Buffalo Sabres Weekly Prospects Roundup - October 16, 2011

by David Oleksy on Oct 17, 2011 10:00 AM EDT in Prospects

It's time for the weekly look at the Buffalo Sabres prospects. This week a number of Sabres prospects moved up the ranks with outstanding performances. Below we will take a look at three players that had exceptional weeks for their perspective teams. While I will focus mostly on the players in the junior and NCAA ranks, it is hard not to recognize some Rochester players that performed admirably this week.

First Star - Zack Kassian (Rochester Americans -AHL) 3GP 3G-2A-5P

Zack Kassian seems to be adjusting well to the American Hockey League. After a slow start in an opening night loss, Kassian has stepped up his game to help the Americans to a 2-2-0 record. He scored a goal in the Americans 3-1 win over the Lake Erie Monsters on Friday night and he followed that up with two goals in a 7-2 victory against the Grand Rapids Griffins on Sunday.

Second Star - Dan Catenacci (Owen Sound Attack - OHL) 4GP 4G-2A-6P

Dan Catenacci is off to a fast start in the Ontario Hockey, showing no effects from a tumultuous off-season that seen him force his way out of Sault Ste. Marie. Catennacci scored four times this week, including a pair in a 5-3 loss to the Kitchener Rangers on Saturday night.

Third Star - Kevin Sundher (Victoria Royals - WHL) 2GP 1G-5A-6P

Sundher had a pair of assists in the Royals 7-5 win against the Kelowna Rockets on Friday night. He followed up that performance with a four point performance on Saturday to help the Royals complete the sweep of the Rockets with a 4-3 victory.

Honorable Mention - Jerome Gauthier-Leduc (Rimouski Oceanic - QMJHL) 2GP 2G-2A-4P

Complete prospect stats, from SabresProspects.com, following the jump.

Player	Pos	H	W	Age	Team	League	DOB	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
Kevin Sundher	C	6'0	188	19	Victoria	WHL	1/18/1992	11	4	17	21	0	6
Jerome Gauthier-Leduc	RHD	6'2	194	19	Rimouski	QMJHL	7/30/1992	9	9	12	21	3	6
Dan Catenacci	C	5'10	185	18	Owen Sound	OHL	3/9/1993	12	8	8	16	E	28
Steven Shipley	C	6'3	212	19	Niagara	OHL	4/22/1992	10	2	7	9	-10	2
Luke Adam	LW	6'2	203	21	Buffalo	NHL		4	3	3	6	2	0
Zack Kassian	RW	6'3	226	20	Rochester	AHL	1/24/1991	4	3	2	5	-1	15
Cedrick Henley	LW	6'5	196	19	Val-d'Or	QMJHL	1/10/1992	10	0	5	5	-1	16
Mark Pysyk	RHD	6'1	188	19	Edmonton	WHL	1/11/1992	11	0	5	5	-1	16
Joel Armia	RW	6'3	193	18	Assat	SM-Liiga	5/31/1993	12	1	4	5	n/a	12
Jonathan Parker	LW	5'10	195	20	Rochester	AHL	9/25/1991	4	2	2	4	-2	0
Corey Tropp	RW	6'0	185	22	Rochester	AHL	7/25/1989	4	0	3	3	-3	12
Gregg Sutch	RW	6'2	201	19	Barrie	OHL	2/9/1992	9	1	2	3	1	25
Marcus Foligno	C/LW	6'3	216	20	Rochester	AHL	8/10/1991	4	2	0	2	-3	12
Brayden McNabb	LHD	6'4	218	20	Rochester	AHL	1/21/1991	4	0	2	2	1	2
T.J. Brennan	LHD	6'0	208	22	Rochester	AHL	4/3/1989	4	1	1	2	-3	4
Justin Jokinen	RW	6'3	185	21	Minnesota State	WCHA	11/25/1989	4	1	1	2	0	2
Nick Crawford	LHD	6'1	190	21	Rochester	AHL	2/23/1990	3	0	2	2	3	2
Alex Lepowski	LHD	6'4	204	18	Barrie	OHL	4/8/1993	5	0	2	2	1	2
Jacob Lagacé	RW	5'11	190	21	Rochester	AHL	1/9/1990	2	1	0	1	1	2
Alex Biega	RHD	5'11	205	23	Rochester	AHL	4/4/1988	4	0	1	1	2	0
Shawn Szydlowski	RW	6'0	208	21	Rochester	AHL	9/5/1990	3	0	1	1	E	0
Brad Navin	C	6'2	192	19	Wisconsin	WCHA	6/5/1992	3	0	1	1	E	0
Christian Isackson	RW	6'0	177	19	Minnesota	WCHA	1/20/1992	1	0	0	0	E	0
Riley Boychuk	LW	6'5	220	20	Rochester	AHL	2/20/1991	4	0	0	0	E	2
Matt MacKenzie	RHD	6'2	194	19	Rochester	AHL	10/15/1991	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Schiestel	LHD	6'2	193	22	Rochester	AHL	3/9/1989	1	0	0	0	-2	0
Drew MacKenzie	LHD	6'2	203	22	Vermont	HE	12/17/1988	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maxime Legault	RW	6'2	195	22	Rochester	AHL	3/28/1989	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Persson	LHD	6'1	187	23	Rochester	AHL	6/2/1988	1	0	0	0	-1	0
Corey Fienhage	RHD	6'4	221	21	Gwinnett	ECHL	5/4/1990	2	0	0	0	-1	0
Colin Jacobs	C	6'1	215	18	Seatle	WHL	1/20/1993	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Adams	RHD	6'3	210	20	Providence	HE	5/23/1991	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player	Pos	H	W	Age	Team	League	D.O.B.	GP	W	L	T/SOL	GAA	SV%
Nathan Lieuwen	G	6'5	191	20	Kootenay	WHL	8/8/1991	7	4	1	2	1.26	0.952
Brad Eidsness	G	6'0	177	22	North Dakota	WCHA	6/2/1989	1	1	0	0.	1.45	.949
Connor Knapp	G	6'5	215	21	Miami	CCHA	5/1/1990	2	1	1	0	2.45	0.918