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Standings Eastern Conference East Division Rank Team
GP W
L OTL SL PTS PCT
1
35 27
6
Moose Jaw Warriors
1
1
GF
GA PIM
56 0.800 159 106 377 98
Home
Away
P10
STK
15-2-1-1
12-4-0-0
8-1-1-0
1-0-0-0
2
Swift Current Broncos
34 25
7
2
0
52 0.765 136
441
13-4-1-0
12-3-1-0
8-2-0-0
5-0-0-0
3
Brandon Wheat Kings
33 24
8
0
1
49 0.742 142 105 421
15-2-0-1
9-6-0-0
9-1-0-0
0-1-0-0
4
Regina Pats
36 16 17
3
0
35 0.486 112 130 529
10-7-1-0
6-10-2-0
3-6-1-0
0-3-1-0
5
Prince Albert Raiders
34 13 14
5
2
33 0.485 104 127 451
8-3-2-2
5-11-3-0
3-4-2-1
0-1-0-0
35 15 17
2
1
33 0.471 107 143 476
7-9-0-0
8-8-2-1
5-5-0-0
1-0-0-0
6 Saskatoon Blades Western Conference U.S. Division Rank Team
GP W
1
36 21 13
Everett Silvertips
L OTL SL PTS PCT 1
1
GF
GA PIM
44 0.611 111
90
425
92
Home
Away
P10
STK
11-5-1-0
10-8-0-1
9-1-0-0
2-0-0-0
2
Portland Winterhawks
33 21 11
0
1
43 0.652 130
458
9-7-0-0
12-4-0-1
2-7-0-1
0-2-0-0
3
Tri-City Americans
31 18 10
3
0
39 0.629 112 105 470
8-5-1-0
10-5-2-0
5-4-1-0
3-0-0-0
4
Spokane Chiefs
34 18 13
1
2
39 0.574 129 118 464
9-8-0-2
9-5-1-0
6-4-0-0
0-1-0-0
33 15 14
3
1
34 0.515 112 117 491
7-7-1-0
8-7-2-1
4-4-2-0
2-0-0-0
5 Seattle Thunderbirds Eastern Conference Central Division Rank Team
GP W
1
34 18 14
Medicine Hat Tigers
L OTL SL PTS PCT 2
0
GF
GA PIM
38 0.559 130 127 313
Home 11-6-1-0
Away 7-8-1-0
P10
STK
3-5-2-0
1-0-0-0
2
Lethbridge Hurricanes
33 15 16
2
0
32 0.485 119 119 414
9-6-2-0
6-10-0-0
5-4-1-0
1-0-0-0
3
Kootenay ICE
34 15 17
2
0
32 0.471
99
129 357
9-7-1-0
6-10-1-0
5-4-1-0
2-0-1-0
96
4
Red Deer Rebels
34 10 18
4
2
26 0.382
128 447
5-9-2-2
5-9-2-0
1-4-3-2
1-0-1-1
5
Calgary Hitmen
33 10 18
4
1
25 0.379 102 124 411
6-10-1-0
4-8-3-1
4-5-1-0
0-1-1-0
33
3
1
18 0.273
88
145 413
4-12-2-1
3-10-1-0
2-6-1-1
0-3-0-1
L OTL SL PTS PCT
GF
GA PIM
6 Edmonton Oil Kings Western Conference B.C. Division Rank Team
GP W
1
34 20 11
Kelowna Rockets
7
22
2
1
43 0.632 136 122 472
Home
Away
P10
STK
11-3-0-1
9-8-2-0
7-3-0-0
2-0-0-0
2
Victoria Royals
36 20 13
3
0
43 0.597 150 126 455
11-4-1-0
9-9-2-0
3-5-2-0
0-3-0-0
3
Vancouver Giants
35 18 13
2
2
40 0.571 127 123 457
11-6-0-0
7-7-2-2
8-2-0-0
6-0-0-0
4
Kamloops Blazers
5 Prince George Cougars x = Clinched Playoff Position y = Teams who have clinched Division title
Sunday, Dec 17 Kootenay 4 at Calgary 3 Final OT Regina 2 at Saskatoon 3 Final Prince George 0 at Vancouver 2 Final Portland 3 at Everett 8 Final Seattle 10 at Spokane 3 Final
34 16 17
0
1
33 0.485 106 114 478
7-10-0-0
9-7-0-1
5-4-0-1
0-1-0-0
34 12 17
3
2
29 0.426 101 120 446
7-8-3-0
5-9-0-2
3-6-1-0
0-3-0-0
Wednesday, Dec 27 Moose Jaw at Swift Current 7:00 pm CST Regina at Brandon 7:00 pm CST Prince Albert at Saskatoon 7:05 pm CST Calgary at Kootenay 7:00 pm MST Edmonton at Red Deer 7:00 pm MST Lethbridge at Medicine Hat 7:00 pm MST Everett at Vancouver 7:00 pm PST Tri-City at Portland 7:00 pm PST Kamloops at Kelowna 7:05 pm PST Prince George at Victoria 7:05 pm PST Seattle at Spokane 7:05 pm PST
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Thursday, Dec 28 Brandon at Regina 7:00 pm CST Saskatoon at Prince Albert 7:00 pm CST Swift Current at Moose Jaw 7:00 pm CST Kootenay at Calgary 7:00 pm MST Red Deer at Edmonton 7:00 pm MST Prince George at Victoria 7:05 pm PST
Rockets vs. Blazers Wednesday December 27th, 2017 Game Time – 7:05 pm Game Night Preview: The Kelowna Rockets open the post-Christmas break with a home game against the Kamloops Blazers. This is the third meetings of the season between these two teams. The Rockets are 2-0-0-0 after sweeping a pair of games in the first weekend of the regular season in late September. The th two teams meet in Kamloops Friday night before clashing again February 16 . The Rockets are 11-3-1-0 in their last 15 regular season home games against the Blazers. The Rockets are coming off a highly successful Eastern Division road trip where the team went 3-3-0-0 with wins over Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert. After playing 6 consecutive games on the road, the Rockets enjoy playing 7 of their next 12 th on home ice. The Rockets host Victoria Saturday (Dec 30 ) night. BC Division Battle: The Kelowna Rockets had a record of 4-5-1-1 in the first 11 regular season games of the season. Since then the team is an impressive 16-6-1-0 in their last 23 games. The Kamloops Blazers are 14-8-0-1 in their last 23 regular season contests. The surging Vancouver Giants are 13-8-1-1 in their last 23 games while last place Prince George is 9-12-1-1 in their last 23 games. Victoria is 11-10-2-0 in their last 23 games. Broadcasters Notebook: The Rockets record after 34 games this season is 20-11-2-1. Last season the hockey club was 20-12-2-0 after 34 games….Kyle Topping had 3+3=6 on a 6 game Eastern Division road trip…Topping has 7 more points than he had all of last season…Leif Mattson has 7 more points than he had all of last season…Carsen Twarynski had 5+2=7 during the teams recently road trip through the East Division….Twarynski has goals in 9 of his last 12 games…Twarynski had a career high 45 points with the Calgary Hitmen in 2015-2016. The 20 year-old is 6 points shy of that total this season…Libor Zabransky th has 5 assists in his last two games including a career high 4 assists vs. Prince Albert December 15 …The Rockets