NHL DRAFT: One-game Scouting Reports for Canadian Players in Under-18 Tournament

This scouting report is from the World Under-18 Championship game between the Canada and Finland. Included in this report are many of the draft-eligible prospects playing for Team CANADA.

#5 Damon Severson (defenseman)
#10 Brendan Gaunce (forward)
#14 Scott Kosmachuk (forward)
#15 Mike Winther (forward)
#16 Felix Girard (forward)
#18 Gemel Smith (forward)
#21 Scott Laughton (forward)
#24 Matt Dumba (defenseman)
#27 Adam Pelech (defenseman)

OVERALL GRADE

The top overall grade in the game was earned by defenseman Adam Pelech (#27). Pelech's best work was produced in the defensive-zone, as only Matt Dumba (#24) had better d-zone numbers than Pelech. Other players with grades above 75 include; Severson, Girard, and Laughton.

	5	10	14	15	16	18	21	24	27
WINS	42	52	8	19	36	52	64	97	60	WINS
EVENTS	55	73	15	28	46	82	81	124	74	EVENTS
GRADE	76	71	53	68	78	63	79	78	81	GRADE
PLAYER	5	10	14	15	16	18	21	24	27
CSB RANK	48	13	24	21	183	37	28	11	120	CSB RANK

EVEN-STRENGTH RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

#5 Damon Severson had an even-strength risk/reward rating of 1.09, and a ratio of 2.73 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He engaged in 2.35 events per-minute played. Sixty-one percent of his events took place in the defensive-zone.


#10 Brendan Gaunce produced a risk/reward rating of 1.12, and an even-strength ratio of 1.68 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He engaged in 4.39 events per-minute of ice-time, and 61% of his events took place in the offensive-zone.


#14 Scott Kosmachuk earned a risk/reward rating of 0.17, and an ES ratio of 1.14 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He engaged in 2.58 events per-minute of ice-time, and 53% of his events took place in the offensive-zone.


#15 Mike Winther had an even-strength risk/reward rating of 0.85, and a ratio of 3 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He engaged in only 1.7 events per-minute played, and 54% of his events took place in the defensive-zone.


#16 Felix Girard earned an ES rating of 1.20, and a ratio of 2.89 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He engaged in 2.48 events per-minute played, and 37% of his events took place in the defensive-zone.


#18 Gemel Smith had an even-strength risk/reward rating of 0.82, and a ratio of 1.46 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He engaged in 4.38 events per-minute of ice-time, and 61% of his events took place in the offensive-zone.


#21 Scott Laughton produced a rating of 1.20, and an even-strength ratio of 2.46 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He engaged in 2.85 events per-minute of ice-time, and 53% of his events took place in the offensive-zone.


#24 Matt Dumba (defenseman) earned a superstar-level risk/reward rating of 2.13, and an impressive even-strength ratio of 3.19; his risk/reward number was tops among the Canadian players tracked in this game. He engaged in 4.08 events per-minute of ice-time, and 60% of his events took place in the defensive-zone.


#27 Adam Pelech (defenseman) had an even-strength risk/reward rating of 1.52, and this group's top ratio at 3.43 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He engaged in 2.77 events per-minute of ice-time, and 69% of his events took place in the defensive-zone.

	5	10	14	15	16	18	21	24	27
POS	30	32	8	18	26	41	32	67	48	POS
NEG	11	19	7	6	9	28	13	21	14	NEG
RATIO	2.73	1.68	1.14	3.00	2.89	1.46	2.46	3.19	3.43	RATIO
	5	10	14	15	16	18	21	24	27
POS/MIN	1.72	2.75	1.38	1.28	1.84	2.60	2.03	3.10	2.14	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.63	1.64	1.20	0.43	0.64	1.78	0.82	0.97	0.62	NEG/MIN
	5	10	14	15	16	18	21	24	27
EVENTS/ MIN	2.35	4.39	2.58	1.70	2.48	4.38	2.85	4.08	2.77	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	1.09	1.12	0.17	0.85	1.20	0.82	1.20	2.13	1.52	RISK/REWARD
	5	10	14	15	16	18	21	24	27
CSB RANK	48	13	24	21	183	37	28	11	120	CSB RANK

OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

#5 Damon Severson had an offensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.34, and an o-zone ratio of 4 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.  He recovered 3 loose-pucks, and was successful with both of his pass-attempts. He engaged in 0.57 o-zone events per-minute of ice-time.

