Wichita Thunder Game Notes ECHL - 505 W. Maple, Suite 100- Wichita, KS 67213 - 316-264-GOAL - www.wichitathunder.com At a Glance Wichita Thunder (27-12-4-1) vs. Utah Grizzlies (19-14-4-6) Overall: 27-12-4-1 Thunder Game 45 | Home Game 25 | ECHL Game 311 Last 10: 7-3-0-0 Apirl 9, 7:05 p.m. CST | INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, KS Last 5: 4-1-0-0 Radio: Online stream, www.wichitathunder.com, ECHL-TV Home: 12-8-3-1 TODAY – Wichita returns home after a four-game road trip to start a three-game series against the Utah Road: 15-4-1-0 Grizzlies. The Thunder are coming off a 3-2 win in Rapid City on Saturday while Utah took down Allen Streak: 4-0-0-0 last weekend, 3-2. With Fort Wayne losing earlier this week in overtime, Wichita moved into first place with a .670 winning percentage. Utah sits in fourth place with a .558 mark and is ahead of Kansas City, Thunder Goals by Period who is in fifth with a .523 winning percentage. Matthew Boucher leads the Grizzlies with 37 points. Cedric 1 2 3 OT/SO T Pare and Pat Cannone are in second with 25. Anthony Beauregard leads the Thunder with 50 points. Jay Thunder 33 42 50 6 131 Dickman is second with 31. Opponent 37 37 34 5 113 Thunder Shots by Period LAST GAME: HEAD-TO-HEAD April 3, 2021 1 2 3 OT/SO T Thunder Comparisons Grizzlies Thunder 460 496 380 48 1384 Wichita 3, Rapid City 2 OT Opponent 537 515 498 46 1596 Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Rapid City, SD 2.98 - 6th Goals for per game 2.91 - 10th Beau Starrett scored in the first period to make it 1-0. 2.57 - 2nd Goals against per Game 3.28 - 13th Power Play Avery Peterson and Peter Quenneville tallied back- 31.27 -6th Shots for per Game 32.58 - 4th PPGF OPPS. PCT RK to-back goals in the third. Stephen Johnson tied the Home 11 87 12.6 13 36.07 - 14th Shots against per Game 29.74 - 5th game with five minutes left. Brayden Watts recorded Road 9 70 12.9 10 20-157 = 12.7% Power Play 33-177 = 18.6% the OT winner early in OT. Total 20 157 12.7 13 153-175 = 87.4%, 22 GA Penalty Kill 127-157 = 80.9%, 30 GA Last PPGF : 4/2 at RC Goals/per. F Shots Pen./Min. PP 3-2, W (OT) Last Game 3-2, W Penalty Killing Rush 0-0-2-0 2 38 2/4 1/4 4-0-0-0 Current Streak 1-0-0-0 PPGA TSH PCT RK Thunder 1-0-1-1 3 27 5/10 0/1 Home 12 97 87.6 4 Road 10 78 87.2 3 HEAD-TO-HEAD – This is the sixth meeting of the season between the Thunder and the Grizzlies. All- Total 22 175 87.4 4 time, Wichita is 9-18-5 vs. Utah and 7-9-1 at home in the series. Last PPGA: 4/3 at RC LEAGUE LEAD - Anthony Beauregard is currently on a five-game point streak. He has eight points over Shorthanded Goals that span (2g, 6a). He leads the league in points with 50 and assists with 34. By WIC: 4 Record w/SHGF: 4-0-0 BOOTS - Evan Buitenhuis won both games this past weekend, giving him wins in his last four contests. By Opponent: 2 Record w/SHGA: 2-0-0 He finished the weekend with a goals-against average of 1.50 and .953 save percentage. Since joining Wichita, he is 4-1-0 with a 2.00 goals-against average and .939 save percentage. Last SHGF: 3/6 vs. UTA Last SHGA: 3/21 at WHL HIGH WATTAGE - Brayden Watts has points in three-straight games, recording four points in that stretch (2g, 2a). He recorded his first-ever game-winner in overtime on Saturday night. The rookie forward from Upcoming Milestones Bakersfield, California has 15 points (5g, 10a) in 35 games this year. TRES BEAU - Beau Starrett added a goal on Saturday, giving him points in three-straight games. He White - 600 pro games has scored in two of the last three and assisted on Jay Dickman’s empty-netter on Friday. Starrett has 16 Crinella - 100 ECHL games points (9g, 7a) in 41 games so far this season. Starrett - 100 ECHL games FINISHING STRONG - Over the course of the season, the Thunder has turned into a third period team. Season Series vs. Utah Wichita is outscoring its opponents 50-34 in the third period despite being outshot 498-380. 