Game Notes at KAM Nov30
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Game #28 - Friday, November 30th, 2018 @ 7:00Pm PT, Sandman Centre, Kamloops, BC Saskatoon Blades (16-9-2-0 – 34pts) Kamloops Blazers (9-11-1-1 – 20pts) 2nd – East Division 2nd – Eastern Conference 5th – BC Division 9th – Western Conference PP – 23/125 = 18.4% (17th in WHL) PP – 25/98 = 25.5% (2nd in WHL) PK – 79/95 = 83.2% (5th in WHL) PK – 76/103 = 73.8% (17th in WHL) Last 5: (3-2-0-0) Streak: (1-0-0-0) Last 5: (3-2-0-0) Streak: (0-1-0-0) Tonight… The BC road trip continues tonight as the Blades head into Kamloops for game #4. Saskatoon is 2-1 on the trip so far; the final stop is Saturday in Kelowna. Saskatoon will look to build off Wednesday’s 2-1 win in Victoria and maintain 2nd place in the Eastern Conference. Back in the loops… Newly acquired d-man Nolan Kneen returns to take on his former club as does Dawson Davidson. Kneen was acquired on Monday in exchange for ’99 D Jackson Caller and 2 draft picks; he played 216 regular season games with the Blazers. Davidson was traded to Regina back in December 2016… he played 124 games with the Blazers, this is his first game back in Kamloops since then. The last game… Kristian Roykas-Marthinen (8) and Zach Huber (5) scored in a 2-1 win Wednesday night in Victoria over the Royals. Dorrin Luding stopped 30/31 shots faced to earn 1st star honours and his 3rd win of the season. The Blazers last played on Saturday in Spokane when they lost 3-1 to the Chiefs. Brodi Stuart had the lone goal… Dylan Ferguson (19svs) and Dylan Garand (5svs) split the duties in goal. Road Warriors… The Blades have played 16 of 27 games this season on the road and after this trip will have played 18 of 29 away from home. Saskatoon has 10 of their 16 wins this season on the road. Head to Head… Saskatoon enters with a 10-5-1-0 record on the road… the Blazers are 2-6-1-0 at home. The Blades hold the advantage in special teams with a combined success rate of 101.6%...Kamloops is 99.3%. Who’s hot…’99 F Gary Haden has 3 assists in 3 games on the road trip, ’99 F Kristian Roykas-Marthinsen has 2 goals in his last 3 games…’98 F Max Gerlach has 2 goals and an assist on the road trip and ’01 F Kirby Dach leads the Blades in scoring with 41 points in 27 games. Back from Black… ’02 D Aidan De La Gorgendiere and ’02 F Kyle Crnkovic represented Team Canada Black earlier this month at the World U17 Challenge. Crnkovic finished the tournament with 4 goals and 5 points in 5 games. De La Gorgendiere finished with 2 assists in 5 games. Draft watch… ’01 F Kirby Dach—who played for Team WHL at the CIBC Canada Russia Series-- is one of 7 ‘A’ ranked prospects in the WHL for the upcoming 2019 NHL Draft. ’01 D Emil Malysjev is ranked as a ‘C’ prospect and ’01 G Nolan Maier was rated a ‘C’ in the September rankings. ’00 F Chase Wouters went undrafted last June but did attend Tampa Bay Lightning’s summer, rookie, and main camps. Injury report Current Streaks D Jake Kustra – lower body, 2-4 weeks Roster breakdown: Age Breakdown: Milestone Tracker 13 Forwards 1998 – 3 2001 - 6 100 career games – Kirby Dach (98) 9 Defenseman 1999 – 7 2002 – 2 100 career points – Kirby dach (97) 2 Goalies 2000 – 6 150 career games – eric florchuk (149) Team Leaders: Goals: Gerlach (16) +/-: kneen, kaddoura (+7) SV%: Luding (.931) Assists: Dach (27) PPG: Gerlach (7) GAA: Luding (2.49) Points: dach (41) SOG: Gerlach (99) Rookie Pts: roykas-marthinsen (13) Penalty Minutes: mckay (58) GWG: Dach, Gerlach (3) Faceoff %: wouters (51.4%) How they were built Round # Player (Overall - Year) 1st 4 Wouters(19th - 2015), Dach(2nd – 2016), De la gorgendiere(5th – 2017), crnkovic(10th – 2017) 2nd 3 Kustra (34th - 2014), Paterson(25th - 2014), Maier(25th – 2016) 3rd 2 ashton(50th – 2016), luding(66th – 2014) 5th 1 Machado(101st – 2015) Euro 2 malysjev (23rd - 2018), roykas-marthinsen(83rd – 2018) List 2 kaddoura (2016), Schmidt (2017) Trade 10 mckay(SPO), Bafaro (TC), kneen (KAM), Gerlach (MH), davidson (REG), florchuk (VIC), robins (REG), SCHULDHAUS (MJ), Haden (MH), Huber (CGY) Recent moves Date Acquired From In exchange for Oct. 2 ’98 D Brandon Schuldhaus Moose Jaw 2019 5th rd pick, 2020 2nd rd pick Oct. 11 2020 3rd round pick Kelowna 2000 f Michael farren Oct. 25 ’99 f gary haden Medicine hat ’99 f logan Christensen Oct. 30 ’00 f zach Huber Calgary 2020 6th rd pick Nov. 26 ’99 d Nolan kneen Kamloops ’99 d Jackson caller, 2020 2nd rd pick (reg), 2020 3rd rd pick (kel) 2018-19 TEAM RECORDS situation record Overtime Record 2-2 1-goal games 7-2-2-0 Shootout Record 2-0 2-goal games 5-3-0-0 Out-shooting opp. 9-3-0-0 3-plus-goal games 4-4-0-0 Out-shot by opp. 5-6-2-0 Scoring first 8-6-2-0 Shots are even 2-0-0-0 Opp. scoring first 8-3-0-0 vs. BC 2-1-0-0 Leading after 2 per. 9-2-0-0 vs. US 2-1-0-0 Trailing after 2 per. 2-5-2-0 vs. Central 9-4-2-0 Tied after 2 per. 5-2-0-0 vs. East 3-3-0-0 Month Games Record Home Road September 4 3-1-0-0 2-0-0-0 1-1-0-0 October 12 6-4-2-0 2-2-1-0 4-2-1-0 November 12 7-4-0-0 2-2-0-0 5-2-0-0 December 10 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 January 11 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 February 12 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 March 7 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 Totals 68 16-9-2-0 6-4-1-0 10-5-1-0 Last 5 Next 5 Nov. 17th vs Tri-City: 5-3 W Dec. 1st @ Kelowna: 7Pm Nov. 21st vs Lethbridge: 3-1 L Dec. 7th vs Moose Jaw: 7pm nov. 24th @ prince George: 4-1 W dec. 8th @ moose jaw: 7pm Nov. 27th @ Vancouver: 5-3 L Dec. 9th vs Prince Albert: 4pm Nov. 28th @ Victoria: 2-1 W dec. 11th vs Edmonton: 7PM .