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OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE

Volume 18, Issue 30

#21 Matt Alfaro

#22 Zak Zborosky

#4 Cale Fleury

365 MESSAGES

Greetings from the WHL

Last year, during the ’s 50th season, we were privileged to reflect on our rich history and honour the many distinguished builders and alumni who have helped to make the WHL the finest junior hockey league in the world today. As we open the 2016-17 WHL season, the same ideals that fostered the growth our great League still serve as its foundation – a commitment to providing our players with a world class experience from both a hockey and education standpoint.

The WHL and our 22 member Clubs take great pride in providing our players with the best possible environment in which to succeed both on and off the ice. On the ice, our high calibre of coaching and arena facilities continue to offer an ideal setting to grow and develop as a player. Off the ice, the WHL Scholarship remains the most comprehensive hockey scholarship in North America with a WHL record of over 350 graduates utilizing their WHL Scholarship at post-secondary institutions across the continent last year alone, representing an investment of over $2 million by WHL Club ownership.

The WHL Scholarship is one of many commitments WHL Club ownership makes to ensure the success of our players. The WHL Players First support services program expanded last year with the addition of a League-wide WHL Security Network and Police Impact Program which engages local police officers in a liaison capacity with all of our teams to ensure our players are in a safe and respectful environment at all times. This year, the WHL has partnered with the Canadian Mental Health Association to launch the Talk Today program with all of our WHL member Clubs. Talk Today is a proven and important mental health initiative that will help our players and team staff identify and address mental health issues.

The development opportunities the WHL provides on the ice and the assistance offered off the ice to our players through the WHL Scholarship and WHL Players First support services programs would not be possible without the support of our great fans as well as our corporate partners, broadcasters and media.

The 2016-17 WHL season promises to be another highly entertaining campaign and we look forward to supporting our players and all of our WHL Clubs as they continue to set the standard for development both on and off the ice.

Ron Robison Commissioner Western Hockey League

F R E E Z E ∙ 2016-2017 EDITION 2 ICE NOTES VS. MEDICINE HAT

ICE CHIPS: The KOOTENAY ICE enter tonight’s matchup with an 11-29-7-1 record (6-12-5-0 at home, 5-17-2-1 on the road, 1-7 in overtime, 2-1 in shootouts)...After tonight’s action KOOTENAY will continue a three game home stand with matchups versus SPOKANE January 27 and January 28.

ROSTER BREAKDOWN: KOOTENAY is currently carrying 23 players (two , eight defensemen and 13 forwards)...The ICE roster is made up of one 1996-born player, four 1997-born players, nine 1998-born players, six 1999-born players and three 2000-born player...KOOTENAY has ten first-year players on its roster.

ICE NAME : The KOOTENAY ICE named Defenseman CALE FLEURY as the 21st Captain in franchise history January 17…FLEURY is only the fourth 18 year-old player (STEVE McCARTHY, NIGEL DAWES, ) and sixth blueliner to serve as Captain of the ICE in their 21-year history…Forwards VINCE LOSCHIAVO, AUSTIN WELLSBY and Defensem- an KURTIS RUTLEDGE will serve as Alternates.

DID YOU KNOW: KOOTENAY holds a 68-47-11-2 lifetime record versus MEDICINE HAT (42-19-4-1 at home, 26-28-7-1 on the road, 6-7-6 in overtime)...Tonight marks the fourth of seven meetings this season between the ICE and TIGERS with KOOTENAY holding a 0-3-0-0 record in the season series thus far…Defenseman DALLAS HINES leads the ICE in scoring against MEDICINE HAT this season with three points (0-3-3)…Defenseman CALE FLEURY (74th – NORTH AMERICAN SKATERS) and Forward BRETT DAVIS (142nd – NORTH AMERICAN SKATERS) were both listed on the NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING MID-TERM RANKINGS for the 2017 NHL ENTRY DRAFT January 18… JAKOB WALTER matched his career high for saves in a game (45) January 21 in SPOKANE…His previous career best also came against the CHIEFS on January 7…Forward AUSTIN WELLSBY recorded his first career multi- game January 20 at TRI-CITY…WELLSBY appeared in his 150th career game January 18 against PRINCE ALBERT…Forward JAKE ELMER registered his first career multi-point game (0-2-2) January 20 against the AMERICANS…Forward PEYTON KREBS scored his first career WHL goal as part of a four-point outing (1-3-4) January 18 versus the RAIDERS…KREBS’ goal was the game-winner…Goaltender PAYTON LEE surpassed 5,000 career saves January 18 against PRINCE ALBERT…LEE appeared in his 200th career regular season game January 14 in BRANDON…Forward MAX PATTERSON recorded his first career multi-goal game January 18 against the RAIDERS…PATTERSON played in his 100th career WHL game January 14 versus the WHEAT KINGS…Defensemen KURTIS RUTLEDGE and HINES both played in their 100th career games January 18 versus PRINCE ALBERT…RUTLEDGE recorded his first point as a member of the ICE (assist) January 18 against the RAIDERS…Forwards DAVIS and COLTON KROEKER both scored their first goals in KOOTENAY uniforms January 13 in BRANDON…DAVIS and KROEKER collected their first points with the ICE (both assists) in their KOOTENAY debuts January 11 at SWIFT CURRENT… KROEKER has 12 points (2-10-12) in 12 career games versus the TIGERS…The ICE are operating at a 30.4 percent efficiency on the power play over the past six games (seven goals on 23 opportunities)…The KOOTENAY ICE collected their 700th victory since moving to CRANBROOK in 1998 January 7 in SPOKANE, and hold an all-time record in the EAST KOOTE- NAY of 702-501-141…Including tonight’s action, the ICE will play ten of their next 13 games at home.

