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ProHawks: 2 reach NHL milestones
Oct. 11 was a memorable night for Miami hockey alumni.
Reilly Smith (photo by Cathy Lachmann/BoB).
On that date, a pair of former RedHawks reached NHL career milestones, as Las Vegas forward Reilly Smith scored career goal No. 100 and Los Angeles defenseman Alec Martinez dressed for his 500th game.
Smith found the net in the third period of a 4-2 loss in Pittsburgh. It was his second goal in as many games and he is currently third on the Golden Knights in points with four.
Martinez entered the season with 496 games played, and in his fourth contest of 2018-19, he picked up an assist and went plus-3 in the Kings’ 3-0 win over Montréal.
BoB takes a look at past Miamians’ noteworthy achievements in the pro ranks early this season:
Miami’s Chris Wideman (photo by Cathy Lachmann/BoB).
NHL: A torn hamstring ended Ottawa defenseman Chris Wideman’s 2017-18 season after just 16 games, but he scored twice including the game winner in a 5-1 win over Los Angeles on Oct. 13.
Miami forward Kiefer Sherwood (photo by Cathy Lachmann).
Wideman gave the Senators a 2-0 lead midway through the first period of that win, and he also sealed it by netting Ottawa’s final goal of the game with eight minutes remaining.
Kiefer Sherwood made the Anaheim Ducks out of training camp and has recorded a goal and two assists in his first six games. Sherwood left Miami this spring following his junior year and entered this season with just 11 games of AHL experience with San Diego late last season.
His first NHL goal came late in Dallas on Oct. 13. His tally made it 2-0 late in the first period but Anaheim would eventually lose, 5-3.
Forwards and former classmates Austin Czarnik and Blake Coleman are off to hot starts.
Austin Czarnik (photo by Cathy Lachmann/BoB).
Czarnik has three points in five games for Calgary after spending the majority of 2017-18 in the AHL and playing just 10 games for Boston.
Coleman has racked up a pair of markers in four games with New Jersey. He finished with 13 goals and 12 assists last season.
AHL: Despite a monster playoff season that saw him record 20 postseason points on Texas’ Calder Cup finalist team, Curtis McKenzie did not make the Vegas Golden Knights’ roster to open this season.
But he is tearing up the AHL.
Playing for Chicago, McKenzie is tied for 10th-best in the league in points (7) and fifth in helpers (6) while playing just four games.
When McKenzie is called up, he will join former Reilly Smith, his Miami roommate and fellow Dallas Stars draftee.
Toronto defenseman Vincent LoVerde tallied his 100th AHL assist on Oct. 6. He picked up the helper on the Marlies’ fifth goal in the third period of a 7-5 loss at Binghamton as Toronto’s comeback attempt fell short.
LoVerde has played in 369 AHL games – not counting 65 playoff contests – scoring 42 goals and picking up 142 points.
Carter Camper is Miami’s reigning AHL ironman, as he has played 447 games in that league with eight different teams.
He already has a goal and an assist with Grand Rapids this season.
ECHL: Justin Vaive scored in his first game of the season with Cincinnati. Alex Wideman also made the Cyclones but did not dress for the opener.
Taylor Richart (photo by Cathy Lachmann).
Taylor Richart opened his third season with Utah by picking up an assist after going 17-24-41 with the Grizzlies in 2017-18.
Jimmy Mullin also returns to Kalamazoo for his second pro campaign. He scored 21 goals and set up 24 more in his rookie season with the K-Wings.
Europe: Matthew Caito is enjoying Europe so far, as he has notched seven goals and five assists in nine games with Graz of the Austrian League.
Several other former Miamians have jumped the pond to play in Europe, including Pat Cannone, Chris Joyaux, Kevin Morris, Colin Sullivan and Jeff Zatkoff.
Cannone is 1-6-7 with Inglestadt of the German League DEL. Zatkoff is also in the DEL, tending net with Straubing where he’s 7-2.
