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T-Birds Bios, 2019-20 Season Springfield Thunderbirds Player Bios 2019-20 Preseason 1 T-Birds Bios, 2019-20 Season GOALTENDERS: #30 Philippe Desrosiers Position: Goaltender Catches: Right 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: 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 1 59 2 0 0 2.04 0 1 0 24 0.923 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AHL Totals 44 2396 103 - 2 2.58 17 19 1 1036 0.910 2 T-Birds Bios, 2019-20 Season #60 Chris Driedger Position: Goaltender Catches: Left Born: May 18, 1994 - Winnipeg, MAN [25 yrs old] Height/Weight: 6’3”, 210 lbs Draft: OTT- 3rd Round (76th overall) 2012 NHL Entry Draft 19-20 Season Notes: Picked up season-opening win vs. BRI on 10/5/19 with 24 saves on 25 shots... 18-19 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... Tied Harri Sateri’s T-Birds record w/ 14th win of season 3/30/19 @ WBS... Set T-Birds single season wins record w/ 34-save victory over HFD 4/3/19... Led all AHL qualified goaltenders with .924 SV% in 2018-19 season 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 OT 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 32 1835 75 7 1 2.45 18 12 1 911 0.924 2019-20 Springfield Thunderbirds AHL 4 238 9 0 0 2.26 2 2 0 131 0.936 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AHL Totals 128 7135 342 16 3 2.89 58 51 8 3535 0.911 NHL Totals 3 95 4 0 0 2.53 0 1 0 32 0.889 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: 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 5 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NHL Totals 3 0 1 1 0 AHL Totals 442 38 131 169 486 4 T-Birds Bios, 2019-20 Season #6 Ethan Prow Position: Defense Shoots: Right Born: Nov 17, 1992 - Sauk Rapids, MN [26 yrs.