KELOWNA ROCKETS vs. SPOKANE CHIEFS
KELOWNA ROCKETS vs. SPOKANE CHIEFS Wednesday Oct. 10, 2012 - 7:05 PM Prospera Place - Kelowna, BC NO. PLAYER 1 JACKSON WHISTLE 30 JORDON COOKE 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 17 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29
JESSE LEES RILEY STADEL* MADISON BOWEY MITCHELL CHAPMAN MITCHELL WHEATON* DAMON SEVERSON COLE MARTIN ZACH FRANKO FILIP VASKO CARTER RIGBY TYRELL GOULBOURNE
ROURKE CHARTIER* COLTON SISSONS J.T. BARNETT DYLEN McKINLAY AUSTIN GLOVER* HENRIK NYBERG* MacKENZIE JOHNSTON
TYSON BAILLIE COLTON HEFFLEY COLE LINAKER* RYAN OLSEN AUSTIN FERGUSON MYLES BELL
POS HT WT HOMETOWN G 6'1 185 Kelowna, BC G 5’10 183 Leduc, AB D D D D D D D LW RW LW C C RW RW RW C LW D C C C C RW D
6'0 5'10 6'1 6'3 6'5 6’2 6'0 5’10 5'11 6'0 5'11 5'10 6’1 6'1 5'11 6'0 6'0 6'2 5'10 6'3 6'1 6'2 6'1 6'0
180 175 194 225 225 198 170 175 172 210 195 165 194 205 185 170 190 196 185 200 165 190 175 210
Calgary, AB Surrey, BC Winnipeg, MB Summerland, BC Sherwood Park, AB Melville, SK Arlington, TX Winnipeg, MB Humenne, SVK Penticton, BC Edmonton, AB Saskatoon, SK North Vancouver, BC Scottsdale, AZ Langley, BC Clavet, SK Danderyd, SWE Swift Current, SK Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Swift Current, SK Edmonton, AB White Rock, BC Abbotsford, BC Calgary, AB
President/GM: Bruce Hamilton Asst GM/Dir Player Personnel: Lorne Frey Head Coach: Ryan Huska Assistant Coach: Dan Lambert Asst Coach/Goaltender Cons: Kim Dillabaugh Skills Development: Kim Gellert Skating Coach: Aaron Konecsni Athletic Therapist: Jeff Thorburn REFEREES: BRETT IVERSON & NICK SWAINE LINESMEN: KRIS HARTLEY & DUSTIN MINTY
DOB June 9/95 June 6/93 Sept. 14/95 Jan. 16/96 April 22/95 Aug. 19/92 Feb. 6/95 Aug. 7/94 Mar. 15/94 Mar 9/93 Dec. 10/93 Feb. 20/94 Jan. 26/94 Apr. 3/96 Nov. 5/93 Aug. 21/92 April 20/92 Jan. 15/96 June 19/94 Oct. 15/93 Nov. 16/95 May 27/94 July 11/95 Mar . 25/94 Jan. 11/95 Aug. 18/93
AGE NO. PLAYER 17 30 GARRET HUGHSON* 19 35 ERIC WILLIAMS 17 16 17 20 17 18 18 19 18 18 18 16 18 20 20 16 18 18 16 18 17 18 17 19
2 4 5 7 8 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 27 28 29 32
JASON FRAM JEREMY McINTOSH* TANNER MORT TYLER KING BRENDEN KICHTON BLAKE GAL LIAM STEWART MAREK KALUS ADAM HELEWKA* CARTER PROFT MICHAEL AVIANI MITCH HOLMBERG REID GOW COLLIN VALCOURT MIKULAS RIMMEL* DYLAN WALCHUK ADAM POWER* COLE WEDMAN RILEY WHITTINGHAM* CONNOR CHARTIER JACKSON PLAYFAIR* TYSON PREDINCHUK* TODD FIDDLER
POS HT WT HOMETOWN G 6'1 185 Foremost, AB G 6'0 175 Langley, BC D D D D D RW C RW LW LW C RW D C RW C D D RW RW RW RW LW
6'0 6'2 5'11 6'0 6'0 6'1 6'1 6'2 6'0 6'0 5'11 5'10 6'0 6'2 5'11 5'10 6'4 6'3 6'1 5'10 6'1 6'2 5'11
180 South Delta, BC 190 Calgary, AB 185 Post Falls, ID 190 Pilot Butte, SK 195 Spruce Grove, AB 200 Lethbridge, AB 185 Los Angeles, CA 185 Ostrava, CZE 175 Burnaby, BC 195 Spruce Grove, AB 195 Surrey, BC 175 Sherwood Park, AB 180 Killarney, MB 205 Red Deer, AB 170 Ostrava, CZE 170 McBride, BC 200 Post Falls, ID 170 Edmonton, AB 200 Calgary, AB 170 Calgary, AB 205 Fort St. James, BC 185 Regina, SK 210 Meadow Lake, SK
General Manager: Tim Speltz Director of Scouting/Player Personnel: Chris Moulton Head Coach: Don Nachbaur Assistant Coach: Jon Klemm Goaltending Coach: Ryan Cyr Athletic Trainers/Conditioning Coaches: Todd Daniels Equipment Manager: Alex Kermidas
DOB 5/31/1995 4/29/1993
AGE 17 19
4/23/1995 3/19/1995 4/29/1993 2/18/1995 6/18/1992 4/14/1992 9/5/1994 7/22/1993 7/21/1995 8/30/1994 4/7/1993 3/9/1993 4/4/1994 3/18/1993 9/21/1995 2/4/1992 3/1/1995 3/18/1994 5/1/1995 1/15/1994 6/8/1994 6/1/1995 7/13/1993
17 17 19 17 20 20 18 19 17 18 19 19 18 19 17 20 17 18 17 18 18 17 19
Kelowna Rockets Regular Season Statistics 2012-2013 After Game #7 NO. PLAYER GP 29 Myles Bell 7 15 Colton Sissons 7 9 Zach Franko 7 19 Dylen McKinlay 7 27 Ryan Olsen 7 4 Madison Bowey 7 14 Rourke Chartier* 7 10 Filip Vasko 5 21 Henrik Nyberg* 7 7 Damon Severson 6 24 Tyson Baillie 6 3 Riley Stadel* 5 8 Colten Martin 7 11 Carter Rigby 6 25 Colton Heffley 4 6 Mitch Weaton* 5 22 MacKenzie Johnston 7 2 Jesse Lees 3 12 Tyrell Goulbourne 5 26 Cole Linaker* 5 17 J.T Barnett 1 28 Austin Ferguson 2 20 Austin Glover* 3 Team Totals 126 Goaltending Statistics NO. PLAYER GP MIN GA 30 Jordon Cooke 7 382 23 1 Jackson Whistle 1 40 1 Team Totals 8 422 24 Scoring by Periods SOG 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Rockets 0 12 6 10 0 28 Opponents 0 8 8 7 1 24 Rockets Record after Second Period: When Leading: 3 1 When Losing: 0 1 When Tied: 0 1 First Goal of the Game:
G 5 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 Svs 192 28 220
0 1 0
When Rockets Score First: 3 2 0 When Opponent Score First: 0 1 1 Home and Away Record: Overall Overtime Home 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Road 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 Total 3 3 1 0 0 1 0
A PTS 6 11 8 11 6 9 5 7 2 5 2 4 2 4 1 3 2 3 2 3 0 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 61
PIM PPG SHG 14 0 0 6 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 0 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 0 0 13 1 0 10 0 0 14 0 0 4 0 0 9 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 '141 3 2
10/10/2012 GW SOG 0 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0 '0 0 0 0 '0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 '0 0 0 0 '0 1 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 0 '0 0 0 0 0 3 0
AVE 3.61 1.50 5.73
PCT W L OT SL SO 0.893 3 3 1 0 1 0.966 0 0 0 0 0 0.885 3 3 1 0 1 Shots by Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT Rockets 71 77 67 0 Opponents 73 85 75 1
Rockets Shots on Goal Record: 0 When Outshooting Opponent: 1 0 0 When Outshot by Opponent: 1 3 0 When Shots Are Tied: 1 0 Rockets Specialty Teams: Power Play: 0 Opp. PPGF SHGA 0 Rockets 24 5 0
PTS 0 0 0
+/6 7 2 5 2 4 3 0 3 1 2 0 6 2 -2 -2 4 2 -2 -2 0 0 -1 0
PIM 0 0 0
Total 215 243
1 0 0
0 0 0
Pct.% 20.8
Shorthanded: Rockets
Opp. 40
PPGA 9
SHGF 1
Pct.% 77.5