TRANSACTIONS: The ICE returned Forward PEYTON KREBS (January 26, 2001) to the FOOTHILLS BISONS of the MIDGET HOCKEY LEAGUE January 22…KOOTENAY returned Defenseman LOEDEN SCHAUFLER (April 27, 2000) to the of the SASKATCHEWAN MIDGET HOCKEY LEAGUE January 22…The ICE acquired Forward BRETT DAVIS (June 1, 1999), Forward COLTON KROEKER (January 21, 1997) and second and fourth round selections in the 2018 WHL BANTAM DRAFT from the in exchange for Forward MATT ALFARO (August 6, 1996), Forward ZAK ZBOROSKY (October 15, 1996) and a sixth round pick in the 2018 WHL BANTAM DRAFT January 9.

INJURIES: Forward BARRETT SHEEN will be out of the KOOTENAY lineup four to five weeks with an upper body injury…Defenseman NIKITA RADZIVILYUK will be out of the ICE lineup two weeks with an upper body injury…Defenseman SAM HUSTON will be out of the KOOTENAY lineup one week with an upper body injury…Defenseman CALE FLEURY will be out of the ICE lineup day to day with a lower body injury…Forward VINCE LOSCHIAVO will be out of the KOOTENAY lineup day to day with an upper body injury Defenseman RYAN POULIOT will be out of the ICE lineup day to day with a lower body injury.

ONE YEAR AGO: After 48 games of the 2015-16 season the ICE were 8-36-4-0, after 49 games 8-37-4-0 and after 50 games 8-38-4-0.

TONIGHT’S OFFICIALS: The Referees for tonight’s game are TYLER ADAIR and JASON CRAMER…The Linesmen are CHRIS MOTTL and MIKE ROBERTS.

F R E E Z E ∙ 2016-2017 EDITION 3 HEAD TO HEAD

Team Record 11-97-7-1 Team Record 31-15-1-0 Division Ranking 6th Central Division Ranking 1st Central Conference Ranking 11th Eastern Conference Ranking 3rd Eastern League Ranking 21st League Ranking 5th Past 10 Games 4-6-0-0 Past 10 Games 5-5-0-0 Streak 0-2-0-0 Streak 0-1-0-0 Last Game 2-5 L at Spokane Last Game 2-5 L at Brandon Home Record 6-12-5-0 Home Record 15-7-1-0 Away Record 5-17-2-1 Away Record 16-8-0-0 Goals For 126 Goals For 224 Goals Against 211 Goals Against 168 PP % 29/176 - 16.5 PP % 61/218 - 28.0 PP Home % 14/88 - 15.9 PP Home % 27/105 - 25.7 PP Away % 15/88 - 17.0 PP Away % 34/113 - 30.1 PK % 77.1 PK % 81.1 PK Home % 81.4 PK Home % 81.1 PK Away % 73.5 PK Away % 81.1 Team PIM/GM 12.7/Game Team PIM/GM 12.8/Game Leading After 1st 5-2-0-1 Leading After 1st 16-3-1-0 Leading After 2nd 8-1-2-1 Leading After 2nd 22-1-0-0 Tied After 1st 4-10-3-0 Tied After 1st 12-5-0-0 Tied After 2nd 1-4-5-0 Tied After 2nd 5-0-1-0 Trailing After 1st 2-17-4-0 Trailing After 1st 3-7-0-0 Trailing After 2nd 2-24-0-0 Trailing After 2nd 4-14-0-0

