Habs: One Game Scouting Report for Michael Bournival

Bournival shows equally solid work in all three zones.

Michael Bournival was brought into the Montreal Canadiens organization through a 2010 mid-season trade. The Habs moved Ryan O'Byrne to the Colorado Avalanche for the left-handed Bournival; who was chosen by the Avalanche in the third-round of the 2010 NHL entry draft.

The 5'11", 178 lbs centre is a powerful skater with good puck-handling skills. He demonstrates a solid stick, and does a good job protecting the puck down-low.

*Scouting report from a 3-2 loss to the Montreal Juniors on February 12th, 2011*

Overall Grade

Bournival had a slightly above-average grade. More impressive than the grade was the number of events. Shawinigan's number 78 produced great bang for the buck, as he was always involved in the play. The best way to describe him as a player is puck hungry. The centre's overall grade was hurt only by his work in the faceoff circle, where he won only 33% of his draws.
 

	78
WINS	67	WINS
EVENTS	101	EVENTS
GRADE	66	GRADE
PLAYER	78

Overall Risk/Reward

Bournival's solid play produced the 8th-best overall risk/reward rating ever recorded by a junior-aged player. He was solid in all three-zones, but was particularly effective in the defensive-zone. Overall, he competed an incredible 20 of 25 pass attempts, while successfully getting the puck deep into the offensive-zone with each of his 7 attempts.

	78
MINUTES	20	MINUTES
POS/MIN	3.05	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	1.10	NEG/MIN
	78
EVENTS/ MIN	4.15	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	1.95	RISK/REWARD
	78

Offensive-zone Risk/Reward

Bournival's offensive-zone risk/reward rating was among the top-7 ratings recorded by junior-aged players. He won only 50% of his offensive-zone puck-battles, but completed 8 of 12 o-zone pass-attempts, while successfully beating opposing players 1on1 (deaks) with each of his 4 attempts. He also managed 6 shots on goal, to push his rating even higher.

	78
MINUTES	20	MINUTES
POS/MIN	1.40	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.60	NEG/MIN
	78
EVENTS/ MIN	2.00	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.80	RISK/REWARD
	78

Defensive-zone Risk/Reward

Bournival continued his solid ratings with his play in the defensive-zone. He won 6 of 8 defensive-zone puck-battles, and completed 8 of 9 d-zone pass-attempts, while blocking 2 shots. 

	78
MINUTES	20	MINUTES
POS/MIN	0.80	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.15	NEG/MIN
	78
EVENTS/ MIN	0.95	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.65	RISK/REWARD
	78

Neutral-zone Risk/Reward

Bournival's puck-smarts were on display in this game. As previously mentioned, he was successful with all 7 of his attempts to gain the offensive-zone; four times by way of dump-ins, and 3 times by way of skating the puck in-deep. He won 2 of 3 neutral-zone puck-battles, and completed all 4 of his n-zone pass-attempts.

	78
MINUTES	20	MINUTES
POS/MIN	0.70	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.10	NEG/MIN
	78
EV/ MIN	0.80	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.60	RISK/REWARD
	78

Raw data compiled during a 3-2 shoot-out loss against the Montreal Juniors on February 12th, 2011.

	78
OZPBW	7	OZPBW
OZPBL	7	OZPBL
OZPASS+	8	OZPASS+
OZPASS-	4	OZPASS-
OZDEAK+	4	OZDEAK+
OZDEAK-		OZDEAK-
SKI +	4	SKI +
SKI-		SKI-
DI+	3	DI+
DI-		DI-
OZTA	3	OZTA
	78
DZPBW	6	DZPBW
DZPBL	2	DZPBL
DZPASS+	8	DZPASS+
DZPASS-	1	DZPASS-
DZDEAK+		DZDEAK+
DZDEAK-		DZDEAK-
PK DUMP+		PK DUMP+
PK DUMP-		PK DUMP-
DZTA		DZTA
DZ-BL-SHOT	2	DZ-BL-SHOT
DZ-BL-PASS		DZ-BL-PASS
	78
NZPBW	3	NZPBW
NZPBL	2	NZPBL
NZPASS+	4	NZPASS+
NZPASS-		NZPASS-
NZDEAK+		NZDEAK+
NZDEAK-		NZDEAK-
NZTA		NZTA
	78
DZFOW		DZFOW
DZFOL	2	DZFOL
DZPKFOW		DZPKFOW
DZPKFOL		DZPKFOL
OZPPFOW	2	OZPPFOW
OZPPFOL	5	OZPPFOL
OZFOW	2	OZFOW
OZFOL	3	OZFOL
NZFOW	2	NZFOW
NZFOL	2	NZFOL
	78
PS THRU	6	PS THRU
OZ PS BL	1	OZ PS BL
POINTS X2	2	POINTS X2
+/-	-1	+/-
SHOTS	6	SHOTS
	78
WINS	67	WINS
BATTLES	101	BATTLES
GRADE	66	GRADE
PLAYER	78