Panthers Prospect Report: December 13, 2024

The Florida Panthers Prospect Report is back as the hockey season hits the quarter-way point.

Check back regularly for new updates on players in the pipeline.

Prospect Spotlight

Evan Nause

It was a milestone week for the 2021 second-round pick (56th overall).

In a 7-1 win over the Atlanta Gladiators on Dec. 6, Nause netted his first professional goal.

Recording five points (all assists) in 28 games during the 2023-24 season, the 21-year-old defenseman already has nine points (goal, eight assists) in 17 games for the Savannah Ghost Pirates.

Oliver Okuliar

The Slovakian forward has been sharp in his first year playing in North America.

Signing with the Panthers last April, Okuliar has brought the balance of scoring and dishing out assists this season.

Through 16 games with the Charlotte Checkers, the 24-year-old has eight points (four goals, four assists).

Panthers Prospects 2024-25 Statistics

AHL/ECHL

Sandis Vilmanis | F | Age 20 | Team: Charlotte Checkers | 19GP, 3G, 6A, 9Pts

Ryan McAllister | F | Age 22 | Team: Charlotte Checkers | 16GP, 7G, 8A, 15Pts

Patrick Giles | F | Age 24 | Team: Charlotte Checkers | 11GP, 2G, 1A, 3Pts

Justin Sourdif | F | Age 22 | Team: Charlotte Checkers | 5GP, 1G, 2A, 3Pts

Wilmer Skoog | F | Age 25 | Team: Charlotte Checkers | 19GP, 3G, 4A, 7Pts

Oliver Okuliar | F | Age 24 | Team: Charlotte Checkers | 16GP, 4G, 4A, 8Pts

Ben Steeves | F | Age 22 | Team: Charlotte Checkers | 11GP, 1G, 4A, 5Pts

Josh Davies | F | Age 20 | Team: Charlotte Checkers | 8GP, 4G, 1A, 5Pts

Liam Arnsby | F | Age 21 | Team: Savannah Ghost Pirates | 19GP, 2G, 4A, 6Pts

Kai Schwindt | F | Age 20| Team: Savannah Ghost Pirates | 20GP, 2G, 3A, 5Pts

Evan Nause | D | Age 21 | Team: Savannah Ghost Pirates | 17GP, 1G, 8A, 9Pts

Mike Benning | D | Age 22 | Team: Charlotte Checkers | 14GP, 2G, 9A, 11Pts

Marek Alscher | D | Age 20 | Team: Charlotte Checkers | 11GP, 2G, 4A, 6Pts

Zach Uens | D | Age 23 | Team: Savannah Ghost Pirates | 20GP, 0G, 2A, 2Pts

Nathan Staios | D | Age 23 | Team: Savannah Ghost Pirates | 17GP, 1G, 7A, 8Pts

Cooper Black | G | Age 23 | Team: Charlotte Checkers | 4GP, GAA 1.73, SV% .897

CHL

Hunter St. Martin | F | Age 19 | Team: Medicine Hat Tigers | 27GP, 20G, 5A, 25Pts

Gracyn Sawchyn | F | Age 19| Team: Edmonton Oil Kings | 25GP, 14G, 20A, 34Pts

Luke Coughlin | D | Age 19 | Team: Rimouski Océanic | 20GP, 1G, 8A, 9Pts

NCAA

Jack Devine | F | Age 21 | Team: University of Denver | 16GP, 1G, 24A, 25Pts

Vladislav Lukashevich | F | Age 21 | Team: Michigan State University | 10GP, 0G, 2A, 2Pts

Tyler Muszelik | G | Age 20 | Team: University of Connecticut | 11GP, GAA 2.59, SV% .897

Europe

Linus Eriksson | F | Age 18 | Team: Djurgårdens IF | 17GP, 1G, 3A, 4Pts

Simon Zether | F | Age 19 | Team: Västerås IK | 21GP, 3G, 5A, 8Pts

Stepan Gorbunov | Age 18 | Team: Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk | 9GP, 6G, 7A, 13Pts

Stepan Zvyagin | F | Age 20 | Team: Kunlun Red Star | 9GP, 0G, 1A, 1Pts

Jakub Kos | F | Age 21 | Team: HC Kometa Brno | 26GP, 2G, 4A, 6Pts

Matvei Shuravin | F | Age 18 | Team: Krasnaya Armiya Moskva | 18GP, 1G, 8A, 9Pts

Albert Wikman | D | Age 19 | Team: Södertälje SK | 23GP, 3G, 1A, 4Pts

Ludvig Jansson | D | Age 20 | Team: Luleå HF | 25GP, 1G, 1A, 2Pts

Denis Gabdrakhmanov | G | Age 19 | Team: Tyumenski Legion | 5GP, GAA 2.39, SV% .941

Kirill Gerasimyuk | G | Age 21 | Team: Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk| 9GP, GAA 2.14, SV% .922

Olof Glifford | G | Age 19 | Team: HV71 | 4GP, GAA 0.97, SV% .960