Rockets vs. Chiefs Wednesday October 10, 2012 Game Time - 7:05 pm Tonight’s Preview: The Kelowna Rockets play their third home game of the regular season tonight by welcoming the Spokane Chiefs. Five of the team’s first seven games have been on the road this season. These two teams are meeting for the first of four times in 2012-2013. The seasonal series continues th January 16 at Prospera Place before concluding with two games at Spokane’s Memorial Arena January th th 18 and February 6 . These two teams met four times last season with the Rockets winning twice and losing twice. Overall, the Chiefs out-scored the Rockets 13-10. Following tonight’s game, the Rockets are back on the road for back-to-back games in Victoria before hosting Prince George in a rare Thursday th (October 18 ) night game at Prospera Place. Overall, the Rockets have won three of their last four games and are coming off a 7-5 win in Prince George Saturday night. th
This and That: Myles Bell and Colton Sissons are top ten in WHL scoring. Bell (5 ) has 5+6=11 while th) Sissons (8 has 3+8=11 in seven games. Coincidentally, the two are line mates…Bell has 9 points in his last four games….Sissons is riding a four game point streak with 3+7=10 over that period…Bell is tied with Brandon’s Ryan Pulock for the WHL lead in scoring by defenceman. Both have 11 points on the season….Colton Sissons has eight assists this season, which is over half the 15 assists he recorded last season…Goaltender Jordon Cooke has played the second most minutes of any goaltender in the WHL this season. The 19 year-old has started all seven games and has racked up 382 minutes in goal. Only Tri City’s Eric Comrie has spent more time in goal (484) than Cooke….The Rockets are 3-3-0-1 after seven games this season. They were 3-4-0-0 after seven games last season…The Rockets have put up seven goals against Prince George and Vancouver this season. Last season they managed the feat only once, against Prince George….Four of the Rockets first seven games have been decided by a single goal….The Rockets were involved in a whopping 37-one goal games last season…The Rockets have surrendered 24 goals in the first seven games this season. Last season the team surrendered 31 goals after seven games…After tonight’s game the Rockets play six of their next eight games on the road. When it is all said and done, the Rockets will have played 11 of their first 16 games away from Prospera Place…In November the team plays eight of 11 games on home ice…The Rockets have opened the scoring in five of the first seven games. For Whom the Bell Tolls: Myles Bell has 22-multiple point games in his WHL career. The 19 year-old is th 5 in league scoring while playing on a forward line with Colton Sissons and Dylen McKinlay. Bell is one of three Rockets with over 100 points in his WHL career. Bell has 116 points. Dylen McKinlay has 119 points while Zach Franko hit the 100 point plateau last weekend and now has 101 career points. New Faces Emerge: The Kelowna Rockets were one of the most active teams obtaining players before the puck dropped on the 2012-2013 season. The Rockets acquired two 20 year-old players in separate deals last Thursday. J.T Barnett was acquired from the Everett Silvertips off waivers while Dylen McKinlay th was picked up from the Kootenay Ice for a 5 round bantam pick. Goaltender Jackson Whistle was acquired from Vancouver for a third round bantam pick. Ryan Olsen was picked up in the Shane McColgan/Jessey Astles deal. Milestone Makers: th Zach Franko played in his 150 career game Friday night in Prince George. th Dylen McKinlay played in his 250 career WHL regular season game September 22/2012 Ryan Olsen is eight games shy of 150 for his career. This is game #143 tonight. Myles Bell has played 196 career WHL games. This is game #197 tonight. J.T Barnett has scored 46 career WHL goals. Three Stars 1 Jordon Cooke: 2 Colton Sissons: Madison Bowey: Zach Franko: Myles Bell: 1 Rourke Chartier:
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Rockets Season Highs and Lows: Most Goals Scored: 7 vs. Prince George Oct 9/12, vs. Giants Oct 3/12. Most Goals Allowed: 6 @ Prince George Oct 5/12, @ Blazers Sept 21/12. Most Power Play Chances: 5 @ Blazers Sept 21/12. Most Power Play Goals Scored: 1 @ Blazers Sept 21/12. Most Power Play Goals Allowed: 3 vs. Blazers Sept 21/12 (3/11 in a 6-5 OT loss) Most Shots Taken: 37 @ Blazers Sept 21/12. Fewest Shots Taken: 28 vs. Giants (7-0 W) Oct 3/12. Most Shot Allowed: 46 @ Portland Sept 29/12. Fewest Shots Allowed: 28 vs. Giants Oct 3/12. Last Shutout: Jordon Cooke made 28 saves in a 7-0 win over Vancouver (Oct 3/12) Last Time Shutout: Cam Lanigan 31 saves Sept 28/12 (Hawks 1 Rockets 0) Penalty Shots: Jordan Depape (Blazers) on Jordan Cooke – No Goal (11/22/2012) 9:45 2nd Period Shootout Game Winning Goals: NA OT Game Winning Goal: NA vs. BC: 2-2-1-0 vs. US: 1-1-0-0 vs. Central: 0-0-0-0 vs. East: 0-0-0-0 Roster Stats: Player total: 25 Year by Year Breakdown: 20’s – 3 Barnett, McKinlay, Chapman 19’s – 5 Johnston, Bell, Franko, Sissons, Cooke 18’s – 7 Olsen, Rigby, Severson, Heffley, Martin, Vasko, Nyberg, 17’s - 7 Lees, Wheaton, Whistle, Bowey, Baillie, Ferguson, Linaker 16’s – 3 Glover, Chartier, Stadel Average Age: 17.92 Record by Month: Month Games September: 4 October: 12 November: 11 December: 11 January: 14 February: 12 March: 8
Record 1-2-1-0 2-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
Home 0-1-0-0 1-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
Road 1-1-1-0 1-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
How the Rockets were built: st 1 Rd: Chartier, Lees, nd 2 Rd: Bowey, Heffley, Franko, Glover rd 3 Rd: Baillie, Martin, Stadel th 4 Rd: Cooke th 5 Rd: Goulbourne th 6 Rd: None th 7 Rd: None th 8 Rd: None th 9 Rd: Severson th 10 Rd: Wheaton, Ferguson th 11 Rd: None Listed: Johnston, Chapman Trade: Sissons, Rigby, Bell, Barnett, McKinlay, Whistle CHL Import Draft: Vasko, Nyberg Game notes compiled by AM 1150’s Regan Bartel
5 Games Total 3 Home, 2 Away No. 17 8 16 18 21 19 32 2 5 11 15 27 10 24 7 20 28 14 25 35 4 29 23
Spokane Chiefs Season Summary 2012-13
