13 | 20 | + 4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 (171) '05 | DRAZENOVIC, Nick | C/L | 6-01 | 200 | 01-14-87 | Prince George, BC | Peoria | AHL | 27 | 10 | 11 | 21 | - 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 (13) '07 | ELLER, Lars | F/L | 6-00 | 198 | 05-08-89 | Rodovre, DMK | St. Louis | NHL | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | + 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peoria | AHL | 30 | 6 | 22 | 28 | + 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 4 (100) '07 | ERSTAD, Travis | F/R | 6-04 | 185 | 11-09-88 | Madison, WI | Wisconsin-Stevens Pt | NCAA Div III | 13 | 4 | 6 | 10 | ... | 51 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 (39) '07 | HJALMARSSON, Simon | RW/R | 5-11 | 170 | 02-01-89 | Varnamo, SWE | Rögle BK | SEL | 36 | 5 | 5 | 10 | - 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 (65) '08 | LEHTERA, Jori | C/L | 6-02 | 191 | 12-23-87 | Helsinki, FIN | Tappara | SML | 35 | 15 | 28 | 43 | - 2 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 (70) '08 | LIVINGSTON, James | RW/R | 6-02 | 213 | 03-08-90 | Halifax, NS | Sault Ste. Marie | OHL | 36 | 14 | 12 | 26 | +12 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 (33) '08 | McRAE, Philip | C/L | 6-03 | 191 | 03-15-90 | Apple Valley, MN | London | OHL | 33 | 11 | 26 | 37 | + 4 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| United States | U20 WJC | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 6 (155) '08 | NIGRO, Anthony | C/L | 6-00 | 189 | 01-11-90 | Woodbridge, ON | Ottawa | OHL | 36 | 10 | 26 | 36 | + 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 (190) '07 | NILL, Trevor | C/R | 6-01 | 180 | 04-11-89 | Detroit, MI | Michigan State | CCHA | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | + 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 (44) '07 | PALUSHAJ, Aaron | RW/R | 6-00 | 185 | 09-07-89 | Livonia, MI | Peoria | AHL | 35 | 3 | 15 | 18 | + 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trade '09 | PELLETIER, Pascal | RW/L | 5-11 | 197 | 06-16-83 | Labrador City, NL | Syracuse | AHL | 25 | 3 | 13 | 16 | - 7 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peoria | AHL | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | + 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| TOTALS | AHL | 38 | 6 | 17 | 23 | - 1 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 6 (160) '07 | PELUSO, Anthony | RW/R | 6-04 | 235 | 04-18-89 | King City, ON | Peoria | AHL | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | ECHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | + 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| F/A '07 | PORTER, Chris | LW/L | 6-01 | 205 | 05-29-84 | Thunder Bay, ON | Peoria | AHL | 38 | 7 | 9 | 16 | + 5 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 (156) '05 | REAVES, Ryan | RW/R | 6-02 | 200 | 01-20-87 | Winnipeg, MB | Peoria | AHL | 37 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -12 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 (124) '06 | SACKRISON, Andrew | F/L | 6-01 | 200 | 11-12-87 | St. Louis Park, MN | Minnesota State | WCHA | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 (87) '08 | SCHULTZ, Ian | RW/R | 6-02 | 200 | 02-04-90 | Calgary, AB | Calgary | WHL | 40 | 17 | 19 | 36 | + 5 | 100 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 (108) '09 | SHATTOCK, Tyler | RW/R | 6-03 | 190 | 02-03-90 | Salmon Arm, BC | Kamloops | WHL | 42 | 22 | 28 | 50 | - 1 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 (85) '07 | SONNE, Brett | C/L | 6-00 | 187 | 05-16-89 | Maple Ridge, BC | Peoria | AHL | 35 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -10 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Trade '06 | STASTNY, Yan | C/L | 5-10 | 195 | 09-30-82 | Quebec, QC | St. Louis | NHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | + 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peoria | AHL | 31 | 7 | 10 | 17 | - 4 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| F/A '07 | TALBOT, Julian | C/L | 6-00 | 185 | 03-24-85 | Wahnapitae, ON | Peoria | AHL | 36 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 (202) '09 | TARDY, Max | C/R | 6-00 | 188 | 10-27-90 | Duluth, MN | Tri-City | USHL | 30 | 9 | 16 | 25 | - 4 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| ## | DEFENSEMEN | Ps/Sh | Ht | Wt | Birthdate | Birthplace | 2008-09 Club(s) | League | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW |
