2012 NHL DRAFT: Limited one-game Scouting Report for Alex Galchenyuk

Left game early in second period with injury

Alex Galchenyuk is a 6'2", 205 lbs left-handed centre playing for the Sarnia Sting. He was injured for most of this season, playing his first game of the entire 2011-12 season on March 14th. Galchenyuk is a smooth-skater with impressive puck-skills, and was impressive in the OHL as a 17-year-old.

This scouting report is from a 3-2 loss to the London Knights on March 16th, 2012. Keep in mind that this is a one-game scouting report from a game that saw Galchenyuk leave early in the second period with an injury. The injury was unrelated to his knee, but limited our viewing of Galchenyuk to just over 4 minutes of ice-time.


OVERALL GRADE

Galchenyuk had a below-average overall grade of 60. His events per-minute played total was quite high at 4.94, but his inability to make plays in the offensive-zone hurt his overall grade. His best work was done in the neutral-zone.

	94
WINS	12	WINS
EVENTS	20	EVENTS
GRADE	60	GRADE
PLAYER	94

OVERALL RISK/REWARD

Thanks to his work in the neutral-zone, Galchenyuk had a solid overall risk/reward rating of 1.48, and an overall ratio of 1.86 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. Keep in mind, the viewing was extremely limited. As such, this is simply meant as a snap-shot of Galchenyuk's performance during this one-game.

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POS	13	POS
NEG	7	NEG
RATIO	1.86	RATIO
MIN/G	4.05	MIN/G
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MINUTES	4	MINUTES
POS/MIN	3.21	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	1.73	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	4.94	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	1.48	RISK/REWARD
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OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD

Galchenyuk struggled making plays in the o-zone. He produced a negative offensive-zone risk/reward rating of -0.25, and an o-zone ratio of .80 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful plays. Expressed differently, this shows that Galchenyuk made more unsuccessful plays than successful plays in the offensive-zone during the game scouted.

He lost his only puck-battle, and recovered 1 loose-puck. He did not get a shot on net, and was successful with only 1 of his 3 pass-attempts.

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OZ POS	4	OZ POS
OZ NEG	5	OZ NEG
RATIO	0.80	RATIO
MIN/G	4.05	MIN/G
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MINUTES	4	MINUTES
POS/MIN	0.99	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	1.23	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	2.22	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	-0.25	RISK/REWARD
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DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD

Galchenyuk had a low defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.25, but a solid ratio of 2 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful plays. His ratio is stronger than his rating because of a limited amount of d-zone events. His d-zone events are unusually low when we consider that he was playing centre during the game. He recovered 2 loose-pucks in the defensive-zone.

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DZ POS	2	DZ POS
DZ NEG	1	DZ NEG
RATIO	2.00	RATIO
MIN/G	4.05	MIN/G
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MINUTES	4	MINUTES
POS/MIN	0.49	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.25	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	0.74	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.25	RISK/REWARD
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NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD

Galchenyuk can carry the puck, and his neutral-zone numbers reflect just that. He had an impressive n-zone risk/reward of 1.48, and a phenomenal neutral-zone ratio of 7 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.

He recovered 2 loose-pucks, and completed both of his neutral-zone pass-attempts. His only failed neutral-zone event was a lost race for a loose-puck.

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NZ POS	7	NZ POS
NZ NEG	1	NZ NEG
RATIO	7.00	RATIO
MIN/G	4.05	MIN/G
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MINUTES	4	MINUTES
POS/MIN	1.73	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.25	NEG/MIN
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EV/ MIN	1.98	EV/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	1.48	RISK/REWARD
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Please keep in mind that this is an incredibly limited viewing. As such, it is only meant to represent Galchenyuk's performance during this one game.