With some of the kids back in the CHL after their time at Leafs camp, a couple of them went out of their way to make a huge impact on their teams right away. Martins Dzierkals and Nikita Korostelev both took to the ice and played the role of dominant forwards for their teams. Stephen Desrocher was a wall at the Kingston blueline friday night in Niagara. I was at the game and no one got past him. Let’s take a quick look at how they did.

Ontario Hockey League

Mitch Marner (F) / JJ Piccinich (F) / Nicolas Mattinen (D)
Piccinich: 1G, 1A / Mattinen: 0G, 0A, +2
London Knights - 2-1-0-1

Sept. 30: vs Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
L 3-2 SO - Piccinich: No Points / Mattinen: 0G, 0A, +1
Oct. 1: @ Barrie Colts
W 3-1 - Piccinich: 1G, 1A / Mattinen: 0G, 0A, +1

Stephen Desrocher (D)
0G, 0A, +1
Kingston Frontenacs - 1-3-0-0

Sept. 30: @ Niagara IceDogs
W 4-0 - 0G, 0A, +2
Oct. 1: @ Erie Otters
L 6-1 - 0G, 0A, -1

Jeremy Bracco (F)
Kitchener Rangers - 3-0-0-0

Sept. 30: @ North Bay Battalion
W 6-3 - Did Not Play
Oct. 2: @ Sudbury Wolves
W 9-3 - Did Not Play

Travis Dermott (D)
Erie Otters - 1-2-0-0

Oct. 1: vs Kingston Frontenacs
W 6-1 - Did Not Play

Nikita Korostelev (F)
4G, 1A, +1
Sarnia Sting - 3-1-1-0

Sept. 30: vs Ottawa 67’s
W 7-4 - 3G, 1A, +2
Oct. 1: @ Flint Firebirds
L 7-4 - 1G, 0A, -2
Oct 2: vs Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
L 4-3 OT - 0G, 1A, +1

Keaton Middleton (D)
0G, 0A, -1
Saginaw Spirit - 0-4-0-0

Oct. 1: vs Ottawa 67’s
L 6-3 - 0G, 0A, -1

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Dmytro Timashov (F)
Shawinigan Cataractes - 4-1-0-0

Sept 28: vs Blainsville-Broisband Armada
L 5-3 - Did not play
Sept 30: @ RImouski Oceanic
W 7-2 - Did Not Play
Oct 2: @ Sherbrooke Phoenix
W 3-2 SO - Did Not Play

Martins Dzierkals (F)
3G, 3A, +5
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies - 4-0-0-1

Sept 28: @ Val D’or Foureurs
W 4-1 - 0G, 1A, +2
Sept 30: @ Sherbrooke Phoenix
W 5-2 - 2G, 1A, +2
Oct 1: @ Gatineau Olympiques
W 5-1 - 1G, 1A, +1

Western Hockey League

Adam Brooks (F)
Regina Pats - 3-0-1-0

Sept 30: vs Edmonton Oil Kings
W 6-3 - Did Not Play
Oct 2: vs Red Deer Rebels
W 7-2 - Did Not Play

Jack Walker (F)
0G, 0A, -2
Victoria Royals - 1-3-0-0

Sept 30: vs Kamloops Blazers
W 1-0 - No Points
Oct 1: vs Kamloops Blazers
L 5-2 - 0G, 0A, -2

Andrew Nielsen (D)
Lethbridge Hurricanes - 3-1-0-0

Sept 30: vs Kootenay Ice
W 5-4 - Did Not Play
Oct 1: vs Calgary Hitmen
W 4-0 - Did Not Play

What a way to kick off their season with their junior teams. Big weekends for many of the players, others could use some more time to get things kicked off.

It’s looking like more cuts will be coming from Leafs camp, as today is media day. Jeremy Bracco was just sent back to Kitchener, so we’ll see him making appearances again.

Still working on some of those embeddable highlights for future posts.

It’s been a good week, next week should be even better.

Maple Leafs Prospects