have three hat-tricks this season from Carsen Twarynski (two vs. Portland/one vs. Prince George), and Kole Lind vs. Prince Albert…Kole Lind’s three goal game last night was the second of his career. Lind had three goals in a game against the Kamloops Blazers in December, 2015…Cal Foote and Dillon Dube have made Canada’s entry at the World Junior Hockeey Championships…The Rockets have sent 17 players to Canada’s roster at the World Junior Hockey Championships….Nolan Foote has goals in four of his last 8 games…Kyle Topping and Libor Zabrasky are both rated as ‘C’ prospects for June’s NHL draft by NHL Central Scouting. Topping was not on the ‘Players to Watch’ list in October before appearing in November’s rankings…The Rockets have won 10 straight games on home ice with wins over Portland, Tri City, Prince George (twice), Vancouver, Red Deer, Edmonton, Lethbridge and Kootenay….The rd Rockets played their 16 hundredth regular season game in franchise history November 3 in Victoria in a 4-2 win……The Rockets are 4 and 2 in overtime with game winners coming from Kole Lind, Dillon Dube Carsen Twarynski (twice). The only loss in OT came against the Tri City Americans and Portland Winterhawks…The Rockets are 8-5-1-0 in the second of back-to-back games….The Rockets are 9-3-0-0 against BC Division teams this season….The Rockets are 15-1-0-1 when leading after 2 periods…The Rockets are 15-2-1-1 when scoring the first goal of the game….Erik Gardiner has missed 20 games after th being injured October 28 vs. Prince George….Name the only team the Rockets have failed to play in the Western Conference this season? Answer – the Seattle Thunderbirds. The Rockets face the T-Birds three th th times in the next 11 games. The team makes two stops in Kent on January 12 and 19 . The T-Birds are th rd in Kelowna January 5 and February 23 . th Milestones: Kyle Topping is playing in his 94 career game tonight….Head Coach Jason Smith coached th his 100 career regular season game against the Kootenay Ice on December 2nd…Carsen Twarynski th th played in his 200 career game October 28 against the Prince George Cougars…James Hilsendager th th plays in his 200 career game November 14 vs. Oil Kings. Roster Stats: Player total: 26 Year by Year Breakdown: 20’s (1997) – 3 Ballhorn, Twarynski, Hilsendager 19’s (1998) - 5 Salmond, Lind, Dube, Cal Foote, Chizen 18’s (1999) - 6 Topping, Mattson, Gardiner, Bruggen-Cate, Cowell, Skvrne 17’s (2000) - 10 Porter, Foote, Belcourt, Zabransky, Kindree, Brennan, McGauley, Kushniryk, Pow, Hair 16’s (2001) - 2 Korczak, Basran NHL Drafted Players: Cal Foote (Tampa Bay 2017), Kole Lind (Vancouver 2017), Dillon Dube (Calgary 2016), Carsen Twarynski (Philadelphia 2016), Brayden Chizen (Minnesota 2016). Game Notes Compiled by Regan Bartel of AM 1150
Kelowna Rockets Regular Season Statistics 2017-2018 After Game #34 NO. 16 18 19 24 25 28 4 29 26 20 8 2 7 12 6 22 14 5 10 9 23 21 3
2017-12-27
PLAYER Kole Lind Carsen Twarynski Dillon Dube 'A' Kyle Topping Cal Foote 'C' Leif Mattson Gordie Ballhorn 'A' Nolan Foote Liam Kindree* Conner Bruggen-Cate Jack Cowell James Hilsendager 'A' Libor Zabransky* Erik Gardiner Kaedan Korczak* Braydyn Chizen Wil Kushniryk* Konrad Belcourt Ted Brennan* Marek Skvrne* Colum McGauley* Kyle Pow* Kelvin Hair*
Team Totals Goaltending Statistics 30 Roman Basran* 1 James Porter* 31 Brodan Salmond Team Totals
GP 25 31 27 34 30 25 34 30 32 32 33 33 34 12 29 24 23 20 28 31 21 11 10
G 16 24 18 13 6 9 2 10 7 6 6 5 1 3 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0
A 27 15 21 23 24 12 19 9 12 12 10 10 13 10 8 4 3 2 2 1 0 1 0
PTS 43 39 39 36 30 21 21 19 19 18 16 15 14 13 8 7 5 3 3 2 1 1 0
PIM 41 37 26 26 27 8 45 23 12 22 8 50 14 9 25 28 6 8 11 11 9 10 0
PPG 6 8 4 2 2 3 2 5 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
SHG 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GW 4 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
+/13 2 7 13 12 3 19 5 0 3 -10 4 6 -3 0 -2 -2 -6 -5 -1 -2 -1 -2
609
136
206
342
472
41
9
20
53
4 13 3
L 2 5 4
OTL 0 2 0
SOL 0 0 1
SO 1 1 0
20
11
2
1
1
GP 7 24 8
Min 344 1289 420
GA 15 75 28
32
2053
118
SV GGA 177 2.62 638 3.49 181 4.00 996
SV% 0.915 0.895 0.866
3.52 0.890
Scoring by Periods
Rockets Opponents
SOG 1039 1081
1st 41 41
2nd 45 35
W
PIM 2 0 2 4
Rockets Shots by Periods: 3rd 46 44
OT 4 2
Rockets Record after Second Period: When Leading: 16 When Losing: 1 When Tied: 3 First Goal of the Game: When Rockets Score First: 15 When Opponent Score First: 5 Home and Away Record: Overall Home 11 3 0 1 Road 9 8 2 0
0 2
Total 136 122
Rockets Opponents
1 10 0
0 1 0
1 0 0
2 9
1 1
1 0
Overtime 0 2
1st 327 339
2nd 377 343
3rd 319 383
OT 16 16
Total 1039 1081
Rockets Shots on Goal Record: When Outshooting Opponent: 10 6 0 1 When Outshot by Opponent: 7 5 2 0 When Shots Are Tied: 3 0 0 0 Rockets Specialty Teams: Power Play: Opp. PPGF SHGA Pct.% Rockets 147 42 4 28.6 Shorthanded:
1 0
Rockets
Opp. 163
PPGA 38
SHGF Pct.% 9 76.7
2017-2018 Kamloops Blazers Hockey Club
9 10 11 16 17 18 22 23 24 32 34 38 41
FORWARDS Shepard, Jackson Sigrist, Justin* Walton, Travis Chyzowski, Nick Stuart, Brodi* Zary, Connor* Benjafield, Quinn Appelt, Ryley* Smith, Luc
POS LW LW LW C LW C RW LW C
SH HT L 5' 8" L 5' 11" L 6' 2" L 6' 0" L 5' 10" L 5' 11" R 6' 2" L 6' 3" R 6' 5"
WT 172 166 192 185 170 170 185 190 205
