Vancouver Canucks top prospects of week 22: Dahlen, Brett, Jonah

No. 3 – LW Jonah Gadjovich (Owen Sound Attack, OHL)

My, oh my. Jonah Gadjovich picked a pretty good way to end the regular season on a high note. Two goals and five assists in four games this week. Owen Sound weren’t feasting on bottom feeders alone. In fact, Flint is the only bad team they faced all week. The Attack picked up wins against the league-leading Sault-Ste. Marie Greyhounds and the formidable Sarnia Sting.

Gadjovich’s best game was against the Windsor Spitfires. I truly felt bad for Michael DiPietro. His team didn’t just lose, they got absolutely obliterated 9-2. The hardest working player in the OHL got a goal and two assists, and was named the second star of the night. Here is one of his goals from last week.

I always talk about how Gadjovich is a shot machine. He had 23 shots in these four games. Sometimes that’s more shots than the Canucks can produce in a single game! Despite injuries shortening his season, Gadjovich still had 219 shots in 42 games. That’s 5.21 shots per game, good for second in the OHL. Using the data collected from prospect-stats.com, Gadjovich leads all OHL forwards at estimated shots per 60 minutes (5v5).

Owen Sound begins their playoffs on March 22nd, taking on the London Knights in the first round. This Knights team is not as strong as it was from the past, but will put up a good fight. I will be tracking our propsects’ playoff progression and provide updates when players become available to join the Utica Comets and how the process works.