AHL report: Vets, rookies shine
Miami continued its strong presence in the AHL in 2016-17.
Seventeen former RedHawks logged games in the NHL’s top development league, with Andy Miele finishing 14th in points and Jack Roslovic ending up sixth in rookie scoring.
Blake Coleman tied for 11th in rookie goals with 19, and Roslovic tallied 35 assists, tied for second among first-year players.
BoB takes a look at ProHawks’ milestones and highlights of the 2016-17 AHL season.
Andy Miele (photo by Cathy Lachmann/BoB).
MODEL OF CONSISTENCY: In Miele’s last four seasons, his assist totals have been 45, 44, 44, 44.
In his first season with Lehigh Valley, Miele led all former Miamians in points with 57. He has now logged 420 career games, racking up 119 goals and 249 assists for 368 points.
RATED ROOKIES: Roslovic was second in points by an ex-RedHawk with 48, scoring 13 goals and setting up 35 more for 48 points, and he finished second in the entire league in rookie helpers with Manitoba.
Coleman went 19-20-39 and was tied for third in rookie plus-minus at plus-21.
Blake Coleman (photo by Cathy Lachmann/BoB).
OTHER NEWCOMER HIGHLIGHTS: Sean Kuraly scored 14 goals and picked up 12 assists for 26 points in his first season with Providence, recording a plus-10 rating.
FIRSTS: Speaking of rookies, Anthony Louis and Matthew Caito scored their first career AHL goals in 2016-17.
After wrapping up his Oxford career in March, Louis found the net in Milwaukee on April 8, putting Rockford ahead, 2-1 in an eventual 4-2 win for the IceHogs.
Caito picked up his first two league points the same night in a 6-0 home win vs. San Antonio, earning the primary assist on the third goal and finding the net on the Griffins’ final tally.
MILESTONES: Pat Cannone is tops in games played among current former RedHawks pros with 421, edging Miele out by one. Three current skaters have logged over 300 AHL games.
– In addition to being called up to the NHL for the first time in 2016-17, Cannone notched his 150th career assist. He has 89 goals, 152 assists and 241 points in 421 AHL games.
– Defenseman Vincent LoVerde eclipsed the 300-game and 100-point mark, racking up a career-best 35 points for Ontario. He is plus-89 in five AHL seasons and plus-105 in six pro campaigns.
– Forward Carter Camper surpassed the 250-point mark by putting up six goals and 29 assists for 35 points in his seventh AHL season and his first with Albany. He reached the 30-point mark for the sixth straight season.
Austin Czarnik (photo by Cathy Lachmann/BoB).
PLAYOFFS?! PLAYOFFS?!?!?!? No ex-Miamian won the Calder Cup this season, but Austin Czarnik’s Providence Bruins advanced to the Eastern Conference final, with the former captain logging 17 postseason games. Czarnik notched three goals and four assists for seven points, tops among former RedHawks skaters.
The P-Bruins eliminated Hershey in the second round, ending the season of former teammate and close friend Riley Barber, who was second in Miami Calder Cup scoring with five points.
Kuraly also played part of the playoff season with Providence, dressing six times and dishing for an assist. He was the only ex-Miamian to skate in both the Stanley Cup playoffs and Calder Cup playoffs, combining for two goals and a helper in 10 postseason games.
See also: NHL report: 6 made debuts in ’16-’17
On deck: BoB takes a look at Miamians in the ECHL.
A look at all RedHawks that appeared in AHL games this season:
2016-17 AHL REGULAR SEASON STATS
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Andy Miele | Lehigh Valley | F | 65 | 13 | 44 | 57 | -15 | 54 |
| Jack Roslovic | Manitoba | F | 65 | 13 | 35 | 48 | -17 | 22 |
| Blake Coleman | Albany | F | 52 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 21 | 56 |
| Pat Cannone | Iowa | F | 73 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 0 | 26 |
| Vincent LoVerde | Ontario | D | 61 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 5 | 68 |
| Carter Camper | Albany | F | 47 | 6 | 29 | 35 | -3 | 18 |
| Riley Barber | Hershey | F | 39 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 4 | 12 |
| Sean Kuraly | Providence | F | 54 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 37 |
| Cameron Schilling | Ontario | D | 72 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -2 | 49 |
| Austin Czarnik | Providence | F | 22 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 4 |
| Marc Hagel | Binghamton | F | 53 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -11 | 39 |
| Justin Vaive | Rochester | F | 66 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 90 |
| Matthew Caito | Grand Rapids | D | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Anthony Louis | Rockford | F | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -9 | 4 |
| Trent Vogelhuber | San Antonio | F | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| Kevin Morris | Syracuse | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
Goalies
| Player | Team | GP | Min. | W | L | GAA | Sv% | SHO |
| Jeff Zatkoff | Ontario | 8 | 458 | 2 | 4 | 3.01 | .900 | 0 |
2016-17 AHL PLAYOFF STATS
Skaters
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Austin Czarnik | Providence | F | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| Riley Barber | Hershey | F | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Andy Miele | Lehigh Valley | F | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| Carter Camper | Albany | F | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Cameron Schilling | Ontario | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Blake Coleman | Albany | F | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| Sean Kuraly | Providence | F | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| Vincent LoVerde | Ontario | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 |
Posted on July 9, 2017, in 2016-17, AHL, Austin Czarnik, Blake Coleman, Matthew Caito, Pros, Riley Barber, Sean Kuraly and tagged AHL, Andy Miele, jack roslovic, Miami RedHawks, redhawks alumni. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
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