HOMETOWN West Vancouver, BC Zurich, SUI Abbotsford, BC Kamloops, BC Langley, BC Saskatoon, SK North Vancouver, BC Edmonton, AB Stony Plain, AB
D.O.B Feb. 28/00 Apr. 20/99 Jan. 1/99 Jun. 3/97 Mar. 10/00 Sept. 25/01 Feb. 2/98 Jan. 28/00 Jan. 20/98
16-17 SEASON Kamloops Blazers Zurich GCK Kamloops Blazers
Loewen, Jermaine Denomie, Carson* Jeri-Leon, Keltie Pilon, Garrett DEFENCE
LW RW RW C POS
L 6' 4" L 6' 1" R 5' 10" R 5' 11" SH HT
221 195 195 188 WT
Arborg, MB Regina, SK West Kelowna, BC Saskatoon, SK HOMETOWN
D D D D D D D D D POS G G
L R L L L R R R L SH L L
179 203 187 170 175 187 193 201 212 WT 170 195
Dysart, SK Regina, SK Saanich, BC Langley, BC Wilcox, SK Duncan, BC Kelowna, BC Calgary, AB Kolín, CZE HOMETOWN Kamloops, BC Lantzville, BC
2 3 6 7 25 27 37 40 42
Harrison, Devan* Ludwar, Tylor Strange, Sean* Zazula, Luke Schmiemann, Quinn* 'AP' Kneen, Nolan Gatenby, Joe Reagan, Brady Vala, Ondrej GOALTENDERS 30 Palaga, Max* 31 Ferguson, Dylan
General Manager: Head Coach: Assistant Coach: Assistant Coach: Assistant Coach: Goaltender Coach: Athletic Trainer: Strength & Conditioning Coach:
6' 2" 6' 1" 6' 1" 5' 8" 6' 1" 6' 0" 6' 0" 6' 3" 6' 4" HT 6' 1" 6' 2"
Stu MacGregor Don Hay Mike Needham Chris Murray Aaron Keller Dan De Palma Colin Robinson Greg Kozoris
Kamloops Blazers Fraser Valley Saskatoon Contacts Kamloops Blazers N. Alberta Xtreme Regina / Kamloops
LEAGUE WHL SuiJA WHL WHL BCMML SMAAAL WHL CSSMP WHL
GP 41 41 48 72 34 36 69 23 61
G 3 9 5 16 18 27 16 9 12
A 9 22 3 26 26 18 26 16 10
PTS 12 31 8 42 44 45 42 25 22
PIM 32 22 13 28 53 48 34 50 73
Jan. 18/98 Jan. 27/00 Jan. 19/00 Apr. 13/98 D.O.B
Kamloops Blazers Regina Pat Canadians Tri-City Americans Kamloops Blazers 16-17 SEASON
WHL SMAAAL WHL WHL LEAGUE
66 44 46 67 GP
6 16 2 20 G
11 30 1 45 A
17 46 3 65 PTS
115 54 4 20 PIM
Jan. 6/00 Sept. 12/99 Jan. 25/00 May 18/00 July 27/01 Mar. 22/99 May 15/97 Aug. 8/97 Apr. 13/98 D.O.B Aug. 14/00 Sept. 20/98
Moose Jaw Generals Kamloops Blazers South Island Royals Kamloops Blazers Notre Dame Hounds Kamloops Blazers Kamloops Blazers Lethbridge / Calgary Kamloops Blazers 16-17 SEASON Thompson Blazers Kamloops Blazers
SMAAAL WHL BCMML WHL SMAAAL WHL WHL WHL WHL LEAGUE BCMML WHL
44 19 40 54 42 69 71 68 60 GP 22 31
29 2 17 16 26 9 38 27 25 SO 0 0
38 11 69 59 34 58 80 41 89 SV% 0.890 0.922
5 24 0 2 4 13 2 14 11 15 2 7 7 31 7 20 10 15 MP AVG 995 4.01 1706 2.74
2017-18 KAMLOOPS BLAZERS GAME NOTES
December 27th at Kelowna Rockets THE SEASON: The Kamloops Blazers franchise is in their 37th season in the Western Hockey League and the 34th season as the Kamloops Blazers. The hockey club record is 16-17-0-1 as they begin the second half of the WHL schedule. The Blazers are 4-4-0-1 in the month of December. The Blazers went 3-2-0-1 on a six-game East Division road trip prior to Christmas. Following tonight’s game, the Blazers will be home to Kelowna on December 29th. The Blazers will then be in Everett on December 30th to close out 2017. Vs. Kelowna - This Season (8-Game Series) Game 1: 09/22/17, at Kelowna 6, Kamloops 2 Game 2: 09/23/17, vs. Kelowna 5, Kamloops 1 Game 3: 12/27/17, at Kelowna, Kamloops Game 4: 12/29/17, vs. Kelowna, Kamloops Game 5: 02/16/18, vs. Kelowna, Kamloops Game 6: 02/24/18, at Kelowna, Kamloops Game 7: 03/09/18, vs. Kelowna, Kamloops Game 8: 03/10/18, at Kelowna, Kamloops Blazers are 0-2-0-0 in season series
Vs. Kelowna - This Season (10-Game Series) Game 1: 09/23/16, vs. Kelowna 2, Kamloops 9 Game 2: 09/24/16, at Kelowna 5, Kamloops 1 Game 3: 11/01/16, at Kelowna 1, Kamloops 5 Game 4: 12/27/16, at Kelowna 3, Kamloops 2 Game 5: 12/28/16, vs. Kelowna 1, Kamloops 5 Game 6: 01/06/17, vs. Kelowna 1, Kamloops 3 Game 7: 01/07/17, at Kelowna 3, Kamloops 2 SO Game 8: 01/27/17, at Kelowna 2, Kamloops 3 Game 9: 02/08/17, vs. Kelowna 0, Kamloops 6 Game 10: 02/24/17, vs. Kelowna 8, Kamloops 2 Blazers were 6-3-0-1 in season series
ROSTER BREAKDOWN: The Blazers roster sits at 24 players (2 goaltenders, 9 defensemen and 13 forwards). The roster includes 15 players selected in the WHL Bantam Draft, three players via trade, four players from the free agent list, and two players selected from the CHL Import Draft. The roster breakdown by region includes 12 players from B.C., three from Alberta, six from Saskatchewan, one from Manitoba, one from Czech Republic and one from Switzerland. There are 15 WHL veterans and nine WHL rookies. BY THE NUMBERS: Nick Chyzowski is in his 5th season with the Blazers and played his 300th career WHL December 8th in Prince Albert... Chyzowski is now 7th in franchise with 305 games played with the Blazers… Quinn Benjafield played his 200th career WHL game on October 8th vs. Seattle… Nick Chyzowski recorded his 100th career point with an assist on October 21st in Tri-City… Luc Smith played his 200th career WHL game November 3rd in Vancouver… Joe Gatenby played his 250th WHL game on October 1st in Victoria… Garrett Pilon has 150 career points in the WHL, which is the highest among all roster players… Joe Gatenby recorded his 100th career WHL point November 17th vs. Vancouver NHL DRAFT: Garrett Pilon (Washington, 3rd round, 87th overall), Ondrej Vala (Free Agent, Signed by the Dallas Stars in September 2016), Dylan Ferguson (Dallas, 7th round, 194th overall – Traded to Las Vegas Golden Knights – June 26, 2017) INJURY REPORT: None. Man games lost due to injury – 24. DID YOU KNOW… Don Hay is 2nd all-time in WHL history behind Ken Hodge (742) with 736 regular season wins… He is also 2nd in Blazers franchise history behind Ken Hitchcock (287) with 271 career regular season wins… Joe Gatenby was acquired from Kelowna on August 18th, 2016… Keltie Jeri-Leon was acquired from Tri-City on October 7, 2017… Luc Smith was acquired from Regina on December 27th, 2016… Defenseman Ondrej Vala was signed by the Dallas Stars in September 2016… Jackson Shepard won a Gold Medal with Team Canada at the U-18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in August… Devan Harrison and Brodi Stuart both played playoff games with the Blazers last season as call-ups… Forwards Garrett Pilon (Washington), Luc Smith (New York Rangers), defenseman Ondrej Vala (Dallas), and goaltender Dylan Ferguson (Las Vegas) all attended NHL training camps in September… Dylan Ferguson, Garrett Pilon and Ondrej Vala are all signed to NHL contracts… Ondrej Vala (Czech Republic) and Justin Sigrist (Switzerland) are with their home country for their World Junior Camps. REGULAR SEASON SCORING LEADERS (BLAZERS): REGULAR SEASON SCORING LEADERS (ROCKETS): • Goals: Garrett Pilon (17) • Goals: Carsen Twarynski (24) • Assists: Garrett Pilon (23) • Assists: Kole Lind (27) • Points: Garrett Pilon (40) • Points: Kole Lind (43) • Penalty Minutes: Luc Smith (48) • Penalty Minutes: James Hilsendager (50) • Plus/Minus: Joe Gatenby (+11) • Plus/Minus: Gordie Ballhorn (+19) • Rookie Points: Brodi Stuart (24) • Rookies: Liam Kindree (19) • GAA: Dylan Ferguson (3.23) • Goals Against Average: James Porter (3.49) • Save Percentage: Dylan Ferguson (.898) • Save Percentage: James Porter (.895) • Power Play: 22.7% (11th) • Power Play: 28.6% (3rd) • Penalty Kill: 82.6% (2nd) • Penalty Kill: 76.7% (13th)
2017-18 Kamloops Blazers Regular Season Scoring No. 41 16 37 32 17 22 24 42 9 18 27 34 7 10 38 6 40 2 31 11 30 23 3
Player Garrett Pilon Nick Chyzowski Joe Gatenby Jermaine Loewen Brodi Stuart* Quinn Benjafield Luc Smith Ondrej Vala Jackson Shepard Connor Zary* Nolan Kneen Carson Denomie* Luke Zazula Justin Sigrist* Keltie Jeri-Leon Sean Strange* Brady Reagan Devan Harrison* Dylan Ferguson Travis Walton Max Palaga* Ryley Appelt* Tylor Ludwar Departed Players Bench
GP 34 34 34 28 34 31 32 31 34 30 31 28 29 22 19 21 28 21 26 16 9 26 24 33
G 17 11 7 15 9 9 8 7 3 4 3 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
A 23 17 21 11 15 12 13 13 10 8 6 2 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
PTS 40 28 28 26 24 21 21 20 13 12 9 6 4 3 3 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
PIM 30 16 14 45 22 16 48 30 20 12 30 10 31 4 2 4 28 6 4 2 0 16 42 22 16
No. Goaltender 31 Dylan Ferguson 30 Max Palaga* Departed Goaltenders Totals
GP 26 9 4 34
MIN 1483 382 173 2038
GA 80 22 8 110
GAA 3.24 3.46 2.77 3.24
SVS 703 145 86 934
+/2 -3 10 7 3 -1 6 3 -5 1 -13 0 -11 -9 -7 -2 1 -7 0 -10 0 -7 -9 -13
Shots 179 97 81 73 100 85 61 87 56 64 43 23 43 17 14 14 24 10 0 13 0 15 15 30
GOALTENDERS SV% W 0.898 12 0.868 3 0.915 1 0.895 16
PPG 3 5 4 3 3 2 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PPA 13 4 10 2 5 4 2 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SHG 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GWG 1 3 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IG 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FG 1 2 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MPG 12 8 5 8 6 3 5 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOG 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L 13 2 2 17
OTL 0 0 0 0
SOW 0 0 0 0
SOL 1 0 0 1
SO 1 0 0 1
EN 1 1 0 2
SOSv 4 0 0 4
SOS 5 0 0 5
SOS SOWG 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOGA 1 0 0 1
SPECIAL TEAMS BLAZER powerplay Shorthanded Goals Against
G 30 2
A 131
BLAZERS lead after 1 BLAZERS tied after 1 BLAZERS trail after 1
10-0-0-0 3-5-0-1 3-12-0-0
BLAZERS lead after 2 BLAZERS tied after 2 BLAZERS trail after 2
12-0-0-1 4-1-0-0 0-16-0-0
BLAZERS score first Opponent scores first
11-2-0-1 5-15-0-0
BLAZERS at home BLAZERS on the road BLAZERS OVERALL
PK 123 2
BLAZER penalty kill Shorthanded Goals For
SCORING 1st 2nd BLAZERS 34 33 Opposition 41 37 Average goals scored per game: Average goals allowed per game:
GP 17 17 34
% 22.9%
W 7 9 16
3rd 37 35 3.12 3.35
OT 1 0
SO 1 1
Pen 149
MISCELLANEOUS (Record when…) BLAZERS outshoot the opp. 10-10-0-1 BLAZERS are outshot 6-7-0-0 Shots are tied 0-0-0-0
L 10 7 17
OTL 0 0 0
SOL 0 1 1
11-2-0-1 5-15-0-0 15-4-0-0 1-13-0-1
HOME and AWAY GF GA STK 50 60 0-2-0-0 56 54 0-1-0-0 106 114 0-1-0-0
L10 6-4-0-0 6-3-0-1 5-4-0-1
G/Kill PP/PK % 2 4 50% 7 7 100%
2-man PP 2-man PK
SHOTS ON GOAL 1st 2nd 3rd BLAZERS 370 377 388 Opposition 373 347 319 Average shots on goal per game: Average shots allowed per game:
TOT 106 114
BLAZERS score 4 or more BLAZERS score 3 or less BLAZERS allow 3 or less BLAZERS allow 4 or more
% 82.6%
OT 9 11 33.65 30.88
TOT 1144 1050
BLAZERS vs BC BLAZERS vs US BLAZERS vs CENTRAL BLAZERS vs EAST
5-9-0-0 5-4-0-0 3-2-0-0 3-2-0-1
BLAZERS go to OT BLAZERS in Shootouts
1-0-0-0 1-0-0-1
it's a 1-goal game it's a 2-goal game it's a 3+ goal game
7-5-0-1 1-4-0-0 8-8-0-0
Pct 0.412 0.559 0.485
PTS 14 19 33
PP 21.4% 24.6% 22.9%
PK 82.9% 82.2% 82.6%
