Adam Fantilli, Jordan Dumais lead Columbus Blue Jackets to comeback wi…
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. ― There’s an uncertainty around the Blue Jackets regarding Mike Babcock’s coaching fate, but it hasn’t affected their talent-rich prospect team.
Powered by a seven-goal second period Saturday at Centre Ice Arena, the Blue Jackets improved to 2-0-0 in the Traverse City NHL Prospects Tournament with a 10-7 victory over the host Detroit Red Wings. After falling behind 3-0 in the first and 4-1 to start the second, Columbus rattled off seven straight goals to take an 8-5 lead Detroit couldn’t overcome. The Blue Jackets went 4-of-6 on power plays after going 3-of-3 in their opening win Thursday against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Adam Fantilli had a hat trick of goals plus two assists for five points in the win, defenseman Denton Mateychuk racked up five points on five assists and right wing Jordan Dumais led all players with six points on two goals and four assists. James Malatesta added two goals for the Blue Jackets, who got additional goals from defenseman David Jiricek, defenseman Stanislav Svozil and center Tyler Peddle.
“I’m not sure we’ve had a young talent pool like this in my five years coaching in this organization,” Cleveland Monsters coach Trent Vogelhuber said. “The ponies for us at forward and (defense) showed up together. (Jiricek) was outstanding, Mateychuk had another great performance, and that top (forward) line was pretty dynamic.”
Columbus selected Fantilli third overall in this year’s draft, Jiricek sixth overall in 2022, Mateychuk 12th overall in 2022, Dumais in the third round (96th overall) last year, Svozil in the third round in 2021 (69th overall), Malatesta in the fifth round in 2021 (133rd overall) and
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