F R E E Z E ∙ 2016-2017 EDITION 4

SCORING

Kootenay ICE Regular Season Scoring Regular Season Scoring GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM 21 Colton Kroeker 47 8 26 34 12 21 Chad Butcher 43 21 49 70 49 4 Cale Fleury 48 8 20 28 45 18 Mason Shaw 46 15 51 66 47 18 Vince Loschiavo 44 15 10 25 12 11 Steven Owre 46 17 41 58 46 17 Austin Wellsby 48 6 11 17 19 19 David Quenneville 38 20 28 48 31 22 Brett Davis 35 10 6 16 4 7 Matt Bradley 46 19 29 48 53 10 Barrett Sheen 43 7 8 15 107 12 John Dahlstrom 43 21 23 44 10 12 Noah Philp 48 6 9 15 8 9 Zach Fischer 41 25 16 41 110 8 Dallas Hines 43 3 12 15 18 4 Clayton Kirichenko 47 5 35 40 23 2 Troy Murray 43 3 10 13 58 16 Max Gerlach 47 25 14 39 24 7 Ryan Pouliot 44 1 11 12 71 27 Mark Rassell 47 20 17 37 16 27 Jake Elmer 24 4 6 10 8 10 James Hamblin 47 11 13 24 22 23 Max Patterson 39 5 3 8 16 15 Ty Schultz 44 3 18 21 15 15 Fedor Rudakov 39 4 3 7 26 14 Ryan Jevne 47 6 12 18 21 25 Tanner Sidaway 42 2 5 7 59 5 Kristians Rubins 33 3 13 16 6 14 Keenan Taphorn 47 3 3 6 6 2 Brad Forrest 47 1 10 11 22 3 Kurtis Rutledge 38 2 4 6 21 28 Jordan Henderson 42 1 9 10 24 20 Michael King 42 2 3 5 8 22 Tyler Preziuso 46 2 6 8 15 9 Reed Morison 41 1 4 5 8 29 Ryan Chyzowski 34 5 1 6 2 6 Sam Huston 31 1 4 5 7 26 Dalton Gally 35 0 5 5 34 26 Kaeden Taphorn 24 2 2 4 6 6 Dylan MacPherson 26 0 4 4 6 5 Nikita Radzivilyuk 20 1 0 1 20 17 Gary Haden 18 3 0 3 9

GP MIN GA SO Svs AVE PCT GP MIN GA SO Svs AVE PCT 30 Payton Lee 34 1893 125 0 1148 3.96 .902 31 Nick Schneider 39 2209 122 0 992 3.31 .890 29 Jakob Walter 19 866 65 0 482 4.50 .881 30 Michael Bullion 17 907 57 0 445 3.77 .886

as of January 24, 2017 as of January 24, 2017

JANUARY 22, 2017 JANUARY 24, 2017 Prince Albert 3 at Calgary 2 OT Medicine Hat at Kootenay, 7:00 PM Moose Jaw 2 at Edmonton 0 Kamloops at Portland, 8:00 PM Spokane 4 at Everett 3 SO Seattle at Spokane, 8:05 PM Brandon 2 at Regina 5 Swift Current 3 at Saskatoon 6

JANUARY 23, 2017 Prince George 2 at Vancouver 1 SO

F R E E Z E ∙ 2016-2017 EDITION 6 The KOOTENAY ICE enter tonight’s action with an 11-29-7-1 record The MEDICINE HAT TIGERSS enter tonight’s action with a 31-15-1-0 (6-12-5-0 at home, 5-17-2-1 on the road, 1-7 in overtime, 2-1 in record (15-7-1-0 at home, 16-8-0-0 on the road, 2-1 in overtime, 2-0 shootouts), and in sixth place in the CENTRAL DIVISION. in shootouts), and in first place in the CENTRAL DIVISION.

MP. SH. GA. SA. MP. SH. GA. SA. 29 Jakob Walter (99) 30 Michael Bullion (97) 30 Payton Lee (96) 31 Nick Schneider (97) G A PTS PIM G A PTS PIM 2 Troy Murray (97) 2 Brad Forrest (97) 3 Kurtis Rutledge (97) 4 Clayton Kirichenko (96) 4 Cale Fleury (98) 5 Kristians Rubins (97) 5 Nikita Radzivilyuk (99) 6 Dylan MacPherson (98) 6 Sam Huston (99) 7 Matt Bradley (97) 7 Ryan Pouliot (98) 9 Zach Fischer (97) 8 Dallas Hines (98) 10 James Hamblin (99) 9 Reed Morison (98) 11 Steven Owre (96) 10 Barrett Sheen (98) 12 John Dahlstrom (97) 12 Noah Philp (98) 14 Ryan Jevne (98) 14 Keenan Taphorn (00) 15 Ty Schultz (97) 15 Fedor Rudakov (98) 16 Max Gerlach (98) 17 Austin Wellsby (97) 17 Gary Haden (99) 18 Vince Loschiavo (98) 18 Mason Shaw (98) 20 Michael King (00) 19 David Quenneville (98) 21 Colton Kroeker (97) 21 Chad Butcher (96) 22 Brett Davis (99) 22 Tyler Preziuso (99) 23 Max Patterson (99) 26 Dalton Gally (98) 25 Tanner Sidaway (99) 27 Mark Rassell (97) 26 Kaeden Taphorn (00) 28 Jordan Henderson (97) 27 Jake Elmer (98) 29 Ryan Chyzowski (00)

