Prospect Info: Zack Ostapchuk

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I created some 2022 season highlight videos. Here is one for Zack Ostapchuk:

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[Burrowsaurus]

Formy replacement

 

[aragorn]

Formy replacement

Not this yr, likely going back to junior & will probably need some AHL development time when his junior career is over.

 

[Cosmix]

I created some 2022 season highlight videos. Here is one for Zack Ostapchuk:

Looks like he has improved his skating and is tough to handle being so big.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

He will be on the TC roster for the summer WJC-20.

 

[OD99]

He will be on the TC roster for the summer WJC-20.

Sorry but with all the camps and games in the Summer I am not certain what this means.

Are you saying he will be at the TC for the 2022 championships team slated to play in August or a Summer TC for the team that will play in December?

Would be sick if he could play both.

 

[aragorn]

Looks like he has improved his skating and is tough to handle being so big.

From my viewings at the development camp what I noticed was his determination, drive & compete level that makes him really difficult to handle plus being big & strong & his skating is also good. Ostapchuk - Greig - Boucher would be a handful to handle if they were ever on the same line.

 

[Adele Dazeem]

Formy replacement

Relax with this crap.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Relax with this crap.

I didn’t do anything I just posted on a message board.

I also mean he could be traded

 

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[HSF]

he should be a lock

he was on the team last year

 

[bicboi64]

awesome, hope he has a great tourni!

 

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[Larionov]

So I saw Ostapchuk play when I went to Vancouver (Langley, if you want to get specific!) in November. They lost that night to Kamloops, 4-1, but Ostapchuk was the best player on the ice for the Giants by a mile. He logged a ton of ice time and played in all situations - PP and PK in addition to his regular ice. Nice skater - he's not Formenton, but very few are. I think he projects well as a middle six NHL power forward - exactly what his scoring touch in the NHL will be is tough to say, but I think it's safe to say at this point that he is a legit NHL prospect. A full year in Belleville next year should round him into form nicely...

 

[Alf Silfversson]

So I saw Ostapchuk play when I went to Vancouver (Langley, if you want to get specific!) in November. They lost that night to Kamloops, 4-1, but Ostapchuk was the best player on the ice for the Giants by a mile. He logged a ton of ice time and played in all situations - PP and PK in addition to his regular ice. Nice skater - he's not Formenton, but very few are. I think he projects well as a middle six NHL power forward - exactly what his scoring touch in the NHL will be is tough to say, but I think it's safe to say at this point that he is a legit NHL prospect. A full year in Belleville next year should round him into form nicely...

I'm pretty excited about this guy. He could be a really nice 3rd, or even 2nd, line player in a couple of years. Really nice speed; not afraid to go in hard on the forecheck and he has some decent hands as well.

 

[mianjo]

Mondays Prospects update late again...

