Prince Albert Raiders
Prince Albert Raiders Roster and Statistics POS
HT
WT
D.O.B
DRAFT
22Braid, Chance
#
FORWARDS
LW
6'1"
206 Chauvin, AB
Sept 26/94
Eligible 2014
15Brooks, Calder
LW
6'
185 Emeral Park, SK
Aug. 26.94
Eligible 2014
14Conroy, Dakota
RW
6'1"
181 Edmonton, AB
July 22/94
Eligible 2014
20Danyluk, Shane
C
5'11"
195 Salmon Arm, BC
Jan 14/94
Eligible 2014
29Draisaitl, Leon
C
6'1
209 Cologne, Germany
Oct 27/95
Eligible 2014
19Gardiner, Reid
RW
5'11"
185 Humboldt, SK
Jan 19/96
Eligible 2014
21Gennaro, Matteo*
C
6'2"
179 St. Albert, AB
March 30/97
Eligible 2015
18Hart, Jayden
C
6'2"
209 Spruce Grove, AB
Dec 14/94
Eligible 2014
LW
5'10"
194 Dedben, SK
Jan 2/95
Eligible 2014
26Mahura, Luke
LW
5'9"
167 St. Albert, AB
May 25/95
Eligible 2014
25Perreaux, Carson
LW
6'3"
194 Brandon, MB
Dec 28/94
28Quinney, Gage*
LW
6'
181 Las Vegas, NV
July 29/95
8Leverton, Craig
24Valcourt, Collin 16Vanstone, Tim 27Zaharichuk, Darcy* #
DEFENCE
5Andrlik, Tomas* 12Coghlan, Ryan
LW
6'2"
RW LW/C
HOMETOWN
202 Swift Current, SK
March 13/96
Eligible 2014
174 Sherwood Park, AB
Aug. 12/96
Eligible 2014
HOMETOWN
D.O.B
DRAFT
182 Plzen, Czech Rep.
Oct 6/95
Eligible 2014
D
6'
234 Nanaimo, BC
Oct 31/95
Eligible 2014
2Dea, Tyler*
D
6'4"
200 St. Albert, AB
April 1/95
Eligible 2014
4Guhle, Brendan*
D
6'2"
178 Sherwood Park, AB
July 29/97
Eligible 2015
6Johnston, MacKenzie
D
6'2"
201 Swift Current, SK
Oct 15/93
Free Agent
7Lange, Sawyer
D
6'
193 Prince Albert, SK
April 22/94
Eligible 2014
10Morrissey, Josh
D
6'
180 Calgary, AB
March 28/95
Winnipeg '13
D
6'5"
237 Calgary, AB
Aug 10/95
Eligible 2014
D
6'2"
188 Saskatoon, SK
Aug. 10/96
Eligible 2014
3Stewart, Mackenze* 11Verrall, Ben* #
POS
HT
38Cheveldave, Cole
GOALTENDERS
G
5'10"
35Parenteau, Rylan
G
6'
33McBride, Nick*
G
6'3.5"
WT
HOMETOWN
D.O.B
C
32
5
8 13 -4
10
22 Chance Braid
LW
40
4
9 13 -5
54
6 MacKenzie Johnston 20 Shane Danyluk 12 Ryan Coghlan 5 Tomas Andrlik 16 Tim Vanstone 27 Darcy Zaharichuk 8 Craig Leverton 4 Brendan Guhle 3 Mackenze Stewart
D C D D C LW LW D D
37 39 39 39 40 35 28 30 25 11
1 12 13 -16 2 10 12 -5 5 6 11 -4 0 10 10 7 4 5 9 -4 6 1 7 -1 4 2 6 -11 0 5 5 -5 2 1 3 2 0 2 2 1
8 27 27 29 30 12 20 16 34 2
21 Matteo Gennaro
6'
WT
PIM 18 57 15 24 12 47 18 8 21 5
Eligible 2014
6' HT
+/1 4 12 11 -5 -2 0 9 -8 14
28 Gage Quinney
Free Agent
5'11.5"
A 33 26 16 22 15 20 24 13 7 7
Eligible 2014
March 18/93
D
G 18 15 19 13 17 9 3 9 12 6
Pos C LW C D RW C D LW LW
216 Red Deer, AB
POS
LW
GP 33 39 38 28 34 36 39 35 40 33
Name 29 Leon Draisaitl 24 Collin Valcourt 19 Reid Gardiner 10 Josh Morrissey 14 Dakota Conroy 18 Jayden Hart 7 Sawyer Lange 15 Calder Brooks 25 Carson Perreaux
2 Tyler Dea
Name 38 Cole Cheveldave DRAFT Free Agent 33 Nick McBride
169 Calgary, AB
June 8/93
179 Saskatoon, SK
Nov. 6/96
Eligible 2014
176 Maple Ridge, BC
Jan 11/97
Eligible 2015
D
PTS 51 41 35 35 32 29 27 22 19 13
GP GAA W L OTL SOL SV % 32 3.25 17 12 2 0 .901 13 2.76 4 5 0 0 .912
Calgary Hitmen Roster and Statistics NO FORWARDS (14) POS HT 10 Lang, Chase RW 6'1" 12 Welykholowa, Landon* C 5'11"
WT HOMETOWN 182 Nanaimo, BC 172 Calgary, AB
DRAFT Eligible 2014 Eligible 2014
14 15 16 17
Brassart, Brady Winther, Mike Babych, Cal* Padakin, Pavel
C 6'2" C 6'0" RW 5'10" RW 6'1"
196 191 179 185
Vernon, BC Trochu, AB N. Vancouver, BC Kiev, Ukraine
Free Agent DAL '12 Eligible 2015 Eligible 2014
18 21 22 24
Virtanen, Jake Draude, Terrell* Penner, Linden* Mahon, Joe
LW C RW RW
210 210 220 223
Abbotsford, BC Warman, SK Sherwood Park, AB Calgary, AB
Eligible 2014 Eligible 2015 Eligible 2014 Eligible 2014
25 26 28 29
Chase, Greg Jones, Zane Peterson, Elliott Fazleev, Radel*
