This one-game scouting report is from a preliminary round game at the 2012 Memorial Cup. Bournival's Shawinigan Cataractes defeated the London Knights by a score of 6-2. Bournival scored one goal, and added one assist.
Bournival is about to embark on his first season of pro hockey. He had an impressive training camp last season; despite suffering through an injury. In fact, his even-strength risk/reward rating of 1.71 during the 2011-12 NHL preseason was fourth-best among all forwards in camp.
OVERALL GRADE
Bournival produced a superstar-level overall grade of 83. This isn't to say that he is a superstar in the making, it's simply a reflection of his play in this one game. He was impressive in all 3 zones. Forty percent of his total events took place in the offensive-zone, while 34% occurred in the defensive-zone. Bournival recovered an incredible 21 loose-pucks during the game; a testament to both his speed, and hockey IQ. This translates to 1.21 recovered pucks per-minute of ice-time. The average among forwards is only 0.68.
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WINS76WINS
EVENTS92EVENTS
GRADE83GRADE
PLAYER78PLAYER
EVEN-STRENGTH RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Bournival produced an impressive even-strength risk/reward rating of 2.03; almost double the average rating for forwards(1.10). He also earned an even-strength ratio of 3.19 successful plays for every one unsuccessful play; again, well above the average for forwards (1.87). He engaged in 3.88 events per-minute played.
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POS51POS
NEG16NEG
RATIO3.19RATIO
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POS/MIN2.96POS/MIN
NEG/MIN0.93NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN3.88EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD2.03RISK/REWARD
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OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Bournival earned an impressive offensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.99, and an incredible offensive-zone ratio of 4.4 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won his only puck-battle, recovered 9 loose-pucks, and completed 6 of his 9 offensive-zone pass-attempts. He intercepted 2 opposition passes, and was able to get all 4 of his shots through to the net. He engaged in 1.57 offensive-zone events per-minute played.
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OZ POS22OZ POS
OZ NEG5OZ NEG
RATIO4.40RATIO
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.POS/MIN1.28POS/MIN
NEG/MIN0.29NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN1.57EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD0.99RISK/REWARD
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DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Bournival also earned an above-average defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.58, and an impressive d-zone ratio of 3 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won 2 of 3 puck-battles, recovered 6 loose-pucks, and completed 4 of 5 d-zone passes. He blocked 1 shot, intercepted 1 opposition pass, and engaged in 1.16 defensive-zone events per-minute played.
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DZ POS15DZ POS
DZ NEG5DZ NEG
RATIO3.00RATIO
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POS/MIN0.87POS/MIN
NEG/MIN0.29NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN1.16EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD0.58RISK/REWARD
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NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Bournival had a neutral-zone risk/reward rating of 0.10, and a solid neutral-zone ratio of 2.33 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He recovered 6 loose-pucks, and completed 3 of 4 pass-attempts. He was successful with both of his attempts to dump the puck deep into the offensive-zone, and engaged in 0.26 neutral-zone events per-minute of ice-time.
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NZ POS14NZ POS
NZ NEG6NZ NEG
RATIO2.33RATIO
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POS/MIN0.18POS/MIN
NEG/MIN0.08NEG/MIN
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EV/ MIN0.26EV/ MIN
RISK/REWARD0.10RISK/REWARD
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POWERPLAY RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Bournival earned a solid powerplay risk/reward rating of 2.39, and a powerplay ratio of 3.2 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won his only puck-battle, recovered 3 loose-pucks, and completed 10 of 12 passes. He was not able to get either of his 2 shots on-net, and engaged in 4.57 powerplay events per-minute played.
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POS16POS
NEG5NEG
RATIO3.20RATIO
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POS/MIN3.48POS/MIN
NEG/MIN1.09NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN4.57EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD2.39RISK/REWARD
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