Habs: One Game Scouting Report for Alain Berger

Big night offensively buoys Berger's grade and rating

The Montreal Canadiens signed free agent forward Alain Berger on April 8th, 2011. The Swiss-born Berger just completed his second OHL season where he managed 29 goals and 23 assists through 65 games. The 6'4", 205 lbs right-handed winger played left-wing during the game scouted.

Numbers compiled during a 6-5 overtime loss to the London Knights on January 23rd, 2011

Overall Grade

Thanks to an offensive output of 3 points Berger ended the game with a well-above average grade of 73. He saw substantial powerplay time where he was able to pad his offensive numbers; including completed passes and shots on goal. Berger's grade of 73 was 10 percentage-points above the Canadiens' team average from last season, and matched a mark recently posted by fellow Habs' prospect Louis Leblanc.

	11
WINS	49	WINS
EVENTS	67	EVENTS
GRADE	73	GRADE
PLAYER	11

Overall Risk/Reward Rating

Berger posted one of the top overall risk/reward ratings. His above-average numbers were the product of some solid work in the offensive and defensive-zones. He won 75% of his defensive-zone puck-battles, while completing 89% of his offensive-zone pass-attempts.

	11
MINUTES	16	MINUTES
POS/MIN	3.06	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.94	NEG/MIN
	11
EVENTS/ MIN	4.00	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	2.13	RISK/REWARD
	11

Offensive-zone Risk/Reward Rating

Berger's offensive-zone risk/reward rating was among the best junior-aged ratings ever posted. His o-zone numbers were boosted by an offensive-output of 3 points, combined with substantial powerplay time. Number 11 completed 8 of 9 offensive-zone pass-attempts, while successfully beating opposing players 1on1 (deak) during each of his 3 attempts. He also managed 4 shots-on-goal, while winning 64% of his offensive-zone puck-battles.

	11
MINUTES	16	MINUTES
POS/MIN	1.56	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.50	NEG/MIN
	11
EVENTS/ MIN	2.06	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	1.06	RISK/REWARD
	11

Defensive-zone Risk/Reward Rating

Berger was able to post a solid defensive-zone risk/reward rating. Despite playing on his off-wing, Berger won an impressive 75% if his defensive-zone puck-battles. He posted 1 defensive-zone takeaway, and was successful with his only attempt to beat opposing players 1on1 (deak) in the defensive-zone.

	11
MINUTES	16	MINUTES
POS/MIN	0.56	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.19	NEG/MIN
	11
EVENTS/ MIN	0.75	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.38	RISK/REWARD
	11

Neutral-zone Risk/Reward Rating

Berger's only below-average risk/reward rating came in the neutral-zone. He was successful with only 33% of his neutral-zone pass-attempts, while completing only 50% of his attempts to get the puck deep into the offensive-zone by way of dumping or skating the puck in.

	11
MINUTES	16	MINUTES
POS/MIN	0.31	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.31	NEG/MIN
	11
EV/ MIN	0.63	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.00	RISK/REWARD
	11

Raw Data

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OZPBW	9	OZPBW
OZPBL	5	OZPBL
OZPASS+	8	OZPASS+
OZPASS-	1	OZPASS-
OZDEAK+	3	OZDEAK+
OZDEAK-		OZDEAK-
SKI +		SKI +
SKI-	1	SKI-
DI+	2	DI+
DI-	1	DI-
OZTA	1	OZTA
	11
DZPBW	3	DZPBW
DZPBL	1	DZPBL
DZPASS+	3	DZPASS+
DZPASS-	2	DZPASS-
DZDEAK+	1	DZDEAK+
DZDEAK-		DZDEAK-
PK DUMP+	1	PK DUMP+
PK DUMP-		PK DUMP-
DZTA	1	DZTA
DZ-BL-SHOT		DZ-BL-SHOT
DZ-BL-PASS		DZ-BL-PASS
	11
NZPBW	2	NZPBW
NZPBL	1	NZPBL
NZPASS+	1	NZPASS+
NZPASS-	2	NZPASS-
NZDEAK+		NZDEAK+
NZDEAK-		NZDEAK-
NZTA		NZTA
	11
DZFOW		DZFOW
DZFOL		DZFOL
DZPKFOW		DZPKFOW
DZPKFOL		DZPKFOL
OZPPFOW		OZPPFOW
OZPPFOL		OZPPFOL
OZFOW		OZFOW
OZFOL	1	OZFOL
NZFOW		NZFOW
NZFOL	2	NZFOL
	11
shots thru	4	shots thru
OZ PS BL	2	OZ PS BL
POINTS X2	6	POINTS X2
+/-	1	+/-
SHOTS	4	SHOTS
	11
WINS	49	WINS
EVENTS	67	EVENTS
GRADE	73	GRADE
PLAYER	11