Joyaux and Morris are teammates with EIHL (English League) Coventry while Tyler Biggs is playing for league rival Nottingham.
Sullivan joined Chamonix-Morzine of the French League.
Will Weber (Fischtown – DEL) and Tommy Wingels (Geneva – Swiss A) also jumped the Atlantic this off-season and are rookies with their new European teams.
Andy Miele joined the Russian KHL this season, and he is already 5-5-10 in 16 contests.
Here are the current statistics for former RedHawks playing round around the world, and you can check them on our site at any time at this link: https://blogofbrotherhood.com/redhawks-in-the-pros/stats-for-miamians-in-the-pros/.
NHL
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Reilly Smith | Vegas Golden Knights | F | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Austin Czarnik | Calgary Flames | F | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | Anaheim Ducks | F | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Chris Wideman | Ottawa Senators | D | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| Blake Coleman | New Jersey Devils | F | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Sean Kuraly | Boston Bruins | F | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Alec Martinez | Los Angeles Kings | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Roslovic | Winnipeg Jets | F | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Andy Greene | New Jersey Devils | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
AHL
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Curtis McKenzie | Texas | F | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Carter Camper | Grand Rapids | F | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Louie Belpedio | Iowa | F | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Riley Barber | Hershey | F | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Cameron Schilling | Manitoba | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| Anthony Louis | Rockford | F | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Vincent LoVerde | Toronto | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 |
| Trevor Hamilton | Grand Rapids | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 4 |
| Trent Vogelhuber | Cleveland | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ECHL
Skaters
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Justin Vaive | Cincinnati | F | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Taylor Richart | Utah | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| Jimmy Mullin | Kalamazoo | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Max Cook | Norfolk | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Schmit | Atlanta | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Wideman | Cincinnati | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Europe
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Matthew Caito | Graz (EBEL) | D | 9 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 |
| Andy Miele | Nizhny Novgorod (KHL) | F | 16 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 36 |
| Pat Cannone | Inglestadt (DEL) | F | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Marc Hagel | Esbjerg (Denmark) | F | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| Tyler Biggs | Nottingham (EIHL) | F | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 28 |
| Kevin Morris | Coventry (EIHL) | F | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| Will Weber | Fischtown (DEL) | D | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 36 | Chris Joyaux | Coventry (EIHL) | D | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Colin Sullivan | Chamonix-Morzine (France) | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| Cody Murphy | Bjorkloven (Allsvenskan) | F | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 8 |
| Ryan Jones | Cologne (DEL) | F | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Tomassoni | Bolzano (EBEL) | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Wingels | Geneva (Swiss-A) | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goalies
| Player | Team | GP | Min. | W | L | GAA | Sv% | SHO |
| Jeff Zatkoff | Straubing (DEL) | 9 | 540 | 7 | 2 | 2.00 | .900 | 1 |
Pro report: Smith thrives in Cup run
Not only did Reilly Smith lead expansion Vegas in points in that team’s Stanley Cup final run, his 17 assists and 22 points were both Miami alumni playoff records.
Reilly Smith (photo by Cathy Lachmann/BoB).
In the final series alone, he posted three goals and three helpers, recording multiple points twice during the Golden Knights’ historic run vs. eventual champion Washington.
Dan Boyle held the previous RedHawks record with 16 points in 2010-11 during San Jose’s postseason run.
Smith is second all-time to Boyle in Stanley Cup playoff points with 35. Boyle notched 81 during his 17-season NHL career.
During the regular season, Smith blew away the field, leading 11 former Miamians by posting 60 points on 22 goals and 38 assists and tallying a plus-31 rating.
Here is a look at some of the other highlights by ex-RedHawks during the 2017-18 regular season and playoffs:
NHL: Smith and defenseman Andy Greene both eclipsed the 200-point mark in the NHL. Greene ended the season with three goals and 10 assists for the New Jersey Devils.
