Prince Albert Raiders - 6
Prince Albert Raiders Roster and Statistics NO. FORWARDS (12) 8 Leverton, Craig 11 Millette, Cory 16 Vanstone, Tim 18 Hart, Jayden 19 Gardiner, Reid 21 Gennaro, Matteo 23 Stransky, Simon 24 Tkatch, Jordan 25 Montgomery, Sean 26 Stewart, Dylan 27 Zaharichuk, Darcy 28 Quinney, Gage DEFENCE (8) 3 Stewart, Mackenze 4 Guhle, Brendan 5 Andrlik, Tomas 6 Roach, Curtis 7 Lange, Sawyer 10 Morrissey, Josh 12 Riddle, Brennan 22 Warner, Hunter GOALIES (2) 40 McBride, Nick 30 Parenteau, Rylan
POS LW RW RW C RW C LW C C LW LW LW POS D D D D D D D D POS G G
HT 5'10" 5’10” 6'0" 6'2" 5'11" 6'2" 5'11" 5'11" 5'10" 6'1" 6'0" 6'0" HT 6'4" 6'2" 6'0" 6'1" 6'0" 6'0" 6'2" 6'3" HT 6'3.5" 6'1"
WT HOMETOWN 195 Debden, SK 194 Storthoaks, SK 205 Swift Current, SK 205 Spruce Grove, AB 188 Humboldt, SK 184 St. Albert, AB 170 Ostrava, Czech Rep. 197 Prud'Homme, SK 165 Calgary, AB 188 Edmonton, AB 181 Sherwood Park, AB 196 Las Vegas, NV WT HOMETOWN 216 Calgary, AB 186 Sherwood Park, AB 189 Plzen, Czech Rep. 195 Saskatoon, SK 189 Prince Albert, SK 190 Calgary, AB 180 Balgonie, SK 205 Eden Prairie, MN WT HOMETOWN 180 Maple Ridge, BC 188 Saskatoon, SK
D.O.B Jan 2/95 Jan.19/95 March 13/96 Dec 14/94 Jan 19/96 March 30/97 Dec 21/97 May 24/95 March 7/98 May 8/97 Aug 12/96 July 29/95 D.O.B Aug 10/95 July 29/97 Oct 6/95 Oct 22/97 April 22/94 March 28/95 July 27/97 Sept 21/95 D.O.B Jan 11/97 Nov 16/96
No. Player DRAFT Eligible 2014 3 Mackenze Stewart Eligible 2014 4 Brendan Guhle Eligible 2014 5 Tomas Andrlik Eligible 2014 6 Curtis Roach* Eligible 2014 7 Sawyer Lange Eligible 2015 8 Craig Leverton Eligible 2016 10 Josh Morrissey Eligible 2014 11 Cory Millette Eligible 2016 Saskatoon Eligible 2015 Prince Albert Eligible 2014 12 Brennan Riddle* Eligible 2014 16 Tim Vanstone DRAFT 18 Jayden Hart Vancouver '14 19 Reid Gardiner Eligible 2015 21 Matteo Gennaro Eligible 2014 22 Hunter Warner* Eligible 2015 23 Simon Stransky* Eligible 2014 24 Jordan Tkatch Winnipeg '13 25 Sean Montgomery* Eligible 2015 Eligible 2014 26 Dylan Stewart* 27 Darcy Zaharichuk DRAFT Eligible 2015 28 Gage Quinney Eligible 2015 30 Rylan Parenteau 40 Nick McBride
GP 23 26 26 4 26 26 21 26 22 4 19 18 24 21 26 24 25 26 23 26 26 26 13 16
G 2 2 2 0 6 12 6 5 5 0 0 2 13 14 3 0 3 3 0 3 1 4 0 0
A 3 8 5 0 13 12 13 9 9 0 1 3 10 10 2 3 9 14 3 0 4 7 1 0
Pts 5 10 7 0 19 24 19 14 14 0 1 5 23 24 5 3 12 17 3 3 5 11 1 0
+/- PIM -6 46 -1 8 -6 29 -5 0 1 12 -4 16 -4 26 -17 20 -16 20 -1 0 -5 8 -3 15 -8 33 3 6 -10 11 -7 25 0 2 5 12 -1 0 -6 4 -3 9 -7 2 0 2 0 0
No. Goaltender GP MIN GA GAA SVS 30 Rylan Parenteau* 13 693 31 2.68 313 40 Nick McBride 16 866 50 3.46 399
Brandon Wheat Kings Roster and Statistics NO. 8 12 13 14 15 16
FORWARDS (14) Hawryluk, Jayce Gabrielle, Jesse Bukarts, Rihards Lewis, Ty Quenneville, Peter Kaspick, Tanner
POS C LW LW LW RW C
HT 5'10" 6' 5'9" 5'10" 5'11" 6'
WT 197 214 192 176 196 193
HOMETOWN Roblin, MB Moosomin, SK Jurmala, Latvia Brandon, MB Edmonton, AB Brandon, MB
D.O.B 01/01/1996 17/06/1997 31/12/1995 05/03/1998 03/03/1994 28/01/1998
17 19 21 22
Quenneville, John Patrick, Nolan Coulter, Tyler Shmyr, Braylon
C C LW LW
6'1 6'3" 6' 5'9"
205 192 214 163
Edmonton, AB Winnipeg, MB Brandon, MB Calgary, AB