Players Mitch Holmberg Brenden Kichton Mike Aviani Reid Gow Dylan Walchuk Collin Valcourt Todd Fiddler Jason Fram Tanner Mort Liam Stewart Carter Proft Connor Chartier Blake Gal Cole Wedman Tyler King Mikulas Rimmel Jackson Playfair Adam Helewka Riley Whittingham Eric Williams Jeremy McIntosh Tyson Predinchuk Adam Power
Departed Players Bench Penalties Total No. Player 30 Garret Hughson 35 Eric Williams
GP 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 1
TP AP/PG PM PPG PPA SH GW 10 2.00 4 3 2 0 0 7 1.40 2 1 3 0 1 6 1.20 10 1 0 0 2 5 1.00 9 0 4 0 0 5 1.00 2 0 2 0 0 4 0.80 18 2 0 0 1 4 0.80 0 1 1 0 0 4 0.80 0 0 3 0 0 2 0.40 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.40 2 1 0 0 0 2 0.40 6 0 0 0 0 1 0.20 10 0 0 0 0 1 0.25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.33 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 21 36 57 11.40 74 9 17 0 4 GPI MP GA EN SO SVS GAA PCT. W 0 0 0 0 3 180.00 8 0 0 74 2.67 0.902 3
Departed Goalies Total Scoring Chiefs Opposition
1st 6 4
2nd 6 2
G 7 2 4 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mon, Oct-08, 2012 Games 1-5
A 3 5 2 5 5 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
118.82 298.82 3rd 9 7
5 13
OT 0 0
SO 0 0
First Goal Chiefs Opposition
Win 3 1
Loss 1 0
Tied 0 0
After 2nd Leading Trailing Tied
Win 3 0 1
Loss 0 1 0
Tied 0 0 0
Shots Outshooting Outshot Shots Tied
Win 4 0 0
Loss 0 1 0
Tied 0 0 0
Monday, October 08, 2012 11:49:20 AM
0 0 Total 21 13
0 0
50 124
2.52 2.61
0.909 0.905
Shots Chiefs Opposition
1st 48 49
Records B.C. Division East Division Central U.S. Division
Win 1 0 1 2
Home Away Total Overtime Power Play Penalty Kill
3 1 4 0 OPP 24 OPP 22
+/1 2 5 3 0 0 0 -2 -4 -2 1 3 2 0 3 0 -4 -2 0 0 0 -1 0
L 0 0
OTL 0 0
SL 0 0
1 4
1 1
0 0
0 0
2nd 62 30
3rd 43 58
OT 0 0
Loss 1 0 0 0
OTL 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 1 0 Shoot-Out Wins PPGF 9 PKGA 2
SHGA 1 SHGF 0
Total 153 137 SL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCT% 37.5% PCT% 90.9%
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MEDIA NOTES
SPOKANE CHIEFS at KELOWNA ROCKETS th
Wednesday, October 10
TONIGHT’S GAME The Chiefs and Rockets will face off in their first of four meetings on the season. Spokane and Kelowna won’t play each other th th again until a home-and-home series on Wednesday, January 16 in Kelowna and Friday the 18 in Spokane. Spokane won the season series last year with a 2-1-0-1 record, including a 1-1 record on the road. On average the Chiefs outshot Kelowna 37.8th 21.5. On October 8 Spokane outshot Kelowna 45-12 in a 5-1 win. Spokane outscored Kelowna 13-10 in the series, including 61 in the first. Mitch Holmberg had seven goals and nine points in four games and Brenden Kichton scored two goals and seven points. Mike Aviani scored four goals. NEXT GAME TH FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 at KAMLOOPS BLAZERS AIR-6:30 GAME-7:00 RADIO-1510 KGA Spokane will travel to Kamloops for their first of four meetings with the defending B.C. Division champions. The Chiefs will host th Kamloops on November 9 in their next match-up. Spokane finished last season 1-3-0-0 versus Kamloops with their lone win th coming in their last meeting of the season, a 6-4 decision on March 14 , 2012 in Spokane. Brenden Kichton, Dylan Walchuk and Reid Gow all had goals. Three of the four games were tied after the second period. On average, the Blazers outscored the Chiefs 4.00-3.00 and outshot Spokane 27.25.3. Spokane finished 3-13 (23.1%) on the power play and 18-20 (90.0%) on the penalty kill. Mitch Holmberg had five assists in three games while Kichton had 2-1-3 in four games. Eric Williams’ lone appearance was a win where he stopped 23 shots. LAST GAME TH SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 SPOKANE-4 vs. LETHBRIDGE-2 The Chiefs raced out to a 3-0 lead in the first period and held on late as they doubled up the Lethbridge Hurricanes 4-2 in front of 5,342 fans at the Spokane Arena last Saturday. The Chiefs got on the board in the first with an unassisted goal from Mitch Holmberg at 11:47. Todd Fiddler added to the Chiefs lead with a power play score at the 14:07 mark on assists from Jason Fram and Tanner Mort. Spokane’s advantage swelled to three goals when Collin Valcourt scored at 16:33 with assists from Reid Gow and Brenden Kichton. Lethbridge got their first goal just nine-seconds later on a shot from winger Jaimen Yakubowski to cap the first period scoring with Spokane leading 3-1. Despite recording 14 more shots than the Hurricanes in the second period (19-5), the Chiefs failed to capitalize with a goal. Lethbridge cut the Spokane lead to 3-2 with a shorthanded goal from Remi Laurencelle at 8:25. Tanner Mort put the game out of reach with a goal at 15:38 on assists from Fiddler and Mike Aviani. Spokane’s Eric Williams finished the night 25 of 27 on save opportunities while Ty Rimmer was 35 of 39 for Lethbridge. The Chiefs were 2-4 on the power play and 3-3 on the penalty kill. NEWS AND NOTES HOLM-SCHOOL…Mitch Holmberg has points in all five games this season including a league leading seven goals. His 10 th points are 10 in the WHL. The previous two seasons he combined for 42 goals. His career high 27 last season were second on the Chiefs. He added 28 assists for 55 points. Holmberg led all Chiefs with 11 goals in the playoffs, including two overtime winners (versus Vancouver in game four of the first round and game one of the second round versus Tri-City). Holmberg was the Chiefs first round selection in the 2008 WHL Bantam Draft, AVIANI FLEW…Nineteen-year-old Mike Aviani has points in all five games with four goals and two assists. He is also a team leading +5. Aviani had a career high 13 goals and 45 points in 70 games last season. He added 80 penalty minutes and was a +28. th
GAL GAB…Blake Gal is in his fifth season in a Chiefs’ uniform and has played 272 career games. Gal is currently 14 all-time in franchise history in games played. He has also appeared in 48 career playoff games. Gal is the active leader in career goals with 57. He has 70 career assists and 127 points.
