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Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 TONIGHT’S GAME NOTES

BRANDON WHEAT KINGS 0-0-0 (0 pts) WARRIORS 0-0-0 (0 pts) Reg. Season Game: 1 0-0-0 (0 pts) Reg. Season Game: 1 0-0-0 (0 pts) Reg. Season Road Game: 1 0-0-0 (0 pts) Reg. Season Home Game: 1 0-0-0 (0 pts) # Goalie GP W L SVS GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L SVS GAA SV% 33 Jordan Papirny (96) ------31 Zach Sawchenko (97) ------1 Logan Thompson (97) ------35 Brody Wilms (98) ------39 Adam Evanoff (00) ------# P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 3 D Garrett Sambrook (00) ------2 D Josh Brook (99) ------5 D Shael Higson (99) ------3 D Ryan Gardiner (97) ------6 D Jordan Wharrie (97) ------4 D Jett Woo (00) ------7 D Daniel Bukac (99) ------5 D Colin Paradis (98) ------10 D Kale Clague (98) ------7 F Jaxon Kaluski (99) ------11 F Caiden Daley (99) ------10 F Tanner Jeannott (97) ------12 F Stelio Mattheos (99) ------11 F Chantz Petruic (99) ------13 F Tak Anholt (98) ------12 F Jayden Halbgewachs (97) ------14 F Ty Lewis (98) ------14 F Taylor Smithies (00) ------15 F Rylan Bettens (00) ------15 D Brandon Armstrong (99) ------16 F Tanner Kaspick (98) ------16 F Brecon Wood (00) ------18 F Garrett Armour (97) ------17 F Ryan Bowen (98) ------19 F Nolan Patrick (99) ------18 F Landon Quinney (98) ------20 F Tyler Thompson (97) ------21 F Brett Howden (98) ------21 F Ty Coulter (96) ------22 F Noah Gregor (98) ------22 F Jaeger White (97) ------23 F Tristin Langan (98) ------23 F Cole Reinhardt (00) ------27 F Luka Burzan (00) ------24 F Connor Gutenberg (99) ------29 F Brayden Watts (99) ------25 F Duncan Campbell (96) ------36 F Dakota Odgers (96) ------26 F Linden McCorrister (98) ------47 D Josh Thrower (96) ------27 F Reid Duke (96) ------59 D Matt Sozanski (96) ------28 F Baron Thompson (99) ------71 F Nikita Popugaev (98) ------32 D James Shearer (97) ------95 D Dmitri Zaitsev (98) ------34 D Blake Jameson (99) ------