9 Ivan Provorov 16/04/1996 NJ 2014 19/09/1998 Eligible 2017 10 Kale Clague 10/09/1996 Eligible 2015 12 Jesse Gabrielle 16/05/1997 Eligible 2015
23 25 27 28
McGauley, Tim Campbell, Duncan Duke, Reid Lisoway, Quintin DEFENCE (8) Taraschuk, Mark Waltz, Colton Pilon, Ryan Roy, Eric Provorov, Ivan Clague, Kale Erkamps, Macoy Matsuba, Mark GOALIES (2) Papirny, Jordan Moodie, Alex
C C RW C POS LD LD LD LD LD RD RD LD POS G G
6' 6'3 6' 5'10" HT 6' 6'1" 6'2" 6'3" 6' 6' 6' 6' HT 6'1" 6'1"
185 196 190 195 WT 192 198 212 208 200 194 198 187 WT 170 182
Wilcox, SK Brandon, MB Calgary, AB Neepawa, MB HOMETOWN Winnipeg, MB Vermilion, AB Duck Lake, SK Beauval, SK Yaroslavl, Russia Lloydminster, AB Delta, BC St. Albert, AB HOMETOWN Edmonton, AB Winnipeg, MB
3 5 6 7 9 10 20 29 33 35
23/07/1995 11/09/1996 28/01/1996 12/11/1995 D.O.B 02/04/1997 12/01/1995 10/10/1996 24/10/1994 13/01/1997 05/06/1998 02/02/1995 18/03/1997 D.O.B 10/04/1996 16/03/1995
DRAFT No. Player FLA 2014 3 Mark Taraschuk Eligible 2015 5 Colton Waltz Eligible 2015 Eligible 2014 6 Ryan Pilon 7 Eric Roy CLM 2013 Eligible 2016 8 Jayce Hawryluk
Eligible 2015 Eligible 2015 MIN 2014 Eligible 2015 DRAFT Eligible 2015 Eligible 2015 Eligible 2015 CGY 2013 Eligible 2015 Eligible 2016 Eligible 2015 Eligible 2015 DRAFT Eligible 2015 Eligible 2015
13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 25 27 28 29 33 35
Rihards Bukarts Ty Lewis Peter Quenneville Tanner Kaspick John Quenneville Nolan Patrick Macoy Erkamps Tyler Coulter Braylon Shmyr Tim McGauley Duncan Campbell Reid Duke Quintin Lisoway Mark Matsuba Jordan Papirny Alex Moodie
No. Goaltender 33 Jordan Papirny 35 Alex Moodie
GP 10 27 23 21 25 27 15 27 24 0 27 13 19 22 23 27 22 27 24 28 27 11 23 0
G 0 2 5 2 13 8 2 13 11 0 5 0 9 7 1 8 4 14 5 5 5 1 0 0
A 4 10 16 9 21 21 6 10 18 0 19 6 12 9 10 6 4 17 4 6 6 0 1 0
Pts 4 12 21 11 34 29 8 23 29 0 24 6 21 16 11 14 8 31 9 11 11 1 1 0
+/18 12 5 12 6 9 1 10 8 0 4 5 6 9 5 4 13 -1 3 -2 0 7 4 0
PIM 4 35 21 18 22 20 0 54 8 0 6 7 16 8 22 8 14 9 6 0 0 4 0 0
GP MIN GA GAA SVS 23 1395 68 2.92 650 0 0 0 0 0
Prince Albert Raiders Game Notes RAIDER REVIEW: The Raiders have won 5 straight games and have improved their record to 13-13-0-0. The team has had some impressive play over the past few games. On Wednesday, they defeated Calgary 2-1. Reid Gardiner and Gage Quinney scored to help lead the Raiders to victory over the Hitmen. Quinney now has 4 goals on the season and has scored all 4 in the last 6 games. VERSUS BRANDON: This is the first of six meetings between these two teams this season. Brandon currently sits atop the Eastern Conference Standings with a record of 20-5-2-0. STREAKING: Reid Gardiner is on a point streak. He has registered at least one point in each of his last 6 games. From November 14 th through 26th, Gardiner has 7 goals and 5 assists. MILESTONES: Josh Morrissey is one goal away from tying the Raiders franchise record for most goals by a defenseman. Emanual Viveiros currently holds the record of 60 goals from 1982-1986. TERRIFIC TENDING: Rylan Parenteau has five wins in a row and has won 6 of 7 starts in the month of November. Parenteau now ranks 10 th among WHL goaltenders with a .910 save percentage and 2.68 goals against average. DEBDEN DANGLER: Craig Leverton is lighting up the scoreboard this