General Manager: Jeff Chynoweth GM / Head Coach: Shaun Clouston Head Coach: Luke Pierce Assistant Coach: Joe Fraser Assistant Coach: Gordon Burnett Assistant Coach: Bobby Fox Assistant Coach: Roman Vopat Athletic Therapist / Trainer / Equipment Manager: Mikki Lanuk Equipment Manager: Darcy Ewanchuk Athletic Consultant: Cory Cameron

Referees: Tyler Adair, Jason Cramer Linesmen: Chris Mottl, Mike Roberts

UPCOMING HOME GAMES

Friday, January 27: ICE vs. Spokane, 7:00 PM presented by College of the Rockies

Saturday, January 28: ICE vs. Calgary, 7:00 PM presented by BDO Canada LLP

Wednesday, February 1: ICE vs. Medicine Hat, 7:00 PM presented by Canadian Mental Health Association

F R E E Z E ∙ 2016-2017 EDITION 7 LEAGUE LEADERS

POINTS GP PTS GOALS GP G 1 - Sam Steel 38 83 1 - Jayden Halbgewachs 48 38 2 - Adam Brooks Regina Pats 38 80 2 - Tyler Steenbergen Swift Current Broncos 49 35 3 - J. Halbgewachs Moose Jaw Warriors 48 73 3 - Matthew Phillips Victoria Royals 47 35 4 - Chad Butcher Medicine Hat Tigers 43 70 4 - Sam Steel Regina Pats 38 34 5 - Tyler Wong Lethbridge Hurricanes 45 67 5 - Tyler Wong Lethbridge Hurricanes 45 34 6 - Mason Shaw Medicine Hat Tigers 46 66 7 - Brayden Burke Moose Jaw Warriors 43 64 ASSISTS GP A 8 - Tyler Steenbergen Swift Current Broncos 49 63 1 - Adam Brooks Regina Pats 38 55 9 - Kailer Yamamoto Spokane Chiefs 41 62 2 - Mason Shaw Medicine Hat Tigers 46 51 10 - Dawson Leedahl Regina Pats 44 61 3 - Sam Steel Regina Pats 38 49 11 - Aleksi Heponiemi Swift Current Broncos 49 61 4 - Brayden Burke Moose Jaw Warriors 43 49 12 - Morgan Geekie Tri-City Americans 50 60 5 - Chad Butcher Medicine Hat Tigers 43 49 13 - Matthew Phillips Victoria Royals 47 59 14 - Nikita Popugaev Prince George Cougars 51 59 POWER-PLAY GOALS PPG 15 - Cody Glass 45 59 1 - David Quenneville Medicine Hat Tigers 14 16 - Giorgio Estephan Lethbridge Hurricanes 44 58 2 - Max Gerlach Medicine Hat Tigers 14 17 - Kole Lind Kelowna Rockets 47 58 3 - Michael Rasmussen Tri-City Americans 14 18 - Steven Owre Medicine Hat Tigers 46 58 19 - Patrick Bajkov Everett Silvertips 45 56 SHORT-HANDED GOALS SHG 20 - Michael Spacek 38 56 1 - Mark Rassell Medicine Hat Tigers 6 21 - Skyler McKenzie Portland Winterhawks 46 53 2 - Austin Wagner Regina Pats 4 22 - Matteo Gennaro 43 53 3 - Sam Steel Regina Pats 4 23 - Deven Sideroff Kamloops Blazers 46 53 24 - Connor Hobbs Regina Pats 40 53 GAME-WINNING GOALS GWG 25 - Tyler Sandhu Tri-City Americans 50 53 1 - Deven Sideroff Kamloops Blazers 8 2 - Tyler Steenbergen Swift Current Broncos 7 3 - several tied with 6 as of January 24, 2017 MINUTES PIM 1 - Zach Fischer Medicine Hat Tigers 110 2 - Barrett Sheen Kootenay ICE 107 3 - Dalton Yorke Tri-City Americans 101 4 - Kody McDonald Prince George Cougars 84 5 - Rodney Southam Kelowna Rockets 84