#10 Brendan Gaunce produced an o-zone risk/reward rating of 0.26, and an o-zone ratio of 1.21 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won both his puck-battles, and recovered 9 loose-pucks. But, he was only successful with 4 of his 13 offensive-zone pass-attempts. He was able to get 2 of his 3 shots through to the net, and he engaged in 2.67 o-zone events per-minute played.


#14 Scott Kosmachuk earned an o-zone risk/reward rating of 0.34, and an offensive-zone ratio of 1.67 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He recovered 3 loose-pucks, and was successful with 2 of his 4 passes. He wasn't able to get his one attempted shot through to the net, and he engaged in 1.38 o-zone events per-minute played.


#15 Mike Winther had an offensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.07, and an o-zone ratio of 1.5 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He recovered 2 loose-pucks, and wasn't able to completed his only pass-attempt. He was able to get 1 of his 2 shots through to the net, and he engaged in 0.35 o-zone events per-minute played.


#16 Felix Girard earned an o-zone rating of 0.57, and an offensive-zone ratio of 5 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won his only puck-battle, recovered 5 loose-pucks, and was successful with 4 of his 6 pass-attempts. He engaged in 0.85 offensive-zone events per-minute of ice-time.

#18 Gemel Smith had an o-zone rating of 0.38, and an offensive-zone ratio of 1.33 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won 2 of 4 puck-battles, recovered 9 loose-pucks, and completed  of  offensive-zone pass-attempts. He was successful with  of his 10 attempts to beat opposing players 1on1 (deke), and engaged in an impressive 2.66 offensive-zone events per-minute played



#21 Scott Laughton produced an offensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.25, and an o-zone ratio of 1.4 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won 1 of 3 puck-battles, and recovered 3 loose-pucks. He was successful with 6 of his 9 offensive-zone passes, and engaged in 1.52 o-zone events per-minute played.


#24 Matt Dumba earned an offensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.46, and an impressive ratio of 4.33 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He recovered 6 loose-pucks, and was successful with 2 of his 3 passes. He was able to get 4 of his 6 shot-attempts through to the net, and he engaged in 0.74 offensive-zone events per-minute of ice-time.


#27 Adam Pelech had an o-zone rating of 0.00, and an offensive-zone ratio of 1 successful play for every 1 unsuccessful play. He lost his only puck-battle, and was able to get his only shot through to the net. He engaged in only 0.09 o-zone events per-minute played.

	5	10	14	15	16	18	21	24	27
OZ POS	8	17	5	3	10	24	14	13	1	OZ POS
OZ NEG	2	14	3	2	2	18	10	3	1	OZ NEG
RATIO	4.00	1.21	1.67	1.50	5.00	1.33	1.40	4.33	1.00	RATIO
	5	10	14	15	16	18	21	24	27
POS/MIN	0.46	1.46	0.86	0.21	0.71	1.52	0.89	0.60	0.04	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.11	1.20	0.52	0.14	0.14	1.14	0.63	0.14	0.04	NEG/MIN
	5	10	14	15	16	18	21	24	27
EVENTS/ MIN	0.57	2.67	1.38	0.35	0.85	2.66	1.52	0.74	0.09	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.34	0.26	0.34	0.07	0.57	0.38	0.25	0.46	0.00	RISK/REWARD
	5	10	14	15	16	18	21	24	27
CSB RANK	48	13	24	21	183	37	28	11	120	CSB RANK

DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO


#5 Damon Severson had a defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.75, and a d-zone ratio of 3.17 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won 4 of 5 puck-battles, recovered 4 loose-pucks, and was successful with each of his 2 passes. He also blocked 3 shots, and engaged in 1.43 d-zone events per-minute played.

#10 Brendan Gaunce produced a defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.52, and a d-zone ratio of 3 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He recovered 7 loose-pucks, and was successful with his only pass. He engaged in 1.03 d-zone events per-minute played.

