Springfield Thunderbirds Player Bios
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T-Birds Bios, 2018-19 Season Springfield Thunderbirds Player Bios 2018-19 Season 1 T-Birds Bios, 2018-19 Season GOALTENDERS: #33 Sam Montembeault Position: Goaltender Catches: Left Born: Oct 30 1996 – Arthabaska, QC [22 yrs old] Height/Weight: 6’ 3”, 192 lbs Draft: FLA - 3rd Round (77th overall) 2015 NHL Draft SEASON NOTES, 2018-19: Registered third career shutout with 35-save performance in first start of season in 7-0 win @ Lehigh Valley on October 12, 2018… Set franchise record with 15th career win in 6-3 victory over Providence on October 14, 2018… Picked up second career assist in same game… Won third straight start with 30 saves on Oct. 19 @ LAV... Improved to 4-0 on season with 26 saves on 28 shots in 4-2 W vs. PRO 10/27... Made season-high 40 saves to improve to 5-0 on season in 3-2 W vs. BRI, 11/2/18… Registered first loss at MassMutual Center on 12/22/18 vs. PRO... CAREER NOTES: Picked up second pro shutout with 21 saves in 4-0 win vs. Utica on March 10, 2018... Broke his own SPR franchise record with 47 saves on 48 shots at PRO January 21, 2018 in 2-0 loss... Started SPR franchise record 11 straight games from December 13 to January 12... Picked up first AHL win w/ career-best 38 saves vs. Hartford on November 3rd, 2017… .Finished 2nd in the QMJHL in GAA in 2016-17 season (2.40), led the QMJHL with 6 shutouts en route to a 28-9-1 record and .907 save%... Finished four-year junior career with 87 victories… Played in CHL Top Prospects Game in 2014-15 season… named QMJHL second team All Star in 2016-17… Season Team Lge GP Min GA EN SO GAA W L OT Svs Pct ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013-14 Blainville-Boisbriand Arm QMJHL 14 714 28 0 0 2.35 9 1 1 246 0.898 2014-15 Blainville-Boisbriand Arm QMJHL 52 3104 134 3 3 2.59 33 11 7 1100 0.891 2015-16 Blainville-Boisbriand Arm QMJHL 47 2711 119 7 3 2.63 17 19 8 1083 0.901 2016-17 Blainville-Boisbriand Arm QMJHL 41 2226 89 0 6 2.40 28 9 0 873 0.907 2017-18 Florida Panthers NHL 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.000 2017-18 Springfield Thunderbirds AHL 41 2196 119 7 2 3.25 13 23 2 1023 0.896 2018-19 Springfield Thunderbirds AHL 36 2003 106 3 1 3.17 13 14 7 953 0.900 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 T-Birds Bios, 2018-19 Season #60 Chris Driedger Position: Goaltender Catches: Left Born: May 18, 1994 - Winnipeg, MAN [24 yrs old] Height/Weight: 6’3”, 210 lbs Draft: OTT- 3rd Round (76th overall) 2012 NHL Entry Draft Season Notes: Picked up first regulation loss @ BRI on 11/3… Made Thunderbirds debut vs. Lehigh Valley in home opening shootout loss on October 13, 2018… Collected 30 saves in the losing effort… Recorded first shutout as a T-Bird with 40 saves in 3-0 win @ HFD 1/19/19 Career Notes: Signed a one-year AHL contract with Springfield Thunderbirds on July 3, 2018 after being released by Ottawa Senators… Made his NHL debut on March 26, 2015 vs. New York Rangers… Signed a three-year entry level contract with Ottawa on April 1, 2014… In his time with the Calgary Hitmen, Driedger holds the franchise record for saves with a total of 3,773 - 399 more than Martin Jones, the previous record holder… On February 1, 2014, Driedger became the sixth goaltender in WHL history (and first in Hitmen history) to score a goal after the puck was inadvertently put in the Kootenay Ice empty net… Has allowed four goals in three NHL appearances for Ottawa Senators… Has a professional record of 56-79… Holds a career save percentage of .908 and a Goals Against Average of 2.16… Was named to the CHL/NHL Top Prospects game during the 2011-12 season... Season Team Lge GP Min GA EN SO GAA W L T Svs Pct ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010-11 Tri-City Americans WHL 22 977 57 3 0 3.50 6 6 1 421 0.881 2011-12 Calgary Hitmen WHL 44 2294 107 5 3 2.80 24 12 3 923 0.896 2012-13 Calgary Hitmen WHL 54 3199 134 3 2 2.51 36 14 4 1437 0.915 2013-14 Calgary Hitmen WHL 50 2892 127 5 3 2.64 28 14 7 1413 0.918 2013-14 Elmira Jackals