Four Time Clark Cup Champions - 23 NHL Alumni G A M E I N F O R M A T I O N Broadcast: 940/104.5 & bucshockey.com Contact Scott Montesano office: 515-278-2827 ext 7027 // cell: 315-292-0064 // [email protected] // @scottmontesano Des Moines Buccaneers Saturday January 3, 2014 Youngstown Phantoms 13-11-4; 30 PTS 7:05pm 14-7-5; 33 PTS Buccaneer Arena Urbandale, IA AT A GLANCE Halfway Home With their game on Jan. 4th the Out -Shooting Opponents The Bucs are 8-2-3 when Buccaneers will reach the statistical midway point of out-shooting their opponents. the season. Since 2009-2010, the Buccaneers have Nearing Milestone Victory The Buccaneers hope to Place in Western Conference: T5 averaged 14 wins and 30 points through 30 games. hit a milestone this season as they enter tonight with The best was 2010-2011 when the Bucs were 18-10- 891 all-time regular season victories. Points Back/Ahead: -5 2 at the midway point. Power Play Clicks in Wins Des Moines has been Most Points Ahead for First: +1 New Addition This weekend marks the home debut near the top in power play stats most of the season so Most Points Behind for First: -7 for defenseman Kristofers Bindulis who joined the its no surprise that when the team wins the power team this week. Bindulis played in his first game in the play is key. High Water Mark: 9-3-1 (+5) (2) USHL in Wednesday’s shootout loss at Fargo. In their 13 victories, the Bucs power play is hitting at Low Water Mark: 13-11-4 (-2) The Latvian defenseman is 6’3, 190 pounds and 29.2% (19/65) Current Streak: Winless 2 (0-1-1) previously spent the last season and a half in the Second Half Success The Buccaneers are likely to Longest Win Streak: 4 NAHL with the Soo Eagles. He also recently played be in the discussion for their first postseason berth with the Latvian World Juniors Team at the Division I since 2006-2007 during the second half of the season Longest Point Streak: 6-0-1 (7) tournament in December. and in order to achieve that goal will be looking to Longest Losing Streak: 2 Overall he has 29 games of international experience reverse a recent trend. Longest Winless Streak: 0-4-1 in addition to Junior A time in the NAHL. Since 2009-2010, the Buccaneers are 57-101-24 Home Streak: 0-1-0 Looking for 45 Fourth-year forward Tanner Karty’s (.379) after the holidays (not counting this season). next goal will be the 45th in his career with the Bucs. The Bucs went 19-17-4 in 2010-2011. Road Streak: 0-1-2 Offensive Defense Veteran defensemen Alec Offensive Wake-Up Needed In their 13 victories, the Home: 8-5-2 Rauhauser and Corey Schueneman are both at the Bucs have averaged 4.5 goals. Away 5-6-2 top of the league scoring leaders for blueliners. Making it Count Tanner Karty is tied for the league Scoring First: 9-3-2 Combined, they have 43pts, including 14 goals. lead with four-game winning goals. They are tied with each other for the league lead in Already at 20 The Bucs have four players with at Score in 1st Period: 12-5-1 defensemen goals with seven. least 20 points this season and the season isn’t half- Score in 2nd Period: 12-5-1 Allemon Commits First-year defenseman Chris way