#14 Scott Kosmachuk earned a defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.17. He was successful with his only defensive-zone event.


#15 Mike Winther had a defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.64, and a d-zone ratio of 5.5 successful plays for every 1unsuccessful play. He won 2 of 3 puck-battles, recovered 3 loose-pucks, and was successful with each of his 4 pass-attempts. He engaged in 0.92 d-zone events per-minute played. 


#16 Felix Girard earned a defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.21, and a d-zone ratio of 1.60 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won his only puck-battle, and recovered 4 loose-pucks. He failed with each of his 2 attempts to dump the puck out of the defensive-zone, and he engaged in 0.92 defensive-zone events per-minute played.

#18 Gemel Smith had a defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.25, and a d-zone ratio of 2.33 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won 1 of 2 puck-battles, recovered 2 loose-pucks, and engaged in 0.63 d-zone events per-minute played



#21 Scott Laughton produced a defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.51, and a d-zone ratio of 5 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won 1of 2 puck-battles, recovered 4 loose-pucks, and was successful with 2 of his 3 d-zone passes. He engaged in 0.76 d-zone events per-minute played.


#24 Matt Dumba earned a d-zone rating of 1.07, and a defensive-zone ratio of 2.53 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.  He won 7 of 10 puck-battles, recovered 11 loose-pucks, and completed 9 of 14 pass-attempts. He blocked 2 shots, intercepted 3 passes, and engaged in 2.46 d-zone events per-minute played.


#27 Adam Pelech had a d-zone risk/reward rating of 1.03, and an exceptional defensive-zone ratio (considering the high amount of events) of 3.3 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won 4 of 5 puck-battles, recovered 9 loose-pucks, and was completed 6 of 11 passes. He blocked 3 shots, intercepted 2 passes, and engaged in 1.47 d-zone events per-minute played.

	5	10	14	15	16	18	21	24	27
DZ POS	19	9	1	11	8	7	10	38	33	DZ POS
DZ NEG	6	3	0	2	5	3	2	15	10	DZ NEG
RATIO	3.17	3.00	N/A	5.50	1.60	2.33	5.00	2.53	3.30	RATIO
	5	10	14	15	16	18	21	24	27
POS/MIN	1.09	0.77	0.17	0.78	0.57	0.44	0.63	1.76	1.47	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.34	0.26	0.00	0.14	0.35	0.19	0.13	0.70	0.45	NEG/MIN
	5	10	14	15	16	18	21	24	27
EVENTS/ MIN	1.43	1.03	0.17	0.92	0.92	0.63	0.76	2.46	1.92	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.75	0.52	0.17	0.64	0.21	0.25	0.51	1.07	1.03	RISK/REWARD
	5	10	14	15	16	18	21	24	27
CSB RANK	48	13	24	21	183	37	28	11	120	CSB RANK

NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Matt Dumba (#24) had the top neutral-zone risk/reward rating (0.60). He completed 5 of 6 neutral-zone pass-attempts, and was successful with both his attempts to beat opposing players 1on1 (deke).

The top neutral-zone ratio was earned by Scott Laughton (#21). He was successful with 8 plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.

The only negative neutral-zone risk/reward rating was produced by #14 Scott Kosmachuk.

	5	10	14	15	16	18	21	24	27
NZ POS	3	6	2	4	8	10	8	16	14	NZ POS
NZ NEG	3	2	4	2	2	7	1	3	3	NZ NEG
RATIO	1.00	3.00	0.50	2.00	4.00	1.43	8.00	5.33	4.67	RATIO
	5	10	14	15	16	18	21	24	27
POS/MIN	0.17	0.52	0.34	0.28	0.57	0.63	0.51	0.74	0.62	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.17	0.17	0.69	0.14	0.14	0.44	0.06	0.14	0.13	NEG/MIN
	5	10	14	15	16	18	21	24	27
EV/ MIN	0.34	0.69	1.03	0.43	0.71	1.08	0.57	0.88	0.76	EV/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.00	0.34	-0.34	0.14	0.43	0.19	0.44	0.60	0.49	RISK/REWARD
	5	10	14	15	16	18	21	24	27
CSB RANK	48	13	24	21	183	37	28	11	120	CSB RANK