Blake Coleman (photo by Cathy Lachmann/BoB).
Smith is now fourth all-time on the Miami leaderboard with 247 points, and Greene ranks fifth with 210.
– It was forward Blake Coleman’s first full NHL season, and he thrived, rolling up 13 goals and 12 assists in 75 games as Greene’s teammate on the Devils. He also scored twice in five postseason games.
Jack Roslovic (photo by Cathy Lachmann).
After dressing just once for Winnipeg in 2016-17, Jack Roslovic played in 31 games for the Jets this season, going 5-9-14, and he also logged 10 playoff games in which he picked up three helpers.
Roslovic forced his way into the NHL with 35 points in 32 AHL games.
Louie Belpedio made the most of his first and only NHL appearance. He dished for two assists in his debut and finished the game plus-1.
Vincent LoVerde (photo by Cathy Lachmann/BoB).
AHL: Defenseman Vincent LoVerde won his second Calder Cup championship, and he tallied a pair of assists in Game 7 of the final to help Toronto secure that title.
LoVerde also skated that trophy with Manchester in 2014-15. He has played in 364 AHL games in six seasons, posting 141 points, and has been on the ice for 65 more postseason contests.
Providence’s Austin Czarnik finished third in the league in points with 69 as he eclipsed both the 100- and 150-point marks for his career in this league.
Czarnik was also fourth in the AHL in power play goals (13) despite playing just 64 games because of stints with NHL Boston.
Czarnik was signed by Calgary on Sunday and is expected to compete for a job with the Flames this fall.
Texas’ Curtis McKenzie played against LoVerde’s Toronto team in the championship, and despite falling in the finals, he was the AHL’s leader in postseason goals (11) and power play goals (5).
McKenzie also picked up nine assists for 20 playoff points, ranking second in the postseason.
He will rejoin his former Oxford roommate Smith in Vegas, as he was signed by the Golden Knights last week.
Carter Camper (photo by Cathy Lachmann/BoB).
Last season was Carter Camper’s eighth in the AHL, but it was first time he eclipsed 60 points. Camper went 16-45-61 for Cleveland and Tucson, and he added nine more points in the postseason.
Camper, a Cleveland-area native, was dealt to Grand Rapids last week, and when he hits the ice this fall that will be the eighth AHL team for which he will have dressed.
Camper has played in 443 AHL games, scoring 87 times and adding 243 assists for 330 points plus an 18-27-45 line in the playoffs.
ECHL: He had never scored more than 14 goals in any of his previous six pro seasons, but Justin Vaive netted 32 with Cincinnati in 2017-18 at age 29, and he added five more in five playoff games with the Cyclones.
Between the regular and postseasons, Vaive found the net 37 times in 53 games at this level.
Jimmy Mullin (Cathy Lachmann/BoB).
After a nightmarish end to his Miami hockeycareer, Jimmy Mullin finally had the chance to prove himself in the pros. And he thrived in Kalamazoo.
Mullin went 21-24-45 in 68 games after a major injury ultimately cost him nearly two seasons.
Speaking of feel-good stories, defensive defenseman Taylor Richart scored 17 goals and assisted on 24 more for 41 points with Utah.
At 5-feet-9, he earned his inaugural call-up to the AHL and went 1-2-3 in two games for San Antonio.
Alex Wideman (photo by Cathy Lachmann/BoB).
Alex Wideman led all former Miamians with 48 ECHL points. With a line of 16-32-48 in 2017-18, he has 103 regular season points the past two seasons.
SPHL: Mississippi fifth-year pro Devin Mantha set a career high in points with 58. Mantha scored 22 times and earned 36 assists in 56 games, and he went 1-2-3 in three playoff games.
Andy Miele (photo by Cathy Lachmann/BoB).
Europe: Andy Miele won the Le Mat Trophy this spring, the Swedish Hockey League’s version of the Stanley Cup, as his Vaxjo team swept Skelleftea in the final.
