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#PRIDEOFTHEPRAIRIES Western Hockey League Friday Oct. 14, 2016 TONIGHT’S GAME NOTES BRANDON WHEAT KINGS 2-3-1 (5 pts) PRINCE ALBERT RAIDERS 2-5-0 (4 pts) Reg. Season Game: 7 2-3-1 (5 pts) Reg. Season Game: 8 2-5-0 (4 pts) Reg. Season Home Game: 5 2-2-0 (4 pts) Reg. Season Road Game: 4 1-2-0 (2 pts) # Goalie GP W L SVS GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L SVS GAA SV% 33 Jordan Papirny (96) 4 1 3 145 3.73 .895 30 Nicholas Sanders (98) 3 2 1 58 2.66 .892 1 Logan Thompson (97) 2 1 1 48 2.92 .889 33 Ian Scott (99) 6 1 4 189 2.99 .922 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 3 D Garrett Sambrook (00) 7 0 2 2 - 2 2 D Nick Heid (97) 7 0 2 2 -3 6 5 D Shael Higson (99) 7 0 3 3 -1 17 3 D Cody Paivarinta (98) 5 0 0 0 -3 4 6 D Jordan Wharrie (97) 7 1 1 2 +4 4 5 D Zack Hayes (99) 7 0 0 0 +1 2 7 D Daniel Bukac (99) 7 0 1 1 -2 6 6 D Vojtech Budik (98) 5 0 1 1 +1 2 10 D Kale Clague (98) - - - - - - 7 D Brendan Guhle (97) 4 0 3 3 +3 2 11 F Caiden Daley (99) 7 0 0 0 -3 2 8 D Loch Morrison (97) 4 0 1 1 -2 7 12 F Stelio Mattheos (99) 7 3 6 9 +5 8 11 F Spencer Moe (00) 7 0 1 1 -1 0 13 F Tak Anholt (98) 5 0 0 0 -3 4 14 F Drew Warkentine (98) 5 0 0 0 -2 2 14 F Ty Lewis (98) 7 2 2 4 -3 6 15 F Austin Glover (96) 7 4 5 9 - 4 15 F Rylan Bettens (00) 5 0 0 0 -1 0 16 F Tim Vanstone (96) 7 2 2 4 -1 12 16 F Tanner Kaspick (98) 5 5 1 6 +4 14 17 F Dylan Williamson (98) 5 0 1 1 - 14 18 F Garrett Armour (97) 7 0 0 0 -2 2 18 D Cameron Reagan (97) 8 1 4 5 +3 2 19 F Nolan Patrick (99) 6 4 5 9 +4 8 20 F Zack Andrusiak (98) 6 1 1 2 -1 0 21 F Tyler Coulter (96) 7 4 1 5 +1 24 21 F Nick Holowko (97) 7 0 2 2 -3 4 23 F Cole Reinhardt (00) 7 1 1 2 -2 2 22 F Carson Miller (00) 3 0 0 0 -1 0 24 F Connor Gutenberg (99) 7 0 3 3 -4 0 23 F Simon Stransky (97) 7 4 6 10 +2 2 25 F Duncan Campbell (96) 6 0 0 0 -4 2 24 F Cole Fonstad (00) 7 1 0 1 -1 2 26 F Linden McCorrister (98) 7 0 1 1 - 0 25 F Sean Montgomery (98) 7 3 1 4 -2 2 27 F Reid Duke (96) 1 1 2 3 +1 2 27 F Parker Kelly (99) 7 1 1 2 -5 13 29 D Zach Wytinck (99) 5 0 0 0 -4 2 28 F Luke Coleman (98) 5 1 1 2 +2 10 32 D James Shearer (97) 2 0 0 0 +2 0 34 D Blake Jameson (99) 7 0 0 0 -1 9 **Stats include Sept 24 incomplete game vs Moose Jaw WHEAT KINGS STAFF RAIDERS STAFF Owner & Governor: Kelly McCrimmon General Manager: Curtis Hunt General Manager: Grant Armstrong Director of Player Personell: Ron Gunville Assistant General Manager: Mick McCrimmon Head Coach: Marc Habscheid Head Coach: David Anning Associate Coach: Dave Manson Coaching Staff: Aaron Rome, Don MacGillivray Assistant Coach: Brandin Cote Goaltending Coach: Tyler Plante Goaltending Coach: Kelly Guard Athletic Therapist: Chris Trivieri Athletic Therapist: Duane Bartley Equipment Staff: Scott Hlady, Trevor Ross Rob Pope, Aiden Pope Brandon Wheat Kings Game Notes WHEAT KINGS STAFF Owner & Governor: Kelly McCrimmon General Manager: Grant Armstrong Asst. General Manager: Mick McCrimmon @ Head Coach: David Anning Assistant Coach: Aaron Rome Assistant Coach: Don MacGillivray Goaltending Coach: Tyler Plante Director of Scouting: Darren Ritchie Friday October 14th, 2016 Head Scout: Mark Johnston Director of Business Opps: Rick Dillabough Westman Place • 7:30 