PLUS / MINUS +/- 1 - Sergey Zborovskiy Regina Pats +54 2 - Chase Harrison Regina Pats +40 3 - Adam Brooks Regina Pats +35

GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE GP GAA 1 - Carter Hart Everett Silvertips 30 1.90 2 - Connor Ingram Kamloops Blazers 27 2.18 3 - Ty Edmonds Prince George Cougars 37 2.40 4 - Rylan Toth 37 2.68 5 - Griffen Outhouse Victoria Royals 45 2.74

SAVE PERCENTAGE GP SV% 1 - Connor Ingram Kamloops Blazers 27 .932 2 - Carter Hart Everett Silvertips 30 .927 3 - Griffen Outhouse Victoria Royals 45 .919 4 - Zach Sawchenko Moose Jaw Warriors 31 .918 5 - Dylan Ferguson Kamloops Blazers 22 .918

SHUTOUTS SO 1 - Carter Hart Everett Silvertips 6 2 - Griffen Outhouse Victoria Royals 4 3 - Riley Lamb Red Deer Rebels 3

F R E E Z E ∙ 2016-2017 EDITION 8 TONIGHT’S OPPONENT LAST OUTING: Tonight’s game is the fourth meeting of seven this season against the ICE as the Tigers look to get back into the win column. Medi- cine Hat comes off a 5-2 loss in Brandon on Saturday night. Kootenay is also coming off a 5-2 loss to Spokane Saturday. Max Gerlach and Mason Shaw scored the Tigers goals against the Wheat Kings three nights ago, while netminder Nick Schneider made 32 saves in goal. Brandon was 3-3 on the power play Saturday night.

LAST MEETING: The Tigers have won each of the three previous meetings this season against the Kootenay ICE, most recently a 5-2 triumph in Cran- brook on November 15. Matt Bradley scored twice, while Mark Rassell led all point-getters with a goal and two assists.

2016-17 SEASON SERIES: Wednesday, October 19: Kootenay 3 at Medicine Hat 10 Friday, October 21: Medicine Hat 4 at Kootenay 1 Tuesday, November 15: Medicine Hat 5 at Kootenay 2 Tuesday, January 24: Medicine Hat at Kootenay Tuesday, January 31: Kootenay at Medicine Hat Wednesday, February 1: Medicine Hat at Kootenay Tuesday, March 7: Kootenay at Medicine Hat

2016-17 STATISTICAL LEADERS: Goals (25) – Zach Fischer, Max Gerlach Assists (51) – Mason Shaw Points (70) – Chad Butcher Power Play Goals (14) – Gerlach, David Quenneville Penalty Minutes (110) – Fischer

UPCOMING SCHEDULE: Friday, January 27 vs. Edmonton Saturday, January 28 vs. Brandon Tuesday, January 31 vs. Kootenay ICE WHL STANDINGS as of January 24, 2017 EAST DIVISION GP W L OTL SL GF GA PTS PCT Regina Pats 44 31 6 6 1 238 142 65 .784 Moose Jaw Warriors 48 29 12 6 1 171 154 65 .677 Swift Current Broncos 49 25 16 3 5 176 169 58 .592

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTL SL GF GA PTS PCT Medicine Hat Tigers 47 31 15 1 0 224 168 66 .670 Lethbridge Hurricanes 48 26 15 4 3 184 181 59 .615 Red Deer Rebels 48 21 20 4 3 156 174 49 .510

EASTERN WILD CARD GP W L OTL SL GF GA PTS PCT Brandon Wheat Kings 46 23 18 4 1 154 154 51 .554 Saskatoon Blades 48 20 22 5 1 129 174 46 .479 Calgary Hitmen 46 17 21 6 2 129 182 42 .457 47 18 25 3 1 140 171 40 .426 Kootenay ICE 48 11 29 7 1 126 211 30 .313 50 11 34 3 2 124 212 27 .270

B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTL SL GF GA PTS PCT Prince George Cougars 50 34 13 3 0 172 138 71 .710 Kamloops Blazers 48 29 16 1 2 164 128 61 .635 Kelowna Rockets 48 27 17 4 0 164 146 58 .604

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTL SL GF GA PTS PCT Everett Silvertips 45 30 6 7 2 153 98 69 .767 Tri-City Americans 50 29 18 3 0 182 168 61 .610 Seattle Thunderbirds 44 25 15 3 1 139 123 54 .614