over. Score in 3rd Period: 11-4-3 Allemon has committed to play Division I hockey at Another six players are on pace for at least 20. Ferris State beginning with the 2016-2017 season. A Holiday Gift The Buccaneers went into the holiday Outshooting Opponent: 8-2-3 The St. Clair Shores, MI was the Bucs’ third round break in the TOP 4 of the division for the first time Shots Tied: 0-0-0 selection in last May’s Phase II draft after playing since 2006-2007. Outshot by Opponent: 5-9-1 midget hockey for the Little Caesar’s program. The Bucs were 13 points back of a playoff spot at Take less than 30 shots 3-7-1 Pavlychev Top Prospect At well over six feet tall, the holiday break a season ago. Nikita Pavlychev stands out on the ice and will now Playing in Front The Buccaneers have trailed at one Take more than 30 shots: 10-4-3 have an additional opportunity to impress NHL scouts. point in 18 of their last 20 games. (7-11-2) Allow less than 30 shots: 4-4-3 The USHL rookie forward will represent the Bucs at The only games during that stretch the Bucs didn’t Leading After One: 7-1-1 the Top Prospect Game Jan. 13th in Dubuque. The trail in at anytime were their Nov. 8th win vs. Lincoln game features the league’s best 2016 draft eligible and their Nov. 26th win vs. Tri-City. Tied After One: 4-1-1 players. The Russian born player previously played Limit to Three The Buccaneers are 11-1-3 when Trailing After One: 2-9-2 midget hockey for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and has limiting their opponents to three goals or less. Leading After Two: 9-0-1 been viewed as high as a potential second round pick. Des Moines’ goals against average was 2.44 in their Tied After Two: 4-0-1 December Splits Over the eight games in first 11 games (7-3-1) and is 3.6 over the last 16 December, Corey Schueneman led the Bucs with 8pts games (6-8-2) Trailing After Two: 0-11-2 (3,5). Joe Widmar followed with 7pts (3,4) Karty Back for More Tanner Karty is in his fourth Overtime: 0-0-2 Schueneman was also a +5 rating. season with the Buccaneers. The Oklahoma City na- Shootouts: 1-0-2 Perfect when Karty Scores Des Moines is 8-0-2 in tive committed to Division I Lake Superior State dur- games in which Tanner Karty scores a goal. ing the off-season. One-Goal Games: 3-1-4 Multi-Point Games Tanner Karty leads the Bucs with In 168 career games he has 91pts (44g, 47a). Two-Goal Games: 6-3-0 six multi-point games followed by Mark Petaccio, Alec The Bucs would need to make the playoffs for Karty Games After a Win: 6-5-1 Rahauser, Corey Schueneman and Joe Widmar who to have a shot at the franchise’s all-time games. Games After a Loss: 5-6-3 each have five. 35th Anniversary Season Break out the coral, jade Making an Impact Joe Widmar has a point in 16 and emerald as the Des Moines Buccaneers cele- East Conference: 2-2-2 games, the most by any Buc this season. That is brate their 35th anniversary season. Only the Sioux West Conference: 11-9-2 followed by Tanner Karty (15), Alec Rauhuaser (14) City Musketeers and Waterloo Blackhawks are older Games has at least two fights: 1-2-0 and Mark Petaccio (13). having played in the loop’s