Springfield Thunderbirds Player Bios 2017-18 Season #33 Sam Montembeault Goalie -- shoots L Born Oct 30 1996 – Quebec, QC [21 yrs. old] Height: 6’ 3” – Weight: 192 Drafted: FLA - 3rd rd., 77th overall, 2015 NHL Draft CAREER NOTES: 2017-18: Picked up second pro shutout with 21 saves in 4-0 W vs. UTI 3/10/18... Broke his own SPR franchise record with 47 saves on 48 shots @ PRO 1/21/18 in 2-0 L... Started SPR franchise record 11 straight games from Dec. 13 to Jan. 12... Stopped 35 of 36 shots in 2-1 OTW @ HER 1/10, his 11th game of 30+ saves... Recorded Thunderbirds’ franchise record 44 saves in 5-4 W @ HFD 12/30... Made 31 saves for his 9th 30+ save performance in 5-2 W vs. BRI 12/22....Denied 32 of 33 shots and picked up his first AHL shootout win 12/16 vs. HFD... Logged 1st AHL shutout with 32 stops in 4-0 W vs. CHA on 11/17... Recorded 32 saves in 6-4 W vs. LAV 11/11/17... Picked up first AHL win w/ career-best 38 saves vs. HFD 11/3/17... Recorded then career high 36 saves in 3-2 OTL @ LV, 10/25/17... registered 25 saves on 28 shots in AHL debut 10/13/17 @ PRO.... Selected by FLA in the 3rd rd of the 2015 NHL Draft (77th overall)….Finished 2nd in the QMJHL in GAA in 2016-17 season (2.40), led the QMJHL with 6 shutouts en route to a 28-9-1 record and .907 save%... Finished four-year junior career with 87 victories… Played in CHL Top Prospects Game in 2014-15 season… named QMJHL second team All Star in 2016-17… Season Team Lge GP Min GA EN SO GAA W L T Svs Pct ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013-14 Blainville-Boisbriand Arm QMJHL 14 714 28 0 0 2.35 9 1 1 246 0.898 2014-15 Blainville-Boisbriand Arm QMJHL 52 3104 134 3 3 2.59 33 11 7 1100 0.891 2015-16 Blainville-Boisbriand Arm QMJHL 47 2711 119 7 3 2.63 17 19 8 1083 0.901 2016-17 Blainville-Boisbriand Arm QMJHL 41 2226 89 0 6 2.40 28 9 0 873 0.907 2017-18 Florida Panthers NHL 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.000 2017-18 Springfield Thunderbirds AHL 36 1935 100 6 2 3.10 13 18 2 894 0.899 #35 Harri Sateri Goalie -- shoots L Born Dec 29 1989 – Toijala, Finland [28 yrs. old] Height: 6’ 0” – Weight: 207 Drafted: SJ - 4th rd., 106th overall, 2008 NHL Draft CAREER NOTES: 2017-18: Won 5 consecutive starts for 2nd time this season, with 2-0 SO in Providence 3/4/18, his 2nd SO of the year... Set his T-Birds career high with 38 saves in 5-4 OTW vs. HFD 3/2/18.... Made 31 of 33 saves for third straight win and 8th win in last 9 decisions on 2/24/18 @ UTI... Picked up first SO as T-Bird with 33 saves on 2/23/18 vs. CHA.... Stopped 36 of 38 shots in 3-2 W @ PRO 2/18/18, his first AHL win since December call-up to Panthers... Made NHL debut in relief 1/2/18 @ MIN... picked up first NHL win 1/30/18 @ NYI, the first of four straight wins... Won 5 straight starts for SPR from 11/12 to 11/29... Started T-Birds opener on 10/7/17, his first AHL game since 4/18/14 w/ WOR...Selected by SJ in 2008 NHL Draft (4th round, 106th overall)… Spent previous three seasons in KHL with Vityaz Podolsk, logging 52 wins in that time… Prior to KHL, spent four seasons in the AHL with the Worcester Sharks… won career high 18 games in his final AHL season before KHL stint (2013-14)… Also played professionally in his native Finland, winning 21 games with Tappara Tampere in 2009-10… Season Team Lge GP Min GA EN SO GAA W L T Svs Pct ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2008-09 Tappara Tampere SM-liiga 22 1253 48 0 2 2.30 6 12 3 560 0.921 2009-10 Tappara Tampere SM-liiga 49 2836 129 0 2 2.73 21 22 4 1393 0.915 2010-11 Worcester Sharks AHL 7 351 15 2 0 2.56 1 3 1 167 0.918 2011-12 Worcester Sharks AHL 38 2116 101 5 2 2.86 15 20 1 1002 0.908 2012-13 Worcester Sharks AHL 39 2201 106 4 1 2.89 14 21 3 983 0.903 2013-14 Worcester Sharks AHL 45 2646 130 4 1 2.95 18 24 2 1092 0.894 2014-15 Podolsk Vityaz KHL 45 2603 128 0 3 2.95 17 21 5 1308 0.911 2015-16 Podolsk Vityaz KHL 45 2565 104 0 4 2.43 15 23 6 1365 0.929 2016-17 Podolsk Vityaz