C 6'0.5" 204 Sherwood Park, AB LW 6'3" 209 Olds, AB LW 5'10" 190 Saskatoon, SK LW 6'0.5" 178 Kazan, Russia
EDM '13 Eligible 2014 Eligible 2014 Eligible 2014
6'1" 6'3" 6'3" 6"5
NO DEFENCEMEN (8) POS HT WT HOMETOWN 2 Thrower, Josh D 6'1" 200 Squamish, BC 3 Helgesen, Kenton D 6'3.5" 191 Fairview, AB 5 Morrison, Lochlan (AP) D 6'1" 212 Prince Albert, SK 6 7 9 27
Harmsworth, Colby Roach, Alex Rissling, Jaynen Thomas, Ben*
32 Sanheim, Travis*
D D D D
6'1.5" 6'4.5" 6'4" 6'2"
D
6'3"
192 228 204 193
Saskatoon, SK Quesnel, B.C. Edmonton, AB Calgary, AB
189 Elkhorn, MB
NO GOALTENDERS (2) POS HT WT HOMETOWN 31 Shields, Mack G 6'3.5" 189 Saskatoon, SK 33 Driedger, Chris G 6'3.5" 202 Winnipeg, MB
DRAFT Eligible 2014 ANA '12 Eligible 2015 Eligible 2014 Signed-LAK '11 WSH '12 Eligible 2014 Eligible 2014 DRAFT Eligible 2014 OTT ' 12
LW
GP 39 38 39 40 38 36 32 40 40 40
G 24 16 23 6 5 14 6 8 4 9
A 23 24 15 26 20 12 17 14 15 10
C
18
3
11 14
4
13 17 20 31
Name 25 Greg Chase 14 Brady Brassart 18 Jake Virtanen 3 Kenton Helgesen 29 Radel Fazleev 17 Pavel Padakin 9 Jaynen Rissling 28 Elliott Peterson 27 Ben Thomas
Pos C C LW D C RW D LW D
26 Zane Jones 15 Mike Winther
PTS 47 40 38 32 25 26 23 22 19 19
+/5 17 14 18 1 17 7 15 15 12
PIM 30 58 46 46 12 49 56 15 29 44
3
22
D
24
32 Travis Sanheim
D
35
4
9
6 Colby Harmsworth 10 Chase Lang 2 Josh Thrower 22 Linden Penner 24 Joe Mahon 16 Cal Babych 21 Terrell Draude 12 Landon Welykholowa 11 Beck Malenstyn
D RW D RW RW RW C C C
39 36 34 31 27 16 15 24 2
2 5 2 3 2 1 1 1 0
10 12 20 6 11 6 4 6 3 3 6 2 5 7 2 3 4 4 2 3 1 2 3 -4 2 2 3
23 28 43 33 33 7 0 6 2
D
4
0
1
0
7 Alex Roach
5 Lochlan Morrison Name 33 Chris Driedger 31 Mack Shields
GP GAA W 29 2.26 17 13 2.91 10
L 7 1
13 13 10
1
5
OTL SOL SV % 2 3 0.928 0 0 0.903
Prince Albert Raiders Game Notes RAIDER REVIEW: The Raiders peppered 47 shots on goal en route to a 3-1 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Friday night at the Art Hauser Centre. After the Hurricanes opened the scoring, 19-year-old forward Calder Books scored in his first game in front of the home crowd. 18-year-old defenceman Mackenze Stewart gave the Raiders the lead, and they held on until 19-year-old winger Carson Perreaux hit an empty Lethbridge net for insurance late in the game. 20-year-old netminder Cole Cheveldave stopped 36 of 37 shots faced in the win. VS THE HITMEN: The Raiders fell 4-3 in their first and only meeting with the Hitmen this season, on October 12th in Calgary. 19-year-old defenceman Sawyer Lange recorded 2 assists in the loss, while 20-year-old goaltender Cole Cheveldave made 22 saves on 26 shots. INSURANCE MAN: 19-year-old forward Carson Perreaux tied 18-year-old defenceman Josh Morrissey for the team lead in insurance goals with 3. IMMEDIATE IMPACT: 19-year-old forward Calder Brooks has 5 points in his first 4 games as a Raider, including an assist in his first game with the team, and a goal in his first game at the Art Hauser Centre. 20-year-old left-winger Collin Valcourt scored a goal and an assist in his first game in Green and Gold, while 18-year-old defenceman Ryan Coghlan recorded an assist in his first appearance. A PLUS PLAYER: 18-year-old forward Gage Quinney leads the Raiders in plus/minus with a plus-14 rating, good for a tie for third among all WHL rookies. THE MAN ADVANTAGE: The Raiders currently have the third ranked powerplay in the WHL with a 26% success rate. 18-year-old defenceman Josh Morrissey leads the team with 8 powerplay goals, while 17-year-old forward Reid Gardiner and 19-year-old winger Dakota Conroy have 7 in the campaign. NO HOLIDAY HANGOVER: 17-year-old forward Reid Gardiner has returned from the holiday break with 5 goals and 4 assists in 5 games played, along with a plus-8 rating. WORLD JUNIORS Raiders captain, 18-year-old defenceman, Josh Morrissey finished 4th with Team Canada at the 2014 World Junior Hockey Championship, recording 1 goal and 2 assists, with a plus-3 rating. 