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Standings Eastern Conference East Division Rank Team
GP W
L OTL SL PTS PCT
1
35 27
6
Moose Jaw Warriors
1
1
GF
GA PIM
56 0.800 159 106 377 98
Home
Away
P10
STK
15-2-1-1
12-4-0-0
8-1-1-0
1-0-0-0
2
Swift Current Broncos
34 25
7
2
0
52 0.765 136
441
13-4-1-0
12-3-1-0
8-2-0-0
5-0-0-0
3
Brandon Wheat Kings
33 24
8
0
1
49 0.742 142 105 421
15-2-0-1
9-6-0-0
9-1-0-0
0-1-0-0
4
Regina Pats
36 16 17
3
0
35 0.486 112 130 529
10-7-1-0
6-10-2-0
3-6-1-0
0-3-1-0
5
Prince Albert Raiders
34 13 14
5
2
33 0.485 104 127 451
8-3-2-2
5-11-3-0
3-4-2-1
0-1-0-0
35 15 17
2
1
33 0.471 107 143 476
7-9-0-0
8-8-2-1
5-5-0-0
1-0-0-0
6 Saskatoon Blades Western Conference U.S. Division Rank Team
GP W
1
36 21 13
Everett Silvertips
L OTL SL PTS PCT 1
1
GF
GA PIM
44 0.611 111
90
425
92
Home
Away
P10
STK
11-5-1-0
10-8-0-1
9-1-0-0
2-0-0-0
2
Portland Winterhawks
33 21 11
0
1
43 0.652 130
458
9-7-0-0
12-4-0-1
2-7-0-1
0-2-0-0
3
Tri-City Americans
31 18 10
3
0
39 0.629 112 105 470
8-5-1-0
10-5-2-0
5-4-1-0
3-0-0-0
4
Spokane Chiefs
34 18 13
1
2
39 0.574 129 118 464
9-8-0-2
9-5-1-0
6-4-0-0
0-1-0-0
33 15 14
3
1
34 0.515 112 117 491
7-7-1-0
8-7-2-1
4-4-2-0
2-0-0-0
5 Seattle Thunderbirds Eastern Conference Central Division Rank Team
GP W
1
34 18 14
Medicine Hat Tigers
L OTL SL PTS PCT 2
0
GF
GA PIM
38 0.559 130 127 313
Home 11-6-1-0
Away 7-8-1-0
P10
STK
3-5-2-0
1-0-0-0
2
Lethbridge Hurricanes
33 15 16
2
0
32 0.485 119 119 414
9-6-2-0
6-10-0-0
5-4-1-0
1-0-0-0
3
Kootenay ICE
34 15 17
2
0
32 0.471
99
129 357
9-7-1-0
6-10-1-0
5-4-1-0
2-0-1-0
96
4
Red Deer Rebels
34 10 18
4
2
26 0.382
128 447
5-9-2-2
5-9-2-0
1-4-3-2
1-0-1-1
5
Calgary Hitmen
33 10 18
4
1
25 0.379 102 124 411
6-10-1-0
4-8-3-1
4-5-1-0
0-1-1-0
33
3
1
18 0.273
88
145 413
4-12-2-1
3-10-1-0
2-6-1-1
0-3-0-1
L OTL SL PTS PCT
GF
GA PIM
6 Edmonton Oil Kings Western Conference B.C. Division Rank Team
GP W
1
34 20 11
Kelowna Rockets
7
22
2
1
43 0.632 136 122 472
Home
Away
P10
STK
11-3-0-1
9-8-2-0
7-3-0-0
2-0-0-0
2
Victoria Royals
36 20 13
3
0
43 0.597 150 126 455
11-4-1-0
9-9-2-0
3-5-2-0
0-3-0-0
3
Vancouver Giants
35 18 13
2
2
40 0.571 127 123 457
11-6-0-0
7-7-2-2
8-2-0-0
6-0-0-0
4
Kamloops Blazers
5 Prince George Cougars x = Clinched Playoff Position y = Teams who have clinched Division title
Sunday, Dec 17 Kootenay 4 at Calgary 3 Final OT Regina 2 at Saskatoon 3 Final Prince George 0 at Vancouver 2 Final Portland 3 at Everett 8 Final Seattle 10 at Spokane 3 Final
34 16 17
0
1
33 0.485 106 114 478
7-10-0-0
9-7-0-1
5-4-0-1
0-1-0-0
34 12 17
3
2
29 0.426 101 120 446
7-8-3-0
5-9-0-2
3-6-1-0
0-3-0-0
Wednesday, Dec 27 Moose Jaw at Swift Current 7:00 pm CST Regina at Brandon 7:00 pm CST Prince Albert at Saskatoon 7:05 pm CST Calgary at Kootenay 7:00 pm MST Edmonton at Red Deer 7:00 pm MST Lethbridge at Medicine Hat 7:00 pm MST Everett at Vancouver 7:00 pm PST Tri-City at Portland 7:00 pm PST Kamloops at Kelowna 7:05 pm PST Prince George at Victoria 7:05 pm PST Seattle at Spokane 7:05 pm PST
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Thursday, Dec 28 Brandon at Regina 7:00 pm CST Saskatoon at Prince Albert 7:00 pm CST Swift Current at Moose Jaw 7:00 pm CST Kootenay at Calgary 7:00 pm MST Red Deer at Edmonton 7:00 pm MST Prince George at Victoria 7:05 pm PST
Rockets vs. Blazers Wednesday December 27th, 2017 Game Time – 7:05 pm Game Night Preview: The Kelowna Rockets open the post-Christmas break with a home game against the Kamloops Blazers. This is the third meetings of the season between these two teams. The Rockets are 2-0-0-0 after sweeping a pair of games in the first weekend of the regular season in late September. The th two teams meet in Kamloops Friday night before clashing again February 16 . The Rockets are 11-3-1-0 in their last 15 regular season home games against the Blazers. The Rockets are coming off a highly successful Eastern Division road trip where the team went 3-3-0-0 with wins over Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert. After playing 6 consecutive games on the road, the Rockets enjoy playing 7 of their next 12 th on home ice. The Rockets host Victoria Saturday (Dec 30 ) night. BC Division Battle: The Kelowna Rockets had a record of 4-5-1-1 in the first 11 regular season games of the season. Since then the team is an impressive 16-6-1-0 in their last 23 games. The Kamloops Blazers are 14-8-0-1 in their last 23 regular season contests. The surging Vancouver Giants are 13-8-1-1 in their last 23 games while last place Prince George is 9-12-1-1 in their last 23 games. Victoria is 11-10-2-0 in their last 23 games. Broadcasters Notebook: The Rockets record after 34 games this season is 20-11-2-1. Last season the hockey club was 20-12-2-0 after 34 games….Kyle Topping had 3+3=6 on a 6 game Eastern Division road trip…Topping has 7 more points than he had all of last season…Leif Mattson has 7 more points than he had all of last season…Carsen Twarynski had 5+2=7 during the teams recently road trip through the East Division….Twarynski has goals in 9 of his last 12 games…Twarynski had a career high 45 points with the Calgary Hitmen in 2015-2016. The 20 year-old is 6 points shy of that total this season…Libor Zabransky th has 5 assists in his last two games including a career high 4 assists vs. Prince Albert December 15 …The Rockets