The Hockey News looks at the top ten point producing rookies as the AHL season crosses the holiday marker.
We're days away from the mini-holiday break in the AHL and are one step closer to reflection on the first half of the 2023-24 AHL season.
This year fans have been treated to breakout campaigns from some of the must-see prospects in the sport.
In the AHL Logan Stankoven of the Texas Stars, second overall in points in the entire league, leads all rookies with 35 points, and 14 goals, in 26 games.
Stankoven, the 47th overall pick of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, was a stud in his junior years for the Kamloops Blazers, hitting 104 and 97 point seasons in consecutive years.
In the runner-up slot, and leading all blueliners in points in the AHL, is highly touted Kings' prospect Brandt Clarke.
The eighth overall pick in 2021 is a point-per-game player with the Ontario Reign, putting up five goals and 22 assists in 27 games following a 61 point effort in just 31 games with the Barrie Colts in 2022-23.
LeHigh Valley's Samu Tuomaala, a second rounder for the Flyers in 2021, ranks in third on the rookie points list with 25 points in 27 games.
The 20-year-old right shot winger split time between Peliitat and Kettera of the Mestis league in 2022-23, netting 48 points through 31 games with 27 goals.
Habs prospect Joshua Roy takes the fourth slot with eight goals and 23 points in 26 games with the Laval Rocket.
The highly touted fifth round pick in 2021 was an offensive force in the QMJHL, putting up back-to-back stellar totals with 119 and 99 point seasons in succession, naming 51 and 46 goals.
Rounding out the top five is Hartford's Brennan Othmann with 20 points in 25 games.
The 16th overall selection in 2021 by the Rabgers was a point-per-game player last season with the OHL's Peterborough Petes, netting 18 goals and 43 points in 40 games.
POINTS TEAM GP G A PTS
Logan Stankoven TEX 26 14 21 35
Brandt Clarke ONT 27 5 22 27
Samu Tuomaala LV 27 8 17 25
Joshua Roy LAV 26 8 15 23
Brennan Othmann HFD 25 9 11 20
Matt Coronato CGY 17 8 12 20
John Farinacci PRO 28 6 14 20
Brad Lambert MB 22 9 10 19
Nikita Chibrikov MB 22 8 11 19
Joakim Kemell MIL 24 8 11 19