season. Through 26 games, he already has 24 points and currently is tied for most points for the green and gold. 12 of his 24 points have come on the power play. Previously, Leverton’s career high for points in a single season was 17 (7G, 10A) in 2012-13; he played 61 games that season. PENALTY KILLERS: The Raiders penalty kill continues to remain strong. Through 26 games, the green and gold have allowed just 11 goals on 81 opportunities for the fifth best penalty kill in the WHL. NOTABLES: Several Raiders are contributing to the scoreboard – Craig Leverton and Reid Gardiner lead the team with 24 points each while Jayden Hart (23), Josh Morrissey (19), Sawyer Lange (19) and Jordan Tkatch (17) aren’t far behind. RAIDER MOVES: On November 20th, the Raiders acquired 19-year old forward Cory Millette from the Saskatoon Blades in exchange for a 5th round pick in 2016. The same pick was originally acquired from the Blades in a deal made last season. RAIDERS NAME NEW HEAD COACH: Marc Habscheid has been named the Raiders 14th Head Coach. Habscheid, who hails from Swift Current, Saskatchewan, has an extensive playing and coaching career at many levels, including the NHL. Habscheid played 345 games in the NHL for the Oilers, Minnesota North Stars, Detroit Red Wings and Calgary Flames. He also represented Canada twice internationally at the 1988 Olympics and 1992 World Championships. Habscheid has coached in the SJHL, WHL, NHL, and for Team Canada at the World Juniors, World Championships and Olympics. He won the Memorial Cup in 03-04 with the Kelowna Rockets and in 2003 was named the CHL Coach of the Year. Habscheid also won gold at the World Championships in 2004 and silver in 2005. SIGN ME UP: The Minnesota Wild signed 19-year-old blue liner, Hunter Warner to a three-year entry-level contract. Hunter was invited to Minnesota Wild camp as an undrafted free agent. NON-CANADIAN CONTENT: 17-year-old Simon Stransky of the Czech Republic was selected by the Raiders 24 th overall in the 2014 CHL Import Draft; he joins 19-year-old defenseman Tomas Andrlik as the team’s second import player. In addition, the Raiders also boast players from the U.S. including 19-year-old forward Gage Quinney, from Las Vegas, Nevada, and 19-year-old defenseman Hunter Warner, from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. DRAFT HISTORY: The Raiders had two players selected in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, German-born Centre Leon Draisaitl was selected 3rd overall by the Edmonton Oilers and defenseman Mackenze Stewart was selected 186th overall by the Vancouver Canucks. Draisaitl becomes the highest drafted German-born player in NHL history and is just the third Raider to be selected in the top 5 (Mike Modano, 1st overall in 1988 and Chris Phillips, 1st overall in 1996). This also marks the fourth consecutive season a Raider has been drafted, following Josh Morrissey (Winnipeg in 2013), Mike Winther (Dallas in 2012) as well as Mark McNeill (Chicago) and Harrison Ruopp (Phoenix) in 2011. UPCOMING GAMES: The green and gold embark on their B.C. Road Trip next week starting with a game in Prince George on Wednesday. The Raiders have seven stops in eleven days before returning home to play Moose Jaw on December 17 th.
