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MESSAGE FROM

WHL COMMISSIONER Last year, during the Western Hockey Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 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.

Ron Robison Commissioner Western Hockey League

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.

Seattle thunderbirds 2016-17 ROSTER AS OF 11/22/16 NO.

FORWARDS

Eansor, Scott

Brown, Elijah*

Gropp, Ryan

Barzal, Mathew

Bensmiller, Layne

16 18

POS

HOMETOWN

D.O.B.

15-16 SEASON

LEAGUE

PTS

PIM

DRAFT

5’9

185

Englewood, CO

Jan. 3/96

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Free Agent

PRONUNCIATION EN-zor

5’9

160

Edmonton, AB

Jan. 5/00

SSAC Midget AAA

ABMHL

6’3

205

Kamloops, BC

Sept. 16/96

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

NYR 15

GROPP

6’0

182

Coquitlam, BC

May 26/97

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

NYI 15

BAR-zell

6’0

193

RockyMtnHouse, AB

Jan. 9/97

Calgary/Prince Albert

WHL

Eligible 2017 BENS-miller

True, Alexander

6’4

199

Copenhagen, DEN

July 17/97

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Eligible 2017 True

Moilanen, Sami*

5’08

182

Sipoo, FIN

Jan. 21/99

Jokerit U20

SM-liiga

Eligible 2017 SAH-mi MOY-lin-nen

Neuls, Donovan

5’11

183

Grenfell, SK

Oct. 24/97

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Eligible 2017 Niles

Andrusiak, Zack*

5’11

177

Yorkton, SK

July 10/98

Kamloops Storm

KIJHL

Eligible 2017 AN-drew-z-ak

Wedman, Matthew

6’3

196

Edmonton, AB

May 25/99

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Eligible 2017 WED-man

Ormsby, Luke*

5’10

181

Monroe, WA

Feb. 14/99

Phoenix Jr Coyotes

T1EHL

Eligible 2017 OR-mms-bee

Volcan, Nolan

5’09

191

Edmonton, AB

July 4/98

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Eligible 2017 Voll-kun

Briscoe, Ian *

5’10

172

Winnipeg, MB

Feb. 6/99

Winnipeg Wild Midget

MMHL

Eligible 2017 BRIS-coe

Kolesar, Keegan

6’2

223

Winnipeg, MB

Apr. 8/97

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

107

CBJ 2015

POS

HOMETOWN

D.O.B.

15-16 SEASON

LEAGUE

PTS

PIM

DRAFT

NO.

DEFENSEMEN

Eligible 2018 BROWN

KOHL-ah-sar PRONUNCIATION

Bishop, Anthony

5’11

181

Kelowna, BC

April 1/98

Saskatoon Blades

WHL

Eligible 2017 BISH-up

Ottenbreit, Turner

6’4

200

Yorkton, SK

July 9/97

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Eligible 2017 OTT-in-bright

Tyszka, Jarret

6’3

191

Langley, BC

Mar. 15/99

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Eligible 2017 TISH-ka

Allbee, Bryan

6’0

196

Prince George, BC

July 11/97

Kootenay Ice/Seattle T-Birds

WHL

Eligible 2017 ALL-bee

Harsch, Reece*

6’3

194

Grand Prairie, AB

Jan. 7/99

Grand Prairie Storm Midget

AMHL

Eligible 2017 Harsh

Schuldhaus, Brandon

6’4

197

Calgary, AB

Feb. 23/98

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

Eligible 2017 SH-ULD-house

Bear, Ethan

5’11

205

Ochapowace, SK

June 26/97

Seattle Thunderbirds

WHL

EDM 2015

POS

HOMETOWN

D.O.B.

