After struggling to produce offence through much of the 2025 calendar year so far, the Calgary Wranglers found the twine eight times in two games this week. This week’s Calgary Flames Prospect Roundup looks at the Wranglers’ heading to the AHL playoffs as well as where the rest of the prospects are at in their own playoff series.
Let’s dive right in!
Welcome to The Win Column’s Calgary Flames prospect update. Each week, we’ll take a dive into how the Flames’ prospects have done in their respective leagues. We have defined a prospect as a skater who has played fewer than 65 NHL games and is younger than 25 years of age.
All data is from QuantHockey and EliteProspects. We also use an NHLe calculator built by Christian Roatis (@Croatis), which is used to estimate a player’s equivalent point total in the NHL based on how they are performing in their respective league. The calculator uses the difficulty of the given league combined with the ease at which a player puts up points to determine the NHLe.
Flames prospect happenings
AHL
- The Wranglers went 2–0–0 this week, beating the Abbotsford Canucks 5–4 in a shootout on Friday then 3–1 on Saturday. They scored eight times, which is as many as they had scored in their three immediately preceding games.
- They officially clinched a playoff berth this week and currently sit fifth in the Pacific Division, tied in points with the sixth-place San Jose Barracuda. The Wranglers hold the tiebreaker—regulation wins—over the Barracuda.
- There was a Joni Jurmo sighting on Saturday, but he didn’t hit the scoresheet in any meaningful way. This was just his 17th AHL game of the year.
- Rory Kerins picked up a goal on three shots and added a helper in Friday’s win. He’s up to 33 goals and 60 points in 61 games, leading the Wranglers in both categories.
- Jeremie Poirier had a pair of helpers this week to improve to 39 points in 69 games. He leads all Wranglers blueliners in points.
- Hunter Brzustewicz scored a goal and two points and is up to 31 points on the year. He’s second in points among Wranglers defencemen.
- Two assists for William Stromgren as well, who improves to 48 points in 68 games.
- Waltteri Ignatjew was between the pipes for both games and stopped 49 of the 54 shots he faced.
Europe
- Defenceman Nikita Okhotyuk’s season ended as CSKA Moscow was eliminated in six games in their first-round playoffs series in the KHL. Okhotyuk finished the year with two goals and nine points in 62 games.
- Unison-Moscow failed to qualify for the VHL playoffs, meaning Daniil Chechelev’s season is done. It was not a good one, as he posted a 2–4–1 record with a 3.61 goals against average and a 0.888 save percentage through 11 games.
- Krylya Sovetov lost their play-in series 2–1–0, including a 10–4 loss in the deciding game. Yegor Yegorov posted a 7–10–1 record across 20 games in the MHL with a 3.14 GAA and a 0.904 SV%. In eight games in the NMHL, he posted a 4–3–1 record with a 3.07 GAA and a 0.891 SV%. He also went 1–1–0 through four games in the VHL with a 3.38 GAA and a 0.870 SV%.
- Mihailov Academy and Kirill Zarubin lost their best-of-five first-round MHL series in four games. Zarubin posted a 12–9–0 record with a 2.34 GAA and a 0.935 SV% in 21 games.
NCAA
- Trevor Hoskin finished his season with Niagara University with 12 goals and 39 points in 36 games. He was named the Atlantic Hockey Association Rookie of the Year and entered the NCAA’s transfer portal, committing to Hockey East’s Merrimack College next year.
- Merrimack finished the regular season eighth of 11 before being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.
- Cade Littler and the University of North Dakota lost their National Collegiate Hockey Conference Frozen Faceoff semifinal matchup on March 21 to Western Michigan, who would go on to win the championship. Littler had seven goals and nine points in 33 games for North Dakota.
- Aydar Suniev and UMass fell to the top-seed Western Michigan to bow out of the NCAA Fargo Regional. Suniev finished his college season with 20 goals and 38 points in 35 games. He signed with the Flames and joined the team in Calgary but has yet to play for the team.