WHEAT KINGS STAFF WARRIORS STAFF Owner & Governor: Kelly McCrimmon President & Governor: Chad Taylor General Manager: Grant Armstrong General Manager: Alan Millar Assistant General Manager: Mick McCrimmon Head Coach: Tim Hunter Head Coach: David Anning Assistant Coach: Mark O’Leary Coaching Staff: Aaron Rome, Don MacGillivray Assistant Coach: Scott King Goaltending Coach: Tyler Plante Goaltending Coach: Jamie Hodson Athletic Therapist: Chris Trivieri Athletic Therapist: Brooke Kosolofski Equipment Staff: Scott Hlady, Trevor Ross Equipment Staff: Stephen Simon Rob Pope, Aiden Pope 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, September 23rd, 2016 Head Scout: Mark Johnston Director of Business Opps: Rick Dillabough Mosaic Place • 8:00 p.m. Director of Marketing: Matt McNish Director of Game Day Opps: Chris Falko TONIGHT’S GAME Executive Assistant: Danna Rudniski Accounting: Lyn Shannon The Wheat Kings open up their 50th season in the Western Hockey Merchandise: Sharon Shannon League tonight at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw. (8:00 on 880 CKLQ). The two clubs will meet again tomorrow night at Westman Communications Last 5 Years (Pre-season) Group Place (7:30 on 880 CKLQ). YEAR RECORD 2015/16 3-1 AGAINST THE WARRIORS 2014/15 3-1 The Wheat Kings dropped both pre-season games vs the Warriors earlier 2013/14 3-1 this month. The Warriors won in 3-2 in Brandon (Sept 9) and 4-1 on home 2012/13 1-3 ice (Sept 10). The Wheat Kings went 7-1 vs the Warriors last season and 2011/12 1-3 knocked them off 4 games to 1 in the WHL Playoffs. These two teams will not Reg. Season vs MJ (5 Yrs) 2015/16 7-1 meet again until November 2nd in Brandon. 2014/15 6-2 GOING STREAKING 2013/14 8-0 The Wheat Kings come into tonight winning three straight pre-season 2012/13 5-3 games. Following their opening weekend losses to the Warriors, Brandon 2011/12 2-6 rattled off three straight victories vs Regina to finish the pre-season 3-2, UPCOMING SCHEDULE above .500 for the fourth straight season. Regular Season Sept 23 BWK @ Moose Jaw - Mosaic Place - 8 Sept 24 BWK vs Moose Jaw - WCG Place - 7:30 MEDIA INFORMATION Sept 26-30 Practice Oct 1 BWK vs Red Deer - WCG Place - 7:30 For daily, updated information, game recaps and scores follow the Oct 2 BWK vs S.Current - WCG Place - 4:00 Wheat Kings on social media. Oct 3-6 Practice Oct 7 BWK vs S.Current - WCG Place - 7:30 Oct 8 BWK @ Regina - - 8:00 Twitter - @bdnwheatkings Instagram - @bdnwheatkings BROADCAST INFORMATION Radio: 880 CKLQ - 30 Mins Prior to Game w/ Branden Crowe & Pete Gerlinger

2016 PRESEASON RESULTS DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME FINAL SCORERS GOALIE Fri, Sept. 9 Moose Jaw WCG Place 7:30 PM 3-2 Loss Gutenberg & Anholt Papirny 17/18 | Arps 22/24 Sat. Sept. 10 @ Moose Jaw Mosaic Place 8:00 PM 4-1 Loss Reid Duke Hunter Arps 35/39 Wed. Sept. 14 @ Regina Ochapwace, SK 1:00 PM 10-3 Win White, Lewis, Campbell (2), Mattheos, Shearer, Bukac, Sambrook, Provorov, Daley (Thompson | 27/30) Fri. Sept. 16 Regina WCG Place 7:30 PM 3-2 Win Connor Gutenberg (x2) Logan Thompson 32/34 Sat. Sept. 17 @ Regina Brandt Centre 8:00 PM 6-4 Win Mattheos, Lewis, Anholt, Shearer, Bukac, Campbell | Papirny 26/30 PRE-SEASON STORYLINES BWK Transactions & News Date Transaction TOP GUNS Sept. 18 Assign 00D Ty Ettinger and 99G Nolan Patrick takes over as the undisputed top gun for the Wheat Kings Hunter Arps to AAA Midget. in 2016-17. The 6-foot-3, 198-pound power forward is arguably the mostly Sept. 1 Acquired 97 D Jordan Wharrie, highly-touted prospect heading into the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, widely 97 F Tyler Thompson and 99 F Baron projected to go first overall, and very well could be the best player in the Thompson. WHL this season… Now is the time for C Stelio Mattheos (13-17-30) to Aug. 29 Announced the retirement of 96 D step into a larger role following the departure of Hawryluk and Quenneville. Jordan Thomson and 97 D Mark Matsuba.

Aug. 23 Named Grant Armstrong General GONE CAMPING Manager

The Brandon Wheat Kings were well represented at NHL Rookie Camps Aug. 19 David Anning introduced as the club’s new Head Coach. this week. Aaron Rome, Don MacGillivray and Tyler Plante added to coaching staff. Tyler Coulter - Coulter picked up a and an assist in two games at Mick McCrimmon named Assistant General Manager. the Canucks Young Stars Tournament in Penticton, BC. Aug. 2 Kelly McCrimmon steps down as club’s General Manager & Head Coach to Tanner Kaspick - St. Louis Blues join NHL’s Las Vegas franchise. Kaspick was -2 in two games with the Blues at the Traverse City July. 13 Acquired 99 D Connor Timlick Prospects tournament in Michigan. from the Tri-City Americans.

