Calgary Flames main chance Zayne Parekh stays to build up elements … and stays to crank up the exhilaration concerning what his NHL future would possibly maintain.
Parekh struck the 100-point plateau Thursday, ending up being merely the tenth defenceman in Ontario Hockey League background– and simply the 2nd within the 2000s– to strike three-way figures in a interval.
The final to take action was Ryan Ellis in 2009-10.
It’s the 2nd vital achievement for Parekh in a lot lower than every week. He only in the near past signed up with Bobby Orr as simply the 2nd blue-liner in OHL/OHA custom with quite a few 30-goal initiatives.
Yeah, that Bobby Orr
Parekh, that was chosen by the Flames with the ninth-overall alternative within the 2024 NHL Draft, is at present as a lot as 32 goals and 68 aids in 57 journeys this winter season with theSaginaw Spirit It stays to be a head-scratcher that he was ended Team Canada’s lineup for the globe junior occasion and it’s not unlikely to imagine he will definitely be a full-timer with the Flames within the autumn.
As Parekh soared in direction of 100 elements, the 19-year-old star-in-the-making confessed the 100-point landmark acquired on his radar. He amassed 96 elements as a draft-eligible en path to profitable the CHL’s Defenceman of the Year honor.
“It would pretty special,” Parekh claimed final month all through a gathering on Flames Talk on Sportsnet 960The Fan “As egocentric because it sounds, it’s one thing that was on my thoughts final yr. Not a lot this yr, the place I haven’t actually thought of it, however final yr I actually wished to hit that 100-point mark. This yr, I’m simply naturally letting it come and never forcing something.
“But if it does end up happening, I think it will pretty cool.”
The Spirit have 6 regular-season days persevering with to be. At his current clip, that locations Parekh on charge for 110 elements.
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