Springfield Thunderbirds Player Bios
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T-Birds Bios, 2019-20 Season Springfield Thunderbirds Player Bios 2019-20 Season 1 T-Birds Bios, 2019-20 Season GOALTENDERS: #30 Philippe Desrosiers Position: Goaltender Catches: Left Born: Aug 16, 1995 - Saint-Hyacinthe, QC [24 yrs old] Height/Weight: 6’2”, 190 lbs Draft: DAL- 2nd Round (54th Overall), 2013 NHL Entry Draft 2019-20 NOTES: Won 3rd straight start w/ 30 svs @ WBS 1/4/20... Picked up third straight shootout win in 5-4 W @ WBS 12/31/19... Broke T-Birds team record with 62 saves in 3-1 W vs. LV 12/4/19... Set new T-Birds record with 6th straight win 11/23/19 vs. PRO... Tied T-Birds team record with 5th straight win 11/16/19 @ BNG... Picked up fourth win in five starts with 29 saves in 4-3 OTW @ CHA 11/9/19... Stopped 41 shots to set T-Birds personal best, then won his second shootout of season, going 5-for-6 vs. WBS 11/2/19... Picked up 2nd straight win w/ 30 saves in 5-3 W vs. BEL 10/26/19... Earned first win as T-Bird w/ 38 saves on 41 shots, then 6/7 in shootout win vs. LV (4-3)... Stopped 24 of 26 shots, but took loss in T-Birds debut 10/12/19 @ HFD... CAREER NOTES: Drafted 54th overall by DAL in 2013… 2017-18: Recorded his career high in wins for Idaho (ECHL) with 23. Has skated in 43 career AHL games throughout his career, recording his best GAA(2.54) and wins (8) during the 2018-2019 campaign. Season Team Lge GP Min GA EN SO GAA W L T Svs Pct - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2011-12 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL 3 155 9 0 0 3.48 1 2 0 80 0.899 2012-13 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL 43 2305 118 1 1 3.07 22 8 5 1060 0.900 2013-14 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL 52 2921 129 2 5 2.65 31 14 7 1258 0.907 2014-15 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL 44 2469 103 2 5 2.50 29 9 3 942 0.901 2015-16 Idaho Steelheads ECHL 31 1744 68 4 2 2.34 15 7 6 710 0.913 2015-16 Texas Stars AHL 10 596 28 0 0 2.82 5 5 0 262 0.903 2016-17 Idaho Steelheads ECHL 13 678 43 1 0 3.81 5 3 2 359 0.893 2016-17 Norfolk Admirals ECHL 20 1156 72 3 0 3.74 8 11 0 662 0.902 2016-17 Texas Stars AHL 8 373 17 2 1 2.73 3 2 0 171 0.910 2017-18 Idaho Steelheads ECHL 36 2106 88 1 2 2.51 23 9 3 922 0.913 2017-18 Texas Stars AHL 2 70 1 0 0 0.86 1 0 0 25 0.962 2018-19 Texas Stars AHL 23 1299 55 6 1 2.54 8 12 0 554 0.910 2018-19 Idaho Steelheads ECHL 6 370 17 0 0 2.76 2 3 1 175 0.911 2019-20 Springfield Thunderbirds AHL 20 1212 67 0 0 3.32 12 6 1 691 0.912 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AHL Totals 62 3549 168 - 2 2.84 29 24 2 1703 0.910 2 T-Birds Bios, 2019-20 Season #35 Ryan Bednard Position: Goaltender Catches: Left Born: Mar 31 1997– Macomb, MI [22 yrs old] Height/Weight: 6’ 5”, 205 lbs Draft: FLA - 7th Round (206th overall) 2015 NHL Draft SEASON NOTES, 2019-20: Picked up first AHL shutout w/ 28 saves vs. HFD 2/1/20... Won his 2nd straight start w/ 34 saves in 5-2 W vs. HER 1/22/20... Made 36 saves on 37 shots to pick up 4-1 W in his AHL debut 1/17/20 @ SYR... CAREER NOTES: Completed 3-year collegiate career at BGSU leading the Falcons to the NCAA Tournament with a .927 SV% and 1.77 GAA as a junior... Named to All-WCHA Third Team … voted WCHA Goaltender of the Month for October (Oct. 31) … awarded WCHA Goaltender of the Week honors twice during the season (Oct. 15, 29) … appeared in 32 games on the season for 1966:52 minutes … posted a record of 20-8-4 … posted a career-high performance of 40 saves in game two of the WCHA Semifinals at Northern Michigan (March 16), and again in the Falcons' NCAA Midwest Regional against Minnesota Duluth (March 30, 40 saves) ... posted the lowest goals-against-average in a single season in program history of 1.77, and the second best save percentage of .927 over his 32 starts … made 741 saves allowing the fewest goals in a single season with just 58 … became the program leader in career goals-against-average at 