June. 28 Drafted 99 D Daniel Bukac and Reid Duke - New York Rangers 98 D Linus Nassen in the annual CHL Duke had an assist and 4 shots on goal in two games with the Rangers at Import Draft. the Traverse City Tournament. He has been held over for Main Camp. June. 25 Kale Clague (L.A) and Tanner Kaspick (STL) are drafted to the NHL.

Kale Clague - June. 20 Stelio Mattheos named to the Clague was in the lineup on Tuesday in Phoenix as the Kings beat the Coyotes Hockey , Ivan Hlinka Tournament Roster. 3-1. According to Kings Insider Jon Rosen, Clague suffered a lower body injury during the game. No timetable has been set for his return. June. 12 Former Wheat King Eric Fehr wins the Stanley Cup with the . - Provorov was held off the scoresheet in Wednesday’s 4-0 rookie game win over the New York Islanders.

Jayce Hawryluk - Hawryluk made headlines this week after he broke his hand during a fight with Jakub Vrana. Hawryluk is expected to miss signifigcant time with the injury.

John Quenneville - New Jersey Devils Quenneville scored the game winner in the Devils win over Buffalo in their Prospects Challenge.

ALL EYES ON PATRICK All eyes everywhere within the hockey world will be set solely on Nolan Patrick for the 2016-17 WHL season. Can he lead the WHL in scoring one year after finishing fifth in the race? Scouts have already denoted him as the projected favourite to go first overall at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. With 72 goals and 159 points in 130 career WHL games, the trends suggest fans have only seen tip of the iceberg when it comes to Patrick’s pure ability.

2016 PRE-SEASON - PLAYER STATISTICS Player Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW WHL DISCIPLINE REPORT Ty Lewis F 4 2 5 7 +3 0 0 0 0 Connor Gutenberg F 5 3 3 6 +2 2 1 1 0 Sept 13 - Victoria’s Carter Folk suspended five games for a check to the head major vs James Shearer D 4 2 2 4 +4 2 2 0 1 on September 9th Ivan Provorov D 3 1 3 4 +2 2 0 0 0 Duncan Campbell F 5 3 0 3 +2 2 0 0 0 Sept 13 - Prince Albert’s Drew Warkentine sus- Tak Anholt F 4 2 1 3 +2 0 0 0 0 pended three games for a cross checking major vs on September 9th. Daniel Bukac D 5 2 0 2 +2 4 0 0 0 Stelio Mattheos F 5 2 0 2 +1 9 0 0 1 Sept 4 - Portland’s Brett Clayton suspended six (6) Jaeger White F 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 games for a checking from behind major vs Spokane Caiden Daley F 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 on September 3rd

Rylan Bettens F 5 0 2 2 +1 0 0 0 0 Sept 3 - Vancouver’s Dmitry Osipov suspended one Ty Coulter F 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 (1) game for boarding major vs Spokane on Septem- Garrett Sambrook D 3 1 0 1 +2 0 0 0 0 ber 2nd Reid Duke F 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Schael Higson D 4 0 1 1 +1 6 0 0 0 Garrett Armour F 3 0 1 1 +1 2 0 0 0 Tanner Kaspick F 2 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 Cole Reinhardt F 5 0 0 0 +3 6 0 0 0 Blake Jameson D 4 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 Tyler Thompson F 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 Baron Thompson F 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kale Clague D 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Linden McCorrister F 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Markus Sekundiak F 1 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 Braden Schneider D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2016 PRE-SEASON GOALTENDING STATISTICS

