Rangers Daily Prospect Update -- Aug. 28

If the early part of the preseason is any indication, the hot spot for Rangers prospects in major-junior hockey this season might be Quebec.

Chris Doyle, the Rangers' 2008 fifth-round draft pick, and Ryan Bourque, their 2009 third-rounder, have each scored four points through their first two preseason games in the QMJHL.

In a road game on Friday night, Doyle enjoyed a three-point performance in his second preseason outing with the Prince Edward Island Rocket. Doyle, who fired a game-high 10 shots on goal, scored a pair of goals and added an assist on the game-winner as the Rocket stormed back from a 4-2 deficit with three goals in the final 10:31 of the third period and beat host Acadie-Bathurst 5-4.

Doyle picked up his first goal at 10:49 of the opening period to give PEI a 2-1 lead. He scored again, unassisted at 9:29 of the third to cut the lead to 4-3 and then picked up the second assist on Brandon MacLean's game-winning, power-play tally with only 33 seconds remaining in regulation. For his efforts, Doyle was named the game's No. 3 star.

In another QMJHL game on Friday night, Bourque picked up an assist in the Quebec Remparts' 6-3 win at Chicoutimi. Bourque got the ball rolling with the primary assist on Danick Paquette's power-play goal at 15:26 of the first period gave the Remparts a 1-0 lead. Bourque had picked up three points in his QMJHL preseason debut last weekend.

It was also a big night for 2009 draft pick Roman Horak. The Rangers' fifth-round pick from the Czech Republic scored Chilliwack's first goal of the preseason in a 4-2 win over visiting Kelowna, the defending WHL champion. He also set up his team's second goal, giving the Bruins a 2-0 lead. Horak was making his major-junior preseason debut after spending his entire career in Europe.

	C. DOYLE
	Team: PEI Rocket (QMJHL) Position: Center Height: 6-0  Weight: 193 lbs. Born: March 22, 1990 Biography
	Preseason Stats	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
		2	3	1	4	0	+1
Preseason Results Date Opponent Result Statistics/Notes Aug. 22 Halifax 6-5 W (SO) Scored at 12:42 of first period and in shootout. Aug. 28 at Bathurst 5-4 W Goals in first and third periods of comeback win.

	R. BOURQUE
	Team: Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) Position: Center Height: 5-9  Weight: 175 lbs. Born: Jan. 3, 1991 Biography
	Preseason Stats	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
		2	2	2	4	0	+0
Preseason Results Date Opponent Result Statistics/Notes Aug. 22 at Rimouski 4-1 W Did not play. Aug. 23 Rimouski 4-2 W Three-point game. Scored PPG at 9:10 of second. Aug. 28 at Chicoutimi 6-3 W Assist on game's first goal at 15:26 of first period.

	R. HORAK
	Team: Chilliwack Bruins (WHL) Position: Center Height: 6-0  Weight: 189 lbs. Born: May 21, 1991 Biography
	Preseason Stats	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
		1	1	1	2	0	n/a
Preseason Results Date Opponent Result Statistics/Notes Aug. 28 Kelowna 4-2 W Goal at 17:35 of first period; assist in second.

	M. PASHNIN
	Team: Moscow CSKA (KHL) Position: Defense Height: 5-11  Weight: 187 lbs. Born: May 11, 1989 Biography
	Preseason Stats	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
		4	0	0	0	18	n/a
Preseason Results Date Opponent Result Statistics/Notes Aug. 11 vs. Chekhov 5-2 W Two minor penalites in KHL preseason debut. Aug. 13 Kazan 2-1 W Did not score or take any penalties Aug. 21 N. Novgorod 4-3 W Took 12 PIM as team came back from 3-0 deficit. Aug. 28 vs. Zurich 4-2 W Took a minor penalty late in the second period

	D. KVETON
	Team: HC Ocelari Trinec (Czech Extraliga) Position: Right Wing Height: 6-0  Weight: 199 lbs. Born: Jan. 3, 1988 Biography
	Preseason Stats	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
		6	2	2	4	2	n/a
Preseason Results Date Opponent Result Statistics/Notes Aug. 4 Zlin 2-9 L Played on second line in Tipsport opener; minus-2. Aug. 6 at Vitkovice 3-4 L (SO) Scored goal at 6:56 of second; to tie it at 1-1; plus-2. Aug. 11 at Bratislava 3-1 W Did not score. Aug. 13 Znojmo 6-0 W Assists on goals at 3:15 and 14:17 of third; plus-2 Aug. 18 at Brno 4-1 W Goal at 10:09 of the second (GWG) to make it 2-1. Aug. 28 vs. Krefeld 1-6 L No points in Landshut tournament opening game.

NEXT UPDATE: Aug. 29 (Doyle, Horak, Gaulton, Kveton, Pashnin, Baranka, Valentenko)