- Penn State University lost its Frozen Four semifinal matchup with Boston University 3–1. Arsenii Sergeev had a spectacular season in goal, posting a 19–9–4 record with a 2.54 GAA and a 0.919 SV%. He tied Peyton Jones for most shutouts in team history in 100 fewer games.
OHL
- The Kingston Frontenacs are currently down 0–2–0 to the Barrie Colts in their second-round series. Jacob Battaglia has three points—all assists—so far and is up to nine points in six playoff games.
- The Sudbury Wolves were swept in the first round by the Frontenacs. Henry Mews had just two assists in the series after finishing with 82 points in the regular season. Mews committed to the University of Michigan for next year.
- Luka Misa’s season came to an end as the Brampton Steelheads lost their first-round playoff series in six games to the Oshawa Generals. Misa led the team in points with 12, adding to his 85 points in the regular season.
- Zayne Parekh and the Saginaw Spirit lost their first-round series in five games. Parekh also led his team in points with nine after finishing with a historical 33 goals and 107 points in the regular season.
QMJHL
- The Moncton Wildcats are up two games to none on the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in their second-round series. Etienne Morin has two points so far in the series, improving to eight in six playoff games.
- The Shawinigan Cataractes also find themselves with a two-games-to-none second-round series lead over the Sherbrooke Phoenix. Matvei Gridin has just one goal in the series and has dropped to fifth in team scoring.
WHL
- The Medicine Hat Tigers are up two games to none on the Prince Albert Raiders in the second round. The possibility of seeing Andrew Basha again this season is becoming more and more likely!
- The Calgary Hitmen are down two to one in their second-round matchup with the Lethbridge Hurricanes, and blueliner Axel Hurtig has yet to record a point in the series. Led by 2026 top prospect Gavin McKenna, the Hurricanes are a tough second-round draw.
- The Saskatoon Blades were swept by the Hitmen in the first round. Forward Hunter Laing recorded just one goal in the series and finished his season with a respectable 25 goals and 48 points in 64 games.
- The Everett Silvertips went the distance with the Seattle Thunderbirds and came out on top. Now, they’re up two games to none over the Portland Winterhawks in the second round. Defenceman Eric Jamieson still has just two points over eight playoff games now.
- The Vancouver Giants lost their first-round series to the Spokane Chiefs in five games. Jaden Lipinski had two goals and five points in the series after scoring 17 goals and 58 points in 59 regular-season games.
NHLe Leaderboard
NHLe is a metric used to estimate a player’s offensive output at the NHL level from their point totals in their respective league. Here are the Flames’ current top five (bracketed numbers denote movement from the previous week):
- Zayne Parekh: 46.4 (Same)
- Rory Kerins: 39.1 (Same)
- Aydar Suniev: 35.1 (Same)
- Jacob Battaglia: 35.0 (Same)
- Luke Misa: 33.6 (Same)
Overall regular season totals for Flames prospects
Forwards
| Player | Position | GP | G | A | P | P/GP | PIM | NHLe | Team | League |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Basha | LW | 23 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 1.26 | 30 | 31.2 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WHL |
| Jacob Battaglia | RW/LW | 68 | 40 | 50 | 90 | 1.32 | 34 | 35.0 | Kingston Frontenacs | OHL |
| Parker Bell | LW | 61 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.20 | 33 | 8.0 | Calgary Wranglers | AHL |
| Lucas Ciona | LW | 66 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 0.30 | 75 | 12.0 | Calgary Wranglers | AHL |
