Hello folks it's me again, your least favorite Fan Shots writer because I write about things most people don't care about: Minor League players :). I kid, but not really. Most of these players are a ways away and the best of the players are playing in the World Juniors. Which I do follow but I'll let someone else cover that because I don't have the time but the following players are there.

US: Brandon Saad, Adam Clendening, Stephen Johns

Sweden: Ludvig Rensfeldt, Johan Mattsson, Joakim Nordstrom

There are two tables: December's stats (from the last post to game's played on Dec 27th) and the full season stats.

December's Stars:

1st Star : C Mark McNeill

2nd Star: C Brandon Pirri

3rd Star: W Jeremy Morin

Quick Points to look at:

• Dylan Olsen has really struggled in the A this year. December was better with 1 G and only a -2 overall, but this takes his overall +- to -5 on the year. Olsen is being counted on to provide the Hawks a prime time defensive defenceman. He's the Hawks premier lockdown defender in the minors. His defensive partner, Shawn Lalonde had a decent month (1-2-3, +2) in December.
  
• Mark McNeill broke out in a big way in December with nearly 2 points per game. It's a damn shame that he was a cut on Team Canada in the WJC. Team Canada is good but McNeill deserves to be on that team.
• Another defender, Adam Clendening, continued his good year of development at Boston U. His December only was 4 Games but he managed 4 Assists in that time. The Boston U program has been taking some major hits with two players leaving (Trivino (rape), Coyle ( QMJHL) and it was rumoured that Clendening might be leaving too but he quickly dispelled that notion and said that he was committed to Boston U for the Spring semester.
  
• I for one have been disappointed with the development of some of the other forward prospects including Rensfeldt (2nd round pick, 2010) and Jimmy Hayes (Acq from Toronto). They've struggled on their respective teams, but still have a chance to succeed. Rensfeldt has an extremely talented linemates in Sarnia even if he is not getting time with Nail Yakupov (the lock for the 1st pick in 2012).

Here's the overall statistics for the year.