Brandon Wheat Kings Game Notes GAME PREVIEW The Brandon Wheat Kings close out a two-game Saskatchewan road trip Saturday night by visiting the Prince Albert Raiders (6:30 p.m., 880 CKLQ). Brandon is coming off a 4-3 overtime victory in Saskatoon on Friday. Tim McGauley had two goals and an assist for the Wheat Kings including the overtime winner while Ryan Pilon sent the game to overtime by scoring with 5.6 seconds left in the third period. Brandon enters Saturday’s game with a four-point lead over second-place Medicine Hat in the Eastern Conference standings. TEAM NOTES Saturday’s game is the first of six meetings between the Raiders and Wheat Kings during the 2014-2015 campaign. Last season, Brandon went 1-4-1 -0 against the Raiders including an 0-3-0-0 mark in Prince Albert. Rihards Bukarts (6 G, 2 A) and John Quenneville(6 G, 2 A) lead Brandon with eight points apiece against the Raiders last year while Jordan Papirny was 1-3-1 with a 3.05 GAA and .901 SPCT in five appearances. Brandon was #4 in this week’s CHL Top-10 rankings for the second straight week. The Wheat Kings have been ranked in the CHL Top-10 for all ten weeks this season. Three other WHL teams are in the Top-10, including the #2 ranked Kelowna Rockets. The Everett Silvertips are #8 and the Medicine Hat Tigers are #10. The Wheat Kings are currently ranked 18th in the WHL in penalty-killing with a 75.5% success rate, but have been much better in recent weeks. Brandon is 17-for-19 (89.5%) on the penalty-kill in the last six games. PLAYER NOTES The Wheat Kings made a trade and a roster move earlier this week. Brandon acquired goaltender Alex Moodie, 19, from the Saskatoon Blades in exchange for a conditional eighth round pick in the 2015 WHL Bantam Draft. The Wheat Kings also released rookie G Logan Thompson, 17, with Thompson remaining on the club’s protected list and joining the AJHL’s Grand Prairie Storm. Moodie will dress for Friday’s game against his former team. Brandon currently has seven players averaging at least a point per game, led by Jayce Hawryluk’s 34 points in 25 contests (1.36 Pt/G). Rihards Bukarts (1.21 Pt/G), Tim McGauley (1.15 Pt/G), John Quenneville (1.11 Pt/G), Ivan Provorov (1.07 Pt/G) and Reid Duke (1.00 Pt/G) are also averaging better than a point per game this season. Five members of the Wheat Kings were on the NHL Central Scouting Service’s Preliminary November Players to Watch list that was released last week. D Ivan Provorov was rated as an ‘A’ prospect or a first round candidate for the 2015 NHL Draft. D Ryan Pilon and F Jesse Gabrielle were ‘B’ prospects or second or third round candidates while F Rihards Bukarts and G Jordan Papirny were ‘C” prospects or fourth, fifth or sixth round candidates. The Wheat Kings have had at least one player chosen in the NHL Draft for ten consecutive seasons and 13 of the past 14 years. BY THE NUMBERS F Tim McGauley is on a four-game goal streak (6 G, 4 A) and has eight goals in ten games this month to lead all Wheat Kings’ players. Four of McGauley’s goals in November have been game-winners including two overtime goals… D Ivan Provorov has 15 points (1 G, 13 A) in the last 13 games. Provorov leads all WHL rookies in scoring with 29 points, and is third among defencemen in scoring… F Reid Duke has 12 points (3 G, 9 A) in the last ten games… F Jayce Hawryluk is on a four-game point streak (1 G, 6 A) and has points in ten of the last 12 contests (3 G, 12 A)… D Macoy Erkamps had a three-game point streak (1 G, 2 A) end on Friday night… MILESTONES D Eric Roy has played 277 career games, tied withJeff Topilko and two shy of Eric Fehr for 13th and 12th-place respectively on the Wheat Kings’ all-time list… F John Quenneville is two points shy of 100 for his WHL career… D Macoy Erkamps is three points shy of 100 for his WHL career. Erkamps scored his first goal as a Wheat Kings in Brandon’s home-ice win over Edmonton on Nov.21… F Tim McGauley scored his 50th career WHL goal on Tuesday… G Jordan Papirny passed the 4,000 minute mark in his career last weekend, and is 17 saves shy of 2,000 career saves… D Ryan Pilon is two games shy of 150 for his career… INJURY REPORT Name F Ty Lewis D Kale Clague
