Phoenix Coyotes Top 10 Prospects

The Phoenix Coyotes Top 10 Prospect Rankings as of October 2013

1. Brandon Gormley, D 2010 1st Round Pick Portland AHL
2. Henrik Samuelsson, C 2012 1st Round Pick Edmonton WHL
3. Max Domi, C 2013 1st Round Pick London OHL
4. Connor Murphy, D 2011 1st Round Pick Portland AHL
5. Laurent Dauphin, RW 2013 2nd Round Pick Chicoutoumi QMJHL
6. Jordan Martinook, C 2012 2nd Round Pick Portland AHL
7. Tobias Rieder, F Acquired from Edmonton in trade Portland AHL
8. Mark Visentin, G 2010 1st Round Pick Portland AHL
9. James Melindy, D 2012 3rd Round Pick Portland AHL
10. Andy Miele, C 2011 free agent signee Portland AHL

Phoenix Coyotes Opening Night Lineup with Line Combinations

Lineup

Lines

Mikkel Boedkker, Mike Ribeiro, Shane Doan
Lauri Korpikoski, Martin Hanzal, Radim Vrbata
Lucas Lessio, Antoine Vermette, David Moss
Chris Brown, Kyle Chipchura, Rob Klinkhammer

Some other line combinations among a number of different combinations

David Moss, Kyle Chipchura, Rob Klinkhammer
Radim Vrbata, Martin Hanzal, Antoine Vermette

Defenseman Pairings:

Keith Yandle, Derrick Morris
Zbynek Michalek, Oliver Ekman-Larsson
David Rundblad, David Schlemko

The Coyotes switched up the pairings a small amount in first period.

Starting Goaltender: Mike Smith Backup: Thomas Greiss

Scratches: LW Paul Bissonnette, D Michael Stone, D Chris Summers

Phoenix Coyotes have assigned 2014 1st Round Pick Max Domi to his Junior Team

The Phoenix Coyotes assigned first-round draft pick Max Domi to London (OHL) on Saturday.

2013 NHL Draft Prospects Battle - Domi vs. Wennberg vs. Gauthier

The 2013 NHL Draft was considered one of the best drafts if not the best NHL draft since 2003. Did the Phoenix Coyotes make the right selection with center Max Domi?
Phoenix needs scoring and have defensemen. They passed on the Swedish center Alex Wennberg and center Frederic Gauthier who is a tall center.

More goes into how these players do than their statistics but you can follow the statistics of these three players here for fun to start.
12th Overall Pick Center Max Domi Phoenix Coyotes
14th Overall Pick Center Alexander Wennberg Columbus Blue Jackets

21st Overall Pick Center Frederic Gauthier Toronto Maple Leafs

Phoenix Coyotes Assign 4 Players to their Junior Teams

Phoenix has assigned 2013 2nd Round Pick F Laurent Dauphin to Chicoutoumi (QMJHL), 2013 3rd Round Pick F Yan-Pavel Laplante to Charlottetown (QMJHL), 2012 7th Round Pick D Justin Hache to Cape Breton (QMJHL) and 2013 6th Round Pick G Brendan Burke to Portland (WHL). You can follow their season's statistics on our blog.

2013 Draft Prospects Tracker

Bookmark this blog to track the Phoenix Coyotes prospects and updated statistics for the upcoming season. Instead of looking up the players throughout the season, you can track their statistics here.



1st Round Pick Center Max Domi -
If Domi does not make the Coyotes roster in 2013-2014 he will play for London in the OHL.
Max Domi

2nd Round Pick Center Laurent Dauphin -
If Dauphin does not make the Coyotes roster in 2013-2014 he will play for Chicoutoumi in the QMJHL.
Laurent Dauphin

3rd Round Pick Center Yan-Pavel Laplante -
LaPlante is expected to play for Charlottetown in the QMJHL in 2013-2014.

Yan-Pavel Laplante
5th Round Pick Defenseman Connor Clifton-
Clifton enters his freshman season at Quinnipiac University in 2013-2014.
Connor Clifton

6th Round Pick Goaltender Brendan Burke -
Burke is slated to play for Portland in the WHL in 2013-2014.
Brendan Burke

7th Round Pick Right Wing Jedd Soleway-
Jedd enters his freshman season at the University of Wisconsin in 2013-2014.
Jedd Soleway

2012 Draft Prospects Tracker

Bookmark this blog to track the Phoenix Coyotes prospects and updated statistics for the upcoming season. Instead of looking up the players throughout the season, you can track their statistics here.

1st Round Pick Forward Henrik Samuelsson -
Henrik is expected to play for Edmonton in the WHL in 2013-2014.
Henrik Samuelsson

2nd Round Pick Center Jordan Martinook-
Martinook will play for Portland in the AHL in 2013-2014.
Jordan Martinook

3rd Round Pick Defenseman James Melindy -
Melindy will play for Portland in the AHL in 2013-2014.
James Melindy

4th Round Pick Defenseman Rhett Holland -
Holland will play his sophomore season at Michigan State in 2013-2014.
Rhett Holland

5th Round Pick Defenseman Niklas Tikkinen -
Tikkinen is expected to play for the Blues in sm-liiga the Finland Pro League in 2013-2014.
Niklas Tikkinen

6th Round Pick Left Wing Hunter Fejes -
Fejes enters his sophomore season at Colorado College in 2013-2014.
Hunter Fejes

7th Round Pick Goaltender Marek Langhamer -

Marek Langhamer

7th Round Pick Defenseman Justin Haché -
Justin will play for Cape Breton in the QMJHL in 2013-2014.
Justin Haché