Miele picked up an assist in the clinching game, a 5-0 win. He finished 1-8-9 in 13 postseason games.
Matt Tomassoni also won a championship, as he was a member of EBEL’s Bolzano Foxes team that won that league’s title in April.
Tomassoni picked up an assist and was plus-2 in Game 7 the 3-2 finale of Bolzano’s championship series.
Here are the final regular season and playoff stats for all former Miamians playing around the world:
FINAL 2017-18 REGULAR SEASON
NHL
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Reilly Smith | Vegas Golden Knights | F | 67 | 22 | 38 | 60 | 31 | 24 |
| Blake Coleman | New Jersey Devils | F | 79 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 50 |
| Alec Martinez | Los Angeles Kings | D | 77 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 3 | 34 |
| Tommy Wingels | Chicago Blackhawks | F | 75 | 9 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 45 |
| Sean Kuraly | Boston Bruins | F | 75 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 40 |
| Jack Roslovic | Winnipeg Jets | F | 31 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 |
| Andy Greene | New Jersey Devils | D | 81 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -9 | 21 |
| Chris Wideman | Ottawa Senators | D | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| Austin Czarnik | Boston Bruins | F | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| Curtis McKenzie | Dallas Stars | F | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| Louie Belpedio | Minnesota Wild | F | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
AHL
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Austin Czarnik | Providence | F | 64 | 25 | 44 | 69 | 18 | 24 |
| Carter Camper | Tucson | F | 68 | 16 | 45 | 61 | -16 | 14 |
| Curtis McKenzie | Texas | F | 51 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 11 | 74 |
| Anthony Louis | Rockford | F | 70 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 6 | 8 |
| Pat Cannone | Iowa | F | 76 | 17 | 22 | 39 | -16 | 24 |
| Riley Barber | Hershey | F | 60 | 20 | 18 | 38 | -13 | 49 |
| Jack Roslovic | Manitoba | F | 32 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 16 | 8 |
| Cameron Schilling | Manitoba | D | 71 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 25 | 27 |
| Vincent LoVerde | Toronto | D | 63 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 22 |
| Trent Vogelhuber | San Antonio | F | 59 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 26 |
| Taylor Richart | San Antonio | D | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| Kevin Morris | Binghamton | F | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 11 |
| Matthew Caito | Iowa | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Louie Belpedio | Iowa | F | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 0 |
| Alex Wideman | Rockford | F | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Justin Vaive | Belleville | F | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Goalies
| Player | Team | GP | Min. | W | L | GAA | Sv% | SHO |
| Jeff Zatkoff | Cleveland | 17 | 912 | 4 | 9 | 3.22 | .885 | 2 |
ECHL
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Alex Wideman | Indianapolis | F | 53 | 16 | 32 | 48 | -12 | 43 |
| Justin Vaive | Cincinnati | F | 48 | 32 | 13 | 45 | -2 | 107 |
| Jimmy Mullin | Kalamazoo | F | 68 | 21 | 24 | 45 | -2 | 38 |
| Taylor Richart | Utah | D | 70 | 17 | 24 | 41 | -13 | 20 |
| Tyler Biggs | Kalamazoo | F | 55 | 18 | 21 | 39 | -20 | 60 |
| Kevin Morris | Manchester | F | 40 | 12 | 15 | 27 | -2 | 46 |
| Matthew Caito | Rapid City | D | 28 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 18 |
| Alex Gacek | Atlanta | F | 28 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 2 |
| Max Cook | Norfolk | F | 30 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -15 | 9 |
| Chris Joyaux | Tulsa | D | 53 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 50 |
| Colin Sullivan | Atlanta | D | 51 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 11 |
| Andrew Schmit | Wheeling | F | 28 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 28 |
| Alden Hirschfeld | Toledo | F | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Conor Lemirande | South Carolina | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
SPHL
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Devin Mantha | Mississippi | F | 56 | 22 | 36 | 58 | 11 | 38 |