Games 27 7
Injury Upper Body Upper Body
Out since Sept.19 Nov.14
Brandon Wheat Kings Overall: 20-5-2-0 Home: 10-1-2-0 Away: 10-4-0-0 # Goaltender 33 Papirny, Jordan 35 Moodie, Alex
YOB 96 95
# 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 25 27 28 29
YOB 97 95 96 94 96 97 98 97 95 98 94 98 96 98 95 96 97 95 96 96 95 97
Player Taraschuk, Mark Waltz, Colton Pilon, Ryan Roy, Eric Hawryluk, Jayce Provorov, Ivan Clague, Kale Gabrielle, Jesse Bukarts, Rihards Lewis, Ty Quenneville, Peter Kaspick, Tanner Quenneville, John Patrick, Nolan Erkamps, Macoy Coulter, Tyler Shmyr, Braylon McGauley, Tim Campbell, Duncan Duke, Reid Lisoway, Quintin Matsuba, Mark
Head Coach/General Manager: Assistant Coach: Assistant Coach: Goaltending Coach: Strength Coach: Athletic Therapist: Equipment Manager:
Prince Albert Raiders Overall: 13-13-0-0 Home: 6-9-0-0 Road: 7-4-0-0
MP SH GA SA
G
A
P
PIM
Kelly McCrimmon Darren Ritchie David Anning Matt Cockell Jim Frederickson Josh Guenther Scott Hlady
# Goaltender 30 Parenteau, Rylan 40 McBride, Nick
# 3 4 5 7 8 10 11 12 16 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Player Stewart, Mackenze Guhle, Brendan Andrlik, Tomas Lange, Sawyer Leverton, Craig Morrissey, Josh Millette, Cory Riddle, Brennan Vanstone, Tim Hart, Jayden Gardiner, Reid Gennaro, Matteo Warner, Hunter Stransky, Simon Tkatch, Jordan Montgomery, Sean Stewart, Dylan Zaharichuk, Darcy Quinney, Gage
YOB 96 97
YOB 95 97 95 94 95 95 95 97 96 94 96 97 95 97 95 98 97 96 95
General Manager: Head Coach: Associate Coach: Assistant Coach: Athletic Trainer: Director of Player Personnel:
MP
SH
GA
SA
G
A
P
PIM
Bruno Campese Marc Habscheid Dave Manson Kelly Guard Duane Bartley Dale Derkatch
POS LW RW RW C RW C LW C C LW LW LW POS D D D D D D D D POS G G
HT 5'10" 5’10” 6'0" 6'2" 5'11" 6'2" 5'11" 5'11" 5'10" 6'1" 6'0" 6'0" HT 6'4" 6'2" 6'0" 6'1" 6'0" 6'0" 6'2" 6'3" HT 6'3.5" 6'1"
WT HOMETOWN 195 Debden, SK 194 Storthoaks, SK 205 Swift Current, SK 205 Spruce Grove, AB 188 Humboldt, SK 184 St. Albert, AB 170 Ostrava, Czech Rep. 197 Prud'Homme, SK 165 Calgary, AB 188 Edmonton, AB 181 Sherwood Park, AB 196 Las Vegas, NV WT HOMETOWN 216 Calgary, AB 186 Sherwood Park, AB 189 Plzen, Czech Rep. 195 Saskatoon, SK 189 Prince Albert, SK 190 Calgary, AB 180 Balgonie, SK 205 Eden Prairie, MN WT HOMETOWN 180 Maple Ridge, BC 188 Saskatoon, SK
D.O.B Jan 2/95 Jan.19/95 March 13/96 Dec 14/94 Jan 19/96 March 30/97 Dec 21/97 May 24/95 March 7/98 May 8/97 Aug 12/96 July 29/95 D.O.B Aug 10/95 July 29/97 Oct 6/95 Oct 22/97 April 22/94 March 28/95 July 27/97 Sept 21/95 D.O.B Jan 11/97 Nov 16/96
No. Player DRAFT Eligible 2014 3 Mackenze Stewart Eligible 2014 4 Brendan Guhle Eligible 2014 5 Tomas Andrlik Eligible 2014 6 Curtis Roach* Eligible 2014 7 Sawyer Lange Eligible 2015 8 Craig Leverton Eligible 2016 10 Josh Morrissey Eligible 2014 11 Cory Millette Eligible 2016 Saskatoon Eligible 2015 Prince Albert Eligible 2014 12 Brennan Riddle* Eligible 2014 16 Tim Vanstone DRAFT 18 Jayden Hart Vancouver '14 19 Reid Gardiner Eligible 2015 21 Matteo Gennaro Eligible 2014 22 Hunter Warner* Eligible 2015 23 Simon Stransky* Eligible 2014 24 Jordan Tkatch Winnipeg '13 25 Sean Montgomery* Eligible 2015 Eligible 2014 26 Dylan Stewart* 27 Darcy Zaharichuk DRAFT Eligible 2015 28 Gage Quinney Eligible 2015 30 Rylan Parenteau 40 Nick McBride
GP 23 26 26 4 26 26 21 26 22 4 19 18 24 21 26 24 25 26 23 26 26 26 13 16
