Western Hockey League



tuesday, November 28th, 2017 @ 7:00PM toyota centre, kennewick, waSaskatoon Blades (9-12-2-1 – 21pts) 6th – East Division 9th – Eastern ConferencePP – 19/91 = 20.9% (14th in WHL)PK – 73/106 = 68.9% (21st in WHL)Tri-City Americans (14-7-2-0 – 30pts)2nd – US Division 4th – Western ConferencePP – 24/95 = 25.3% (7th in WHL)PK – 79/99 = 79.8% (7th in WHL)Tonight… The Saskatoon Blades begin their journey through the US Division at the Toyota Centre in Kennewick, Washington, against the Tri-City Americans. It’s the first and only meeting of the season between these two clubs. The Blades come in 3-5-1-1 in their last ten but without a regulation loss in their last three games (1-0-1-1). Meanwhile the Ams will look to create some space in the US Division as they currently sit in 2nd with 30 points, just ahead of Spokane (29) and Everett (28). The last game… The Blades scored 5 goals in the 3rd period including 3 in the final two minutes to come back and defeat the Brandon Wheat Kings 6-5 erasing a 4-1 deficit heading into the 3rd. Braylon Shmyr had a hat-trick and an assist while Cam Hebig had another multi-point game with 1 goal & 2 assists. Leading the way… Cam Hebig continues to drive the Blades offense after another multi-point night on Friday vs Brandon. The 20-year-old centre now has 20 goals and 35 points in 22 games this season. We’re Going Streaking… Last year’s leading scorer Braylon Shmyr has been consistently contributing once again this season and is currently riding a 6 game point streak (4G,7A) bringing the season total to 30pts in 24GP. Mr. November… Libor Hájek has 12pts in 11 games in the month of November. Already at 19 points on the season, the Tampa Bay Lightning prospect is on pace to shatter his season best point total of 26. Chase is on the case… The 2015 WHL 1st rounder has 6G-10A-8PIM with a 50.2% success rate in the faceoff circle this season. Chase Wouters was ranked a ‘C’ in the latest edition of the NHL Central Scouting “Players to Watch” list for November, a month in which he has 9 points in 11 games. Recent moves… - ’99 G Joel Grzybowski return to North Battleford-SJHL, Nov. 25th - ’99 F Arjun Atwal returned to Sherwood Park – AJHL, Nov. 25th- ’02 G Koen MacInnes called up Nov. 27th from BWC – CSSHL E15Injury report F Logan Christensen – upper body, day-to-dayG Ryan Kubic – lower body, week-to-weekRoster breakdown: 14 Forwards7 Defenseman3 GoaliesAge Breakdown: 1997 – 3 2000 - 61998 – 6 2001 – 21999 – 6 2002 – 1 Milestone Tracker 250 WHL games – Braylon Shmyr (Nov. 21)100 career assists – Braylon Shmyr (95)100 career games – Jackson Caller (98)1st whl point – randen Schmidt, nov. 21st Team Leaders:Goals: Hebig (20)Assists: shmyr (18)Points: Hebig (35)Penalty Minutes: Kustra (51)+/-: Bafaro (+5)PPG: Hebig (7)SOG: hebig (105)GWG: Hebig, Lees, shmyr (2)SV%: Kubic (.875)GAA: Kubic (3.90)Rookie Points: Dach (8)Faceoff %: Machado (58.4%)How they were builtRound#Player (Overall - Year)1st2 Wouters(19th - 2015), Dach(2nd – 2016)2nd5 Kustra (34th - 2014), Christensen(30th - 2014), Paterson(25th - 2014), Maier(25th – 2016), macinnes (35th – 2017)3rd 1 Hebig(56th – 2012)5th2 Machado(101st – 2015), Lees (94th – 2015) Euro2 Hájek (2nd - 2015), Rubinchik (7th - 2016)List4 Farren (2016), Michaud (2016), Zawatsky (2017), Schmidt (2017)Trade9 Ramsay (van), Shmyr (bdn), Fantillo (MH), Fiala (SPO), Kubic (VAN), Bafaro (TC), Caller (POR), Goethals (EVT)2017-18 TEAM RECORDS1-goal games6-0-2-12-goal games 1-2-0-03-plus-goal games2-10-0-0Scoring first5-3-0-1Opp. scoring first4-9-2-0Leading after 2 per.6-1-0-1Trailing after 2 per.2-10-2-0Tied after 2 per.1-1-0-0Overtime Record1-2Shootout Record0-1Out-shooting opp.4-5-1-0Out-shot by opp.4-7-1-1Shots are even1-0-0-0vs. BC0-2-0-0vs. US0-0-0-0vs. Central4-3-0-0vs. East5-7-2-1MonthGamesRecordHomeRoadSeptember31-2-0-01-2-0-00-0-0-0October104-5-1-01-3-0-03-2-1-0November134-5-1-12-2-0-02-3-1-1December120-0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0-0January140-0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0-0February110-0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0-0March90-0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0-0Totals729-12-2-14-7-0-05-5-2-1 ................
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