| Max Cook | Fayetteville | F | 13 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 14 |
Europe
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Andy Miele | Vaxjo (SweHL) | F | 46 | 10 | 22 | 32 | -7 | 39 |
| Ryan Jones | Cologne (DEL) | F | 52 | 15 | 14 | 29 | -1 | 8 |
| Marc Hagel | Lorenskog (Eliteserien) | F | 39 | 16 | 12 | 28 | -14 | 86 |
| Matt Tomassoni | Bolzano (AUS) | F | 54 | 4 | 17 | 21 | -3 | 28 |
| Will Weber | Crimmitschau ETC (DEL-2) | D | 39 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 132 |
| Cody Murphy | Bjorkloven (Allsvenskan) | F | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
FINAL 2017-18 PLAYOFFS
NHL
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Reilly Smith | Vegas Golden Knights | F | 20 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 10 |
| Sean Kuraly | Boston Bruins | F | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Jack Roslovic | Winnipeg Jets | F | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Blake Coleman | New Jersey Devils | F | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Andy Greene | New Jersey Devils | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 6 |
| Alec Martinez | Los Angeles Kings | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
AHL
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Curtis McKenzie | Texas | F | 21 | 11 | 9 | 20 | -4 | 27 |
| Carter Camper | Tucson | F | 9 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| Austin Czarnik | Providence | F | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Anthony Louis | Rockford | F | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| Cameron Schilling | Manitoba | D | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| Vincent LoVerde | Toronto | D | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 6 |
ECHL
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Justin Vaive | Cincinnati | F | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| Kevin Morris | Manchester | F | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| Alex Wideman | Indianapolis | F | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 6 |
| Colin Sullivan | Atlanta | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
SPHL
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Devin Mantha | Mississippi | F | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Europe
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Andy Miele | Vaxjo (SweHL) | F | 13 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 24 |
| Matt Tomassoni | Bolzano (AUS) | F | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| Cody Murphy | Bjorkloven (Allsvenskan) | F | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Jones | Cologne (DEL) | F | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| Marc Hagel | Lorenskog (Eliteserien) | F | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 18 |
| Will Weber | Crimmitschau ETC (DEL-2) | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Other leagues: SPHL’s Mantha thrives
Devin Mantha logged his fourth season in the SPHL, and despite playing just 32 games, he tallied 18 goals and 21 points for his best career points-per-game ratio in the pros.
Mantha, whose father is former NHL-er Moe Mantha, has scored 63 goals and dished for 86 assists for 149 points in just 170 games with Mississippi since 2013.
Max Cook finished the season with 11 goals and 13 assists in 47 games with Fayetteville, and rookie Andrew Schmit tallied six goals, 16 assists and 91 PIMs in 55 games with Pensacola.
EUROPE: Only four former Miamians suited up for European teams in 2016-17, and F/D Matt Tomassoni led ex-RedHawks in points with 32 on seven goals and 25 assists in 41 games with Frankfurt.
Ryan Jones scored 19 goals for Cologne, which plays in the the top league in Germany.
Cody Murphy (photo by Cathy Lachmann/BoB).
Cody Murphy tallied 12 goals and 15 assists in 42 games for Bjorkloven (Sweden), and Mike Glumac – in his 15th pro season – went 8-8-16 for Zagreb in his fourth season with the Croatian-based KHL team.
PLAYOFFS?! PLAYOFFS?!?!?!?!? – No former Miamian playing in the SPHL or Europe was able to enjoy a late playoff run.
Schmit and Cook notched a goal and an assist in four games in their respective series, as both saw their teams eliminated in the first round. Cook dished for an assist in two games and Mantha picked up a helper in three contests, as his team also exited the playoffs early.
Andrew Schmit (photo by Cathy Lachmann/BoB).
