2012 WJHC: One game scouting report for Daniel Pribyl

Montreal Canadiens prospect Daniel Pribyl was a late addition the the Czech Republic's roster at the World Junior Hockey Championship. Pribyl has been hurt, and was only added to the roster when it was determined he was healthy enough to participate. He was chosen in the 6th round of the 2011 NHL Entry draft by the Canadiens. The 6'3", 195 lbs forward has scored 2 goals through 15 games with Sparta Praha of the Czech's top league this season. This report is from the Czech Republic's 5-0 loss to Canada on December 28th.


OVERALL GRADE

Pribyl had a low overall grade. He didn't produce any offense, and had a traditional plus/minus rating of minus-2.  As previously mentioned, the young Czech is likely still injured. His grade is also the product of playing against a strong Canadian team.

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WINS	22	WINS
EVENTS	41	EVENTS
GRADE	54	GRADE
PLAYER	15

OVERALL RISK/REWARD RATING

Pribyl had a low overall risk/reward rating of 0.51, and an overall ratio of 1.26 successful plays for every 1 mistake or lost puck-battle. His best ratings occurred in the neutral and defensive-zone, while his offensive-zone rating was in the negative.

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POS	24	POS
NEG	19	NEG
ratio	1.26	ratio
MIN/G	9.75	MIN/G
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MINUTES	10	MINUTES
POS/MIN	2.46	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	1.95	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	4.41	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.51	RISK/REWARD
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OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING

The Czech Republic were shutout by Canada in the game. As such, the team produced few offensive-chances; particularly at even-strength. Pribyl had a negative offensive-zone risk/reward rating of -0.31, and an offensive-zone ratio of .075 successful plays for every 1 mistake or lost puck-battle. Expressed differently, this shows that Pribyl made more unsuccessful plays than successful plays in the offensive-zone. He won his only offensive-zone puck-battle and recovered 4 loose-pucks in the o-zone. He lost 2 puck-races, completed only 3 of 9 o-zone passes, and failed with 2 of his 3 attempts to beat Canadian players 1on1 (deke).

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OZ POS	9	OZ POS
OZ NEG	12	OZ NEG
ratio	0.75	ratio
MIN/G	9.75	MIN/G
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MINUTES	10	MINUTES
POS/MIN	0.92	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	1.23	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	2.15	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	-0.31	RISK/REWARD
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DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING


Pribyl had a defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.41 to go along with a d-zone ratio of 2 successful plays for every 1 mistake or lost puck-battle. He recovered 3 loose-pucks, and completed 3 of 6 d-zone pass-attempts. He successfully completed 2 dekes, while failing to intercept a blockable pass.

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DZ POS	8	DZ POS
DZ NEG	4	DZ NEG
ratio	2.00	ratio
MIN/G	9.75	MIN/G
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MINUTES	10	MINUTES
POS/MIN	0.82	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.41	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	1.23	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.41	RISK/REWARD
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NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING

Pribyl's neutral-zone risk/reward rating of 0.41 was identical to his defensive-zone rating. He had a neutral-zone ratio of 1.33 successful plays for every 1 mistake or lost puck-battle. He recovered 2 loose-pucks, and completed 1 of 3 n-zone pass-attempts. He failed with his only attempted deke, but was able to dump the puck deep into the Canadian-zone 3 times.

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NZ POS	7	NZ POS
NZ NEG	3	NZ NEG
ratio	1.33	ratio
MIN/G	9.75	MIN/G
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MINUTES	10	MINUTES
POS/MIN	0.72	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.31	NEG/MIN
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EV/ MIN	1.03	EV/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.41	RISK/REWARD
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POWERPLAY RISK/REWARD RATING

Pribyl was not used on the penalty-kill. On the powerplay he had a 0.80 risk/reward rating to go along with a PP ratio of 1.3 successful plays for every 1 mistake or lost puck-battle. He completed only 3 of his 6 PP pass-attempts, and missed 2 passes.

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POS	13	POS
NEG	10	NEG
RATIO	1.3	RATIO
MIN/G	3.75	MIN/G
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MINUTES	4	MINUTES
POS/MIN	3.47	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	2.67	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	6.13	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.80	RISK/REWARD
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