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"Game Time" PROSPECT SUNDAY: 2014-15 Prospect List, Part Four

Your pre-season look at the Blues' prospect stable concludes with profiles of Ryan Tesink, Dwyer Tschantz, Tommy Vannelli, Yannick Veilleux, Jake Walman, Sebastian Wännström, and C.J. Yakimowicz.

Part Four of Four.

Because this post would be enormous if it were to include all 31 prospects on the Reserve List, we're going to do this the same way we did last season and break the list up into four posts, all of which will be posted today.

For purposes of inclusion on this list, a "prospect" is defined as:

-- A player who has not yet reached his 25th birthday.

-- A player who's NHL playing rights are owned by the Blues, and is not under contract to any other organization.

-- A player meeting both of the above criteria, who is not expected to be a full-time NHL player (50+ games at the NHL level) in 2014-15.

The last criterion is what separates Jake Allen (not included as a "prospect" this season) from Dmitrij Jaskin (included as a "prospect" this season).

PLAYER CONTRACT STATUS START 2014-15 SEASON WITH:
RYAN TESINK RFA JUNE 2016 CHICAGO (AHL)
DWYER TSCHANTZ NONE (COLLEGE) CORNELL (ECAC)
TOMMY VANNELLI ELC SIGNED MARCH 2014 MEDICINE HAT (WHL)
YANNICK VEILLEUX RFA JUNE 2016 CHICAGO (AHL)
JAKE WALMAN NONE (COLLEGE) PROVIDENCE COLLEGE (HEA)
SEBASTIAN WÄNNSTRÖM RFA JUNE 2015 CHICAGO (AHL)
CHANDLER (C.J.) YAKIMOWICZ NONE (JUNIOR) LONDON (OHL)

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Tesink BW CAN flag RYAN TESINK
POSITION Center ENTRY CLUB STL
SHOOTS Left ENTRY YEAR 2011
HEIGHT 6' 00" ENTRY VIA Draft
WEIGHT 166 lbs DRAFTED 162nd Overall
BORN May 21, 1993 ... ...
WHERE Saint John, NB ... ...
SEASON CLUB/LEAGUE GP GL AS PT +- PM PP SH GW
2013-14 Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL) 47 13 23 36 - 3 71 4 0 4
2012-13 Saint John (QMJHL) 35 16 21 37 + 3 75 7 1 0
Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL) 6 1 3 4 + 3 6 0 0 1
... TOTAL 41 17 24 41 + 6 81 7 1 1
2011-12 Saint John (QMJHL) 36 13 27 40 +23 54 2 3 3
2010-11 Saint John (QMJHL) 59 8 27 35 +26 38 0 0 1
2009-10 Woodstock (MJAHL) 44 10 19 29 ... 96 0 0 0
SEASON CLUB/LEAGUE GP GL AS PT +- PM PP SH GW
2014 Playoffs Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL) 10 6 5 11 + 7 19 2 0 1
2013 Playoffs Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL) 4 1 0 1 - 3 23 0 0 0
2012 Playoffs Saint John (QMJHL) 17 7 6 13 + 5 24 2 0 2
2011 Playoffs Saint John (QMJHL) 19 3 2 5 + 6 10 0 0 2
2010 Playoffs Woodstock (MJAHL) 14 4 6 10 ... 12 0 0 0

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Tschantz BW USA flag DWYER TSCHANTZ
POSITION Right Wing ENTRY CLUB STL
SHOOTS Right ENTRY YEAR 2014
HEIGHT 6' 05" ENTRY VIA Draft
WEIGHT 209 lbs DRAFTED 202nd Overall
BORN Mar. 22, 1995 ... ...
WHERE Wilmington, DE ... ...
SEASON CLUB/LEAGUE GP GL AS PT +- PM PP SH GW
2013-14 Indiana (USHL) 52 24 20 44 +31 58 7 0 6
2012-13 Indiana (USHL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Comcast U18 (Tier 1 EHL) 40 20 32 52 ... 28 ... ... ...
SEASON CLUB/LEAGUE GP GL AS PT +- PM PP SH GW
2014 Playoffs Indiana (USHL) 8 0 3 3 + 2 7 0 0 0

