Monday, March 5, 2012

2012 NHL DRAFT: One-game Scouting Report for Dario Simion and Christoph Bertschy

Dario Simion and Christoph Bertschy are two Swiss players eligible for the 2012 NHL Entry draft. Both players played for Switzerland during the recent World Junior Hockey Championship.

Simion is a 6'1", 187 lbs right-handed forward. He skates with a choppy stride, and finished the tournament with no points and a minus-2 traditional plus/minus. He showed a relatively-high hockey IQ; demonstrated by a high number of loose-puck recoveries. He enjoyed substantial powerplay time, and took a regular shift on the right-wing. He was the 35th ranked European skater on Central Scouting's mid-term rankings

Bertschy is a a 5'10", 170 lbs right-handed forward with a compact, and efficient skating stride. He was among Switzerland's scoring leaders in the tournament, with 2 goals and 2 assists in six games. He finished with an even traditional plus/minus, and had an impressive shooting percentage of 12.5%. He was the 40th ranked European skater on Central Scouting's mid-term rankings.

This one-game scouting report is from a 3-0 loss to Russia during a December 26th WJHC game. Keep in mind that this is simply a one-game scouting report.

#25 Simion
#28 Bertschy


OVERALL GRADE

Christoph Bertschy had an above-average overall grade of 73. His best work was produced in the offensive-zone while playing at even-strength. Dario Simion had a slightly below-average overall grade of 66. His best numbers were produced in the offensive-zone while on the powerplay.


25
28

WINS
25
32
WINS
EVENTS
38
44
EVENTS
GRADE
66
73
GRADE
PLAYER
25
28



EVEN-STRENGTH RISK/REWARD

 Bertschy had an even-strength risk/reward rating of 1.00, and an even-strength ratio of 2.25 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. Simion had an even-strength risk/reward rating of 0.79, and an even-strength ratio of 1.85 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.


25
28

POS
24
27
POS
NEG
13
12
NEG
RATIO
1.85
2.25
RATIO
MIN/G
14
15
MIN/G

25
28

MINUTES
14
15
MINUTES
POS/MIN
1.71
1.80
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
0.93
0.80
NEG/MIN

25
28

EVENTS/ MIN
2.64
2.60
EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
0.79
1.00
RISK/REWARD

25
28



OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD

Thanks to their ability to recover loose-pucks in the offensive-zone, both players produced above-average offensive-zone risk/reward ratings. Simion had an o-zone rating of 0.57, and an o-zone ratio of 1.80 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He recovered 9 loose-pucks, but failed with 3 of his 5 o-zone pass-attempts, and all 4 of his attempts to beat opposition players 1on1 (deke). Bertschy had an o-zone rating of 0.53, and an o-zone ratio of 2 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He recovered 7 loose-pucks and completed 2 of his 3 o-zone pass-attempts. He was also able to get 4 of his 7 attempted shots through to the net.


25
28

OZ POS
18
16
OZ POS
OZ NEG
10
8
OZ NEG
RATIO
1.80
2.00
RATIO
MIN/G
14
15
MIN/G

25
28

MINUTES
14
15
MINUTES
POS/MIN
1.29
1.07
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
0.71
0.53
NEG/MIN

25
28

EVENTS/ MIN
2.00
1.60
EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
0.57
0.53
RISK/REWARD

25
28



DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD

Both players produced low defensive-zone risk/reward ratings. Bertschy had the better d-zone rating at 0.20, to go along with a solid d-zone ratio of 2.5 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He intercepted 1 opposition pass, and completed 1 of his 2 d-zone pass-attempts. Simion had few d-zone events which hurt his rating (0.07). That said, his d-zone ratio was solid at 2 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He intercepted 1 opposition pass, and completed 1 successful dump-out.


25
28

DZ POS
2
5
DZ POS
DZ NEG
1
2
DZ NEG
RATIO
2.00
2.50
RATIO
MIN/G
14
15
MIN/G


28

MINUTES
14
15
MINUTES
POS/MIN
0.14
0.33
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
0.07
0.13
NEG/MIN

25
28

EVENTS/ MIN
0.21
0.47
EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
0.07
0.20
RISK/REWARD

25
28



NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD

Simion had the better neutral-zone risk/reward. He completed 2 successful dump-ins, and completed 2 of 3 n-zone passes. His n-zone ratio was an equally impressive 4 successful plays to every 1 unsuccessful play. Bertschy was not as solid in the neutral-zone. He produced a neutral-zone risk/reward rating of only 0.07, to go along with a neutral-zone ratio of only 1.25 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He recovered 4 loose-pucks in the neutral-zone, but was unable to complete any neutral-zone passes, and failed with 1 of his 2 attempts to dump the puck deep into the offensive-zone.


25
28

NZ POS
4
5
NZ POS
NZ NEG
1
4
NZ NEG
RATIO
4.00
1.25
RATIO
MIN/G
14
15
MIN/G

25
28

MINUTES
14
15
MINUTES
POS/MIN
0.29
0.33
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
0.07
0.27
NEG/MIN

25
28

EV/ MIN
0.36
0.60
EV/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
0.21
0.07
RISK/REWARD

25
28



POWERPLAY RISK/REWARD

Simion had more powerplay success in this particular game, but Bertschy produced far better offensive-numbers during the tournament. Simion produced a PP rating of 2.00, and was successful with all of his powerplay events. He completed 2 PP passes in the offensive-zone, while recovering 1 loose puck. Bertschy had a disappointing PP rating of 0.33, and a PP ratio of 1.25 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.


25
28

POS
6
5
POS
NEG
0
4
NEG
RATIO
N/A
1.25
RATIO
MIN/G
3
3
MIN/G

25
28

MINUTES
3
3
MINUTES
POS/MIN
2.00
1.67
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
0.00
1.33
NEG/MIN

25
28

EVENTS/ MIN
2.00
3.00
EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
2.00
0.33
RISK/REWARD

25
28

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