Jones played seven postseason games overseas and recorded one assist.
MILESTONES: Despite being limited to seven games, Jones tallied his 200th professional point last season. He needed just three to reach that mark and finished with a pair of goals and two helpers. That give him 121 pro goals and 90 assists between the NHL, AHL and Europe.
Glumac has now logged 921 games between the ECHL, AHL, NHL and Europe. Now the elder skatesman among former Miamians in the pros, he has 297 goals and 262 assists for 559 career points over 15 seasons.
See also: BoB’s look at RedHawks in the NHL, as well as RedHawks in the AHL in 2016-17 and RedHawks in the ECHL.
A look at all RedHawks that appeared in other leagues this season:
FINAL 2016-17 REGULAR SEASON STATS
SPHL
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Devin Mantha | Mississippi | F | 32 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 16 | 20 |
| Max Cook | Fayetteville | F | 47 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 12 |
| Andrew Schmit | Pensacola | F | 55 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 91 |
Europe
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Matt Tomassoni | Frankfurt (DEL-2)% | F | 41 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 17 | 8 |
| Ryan Jones | Cologne (DEL)# | F | 49 | 19 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 49 |
| Cody Murphy | Bjorkloven (Sweden)@ | F | 42 | 12 | 15 | 27 | -2 | 41 |
| Mike Glumac | Zagreb (KHL)& | F | 60 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -10 | 31 |
FINAL 2016-17 PLAYOFF STATS
SPHL
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Andrew Schmit | Pensacola | F | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Max Cook | Fayetteville | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Devin Mantha | Mississippi | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Europe
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Ryan Jones | Cologne (DEL)# | F | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
%-Frankfurt is in the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga and plays in DEL2, the second highest league in Germany.
#-Cologne is in the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), the top league in Germany.
@-Bjorkloven is in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest league in Sweden.
&-Zagreb is in the Kontinental Hockey League, the top league in Russia, its territories and surrounding countries.
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 |
NHL report: 6 made debuts in 16-17
Six former Miamians made their NHL debuts in 2016-17, bringing the total number of ex-RedHawks to play in the world’s best hockey league to 33.
Scoring their first NHL goals were rookies Austin Czarnik and Blake Coleman, who became the 18th and 19th players to hit the net in that league after playing their collegiate hockey in Oxford.
Miamians have logged a total of 5,831 NHL games, tallying 798 goals and accounting for 2,205 points.
BoB takes a look at ProHawks’ milestones and highlights of the 2016-17 NHL season:
FIRST LOOKS: Dressing in their first NHL games this season were Czarnik, Coleman, Riley Barber, Sean Kuraly, Pat Cannone and Jack Roslovic.
Austin Czarnik (photo by Cathy Lachmann/BoB).
Czarnik had the best rookie year from a points perspective, scoring five times and dishing for eight assists for 13 points in 49 games for the Boston Bruins.
Coleman played in 23 games for the New Jersey Devils, finishing 1-1-2 in 23 games.
Kuraly picked up a lone assist in eight games with Boston, but he scored twice in the same game in the Stanley Cup playoffs, the tying goal with under three minutes left in the third period and the overtime game winner in a 3-2 win over Ottawa.
Cannone (Minnesota) debuted at the age of 30, and both he and Barber (Washington) logged three games without a point, while Roslovic (Winnipeg) took the ice for one game and was held off the scoresheet.
Dan Boyle (BoB file photo).
CALLING IT A CAREER: Dan Boyle called it quits prior to the season, ending his career with 1,093 games played, 163 goals and 442 assists for 605 points. He is tops all time among ex-Miamians in games, helpers and points and is second only to Brian Savage in markers.
SCORING LEADER: Los Angeles D Alec Martinez was tops among former RedHawks in NHL scoring with 39 points, including nine goals. F Reilly Smith was No. 1 in goals, scoring 15 times for Florida.