Player GP W L OT GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN Logan Thompson 2 2 0 0 5 64 59 .922 2.86 0 105 Jordan Papirny 2 1 0 0 5 48 43 .896 3.35 0 90 Hunter Arps 2 0 2 0 6 62 56 .903 4.04 0 89 15/16 BRANDON WHEAT KINGS STATISTICS Player Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW PPG WHL WEEKLY TRANSACTIONS Jace Hawyrluk C 58 47 52 106 59 111 10 4 8 1.83 Nolan Patrick C 72 41 61 102 51 41 12 0 8 1.42 Sept 19 - The Lethbridge Hurricans acquire 98G Ryan Gilchrist from the for John Quenneville C 57 31 42 73 28 71 9 2 4 1.28 a conditional ‘17 draft pick Ivan Provorov D 62 21 52 73 64 16 7 1 2 1.18

Macoy Erkamps D 72 13 58 71 47 64 6 1 1 0.99 Sept 19 - The acquire Reid Duke C 68 33 29 62 18 53 8 1 8 0.91 99D Jackson Caller from the Portland Tyler Coulter LW 69 22 37 59 47 55 4 3 2 0.86 Winterhawks for a ‘18 4th Rd draft pick Tim McGauley C 51 22 27 49 14 24 8 1 2 0.96 Kale Clague D 71 6 37 43 25 54 0 0 1 0.61 Sept 17 - The Saskatoon Blades acquire 97G Logan Flodell from the Seattle Thunderbirds for Stelio Mattheos C 50 13 17 30 11 10 1 0 2 0.60 Anthony Bishop Tanner Kaspick C 53 12 18 30 14 37 1 1 2 0.57 Mitch Wheaton D 70 1 23 24 13 62 1 0 0 0.34 Sept 17 - The acquire 98F Ty Lewis LW 48 10 13 23 0 6 4 0 0 0.48 Jordan Roy from the Tri-City Americans for a Duncan Campbell C 72 10 20 22 7 40 1 1 2 0.31 conditional ‘17 5th Rd draft pick. Jordan Thomson D 70 5 13 18 4 48 0 0 2 0.26 Connor Gutenberg C 44 6 4 10 4 0 0 0 0 0.23 Sept 16 - The Seattle Thunderbirds acquired 96G Rylan Toth from the Red Deer Rebels for a Shael Higson D 63 3 4 7 -6 87 0 0 1 0.11 17’ 3rd Rd draft pick Linden McCorrister LW 38 3 4 7 -3 9 0 0 0 0.18 Garrett Armour LW 56 1 6 7 -1 59 0 0 0 0.13 Sept 15 - The acquired Mark Matsuba D 50 1 5 6 0 8 0 0 0 0.12 97F Nic Holowko from Seattle for 97F Layne Jaeger White C 39 1 3 4 3 7 0 0 0 0.10 Bensmiller and a conditional ‘17 draft pick. Caiden Daley C 5 0 3 3 -1 4 0 0 0 0.60 Sept 15 - Lethbridge acquires 98F Tanner Nagel Garrett Sambrook D 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.50 from the for 99G Dominic Thom ** D 7 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 0.00 Shane Farkas Braylon Shmyr ** LW 28 8 8 16 18 4 3 0 0 0.57 Colton Walz** D 34 2 14 16 12 47 0 0 0 0.47 Sept 12 - Vancouver acquires 97F Darian Rihards Bukarts** LW 10 5 4 9 1 11 1 0 0 0.90 Skeoch and a ‘18 conditional draft pick from the for 97D Brennan Menell Mark Taraschuk** D 18 0 4 3 2 8 0 0 0 0.22

Luke Harrison** RW 6 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.33 Sept 9 - Vancouver acquires 97F Cal Babych Dario Winkler** C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 from the Prince Albert Raiders for a conditional Jordan Papirny G 54 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 draft pick Logan Thompson G 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

**Denotes traded

15/16 GOALTENDING STATISTICS Player GP W L OT GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN Jordan Papirny 54 31 17 6 135 1496 1361 .910 2.61 6 3102 Logan Thompson 23 17 1 0 54 527 473 .898 2.63 0 1231 2016 PRE-SEASON - WHL STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA Broncos 8 5 2 0 1 11 32 24 TONIGHT’S SCHEDULE