WESTERN WILD CARD GP W L OTL SL GF GA PTS PCT Victoria Royals 49 26 19 4 0 165 146 56 .571 Portland Winterhawks 46 22 21 1 2 169 164 47 .511 Spokane Chiefs 47 20 20 5 2 155 164 47 .500 Vancouver Giants 48 17 27 1 3 139 186 38 .396 F R E E Z E ∙ 2016-2017 EDITION 9 MEET THE ICE

#2 TROY MURRAY #3 KURTIS RUTLEDGE Defence 6’1” 208 lbs Defence 6’2” 203 lbs Born: September 12, 1997 Born: June 2, 1997 Hometown: White City, SK Hometown: Calgary, AB Shoots: Left Shoots: Right Acquired: 2012 WHL Bantam Draft Acquired: trade with TRI (Dec. 2016) 2015-16 Club: Kootenay ICE 2015-16 Club: Tri-City Americans GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM 63 0 11 11 64 58 1 6 7 28

#4 CALE FLEURY #5 NIKITA RADZIVILYUK Defence 6’1” 203 lbs Defence 6’1” 190 lbs Born: November 19, 1998 Born: March 9, 1999 Hometown: Calgary, AB Hometown: Tyumen, RUS Shoots: Right Shoots: Left Acquired: 2013 WHL Bantam Draft Acquired: 2016 CHL Import Draft 2015-16 Club: Kootenay ICE 2015-16 Club: Tyumenski Legion (RUS) GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM 61 8 17 25 45 26 3 8 11 36

#6 SAM HUSTON #7 RYAN POULIOT Defence 6’5” 188 lbs Defence 6’2” 176 lbs Born: May 31, 1999 Born: May 26, 1998 Hometown: Brandon, MB Hometown: North Vancouver, BC Shoots: Left Shoots: Right Acquired: 2014 WHL Bantam Draft Acquired: Trade with RD (Jan. 2016) 2015-16 Club: Brandon (MMHL) 2015-16 Club: Red Deer / Kootenay GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM 24 4 14 18 32 39 0 4 4 28

#8 DALLAS HINES #9 REED MORISON Defence 6’3” 196 lbs Forward 6’2” 202 lbs Born: February 5, 1998 Born: June 9, 1998 Hometown: Marwayne, AB Hometown: Calgary, AB Shoots: Left Shoots: Left Acquired: 2013 WHL Bantam Draft Acquired: Trade wtih POR (Nov. 2015) 2015-16 Club: Kootenay ICE 2015-16 Club: Calgary Canucks (AJHL) GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM 59 4 6 10 16 42 8 14 22 6

#10 BARRETT SHEEN Forward 6’4” 218 lbs Born: September 20, 1998 Hometown: Airdrie, AB Shoots: Left Acquired: Trade with LET (Sept. 2016) 2014-15 Club: Lethbridge Hurricanes GP G A PTS PIM 46 4 8 12 6

F R E E Z E ∙ 2016-2017 EDITION 10 MEET THE ICE

#12 NOAH PHILP #14 KEENAN TAPHORN Forward 6’1” 175 lbs Forward 6’1” 165 lbs Born: August 31, 1998 Born: January 3, 2000 Hometown: Canmore, AB Hometown: Yorkton, SK Shoots: Right Shoots: Right Acquired: Listed player (Sept. 2014) Acquired: 2015 WHL Bantam Draft 2015-16 Club: Kootenay ICE 2015-16 Club: Yorkton (SMHL) GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM 67 6 16 22 14 42 6 19 25 4

#15 FEDOR RUDAKOV #16 SHANE ALLAN Defence 6’0” 179 lbs Forward 6’2” 174 lbs Born: June 21, 1998 Born: December 19, 1997 Hometown: Calgary, AB Hometown: Calgary, AB Shoots: Left Shoots: Right Acquired: Listed player (Aug. 2016) Acquired: 2012 WHL Bantam Draft 2015-16 Club: North York (OJHL) 2015-16 Club: Kootenay ICE GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM 51 9 19 28 46 66 3 3 6 37

#17 AUSTIN WELLSBY #18 VINCE LOSCHIAVO Forward 6’3” 192 lbs Forward 6’2” 188 lbs Born: June 30, 1997 Born: March 21, 1998 Hometown: Chilliwack, BC Hometown: Winnipeg, MB Shoots: Right Shoots: Right Acquired: 2012 WHL Bantam Draft Acquired: 2013 WHL Bantam Draft 2015-16 Club: Kootenay ICE 2015-16 Club: Kootenay ICE GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM 64 8 8 16 16 61 4 6 10 34

#20 MICHAEL KING Forward 6’0” 166 lbs Born: February 17, 2000 Hometown: Winnipeg, MB Shoots: Left Acquired: 2015 WHL Bantam Draft 2015-16 Club: Winnipeg Thrashers (MMHL) GP G A PTS PIM 40 5 13 18 6