G 2 2 2 0 6 12 6 5 5 0 0 2 13 14 3 0 3 3 0 3 1 4 0 0
A 3 8 5 0 13 12 13 9 9 0 1 3 10 10 2 3 9 14 3 0 4 7 1 0
Pts 5 10 7 0 19 24 19 14 14 0 1 5 23 24 5 3 12 17 3 3 5 11 1 0
+/- PIM -6 46 -1 8 -6 29 -5 0 1 12 -4 16 -4 26 -17 20 -16 20 -1 0 -5 8 -3 15 -8 33 3 6 -10 11 -7 25 0 2 5 12 -1 0 -6 4 -3 9 -7 2 0 2 0 0
No. Goaltender GP MIN GA GAA SVS 30 Rylan Parenteau* 13 693 31 2.68 313 40 Nick McBride 16 866 50 3.46 399
Brandon Wheat Kings Roster and Statistics NO. 8 12 13 14 15 16
FORWARDS (14) Hawryluk, Jayce Gabrielle, Jesse Bukarts, Rihards Lewis, Ty Quenneville, Peter Kaspick, Tanner
POS C LW LW LW RW C
HT 5'10" 6' 5'9" 5'10" 5'11" 6'
WT 197 214 192 176 196 193
HOMETOWN Roblin, MB Moosomin, SK Jurmala, Latvia Brandon, MB Edmonton, AB Brandon, MB
D.O.B 01/01/1996 17/06/1997 31/12/1995 05/03/1998 03/03/1994 28/01/1998
17 19 21 22
Quenneville, John Patrick, Nolan Coulter, Tyler Shmyr, Braylon
C C LW LW
6'1 6'3" 6' 5'9"
205 192 214 163
Edmonton, AB Winnipeg, MB Brandon, MB Calgary, AB
9 Ivan Provorov 16/04/1996 NJ 2014 19/09/1998 Eligible 2017 10 Kale Clague 10/09/1996 Eligible 2015 12 Jesse Gabrielle 16/05/1997 Eligible 2015
23 25 27 28
McGauley, Tim Campbell, Duncan Duke, Reid Lisoway, Quintin DEFENCE (8) Taraschuk, Mark Waltz, Colton Pilon, Ryan Roy, Eric Provorov, Ivan Clague, Kale Erkamps, Macoy Matsuba, Mark GOALIES (2) Papirny, Jordan Moodie, Alex
C C RW C POS LD LD LD LD LD RD RD LD POS G G
6' 6'3 6' 5'10" HT 6' 6'1" 6'2" 6'3" 6' 6' 6' 6' HT 6'1" 6'1"
185 196 190 195 WT 192 198 212 208 200 194 198 187 WT 170 182
Wilcox, SK Brandon, MB Calgary, AB Neepawa, MB HOMETOWN Winnipeg, MB Vermilion, AB Duck Lake, SK Beauval, SK Yaroslavl, Russia Lloydminster, AB Delta, BC St. Albert, AB HOMETOWN Edmonton, AB Winnipeg, MB
3 5 6 7 9 10 20 29 33 35
23/07/1995 11/09/1996 28/01/1996 12/11/1995 D.O.B 02/04/1997 12/01/1995 10/10/1996 24/10/1994 13/01/1997 05/06/1998 02/02/1995 18/03/1997 D.O.B 10/04/1996 16/03/1995
DRAFT No. Player FLA 2014 3 Mark Taraschuk Eligible 2015 5 Colton Waltz Eligible 2015 Eligible 2014 6 Ryan Pilon 7 Eric Roy CLM 2013 Eligible 2016 8 Jayce Hawryluk
Eligible 2015 Eligible 2015 MIN 2014 Eligible 2015 DRAFT Eligible 2015 Eligible 2015 Eligible 2015 CGY 2013 Eligible 2015 Eligible 2016 Eligible 2015 Eligible 2015 DRAFT Eligible 2015 Eligible 2015
13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 25 27 28 29 33 35
Rihards Bukarts Ty Lewis Peter Quenneville Tanner Kaspick John Quenneville Nolan Patrick Macoy Erkamps Tyler Coulter Braylon Shmyr Tim McGauley Duncan Campbell Reid Duke Quintin Lisoway Mark Matsuba Jordan Papirny Alex Moodie
No. Goaltender 33 Jordan Papirny 35 Alex Moodie
GP 10 27 23 21 25 27 15 27 24 0 27 13 19 22 23 27 22 27 24 28 27 11 23 0
G 0 2 5 2 13 8 2 13 11 0 5 0 9 7 1 8 4 14 5 5 5 1 0 0
A 4 10 16 9 21 21 6 10 18 0 19 6 12 9 10 6 4 17 4 6 6 0 1 0
Pts 4 12 21 11 34 29 8 23 29 0 24 6 21 16 11 14 8 31 9 11 11 1 1 0
+/18 12 5 12 6 9 1 10 8 0 4 5 6 9 5 4 13 -1 3 -2 0 7 4 0
PIM 4 35 21 18 22 20 0 54 8 0 6 7 16 8 22 8 14 9 6 0 0 4 0 0
GP MIN GA GAA SVS 23 1395 68 2.92 650 0 0 0 0 0
Prince Albert Raiders Game Notes RAIDER REVIEW: The Raiders have won 5 straight games and have improved their record to 13-13-0-0. The team has had some impressive play over the past few games. On Wednesday, they defeated Calgary 2-1. Reid Gardiner and Gage Quinney scored to help lead the Raiders to victory over the Hitmen. Quinney now has 4 goals on the season and has scored all 4 in the last 6 games. VERSUS BRANDON: This is the first of six meetings between these two teams this season. Brandon currently sits atop the Eastern Conference Standings with a record of 20-5-2-0. STREAKING: Reid Gardiner is on a point streak. He has registered at least one point in each of his last 6 games. From November 14 