St. Louis Blues Weekly Prospect Report (April 5)
Last two Blues first-round picks Carbonneau, Jiricek have major impacts for junior teams' resounding first-round playoff wins in junior; Kaskimaki, Springfield continue to surge towards Calder Cup playoffs for Springfield; Korotky eliminated by Buchelnikov's CSKA in Russia
It won't be long before Adam Jiricek and Justin Carbonneau are each wearing a St. Louis Blues jersey. But the past two first-round picks are busy at the moment fueling runs by their respective junior squads these days.
For Jiricek (2024, 16th overall) and Brantford, it was a clean sweep for the top seed in the Ontario Hockey League, and all the defenseman needed was one huge game to make an impact on the offensive side while defensively doing his part throughout the series. The Bulldgs made it a clean sweep of Sudbury, winning 6-5 in overtime in Game 3 last Tuesday before finishing off the Wolves, 2-1 in Game 4, last Thursday. Jiricek had two goals, three assists in the series, and all five points came in Game 3, including four power-play points.
He whipped in this wrister in the first period to get the 'Dogs off and running: Jiricek walks in and rips it! šÆ #BFD https://t. co/3jr2XVEzAb pic.
twitter. com/iaDGMQQ1cx ā Brantford Bulldogs (@BulldogsOHL) March 31, 2026 And then with the Wolves leading 4-2, he started the comeback with this one-timer from the slot that drew Brantford within one with just under 13 minutes to play in the game: Jiricek with the one time blast š„ #BFD https://t. co/4dYN6l7lJR pic.
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