18-year-old centre Leon Draisaitl represented his home nation of Germany, recording 2 goals and 4 assists. UNDER-17 CHALLENGE: 16-year-olds Matteo Gennaro, Nick McBride and Brendan Guhle have returned from a silver medal performance at the World Under-17 Challenge. Guhle served as an assistant captain for the squad from Alberta and British Columbia, and Gennaro scored 4 times and added 3 assists, leading Team Pacific with 7 points. MILESTONES: 19-year-old forward Carson Perreaux has matched his previous season high for goals with 12. 19-year-old winger Dakota Conroy is one goal from 50 in his career and 20-year-old netminder Cole Cheveldave is 5 saves from 3500. UPCOMING GAMES: The Raiders travel to Brandon for a pair of dates against the Wheat Kings on the 10 th and 11th. The Green and Gold will play 3 games in 3 nights the following weekend, starting in Saskatoon on the 17 th, followed by visits from the Pats on the 18th and Broncos on the 19th.
Calgary Hitmen Game Note HITMEN HEADLINES: The Calgary Hitmen (27-8-2-3) meet the Prince Alberta Raiders (21-17-2-0) tonight at the Art Hauser Centre. The Hitmen are coming off a five game home stand which wrapped up Sunday with a 10-2 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds. Ten different Hitmen scored in the victory while Alex Roach (1g, 2a) and Jake Virtanen (1g, 2a) led the way with three points each. Calgary outshot Seattle 33-28. The Hitmen went 0-6 on the powerplay while the Thunderbirds were 1-4. VS. PRINCE ALBERT: Tonight is the second of four regular season meetings between the Hitmen and Raiders. Last year, Calgary was 1-1 in Prince Albert. On February 2nd they lost 2-0 as Luke Siemens made 40 saves for his 11th career WHL shutout. The Hitmen bounced back to win 4-3 on March 6th. Elliott Peterson, who finished the game with a pair of goals, broke a 3-3 third period tie with 7:25 remaining lifting Calgary to victory. PA is in Calgary on February 11th before the Hitmen make a return trip to Saskatchewan on March 7th to wrap up the season series. CLIMB TO THE TOP: Calgary has gone 14-1-1 in their last 16 games, vaulting them into top spot in the WHL’s Eastern Conference. The Hitmen have won five in a row. BUS LIFE: Starting tonight in Prince Albert, Calgary will play five of their next six games on the road. The Hitmen have already played 25 games at Scotiabank Saddledome this season but only 15 in enemy rinks.
FAMILIAR FACES: Tonight is their first meeting since the December 28th trade that saw the Hitmen acquire 19-year-old Mike Winther from the PA Raiders in exchange for 19-year-old Calder Brooks and a second round pick in the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft. Winther has yet to make his Hitmen debut due to injury while Brooks has five points (1g, 4a) in four games as a Raider. INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Calgary is the second highest scoring team in the Eastern Conference with 152 goals, an average of 3.8 per game yet only Greg Chase is among the top 20 scorers in the WHL. At 47 points, Chase is 16th. Defensively, the Hitmen are tied with Edmonton for the fewest goals allowed in the Eastern Conference at 102, a per game average of 2.5. Goaltender Chris Driedger has the fourth best goal against overage in the WHL at 2.26 while his .928 save percentage is second.