have three hat-tricks this season from Carsen Twarynski (two vs. Portland/one vs. Prince George), and Kole Lind vs. Prince Albert…Kole Lind’s three goal game last night was the second of his career. Lind had three goals in a game against the Kamloops Blazers in December, 2015…Cal Foote and Dillon Dube have made Canada’s entry at the World Junior Hockeey Championships…The Rockets have sent 17 players to Canada’s roster at the World Junior Hockey Championships….Nolan Foote has goals in four of his last 8 games…Kyle Topping and Libor Zabrasky are both rated as ‘C’ prospects for June’s NHL draft by NHL Central Scouting. Topping was not on the ‘Players to Watch’ list in October before appearing in November’s rankings…The Rockets have won 10 straight games on home ice with wins over Portland, Tri City, Prince George (twice), Vancouver, Red Deer, Edmonton, Lethbridge and Kootenay….The rd Rockets played their 16 hundredth regular season game in franchise history November 3 in Victoria in a 4-2 win……The Rockets are 4 and 2 in overtime with game winners coming from Kole Lind, Dillon Dube Carsen Twarynski (twice). The only loss in OT came against the Tri City Americans and Portland Winterhawks…The Rockets are 8-5-1-0 in the second of back-to-back games….The Rockets are 9-3-0-0 against BC Division teams this season….The Rockets are 15-1-0-1 when leading after 2 periods…The Rockets are 15-2-1-1 when scoring the first goal of the game….Erik Gardiner has missed 20 games after th being injured October 28 vs. Prince George….Name the only team the Rockets have failed to play in the Western Conference this season? Answer – the Seattle Thunderbirds. The Rockets face the T-Birds three th th times in the next 11 games. The team makes two stops in Kent on January 12 and 19 . The T-Birds are th rd in Kelowna January 5 and February 23 . th Milestones: Kyle Topping is playing in his 94 career game tonight….Head Coach Jason Smith coached th his 100 career regular season game against the Kootenay Ice on December 2nd…Carsen Twarynski th th played in his 200 career game October 28 against the Prince George Cougars…James Hilsendager th th plays in his 200 career game November 14 vs. Oil Kings. Roster Stats: Player total: 26 Year by Year Breakdown: 20’s (1997) – 3 Ballhorn, Twarynski, Hilsendager 19’s (1998) - 5 Salmond, Lind, Dube, Cal Foote, Chizen 18’s (1999) - 6 Topping, Mattson, Gardiner, Bruggen-Cate, Cowell, Skvrne 17’s (2000) - 10 Porter, Foote, Belcourt, Zabransky, Kindree, Brennan, McGauley, Kushniryk, Pow, Hair 16’s (2001) - 2 Korczak, Basran NHL Drafted Players: Cal Foote (Tampa Bay 2017), Kole Lind (Vancouver 2017), Dillon Dube (Calgary 2016), Carsen Twarynski (Philadelphia 2016), Brayden Chizen (Minnesota 2016). Game Notes Compiled by Regan Bartel of AM 1150
Kelowna Rockets Regular Season Statistics 2017-2018 After Game #34 NO. 16 18 19 24 25 28 4 29 26 20 8 2 7 12 6 22 14 5 10 9 23 21 3
2017-12-27
PLAYER Kole Lind Carsen Twarynski Dillon Dube 'A' Kyle Topping Cal Foote 'C' Leif Mattson Gordie Ballhorn 'A' Nolan Foote Liam Kindree* Conner Bruggen-Cate Jack Cowell James Hilsendager 'A' Libor Zabransky* Erik Gardiner Kaedan Korczak* Braydyn Chizen Wil Kushniryk* Konrad Belcourt Ted Brennan* Marek Skvrne* Colum McGauley* Kyle Pow* Kelvin Hair*
Team Totals Goaltending Statistics 30 Roman Basran* 1 James Porter* 31 Brodan Salmond Team Totals
GP 25 31 27 34 30 25 34 30 32 32 33 33 34 12 29 24 23 20 28 31 21 11 10
G 16 24 18 13 6 9 2 10 7 6 6 5 1 3 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0
A 27 15 21 23 24 12 19 9 12 12 10 10 13 10 8 4 3 2 2 1 0 1 0
PTS 43 39 39 36 30 21 21 19 19 18 16 15 14 13 8 7 5 3 3 2 1 1 0
PIM 41 37 26 26 27 8 45 23 12 22 8 50 14 9 25 28 6 8 11 11 9 10 0
PPG 6 8 4 2 2 3 2 5 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
SHG 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GW 4 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
+/13 2 7 13 12 3 19 5 0 3 -10 4 6 -3 0 -2 -2 -6 -5 -1 -2 -1 -2
609
136
206
342
472
41
9
20
53
4 13 3
L 2 5 4
OTL 0 2 0
SOL 0 0 1
SO 1 1 0
20
11
2
1
1
GP 7 24 8
Min 344 1289 420
GA 15 75 28
32
2053
118
SV GGA 177 2.62 638 3.49 181 4.00 996
SV% 0.915 0.895 0.866
3.52 0.890
Scoring by Periods
Rockets Opponents
SOG 1039 1081
1st 41 41
2nd 45 35
W
PIM 2 0 2 4
Rockets Shots by Periods: 3rd 46 44
OT 4 2
Rockets Record after Second Period: When Leading: 16 When Losing: 1 When Tied: 3 First Goal of the Game: When Rockets Score First: 15 When Opponent Score First: 5 Home and Away Record: Overall Home 11 3 0 1 Road 9 8 2 0
0 2
Total 136 122
Rockets Opponents
1 10 0
0 1 0
1 0 0
2 9
1 1
1 0
Overtime 0 2
1st 327 339
2nd 377 343
3rd 319 383
OT 16 16
Total 1039 1081
Rockets Shots on Goal Record: When Outshooting Opponent: 10 6 0 1 When Outshot by Opponent: 7 5 2 0 When Shots Are Tied: 3 0 0 0 Rockets Specialty Teams: Power Play: Opp. PPGF SHGA Pct.% Rockets 147 42 4 28.6 Shorthanded:
1 0
Rockets
Opp. 163
PPGA 38
SHGF Pct.% 9 76.7
2017-2018 Kamloops Blazers Hockey Club
9 10 11 16 17 18 22 23 24 32 34 38 41
FORWARDS Shepard, Jackson Sigrist, Justin* Walton, Travis Chyzowski, Nick Stuart, Brodi* Zary, Connor* Benjafield, Quinn Appelt, Ryley* Smith, Luc
POS LW LW LW C LW C RW LW C
SH HT L 5' 8" L 5' 11" L 6' 2" L 6' 0" L 5' 10" L 5' 11" R 6' 2" L 6' 3" R 6' 5"
WT 172 166 192 185 170 170 185 190 205
