Video quality wasn’t great for this game and both feeds had French
speaking announcers, so I wasn’t able to follow as many players as I had hoped.
The ones I was able to follow I tried to go into a little bit more depth.
Sherbrooke
Kay Schweri, RW
DOB: 12/28/96
STD: 4GP | 1G | 9A |
10P
Schweri is a playmaking winger with a quick skating stride.
He did a good job in this game at fighting off defenders and keeping the puck
on his stick until he could find an open man. He was true to form in this game
recording three assists. That gives him nine already this season compared to
just the one goal. He does have a decent shot; he just waits for the best
opportunity to use it. Of his four shots this game, two were dangerous.
Jermey Roy, D
DOB: 05/14/97
STD: 4GP | 0G | 3A |
3P
Roy showed in this game why he's one of the premier
offensive defencemen in this draft class. He is an excellent skater who is able
to use that stride to get zone exits with possession and in-turn controlled
zone entries for his team. At times in this game it looked like he was playing
wing the way he jumped into the play and joined the offence. What he needs to
improve upon is his reads in those types of situations. At one point he was so
far up in the play that when Val-d’Or got the puck they essentially had a
two-on-one as a forward had to be back covering up for Roy. That led to a
couple of excellent chances for the Foreurs. Roy did record one assist in the
game but it was just a simple pass to his D partner who scored on the shot.
Val-d’Or
Anthony Richard, C
DOB: 12/20/1996
STD: 4GP | 1G | 2A |
3P
He had one of the best age 16 seasons in the entire CHL putting
up 52 points in 66 games. What kept him out of my top 20 was that from my understanding
he played a lot with Anthony Mantha who was one of the best players in the
entire CHL last season. It was import for me this game to see something that
showed he was more than just a Mantha creation. He definitely is a playmaker as
it seemed like whenever he gained the zone he immediately turned and waited for
a teammate to pass to. Much like Schweri, it’s not like Richard is not looking
to shoot he just waits for a good opportunity. Richard took four shots in this
game and all of them were dangerous.
He also showed some two way play in this
game. He was physical which is good to see from a player who is 5’09. He also
was trusted by his coach to play on the penalty kill both 4 v 5 and 3 v 5. He
made a nice defensive play in the first when shorthanded; he stripped the puck
away from Daniel Audette and set up a two-on-one chance. He had a similar
play when he was the lone foreword in a 3 v 5. He chipped the puck out of the
zone and almost beat the defender for the loose puck. It was a valiant effort
however he needs to be more aware of the situation. In that case already down
two players there was no reason to be aggressive. To make matters worse he was
called for a penalty giving Sherbrooke an even longer 5 on 3.
Final Score 7-4 Sherbrooke
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