Juraj Pekarcik isn’t a forgotten prospect for the St. Louis Blues. The third-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft probably hasn’t received the notoriety some of his fellow Blues prospects has, but the forward should.
The 19-year-old put up three goals and two assists in three games this past week, upping his point streak to four games (three goals, three assists) in helping Moncton of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League win the outright regular season title and extend the Wildcats’ winning streak to 10.
Moncton (48-9-2-0) have 98 points and will enter the QMJHL postseason as the top overall seed and Pekarcik, who has 15 points in eight of the past nine games (four goals, 11 assists) has been a big reason why.
He opened the scoring in a 3-2 win against Rimouski Océanic on Wednesday:
After adding two assists in a 4-1 win against Sherbrooke on Friday, Pekarcik scored a pair on Saturday in Moncton’s 5-2 win against Blainville-Boisbriand:
He would score this blistering wrister off a face-off win to give Moncton a lead for good at 2-1:
Pekarcik is now up to 61 points (23 goals, 38 assists) in 50 games; his points are second on the team, third in goals and is tied for first with 14 power-play points.
> Here are some of the other top prospect producers and highlights of their achievements:
* Jakub Stancl (fourth round, 2023), who had a goal and an assist Sunday for Kelowna of the Western Hockey League in a 6-3 loss to Edmonton:
* Matvei Korotky (seventh round, 2024) scored his fifth goal in seven games for SKA St. Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League last Monday:
* Dalibor Dvorsky (No. 10 overall, 2023), scored twice on Sunday for Springfield of the American Hockey League in a 5-2 win against Bridgeport, giving him 18 goals on the season:
* Nikita Alexandrov (second round, 2019) continued his hot ways this week, after being named Springfield’s February Player of the Month, with four points (one goal, three assists) in four games, giving him points in 13 of the past 15 games; he had a goal and an assist Sunday:
* Matthew Mayich (sixth round, 2023) has a point in three of his past four games, including his seventh goal on Saturday for Ottawa of the Ontario Hockey League in a 4-3 shootout loss to Peterborough:
* Will McIsaac (fifth round, 2024) had a shorthanded goal and two assists on Friday for Spokane of the WHL in a 9-2 win against Victoria, giving the defenseman 10 points (two goals, eight assists) his past eight games:
* Jimmy Snuggerud (No. 23 overall, 2022) had four assists in three games against No. 7 Notre Dame, but second-seeded Minnesota lost Sunday, 4-1, in the third and deciding game in the Big Ten quarterfinals, knocking the Golden Gophers out of the tournament.
Snuggerud is now up to 49 points (22 goals, 27 assists) in 39 games for the 25-10-4 Gophers, who await their fate and see where they head for the NCAA Tournament.
* Quinton Burns (third round, 2023) had four assists in three games this past week, extending the defenseman’s assist streak to four (five assists) for Kingston of the OHL after going five straight games without a point.
* Colten Ellis (third round, 2019) not only earned himself a new two-year contract extension this past week, he also earned his 20th win of the season for Springfield.
The goaltender (20-7-3) is now 3-0-1 his past five appearances (four starts) and has a solid 2.36 goals-against average and .928 save percentage.
* Adam Jiricek (No. 16 overall, 2024) returned to the ice once again for Brantford of the OHL on Wednesday after missing three games with an undisclosed injury. He missed five games early in February and the first 11 games of the junior season rehabbing from the right knee injury suffered at the 2024 World Junior Championship; he also missed seven games from mid-December to early-January to compete for Czechia at the 2025 World Junior Championship.
Jiricek makes a difference when in the Bulldogs lineup (11 points; three goals, eight assists) but has played in just 23 games this season; he had an assist on Sunday:
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