2003-04
Statistics: 31 GP, 10-20—30
Central
Scouting: 44th among North American skaters
The Hockey News: Not in top 100
Background:
A relatively unheralded recruit, he was one of Brown's offensive
leaders as a freshman, finishing second on the team in scoring
and earning ECAC co-Rookie of the Year honors. His father,
Peter, played eight years for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Scout's
Take: “He’s a good player and a good
skater, with good hands; really he’s a skill guy. You
can see that he knows the game well, and you’d expect
that because of who his father is.
“He’s
got no hardness to his game at all, and he’s slightly
built, but he’s very talented. He’s still young
and has time to develop. You know that the skills are going
to be there.
“The
knock on kids in the ECAC is always that it’s a weaker
league, but you look in the NHL and it’s amazing how
many ECAC players are really good players in the league."
INCH
Projection: With the success of Martin St. Louis
skill is being valued more than size, but only to a degree.
Size will still hold Ihnacak down, probably to the third or
fourth round.
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