KHL 42 2424 101 0 2 2.50 20 16 5 1314 0.929 2017-18 Florida Panthers NHL 9 493 24 0 0 2.92 4 4 0 247 0.911 2017-18 Springfield Thunderbirds AHL 21 1214 52 1 2 2.57 10 7 0 571 0.917 SKATERS #3 Josh Brown Defense -- shoots R Born Jan 21 1994 – London, ON [24 yrs. old] Height: 6’ 5” – Weight: 225 Drafted: FLA - 6th rd., 152nd overall, 2013 NHL Draft Career Notes: 2017-18: Scored first goal of season with 4.9 seconds to play to defeat HFD 5-4 on 12/30... Picked up assists in each of Springfield’s first two home games, 10/14 vs. HFD and 10/15 vs. TOR... 2016-17: Spent full season with Thunderbirds, logging 96 PIMs and scoring 13 points (3-10-13) in 72 games played… 2015-2016 w/ Manchester Monarchs (ECHL): Appeared in 54 games recording 1 goal and 11 assists… Saw action in 5 playoff games… 2015-2016 w/ POR (AHL): Played in 10 games recording 1 assist… 2014-2015 w/ Oshawa Generals (OHL): Standout player in final year of junior hockey, won OHL Championship and Memorial Cup… Selected in 6th round (152 overall) by Florida Panthers in 2013 NHL Draft. --- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ---- Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010-11 Whitby Fury OJHL 35 6 4 10 59 -- -- -- -- -- 2011-12 Oshawa Generals OHL 46 0 4 4 49 2 0 0 0 0 2012-13 Oshawa Generals OHL 68 0 16 16 79 9 1 4 5 11 2013-14 Oshawa Generals OHL 56 2 10 12 83 9 0 0 0 18 2014-15 Oshawa Generals OHL 60 4 17 21 92 21 2 2 4 30 2015-16 Portland Pirates AHL 10 0 1 1 7 -- -- -- -- -- 2015-16 Manchester Monarchs ECHL 54 1 11 12 80 5 0 0 0 4 2016-17 Springfield Thunderbirds AHL 72 3 10 13 96 -- -- -- -- -- 2017-18 Springfield Thunderbirds AHL 57 1 9 10 56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #4 Tim Erixon Defense -- shoots L Born Feb 24 1991 - Port Chester, NY [26 yrs. old] Height: 6’ 3” – Weight: 200 Drafted: CGY- 1st rd., 23rd overall, 2009 NHL Draft CAREER NOTES: 2017-18: Tallied GWG on PP w/ 1:24 to go in 5-3 W vs. CHA, 11/15... logged assists in franchise record six straight games from Nov. 4-12... 2016-17: recorded 17 points in 54 GP w/ WBS 2015-16: Had seven points (1G-6A) in the month of November… Recorded his 100th career AHL assist in a 2-assist performance against Lehigh Valley on Mar. 9, 2016… Led all WBS defensemen in points during the 2016 Calder Cup Playoffs with 6 (2G-4A). 2014-15: Played in 42 games between three different NHL clubs (Columbus, Chicago, and Toronto)… Scored his first career NHL goal on Oct. 26, 2014 for Columbus, a power play goal at Los Angeles… Traded from Columbus to Chicago on Dec. 14 in exchange for Jeremy Morin… Claimed off waivers by Toronto on Mar. 3, 2015… Scored his first goal as a member of the Maple Leafs on Mar. 21 at Ottawa. 2013-14: Finished 13th overall in the AHL in defenseman scoring, but tied for 2nd among defensemen in points per game (0.95)… Tied his career- best 4 points in one game with 1G-3A on Oct. 18, 2013 at Providence… Registered 9 points (2G-7A) in the first 3 games of the season… Captured a bronze medal with Sweden at the 2013 IIHF World Championship. 2012-13: Led all Springfield D-men with 0.73 points per game… Scored 1G-3A and posted an AHL season-high +6 rating on Nov. 4, 2012 in his first game against his former team, Connecticut; 4 points set a new personal record for points in one game… Played 2012-13 AHL All-Star Game. 2011-12: Led Connecticut defensemen with 30 assists, tied for 1st among team defensemen with 33 points… Registered his first AHL point in his first game with the Whale on Nov. 2, 2011 at Bridgeport… Scored his first AHL goal 10 days later on Nov. 12, a power play goal at St. John’s… Recorded his first career NHL point on Mar. 23, 2012 for the NY Rangers against Buffalo. 2010-11: Posted a personal Elitserien career best 24 points (5G-19A) in 48 games with Skellefteå… Won silver medal with Sweden at 2011 llHF World Championship… Participated in the IIHF World Junior Championship with Sweden for the third year in a row.