Prospects Of The Week
Travis Hayes Records Three-Point Game For Soo Greyhounds After Slow But Steady Start To OHL Season
After a slower than expected start to the 2025-26 season with the Soo Greyhounds in the OHL, Travis Hayes recorded eight points over four games, including three points in a lopsided 11-2 win over the Oshawa Generals on Friday night. The 2025 fourth round pick gave the Greyhounds 3-0 and 7-1 leads and added a primary assist on the sixth Sault Ste. Marie goal. Hayes went without a point in a 7-3 win over the Sarnia Sting on Sunday and currently ranks seventh on the team with 22 points in 28 games.
Hayes recorded 51 points in 64 games last season and hopes for a more consistent backhalf of the season as Sault Ste. Marie–currently fourth place in the Western Conference–looks to stay firmly in the playoff race.
Avery Hayes Finding The Scoresheet More Consistently Since Returning From Injury To The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Lineup
Catching the attention of the organization last season with 23 goals and 42 points in 60 games with the Wikes-Barre/Scranton Penguins last season and earning a contract with Pittsburgh, Avery Hayes started the 2025-26 season hot but cooled down and missed some time due to injury in November. The undrafted forward hopes kicking off December with three points in a 6-2 win over the Lehigh Valley Phantoms leads to more consistency with about a third of the season gone. Hayes gave Wilkes-Barre/Scranton a 4-1 lead with a greasy goal at the end of the second period sandwiched between two assists. Hayes ranks sixth on the team with 12 points in 17 games and ranks second on the team–behind only Boko Imama–with 27 penalty minutes.
Charlie Trethewey Scores First Goal Of NCAA Career In Boston University Win
Fighting for ice time as a freshman on a talented Boston University Terriers blueline, Charlie Trethewey scored for the first time at the NCAA level–and the eventual game winner–in a 2-1 win over the Vermont Catamounts on Friday night. The 2025 third round pick ranks fourth among blueliners on the team with four points in 17 games. Trethewey ranked fourth on the United States National Team Development Program U18 team last season with 20 points in 63 games.
Boston University, so far, failed to live up to high expectations coming into the 2025-26 season with a 8-8-1 record after advancing to the NCAA Frozen Four Championship game last season and losing to Western Michigan. The Terriers currently rank sixth in the Hockey East Conference.
Down On The Farm
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Win Two Last Week, Jump To First Place In Eastern Conference
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins beat the Lehigh Valley Phantoms 6-2 on Friday night led by five different players recording a multipoint game. Avery Hayes and Aidan McDonough both scored and added two assists. Sam Poulin, Tristan Broz, and Danton Heinen all scored and added helpers. Atley Calvert scored the other Wilkes-Barre/Scranton goal. Harrison Brunicke, Phil Tomasino, Phil Kemp, Zach Gallant, and Jack St. Ivany all recorded assists. Sergei Murashov shined again, turning away 34 of 36 shots in the win.
Strong goaltending powered the Penguins in a 4-1 win over the Hershey Bears on Saturday night. Joel Blomqvist stopped 27 of 28 shots. Valtteri Puustinen scored twice, and Gabe Klassen and McDonough added goals. Tomasino and Heinen both recorded two assists, and St. Ivany, Poulin, and Broz all added helpers.
Wheeling Nailers Win Four In A Row Last Week, Take Top Spot In ECHL
The Wheeling Nailers kicked off the week with a 4-0 win over the Reading Royals on Wednesday night. Maxim Pavlenko stopped 32 shots for the shutout win. Jack Works, Logan Pietila, Zach Urdahl, and Randy Hernandez scored. Ryan Mashie, Max Graham, and Craig Armstrong all recorded two assists, and Daniel Laatsch and Cole Tymkin finished with helpers.
The Nailers kept rolling on Friday night with a 3-1 win over the Greensboro Gargoyles. Armstrong scored and added a helper. Mashie and Urdahl scored the other Wheeling goals. Randy Hernandez recorded a pair of assists, and Finn Harding and Tymkin finished with helpers. Pavlenko made 20 saves in the win.
After falling behind 1-0 to Greensboro on Saturday night, the Nailers scored three unanswered goals in a 3-1 win. Mathieu De St. Phalle and Connor Lockhart both scored and added assists. Armstrong scored the other Wheeling goal. Brent Johnson recorded a pair of assists, and Mashie and David Breazeale finished with helpers. Taylor Gauthier returned to the lineup and played for the first time in the 2025-26 season, stopping 22 of 23 shots in the win.
The Nailers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period on Sunday afternoon and held on for a 5-2 win over Greensboro. Lockhart led the offense with a goal and two assists. Pietila and Mashie scored and added helpers. De St. Phalle and Urdahl scored the other Wheeling goals. Edwards recorded two assists, and Johnson and Breazeale finished with helpers. Pavlenko stopped 29 shots in the win.