STREAKIN’: Nine Hitmen take point scoring streaks into tonight’s game. Jake Virtanen (5g, 5a) and Pavel Padakin (3g, 5a) have both recorded at least one point in their last five games. Defencemen Travis Sanheim (3g, 3a) and Alex Roach (2g, 5a) both have four game point streaks. Kenton Helgesen (1g, 3a) has points in three straight. Greg Chase (3g, 2a), Brady Brassart (2g, 2a), Elliott Peterson (3a) and Zane Jones (1g, 1a) all have points in back-to-back games. Goaltender Chris Driedger has allowed 2 or fewer goals in 15 of his last 17 starts, a 13-2-1-1 record over that span
’DOME SWEET ’DOME: The Hitmen have won 12-straight games at home (Dec. 1 - Jan. 5), outscoring their opponents by a combined 68-20 over that span. The franchise record for longest home winning streak is 18 games, set from Oct. 15, 2008 to Jan. 16, 2009.
TOP PROSPECTS: Jake Virtanen and Ben Thomas have both been named to Team Orr for the 2014 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, held Wednesday, Jan. 15 at the Scotiabank Saddledome. With the addition of Virtanen and Thomas, the Hitmen have now been represented in this game by 26 players since 1996, a CHL-high.
MILESTONE WATCH: Greg Chase needs three goals for 50 regular season career markers. Zane Jones is five points away from recording his 100th career point. Brady Brassart needs seven more goals to hit 100 career WHL goals. Alex Roach hit the 100 point mark Sunday against Seattle. Chris Driedger is 179 saves away from matching the franchise record of most career saves, set by Martin Jones at 3,374.
NHL PROSPECTS: Greg Chase (Seventh Round, Edmonton 2013); Mike Winther (Second Round, Dallas 2012); Chris Driedger (Third Round, Ottawa 2012); Kenton Helgesen (Seventh Round, Anaheim 2012); Jaynen Rissling (Seventh Round, Washington 2012); Alex Roach (Signed, Los Angeles, 2011).
UPCOMING GAMES: Calgary continues their three game road trip tomorrow in Saskatoon before wrapping up the swing Friday in Regina. The Hitmen are then back on Sunday, January 12th for a match-up against Kelowna. Game time is 4 o’clock at Scotiabank Saddledome.
Calgary Hitmen
Prince Albert Raiders
Overall: 27-8-2-3
Overall: 21-17-2-0
Home: 20-3-0-2
Home: 13-7-1-0
Away: 7-5-2-1
Road: 8-10-1-0
# Goaltender 31 Mack Shields 33 Chris Driedger
# Player 2 Josh Thrower
YOB MP SH 95
GA SA
94
YOB 96
G
A
P
PIM
# Goaltender 33 Nick McBride*
YOB 97
35 Rylan Parenteau (AP)
96
38 Cole Cheveldave
93
# Player 2 Tyler Dea*
YOB 95
3 Kenton Helgesen 5 Lochlan Morrison (AP)
94 97
3 Mackenze Stewart* 4 Brendan Guhle*
95 97
6 Colby Harmsworth
95
5 Tomas Andrlik*
95
7 Alex Roach
93
6 MacKenzie Johnston "A"
93
9 Jaynen Rissling
93
7 Sawyer Lange
94
10 Chase Lang 12 Landon Welykholowa*
96 96
8 Craig Leverton 10 Josh Morrissey
14 Brady Brassart
93
12 Ryan Coghlan*
95
15 Mike Winther
94
14 Dakota Conroy
94
16 Cal Babych*
97
15 Calder Brooks
94
17 Pavel Padakin
94
16 Tim Vanstone
96
18 Jake Virtanen
96
18 Jayden Hart
94
21 Terrell Draude*
97
19 Reid Gardiner
96
22 Linden Penner*
59
20 Shane Danyluk
24 Joe Mahon
94
21 Matteo Gennaro*
97
25 Greg Chase
95
22 Chance Braid
94
26 Zane Jones
94
24 Collin Valcourt
93
27 Ben Thomas*
96
25 Carson Perreaux
94
28 Elliott Peterson
95
27 Darcy Zaharichuk*
96
29 Radel Fazleev*
96
28 Gage Quinney*
95
32 Travis Sanheim*
96
29 Leon Draisaitl
*Rookie General Manager: Head Coach: Associate Coach: Assistant Coach: Athletic Therapist: Director of Player Personnel:
"C"
"A"
"A"
MP
SH
GA
SA
G
A
P
PIM
95 95
94
95
*Rookie Mike Moore Mike Williamsion Brent Kisio Joel Otto Will McMillan Dan Bonar
General Manager: Head Coach: Associate Coach: Assistant Coach: Athletic Trainer: Director of Player Personnel:
Bruno Campese Cory Clouston Dave Manson Tim Leonard Duane Bartley Dale Derkatch
HT
WT
D.O.B
DRAFT
22Braid, Chance
#
FORWARDS
LW
6'1"
206 Chauvin, AB
Sept 26/94
Eligible 2014
15Brooks, Calder
LW
6'
185 Emeral Park, SK
Aug. 26.94
Eligible 2014
14Conroy, Dakota
RW
6'1"
181 Edmonton, AB
July 22/94
Eligible 2014
20Danyluk, Shane
C
5'11"
195 Salmon Arm, BC
Jan 14/94
Eligible 2014
29Draisaitl, Leon
C
6'1
209 Cologne, Germany
Oct 27/95
Eligible 2014
19Gardiner, Reid
RW
5'11"
185 Humboldt, SK
Jan 19/96
Eligible 2014
21Gennaro, Matteo*
C
6'2"
179 St. Albert, AB
March 30/97
Eligible 2015
18Hart, Jayden
C
6'2"
209 Spruce Grove, AB
Dec 14/94
Eligible 2014
LW
5'10"
194 Dedben, SK
Jan 2/95
Eligible 2014
26Mahura, Luke
LW
5'9"
167 St. Albert, AB
May 25/95
Eligible 2014
25Perreaux, Carson
LW
6'3"
194 Brandon, MB
Dec 28/94
28Quinney, Gage*
LW
6'
181 Las Vegas, NV
July 29/95
8Leverton, Craig
24Valcourt, Collin 16Vanstone, Tim 27Zaharichuk, Darcy* #
DEFENCE
5Andrlik, Tomas* 12Coghlan, Ryan
LW
6'2"
RW LW/C
HOMETOWN
202 Swift Current, SK
March 13/96
Eligible 2014
174 Sherwood Park, AB
Aug. 12/96
Eligible 2014
HOMETOWN
D.O.B
DRAFT
182 Plzen, Czech Rep.
Oct 6/95
Eligible 2014
D
6'
234 Nanaimo, BC
Oct 31/95
Eligible 2014
2Dea, Tyler*
D
6'4"
200 St. Albert, AB
April 1/95
Eligible 2014
4Guhle, Brendan*
D
6'2"
178 Sherwood Park, AB
July 29/97
Eligible 2015
6Johnston, MacKenzie
D
6'2"
201 Swift Current, SK
Oct 15/93
Free Agent
7Lange, Sawyer
D
6'
193 Prince Albert, SK
April 22/94
Eligible 2014
10Morrissey, Josh
D
6'
180 Calgary, AB
March 28/95
Winnipeg '13
D
6'5"
237 Calgary, AB
Aug 10/95
Eligible 2014
D
6'2"
188 Saskatoon, SK
Aug. 10/96
Eligible 2014
3Stewart, Mackenze* 11Verrall, Ben* #
POS
HT
38Cheveldave, Cole
GOALTENDERS
G
5'10"
35Parenteau, Rylan
G
6'
33McBride, Nick*
G
6'3.5"
WT
HOMETOWN
D.O.B
C
32
5
8 13 -4
10
22 Chance Braid
LW
40
4
9 13 -5
54
6 MacKenzie Johnston 20 Shane Danyluk 12 Ryan Coghlan 5 Tomas Andrlik 16 Tim Vanstone 27 Darcy Zaharichuk 8 Craig Leverton 4 Brendan Guhle 3 Mackenze Stewart
D C D D C LW LW D D
37 39 39 39 40 35 28 30 25 11
1 12 13 -16 2 10 12 -5 5 6 11 -4 0 10 10 7 4 5 9 -4 6 1 7 -1 4 2 6 -11 0 5 5 -5 2 1 3 2 0 2 2 1
8 27 27 29 30 12 20 16 34 2
21 Matteo Gennaro
6'
WT
PIM 18 57 15 24 12 47 18 8 21 5
Eligible 2014
6' HT
+/1 4 12 11 -5 -2 0 9 -8 14
28 Gage Quinney
Free Agent
5'11.5"
A 33 26 16 22 15 20 24 13 7 7
Eligible 2014
March 18/93
D
G 18 15 19 13 17 9 3 9 12 6
Pos C LW C D RW C D LW LW
216 Red Deer, AB
POS
LW
GP 33 39 38 28 34 36 39 35 40 33
Name 29 Leon Draisaitl 24 Collin Valcourt 19 Reid Gardiner 10 Josh Morrissey 14 Dakota Conroy 18 Jayden Hart 7 Sawyer Lange 15 Calder Brooks 25 Carson Perreaux
2 Tyler Dea
Name 38 Cole Cheveldave DRAFT Free Agent 33 Nick McBride
169 Calgary, AB
June 8/93
179 Saskatoon, SK
Nov. 6/96
Eligible 2014
176 Maple Ridge, BC
Jan 11/97
Eligible 2015
D
PTS 51 41 35 35 32 29 27 22 19 13
GP GAA W L OTL SOL SV % 32 3.25 17 12 2 0 .901 13 2.76 4 5 0 0 .912
Calgary Hitmen Roster and Statistics NO FORWARDS (14) POS HT 10 Lang, Chase RW 6'1" 12 Welykholowa, Landon* C 5'11"
WT HOMETOWN 182 Nanaimo, BC 172 Calgary, AB
DRAFT Eligible 2014 Eligible 2014
14 15 16 17
Brassart, Brady Winther, Mike Babych, Cal* Padakin, Pavel
C 6'2" C 6'0" RW 5'10" RW 6'1"
196 191 179 185
Vernon, BC Trochu, AB N. Vancouver, BC Kiev, Ukraine
Free Agent DAL '12 Eligible 2015 Eligible 2014
18 21 22 24
Virtanen, Jake Draude, Terrell* Penner, Linden* Mahon, Joe
LW C RW RW
210 210 220 223
Abbotsford, BC Warman, SK Sherwood Park, AB Calgary, AB
Eligible 2014 Eligible 2015 Eligible 2014 Eligible 2014
25 26 28 29
Chase, Greg Jones, Zane Peterson, Elliott Fazleev, Radel*