entire 36 junior seasons and going back even further as pro franchises. Des Moines Buccaneers (13-11-4; 30 PTS) Youngstown Phantoms (14-7-5; 33 PTS) # P Name Stats # P Name Stats 1 G Ryan Ruck 15GP 6-7-1 3.29 .906% 29 G Ryan Bednard 0 GP 0-0-0 0.00 .000% 33 G Ryland Pashovitz 14GP 7-4-3 3.07 .895% 31 G Colin DeAugustine 13GP 8-5-0 3.20 .895% 33 G Chris Birdsall 15GP 6-2-5 2.74 .907% 2 D Corey Schueneman 7-13-20 3 D Alec Rauhauser 7-16-23 2 D Connor Yau 0-4-4 6 D Michael Mylchreest (mil-crease) 0-3-3 4 D Carson Vance 0-4-4 7 F Patrick Grasso 6-11-17 5 D Vas Kolias 2-8-10 8 F Joe Widmar 12-12-24 7 F Maxim Letunov 13-21-34 9 F Kyle Patava (puh-tah-vuh) 0-1-1 8 F Josh Melnick 8-17-25 10 F Zach Jordan 0-0-0 9 F Taylor Best 7-9-16 11 F Miha Zajc (zike) 1-3-4 10 F Kevin Conley 4-2-6 12 D Nick Wolff 0-4-4 13 F Bryan Lemos 6-16-22 13 F Stephan Seeger (stef-enn) 1-2-3 14 F James Winkler 5-1-6 14 F Georgy Gorodetsky 3-12-15 15 D Tommy Parran 3-6-9 15 F Ryan Dmowski 7-8-15 17 F Trey Bradley 4-18-22 16 F Tanner Karty 13-10-23 18 F Kyle Connor 11-16-27 17 F Nikita Pavlychev 6-8-14 19 F Josh Nenadal 4-2-6 19 F Tyler Drevitch (drev-itch) 1-2-3 20 F Lukas Craggs 1-3-4 20 F Vince Marinaro 0-0-0 22 F Chase Pearson 4-9-13 21 D Chris Allemon (alley-mon) 0-6-6 27 D Kris Myllari 1-3-4 22 F Ara Nazarian 4-7-11 44 F Kiefer Sherwood 12-11-23 23 F Brennan Sanford 4-5-9 50 D Matt Miller 2-3-5 24 F Mark Petaccio (pet-ah-chi-oh) 9-13-22 56 D Ty Farmer 0-1-1 25 D Chandler Lindstrand 2-3-5 70 F Ryan Lomberg 14-8-22 26 D Kristofers Bindulis 0-0-0 91 F Matt Alvaro 2-12-14 Head Coach: Dave Allison Head Coach: Anthony Noreen Assistant: Nate Weossner Assistant: Brad Patterson Trainer: Colin Whitte Assistant: John Ronan Equipment: Justin Sturtz Trainer: Jim Schroeder Media: Scott Montesano Equipment: Adam Waddell Media: Everett Fitzhugh PP: 20.7% (7) PK: 81.4% (10) PP: 25.4% (3) PK: 88.3% (2) Current Streak: Winless 2 (0-1-1) Current Streak: Points 3 (2-0-1) Home: 8-5-2 Home: 8-3-3 Road: 5-6-2 Road: 6-4-2 Scoring First: 9-3-2 Scoring First: 9-2-4 Leading after 2: 9-0-1 Leading after 2: 13-0-2 Tied after 2: 4-0-1 Tied after 2: 0-4-1 Trailing after 2 0-11-2 Trailing after 2 1-3-2 OT: 0-2 OT: 1-2 SO: 1-2 SO: 3-3 Referee: Andrew Howard Linesmen: Brian McAvoy & Lucas Bisbee USHL Western Conference USHL Eastern Conference January 3rd Schedule (central) GP W L OTL PTS GP W L OTL PTS Sioux City 28 16 9 3 35 Cedar Rapids 28 21 7 0 42 Tri-City 27 14 8 5 33 Muskegon 28 18 8 3 39 Green Bay @ Team USA 6:00pm Omaha 26 14 8 4 32 Dubuque 26 17 7 2 36 Muskegon @ Chicago 7:00pm Sioux Falls 29 14 12 3 31 Youngtown 26 14 7 5 33 Waterloo @ Dubuque 7:05pm Fargo 27 13 10 4 30 Madison 27 14 9 4 32 Youngstown @ Des Moines 7:05pm Des Moines 28 13 11 4 30 Green Bay 28 13 13 2 28 Omaha @ Tri-City 7:05pm Waterloo 27 9 15 3 21 Chicago 27 12 13 2 26 Bloomington @ Cedar Rapids 7:05pm Lincoln 25 8 13 4 20 Bloomington 27 11 12 4 26 Madison @ Lincoln 7:05pm Team USA 21 7 14 0 14 Fargo @ Sioux City 7:05pm Series History S C O U T I N G T H E YOUNGSTOWN PHANTOMS Enter the weekend having earned points in three straight (2-0-1) and in eight of the last 11 of 13 (7-2-4).