p.m. Director of Marketing: Matt McNish Director of Game Day Opps: Chris Falko TONIGHT’S GAME Executive Assistant: Danna Rudniski Accounting: Lyn Shannon Merchandise: Sharon Shannon The Wheat Kings welcome the Prince Albert Raiders for the first time this season. Tonight kicks off a weekend home and home between the two clubs. The teams have identical 6-6 records over the last two years vs one another. Reg. Season vs Prince Albert (5 Yrs) VS THE RAIDERS 2015/16 2-4 If you look at the last five seasons, the Raiders have the upper 2014/15 4-2 hand on the Wheat Kings, winning two and tieing one of the season 2013/14 1-5 series’. The Raiders come into tonight losers of three straight while 2012/13 3-3 the Wheat Kings have lost two straight including Tuesday’s 7-6 2011/12 4-2 affair vs the Portland Winterhawks. PARADE THE PENALTY BOX NEXT FIVE GAMES The Brandon Wheat Kings continue to find ways to take penalties. The Oct 15 BWK @ P.Albert - Art Hauser - 8:00 club allowed five goals on nine powerplay opportunities on Tuesday Oct 21 BWK vs Lethbridge - WCG Place - 7:30 night in the loss to Portland. Oct 22 BWK vs Spokane - WCG Place - 7:30 Oct 25 BWK @ Edmonton - Rogers Place - 8:00 Oct 26 BWK @ Red Deer - Enmax Centrium - 8 “You look at our penalties tonight (Tuesday) a lot of reaching. When you’re reaching you’re either one the ice for too long our you’re not working hard enough. I thought we put ourselves in very poor spots and I thought, with all these penalties, it took away from a good effort 5 on 5.” -HC David Anning BROADCAST INFORMATION 880 CKLQ w/ Branden Crowe & Pete Gerlinger **All broadcasts begin 30 mins prior to puckdrop Twitter - @bdnwheatkings | Instagram - @bdnwheatkings REGULAR SEASON STORYLINES WINTERHAWKS GLASS EARNS WHL HONOURS The Western Hockey League announced that Portland Winterhawks Winnipeg, MB native Cody Glass has been named the Player of the Week. Glass registered eight points (3G-5A) in four games to help the Portland Winterhawks go 2-2-0-0 this past week. Through eight games this season, Glass currently leads the WHL in both assists (11) and points (15). BLADES FLODELL EARNS GOALTENDING HONOURS The Western Hockey League announced today that Saskatoon Blades goaltender Logan Flodell has been named the WHL Goaltender of the Week and the league nominee for Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Week. Flodell, a 19-year-old native of Regina, SK, went 2-0-0-0 this past week, including a 31-save shutout in a 2-0 win over the Prince Albert Raiders on Thursday, Oct. 6. He followed that up with a 34-save effort in a 3-1 win over the Portland Winterhawks on Saturday, Oct. 8. Flodell’s performance earned him first-star recognition in both starts. The 5-foot-11, 166-pound Flodell is an undrafted NHL free agent and ranks second in the WHL in save percentage (.947) and fourth in goals-against average (1.75) with a record of 3-1-0-0 this season. DALEY GETS THE CALL FROM HOCKEY CANADA A pair of Brandon Wheat Kings will be represented at the upcoming 2016 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario. Forward Caiden Daley and prospect Sean Comrie have been added to the roster following a seven day development camp in July. The Wheat Kings have been well represented