IN YOUR KICHTON…Brenden Kichton recorded four SPOKANE CHIEFS DEFENSEMEN – ALL-TIME LEADERS points (two goals and two assists) in a 5-3 win over the th CAREER GOALS CAREER ASSISTS CAREER POINTS Victoria Royals on October 5 at home. Kichton has 1- Brenden Kichton-47 1- Frank Evans – 146 1- Brenden Kichton – 190 become the all-time leading scorer as a defenseman in 2- Sean Gillam – 40 2- Bryan McCabe – 145 2- Bryan McCabe – 184 Spokane Chiefs history with 190 points. Kichton was 3- Bryan McCabe-39 3- Brenden Kichton – 143 3- Sean Gillam – 182 4- Jared Cowen-37 4- Sean Gillam – 142 4- Frank Evans – 177 named Captain of the Chiefs in a pre-game ceremony th Jared Spurgeon-37 5- Jared Spurgeon – 133 5- Jared Spurgeon – 170 prior to their home opener on September 29 , 2012. He was originally a third round pick in the 2007 WHL Bantam Draft and is back in Spokane as a 20-year-old, his fifth season as a Chief. Last season Kichton was named the WHL's Western Conference Defenseman of the Year as he led all blueliners in scoring with 74 points, including 17 goals and 57 assists. Over the last two seasons he has scored 40 goals and 155 points. Kichton was selected in the fifth round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders. GOW SCHOLASTIC PLAYER OF THE YEAR...Three-year veteran Reid Gow has points in four of five games this season with five assists, four on the power play. Gow was selected as the winner of the WHL's Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy for the Scholastic Player of the Year last season. Gow earned a cumulative 95% in his core classes. The defenseman from Killarney, Manitoba scored 22 points, including 20 assists, in 54 games last year. Gow recorded a career high four points, all assists, in a st 7-2 win over Tri-City on October 1 , 2011. VALCOURT PRESS…Collin Valcourt had two goals and two assists in his last four games. Last year in his second full season he recorded 16 goals and 30 points. He has appeared in 127 career WHL games with 26 career goals, 59 points and 202 penalty minutes. As a rookie, Valcourt scored eight goals and 25 points in 53 games in 2010-11. He also added 95 penalty minutes, which were third on Spokane’s roster. th
WALLY’S WORLD…Dylan Walchuk had his second career three point game with three helpers on September 29 in a 5-3 win th over the Tri-City Americans. After being added to the Chiefs’ roster on January 10 , 2012, Dylan Walchuk scored 10 goals and 24 points in 34 games. In 2010-11 Walchuk led the Vernon Vipers of the British Columbia Hockey League in points with 56, including 24 goals and 32 assists. He added another 13 goals and 20 points in 24 playoff games as Vernon finished as a runnerup in the Royal Bank Cup Championship, the Canadian Junior A National Title, one year after winning it. Walchuk joined the Chiefs after splitting time in 2011-12 at Northern Michigan University and Vernon. STEW’S VIEW... Liam Stewart was named the Spokane Chiefs Rookie of the Year in 2011-12 after scoring 14 goals and 26 points in 66 games. He was also a +8. Stewart scored the game winning goal in OT of game six of the Western Conference th Semi-Finals versus Tri-City forcing a game seven. Stewart scored two shorthanded goals on February 29 , 2012 in a 6-1 win over the Victoria Royals. Stewart led all WHL rookies with four shorthanded goals in 2011-12. IN THE CREASE…The Chiefs currently are carrying two goaltenders, 19-year-old Eric Williams and 17-year-old rookie Garret Hughson. Williams was acquired in a trade in December, 2011 with the Prince Albert Raiders. As a Chief, Williams went 8-6-3-0 in 18 regular season appearances. Williams finished the post-season with the league’s third best goals against average at 2.22. He won his first five playoff starts and had a .927 post season save percentage. In 86 career regular season appearances, Williams has 33 career wins. Hughson appeared in 19 games last season with Medicine Hat of the AMHL. th
MORT REPORT…Tanner Mort recorded his second career multiple point game with a goal and assist on October 6 , 2012 in a 4-2 win over Lethbridge. Mort has appeared in 133 career games as a Chief, including a career high 63 in the 2010-11 season where he had three goals and 16 points as a 17-year-old. FRAM COMES ALIVE...Jason Fram has points, one goal and three assists, in his last four games. As a 16-year-old rookie last season Fram had four goals, seven points and was a +7 in 51 games. NACHBAUR TO JOIN TEAM CANADA…Spokane Chief Head Coach Don Nachbaur will be an Assistant Coach on Canada's National Junior Team for the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship in Ufa, Russia. Steve Spott, head coach and general manager of the OHL’s Kitchener Rangers, will be the head coach. Former captain and assistant coach Kevin Sawyer will join the organization in an interim basis as a Coaching Assistant while Nachbaur attends to his duties with Hockey Canada. Jon Klemm, who is entering his fourth season as the Chiefs’ assistant coach, will be the head coach while Nachbaur is away, beginning December 8th. Nachbaur will not return until early January, missing a potential of up to 11 games. th
NHL DRAFT…Brenden Kichton (New York Islanders, 5 round, 2011) INJURY REPORT…Marek Kalus (upper body, one month)
Conference Standings Eastern Conference Rank Team
Home
Away
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STK
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* Prince Albert Raiders
GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA 8
7
0
0
1
15 0.938 34 19
2-0-0-1
5-0-0-0
7-0-0-1
7-0-0-1
2
* Calgary Hitmen
6
4
0
1
1
10 0.833 24 17
2-0-1-1
2-0-0-0
4-0-1-1
4-0-1-1
3
Brandon Wheat Kings
7
5
2
0
0
