Pittsburgh Kid Impresses NsHL GM's

Mississauga, ON -- It was a MAJOR night in the OHL this evening as NsHL GM's IronMike McComish and Spencer Cawker were in the Hershey Centre watching the Mississauga Majors play host to the Saginaw Spirit. It turned out to be a tale of two prospects.

Rookie Spirit forward Vince Trocheck caught the eye of both GM's with his two point night pacing the Spirit to a big 4-2 road win. He showed good skill for an OHL rookie. But it was his pretty third period roof job which made the GM's really take notice of the Pittsburgh PA product.

"I was impressed with the game tonight," said IronMike. "Saginaw competed hard at both ends and were clearly the better team on this night."

As for young Trocheck, "He played a big game. He showed he could finish when given a chance. I realize he needs to get bigger and continue his development. But, in 2011 i'm sure a lot of NsHL GM's will be looking at this kid at the draft."

With a wink of eye IronMike completed his thoughts on Trocheck with this statement. As you know, the Pittsburgh area is highly scouted in the NsHL. It wouldn't shock me to find out 3 or 4 GM's already have him on their short list. And if they don't ..... they will now."

But we said this was a tale of two prospects and the other young lad in the spotlight tonight was Casey Cizikas. GM Cawker selected Cizikas in the 2009 NsHL entry draft. The highly successful Washington Capitals GM dropped everything to attend the game and check out his prized prospect. Let's just say he didn't like what he saw.

After scoring a goal in the first period to get his team in the game. Cizikas took three minor penalties in the final 21 minutes of play. "I think he was trying too hard," said IronMike. "It looked like he was a little nervous playing in front of the Caps big boss man."

As the buzzer went to end the game, a stern Spencer made a few gestures to his minions who went to the Majors dressing room to fetch Cizikas. Nobody is aware of what took place in the closed door meeting. Although rumors have already started to circulate in Washington over the availablity of Cizikas.

NOTES: Other players on display tonight were Chris Carrozzi (SJ prospect), Tim Billingsley (PIT prospect), Cameron Gaunce (NJD prospect), Jordan Szwarz (DAL prospect), the very big Cody Sol (TB prospect) and Edward Pasquale (LAK prospect). Carrozzi took the loss in goal for the Majors. Szwarz had a good game with two points and the first star. Pasquale was the winning goalie for Saginaw.