Of prospect-related note in Europe:
In the Finnish Liiga, Kasper Kotkansalo scored a goal, finishing even with 1 shot in 23:48 played, and Otto Kivenmaki finished at +1 in 14:33 played as Assat Pori won 4-1 over Ilves;
Eemil Viro scored a goal, finishing at +1 with 2 shots in 20:01 played as TPS Turku lost 5-2 to IFK Helsinki:
#Liiga
– Viro 1+0, +1, 4 SOG, 2 PIM, 20:01 ice time in a 5-2 loss
– Ässät 4-1 win:
• Kotkansalo 1+0, +/- 0, 9 SOG, 23:48 ice time
• Kivenmäki 0+0, +1, 14:33 ice time
#LGRW https://t.co/JySe2j5BDY— Red Wings Prospects (@DRWProspects) January 29, 2021
Victor Brattstrom served as the back-up in KooKoo’s 4-1 win over Jukurit;
In the Swedish Allsvenskan, Malte Setkov scored the winning goal, finishing at +2 with 2 shots in 20:19 played as AIK Stockholm won 3-2 in overtime over Sodertalje SK;
Gustav Berglund finished at -1 with 1 shot in 13:09 of ice time as Vasteras IK lost 3-1 to BIK Karlskoga;
Theodor Niederbach had an assist, finishing even, winning 57% of his faceoffs and playing 17:19, and William Wallinder finished even in 11:29 played as MODO Hockey won 6-4 over IK Bjorkloven;
In the ICE Hockey League, Jesper Eliasson stopped 28 of 30 shots as the Red Bulls Salzburg lost 3-1 to KAC;
In the USHL, Cross Hanas didn’t play in the Lincoln Stars’ 10-4 loss to Sioux Falls;
Chase Bradley scored a goal and added 2 assists, finishing at +4 with 2 shots in the Sioux City Musketeers’ 4-2 win over Fargo;
Kienan Draper finished even with no shots in the Omaha Lancers’ 6-0 loss to the Tri-City Storm, who played without Kyle Aucoin;
And in NCAA Hockey, Sam Stange finished even with 2 shots in the University of Wisconsin Badgers’ 6-0 win over Michigan State;
Cooper Moore scored a goal and added an assists, finishing at +1 with 2 shots in the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks’ 6-2 win over Nebraska-Omaha;
Seth Barton finished even with no shots in the University of Massachusetts-Lowell Riverhawks’ 5-0 loss to Massachusetts;
Jack Adams didn’t play in the University of Providence Friars’ 5-1 win over the University of New Hampshire;
And Patrick Holway finished at -1 with 2 shots in the Merrimack College Warriors’ 6-1 loss to Connecticut.