10 0.714 28 25
3-1-0-0
2-1-0-0
5-2-0-0
1-0-0-0
4
Swift Current Broncos
8
3
1
3
1
10 0.625 32 21
2-1-2-1
1-0-1-0
3-1-3-1
0-1-0-0
5
Edmonton Oil Kings
7
4
2
1
0
9
0.643 25 20
3-2-0-0
1-0-1-0
4-2-1-0
1-0-1-0
6
Red Deer Rebels
10 4
5
0
1
9
0.450 30 34
0-2-0-0
4-3-0-1
4-5-0-1
2-0-0-0
7
Regina Pats
9
4
5
0
0
8
0.444 23 29
3-1-0-0
1-4-0-0
4-5-0-0
1-0-0-0
8
Medicine Hat Tigers
7
3
3
1
0
7
0.500 22 24
2-0-0-0
1-3-1-0
3-3-1-0
0-2-1-0
9
Moose Jaw Warriors
7
3
3
0
1
7
0.500 21 26
3-0-0-1
0-3-0-0
3-3-0-1
1-0-0-1
10
Lethbridge Hurricanes
7
2
5
0
0
4
0.286 13 24
1-2-0-0
1-3-0-0
2-5-0-0
0-3-0-0
11
Saskatoon Blades
7
2
5
0
0
4
0.286 17 35
0-3-0-0
2-2-0-0
2-5-0-0
0-3-0-0
5
1
4
0
0
2
0.200 13 20
1-2-0-0
0-2-0-0
1-4-0-0
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JESSE LEES RILEY STADEL* MADISON BOWEY MITCHELL CHAPMAN MITCHELL WHEATON* DAMON SEVERSON COLE MARTIN ZACH FRANKO FILIP VASKO CARTER RIGBY TYRELL GOULBOURNE
ROURKE CHARTIER* COLTON SISSONS J.T. BARNETT DYLEN McKINLAY AUSTIN GLOVER* HENRIK NYBERG* MacKENZIE JOHNSTON
TYSON BAILLIE COLTON HEFFLEY COLE LINAKER* RYAN OLSEN AUSTIN FERGUSON MYLES BELL
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6'0 5'10 6'1 6'3 6'5 6’2 6'0 5’10 5'11 6'0 5'11 5'10 6’1 6'1 5'11 6'0 6'0 6'2 5'10 6'3 6'1 6'2 6'1 6'0
180 175 194 225 225 198 170 175 172 210 195 165 194 205 185 170 190 196 185 200 165 190 175 210
Calgary, AB Surrey, BC Winnipeg, MB Summerland, BC Sherwood Park, AB Melville, SK Arlington, TX Winnipeg, MB Humenne, SVK Penticton, BC Edmonton, AB Saskatoon, SK North Vancouver, BC Scottsdale, AZ Langley, BC Clavet, SK Danderyd, SWE Swift Current, SK Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Swift Current, SK Edmonton, AB White Rock, BC Abbotsford, BC Calgary, AB
President/GM: Bruce Hamilton Asst GM/Dir Player Personnel: Lorne Frey Head Coach: Ryan Huska Assistant Coach: Dan Lambert Asst Coach/Goaltender Cons: Kim Dillabaugh Skills Development: Kim Gellert Skating Coach: Aaron Konecsni Athletic Therapist: Jeff Thorburn REFEREES: BRETT IVERSON & NICK SWAINE LINESMEN: KRIS HARTLEY & DUSTIN MINTY
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AGE NO. PLAYER 17 30 GARRET HUGHSON* 19 35 ERIC WILLIAMS 17 16 17 20 17 18 18 19 18 18 18 16 18 20 20 16 18 18 16 18 17 18 17 19
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180 South Delta, BC 190 Calgary, AB 185 Post Falls, ID 190 Pilot Butte, SK 195 Spruce Grove, AB 200 Lethbridge, AB 185 Los Angeles, CA 185 Ostrava, CZE 175 Burnaby, BC 195 Spruce Grove, AB 195 Surrey, BC 175 Sherwood Park, AB 180 Killarney, MB 205 Red Deer, AB 170 Ostrava, CZE 170 McBride, BC 200 Post Falls, ID 170 Edmonton, AB 200 Calgary, AB 170 Calgary, AB 205 Fort St. James, BC 185 Regina, SK 210 Meadow Lake, SK
General Manager: Tim Speltz Director of Scouting/Player Personnel: Chris Moulton Head Coach: Don Nachbaur Assistant Coach: Jon Klemm Goaltending Coach: Ryan Cyr Athletic Trainers/Conditioning Coaches: Todd Daniels Equipment Manager: Alex Kermidas
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Kelowna Rockets Regular Season Statistics 2012-2013 After Game #7 NO. PLAYER GP 29 Myles Bell 7 15 Colton Sissons 7 9 Zach Franko 7 19 Dylen McKinlay 7 27 Ryan Olsen 7 4 Madison Bowey 7 14 Rourke Chartier* 7 10 Filip Vasko 5 21 Henrik Nyberg* 7 7 Damon Severson 6 24 Tyson Baillie 6 3 Riley Stadel* 5 8 Colten Martin 7 11 Carter Rigby 6 25 Colton Heffley 4 6 Mitch Weaton* 5 22 MacKenzie Johnston 7 2 Jesse Lees 3 12 Tyrell Goulbourne 5 26 Cole Linaker* 5 17 J.T Barnett 1 28 Austin Ferguson 2 20 Austin Glover* 3 Team Totals 126 Goaltending Statistics NO. PLAYER GP MIN GA 30 Jordon Cooke 7 382 23 1 Jackson Whistle 1 40 1 Team Totals 8 422 24 Scoring by Periods SOG 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Rockets 0 12 6 10 0 28 Opponents 0 8 8 7 1 24 Rockets Record after Second Period: When Leading: 3 1 When Losing: 0 1 When Tied: 0 1 First Goal of the Game:
G 5 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 Svs 192 28 220
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When Rockets Score First: 3 2 0 When Opponent Score First: 0 1 1 Home and Away Record: Overall Overtime Home 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Road 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 Total 3 3 1 0 0 1 0
A PTS 6 11 8 11 6 9 5 7 2 5 2 4 2 4 1 3 2 3 2 3 0 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 61
PIM PPG SHG 14 0 0 6 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 0 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 0 0 13 1 0 10 0 0 14 0 0 4 0 0 9 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 '141 3 2
10/10/2012 GW SOG 0 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0 '0 0 0 0 '0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 '0 0 0 0 '0 1 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 0 '0 0 0 0 0 3 0
AVE 3.61 1.50 5.73
PCT W L OT SL SO 0.893 3 3 1 0 1 0.966 0 0 0 0 0 0.885 3 3 1 0 1 Shots by Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT Rockets 71 77 67 0 Opponents 73 85 75 1
Rockets Shots on Goal Record: 0 When Outshooting Opponent: 1 0 0 When Outshot by Opponent: 1 3 0 When Shots Are Tied: 1 0 Rockets Specialty Teams: Power Play: 0 Opp. PPGF SHGA 0 Rockets 24 5 0