| Matvei Gridin | RW | 56 | 36 | 43 | 79 | 1.41 | 27 | 32.8 | Shawinigan Cataractes | QMJHL |
| Samuel Honzek | C/LW | 50 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 0.42 | 18 | 16.7 | Calgary Wranglers | AHL |
| Trevor Hoskin | C/RW | 36 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 1.08 | 12 | N/A | Niagara University | NCAA |
| Rory Kerins | C/LW | 61 | 33 | 27 | 60 | 0.98 | 16 | 39.1 | Calgary Wranglers | AHL |
| Adam Klapka | RW/LW | 33 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 0.79 | 50 | 31.5 | Calgary Wranglers | AHL |
| Hunter Laing | C | 64 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 0.75 | 31 | 18.6 | Prince George Cougars/Saskatoon Blades | WHL |
| Jaden Lipinski | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.0 | Calgary Wranglers | AHL |
| 59 | 17 | 41 | 58 | 0.98 | 38 | 24.3 | Vancouver Giants | WHL | ||
| Cade Littler | C | 33 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.27 | 21 | 9.7 | University of North Dakota | NCAA |
| Luke Misa | C | 67 | 34 | 51 | 85 | 1.27 | 6 | 33.6 | Brampton Steelheads | OHL |
| William Stromgren | LW | 68 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 0.71 | 16 | 28.3 | Calgary Wranglers | AHL |
| Aydar Suniev | LW | 35 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 1.09 | 41 | 35.1 | UMass | NCAA |
Defencemen
| Player | Position | GP | G | A | P | P/GP | PIM | NHLe | Team | League |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Brzustewicz | RHD | 69 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 0.45 | 12 | 17.9 | Calgary Wranglers | AHL |
| Artyom Grushnikov | LHD | 60 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.08 | 24 | 3.2 | Calgary Wranglers | AHL |
| Axel Hurtig | LHD | 55 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0.29 | 29 | 7.2 | Calgary Hitmen | WHL |
| Eric Jamieson | LHD | 66 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 0.55 | 61 | 13.6 | Everett Silvertips | WHL |
| Joni Jurmo | LHD | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.0 | Calgary Wranglers | AHL |
| 12 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.83 | 4 | N/A | Rapid City Rush | ECHL | ||
| Yan Kuznetsov | LHD | 70 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 0.30 | 38 | 12.0 | Calgary Wranglers | AHL |
| Henry Mews | RHD | 68 | 14 | 68 | 82 | 1.21 | 88 | 32.0 | Ottawa 67’s/Sudbury Wolves | OHL |
| Etienne Morin | LHD | 62 | 14 | 44 | 58 | 0.94 | 36 | 21.9 | Moncton Wildcats | QMJHL |
| Nikita Okhotyuk | LHD | 62 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.15 | 30 | 9.9 | CSKA Moskva | KHL |
| Zayne Parekh | RHD | 61 | 33 | 74 | 107 | 1.75 | 96 | 46.4 | Saginaw Spirit | OHL |
| Jeremie Poirier | LHD | 69 | 5 | 34 | 39 | 0.57 | 62 | 22.7 | Calgary Wranglers | AHL |
| Ilya Solovyov | LHD | 57 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 0.47 | 32 | 18.7 | Calgary Wranglers | AHL |
Goalies
| Player | Position | GP | GAA | SV% | Team | League |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniil Chechelev | G | 11 | 3.61 | 0.888 | Yunison-Moskva | VHL |
| Waltteri Ignatjew | G | 26 | 3.31 | 0.890 | Calgary Wranglers | AHL |
| Owen Say | G | 27 | 2.82 | 0.920 | University of Notre Dame | NCAA |
| Arsenii Sergeev | G | 33 | 2.54 | 0.919 | Penn State University | NCAA |
| Yegor Yegorov | G | 4 | 3.38 | 0.870 | HK Tambov | VHL |
| 8 | 3.07 | 0.891 | MHK Tambov | NMHL | ||
| 20 | 3.14 | 0.904 | MHK Krylia Sovetov Moskva | MHL | ||
| Kirill Zarubin | G | 21 | 2.34 | 0.935 | AKM Tula | MHL |
Following the prospects
Staying up to date with the development of prospects is no easy task. Follow along throughout the season for the latest happenings in the entire Flames’ development pipelines!