Medicine Hat Tigers 6 4 1 1 0 9 26 16 Kootenay @ 7 4 2 1 0 9 25 23 @ 6 4 1 1 0 9 25 19 @ Lethbridge Regina Pats 8 3 4 0 1 7 28 37 @ Red Deer Red Deer Rebels 6 3 3 0 0 6 18 18 Prince Albert @ Regina Saskatoon @ Swift Current Brandon Wheat Kings 5 3 2 0 0 6 22 16 Prince George @ Victoria Prince Albert Raiders 5 3 2 0 0 6 22 22 Saskatoon Blades 6 3 3 0 0 6 22 26 Edmonton Oil Kings 5 2 3 0 0 4 16 20 Lethbridge Hurricanes 6 2 4 0 0 4 21 27 TOMORROW’S SCHEDULE Kootenay Ice 5 0 2 2 1 3 12 22 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA Red Deer @ Edmonton Vancouver @ Everett Portland Winterhawks 6 5 0 0 1 11 24 14 Kamloops @ Kelowna 6 5 1 0 0 10 22 13 Calgary @ Kootenay Seattle Thunderbirds 7 5 2 0 0 10 23 21 Lethbridge @ Medicine Hat Spokane Chiefs 7 4 2 1 0 9 21 21 Seattle @ Portland Tri-City Americans 8 3 3 2 0 8 26 26 Regina @ Prince Albert Spokane @ Tri-City 5 3 2 0 0 6 19 18 Prince George @ Victoria Prince George Cougars 6 3 3 0 0 6 20 20 Everett Silvertips 7 2 3 0 2 6 29 25 Vancouver Giants 6 1 4 0 1 3 13 21 5 1 4 0 0 2 11 18

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 - 7 3 Garrett Sambrook | ‘15 - 6th Round Bantam Pick (Clague, Reinhardt, White, Papirny, Thompson, Higson, Duke) 5 Shael Higson | ‘15 Trade w/Saskatoon (Waltz, Shmyr) 6 Jordan Wharrie | ‘16 Trade w/Victoria (Draft Picks) - 14 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 12 Stelio Mattheos | ‘14 - 1st Round Bantam Pick American - 2 (Tyler & Baron Thompson - Lakeville, Minnesota) 13 Tak Anholt | ‘14 Trade w/Lethbridge (Pankewicz, Kitt) 14 Ty Lewis | ‘13 - 3rd Round Bantam Pick European - 1 (Daniel Bukac - Czech Republic) 15 Rylan Bettens | ‘15 - 3rd Round Bantam Pick 16 Tanner Kaspick | ‘13 - 2nd Round Bantam Pick WHEAT KINGS AGE BREAKDOWN 18 Garrett Armour | ‘15 Trade w/Saskatoon (Draft Picks) 1996 (20) - 4 19 Nolan Patrick | ‘13 - 1st Round Bantam Draft Pick (Papirny, Campbell, Coulter, Duke) 20 Tyler Thompson | ‘16 Trade w/Victoria (Draft Picks) 21 Ty Coulter | Listed Player 1997 (19) - 5 22 Jaeger White | ‘16 Trade w/Everett (Draft Picks) (L.Thompson, Armour, T.Thompson,Wharrie, Shearer) 23 Cole Reinhardt | ‘15 - 9th Round Draft Pick 24 Connor Gutenberg | ‘14 - 5th Round Draft Pick 25 Duncan Campbell | Listed Player 1998 (18) - 9 26 Linden McCorrister | ‘13 - 7th Round Draft Pick (Anholt, Kaspick, Patirck, McCorrister, Higson, Clague, Jameson, 27 Reid Duke | ’14 Trade w/Lethbridge (Pankewicz, Kitt) Lewis, White) 28 Baron Thompson | ‘16 Trade w/Victoria (Draft Picks) 32 James Shearer | Listed Player 1999 (17) - 4 34 Blake Jameson | Listed Player (Mattheos, Bukac, Gutenberg, B.Thompson)

Drafted: 14 | Listed: 4 | Traded For: 8 | Total: 26 2000 (16) - 4 (Sambrook, Bettens, Daley, Reinhardt)