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Rockets vs. Chiefs Wednesday October 10, 2012 Game Time - 7:05 pm Tonight’s Preview: The Kelowna Rockets play their third home game of the regular season tonight by welcoming the Spokane Chiefs. Five of the team’s first seven games have been on the road this season. These two teams are meeting for the first of four times in 2012-2013. The seasonal series continues th January 16 at Prospera Place before concluding with two games at Spokane’s Memorial Arena January th th 18 and February 6 . These two teams met four times last season with the Rockets winning twice and losing twice. Overall, the Chiefs out-scored the Rockets 13-10. Following tonight’s game, the Rockets are back on the road for back-to-back games in Victoria before hosting Prince George in a rare Thursday th (October 18 ) night game at Prospera Place. Overall, the Rockets have won three of their last four games and are coming off a 7-5 win in Prince George Saturday night. th
This and That: Myles Bell and Colton Sissons are top ten in WHL scoring. Bell (5 ) has 5+6=11 while th) Sissons (8 has 3+8=11 in seven games. Coincidentally, the two are line mates…Bell has 9 points in his last four games….Sissons is riding a four game point streak with 3+7=10 over that period…Bell is tied with Brandon’s Ryan Pulock for the WHL lead in scoring by defenceman. Both have 11 points on the season….Colton Sissons has eight assists this season, which is over half the 15 assists he recorded last season…Goaltender Jordon Cooke has played the second most minutes of any goaltender in the WHL this season. The 19 year-old has started all seven games and has racked up 382 minutes in goal. Only Tri City’s Eric Comrie has spent more time in goal (484) than Cooke….The Rockets are 3-3-0-1 after seven games this season. They were 3-4-0-0 after seven games last season…The Rockets have put up seven goals against Prince George and Vancouver this season. Last season they managed the feat only once, against Prince George….Four of the Rockets first seven games have been decided by a single goal….The Rockets were involved in a whopping 37-one goal games last season…The Rockets have surrendered 24 goals in the first seven games this season. Last season the team surrendered 31 goals after seven games…After tonight’s game the Rockets play six of their next eight games on the road. When it is all said and done, the Rockets will have played 11 of their first 16 games away from Prospera Place…In November the team plays eight of 11 games on home ice…The Rockets have opened the scoring in five of the first seven games. For Whom the Bell Tolls: Myles Bell has 22-multiple point games in his WHL career. The 19 year-old is th 5 in league scoring while playing on a forward line with Colton Sissons and Dylen McKinlay. Bell is one of three Rockets with over 100 points in his WHL career. Bell has 116 points. Dylen McKinlay has 119 points while Zach Franko hit the 100 point plateau last weekend and now has 101 career points. New Faces Emerge: The Kelowna Rockets were one of the most active teams obtaining players before the puck dropped on the 2012-2013 season. The Rockets acquired two 20 year-old players in separate deals last Thursday. J.T Barnett was acquired from the Everett Silvertips off waivers while Dylen McKinlay th was picked up from the Kootenay Ice for a 5 round bantam pick. Goaltender Jackson Whistle was acquired from Vancouver for a third round bantam pick. Ryan Olsen was picked up in the Shane McColgan/Jessey Astles deal. Milestone Makers: th Zach Franko played in his 150 career game Friday night in Prince George. th Dylen McKinlay played in his 250 career WHL regular season game September 22/2012 Ryan Olsen is eight games shy of 150 for his career. This is game #143 tonight. Myles Bell has played 196 career WHL games. This is game #197 tonight. J.T Barnett has scored 46 career WHL goals. Three Stars 1 Jordon Cooke: 2 Colton Sissons: Madison Bowey: Zach Franko: Myles Bell: 1 Rourke Chartier:
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Rockets Season Highs and Lows: Most Goals Scored: 7 vs. Prince George Oct 9/12, vs. Giants Oct 3/12. Most Goals Allowed: 6 @ Prince George Oct 5/12, @ Blazers Sept 21/12. Most Power Play Chances: 5 @ Blazers Sept 21/12. Most Power Play Goals Scored: 1 @ Blazers Sept 21/12. Most Power Play Goals Allowed: 3 vs. Blazers Sept 21/12 (3/11 in a 6-5 OT loss) Most Shots Taken: 37 @ Blazers Sept 21/12. Fewest Shots Taken: 28 vs. Giants (7-0 W) Oct 3/12. Most Shot Allowed: 46 @ Portland Sept 29/12. Fewest Shots Allowed: 28 vs. Giants Oct 3/12. Last Shutout: Jordon Cooke made 28 saves in a 7-0 win over Vancouver (Oct 3/12) Last Time Shutout: Cam Lanigan 31 saves Sept 28/12 (Hawks 1 Rockets 0) Penalty Shots: Jordan Depape (Blazers) on Jordan Cooke – No Goal (11/22/2012) 9:45 2nd Period Shootout Game Winning Goals: NA OT Game Winning Goal: NA vs. BC: 2-2-1-0 vs. US: 1-1-0-0 vs. Central: 0-0-0-0 vs. East: 0-0-0-0 Roster Stats: Player total: 25 Year by Year Breakdown: 20’s – 3 Barnett, McKinlay, Chapman 19’s – 5 Johnston, Bell, Franko, Sissons, Cooke 18’s – 7 Olsen, Rigby, Severson, Heffley, Martin, Vasko, Nyberg, 17’s - 7 Lees, Wheaton, Whistle, Bowey, Baillie, Ferguson, Linaker 16’s – 3 Glover, Chartier, Stadel Average Age: 17.92 Record by Month: Month Games September: 4 October: 12 November: 11 December: 11 January: 14 February: 12 March: 8
Record 1-2-1-0 2-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
Home 0-1-0-0 1-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
Road 1-1-1-0 1-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
How the Rockets were built: st 1 Rd: Chartier, Lees, nd 2 Rd: Bowey, Heffley, Franko, Glover rd 3 Rd: Baillie, Martin, Stadel th 4 Rd: Cooke th 5 Rd: Goulbourne th 6 Rd: None th 7 Rd: None th 8 Rd: None th 9 Rd: Severson th 10 Rd: Wheaton, Ferguson th 11 Rd: None Listed: Johnston, Chapman Trade: Sissons, Rigby, Bell, Barnett, McKinlay, Whistle CHL Import Draft: Vasko, Nyberg Game notes compiled by AM 1150’s Regan Bartel
5 Games Total 3 Home, 2 Away No. 17 8 16 18 21 19 32 2 5 11 15 27 10 24 7 20 28 14 25 35 4 29 23
