Prospect Report

Filip Forsberg has been competing in the World Junior U-20 Championship tournament as the captain for Team Sweden. He notched a goal in his first game of the tournament against the Czech Republic in a 4-1 victory. A strong preliminary round resulted in Forsberg and his fellow Swedes earning a first-round bye before facing Russia in the semifinal match on Thursday, Jan. 3. Forsberg netted his third goal of the tournament in a game that would end in a 3-2 shootout win for Sweden. He has also tallied three assists in the tournament so far, ranking tied for third on Sweden in scoring. Forsberg and his team have advanced to the gold medal match where they will play the United States this Saturday (Jan. 5) at 8 a.m. ET on NHL Network-US and NHL.com.

Tom Wilson and the Plymouth Whalers have enjoyed some recent success, winning three of their last four contests. Wilson has recorded a goal in each game during the stretch and also added an assist. He tallied a goal and an assist in a win over Saginaw on Dec. 27, as well as another goal in a 4-2 loss to the London Knights on Dec. 29. He followed that up with goals in back-to-back games, both Plymouth victories, creating a four game scoring streak, his longest goal scoring streak of the season. Wilson will look to continue his streak as the Whalers take on Owen Sound on Friday (Jan. 4), and face Guelph the following night (Jan. 5).

2012-13 Washington Capitals Prospect Report

North American Juniors (updated 01/03/13)

Regular Season

Playoffs

Player

Pos.

Born (Birthplace)

Acquired

Team

League

GP

G

A

Pts

PIM

GP

G

A

Pts

PIM

Connor Carrick

D

4/13/94 (Orland Park, Ill.)

Draft ‘12

Plymouth Whalers

OHL

37

6

15

21

34

Patrick Koudys

D

11/15/92 (Hamilton, Ont.)

Draft ‘11

Muskegon Lumberjacks

USHL

31

0

6

6

48

Jaynen Rissling

D

9/21/93 (Edmonton, Alb.)

Draft ‘12

Calgary Hitmen

WHL

36

4

13

17

69

Chandler Stephenson

LW

4/22/94 (Saskatoon, Sask.)

Draft ‘12

Regina Pats

WHL

15

8

10

18

10

Tom Wilson

RW

3/29/94 (Toronto, Ont.)

Draft ‘12

Plymouth Whalers

OHL

27

11

18

29

59

North American College (updated 01/03/13)

Regular Season

Playoffs

Player

Pos.

Born (Birthplace)

Acquired

Team

League

GP

G

A

Pts

PIM

GP

G

A

Pts

PIM

Riley Barber

F

2/7/94 (Livonia, Mich.)

Draft ‘12

Miami U. of Ohio USA U20

CCHA WJC-U20

18 6

8 3

14 8

22 6

8 4

Travis Boyd

F

9/14/93 (Hopkins, Minn.)

Draft ‘11

U. of Minnesota

WCHA

19

3

8

11

4

Greg Burke

LW

5/16/90 (Portsmouth, N.H.)

Draft ‘08

U. of N.H.

HE

9

3

2

5

21

Thomas Di Pauli

F

4/29/94 (Woodbridge, Ill.)

Draft ‘12

U. of Notre Dame

CCHA

18

3

2

5

10

Garrett Haar

D

8/16/93 (Huntington Beach, CA)

Draft ‘11

Western Mich. U.

CCHA

16

3

3

6

6

Caleb Herbert

F

10/12/91 (Bloomington, Minn.)

Draft ‘10

U. of Minn. - Duluth

WCHA

18

3

7

10

20

Taylor Stefishen

LW

8/15/90 (North Vancouver, B.C.)

Trade 6/11

U. of Calgary

CIS

16

1

11

12

14

Patrick Wey

D

3/21/91 (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Draft ‘09

Boston College

HE

16

1

8

9

22

Austin Wuthrich

F

8/11/93 (Anchorage, AK)

Draft ‘12

U. of Notre Dame

CCHA

15

1

4

5

14

European Amateurs & Professionals (updated 01/03/13)

Regular Season

Playoffs

Player

Pos.

Born (Birthplace)

Acquired

Team

League

GP

G

A

Pts

PIM

GP

G

A

Pts

PIM

Christian Djoos

D

8/6/94 (Gothenberg, Sweden)

Draft ‘12

Brynas Sweden U20

Elitserien WJC-U20

28 5

0 0

0 3

0 3

12 0

Filip Forsberg

RW

8/13/94 (Ostervala, Sweden)

Draft ‘12

Leksands Sweden U20

Allsvenskan WJC-U20

22 5

9 3

10 2

19 5

10 0

Evgeny Kuznetsov

F

5/19/92 (Chelyabinsk, Russia)

Draft ‘10

Chelyabinsk Traktor

KHL

38

16

18

34

28

Goaltending Prospects (updated 01/03/13)

Regular Season

Playoffs

Player

Born (Birthplace)

Acquired

Team

League

GP

W-L-T

Min

SO

GAA

SV%

GP

W-L-T

Min

SO

GAA

SV%

Steffen Soberg

8/6/93 (Oslo, Norway)

Draft ‘11

Valerenga

Norway

28

19-8-0

1608

3

2.54

0.911