in this event in recent years. Among those Brandon players that have participated include Stelio Mattheos, Nolan Patrick, Tanner Kaspick and Kale Clague. The tournament runs from October 27th to November 5th ELEVEN WHEAT KINGS ON NHL ROSTERS The 11 former Wheat Kings include Ivan Provorov and Brayden Schenn of the Flyers, begin the season in the NHL. For the 19-year old Provorov, the Russian blueliner is coming off back to back years with the Wheat Kings where he led them to two straight WHL Finals and the 2016 Championship Title. The Flyers are one of two NHL teams with two Brandon graduates. The other is the New York Islanders, who currently have defenceman Travis Hamonic and forward Jason Chimera. Ryan Pulock meanwhile was the club’s final cut and will begin the year with Bridgeport of the American Hockey League. Other former Wheat Kings starting the year on NHL rosters are Michael Ferland (Calgary), Jordin Tootoo (Chicago), Matt Calvert (Columbus), Mark Stone (Ottawa), Eric Fehr (Pittsburgh), Ryan Reaves (St. Louis) and the Winnipeg Jets’ Dustin Byfuglien, who began his WHL career in Brandon before going on to the Prince George Cougars. 2016 REGULAR SEASON - WHL STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA Swift Current Broncos 9 6 2 0 1 13 34 25 TONIGHT’S SCHEDULE Regina Pats 7 4 0 3 0 11 32 22 Victoria @ Edmonton Lethbridge Hurricanes 8 5 2 0 1 11 34 32 Regina @ Kootenay Moose Jaw Warriors 7 4 1 2 0 10 26 23 Saskatoon @ Kelowna Medicine Hat Tigers 8 5 3 0 0 10 32 26 Calgary @ Medicine Hat Saskatoon Blades 7 4 2 1 0 9 16 18 Vancouver @ Lethbridge Prince George @ Seattle Red Deer Rebels 8 3 3 1 1 8 26 32 Moose Jaw @ Red Deer Edmonton Oil Kings 8 3 4 1 0 7 17 24 Kamloops @ Tri-City Calgary Hitmen 5 3 2 0 0 6 10 13 Everett @ Spokane Brandon Wheat Kings 5 2 3 1 0 5 22 25 Prince Albert Raiders 7 2 5 0 0 4 19 25 Kootenay ICE 8 1 5 1 1 4 20 29 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA TOMORROW’S SCHEDULE Prince George Cougars 10 8 2 0 0 16 37 26 Portland Winterhawks 10 7 3 0 0 14 47 35 Swift Current @ Kelowna Everett Silvertips 8 6 1 1 0 13 29 16 Seattle @ Everett Tri-City Americans 7 4 3 0 0 8 27 26 Regina @ Lethbridge Kamloops Blazers 9 4 5 0 0 8 32 22 Red Deer @ Kootenay Vancouver @ Medicine Hat Victoria Royals 9 4 5 0 0 8 20 25 Prince George @ Tri-City Kelowna Rockets 8 3 5 0 0 6 16 27 Portland @ Spokane Vancouver Giants 10 3 7 0 0 6 30 38 Seattle Thunderbirds 5 2 3 0 0 4 12 19 Spokane Chiefs 6 2 4 0 0 4 16 26 HOW THEY WERE BUILT - BRANDON WHEAT KINGS WHEAT KINGS PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN 33 Jordan Papirny | ‘11- 1st Round Bantam Pick British Columbia - 2 (Wharrie, Anholt) 1 Logan Thompson | ‘12 - 6th Round Bantam Pick Alberta - 6 3 Garrett Sambrook | ‘15 - 6th Round Bantam Pick (Clague, Reinhardt, Papirny, Thompson, Higson, Duke) 5 Shael Higson | ‘15 Trade w/Saskatoon (Waltz, Shmyr) 6 Jordan Wharrie | ‘16 Trade w/Victoria (Draft Picks) Manitoba - 15 7 Daniel Bukac | ‘16 CHL Import Draft (Daley, Sambrook, McCorrister, Patrick, Armour, Mattheos, Coulter, 10 Kale Clague | ‘13 - 1st Round Bantam Pick Campbell, Lewis, Jameson, Shearer, Campbell, Gutenberg, Kaspick, 11 Caiden Daley | ‘15 - 1st Round Bantam Pick Wytinck) 12 Stelio Mattheos