C 6'0.5" 204 Sherwood Park, AB LW 6'3" 209 Olds, AB LW 5'10" 190 Saskatoon, SK LW 6'0.5" 178 Kazan, Russia
EDM '13 Eligible 2014 Eligible 2014 Eligible 2014
6'1" 6'3" 6'3" 6"5
NO DEFENCEMEN (8) POS HT WT HOMETOWN 2 Thrower, Josh D 6'1" 200 Squamish, BC 3 Helgesen, Kenton D 6'3.5" 191 Fairview, AB 5 Morrison, Lochlan (AP) D 6'1" 212 Prince Albert, SK 6 7 9 27
Harmsworth, Colby Roach, Alex Rissling, Jaynen Thomas, Ben*
32 Sanheim, Travis*
D D D D
6'1.5" 6'4.5" 6'4" 6'2"
D
6'3"
192 228 204 193
Saskatoon, SK Quesnel, B.C. Edmonton, AB Calgary, AB
189 Elkhorn, MB
NO GOALTENDERS (2) POS HT WT HOMETOWN 31 Shields, Mack G 6'3.5" 189 Saskatoon, SK 33 Driedger, Chris G 6'3.5" 202 Winnipeg, MB
DRAFT Eligible 2014 ANA '12 Eligible 2015 Eligible 2014 Signed-LAK '11 WSH '12 Eligible 2014 Eligible 2014 DRAFT Eligible 2014 OTT ' 12
LW
GP 39 38 39 40 38 36 32 40 40 40
G 24 16 23 6 5 14 6 8 4 9
A 23 24 15 26 20 12 17 14 15 10
C
18
3
11 14
4
13 17 20 31
Name 25 Greg Chase 14 Brady Brassart 18 Jake Virtanen 3 Kenton Helgesen 29 Radel Fazleev 17 Pavel Padakin 9 Jaynen Rissling 28 Elliott Peterson 27 Ben Thomas
Pos C C LW D C RW D LW D
26 Zane Jones 15 Mike Winther
PTS 47 40 38 32 25 26 23 22 19 19
+/5 17 14 18 1 17 7 15 15 12
PIM 30 58 46 46 12 49 56 15 29 44
3
22
D
24
32 Travis Sanheim
D
35
4
9
6 Colby Harmsworth 10 Chase Lang 2 Josh Thrower 22 Linden Penner 24 Joe Mahon 16 Cal Babych 21 Terrell Draude 12 Landon Welykholowa 11 Beck Malenstyn
D RW D RW RW RW C C C
39 36 34 31 27 16 15 24 2
2 5 2 3 2 1 1 1 0
10 12 20 6 11 6 4 6 3 3 6 2 5 7 2 3 4 4 2 3 1 2 3 -4 2 2 3
23 28 43 33 33 7 0 6 2
D
4
0
1
0
7 Alex Roach
5 Lochlan Morrison Name 33 Chris Driedger 31 Mack Shields
GP GAA W 29 2.26 17 13 2.91 10
L 7 1
13 13 10
1
5
OTL SOL SV % 2 3 0.928 0 0 0.903
Prince Albert Raiders Game Notes RAIDER REVIEW: The Raiders peppered 47 shots on goal en route to a 3-1 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Friday night at the Art Hauser Centre. After the Hurricanes opened the scoring, 19-year-old forward Calder Books scored in his first game in front of the home crowd. 18-year-old defenceman Mackenze Stewart gave the Raiders the lead, and they held on until 19-year-old winger Carson Perreaux hit an empty Lethbridge net for insurance late in the game. 20-year-old netminder Cole Cheveldave stopped 36 of 37 shots faced in the win. VS THE HITMEN: The Raiders fell 4-3 in their first and only meeting with the Hitmen this season, on October 12th in Calgary. 19-year-old defenceman Sawyer Lange recorded 2 assists in the loss, while 20-year-old goaltender Cole Cheveldave made 22 saves on 26 shots. INSURANCE MAN: 19-year-old forward Carson Perreaux tied 18-year-old defenceman Josh Morrissey for the team lead in insurance goals with 3. IMMEDIATE IMPACT: 19-year-old forward Calder Brooks has 5 points in his first 4 games as a Raider, including an assist in his first game with the team, and a goal in his first game at the Art Hauser Centre. 20-year-old left-winger Collin Valcourt scored a goal and an assist in his first game in Green and Gold, while 18-year-old defenceman Ryan Coghlan recorded an assist in his first appearance. A PLUS PLAYER: 18-year-old forward Gage Quinney leads the Raiders in plus/minus with a plus-14 rating, good for a tie for third among all WHL rookies. THE MAN ADVANTAGE: The Raiders currently have the third ranked powerplay in the WHL with a 26% success rate. 18-year-old defenceman Josh Morrissey leads the team with 8 powerplay goals, while 17-year-old forward Reid Gardiner and 19-year-old winger Dakota Conroy have 7 in the campaign. NO HOLIDAY HANGOVER: 17-year-old forward Reid Gardiner has returned from the holiday break with 5 goals and 4 assists in 5 games played, along with a plus-8 rating. WORLD JUNIORS Raiders captain, 18-year-old defenceman, Josh Morrissey finished 4th with Team Canada at the 2014 World Junior Hockey Championship, recording 1 goal and 2 assists, with a plus-3 rating. 