ECHL 4 199 13 1 0 3.92 1 2 0 109 0.893 2013-14 Binghamton Senators AHL 1 26 2 0 0 4.58 0 0 0 20 0.909 2014-15 Evansville Icemen ECHL 40 2253 142 4 2 3.78 8 27 4 1098 0.885 2014-15 Binghamton Senators AHL 8 401 17 0 0 2.55 6 0 0 204 0.923 2014-15 Ottawa Senators NHL 1 23 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 10 1.000 2015-16 Binghamton Senators AHL 39 2228 105 4 1 2.83 18 15 4 1083 0.912 2015-16 Ottawa Senators NHL 1 32 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 11 1.000 2016-17 Binghamton Senators AHL 34 1918 103 3 1 3.22 12 19 1 932 0.900 2016-17 Ottawa Senators NHL 1 40 4 0 0 6.00 0 1 0 11 0.733 2016-17 Wichita Thunder ECHL 2 120 9 1 0 4.51 0 2 0 64 0.877 2017-18 Belleville Senators AHL 10 490 33 2 0 4.04 2 5 0 254 0.885 2017-18 Brampton Beast ECHL 17 1014 43 3 0 2.55 9 7 1 505 0.922 2018-19 Manchester Monarchs ECHL 12 676 31 1 0 2.75 6 5 0 318 0.911 2018-19 Springfield Thunderbirds AHL 15 816 39 1 0 2.87 7 5 1 407 0.913 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 T-Birds Bios, 2018-19 Season DEFENSEMEN: #6 Chris Wideman Position: Defenseman Shoots: Right Born: January 7, 1990 [29 yrs. old] Height/Weight: 5’10”, 183 lbs Drafted: OTT- 4th Rnd., 100th overall 2009 NHL Draft Season Notes: Made T-Birds debut 1/11/19 vs. HER and collected three assists, including two on the power play… Acquired by Florida (NHL) from Edmonton in trade for Alexander Petrovic on Dec. 29, 2018… Was acquired by Edmonton from Ottawa on Nov. 22, 2018 for conditional 6th round pick… Has played in a combined 25 games… Has tallied 2 goals, 5 assists (7 points)... Also tallied 16 penalty minutes and a -12 player rating… Picked up first two goals as Thunderbird in 5- 1 W @ PRO 2/17/19... Career Notes: Drafted in 4th round, #100 overall by Ottawa Senators… Was named to AHL All-Star Game during 2014-15 season while playing for Binghamton Senators… Also won Eddie Shore Award for Best Defenseman during same season… Was teammates with fellow T-Bird Chris Driedger in Ottawa system… Made professional debut Nov. 2, 2012 @ Norfolk and registered his first career point… Also recorded three multi-point games and had four-game point streak from Feb. 23-Mar. 2 in same season… Competed in every game during college career at Miami University (NCAA)... Played in every game while with the RedHawks… Competed in 163 games (3rd most in school history) , tallying 24 points… First among defenseman and fifth on team… ---- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ---- Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2006-07 St. Louis Bandits NAHL 1 0 0 0 0 2007-08 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders USHL 53 2 10 12 51 1 0 0 0 0 2008-09 Miami University (Ohio) CCHA 39 0 26 26 56 2009-10 Miami University (Ohio) CCHA 44 5 17 22 63 2010-11 Miami University (Ohio) CCHA 39 3 20 23 32 2011-12 Miami University (Ohio) CCHA 41 4 20 24 40 2012-13 Elmira Jackals ECHL 5 0 5 5 7 -- -- -- -- -- 2012-13 Binghamton Senators AHL 60 2 16 18 46 3 1 2 3 2 2013-14 Binghamton Senators AHL 73 9 42 51 101 4 1 0 1 6 2014-15 Binghamton Senators AHL 75 19 42 61 116 -- -- -- -- -- 2015-16 Ottawa Senators NHL 64 6 7 13 34 -- -- -- -- -- 2016-17 Ottawa Senators NHL 76 5 12 17 46 15 1 3 4 4 2017-18 Ottawa Senators NHL 16 3 5 8 6 -- -- -- -- -- 2018-19 Ottawa Senators* NHL 19 2 3 5 12 2018-19 Edmonton Oilers* NHL 5 0 2 2 4 2018-19 Florida Panthers NHL 1 0 0 0 2 2018-19 Springfield Thunderbirds AHL 14 2 9 11 12 ------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- NHL Totals 181 16 29 45 104 15 1 3 4 4 4 T-Birds Bios, 2018-19 Season #17 Ludwig Bystrom Position Defense Born July 20 1994 – Ornskoldsvik, Sweden [23 yrs. old] Height/Weight: 6’ 0”, 175 lbs Drafted: DAL - 2nd Round (43rd overall) 2012 NHL Draft Season Notes: Was one of six Thunderbirds to record one shot on goal in season opener @ Wilkes-Barre/Scranton... Scored two power play goals of the team’s five total PPG in 7-0 win @ Lehigh Valley on October 12, 2018… Scored GWG in 3-2 W vs. BRI 11/2/18... Picked up 2a in 4-3 OTW vs. WBS 11/23... Got 3A in 3-2 W vs.