HOMETOWN West Vancouver, BC Zurich, SUI Abbotsford, BC Kamloops, BC Langley, BC Saskatoon, SK North Vancouver, BC Edmonton, AB Stony Plain, AB
D.O.B Feb. 28/00 Apr. 20/99 Jan. 1/99 Jun. 3/97 Mar. 10/00 Sept. 25/01 Feb. 2/98 Jan. 28/00 Jan. 20/98
16-17 SEASON Kamloops Blazers Zurich GCK Kamloops Blazers
Loewen, Jermaine Denomie, Carson* Jeri-Leon, Keltie Pilon, Garrett DEFENCE
LW RW RW C POS
L 6' 4" L 6' 1" R 5' 10" R 5' 11" SH HT
221 195 195 188 WT
Arborg, MB Regina, SK West Kelowna, BC Saskatoon, SK HOMETOWN
D D D D D D D D D POS G G
L R L L L R R R L SH L L
179 203 187 170 175 187 193 201 212 WT 170 195
Dysart, SK Regina, SK Saanich, BC Langley, BC Wilcox, SK Duncan, BC Kelowna, BC Calgary, AB Kolín, CZE HOMETOWN Kamloops, BC Lantzville, BC
2 3 6 7 25 27 37 40 42
Harrison, Devan* Ludwar, Tylor Strange, Sean* Zazula, Luke Schmiemann, Quinn* 'AP' Kneen, Nolan Gatenby, Joe Reagan, Brady Vala, Ondrej GOALTENDERS 30 Palaga, Max* 31 Ferguson, Dylan
General Manager: Head Coach: Assistant Coach: Assistant Coach: Assistant Coach: Goaltender Coach: Athletic Trainer: Strength & Conditioning Coach:
6' 2" 6' 1" 6' 1" 5' 8" 6' 1" 6' 0" 6' 0" 6' 3" 6' 4" HT 6' 1" 6' 2"
Stu MacGregor Don Hay Mike Needham Chris Murray Aaron Keller Dan De Palma Colin Robinson Greg Kozoris
Kamloops Blazers Fraser Valley Saskatoon Contacts Kamloops Blazers N. Alberta Xtreme Regina / Kamloops
LEAGUE WHL SuiJA WHL WHL BCMML SMAAAL WHL CSSMP WHL
GP 41 41 48 72 34 36 69 23 61
G 3 9 5 16 18 27 16 9 12
A 9 22 3 26 26 18 26 16 10
PTS 12 31 8 42 44 45 42 25 22
PIM 32 22 13 28 53 48 34 50 73
Jan. 18/98 Jan. 27/00 Jan. 19/00 Apr. 13/98 D.O.B
Kamloops Blazers Regina Pat Canadians Tri-City Americans Kamloops Blazers 16-17 SEASON
WHL SMAAAL WHL WHL LEAGUE
66 44 46 67 GP
6 16 2 20 G
11 30 1 45 A
17 46 3 65 PTS
115 54 4 20 PIM
Jan. 6/00 Sept. 12/99 Jan. 25/00 May 18/00 July 27/01 Mar. 22/99 May 15/97 Aug. 8/97 Apr. 13/98 D.O.B Aug. 14/00 Sept. 20/98
Moose Jaw Generals Kamloops Blazers South Island Royals Kamloops Blazers Notre Dame Hounds Kamloops Blazers Kamloops Blazers Lethbridge / Calgary Kamloops Blazers 16-17 SEASON Thompson Blazers Kamloops Blazers
SMAAAL WHL BCMML WHL SMAAAL WHL WHL WHL WHL LEAGUE BCMML WHL
44 19 40 54 42 69 71 68 60 GP 22 31
29 2 17 16 26 9 38 27 25 SO 0 0
38 11 69 59 34 58 80 41 89 SV% 0.890 0.922
5 24 0 2 4 13 2 14 11 15 2 7 7 31 7 20 10 15 MP AVG 995 4.01 1706 2.74
2017-18 KAMLOOPS BLAZERS GAME NOTES
December 27th at Kelowna Rockets THE SEASON: The Kamloops Blazers franchise is in their 37th season in the Western Hockey League and the 34th season as the Kamloops Blazers. The hockey club record is 16-17-0-1 as they begin the second half of the WHL schedule. The Blazers are 4-4-0-1 in the month of December. The Blazers went 3-2-0-1 on a six-game East Division road trip prior to Christmas. Following tonight’s game, the Blazers will be home to Kelowna on December 29th. The Blazers will then be in Everett on December 30th to close out 2017. Vs. Kelowna - This Season (8-Game Series) Game 1: 09/22/17, at Kelowna 6, Kamloops 2 Game 2: 09/23/17, vs. Kelowna 5, Kamloops 1 Game 3: 12/27/17, at Kelowna, Kamloops Game 4: 12/29/17, vs. Kelowna, Kamloops Game 5: 02/16/18, vs. Kelowna, Kamloops Game 6: 02/24/18, at Kelowna, Kamloops Game 7: 03/09/18, vs. Kelowna, Kamloops Game 8: 03/10/18, at Kelowna, Kamloops Blazers are 0-2-0-0 in season series
Vs. Kelowna - This Season (10-Game Series) Game 1: 09/23/16, vs. Kelowna 2, Kamloops 9 Game 2: 09/24/16, at Kelowna 5, Kamloops 1 Game 3: 11/01/16, at Kelowna 1, Kamloops 5 Game 4: 12/27/16, at Kelowna 3, Kamloops 2 Game 5: 12/28/16, vs. Kelowna 1, Kamloops 5 Game 6: 01/06/17, vs. Kelowna 1, Kamloops 3 Game 7: 01/07/17, at Kelowna 3, Kamloops 2 SO Game 8: 01/27/17, at Kelowna 2, Kamloops 3 Game 9: 02/08/17, vs. Kelowna 0, Kamloops 6 Game 10: 02/24/17, vs. Kelowna 8, Kamloops 2 Blazers were 6-3-0-1 in season series
ROSTER BREAKDOWN: The Blazers roster sits at 24 players (2 goaltenders, 9 defensemen and 13 forwards). The roster includes 15 players selected in the WHL Bantam Draft, three players via trade, four players from the free agent list, and two players selected from the CHL Import Draft. The roster breakdown by region includes 12 players from B.C., three from Alberta, six from Saskatchewan, one from Manitoba, one from Czech Republic and one from Switzerland. There are 15 WHL veterans and nine WHL rookies. BY THE NUMBERS: Nick Chyzowski is in his 5th season with the Blazers and played his 300th career WHL December 8th in Prince Albert... Chyzowski is now 7th in franchise with 305 games played with the Blazers… Quinn Benjafield played his 200th career WHL game on October 8th vs. Seattle… Nick Chyzowski recorded his 100th career point with an assist on October 21st in Tri-City… Luc Smith played his 200th career WHL game November 3rd in Vancouver… Joe Gatenby played his 250th WHL game on October 1st in Victoria… Garrett Pilon has 150 career points in the WHL, which is the highest among all roster players… Joe Gatenby recorded his 100th career WHL point November 17th vs. Vancouver NHL DRAFT: Garrett Pilon (Washington, 3rd round, 87th overall), Ondrej Vala (Free Agent, Signed by the Dallas Stars in September 2016), Dylan Ferguson (Dallas, 7th round, 194th overall – Traded to Las Vegas Golden Knights – June 26, 2017) INJURY REPORT: None. Man games lost due to injury – 24. DID YOU KNOW… Don Hay is 2nd all-time in WHL history behind Ken Hodge (742) with 736 regular season wins… He is also 2nd in Blazers franchise history behind Ken Hitchcock (287) with 271 career regular season wins… Joe Gatenby was acquired from Kelowna on August 18th, 2016… Keltie Jeri-Leon was acquired from Tri-City on October 7, 2017… Luc Smith was acquired from Regina on December 27th, 2016… Defenseman Ondrej Vala was signed by the Dallas Stars in September 2016… Jackson Shepard won a Gold Medal with Team Canada at the U-18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in August… Devan Harrison and Brodi Stuart both played playoff games with the Blazers last season as call-ups… Forwards Garrett Pilon (Washington), Luc Smith (New York Rangers), defenseman Ondrej Vala (Dallas), and goaltender Dylan Ferguson (Las Vegas) all attended NHL training camps in September… Dylan Ferguson, Garrett Pilon and Ondrej Vala are all signed to NHL contracts… Ondrej Vala (Czech Republic) and Justin Sigrist (Switzerland) are with their home country for their World Junior Camps. REGULAR SEASON SCORING LEADERS (BLAZERS): REGULAR SEASON SCORING LEADERS (ROCKETS): • Goals: Garrett Pilon (17) • Goals: Carsen Twarynski (24) • Assists: Garrett Pilon (23) • Assists: Kole Lind (27) • Points: Garrett Pilon (40) • Points: Kole Lind (43) • Penalty Minutes: Luc Smith (48) • Penalty Minutes: James Hilsendager (50) • Plus/Minus: Joe Gatenby (+11) • Plus/Minus: Gordie Ballhorn (+19) • Rookie Points: Brodi Stuart (24) • Rookies: Liam Kindree (19) • GAA: Dylan Ferguson (3.23) • Goals Against Average: James Porter (3.49) • Save Percentage: Dylan Ferguson (.898) • Save Percentage: James Porter (.895) • Power Play: 22.7% (11th) • Power Play: 28.6% (3rd) • Penalty Kill: 82.6% (2nd) • Penalty Kill: 76.7% (13th)
2017-18 Kamloops Blazers Regular Season Scoring No. 41 16 37 32 17 22 24 42 9 18 27 34 7 10 38 6 40 2 31 11 30 23 3
Player Garrett Pilon Nick Chyzowski Joe Gatenby Jermaine Loewen Brodi Stuart* Quinn Benjafield Luc Smith Ondrej Vala Jackson Shepard Connor Zary* Nolan Kneen Carson Denomie* Luke Zazula Justin Sigrist* Keltie Jeri-Leon Sean Strange* Brady Reagan Devan Harrison* Dylan Ferguson Travis Walton Max Palaga* Ryley Appelt* Tylor Ludwar Departed Players Bench
GP 34 34 34 28 34 31 32 31 34 30 31 28 29 22 19 21 28 21 26 16 9 26 24 33
G 17 11 7 15 9 9 8 7 3 4 3 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
A 23 17 21 11 15 12 13 13 10 8 6 2 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
PTS 40 28 28 26 24 21 21 20 13 12 9 6 4 3 3 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
PIM 30 16 14 45 22 16 48 30 20 12 30 10 31 4 2 4 28 6 4 2 0 16 42 22 16
No. Goaltender 31 Dylan Ferguson 30 Max Palaga* Departed Goaltenders Totals
GP 26 9 4 34
MIN 1483 382 173 2038
GA 80 22 8 110
GAA 3.24 3.46 2.77 3.24
SVS 703 145 86 934
+/2 -3 10 7 3 -1 6 3 -5 1 -13 0 -11 -9 -7 -2 1 -7 0 -10 0 -7 -9 -13
Shots 179 97 81 73 100 85 61 87 56 64 43 23 43 17 14 14 24 10 0 13 0 15 15 30
GOALTENDERS SV% W 0.898 12 0.868 3 0.915 1 0.895 16
PPG 3 5 4 3 3 2 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PPA 13 4 10 2 5 4 2 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SHG 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GWG 1 3 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IG 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FG 1 2 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MPG 12 8 5 8 6 3 5 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOG 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L 13 2 2 17
OTL 0 0 0 0
SOW 0 0 0 0
SOL 1 0 0 1
SO 1 0 0 1
EN 1 1 0 2
SOSv 4 0 0 4
SOS 5 0 0 5
SOS SOWG 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOGA 1 0 0 1
SPECIAL TEAMS BLAZER powerplay Shorthanded Goals Against
G 30 2
A 131
BLAZERS lead after 1 BLAZERS tied after 1 BLAZERS trail after 1
10-0-0-0 3-5-0-1 3-12-0-0
BLAZERS lead after 2 BLAZERS tied after 2 BLAZERS trail after 2
12-0-0-1 4-1-0-0 0-16-0-0
BLAZERS score first Opponent scores first
11-2-0-1 5-15-0-0
BLAZERS at home BLAZERS on the road BLAZERS OVERALL
PK 123 2
BLAZER penalty kill Shorthanded Goals For
SCORING 1st 2nd BLAZERS 34 33 Opposition 41 37 Average goals scored per game: Average goals allowed per game:
GP 17 17 34
% 22.9%
W 7 9 16
3rd 37 35 3.12 3.35
OT 1 0
SO 1 1
Pen 149
MISCELLANEOUS (Record when…) BLAZERS outshoot the opp. 10-10-0-1 BLAZERS are outshot 6-7-0-0 Shots are tied 0-0-0-0
L 10 7 17
OTL 0 0 0
SOL 0 1 1
11-2-0-1 5-15-0-0 15-4-0-0 1-13-0-1
HOME and AWAY GF GA STK 50 60 0-2-0-0 56 54 0-1-0-0 106 114 0-1-0-0
L10 6-4-0-0 6-3-0-1 5-4-0-1
G/Kill PP/PK % 2 4 50% 7 7 100%
2-man PP 2-man PK
SHOTS ON GOAL 1st 2nd 3rd BLAZERS 370 377 388 Opposition 373 347 319 Average shots on goal per game: Average shots allowed per game:
TOT 106 114
BLAZERS score 4 or more BLAZERS score 3 or less BLAZERS allow 3 or less BLAZERS allow 4 or more
% 82.6%
OT 9 11 33.65 30.88
TOT 1144 1050
BLAZERS vs BC BLAZERS vs US BLAZERS vs CENTRAL BLAZERS vs EAST
5-9-0-0 5-4-0-0 3-2-0-0 3-2-0-1
BLAZERS go to OT BLAZERS in Shootouts
1-0-0-0 1-0-0-1
it's a 1-goal game it's a 2-goal game it's a 3+ goal game
7-5-0-1 1-4-0-0 8-8-0-0
Pct 0.412 0.559 0.485
PTS 14 19 33
PP 21.4% 24.6% 22.9%
PK 82.9% 82.2% 82.6%