PLAYOFFS? PLAYOFFS?!?! While 13 players who spent time in Oxford logged NHL games in 2016-17, only three participated in the Stanley Cup playoffs: Kuraly, Tommy Wingels and Chris Wideman. Kuraly scored two goals in four games, including a game-tying goal and an OT winner. Wideman made his NHL postseason debut, and notched a goal and three assists in 15 contests. Wingels dressed for nine games but did not tally a point. Wideman and Wingels both played for the Ottawa Senators. Ottawa eliminated Boston in the first round before being knocked off in the conference final.
Tommy Wingels (BoB file photo).
HEADING TO CANADA: Wingels was traded to Ottawa mid-season and rolled up four points including two goals in 36 games after his move. He had eight points (5-3-8) in 37 games with San Jose, but that team was bounced in the first round of the playoffs.
IRON MAN: For the fourth straight season, Smith played in at least 80 games. He dressed for exactly 80 in 2016-17, which actually represented a four-year low for the forward. He has also recorded at least 20 assists and 35 points in each season during that span.
MILESTONES: Andy Greene moved into second place on the all-time games-played list by former Miamians, and dressed for the 700th time in his career, all with New Jersey. He also earned his 150th career assist in 2016-17.
Martinez moved into sixth in games played, eclipsing the 400 mark, and passed Kevyn Adams to move into sixth place in career points.
Wingels became the sixth former RedHawk to scored 50 NHL goals. He had eight in 2016-17, giving him 53 total. Wingels has now played in 54 postseason contests, fourth-most by a former Miamian.
On deck: BoB takes a look at Miamians in the AHL.
FINAL 2016-17 REGULAR SEASON STATS
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Alec Martinez | Los Angeles Kings | D | 82 | 9 | 30 | 39 | -17 | 24 |
| Reilly Smith | Florida Panthers | F | 80 | 15 | 22 | 37 | -13 | 17 |
| Chris Wideman | Ottawa Senators | D | 76 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 46 |
| Curtis McKenzie | Dallas Stars | F | 53 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 72 |
| Austin Czarnik | Boston Bruins | F | 49 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 12 |
| Andy Greene | New Jersey Devils | D | 66 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -15 | 8 |
| Tommy Wingels | Ottawa Senators | F | 73 | 7 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 27 |
| Blake Coleman | New Jersey Devils | F | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 27 |
| Sean Kuraly | Boston Bruins | F | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| Pat Cannone | Minnesota Wild | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riley Barber | Washington Capitals | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Roslovic | Winnipeg Jets | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
Goalies
| Player | Team | GP | Min. | W | L | GAA | Sv% | SHO |
| Jeff Zatkoff | Los Angeles Kings | 13 | 555 | 2 | 8 | 2.94 | .879 | 0 |
FINAL 2016-17 PLAYOFF STATS
Skaters
| Player | Team | Pos. | GP | G | A | Pts. | +/– | PIM |
| Chris Wideman | Ottawa Senators | D | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| Sean Kuraly | Boston Bruins | F | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tommy Wingels | Ottawa Senators | F | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
ALL-TIME NHL STATS
Skaters
(through 2016-17)
| Player | Yrs. | Pos. | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | +/– | PIM |
| Dan Boyle | 1998-2016 | D | 1,093 | 163 | 442 | 605 | -5 | 693 |
| Brian Savage | 1993-2006 | F | 674 | 192 | 167 | 359 | -80 | 321 |
| Randy Robitaille | 1996-2008 | F | 531 | 84 | 172 | 256 | -64 | 201 |
| Andy Greene | 2006-present | D | 707 | 39 | 158 | 197 | -1 | 208 |
| Reilly Smith | 2012-present | F | 365 | 76 | 111 | 187 | 38 | 92 |
| Alec Martinez | 2009-present | D | 419 | 48 | 99 | 147 | 31 | 126 |
| Kevyn Adams | 1997-2008 | F | 540 | 59 | 77 | 136 | -38 | 317 |
| Tommy Wingels | 2010-present | F | 373 | 53 | 73 | 126 | -28 | 209 |
| Ryan Jones | 2008-2014 | F | 237 | 40 | 32 | 72 | -11 | 141 |
| Chris Wideman | 2015-present | D | 140 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 11 | 80 |
| Curtis McKenzie | 2014-present | F | 92 | 10 | 11 | 21 | -4 | 120 |
| Mike Glumac | 2005-2008 | F | 40 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 38 |
| Austin Czarnik | 2016-present | F | 49 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 4 |
