OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE KOOTENAY ICE Volume 18, Issue 30 #21 Matt Alfaro #22 Zak Zborosky #4 Cale Fleury 365 MESSAGES Greetings from the WHL Last year, during the Western Hockey League’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. BRANDON ICE CHIPS: The KOOTENAY ICE enter this afternoon’s matchup with a 2-8-3-1 record (1-4-3-0 at home, 1-4-0-1 on the road, 1-3 in overtime, 0-1 in shootouts)...After tonight’s action KOOTENAY will open a four game away swing November 2 in REGINA before visits to PRINCE ALBERT November 4 and SASKATOON November 5. ROSTER BREAKDOWN: KOOTENAY is currently carrying 23 players (two goaltenders, seven defensemen and 14 forwards)...The ICE roster is made up of three 1996-born players, four 1997-born players, eight 1998-born players, five 1999-born players, and three 2000-born players...KOOTENAY has nine first-year players on its roster. DID YOU KNOW: KOOTENAY holds a 33-34-4-1 lifetime record versus BRANDON (18-16-3-0 at home, 15-18-1-1 on the road, 8-6-0 in overtime)...Today marks the second of four meetings this season between the ICE and the WHEAT KINGS with KOOTENAY hold- ing a 1-0-0-0 record in the season series…Forward ZAK ZBOROSKY, who is six points shy of 150 career points, is ranked second in the WHL in goals (11)…ZBOROSKY has recorded points in three of his last four outings (2-3-5)…Goaltender PAYTON LEE sits third among league leaders in save percentage (.933)…LEE set a new regular season career best with 52 saves October 14 ver- sus REGINA…Four KOOTENAY prospects competed in the WESTERN CANADA U-16 CHALLENGE CUP October 19-23 in CALGARY... Forward PEYTON KREBS and Defenseman NOLAN ORZECK won gold with ALBERTA, Goaltender JESSE MAKAJ claimed silver with BRITISH COLUMBIA, Forward BLAKE ALLAN and SASKATCHEWAN finished fourth…KREBS was named to the tournament All-Star Team…GORDON BURNETT also represented SASKATCHEWAN at the U-16 CHALLENGE CUP as an Assistant Coach…Two of the three career short-handed goals scored by Forward MATT ALFARO, including his tally October 14 against the PATS, have come when the ICE have been at a two-man disadvantage…ALFARO is on a three-game point streak (1-2-3)…Defenseman CALE FLEURY is five appearances shy of 150 career games played…Former KOOTENAY Forward JAEDON DESCHENEAU (BAKERSFIELD CONDORS) recorded his first career professional point (assist) October 18 at MANITOBA…Former ICE Forward BEN MAXWELL (HC SOCHI) will represent CANADA at the DEUTSCHLAND CUP in AUGSBURG, GERMANY November 4-6. TRANSACTION / INJURY: KOOTENAY has re-assigned Goaltender DECLAN HOBBS (August 19, 1998) to NIPAWIN of the SAS- KATCHEWAN JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE…Forward SHANE ALLAN will be out of the ICE lineup indefinitely with a lower body injury. ONE YEAR AGO: After 14 games of the 2015-16 season the ICE were 2-11-1-0, after 15 games 3-11-1-0 and after 16 games 3-11-2-0. TONIGHT’S OFFICIALS: The Referees for today’s game are KEVIN BENNETT and CHRIS CRICH…The Linesmen are AIDAN HENDER- SON and CHANCE SUNQUIST. F R E E Z E ∙ 2016-2017 EDITION 3 HEAD TO HEAD Team Record 2-8-3-1 Team Record 6-5-2-0 Division Ranking 6th Central Division Ranking 5th East Conference