Of prospect-related note in North America on Saturday:
In the ECHL, the Toledo Walleye held their home opener on Saturday, and Red Wings prospect Kaden Fulcher stopped 22 shots en route to a 6-0 Walleye shutout over the Kalmazoo K-Wings.
The Walleye’s website and the Toledo Blade’s Mark Monroe provide recaps, and the Walleye also posted a highlight clip and an interview with Fulcher:
Elsewhere, in the QMJHL, Jan Bednar stopped 29 of 31 shots as the Acadie-Bathurst Titan won 3-2 over Halifax;
Oscar Plandowski finished at -1 with 3 shots in the Charlottetown Islanders’ 4-3 win over Blainville-Boisbriand;
In the OHL, Pasquale Zito did not play in the Windsor Spitfires’ 3-2 win over Erie;
In the WHL, Sebastian Cossa was the back-up in the Edmonton Oil Kings’ 3-2 win over Calgary;
Cross Hanas finished even with 3 shots as his Portland Winterhawks lost 3-1 to the Vancouver Giants, who did not have Alex Cotton in the lineup;
In the BCHL, Kienan Draper had an assist, finishing even with a penalty taken in the Chilliwack Chiefs’ 4-3 loss to Powell River;
And in NCAA Hockey, Carter Gylander was the back-up in the Colgate Raiders’ 5-1 loss to the Harvard Crimson. Kyle Aucoin finished at +1 for Harvard;
Chase Bradley finished even with 4 shots in the UConn Huskies’ 3-2 win over Maine;
Sam Stange finished at -1 in the University of Wisconsin Badgers’ 4-1 loss to Minnesota;
Ethan Phillips had an assist, finishing at +1 with 1 shot in the Boston University Terriers’ 6-2 loss to Northern Michigan University. Robert Mastrosimone finished at +1 with 1 shot;
Red Savage finished at –1 with a 5-for-18 faceoff record in the Miami of Ohio Redhawks’ 4-1 loss to the University of Nebraska-Omaha;
Cooper Moore finished at -1 with 3 shots in the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks’ 4-1 win over the University of Denver Pioneers. For Denver:
Shai Buium finished at -2 with 1 shot;
Carter Mazur finished at -2;
And Antti Tuomisto did not play for Denver.
