The who’s hot who’s not has a very Maritime feel this edition with three of the four players hailing east of Quebec.
Zach
O’Brien of the Acadie-Bathurst Titan continues to find the back of the net with
ease in 2012. In the 12 games since the
start of the New Year O’Brien has scored 14 goals. He also has 10 assists for 24 points in that
time. He’s the hottest player on a team
that boasts three of the top four in league scoring.
South of
Bathurst, the first round selection of the San Jose Sharks, Charlie Coyle
continues his hot play for the Saint John Sea Dogs. Since defecting to Saint John from Boston
College prior to the World Junior Champions, Coyle has picked up 17 points in
12 games. Coyle has 9 goals and 8 assists
and has failed to pick up points only twice since joining the Dogs. Impressive numbers for a player adjusting to
a heavier schedule and a new team.
Ben Duffy’s
lack of production lately is doing nothing to help the PEI rocket out of the
QMJHL’s basement. Since starting February with two straight multi point games,
Duffy has managed only one assist in the five games since. The Rocket have lost those five games by a
combined score of 28-5.
Yanni Gourde is a surprise entry into the not
category. Gourde is running away with
the league scoring title with 103 points on the season. Still, Gourde only has one goal and one
assist in his past four games and a minus two rating in that time. As with Duffy in P.E.I, the Tigres are
struggling with along with Gourde picking up only two wins in the past four
games and scoring more than three goals only once.
The Saint
John Sea Dog’s continue to roll in 2012.
The additions of Charlie Coyle and Charles-Olivier Roussel, Stanislav
Galiev recovering from injury, and Jonathan Huberdeau, Nathan Beaulieu, and
Tomas Jurco returning from national team duty has propelled the Sea Dogs on an
impressive run. The Sea Dogs have won 11
straight games and 12 of 13 since the start of 2012. They are showing that once again, they are
the team to beat in the QMJHL.
The
Chicoutimi Sagueneens were expected to be a power house after the trade
deadline. They started out hot, having 6
straight wins prior to the February 10th matchup against the Halifax
Mooseheads. The Mooseheads won that game
4-1 starting a four game losing streak for the Sagueneens. The Sags have been held to only one goal
only twice in that span.
Your
favorite player heating up and get left out?
Think your favorite team is hotter than the Sea Dogs? Let me know in the
comments section below. And check back next week for a Who’s Hot Who’s Not
update.
