New York Rangers NCAA Prospect Report: Brody Lamb continues scoring
During a week when New York Rangers prospects Gabe Perreault and Drew Fortescue led the United Stated to their second straight gold medal at the 2025 World Junior Championship, six others returned to NCAA action to begin the New Year.
If 2021 fourth-round pick Brody Lamb continues his scoring pace, he will force the Rangers to sign him to an NHL entry-level contract at the conclusion of Minnesota’s season. Friday night, Minnesota defeated Mercyhurst 6-2 in non-conference play. In the second period with the Gophers leading 2-0 and on the power play, Lamb beat everyone to a loose puck in the crease, and scored to make it 3-0.
The power-play tally proved to be Lamb’s second game-winner of the season. He finished the game with two shots on goal, and blocked two shots.
Saturday, Lamb was scoreless despite having a game-high sevens shots on goal in a 5-2 win for Minnesota. The junior forward has 13 goals and seven assists for 20 points in 21 games. With the weekend sweep, Minnesota improved to 17-3-2 overall and is ranked third in the US College Hockey Online Division I Men’s Poll. The Gophers will face Ohio State this weekend for a pair of games.
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Freshman Ty Hendricks skated as the fourth-line left wing for the Western Michigan University Broncos when they defeated Alaska-Anchorage by a score of 4-1 in non-conference play. He was scoreless with one shot on goal.
During a 5-2 win Saturday, Henricks had two shots on goal. He has not scored since the first game of the season on Oct. 11. His last point was an assist on Nov. 30. Western Michigan has a record of 13-4-1 and is fourth in the USCHO poll. They will travel to Grand Rapids, North Dakota, on Jan. 17 and 18 for a weekend series against the North Dakota Fighting Hawks.
Speaking of North Dakota, 2024 first-round pick EJ Emery recorded an assist with three shots on goal for the Fighting Hawks in a 5-0 exhibition win against Manitoba. The defenseman has one official assist in 19 games this season and was among the last cuts by the U.S. ahead of the World Juniors. North Dakota is 11-7-1 and ranked 14th in the USCHO poll. Their next game is Friday against Arizona State.
Colorado College dropped to 13th in the polls following a pair of losses, 5-1 and 3-2, to Augustana. Center Nathan Laba was credited with five shots on goal in the first game. He had a minus-2 rating and won 12 of 18 face-offs.
Laba recorded his second goal of the season Saturday in the first period on his only shot of the game. He finished 6-for-15 on face-offs.
The Tigers are now 10-7-1 overall and look to bounce back on Friday against Omaha.
Defenseman Hank Kempf had one shot on goal and one blocked shot when Cornell defeated UMass-Amherst by a score of 4-2 in non-conference play Friday. The Big Red were shut out 4-0 in the finals of the Desert Classic by host Arizona State. Kempf had a minus-2 rating, and was assessed a minor penalty for interference in the second period which led to an Arizona State power-play goal.
Cornell dropped two spots to 18th in the USCHO poll. The Big Red look to improve on a 6-4-3 record when they travel to Fairfield, Connecticut, for a weekend series against Sacred Heart University.
Harvard captain Zakary Karpa recorded his first point of the season, an assist on New Year’s Day in a 3-2 loss to Quinnipiac University. Karpa had one shot on goal and one blocked shot. He took a minor penalty for boarding in the second period, and won 10 of 14 face-offs with a plus-2 rating.
On Saturday, Harvard let a 3-2 lead slip away, surrendering five unanswered goals in the third period to fall to UConn by a final of 7-3. Despite the loss, Karpa played one of his better games on the season, adding another assist with two shots on goal. He led all centers in face-off wins with a mark of 13-5. The senior has two assists in 12 games this season. Harvard fell to 3-7-2 overall, and will host Brown Friday night before a rivalry game against Yale on Saturday.
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