| 5 (125) '08 | BERGLUND, Kristofer | D/L | 5-10 | 180 | 11-09-88 | Umea, SWE | Luleå HF | SEL | 38 | 4 | 8 | 12 | - 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 (18) '07 | COLE, Ian | D/L | 6-01 | 211 | 01-18-89 | Ann Arbor, MI | Notre Dame | CCHA | 20 | 2 | 10 | 12 | - 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| F/A '08 | CUNDARI, Mark | D/L | 5-10 | 200 | 04-23-90 | Toronto, ON | Windsor | OHL | 40 | 7 | 35 | 42 | +33 | 89 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 (96) '07 | FAIRCHILD, Cade | D/L | 5-10 | 190 | 01-15-89 | Duluth, MN | Minnesota | WCHA | 22 | 1 | 9 | 10 | - 4 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trade '08 | FAST, T.J. | D/L | 6-01 | 190 | 09-02-87 | Calgary, AB | Peoria | AHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | ECHL | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 7 (184) '06 | HELLSTRÖM, Alex | D/R | 6-02 | 207 | 04-17-87 | Falun, SWE | Luleå HF | SEL | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -10 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 (64) '06 | JUNLAND, Jonas | D/L | 6-02 | 200 | 11-15-87 | Linköping, SWE | St. Louis | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peoria | AHL | 38 | 9 | 19 | 28 | +10 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 1 (4) '08 | PIETRANGELO, Alex | D/R | 6-03 | 206 | 01-18-90 | King City, ON | St. Louis | NHL | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Canada | U20 WJC | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | + 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 4 (48) '09 | PONICH, Brett | D/L | 6-06 | 205 | 02-22-91 | Edmonton, AB | Portland | WHL | 42 | 1 | 9 | 10 | - 2 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trade '08 | RICHMOND, Danny | D/L | 6-00 | 192 | 08-01-84 | Chicago, IL | Peoria | AHL | 35 | 1 | 12 | 13 | - 4 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 (17) '09 | RUNDBLAD, David | D/R | 6-02 | 190 | 10-08-90 | Lycksele, SWE | Skellefteå AIK | SEL | 30 | 0 | 4 | 4 | + 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweden | U20 WJC | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | + 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 6 (168) '09 | SHIELDS, David | D/R | 6-03 | 216 | 01-27-91 | Rochester, NY | Erie | OHL | 42 | 5 | 7 | 12 | - 4 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| F/A '08 | STRACHAN, Tyson | D/R | 6-03 | 225 | 10-20-84 | Melfort, SK | St. Louis | NHL | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | + 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peoria | AHL | 25 | 2 | 10 | 12 | + 4 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 4 (94) '06 | TUREK, Ryan | D/R | 6-00 | 185 | 09-22-87 | Southfield, MI | Alaska | ECHL | 32 | 2 | 4 | 6 | + 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| F/A '07 | WAGNER, Steve | D/L | 6-02 | 200 | 03-06-84 | Grand Rapids, MN | Peoria | AHL | 33 | 2 | 7 | 9 | - 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 (95) '08 | WARSOFSKY, David | D/L | 5-08 | 170 | 05-30-90 | Weymouth, MA | Boston University | HEA | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | + 3 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| United States | U20 WJC | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | + 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drafted | GOALTENDERS | Ps/Ct | Ht | Wt | Birthdate | Birthplace | 2009-10 Club(s) | League | GP | Mins | GA | SO | GAA | W | L | OL | Shts | Sv % |
| 2 (34) '08 | ALLEN, Jake | G/L | 6-02 | 175 | 08-07-90 | Fredericton, NB | Montreal | QMJHL | 23 | 1241 | 55 | 1 | 2.66 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 624 | 0.912 |
| Drummondville | QMJHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | |||||||
| TOTALS | QMJHL | 23 | 1241 | 55 | 1 | 2.66 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 624 | 0.912 | |||||||
| Canada | U20 WJC | 5 | 291 | 10 | 2 | 2.06 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 0.902 | |||||||
| 4 (106) '06 | BERRA, Reto | G/L | 6-04 | 189 | 01-03-87 | Bulach, SUI | EHC Biel | NL-A | 8 | ... | ... | .. | 3.30 | .. | .. | .. | ... | ... |
| 3 (85) '05 | BISHOP, Ben | G/L | 6-05 | 205 | 11-21-86 | Denver, CO | Peoria | AHL | 21 | 1282 | 56 | 0 | 2.62 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 603 | 0.907 |
| 7 (185) '08 | KARPOWICH, Paul | G/L | 6-03 | 185 | 10-25-88 | Thunder Bay, ON | Clarkson | ECAC | 15 | 884 | 50 | 0 | 3.40 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 472 | 0.894 |
| Trade | TOIVONEN, Hannu | G/L | 6-02 | 200 | 05-18-84 | Kalvola, FIN | Peoria | AHL | 17 | 1026 | 46 | 0 | 2.69 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 521 | 0.912 |
"Game Time" takes a look at five of the Blues' prospects who have performed above and beyond the others over the last seven days.
| Sergei ANDRONOV | Nicholas DRAZENOVIC | Paul KARPOWICH | Anthony NIGRO | Hannu TOIVONEN |
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| ** 4 games played this week | ** 2 games played this week | ** 2 games played this week | ** 3 games played this week | ** 1 game played this week |
| ** 1 G, 2 A, minus-1 | ** 1 G, 2 A, plus-1 | ** 124 mins, 4 GA, 1-0-1 | ** 1 G, 4 A, plus-5 | ** 60 mins, 1 GA, 1-0-0 |
| ** 0 PIM, 0 PP, 0 SH, 0 GW | ** 0 PIM, 1 PP, 0 SH, 0 GW | ** 1.93 GAA, 90.5% sv pct | ** 0 PIM, 0 PP, 0 SH, 0 GW | ** 1.00 GAA, 96.7% sv pct |