th through 26th, Gardiner has 7 goals and 5 assists. MILESTONES: Josh Morrissey is one goal away from tying the Raiders franchise record for most goals by a defenseman. Emanual Viveiros currently holds the record of 60 goals from 1982-1986. TERRIFIC TENDING: Rylan Parenteau has five wins in a row and has won 6 of 7 starts in the month of November. Parenteau now ranks 10 th among WHL goaltenders with a .910 save percentage and 2.68 goals against average. DEBDEN DANGLER: Craig Leverton is lighting up the scoreboard this season. Through 26 games, he already has 24 points and currently is tied for most points for the green and gold. 12 of his 24 points have come on the power play. Previously, Leverton’s career high for points in a single season was 17 (7G, 10A) in 2012-13; he played 61 games that season. PENALTY KILLERS: The Raiders penalty kill continues to remain strong. Through 26 games, the green and gold have allowed just 11 goals on 81 opportunities for the fifth best penalty kill in the WHL. NOTABLES: Several Raiders are contributing to the scoreboard – Craig Leverton and Reid Gardiner lead the team with 24 points each while Jayden Hart (23), Josh Morrissey (19), Sawyer Lange (19) and Jordan Tkatch (17) aren’t far behind. RAIDER MOVES: On November 20th, the Raiders acquired 19-year old forward Cory Millette from the Saskatoon Blades in exchange for a 5th round pick in 2016. The same pick was originally acquired from the Blades in a deal made last season. RAIDERS NAME NEW HEAD COACH: Marc Habscheid has been named the Raiders 14th Head Coach. Habscheid, who hails from Swift Current, Saskatchewan, has an extensive playing and coaching career at many levels, including the NHL. Habscheid played 345 games in the NHL for the Oilers, Minnesota North Stars, Detroit Red Wings and Calgary Flames. He also represented Canada twice internationally at the 1988 Olympics and 1992 World Championships. Habscheid has coached in the SJHL, WHL, NHL, and for Team Canada at the World Juniors, World Championships and Olympics. He won the Memorial Cup in 03-04 with the Kelowna Rockets and in 2003 was named the CHL Coach of the Year. Habscheid also won gold at the World Championships in 2004 and silver in 2005. SIGN ME UP: The Minnesota Wild signed 19-year-old blue liner, Hunter Warner to a three-year entry-level contract. Hunter was invited to Minnesota Wild camp as an undrafted free agent. NON-CANADIAN CONTENT: 17-year-old Simon Stransky of the Czech Republic was selected by the Raiders 24 th overall in the 2014 CHL Import Draft; he joins 19-year-old defenseman Tomas Andrlik as the team’s second import player. In addition, the Raiders also boast players from the U.S. including 19-year-old forward Gage Quinney, from Las Vegas, Nevada, and 19-year-old defenseman Hunter Warner, from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. DRAFT HISTORY: The Raiders had two players selected in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, German-born Centre Leon Draisaitl was selected 3rd overall by the Edmonton Oilers and defenseman Mackenze Stewart was selected 186th overall by the Vancouver Canucks. Draisaitl becomes the highest drafted German-born player in NHL history and is just the third Raider to be selected in the top 5 (Mike Modano, 1st overall in 1988 and Chris Phillips, 1st overall in 1996). This also marks the fourth consecutive season a Raider has been drafted, following Josh Morrissey (Winnipeg in 2013), Mike Winther (Dallas in 2012) as well as Mark McNeill (Chicago) and Harrison Ruopp (Phoenix) in 2011. UPCOMING GAMES: The green and gold embark on their B.C. Road Trip next week starting with a game in Prince George on Wednesday. The Raiders have seven stops in eleven days before returning home to play Moose Jaw on December 17 th.
