Ryder Korczak's Four Point Game Powers Moose Jaw Win

Ryder Korczak (Brandon Wheat Kings)

Just four New York Ranger prospects saw action on Tuesday evening with Ryder Korczak's four-point performance powering his Moose Jaw Warriors to a big win. The Ranger's second third-round pick in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, Korczak has been a very nice surprise this season. 

Tuesday night, the game's second-star earned his second four-point performance of the year with a 1-3-4 effort as his Moose Jaw Warriors defeated the Brandon Wheat Kings 7-1. Korczak got his night going with a primary assist on the Warriors' first goal of the game coming just 3:51 into the first period. 

In the second period with his team up 2-1, Korczak made it 3-1 when he converted on a breakaway for his career-best 20th goal of the season.

Can Ryder cash in on this breakaway attempt?

Of KORCZ he can!@MJWARRIORS | @NYRangers pic.twitter.com/377fXpnZ81

— The WHL (@TheWHL) March 16, 2022

Korczak's speed is very under-rated but as you saw in the clip, when he takes off then he is hard to catch up to.  The goal at 3:30 of the second period started a four-goal outburst that broke the game wide open.

Point three came when teammate Martin Rysavy cashed in the rebound of a Korczak shot to make it 4-1 at 10:06. The fourth and final point for Korczak was a secondary assist on a power-play goal for Brayden Yager which made it a 5-1 lead. 

The final line for Korczak was 1-3-4 on two shots with a +4, minors for hooking and cross-checking, and going 6-7 on his faceoffs. For the season Korczak is 20-47-67 which ties his career-best in points.

Third star Will Cuylle was 1-1-2 but it was not enough to keep his Windsor Spitfires from dropping a 4-3 decision to the Sarnia Sting. Cuylle earned a secondary assist on the Spitfires' second goal of the game in the second period which made it a 3-2 game at the time.

In the third, Cuylle's 32nd goal of the season got the Spitfires to within 4-3 but that was as close as they would get. For the Windsor captain, the points improved his season totals to 32-28-60.

Evan Vierling would earn "OHL Play Of The Night" honors on this slick finish to his 18th goal of the season.

A spicy drop pass from @decmac25_ leads to a slick finish from the @NYRangers prospect 😎

Evan Vierling (@evan_vierling) takes to feed from Declan McDonnell and gallops to the net for the #BestOfOHL tuck for the @OHLBarrieColts on Tuesday 🎥 pic.twitter.com/48cIMZ3xAD

— OntarioHockeyLeague (@OHLHockey) March 16, 2022

Sadly it wasn't enough to prevent Vierling's Barrie Colts from dropping a 5-3 decision to the Mississauga Steelheads. Vierling's efforts were not back as in addition to his goal, Vierling was a +2 on four shots and 14-8 on faceoffs.

Vierling is 18-23-41 on the season for the Colts.

Jayden Grubbe was scoreless on one shot as his Red Deer Rebels defeated the Saskatoon Blades 5-2. Grubbe did however did earn his Rangers' prospect's best fifth fighting major of the season. 

Did Not Play

Matthew Rempe was suspended for three games by the WHL as a result of a boarding major that Rempe received against the Everett Silvertips on March 12th. This is Rempe's fourth suspension of the season as he will have missed a total of eight games as a combined result of his suspension.

Rempe can return to play on Sunday when his Seattle Thunderbirds visit the Portland Winterhawks.