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Blues Prospects Trending Up, Apr. 29, 2012

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By Brian Weidler, "Game Time" Prospect Department


THE SKINNY:

Each of the major junior league championship series will feature at least one Blues' prospect... and a rookie pro is skating for Alaska in the ECHL Western Conference final series as well.

Portland of the Western League (Ty Rattie), Niagara of the Ontario League (Brock Beukeboom), and Saint John of the QMJHL (Stephen Macaulay and Ryan Tesink) will all compete for their league championships in the days ahead, while three other Blues' prospects (Cody Beach and Joel Edmundson of Moose Jaw/WHL, and Max Gardiner of Dubuque/USHL) saw their playoff dreams evaporate for the 2011-12 season in the last week.

Also, following Peoria's disappointing elimination from AHL playoff contention, rookie defenseman David Shields has been assigned to Alaska to help the Aces in their pursuit of yet another Kelly Cup championship.

AFTER THE JUMP:

After the jump, your weekly look at the players in the Blues' organization who are "Trending Up." Stay tuned...

THIS WEEK'S STANDOUTS:

Cody BEACH Stephen MACAULAY Ty RATTIE David SHIELDS Ryan TESINK
Beach Macaulay Rattie Shields Tesink
Moose Jaw (WHL) Saint John (QMJHL) Portland (WHL) Alaska (ECHL) Saint John (QMJHL)
** 4 games played this week ** 4 games played this week ** 2 games played this week ** 3 games played this week ** 4 games played this week
** 0 G, 4 A, plus-1 ** 0 G, 2 A, minus-3 ** 1 G, 1 A, plus-2 ** 0 G, 2 A, plus-1 ** 2 G, 0 A, minus-1
** 17 PM, 0 PP, 0 SH, 0 GW ** 0 PM, 0 PP, 0 SH, 0 GW ** 2 PM, 1 PP, 0 SH, 1 GW ** 0 PM, 0 PP, 0 SH, 0 GW ** 4 PM, 0 PP, 0 SH, 1 GW

HONORABLE MENTION:

None this week.

PLAYER STATS TO DATE:

Player Ps/C Hgt Wgt DOB 2011-12 Club/Lg GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW Pt/G
BEACH, Cody RW/R 6-05 190 08-08-92 Moose Jaw (WHL) 58 15 41 56 +12 229 7 0 2 0.966
... PLAYOFFS Moose Jaw (WHL) 13 4 6 10 + 2 29 1 0 0 0.769
MACAULAY, Stephen LW/L 6-01 185 04-20-92 Saint John (QMJHL) 60 15 20 35 +14 56 3 1 3 0.583
... PLAYOFFS Saint John (QMJHL) 13 5 6 11 + 4 8 1 0 1 0.846
RATTIE, Ty RW/R 5-11 175 02-05-93 Portland (WHL) 69 57 64 121 +23 54 26 4 9 1.754
... PLAYOFFS Portland (WHL) 15 17 12 29 +13 12 5 1 2 1.933
SHIELDS, David D/R 6-03 205 01-27-91 Peoria (AHL) 48 0 4 4 - 4 10 0 0 0 0.083
Alaska (ECHL) 11 1 4 5 + 3 2 0 0 0 0.455
... PLAYOFFS Alaska (ECHL) 3 0 2 2 + 1 0 0 0 0 0.667
TESINK, Ryan C/L 5-11 165 05-21-93 Saint John (QMJHL) 36 13 27 40 +23 54 2 3 3 1.111
... PLAYOFFS Saint John (QMJHL) 13 7 5 12 + 4 22 2 0 2 0.923