Spokane Chiefs Season Summary 2012-13
Players Mitch Holmberg Brenden Kichton Mike Aviani Reid Gow Dylan Walchuk Collin Valcourt Todd Fiddler Jason Fram Tanner Mort Liam Stewart Carter Proft Connor Chartier Blake Gal Cole Wedman Tyler King Mikulas Rimmel Jackson Playfair Adam Helewka Riley Whittingham Eric Williams Jeremy McIntosh Tyson Predinchuk Adam Power
Departed Players Bench Penalties Total No. Player 30 Garret Hughson 35 Eric Williams
GP 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 1
TP AP/PG PM PPG PPA SH GW 10 2.00 4 3 2 0 0 7 1.40 2 1 3 0 1 6 1.20 10 1 0 0 2 5 1.00 9 0 4 0 0 5 1.00 2 0 2 0 0 4 0.80 18 2 0 0 1 4 0.80 0 1 1 0 0 4 0.80 0 0 3 0 0 2 0.40 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.40 2 1 0 0 0 2 0.40 6 0 0 0 0 1 0.20 10 0 0 0 0 1 0.25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.33 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 21 36 57 11.40 74 9 17 0 4 GPI MP GA EN SO SVS GAA PCT. W 0 0 0 0 3 180.00 8 0 0 74 2.67 0.902 3
Departed Goalies Total Scoring Chiefs Opposition
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5 13
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SO 0 0
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Loss 1 0
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Loss 0 1 0
Tied 0 0 0
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2.52 2.61
0.909 0.905
Shots Chiefs Opposition
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Records B.C. Division East Division Central U.S. Division
Win 1 0 1 2
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Total 153 137 SL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCT% 37.5% PCT% 90.9%
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TONIGHT’S GAME The Chiefs and Rockets will face off in their first of four meetings on the season. Spokane and Kelowna won’t play each other th th again until a home-and-home series on Wednesday, January 16 in Kelowna and Friday the 18 in Spokane. Spokane won the season series last year with a 2-1-0-1 record, including a 1-1 record on the road. On average the Chiefs outshot Kelowna 37.8th 21.5. On October 8 Spokane outshot Kelowna 45-12 in a 5-1 win. Spokane outscored Kelowna 13-10 in the series, including 61 in the first. Mitch Holmberg had seven goals and nine points in four games and Brenden Kichton scored two goals and seven points. Mike Aviani scored four goals. NEXT GAME TH FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 at KAMLOOPS BLAZERS AIR-6:30 GAME-7:00 RADIO-1510 KGA Spokane will travel to Kamloops for their first of four meetings with the defending B.C. Division champions. The Chiefs will host th Kamloops on November 9 in their next match-up. Spokane finished last season 1-3-0-0 versus Kamloops with their lone win th coming in their last meeting of the season, a 6-4 decision on March 14 , 2012 in Spokane. Brenden Kichton, Dylan Walchuk and Reid Gow all had goals. Three of the four games were tied after the second period. On average, the Blazers outscored the Chiefs 4.00-3.00 and outshot Spokane 27.25.3. Spokane finished 3-13 (23.1%) on the power play and 18-20 (90.0%) on the penalty kill. Mitch Holmberg had five assists in three games while Kichton had 2-1-3 in four games. Eric Williams’ lone appearance was a win where he stopped 23 shots. LAST GAME TH SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 SPOKANE-4 vs. LETHBRIDGE-2 The Chiefs raced out to a 3-0 lead in the first period and held on late as they doubled up the Lethbridge Hurricanes 4-2 in front of 5,342 fans at the Spokane Arena last Saturday. The Chiefs got on the board in the first with an unassisted goal from Mitch Holmberg at 11:47. Todd Fiddler added to the Chiefs lead with a power play score at the 14:07 mark on assists from Jason Fram and Tanner Mort. Spokane’s advantage swelled to three goals when Collin Valcourt scored at 16:33 with assists from Reid Gow and Brenden Kichton. Lethbridge got their first goal just nine-seconds later on a shot from winger Jaimen Yakubowski to cap the first period scoring with Spokane leading 3-1. Despite recording 14 more shots than the Hurricanes in the second period (19-5), the Chiefs failed to capitalize with a goal. Lethbridge cut the Spokane lead to 3-2 with a shorthanded goal from Remi Laurencelle at 8:25. Tanner Mort put the game out of reach with a goal at 15:38 on assists from Fiddler and Mike Aviani. Spokane’s Eric Williams finished the night 25 of 27 on save opportunities while Ty Rimmer was 35 of 39 for Lethbridge. The Chiefs were 2-4 on the power play and 3-3 on the penalty kill. NEWS AND NOTES HOLM-SCHOOL…Mitch Holmberg has points in all five games this season including a league leading seven goals. His 10 th points are 10 in the WHL. The previous two seasons he combined for 42 goals. His career high 27 last season were second on the Chiefs. He added 28 assists for 55 points. Holmberg led all Chiefs with 11 goals in the playoffs, including two overtime winners (versus Vancouver in game four of the first round and game one of the second round versus Tri-City). Holmberg was the Chiefs first round selection in the 2008 WHL Bantam Draft, AVIANI FLEW…Nineteen-year-old Mike Aviani has points in all five games with four goals and two assists. He is also a team leading +5. Aviani had a career high 13 goals and 45 points in 70 games last season. He added 80 penalty minutes and was a +28. th
GAL GAB…Blake Gal is in his fifth season in a Chiefs’ uniform and has played 272 career games. Gal is currently 14 all-time in franchise history in games played. He has also appeared in 48 career playoff games. Gal is the active leader in career goals with 57. He has 70 career assists and 127 points.
