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New Jersey Devils Prospect Update: Daws Shuts Out Senators
Source: https://www.allaboutthejersey.com/p...evils-prospect-update-daws-shuts-out-senators
This past weekend, the Utica Comets earn a shutout, then get shutout in what has become a frustrating season of non-scoring.
Everything’s Coming Up Nico
Nico Daws made 19 saves to earn the shutout Friday night in a 3-0 victory over the Belleville Senators. Center Matyas Melovsky scored his second goal of the season in the first period, which would end up becoming the game-winner. Defensemen prospects Seamus Casey and Ethan Edwards both earned assists. Shane LaChance finally ended up on the scoresheet with a primary assist on Angus Crookshank’s fourth of the season in the 2nd period to close out the scoring. Edwards would also earn a fighting major in defense of his goaltender.
Love seeing this from Ethan Edwards. He's got the fire, leadership and overall ability you want to see from a defenseman.
If the injuries continue to build on the back end for New Jersey, Edwards should get a look in the show. #NJDevils pic.twitter.com/grRL6W9zVe
— Daniel Rebain(@pvtmcbain) November 8, 2025
Daws has been outstanding to start the season with a 2-2-0 record, 1.51 GAA and .942 SV%. If only the Comets could score more goals, they might slip out of the basement. Unfortunately, that’s something they failed to do on Saturday getting shutout by the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins 4-0. Goaltender Jakub Malek earned the loss, his fourth, after stopping 23 of 26 shots. That is the fourth time in the first ten games the Comets have failed to score a goal, a pace of about 28 throughout the season. According to an AI search, the record for a AHL team getting shutout over the course of a season is 15 by the 1998-99 Atlantic Knights, so if the Comets do not start finding the twine with more regularity, they may make some dubious history.
Around the Pool:
- I somehow missed this rocket wrister by Center Mason Moe, who is off to a respectable start in his collegiate career with 2 goals and 2 assists in his first 10 games for the University of Minnesota.
Mason Moe is quick to tie things up for @GopherHockey
: @BigTenNetwork pic.twitter.com/ubNBwYvuYP
— Big Ten Hockey (@B1GHockey) October 31, 2025
- Only two Devils of prospect age remain pointless so far this season: Josh Filmon and Lenni Hameenaho. The latter is particularly a head-scratcher. Hameenaho missed one game this season, but has failed to register a point in his first nine. Filmon has only suited up for four contests.
- Forward Ben Kevan found himself wide open for this power play goal, his 3rd tally of the season.
File this PP goal under things we love to see from Ben Kevan#BeTheTradition pic.twitter.com/ifCbZbZ50O
— Sun Devil Hockey (@SunDevilHockey) November 1, 2025
- Lastly, Goaltender Mikhail Yegorov was almost ejected for the lamest headbutt ever.
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Source: https://www.allaboutthejersey.com/p...evils-prospect-update-daws-shuts-out-senators