18-year-old centre Leon Draisaitl represented his home nation of Germany, recording 2 goals and 4 assists. UNDER-17 CHALLENGE: 16-year-olds Matteo Gennaro, Nick McBride and Brendan Guhle have returned from a silver medal performance at the World Under-17 Challenge. Guhle served as an assistant captain for the squad from Alberta and British Columbia, and Gennaro scored 4 times and added 3 assists, leading Team Pacific with 7 points. MILESTONES: 19-year-old forward Carson Perreaux has matched his previous season high for goals with 12. 19-year-old winger Dakota Conroy is one goal from 50 in his career and 20-year-old netminder Cole Cheveldave is 5 saves from 3500. UPCOMING GAMES: The Raiders travel to Brandon for a pair of dates against the Wheat Kings on the 10 th and 11th. The Green and Gold will play 3 games in 3 nights the following weekend, starting in Saskatoon on the 17 th, followed by visits from the Pats on the 18th and Broncos on the 19th.
Calgary Hitmen Game Note HITMEN HEADLINES: The Calgary Hitmen (27-8-2-3) meet the Prince Alberta Raiders (21-17-2-0) tonight at the Art Hauser Centre. The Hitmen are coming off a five game home stand which wrapped up Sunday with a 10-2 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds. Ten different Hitmen scored in the victory while Alex Roach (1g, 2a) and Jake Virtanen (1g, 2a) led the way with three points each. Calgary outshot Seattle 33-28. The Hitmen went 0-6 on the powerplay while the Thunderbirds were 1-4. VS. PRINCE ALBERT: Tonight is the second of four regular season meetings between the Hitmen and Raiders. Last year, Calgary was 1-1 in Prince Albert. On February 2nd they lost 2-0 as Luke Siemens made 40 saves for his 11th career WHL shutout. The Hitmen bounced back to win 4-3 on March 6th. Elliott Peterson, who finished the game with a pair of goals, broke a 3-3 third period tie with 7:25 remaining lifting Calgary to victory. PA is in Calgary on February 11th before the Hitmen make a return trip to Saskatchewan on March 7th to wrap up the season series. CLIMB TO THE TOP: Calgary has gone 14-1-1 in their last 16 games, vaulting them into top spot in the WHL’s Eastern Conference. The Hitmen have won five in a row. BUS LIFE: Starting tonight in Prince Albert, Calgary will play five of their next six games on the road. The Hitmen have already played 25 games at Scotiabank Saddledome this season but only 15 in enemy rinks.
FAMILIAR FACES: Tonight is their first meeting since the December 28th trade that saw the Hitmen acquire 19-year-old Mike Winther from the PA Raiders in exchange for 19-year-old Calder Brooks and a second round pick in the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft. Winther has yet to make his Hitmen debut due to injury while Brooks has five points (1g, 4a) in four games as a Raider. INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Calgary is the second highest scoring team in the Eastern Conference with 152 goals, an average of 3.8 per game yet only Greg Chase is among the top 20 scorers in the WHL. At 47 points, Chase is 16th. Defensively, the Hitmen are tied with Edmonton for the fewest goals allowed in the Eastern Conference at 102, a per game average of 2.5. Goaltender Chris Driedger has the fourth best goal against overage in the WHL at 2.26 while his .928 save percentage is second.