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Vannelli BW USA flag THOMAS VANNELLI
POSITION Defense ENTRY CLUB STL
SHOOTS Right ENTRY YEAR 2013
HEIGHT 6' 02" ENTRY VIA Draft
WEIGHT 165 lbs DRAFTED 47th Overall
BORN Jan. 26, 1995 ... ...
WHERE Minneapolis, MN ... ...
SEASON CLUB/LEAGUE GP GL AS PT +- PM PP SH GW
2013-14 Medicine Hat (WHL) 60 14 27 41 + 4 34 9 0 3
2012-13 Minnetonka (HS-MN) 25 8 23 31 +20 14 1 1 1
USNTDP U18 (USHL) 11 1 1 2 + 7 4 1 0 0
2011-12 Minnetonka (HS-MN) 25 6 14 20 +21 8 1 0 1
SEASON CLUB/LEAGUE GP GL AS PT +- PM PP SH GW
2014 Playoffs Medicine Hat (WHL) 18 2 6 8 - 7 10 1 0 0
2013 WJC United States U18 7 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
2013 Playoffs Minnetonka (HS-MN) 2 2 2 4 + 3 0 0 0 1
2012 Playoffs Minnetonka (HS-MN) 3 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0

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Veilleux BW CAN flag YANNICK VEILLEUX
POSITION Left Wing ENTRY CLUB STL
SHOOTS Left ENTRY YEAR 2011
HEIGHT 6' 02" ENTRY VIA Draft
WEIGHT 195 lbs DRAFTED 102nd Overall
BORN Feb. 22, 1993 ... ...
WHERE Saint-Hipolytte, QC ... ...
SEASON CLUB/LEAGUE GP GL AS PT +- PM PP SH GW
2013-14 Chicago (AHL) 4 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0
Kalamazoo (ECHL) 62 16 23 39 +16 65 3 0 2
2012-13 Moncton (QMJHL) 65 34 39 73 +15 102 21 2 7
2011-12 Shawinigan (QMJHL) 59 27 31 58 +21 69 11 0 6
2010-11 Shawinigan (QMJHL) 68 19 29 48 - 9 40 10 0 3
2009-10 Shawinigan (QMJHL) 55 3 6 9 -17 17 0 0 0
2008-09 Ste-Eustace (QMAAA) 43 21 13 34 ... 44 6 1 1
SEASON CLUB/LEAGUE GP GL AS PT +- PM PP SH GW
2014 Playoffs Kalamazoo (ECHL) 6 3 0 3 - 2 4 1 0 0
2013 Playoffs Moncton (QMJHL) 4 2 0 2 - 2 10 2 0 0
2012 Memorial Cup Shawinigan (QMJHL) 6 2 0 2 0 6 0 0 1
2012 Playoffs Shawinigan (QMJHL) 11 5 6 11 + 5 17 2 0 1
2011 Playoffs Shawinigan (QMJHL) 12 2 5 7 + 1 14 0 0 0
2010 Playoffs Shawinigan (QMJHL) 6 0 0 0 - 1 6 0 0 0
2009 Playoffs Ste-Eustace (QMAAA) 5 1 4 5 ... 23 1 0 0

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Walman BW CAN flag JAKE WALMAN
POSITION Defense ENTRY CLUB STL
SHOOTS Left ENTRY YEAR 2014
HEIGHT 6' 01" ENTRY VIA Draft
WEIGHT 170 lbs DRAFTED 82nd Overall
BORN Feb. 22, 1996 ... ...
WHERE Toronto, ON ... ...
SEASON CLUB/LEAGUE GP GL AS PT +- PM PP SH GW
2013-14 Toronto Jr. Canadians (OJHL) 43 7 26 33 0 87 2 0 1
2012-13 Toronto JC Midget AAA (GTHL_ 30 6 12 18 ... 8 ... ... ...
SEASON CLUB/LEAGUE GP GL AS PT +- PM PP SH GW
2013 Playoffs Toronto JC Midget AAA (GTHL) 7 1 1 2 ... 16 ... ... ...

