Prospects Of The Week

Will Horcoff Scores Three On The Weekend, Including OT Winner To Help Michigan Sweep Notre Dame

Will Horcoff continued to score seemingly at will for the University of Michigan in the NCAA, and the Wolverines kept rolling with two wins over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish over the weekend. The 2025 first round pick scored twice in a 5-3 win over on Friday night and netted the overtime winner in a 2-1 triumph on Saturday. Horcoff leads Michigan and ranks second in the NCAA with 10 goals in 10 games and ranks second on the team with 14 points after posting 10 points in 18 games as a freshman last season.

Jordan Charron Keeps Scoring In The OHL With Three Goals Last Week

Like Horcoff, Jordan Charron continued to score at a torrid pace for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the OHL, lighting the lamp three times and adding a helper in three OHL games last week. The 2025 fifth round pick gave the Greyhounds 6-1 and 8-1 leads with two goals and recorded a primary assist on the opening tally in a 8-2 win over the Sudbury Wolves on Wednesday and added a shorthanded goal to give Sault Ste. Marie a 3-0 lead in a 6-1 win over the Oshawa Generals on Saturday. Charron leads the Greyhounds and ranks second in the= OHL with 14 goals through 18 games and second on the team with 20 points. 

Mac Swanson Continues Solid But Consistent Start For North Dakota With Two-Point Weekend

Mac Swanson continued a quiet but solid start to the season with the North Dakota Fighting Hawks, scoring a goal and adding a helper in a series split against former teammate and fellow Pittsburgh Penguins prospect Zam Plante and the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs over the weekend. Swanson gave North Dakota life, making the score 3-2 with a goal in a 4-3 overtime loss on Friday night and helped set up the eventual game winner in a 5-1 win the next night. The 2024 seventh round pick ranks second on the Fighting Hawks with six points in eight NCAA games, including three goals, after posting two goals and 18 points in 38 games as a freshman last season.

Down On The Farm

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Comes Back Down To Earth With Two Losses In Three Games Last Week

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins fell for the first time in the 2025-26 season with a 3-1 loss to the Providence Bruins on Wednesday night. Providence scored three goals and Valtteri Puustinen scored for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton all in the second period. Chase Pietila recorded a helper, and Sergei Murashov surrendered three goals on 16 shots in the loss.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton rebounded on Friday night with a 3-2 win over the Bridgeport Islanders. Sam Poulin scored twice, and Danton Heinen added a goal. Ryan Graves recorded two assists, and Tristan Broz, Avery Hayes, and Rafael Harvey-Pinard finished with helpers. Filip Larsson stopped 22 0f 24 shots in the win.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton fell short in a 3-1 loss to the Utica Comets on Saturday night. Aidan McDonough scored the lone Penguins goal off a Heinen assist. Murashov surrendered two goals on 19 shots.

Wheeling Nailers Win Two Games In First Home Weekend Of The Season

The Wheeling Nailers won the team’s 2025-26 home opener 3-2 over the Norfolk Admirals. Brent Johnson, Bogdans Hodass, and Max Graham scored. Matthew Quercia recorded a pair of assists, and Zach Gallant and Connor Lockhart added helpers. Maxim Pavlenko stopped 24 shots in the win.

Max Graham scored in overtime to help the Wheeling sweep the weekend series after the Nailers clawed back from a 2-0 deficit early in the first period. Ryan Mashie and Lockhart scored in regulation. Jordan Kaplan recorded two assists, including the primary assist on the game winner, and Quercia, Logan Pietila, and Tommy Budnick finished with helpers. Pavlenko made 33 stops in the win.