STREAKIN’: Nine Hitmen take point scoring streaks into tonight’s game. Jake Virtanen (5g, 5a) and Pavel Padakin (3g, 5a) have both recorded at least one point in their last five games. Defencemen Travis Sanheim (3g, 3a) and Alex Roach (2g, 5a) both have four game point streaks. Kenton Helgesen (1g, 3a) has points in three straight. Greg Chase (3g, 2a), Brady Brassart (2g, 2a), Elliott Peterson (3a) and Zane Jones (1g, 1a) all have points in back-to-back games. Goaltender Chris Driedger has allowed 2 or fewer goals in 15 of his last 17 starts, a 13-2-1-1 record over that span
’DOME SWEET ’DOME: The Hitmen have won 12-straight games at home (Dec. 1 - Jan. 5), outscoring their opponents by a combined 68-20 over that span. The franchise record for longest home winning streak is 18 games, set from Oct. 15, 2008 to Jan. 16, 2009.
TOP PROSPECTS: Jake Virtanen and Ben Thomas have both been named to Team Orr for the 2014 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, held Wednesday, Jan. 15 at the Scotiabank Saddledome. With the addition of Virtanen and Thomas, the Hitmen have now been represented in this game by 26 players since 1996, a CHL-high.
MILESTONE WATCH: Greg Chase needs three goals for 50 regular season career markers. Zane Jones is five points away from recording his 100th career point. Brady Brassart needs seven more goals to hit 100 career WHL goals. Alex Roach hit the 100 point mark Sunday against Seattle. Chris Driedger is 179 saves away from matching the franchise record of most career saves, set by Martin Jones at 3,374.
NHL PROSPECTS: Greg Chase (Seventh Round, Edmonton 2013); Mike Winther (Second Round, Dallas 2012); Chris Driedger (Third Round, Ottawa 2012); Kenton Helgesen (Seventh Round, Anaheim 2012); Jaynen Rissling (Seventh Round, Washington 2012); Alex Roach (Signed, Los Angeles, 2011).
UPCOMING GAMES: Calgary continues their three game road trip tomorrow in Saskatoon before wrapping up the swing Friday in Regina. The Hitmen are then back on Sunday, January 12th for a match-up against Kelowna. Game time is 4 o’clock at Scotiabank Saddledome.
Calgary Hitmen
Prince Albert Raiders
Overall: 27-8-2-3
Overall: 21-17-2-0
Home: 20-3-0-2
Home: 13-7-1-0
Away: 7-5-2-1
Road: 8-10-1-0
# Goaltender 31 Mack Shields 33 Chris Driedger
# Player 2 Josh Thrower
YOB MP SH 95
GA SA
94
YOB 96
G
A
P
PIM
# Goaltender 33 Nick McBride*
YOB 97
35 Rylan Parenteau (AP)
96
38 Cole Cheveldave
93
# Player 2 Tyler Dea*
YOB 95
3 Kenton Helgesen 5 Lochlan Morrison (AP)
94 97
3 Mackenze Stewart* 4 Brendan Guhle*
95 97
6 Colby Harmsworth
95
5 Tomas Andrlik*
95
7 Alex Roach
93
6 MacKenzie Johnston "A"
93
9 Jaynen Rissling
93
7 Sawyer Lange
94
10 Chase Lang 12 Landon Welykholowa*
96 96
8 Craig Leverton 10 Josh Morrissey
14 Brady Brassart
93
12 Ryan Coghlan*
95
15 Mike Winther
94
14 Dakota Conroy
94
16 Cal Babych*
97
15 Calder Brooks
94
17 Pavel Padakin
94
16 Tim Vanstone
96
18 Jake Virtanen
96
18 Jayden Hart
94
21 Terrell Draude*
97
19 Reid Gardiner
96
22 Linden Penner*
59
20 Shane Danyluk
24 Joe Mahon
94
21 Matteo Gennaro*
97
25 Greg Chase
95
22 Chance Braid
94
26 Zane Jones
94
24 Collin Valcourt
93
27 Ben Thomas*
96
25 Carson Perreaux
94
28 Elliott Peterson
95
27 Darcy Zaharichuk*
96
29 Radel Fazleev*
96
28 Gage Quinney*
95
32 Travis Sanheim*
96
29 Leon Draisaitl
*Rookie General Manager: Head Coach: Associate Coach: Assistant Coach: Athletic Therapist: Director of Player Personnel:
"C"
"A"
"A"
MP
SH
GA
SA
G
A
P
PIM
95 95
94
95
*Rookie Mike Moore Mike Williamsion Brent Kisio Joel Otto Will McMillan Dan Bonar
General Manager: Head Coach: Associate Coach: Assistant Coach: Athletic Trainer: Director of Player Personnel:
Bruno Campese Cory Clouston Dave Manson Tim Leonard Duane Bartley Dale Derkatch
