The four remaining New York Rangers prospects were all in action on Tuesday with just one seeing his team win. It was a pretty quiet night for those prospects with just one earning a secondary assist.
Greentree and Windsor Push Flint to the Brink
Liam Greentree and his Windsor Spitfires edged Nathan Aspinall and Jacob Battaglia’s Flint Firebirds 2-1 in game three. The Spitfires are now one win away from a trip to the OHL’s Western Conference Finals.
Greentree was scoreless on four shots with a +1 while only Battaglia got on the scoresheet with a secondary assist for Flint. Give Windsor all the credit for shutting down Flint’s top two lines in this series.
Aspinall was scoreless on two shots as he is still looking for his first point of this series. Windsor looks to complete the sweep with game four coming up on Thursday.
Ottawa Defeats Barrie in Game Three
Evan Passmore was scoreles on two shots as his Barrie Colts dropped game three to the Ottawa 67’s 5-2. The loss in the OHL’s Eastern Conference semifinals cuts Barrie’s lead in the series to 2-1.
Game four will be on Thursday in Ottawa.
Artem Gonchar Named Sudbury’s Team MVP
Congrats goes out to Sudbury Wolves rookie defensemen Artem Gonchar who was awarded the Samuel Rothschild Most Valuable Player. Gonchar was third on the team in scoring off a 15-36-51 in 65 games.
The Rangers 2025 third round pick overcame a rough start to have a solid finish.
Rasmus Larsson Enters Transfer Portal Again
Rasmus Larsson’s stay at Robert Morris was a short one lasting just one season as he entered the NCAA transfer portal for the second straight year. The sophomore defenseman suffered through an injury-filled season that saw him appear in only 16 out of Robert Morris’s 40 games with just a 1-1-2 -4 to show for his efforts.
Morris transferred to Robert Morris from Northern Michigan after a struggling freshman season. It is hard to see Larsson finding a D1 program willing to take him in after his first two college seasons.
His pro stock is almost non-existent at this time. He might as well go home to Sweden and try to rebuild his pro career if he can.