2.06, and rose from third to second all-time in save percentage .918 … recorded three shutouts on the season bringing his career total up to seven (tied for second all-time in shutouts). Season Team Lge GP Min GA EN SO GAA W L T Svs Pct ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2014-15 Johnstown Tomahawks NAHL 37 2184 97 0 1 2.66 16 16 5 1013 0.913 2014-15 Youngstown Phantoms USHL 1 59 4 0 0 4.08 0 1 0 32 0.889 2015-16 Youngstown Phantoms USHL 39 2168 86 5 2 2.38 22 8 5 964 0.918 2016-17 Bowling Green State Unive WCHA 7 378 17 0 1 2.70 4 3 0 127 0.882 2017-18 Bowling Green State Unive WCHA 29 1658 62 0 3 2.24 15 8 4 673 0.916 2018-19 Bowling Green State Unive WCHA 32 1962 58 0 3 1.77 20 8 4 739 0.927 2019-20 Greenville Swamp Rabbits ECHL 22 1246 62 4 1 2.99 9 11 1 626 0.910 2019-20 Springfield Thunderbirds AHL 3 180 3 0 0 1.00 3 0 0 98 0.970 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AHL Totals 3 180 3 0 0 1.00 3 0 0 98 0.970 3 T-Birds Bios, 2019-20 Season DEFENSEMEN: #4 Tommy Cross Position: Defense Shoots: Left Born: Sep 12, 1989 - Simsbury, CT [30 yrs. old] Height/Weight: 6’ 3”, 205 lbs Drafted: BOS - 2nd round (35th overall), 2007 NHL Draft 19-20 NOTES: Assessed match penalty & 1-game suspension for check to head of opponent 12/15/19 @ PRO... Tallied 2g in first 6:18 vs. PRO 12/14/19... Scored GWG vs. LV in 2-1 W on 11/13/19... Scored first goal as T-Bird in 4-3 SOW @ LV 10/19/19... Tallied first point as a T-Bird in 5-1 W vs. BRI 10/5/19... 2018-19 NOTES: Assigned by CBj (NHL) to CLE (AHL) 9/30/18…Signed one-year, two-way NHL/AHL contract 7/1/18…LAST SEASON: Posted 8-28-36 with 83 penalty minutes and a +30 rating in 73 appearances for Providence (AHL). Notched 0-1-1 with a -1 rating in three appearances for Boston (NHL) during 2015-16 season…Supplied 31-103-134 with 413 penalty minutes and a +65 rating in 364 appearances for Providence (AHL) spanning parts of seven seasons from 2012-18…Wore captain’s “C” for Providence (AHL) spanning three seasons from 2015-18…Contributed 6-13-19 with 23 penalty minutes and a -1 rating in 24 appearances for South Carolina (ECHL) during 2012-13 season...AMATEUR CAREER: Collected 14-43-60 with 171 penalty minutes and a +24 rating in 134 appearances for Boston College (NCAA-Hockey East) spanning four seasons from 2008- 12…Helped Boston College claim 2010, 2012 NCAA National Championships…Wore captain’s “C” during senior season with Boston College in 2011-12…Supplied 0-4-4 with eight penalty minutes and a -3 rating in nine appearances for Ohio (USHL) during 2007-08 season. --- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ---- Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2006-07 USNTDP Under-18 Team NAHL 2 0 2 2 0 -- -- -- -- -- 2007-08 Ohio Junior Blue Jackets USHL 9 0 4 4 8 -- -- -- -- -- 2007-08 New England Jr. Falcons EJHL 5 2 2 4 18 2008-09 Boston College H-Eas 24 0 8 8 24 2009-10 Boston College H-Eas 38 5 5 10 36 2010-11 Boston College H-Eas 28 7 11 18 45 2011-12 Boston College H-Eas 44 5 19 24 66 2011-12 Providence Bruins AHL 2 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- -- 2012-13 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 24 6 13 19 23 -- -- -- -- -- 2012-13 Providence Bruins AHL 42 1 10 11 23 12 0 3 3 8 2013-14 Providence Bruins AHL 55 3 4 7 54 4 0 1 1 4 2014-15 Providence Bruins AHL 54 4 18 22 85 4 1 0 1 4 2015-16 Providence Bruins AHL 64 3 20 23 97 3 1 1 2 0 2015-16 Boston Bruins NHL 3 0 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- 2016-17 Providence Bruins AHL 74 12 23 35 69 16 2 7 9 20 2016-17 Boston Bruins NHL -- -- -- -- -- 1 0 1 1 0 2017-18 Providence Bruins AHL 73 8 28 36 83 4 1 2 3 12 2018-19 Cleveland Monsters AHL 73 7 27 34 71 8 1 2 3 6 2019-20 Springfield Thunderbirds AHL 47 7 12 19 54 0 0 0 0 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NHL Totals 3 0 1 1 0 AHL Totals 484 45 142 187 538 4 T-Birds Bios, 2019-20 Season #6 Ethan Prow Position: Defense Shoots: Right Born: Nov 17, 1992 - Sauk Rapids, MN [26 yrs.