Interesting stats posted on
HFBoards about Virtanen by user Andy Dufresne:
Quote:
You can question Virtanen's PPG numbers, which is basically saying he's not a very passer, but as a goal scorer he's one of the top 17 year old scorers in a long time. I was curious so i looked it up:
Here's the top goal scorers since 2000 in the whl (as 17s)
Shinkaruk- 49
Kane- 48
Dawes- 47
Petan- 46
Virtanen- 45
Somebody on the Canucks board draft thread mentioned Virtanen scored 35 at ES. So just to compare:
Shinaruk 32
Kane 24
Dawes 25
Petan 27
A few other guys who had big draft years: Upshall 24, Eberle 25, Gallagher 26, Brule 22, Lazar 22
As far as i can tell Virtanen has the most ES goals of any 17 yr old Whl player this millennium.
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