• PROSPECT-UPDATE ARCHIVE
Well, the Hockey Draft Central home office had a major power-outage in early March. The power came back after a few days, but it took weeks to catch up to the work of daily prospect updates.
So, in the spirit of moving along, check out abbreviated versions of each lost day's events:
JOEL FARABEE -- The U.S. NTDP Under-18 winger was the No. 1 star of a 10-3 USHL rout of Madison, getting two goals and two assists. Farabee, who is headed for Boston University in the fall, had an unassisted, short-handed goal to make it 2-0 at 10:29 of the first period. In the second, he kick-passed the primary assist on the 5-0 goal and 30 second laterscored at 7:09 to make it 6-0. He closed with another primary assist in the third, giving him multi-point games in four his last five outings. (Note: Fifth appearance on this list in 2017-18)
MATTHEW STRUTHERS -- It was a three-point night for North Bay's Struthers, who scored two goals in a 5-1 win at Penticton to earn No. 1 star honors. Struthers connected at 18:52 of the first period to make it 3-0 and again at 4:43 of the second for a 4-0 lead. He later had the lone assist on a late second-period goal that made it 5-0. Struthers, who has 26 points in 28 games since joining the Battalion, notched his first multi-point game since Feb. 18. (Note: Sixth appearance on this list in 2017-18)
RADIM TOMAN -- The diminutive forward had two goals and a primary assist in Vitkovice's 10-4 loss at Ceske Budejovice in Czech U20 action. Toman got his assist at 18:29 of the first period, cutting the lead to 6-2. In the third, he scored goals at 8:06 and 19:00. That gave him his second three-point game in the past five. (Note: Fifth appearance on this list in 2017-18)