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Wannstrom BW SWE flag SEBASTIAN WÄNNSTRÖM
POSITION Right Wing ENTRY CLUB STL
SHOOTS Right ENTRY YEAR 2010
HEIGHT 6' 01" ENTRY VIA Draft
WEIGHT 180 lbs DRAFTED 44th Overall
BORN Mar. 3, 1991 ... ...
WHERE Gävle, Sweden ... ...
SEASON CLUB/LEAGUE GP GL AS PT +- PM PP SH GW
2013-14 Chicago (AHL) 37 5 5 10 + 3 20 0 1 1
Kalamazoo (ECHL) 4 3 2 5 + 1 2 0 0 1
2012-13 Peoria (AHL) 16 1 2 3 - 6 4 0 0 0
Evansville (ECHL) 14 6 1 7 + 2 12 1 0 0
Brynäs Gävle (Elitserien) 9 0 0 0 - 5 8 0 0 0
2011-12 Brynäs Gävle (Elitserien) 43 8 7 15 - 5 20 0 0 4
Brynäs J20 (Superelit) 5 2 1 3 + 1 2 0 0 1
2010-11 Brynäs Gävle (Elitserien) 45 0 2 2 - 4 6 0 0 0
Leksand (Allsvenskan) 2 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0
Brynäs J20 (Superelit) 7 5 4 9 + 3 0 0 1 0
2009-10 Brynäs Gävle (Elitserien) 18 0 0 0 - 3 2 0 0 0
Brynäs J20 (Superelit) 35 30 27 57 +20 55 7 0 8
2008-09 Brynäs J20 (Superelit) 32 11 9 20 +14 4 2 0 1
Brynäs J18 (U18 Allsvenskan) 9 6 12 18 +12 12 1 0 1
SEASON CLUB/LEAGUE GP GL AS PT +- PM PP SH GW
2014 Playoffs Chicago (AHL) 6 1 2 3 + 1 6 0 1 0
2013 Playoffs Brynäs Gävle (Elitserien) 4 0 0 0 - 4 2 0 0 0
2012 Playoffs Brynäs Gävle (Elitserien) 17 2 5 7 + 7 4 0 0 0
2011 Playoffs Brynäs Gävle (Elitserien) 5 0 0 0 + 1 0 0 0 0
Brynäs J20 (Superelit) 1 0 0 0 - 1 10 0 0 0
2011 WJC Sweden U20 6 2 3 5 + 1 2 0 0 2
2010 Playoffs Brynäs Gävle (Elitserien) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brynäs J20 (Superelit) 5 2 3 5 + 2 0 1 0 0
2009 Playoffs Brynäs J20 (Superelit) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brynäs J18 (U18 Allsvenskan) 2 0 3 3 - 2 0 0 0 0

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Yakimowicz BW USA flag CHANDLER (C.J.) YAKIMOWICZ
POSITION Right Wing ENTRY CLUB STL
SHOOTS Right ENTRY YEAR 2014
HEIGHT 6' 02" ENTRY VIA Draft
WEIGHT 198 lbs DRAFTED 172nd Overall
BORN Jan. 22, 1996 ... ...
WHERE Kingston, PA ... ...
SEASON CLUB/LEAGUE GP GL AS PT +- PM PP SH GW
2013-14 London (OHL) 33 3 4 7 +11 45 0 0 0
Team USA (USHL) 4 0 1 1 - 5 2 0 0 0
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton U18 (AYHL) 10 6 7 13 0 60 0 0 0
2012-13 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Metro JHL) 31 13 22 35 ... 80 ... ... ...
2011-12 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Metro JHL) 37 11 13 24 ... 26 ... ... ...
SEASON CLUB/LEAGUE GP GL AS PT +- PM PP SH GW
2014 Playoffs London (OHL) 9 2 0 2 + 1 4 0 0 0
2014 Memorial Cup London (OHL) 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0