Brandon Wheat Kings Game Notes GAME PREVIEW The Brandon Wheat Kings close out a two-game Saskatchewan road trip Saturday night by visiting the Prince Albert Raiders (6:30 p.m., 880 CKLQ). Brandon is coming off a 4-3 overtime victory in Saskatoon on Friday. Tim McGauley had two goals and an assist for the Wheat Kings including the overtime winner while Ryan Pilon sent the game to overtime by scoring with 5.6 seconds left in the third period. Brandon enters Saturday’s game with a four-point lead over second-place Medicine Hat in the Eastern Conference standings. TEAM NOTES Saturday’s game is the first of six meetings between the Raiders and Wheat Kings during the 2014-2015 campaign. Last season, Brandon went 1-4-1 -0 against the Raiders including an 0-3-0-0 mark in Prince Albert. Rihards Bukarts (6 G, 2 A) and John Quenneville(6 G, 2 A) lead Brandon with eight points apiece against the Raiders last year while Jordan Papirny was 1-3-1 with a 3.05 GAA and .901 SPCT in five appearances. Brandon was #4 in this week’s CHL Top-10 rankings for the second straight week. The Wheat Kings have been ranked in the CHL Top-10 for all ten weeks this season. Three other WHL teams are in the Top-10, including the #2 ranked Kelowna Rockets. The Everett Silvertips are #8 and the Medicine Hat Tigers are #10. The Wheat Kings are currently ranked 18th in the WHL in penalty-killing with a 75.5% success rate, but have been much better in recent weeks. Brandon is 17-for-19 (89.5%) on the penalty-kill in the last six games. PLAYER NOTES The Wheat Kings made a trade and a roster move earlier this week. Brandon acquired goaltender Alex Moodie, 19, from the Saskatoon Blades in exchange for a conditional eighth round pick in the 2015 WHL Bantam Draft. The Wheat Kings also released rookie G Logan Thompson, 17, with Thompson remaining on the club’s protected list and joining the AJHL’s Grand Prairie Storm. Moodie will dress for Friday’s game against his former team. Brandon currently has seven players averaging at least a point per game, led by Jayce Hawryluk’s 34 points in 25 contests (1.36 Pt/G). Rihards Bukarts (1.21 Pt/G), Tim McGauley (1.15 Pt/G), John Quenneville (1.11 Pt/G), Ivan Provorov (1.07 Pt/G) and Reid Duke (1.00 Pt/G) are also averaging better than a point per game this season. Five members of the Wheat Kings were on the NHL Central Scouting Service’s Preliminary November Players to Watch list that was released last week. D Ivan Provorov was rated as an ‘A’ prospect or a first round candidate for the 2015 NHL Draft. D Ryan Pilon and F Jesse Gabrielle were ‘B’ prospects or second or third round candidates while F Rihards Bukarts and G Jordan Papirny were ‘C” prospects or fourth, fifth or sixth round candidates. The Wheat Kings have had at least one player chosen in the NHL Draft for ten consecutive seasons and 13 of the past 14 years. BY THE NUMBERS F Tim McGauley is on a four-game goal streak (6 G, 4 A) and has eight goals in ten games this month to lead all Wheat Kings’ players. Four of McGauley’s goals in November have been game-winners including two overtime goals… D Ivan Provorov has 15 points (1 G, 13 A) in the last 13 games. Provorov leads all WHL rookies in scoring with 29 points, and is third among defencemen in scoring… F Reid Duke has 12 points (3 G, 9 A) in the last ten games… F Jayce Hawryluk is on a four-game point streak (1 G, 6 A) and has points in ten of the last 12 contests (3 G, 12 A)… D Macoy Erkamps had a three-game point streak (1 G, 2 A) end on Friday night… MILESTONES D Eric Roy has played 277 career games, tied withJeff Topilko and two shy of Eric Fehr for 13th and 12th-place respectively on the Wheat Kings’ all-time list… F John Quenneville is two points shy of 100 for his WHL career… D Macoy Erkamps is three points shy of 100 for his WHL career. Erkamps scored his first goal as a Wheat Kings in Brandon’s home-ice win over Edmonton on Nov.21… F Tim McGauley scored his 50th career WHL goal on Tuesday… G Jordan Papirny passed the 4,000 minute mark in his career last weekend, and is 17 saves shy of 2,000 career saves… D Ryan Pilon is two games shy of 150 for his career… INJURY REPORT Name F Ty Lewis D Kale Clague
Games 27 7
Injury Upper Body Upper Body
Out since Sept.19 Nov.14
Brandon Wheat Kings Overall: 20-5-2-0 Home: 10-1-2-0 Away: 10-4-0-0 # Goaltender 33 Papirny, Jordan 35 Moodie, Alex
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Player Taraschuk, Mark Waltz, Colton Pilon, Ryan Roy, Eric Hawryluk, Jayce Provorov, Ivan Clague, Kale Gabrielle, Jesse Bukarts, Rihards Lewis, Ty Quenneville, Peter Kaspick, Tanner Quenneville, John Patrick, Nolan Erkamps, Macoy Coulter, Tyler Shmyr, Braylon McGauley, Tim Campbell, Duncan Duke, Reid Lisoway, Quintin Matsuba, Mark
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Prince Albert Raiders Overall: 13-13-0-0 Home: 6-9-0-0 Road: 7-4-0-0
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Kelly McCrimmon Darren Ritchie David Anning Matt Cockell Jim Frederickson Josh Guenther Scott Hlady
# Goaltender 30 Parenteau, Rylan 40 McBride, Nick
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Player Stewart, Mackenze Guhle, Brendan Andrlik, Tomas Lange, Sawyer Leverton, Craig Morrissey, Josh Millette, Cory Riddle, Brennan Vanstone, Tim Hart, Jayden Gardiner, Reid Gennaro, Matteo Warner, Hunter Stransky, Simon Tkatch, Jordan Montgomery, Sean Stewart, Dylan Zaharichuk, Darcy Quinney, Gage
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General Manager: Head Coach: Associate Coach: Assistant Coach: Athletic Trainer: Director of Player Personnel:
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Bruno Campese Marc Habscheid Dave Manson Kelly Guard Duane Bartley Dale Derkatch
