RWC REPORT: Kolosov quietly gets it done

By Matthew Wuest – RedWingsCentral.com / January 26, 2010

Sergei Kolosov doesn't show up in many boxscores or headlines. But the Detroit Red Wings hope he shows up in the NHL some day.

The 6-foot-4, 217-pound native of Belarus continues to go about his business quietly in his second American Hockey League season with the Grand Rapids Griffins, playing a reliable defensive game while contributing just a goal and three assists along with a minus-4 rating in 40 games.

"He's been consistent — he plays a consistent game," said Red Wings assistant general manager Jim Nill. "He's a big, steady body who just plays his game. You're hoping he is (an NHL player down the road)."

Kolosov was drafted 151st overall in 2004 and spent two seasons in the United States Hockey League with Cedar Rapids and one more in the top professional league in Belarus. He earned a contract with the Red Wings after impressing them with his solid play at the 2008 IIHF world championship.

The 23-year-old drew a comparison to Andreas Lilja last season from Griffins general manager Bob McNamara, and it's a fair one.

While Kolosov won't be climbing the scoring list anytime soon, he still needs to fine-tune his play with the puck to help lead the breakout.

"You've got to keep working on making a good first pass," Nill explained. "Our game (in Detroit) is built on that and on our team, if you can do that and play solid defensively, 85 per cent of your job is done."

NOTES: Forward Landon Ferraro (Red Deer, WHL) is starting to make something out of a season that has been marred by injuries. He has seven goals and 11 assists for 18 points in his last 14 games ... Goaltenders Thomas McCollum and Jordan Pearce switched spots, with McCollum regaining his job with Grand Rapids and Pearce reassigned to the ECHL with Toledo ... Forward Andrej Nestrasil (Victoriaville, QMJHL) is out for three weeks with a shoulder injury.

The following is an up-to-date statistical report for skaters:

NAME	TEAM	LEAGUE	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
A H L
Jan Mursak	Grand Rapids	AHL	45	17	8	25	17
Francis Pare	Grand Rapids	AHL	44	8	15	23	12
Cory Emmerton	Grand Rapids	AHL	43	7	15	22	14
Tomas Tatar	Grand Rapids	AHL	30	10	11	21	6
Mattias Ritola	Grand Rapids	AHL	39	10	9	19	36
Jakub Kindl	Grand Rapids	AHL	39	3	16	19	32
Logan Pyett	Grand Rapids	AHL	46	6	12	18	21
Jamie Tardif	Grand Rapids	AHL	44	10	7	17	58
Evan McGrath	Grand Rapids	AHL	42	8	7	15	18
Dick Axelsson	Grand Rapids	AHL	17	2	3	5	6
Sergei Kolosov	Grand Rapids	AHL	40	1	3	4	17
Travis Ehrhardt	Grand Rapids	AHL	26	0	4	4	26
Sebastien Piche	Grand Rapids	AHL	9	0	0	0	4
E C H L
Sebastien Piche	Toledo	ECHL	20	3	8	11	28
Travis Ehrhardt	Toledo	ECHL	3	1	1	2	0
S W E D E N
Joakim Andersson	Frolunda	SEL	42	5	10	15	34
Anton Axelsson	Timra	SEL	38	4	6	10	4
Adam Almqvist	HV-71	SEL	23	2	6	8	10
Dick Axelsson	Farjestad	SEL	4	1	1	2	4
Jesper Samuelsson	Timra	SEL	23	0	1	1	8
Johan Ryno	AIK	SWE-2	33	6	8	14	24
Jesper Samuelsson	Sundsvall	SWE-2	23	1	8	9	2
Adam Almqvist	HV-71	SWE-J20	15	5	29	34	14
C H L
Willie Coetzee	Red Deer	WHL	48	20	43	63	20
Brent Raedeke	Edmonton	WHL	51	21	22	43	64
Andrej Nestrasil	Victoriaville	QMJHL	37	14	26	40	30
Mitchell Callahan	Kelowna	WHL	50	14	23	37	116
Gleason Fournier	Rimouski	QMJHL	39	7	25	32	64
Landon Ferraro	Red Deer	WHL	29	10	17	27	36
Brian Lashoff	Kingston	OHL	41	5	13	18	53
Stephen Johnston	Belleville	OHL	18	6	4	10	16
N C A A
Gustav Nyquist	Maine	HE	22	13	19	32	12
Brendan Smith	Wisconsin	WCHA	23	9	21	30	22
Brian Rufenach	Clarkson	ECAC	23	5	11	16	35
Nick Oslund	St. Cloud St.	WCHA	26	4	4	8	20
Max Nicastro	Boston U.	HE	22	1	7	8	22
Julien Cayer	Clarkson	ECAC	20	2	3	5	12
U S H L
Nick Jensen	Green Bay	USHL	30	0	12	12	10

The following is an up-to-date statistical report for goaltenders:

NAME	TEAM	LEAGUE	GP	W-L-O	GAA	SPCT
Daniel Larsson	Grand Rapids	AHL	30	13-14-1	3.03	.899
Thomas McCollum	Toledo	ECHL	4	2-1-0	4.48	.864
	Grand Rapids	AHL	19	7-8-0	3.46	.875
Jordan Pearce	Toledo	ECHL	20	8-9-1	3.73	.884
	Grand Rapids	AHL	5	1-2-0	3.82	.875