F R E E Z E ∙ 2016-2017 EDITION 11 MEET THE ICE

#21 COLTON KROEKER #22 BRETT DAVIS Forward 6’2” 189 lbs Forward 6’1” 181 lbs Born: January 21, 1997 Born: June 1, 1999 Hometown: Surrey, BC Hometown: Oakbank, MB Shoots: Right Shoots: Left Acquired: Trade with LET (Jan. 2017) Acquired: Trade with LET (Jan. 2017) 2015-16 Club: Regina / Lethbridge 2015-16 Club: Lethbridge Hurricanes GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM 62 13 13 26 10 53 5 4 9 17

#23 MAX PATTERSON #25 TANNER SIDAWAY Forward 6’5” 202 lbs Forward 6’0” 181 lbs Born: December 27, 1999 Born: April 29, 1999 Hometown: Kamloops, BC Hometown: Victoria, BC Shoots: Right Shoots: Left Acquired: 2014 WHL Bantam Draft Acquired: Trade with RD (Jan. 2016) 2015-16 Club: Kootenay ICE 2015-16 Club: Westshore (VIJHL) GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM 64 7 3 10 22 38 9 5 14 120

#26 KAEDEN TAPHORN #27 JAKE ELMER Forward 6’1” 168 lbs Forward 6’1” 175 lbs Born: January 3, 2000 Born: December 31, 1998 Hometown: Yorkton, SK Hometown: Calgary, AB Shoots: Left Shoots: Right Acquired: Trade with VAN (Jan. 2016) Acquired: Trade with REG (Nov. 2016) 2015-16 Club: Yorkton (SMHL) 2015-16 Club: Grande Prairie (AJHL) GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM 42 12 20 32 12 20 1 3 4 28

#29 JAKOB WALTER #30 PAYTON LEE Goaltender 6’2” 196 lbs Goaltender 6’1” 188 lbs Born: May 16, 1999 Born: June 24, 1996 Hometown: Langley, BC Hometown: Cranbrook, BC Catches: Left Catches: Left Acquired: 2014 WHL Bantam Draft Acquired: Trade with EDM (May 2016) 2015-16 Club: Nanaimo (BCHL) 2015-16 Club: Vancouver / Edmonton GP MIN SO GAA SV% GP MIN SO GAA SV% 13 655 0 3.66 .880 40 2,168 1 3.38 .887

F R E E Z E ∙ 2016-2017 EDITION 12 ICE CAREER LEADERS

GAMES PLAYED GOALS ASSISTS 1 - Dale Mahovsky 344 1 - Nigel Dawes 159 1 - Sam Reinhart 199 2 - Joe Antilla 340 2 - Jarret Stoll 124 2 - Jarret Stoll 162 3 - Kevin King 335 3 - Sam Reinhart 120 3 - Jaedon Descheneau 161 4 - Colin Sinclair 325 T4 - Jaedon Descheneau 111 4 - Dale Mahovsky 148 5 - Adam Taylor 324 T4 - Dustin Sylvester 111 5 - Max Reinhart 141

POINTS POWER PLAY GOALS SHORT-HANDED GOALS 1 - Sam Reinhart 319 1 - Nigel Dawes 60 1 - Dustin Sylvester 15 2 - Jarret Stoll 286 2 - Jarret Stoll 54 2 - Duncan Milroy 11 T3 - Nigel Dawes 272 3 - Andrew Bailey 39 3 - Ryan Russell 10 T3 - Jaedon Descheneau 272 4 - Ryan Russell 37 4 - Max Reinhart 9 5 - Dustin Sylvester 251 5 - Steve DaSilva 34 T5 - Steve DaSilva 8 T5 - Jay Henderson 8

GAME-WINNING GOALS PENALTY MINUTES 1 - Nigel Dawes 29 1 - Graham Belak 817 2 - Dustin Sylvester 22 2 - Dion Lassu 657 T3 - Andrew Bailey 21 3 - Dean Arsene 529 T3 - Sam Reinhart 21 4 - Jason Norrie 482 5 - Steve DaSilva 19 5 - Kyle Sheen 434

GOALTENDING LEADERS

GAMES PLAYED MINUTES PLAYED WINS 1 - Nathan Lieuwen 175 1 - Nathan Lieuwen 9,781 1 - Nathan Lieuwen 85 2 - Wyatt Hoflin 162 2 - Wyatt Hoflin 8,765 2 - Taylor Dakers 82 3 - Jeff Glass 143 3 - Jeff Glass 8,206 3 - Jeff Glass 75 4 - Mackenzie Skapski 141 4 - Mackenzie Skapski 7,928 4 - Mackenzie Skapski 74 5 - Taylor Dakers 137 5 - Taylor Dakers 7,661 5 - Dan Blackburn 67