1.		Zack Ostapchuk (LW)	Vancouver Giants	WHL	21	10	19	29	1.38	20	9
2.		Oskar Pettersson (RW)		totals	29	16	11	27	0.93	31	14
			Rögle BK J20	J20 Nationell	19	15	10	25	1.32	31	14
			Rögle BK	SHL	10	1	1	2	0.20	0	0
3.		Carson Latimer (RW)	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL	24	8	15	23	0.96	20	-10
4.		Jake Lucchini (C/LW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	21	6	15	21	1.00	2	-11
5.		Jorian Donovan (D)	Hamilton Bulldogs	OHL	21	7	13	20	0.95	19	5
6.		Yegor Sokolov (LW/RW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	21	6	14	20	0.95	22	-8
7.		Rourke Chartier (C)	Belleville Senators	AHL	21	12	5	17	0.81	0	-7
8.		Vitali Abramov (LW/RW)	CSKA Moskva	KHL	34	9	5	14	0.41	16	6
9.		Tyler Boucher (RW/LW)	Ottawa 67's	OHL	15	8	6	14	0.93	26	-1
10.		Angus Crookshank (LW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	21	7	7	14	0.67	15	-13
11.		Cole Reinhardt (LW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	21	5	8	13	0.62	36	-3
12.		Stephen Halliday (C)	Ohio State Univ.	NCAA	18	4	9	13	0.72	7	-1
13.		Cameron O'Neill (RW)	Tri-City Storm	USHL	19	4	9	13	0.68	8	-7
14.		Jonny Tychonick (D)	Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha	NCAA	16	3	9	12	0.75	12	-1
15.		Lassi Thomson (D)	Belleville Senators	AHL	18	3	9	12	0.67	10	-7
16.		Filip Nordberg (D)		totals	34	3	9	12	0.35	20	1
			Södertälje SK J20	ell	16	2	7	9	0.56	14	-2
			Södertälje SK	ckeyAllsvenskan	18	1	2	3	0.17	6	3
17.		Oliver Johansson (LW/C)		totals	30	7	3	10	0.33	4	0
			Timrå IK	SHL	6	0	0	0	0.00	0	1
			Timrå IK J20	J20 Nationell	4	2	3	5	1.25	0	-2
			IF Björklöven	HockeyAllsvenskan	20	5	0	5	0.25	4	1
18.		Scott Sabourin (RW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	20	5	5	10	0.50	121	-1
19.		Ridly Greig (C/LW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	11	3	7	10	0.91	14	-4
20.		Maxence Guénette (D)	Belleville Senators	AHL	21	2	8	10	0.48	4	-5
21.		Tomas Hamara (D)	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	21	2	8	10	0.48	9	-15
22.		Viktor Lodin (C/LW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	11	3	4	7	0.64	12	-4
23.		Theo Wallberg (D)	Dubuque Fighting Saints	USHL	18	3	4	7	0.39	10	10
24.		Philippe Daoust (C/LW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	9	2	5	7	0.78	0	-2
25.		Luke Loheit (RW)	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	NCAA	14	2	5	7	0.50	8	0
26.		Jakov Novak (LW/C)	Northeastern Univ.	NCAA	16	4	1	5	0.31	10	2
27.		Tyson Dyck (C)	UMass	NCAA	12	3	2	5	0.42	4	0
28.		Jayce Hawryluk (RW/C)	Belleville Senators	AHL	5	2	3	5	1.00	8	0
29.		Roby Järventie (LW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	8	2	3	5	0.63	2	-3
30.		Dillon Heatherington (D)	Belleville Senators	AHL	19	2	3	5	0.26	14	0
31.		Olle Alsing (D)	Leksands IF	SHL	23	2	3	5	0.22	8	4
32.		Ben Roger (D)	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL	16	1	4	5	0.31	12	-1
33.		Tyler Kleven (D)	Univ. of North Dakota	NCAA	16	1	4	5	0.31	33	-7
34.		Kristians Rubins (D)	Belleville Senators	AHL	16	2	2	4	0.25	11	0
35.		Jacob Larsson (D)	Belleville Senators	AHL	17	0	4	4	0.24	10	-12
36.		Chandler Romeo (D)	Sarnia Sting	OHL	15	0	2	2	0.13	21	-6
37.		Jacob Bernard-Docker (D)	Belleville Senators	AHL	8	0	1	1	0.13	6	3
38.		Nikita Zaitsev (D)	Belleville Senators	AHL	3	0	0	0	0.00	2	-3
39.		Jonathan Aspirot (D/LW)	Belleville Senators	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2022-2023 GOALTENDING STATS

	N	PLAYER	TEAM	LEAGUE	GP	GAA	SV%
1.		Leevi Meriläinen	Kärpät	Liiga	13	2.03	.921
2.		Antoine Bibeau	Belleville Senators	AHL	11	3.05	.909
3.		Kevin Reidler		totals	16
			AIK J20	J20 Nationell	16	3.23	.906
			AIK	HockeyAllsvenskan	0	-	-
	LESS THAN 10 GAMES
1.		Mads Søgaard	Belleville Senators	AHL	6	4.01	.899
2.		Kevin Mandolese	Belleville Senators	AHL	7	3.87	.856

 

[Ice-Tray]

Big fan, though I have to keep it down when they visit our Royals…. Hahaha

 

[Larionov]

Big fan, though I have to keep it down when they visit our Royals…. Hahaha

Oof - your Royals are having a tough season. I feel for you. We were there with the 67's a few years ago - when you hit rock bottom in junior hockey you REALLY hit rock bottom...

 

[Ice-Tray]

Oof - your Royals are having a tough season. I feel for you. We were there with the 67's a few years ago - when you hit rock bottom in junior hockey you REALLY hit rock bottom...

Hahaha, you can say that again…. Thanks for the kind words lol!

 

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[Hale The Villain]

That's interesting. Instead of having Ostapchuk be a key part of a shutdown line maybe he'll play with top players in a complimentary role.

 

[Oscar The Grouch]

Wow, the coaches must love Ostapchuk. I guess his role will be to win pucks for his linemates and crash the net.

 

[BondraTime]

That's interesting. Instead of having Ostapchuk be a key part of a shutdown line maybe he'll play with top players in a complimentary role.

Think it’s more that they’ve thrown the 6 locks together.

Gaucher will almost certainly be anchoring a 3rd/4th line down the middle.

Would imagine 2 of Bolduc/Roy/Othmann/Fantilli/Schaeffer/Greene will be taking both LW spots on the top line, with 2/3 of the other guys cut.

 

[aragorn]

Interesting article on Zack Ostapchuk, looks like he is going to be a good gritty player, hopefully turns out like Killorn.

MSN

www.msn.com

 

[Cosmix]

Interesting article on Zack Ostapchuk, looks like he is going to be a good gritty player, hopefully turns out like Killorn.

MSN

www.msn.com

I found the article light on details and facts. I hope Ostapchuk turns out to be a decent NHL player who plays big and has a physical side to his game.