2020-21 Meetings THUNDERBOLTS... Wichita had its first penalty shot against this season on Saturday...Wichita is second Date Site Time/Result on the penalty kill on the road (87.2%) and fourth overall (87.4%)...Matteo Gennaro is tied for third with 3 Feb. 12 Maverik 3-2, W (SO) shorthanded points...Stefan Fournier is second in shots (146)...Jay Dickman is second in rookie scoring Feb. 13 Maverik 4-2, W with 31 points and second for rookies with 13 goals...Anthony Beauregard and Jay Dickman are tied for Feb. 14 Maverik 6-1, L second in plus/minus (+20)...Patrik Parkkonen is 10th in scoring by a defenseman (20)... Wichita is 9-0-1- Mar. 5 INTRUST 3-0, W 0 when leading after one...Wichita is 15-1-0-0 when leading after two...Wichita is 12-6-2-1 when tied after Mar. 6 INTRUST 4-3, W one...Wichita is 8-2-1-1 when tied after two...Wichita is 14-6-4-1 in one-goal games...Wichita is 5-1-0-0 Apr. 9 INTRUST 7:05 p.m. in two-goal games... Apr. 10 INTRUST 7:05 p.m. Apr. 11 INTRUST 4:05 p.m. UTAH NOTES – Matthew Boucher leads all rookies with 37 points, 16 goals and 21 assists...Cedric Pare is third in shots among rookies with 97...Hunter Skinner leads the league with 3 shootout goals and sec- Wichita leads series 4-1-0-0 ond in goals among defensemen with 7... AROUND THE ECHL – There are five other games around the ECHL tonight. Florida goes to Orlando. South Carolina travels to Greenville. Jacksonville goes to Indy. Wheeling visits Fort Wayne. Utah is in Allen. Kansas City takes on Tulsa. UP NEXT – Wichita remains at home on Saturday night to host Utah at 7:05 p.m. Thunder Last 5/Next 5 Last 5 Games: Upcoming games (all times Central): Date Opp. Result Wic Goalie (GA,SV) Opp. Goalie Attn. Date Opp. Site Time Broadcast 4/3 RC 3-2, W (OT) Buitenhuis (2, 36) Carlson (3, 24) 3,237 4/10 UTA INTRUST 7:05 online 4/2 RC 3-1, W Buitenhuis (1, 25) Carlson (2, 36) 2,347 4/11 UTA INTRUST 4:05 online 3/28 KC 3-0, W Buitenhuis (0, 30 Ginn (2, 32) 1,649 4/16 TUL BOK Center 7:05 online 3/27 KC 3-2, W Buitenhuis (2, 27) Greenfield (3, 16) 2,169 4/17 TUL INTRUST 7:05 online 3/26 KC 6-4, L Buitenhuis (5, 37) Ginn (4, 37) 1,794 4/18 TUL INTRUST 4:05 online Records vs. ECHL, Goals, Multi-point Games Record by Home, Road vs. ECHL Thunder Goal Log Opponent Record Home Road Manpower Wichita Opponent Allen 3-2-1-0 1-1-1-0 2-1-0-0 Fort Wayne 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 strength Goals Goals Indy 2-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 5-on-5 91 76 Kansas City 8-3-0-1 3-3-0-1 5-0-0-0 Rapid City 6-2-1-0 4-2-1-0 2-0-0-0 5-on-4 17 21 Tulsa 2-3-2-0 0-2-1-0 2-1-1-0 5-on-3 2 1 Utah 4-1-0-0 2-0-0-0 2-1-0-0 4-on-4 2 3 Wheeling 2-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 2-1-0-0 4-on-3 1 0 3-on-3 4 4 TOTAL 27-12-4-1 12-8-3-1 15-4-1-0 3-on-4 0 0 *Indicates season series concluded 3-on-5 0 0 4-on-5 3 2 Extra attacker 2 3 All-Time Records vs. ECHL Teams Empty net 7 1 Opponent Record Home Road Penalty shot 0 0 Allen 38-66-10 22-28-7 16-38-3 Shoot-out winner 2 0 Fort Wayne 5-7-3 3-1-0 2-6-3 Indy 7-5-1 5-3-1 2-2-0 Multiple-goal, assist and point games Kansas City 69-52-17 38-25-5 31-27-12 5 Rapid City 41-41-10 22-17-5 19-24-5 Multi- Multi- Multi- Combo point goal assist 1-goal Tulsa 152-142-35 81-64-18 71-77-17 games games games 1-assist Utah 9-18-5 7-9-1 2-9-4 Total 2G 3G 4G 2A 3A 4A 1G-1A+ Wheeling 2-1-0 0-0-0 2-1-0 Gennaro 8 3 2 1 2 vs. Expansion Teams: 64-44-11 McMann 6 1 2 3 Green 2 1 1 McKenna 5 1 1 1 1 Gagnon 1 1 Beauregard 9 1 3 1 4 Dickman 9 2 2 5 Desharnais 1 1 Crinella 3 1 1 1 Beauregard 2 2 Hoefenmayer 1 1 Fournier 5 2 3 Starrett 3 1 1 1 Combs 1 1 Stewart 3 2 1 Clarke 1 1 Parkkonen 4 1 3 McIlmurray 2 1 1 Watts 2 1 1 Special Teams Records vs.