F Blake Biondi - Notre Dame (2020, 109th, MTL)

[LastWordArmy]

Winner of the 2020 Minnesota Mr. Hockey Award, Blake Biondi is set to join the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs next season. The Hermantown High captain put up 37 goals and 39 assists for 76 points in just 25 games. He also added 10 goals and nine assists for 19 points in just six playoff games. Drafted by the Sioux City Musketeers with the eighth pick in the 2018 USHL Draft, Biondi played 10 USHL games. He picked up a goal and two assists for three points. Biondi also played for Team USA at the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup. He scored one goal and one assist in four tournament games.

Last season Biondi scored 28 goals and 27 assists for 55 points in 25 games with Hermantown. He was named a First-Team All-American. He also played seven games for Sioux City with a goal and an assist. Biondi added two goals in two playoff games. In five games at the Under-17 World Hockey Challenge, Biondi scored one goal and three points. In eight games with the US NTDP, he also had one goal and two assists. Biondi played 21 games for Team North in the UMHSEHL, scoring 21 goals and seven assists for 28 points.

Our Scouting Report
Blake Biondi Scouting Report: 2020 NHL Draft #95 - Last Word on Hockey

 

[MMC]

Welcome to Montreal!

 

[Realgud]

Great pick for MTL imo

 

[schnapshot]

Montreal loves it’s high schoolers.

 

[William H Bonney]

Meh player. They're all low risk gambles at this point, but I've never been impressed by his game when I've seen him play. It'll be interesting to see if he's able to handle improved competition as thus far it's always knocked him down quite a few pegs.

 

[montreal]

his first NCAA point,

 

[montreal]

 

[Stive Morgan]

Can't believe we got him in the 4th round.

 

[William H Bonney]

Can't believe we got him in the 4th round.

Why? That's an appropriate round for him to go. He's a very average prospect right now.

 

[Stive Morgan]

Why? That's an appropriate round for him to go. He's a very average prospect right now.

I had him in late 2nd/early 3rd so it's good value

 

[montreal]

Can't believe we got him in the 4th round.

his skating needs work so I assume that's why he fell. He's got some interesting parts to his game and the Habs can take their time and let him develop at a top program over the next 3-4 years.

 

[JAVO16]

Like his positioning from those clips, but his skating does look clunky

 

[montreal]

 

[montreal]

 

[GetBentDotCom]

Impressive

 

[montreal]

 

[montreal]

 

[montreal]

 

[montreal]

hope the kid worked on his skating this summer, hopefully has a bigger role at UMD this year as he didn't get a lot of time as a 4th liner

 

[montreal]

 

[montreal]

nice start to the season for him after a tough Freshman year.

 

[montreal]

What a start to the season for this kid, after getting 5 pts in 26 games last year he's got points in every game but 1 this season and already has 6 pts.

 

[montreal]

 

[montreal]

now has as many goals as he had points last year.

 

[montreal]