SAVES GOALS-AGAINST AVERAGE SAVE PERCENTAGE 1 - Wyatt Hoflin 4,435 1 - Jeff Glass 2.16 1 - Jeff Glass .918 2 - Nathan Lieuwen 4,188 2 - Taylor Dakers 2.26 2 - Taylor Dakers .916 3 - Mackenzie Skapski 3,672 3 - Dan Blackburn 2.64 3 - Dan Blackburn .910 4 - Jeff Glass 3,296 4 - Thomas Heemskerk 2.75 4 - Kris Lazaruk .909 5 - Taylor Dakers 3,158 5 - Nathan Lieuwen 2.76 5 - Mackenzie Skapski .908

SHUTOUTS 1 - Taylor Dakers 18 2 - Jeff Glass 17 3 - Nathan Lieuwen 9 4 - Mackenzie Skapski 8 5 - Wyatt Hoflin 6

* - denotes active player

F R E E Z E ∙ 2016-2017 EDITION 13 ICE CORPORATE PARTNERS

Anywear Garment Co. Wildstone Golf Course Arby’s Tamarack Shopping Centre Ashley Furniture Home Store Teck Coal Ltd. B.A. Blacktop Tim Hortons Scotiabank Victoria Ave. Pet & Car Wash BCAA A&W BC Government Employees Union BDO Arby’s Canada LLP Western Financial Group BMO Nesbitt Burns All Weather Windows Bombardier Canada Insurance Brokers Association Booster Juice Kal Tire Bighorn Helicopters Sandman Hotels Boston Pizza Shaw Caldwell Agencies Ltd. RE/MAX Safeway Canadian 2 for 1 Pizza Canfor Canadian Tire Capitol Tire/Toyo Tire CIBC CIBC Wood Gundy City Glass City of Cranbrook College of the Rockies Columbia Basin Trust Columbia Theatre Cranbrook Building Centre Ltd. Cranbrook Chiropractic & Wellness Centre Cranbrook Water Conditioning Crystal Glass Dacota Freight Dairy Queen Days Inn Cranbrook Denham Ford BC Ltd. Dixon’s Service Centre Drain Pro Plumbing Services East Side Mario’s Fas Gas Plus Fitness Inc. Great Canadian Liquor Warehouse Haddad Financial Services Inc. Heritage Inn Inland Kenworth Jewels on Ninth Jim Pattison Broadcast Group McDonald’s McSweeney’s Koocanusa Publications East Kootenay Community Credit Union Mr. Mikes SteakhouseCasual Mister Tire Mitech Business Systems Mitech Communications Monat OK Tire Kootenay Christian Academy Paulson Fire and Flood Peak Security Services Pharmasave Prestige Hotels & Resorts Proteck Hazardous Materials Manage-ment Pro Vision Optical RBC Dominion Securities Rockies Law Corporation Rocky Mountain Collision MainRoad / Salvador Ready Mix Selkirk Beverages Selkirk Signs Southeast Disposal Steeples Construction Ltd.

F R E E Z E ∙ 2016-2017 EDITION 14 NHL DRAFTED ICE PLAYERS

1997 53. Graham Belak – 114. David Darguzas – Vancouver Canucks 166. Kris Knoblauch – 246. Jay Henderson –

1999 23. Steve McCarthy – 89. Kyle Wanvig – Boston Bruins

2000 46. Jarret Stoll –

2001 10. Dan Blackburn – 227. Marek Svatos – Colorado Avalanche

2002 36. Jarret Stoll – 162. Gerard Dicaire – Tampa Bay Lightning 224. Adam Taylor – Carolina Hurricanes

2003 149. Nigel Dawes – New York Rangers

2004 89. Jeff Glass – Ottawa Senators 279. Adam Cracknell – Calgary Flames

2005 140. Taylor Dakers – 179. Brett Sutter – Calgary Flames 211. Ryan Russell – New York Rangers

2006 49. Ben Maxwell –

2007 70. John Negrin – Calgary Flames 207. Ryan Molle –

2009 66. Brayden McNabb –

2010 64. Max Reinhart – Calgary Flames 73. Joey Leach – Calgary Flames 166. Drew Czerwonka – Edmonton Oilers

2011 167. Nathan Lieuwen - Buffalo Sabres

2013 170. Mackenzie Skapski - New York Rangers

2014 2. Sam Reinhart - Buffalo Sabres 68. Rinat Valiev - 124. Jaedon Descheneau - St. Louis Blues 139. Tanner Faith - Minnesota Wild

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