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 LagacĂ© | 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 |