IN YOUR KICHTON…Brenden Kichton recorded four SPOKANE CHIEFS DEFENSEMEN – ALL-TIME LEADERS points (two goals and two assists) in a 5-3 win over the th CAREER GOALS CAREER ASSISTS CAREER POINTS Victoria Royals on October 5 at home. Kichton has 1- Brenden Kichton-47 1- Frank Evans – 146 1- Brenden Kichton – 190 become the all-time leading scorer as a defenseman in 2- Sean Gillam – 40 2- Bryan McCabe – 145 2- Bryan McCabe – 184 Spokane Chiefs history with 190 points. Kichton was 3- Bryan McCabe-39 3- Brenden Kichton – 143 3- Sean Gillam – 182 4- Jared Cowen-37 4- Sean Gillam – 142 4- Frank Evans – 177 named Captain of the Chiefs in a pre-game ceremony th Jared Spurgeon-37 5- Jared Spurgeon – 133 5- Jared Spurgeon – 170 prior to their home opener on September 29 , 2012. He was originally a third round pick in the 2007 WHL Bantam Draft and is back in Spokane as a 20-year-old, his fifth season as a Chief. Last season Kichton was named the WHL's Western Conference Defenseman of the Year as he led all blueliners in scoring with 74 points, including 17 goals and 57 assists. Over the last two seasons he has scored 40 goals and 155 points. Kichton was selected in the fifth round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders. GOW SCHOLASTIC PLAYER OF THE YEAR...Three-year veteran Reid Gow has points in four of five games this season with five assists, four on the power play. Gow was selected as the winner of the WHL's Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy for the Scholastic Player of the Year last season. Gow earned a cumulative 95% in his core classes. The defenseman from Killarney, Manitoba scored 22 points, including 20 assists, in 54 games last year. Gow recorded a career high four points, all assists, in a st 7-2 win over Tri-City on October 1 , 2011. VALCOURT PRESS…Collin Valcourt had two goals and two assists in his last four games. Last year in his second full season he recorded 16 goals and 30 points. He has appeared in 127 career WHL games with 26 career goals, 59 points and 202 penalty minutes. As a rookie, Valcourt scored eight goals and 25 points in 53 games in 2010-11. He also added 95 penalty minutes, which were third on Spokane’s roster. th
WALLY’S WORLD…Dylan Walchuk had his second career three point game with three helpers on September 29 in a 5-3 win th over the Tri-City Americans. After being added to the Chiefs’ roster on January 10 , 2012, Dylan Walchuk scored 10 goals and 24 points in 34 games. In 2010-11 Walchuk led the Vernon Vipers of the British Columbia Hockey League in points with 56, including 24 goals and 32 assists. He added another 13 goals and 20 points in 24 playoff games as Vernon finished as a runnerup in the Royal Bank Cup Championship, the Canadian Junior A National Title, one year after winning it. Walchuk joined the Chiefs after splitting time in 2011-12 at Northern Michigan University and Vernon. STEW’S VIEW... Liam Stewart was named the Spokane Chiefs Rookie of the Year in 2011-12 after scoring 14 goals and 26 points in 66 games. He was also a +8. Stewart scored the game winning goal in OT of game six of the Western Conference th Semi-Finals versus Tri-City forcing a game seven. Stewart scored two shorthanded goals on February 29 , 2012 in a 6-1 win over the Victoria Royals. Stewart led all WHL rookies with four shorthanded goals in 2011-12. IN THE CREASE…The Chiefs currently are carrying two goaltenders, 19-year-old Eric Williams and 17-year-old rookie Garret Hughson. Williams was acquired in a trade in December, 2011 with the Prince Albert Raiders. As a Chief, Williams went 8-6-3-0 in 18 regular season appearances. Williams finished the post-season with the league’s third best goals against average at 2.22. He won his first five playoff starts and had a .927 post season save percentage. In 86 career regular season appearances, Williams has 33 career wins. Hughson appeared in 19 games last season with Medicine Hat of the AMHL. th
MORT REPORT…Tanner Mort recorded his second career multiple point game with a goal and assist on October 6 , 2012 in a 4-2 win over Lethbridge. Mort has appeared in 133 career games as a Chief, including a career high 63 in the 2010-11 season where he had three goals and 16 points as a 17-year-old. FRAM COMES ALIVE...Jason Fram has points, one goal and three assists, in his last four games. As a 16-year-old rookie last season Fram had four goals, seven points and was a +7 in 51 games. NACHBAUR TO JOIN TEAM CANADA…Spokane Chief Head Coach Don Nachbaur will be an Assistant Coach on Canada's National Junior Team for the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship in Ufa, Russia. Steve Spott, head coach and general manager of the OHL’s Kitchener Rangers, will be the head coach. Former captain and assistant coach Kevin Sawyer will join the organization in an interim basis as a Coaching Assistant while Nachbaur attends to his duties with Hockey Canada. Jon Klemm, who is entering his fourth season as the Chiefs’ assistant coach, will be the head coach while Nachbaur is away, beginning December 8th. Nachbaur will not return until early January, missing a potential of up to 11 games. th
NHL DRAFT…Brenden Kichton (New York Islanders, 5 round, 2011) INJURY REPORT…Marek Kalus (upper body, one month)
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* Prince Albert Raiders
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7
0
0
1
15 0.938 34 19
2-0-0-1
5-0-0-0
7-0-0-1
7-0-0-1
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* Calgary Hitmen
6
4
0
1
1
10 0.833 24 17
2-0-1-1
2-0-0-0
4-0-1-1
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Brandon Wheat Kings
7
5
2
0
0
10 0.714 28 25
3-1-0-0
2-1-0-0
5-2-0-0
1-0-0-0
4
Swift Current Broncos
8
3
1
3
1
10 0.625 32 21
2-1-2-1
1-0-1-0
3-1-3-1
0-1-0-0
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Edmonton Oil Kings
7
4
2
1
0
9
0.643 25 20
3-2-0-0
1-0-1-0
4-2-1-0
1-0-1-0
6
Red Deer Rebels
10 4
5
0
1
9
0.450 30 34
0-2-0-0
4-3-0-1
4-5-0-1
2-0-0-0
7
Regina Pats
9
4
5
0
0
8
0.444 23 29
3-1-0-0
1-4-0-0
4-5-0-0
1-0-0-0
8
Medicine Hat Tigers
7
3
3
1
0
7
0.500 22 24
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0-2-1-0
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Moose Jaw Warriors
7
3
3
0
1
7
0.500 21 26
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0-3-0-0
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10
Lethbridge Hurricanes
7
2
5
0
0
4
0.286 13 24
1-2-0-0
1-3-0-0
2-5-0-0
0-3-0-0
11
Saskatoon Blades
7
2
5
0
0
4
0.286 17 35
0-3-0-0
2-2-0-0
2-5-0-0
0-3-0-0
5
1
4
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0.200 13 20
1-2-0-0
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Kamloops Blazers
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Prince George Cougars
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Tri-City Americans
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Seattle Thunderbirds
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Vancouver Giants
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4
0.286 19 26
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Everett Silvertips
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5
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3
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