| Alain Chevrier | 1985-1991 | G | 234 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 35 |
| Pat Leahy | 2003-2007 | F | 50 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| Todd Harkins | 1991-1994 | F | 48 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 78 |
| Todd Rohloff | 2001-2004 | D | 75 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -19 | 40 |
| Blake Coleman | 2016-present | F | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 27 |
| Justin Mercier | 2009-2010 | F | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Andy Miele | 2011-2014 | F | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Jarod Palmer | 2011 | F | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| Carter Camper | 2011-2012 | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rob Robinson | 1991-1992 | F | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 8 |
| Connor Knapp | 2014 | G | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Zatkoff | 2013-present | G | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Kuraly | 2016-present | F | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| Craig Fisher | 1989-1997 | F | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| Richard Shulmistra | 1997-2000 | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Schilling | 2013-2015 | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| Steve McKichan | 1990-1991 | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Cannone | 2016-present | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Roslovic | 2016-present | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Riley Barber | 2016-present | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goalies
| Player | Yrs. | Games | Min. | W | L | T | SHO | GAA | Sv % |
| Richard Shulmistra | 1998-2000 | 2 | 122 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.48 | .941 |
| Jeff Zatkoff | 2013-present | 48 | 2,490 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2.72 | .908 |
| Connor Knapp | 2014 | 2 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | .875 |
| Alain Chevrier | 1985-1991 | 234 | 12,202 | 91 | 100 | 14 | 2 | 4.16 | .864 |
| Steve McKichan | 1990-1991 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | .750 |
ALL-TIME PLAYOFF STATS
Skaters
| Player | Pos. | S. Cups | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | +/– | PIM |
| Dan Boyle | D | 1 | 130 | 17 | 64 | 81 | -10 | 68 |
| Alec Martinez | D | 2 | 60 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 30 |
| Reilly Smith | F | 0 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 0 |
| Brian Savage | F | 0 | 39 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| Tommy Wingels | F | 0 | 54 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 42 |
| Andy Greene | D | 0 | 45 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| Randy Robitaille | F | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 8 |
| Kevyn Adams | F | 1 | 67 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -9 | 9 |
| Chris Wideman | D | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| Sean Kuraly | F | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Alain Chevrier | G | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Zatkoff | G | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goalies
| Player | S. Cups | Games | Min. | W | L | SHO | GAA | Sv % |
| Alain Chevrier | 0 | 16 | 1,013 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2.61 | .909 |
| Jeff Zatkoff | 1 | 2 | 117 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.08 | .908 |
Czarnik makes NHL debut for Boston
Austin Czarnik became the 28th former Miamian to log an NHL game when he made his debut for the Boston Bruins in Columbus on Thursday.
Austin Czarnik (photo by Cathy Lachmann/BoB).
Czarnik, tied for fifth on the RedHawks’ all-time points leaderboard with 169 and second in team history with 123 assists, logged 15 minutes in his first game in the world’s premier hockey league.
The center from Washington, Mich., scored 20 goals and picked up 41 helpers in his first full pro season with AHL Providence in 2015-16. He turned professional immediately following his senior season at Miami in March of 2015 and notched two assists in three games for the P-Bruins.
Czarnik was Miami’s captain his final two seasons and tallied at least 37 points in all four of his seasons in Oxford.
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