Ranking 12th Eastern Conference Ranking 8th Eastern League Ranking 22nd League Ranking 16th Past 10 Games 2-6-2-0 Past 10 Games 5-4-1-0 Streak 1-0-0-0 Streak 0-2-0-0 Last Game 2-1 W vs. Brandon Last Game 1-2 L at Kootenay Home Record 1-4-3-0 Home Record 4-2-1-0 Away Record 1-4-0-1 Away Record 2-3-1-0 Goals For 33 Goals For 48 Goals Against 56 Goals Against 42 PP % 7/41 - 17.1 PP % 16/59 - 27.1 PP Home % 3/26 - 11.5 PP Home % 9/34 - 26.5 PP Away % 4/15 - 26.7 PP Away % 7/25 - 28.0 PK % 76.3 PK % 77.0 PK Home % 79.4 PK Home % 75.0 PK Away % 72.0 PK Away % 80.0 Team PIM/GM 12.4/Game Team PIM/GM 15.3/Game Leading After 1st 1-1-0-1 Leading After 1st 2-1-1-0 Leading After 2nd 1-1-0-1 Leading After 2nd 4-1-1-0 Tied After 1st 1-2-1-0 Tied After 1st 4-2-1-0 Tied After 2nd 0-2-3-0 Tied After 2nd 1-1-0-0 Trailing After 1st 0-5-2-0 Trailing After 1st 0-2-0-0 Trailing After 2nd 1-5-0-0 Trailing After 2nd 1-3-1-0 F R E E Z E ∙ 2016-2017 EDITION 4 SCORING Kootenay ICE Regular Season Scoring Brandon Wheat Kings Regular Season Scoring GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM 22 Zak Zborosky 14 11 4 15 10 16 Tanner Kaspick 12 9 7 16 25 21 Matt Alfaro 14 4 8 12 10 14 Ty Lewis 13 8 8 16 8 18 Vince Loschiavo 14 2 4 6 4 12 Stelio Mattheos 13 6 8 14 12 4 Cale Fleury 14 1 5 6 12 10 Kale Clague 5 2 9 11 2 27 Dylan Stewart 14 2 3 5 2 27 Reid Duke 6 4 5 9 4 8 Dallas Hines 13 1 4 5 6 19 Nolan Patrick 5 4 4 8 8 7 Ryan Pouliot 14 0 4 4 17 14 Keenan Taphorn 13 3 0 3 2 24 Connor Gutenberg 13 2 4 6 4 10 Barrett Sheen 14 2 1 3 29 21 Tyler Coulter 11 5 1 6 36 12 Noah Philp 14 1 2 3 4 3 Garrett Sambrook 13 1 3 4 4 17 Austin Wellsby 14 1 2 3 7 5 Schael Higson 13 0 4 4 26 26 Kaeden Taphorn 7 1 1 2 2 6 Jordan Wharrie 13 1 3 4 6 25 Tanner Sidaway 12 1 1 2 16 32 James Shearer 6 2 3 5 6 5 Nikita Radzivilyuk 10 1 0 1 10 23 Cole Reinhardt 13 2 1 3 4 20 Michael King 11 1 0 1 0 26 Linden McCorrister 9 0 2 2 4 23 Max Patterson 14 1 0 1 9 13 Tak Anholt 12 1 1 2 6 15 Fedor Rudakov 11 0 1 1 6 18 Garrett Armour 13 0 1 1 15 2 Troy Murray 14 0 1 1 19 7 Daniel Bukac 13 0 1 1 12 9 Reed Morison 10 0 1 1 2 11 Caiden Daley 10 0 1 1 4 6 Sam Huston 6 0 0 0 0 34 Blake Jameson 11 0 0 0 9 15 Rylan Bettens 11 0 0 0 0 29 Zach Wytinck 11 0 0 0 4 28 Baron Thompson 3 0 0 0 2 GP MIN GA SO Svs AVE PCT GP MIN GA SO Svs AVE PCT 30 Payton Lee 8 457 20 0 280 2.63 .933 1 Logan Thompson 5 304 14 1 163 2.76 .921 29 Jakob Walter 5 254 16 0 130 3.78 .890 33 Jordan Papirny 8 479 24 0 261 3.01 .916 as of October 30, 2016 as of October 30, 2016 OCTOBER 29, 2016 OCTOBER 30, 2016 Prince George 2 at Calgary 3 (OT) Brandon at Kootenay, 2:00 PM Medicine Hat 7 at Edmonton 3 Seattle at Regina, 4:00 PM Red Deer 1 at Lethbridge 6 Kelowna at Portland, 6:00 PM Saskatoon 1 at Prince Albert 0 Spokane 2 at Swift Current 3 (OT) Kelowna 5 at Portland 3 Kamloops 1 at Vancouver 4 Victoria 1 at Everett 2 (OT) F R E E Z E ∙ 2016-2017 EDITION 6 The KOOTENAY ICE enter tonight’s action with a 2-8-3-1 record (1-4- The BRANDON WHEAT KINGS enter tonight’s action with a 6-5-2-0 3-0 at home, 1-4-0-1 on the road, 1-3 in overtime, 0-1 in shootouts), record (4-2-1-0 at home, 2-3-1-0 on the road, 1-2 in overtime, 1-0 in and in sixth place in the CENTRAL DIVISION.