15-16 SEASON

LEAGUE

AVE

DRAFT

NO. 1

GOALTENDERS

Bear PRONUNCIATION

Stankowski, Carl*

5’9

159

Calgary, AB

Mar. 9/00

Anaheim Jr. Ducks

T1EHL

839

1.87

Eligible 2018 STAN-cow-ski

Berlin, Matt*

6’3

195

Edmonton, AB

Jan. 20/98

Spokane Chiefs

WHL

233

4.38

Eligible 2017

Toth, Rylan

6’2

201

Saskatoon, SK

May 31/96

Red Deer Rebels

WHL

2385

106

2.67

Free Agent

* Rookie Russ Farwell Cal Filson Steve Konowalchuk Matt O’Dette Tyler Alos Ian Gordon Phil Varney Trevor Heinzerling Brent Seidel

General Manager Director of Player Personnel Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Goaltender Coach Athletic Trainer Equipment Manager Hockey Operations Assistant

TOHTH

EVERY GAME. EVERY TEAM.

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KOOTENAY ICE - 2016-2017 No. 9 10 12 14 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 No. 2 4 5 6 7 8 11 15 No. 29 30

FORWARDS Morison, Reed Sheen, Barrett Philp, Noah Taphorn, Keenan Allan, Shane Wellsby, Austin Loschiavo, Vince King, Michael Alfaro, Matt Zborosky, Zak Patterson, Max Sidaway, Tanner Taphorn, Kaeden Elmer, Jake DEFENCE Murray, Troy Fleury, Cale Radzivilyuk, Nikita Huston, Sam Pouliot, Ryan Hines, Dallas Russell, Bobby Rudakov, Fedor GOALTENDERS Walter, Jakob Lee, Payton

POS C LW C RW C RW C C C RW RW RW LW RW

SH L L R R R R R L L R R L L R SH L L L L R L L L SH L L

HT 6'2" 6'4" 6'2" 6'1" 6'2" 6'3" 6'2" 6'0" 6'2" 6'0" 6'5" 6'0" 6'1" 6'1" WT 6'1" 6'1" 6'1" 6'5" 6'2" 6'3" 6'0" 6'0" WT 6'2" 6'1"

WT 202 218 186 165 174 192 188 166 201 181 202 181 168 175 HT 208 203 190 188 176 196 164 179 HT 196 188

HOMETOWN Calgary, AB Airdrie, AB Canmore, AB Yorkton, SK Calgary, AB Chilliwack, BC Winnipeg, MB Winnipeg, MB Calgary, AB Regina, SK Kamloops, BC Victoria, BC Yorkton, SK Calgary, AB HOMETOWN White City, SK Calgary, AB Tyumen, RUS Brandon, MB North Vancouver, BC Marwayne, AB Surrey, BC Calgary, AB HOMETOWN Langley, BC Cranbrook, BC

General Manager

Jeff Chynoweth

Director of Scouting

Garnet Kazuik

Head Coach

Luke Pierce

Assistant Coach

Gordon Burnett

Assistant Coach

Roman Vopat

Trainer / Equipment Manager

Darcy Ewanchuk

Athletic Consultant

Cory Cameron

Goaltending Coach

Jamie McCaig

Skill Development Coach

Wayne Dougherty

As of November 28, 2016 D.O.B 9-Jun-98 20-Sep-98 31-Aug-98 3-Jan-00 19-Dec-97 30-Jun-97 21-Mar-98 17-Feb-00 6-Aug-96 15-Oct-96 27-Dec-99 29-Apr-99 3-Jan-00 31-Dec-98 D.O.B 12-Sep-97 19-Nov-98 9-Mar-99 31-May-99 26-May-98 5-Feb-98 23-Mar-00 21-Jun-98 D.O.B 16-May-99 24-Jun-96

15-16 SEASON Calgary Canucks Lethbridge Hurricanes Kootenay ICE Yorkton Maulers Kootenay ICE Kootenay ICE Kootenay ICE Winnipeg Thrashers Kootenay ICE Kootenay ICE Kootenay ICE Westshore Wolves Yorkton Maulers Grande Prairie Storm 15-16 SEASON Kootenay ICE Kootenay ICE Tyumenski Legion U17 Brandon AAA Wheat Kings Red Deer / Kootenay Kootenay ICE Valley West Hawks North York Rangers 15-16 SEASON Nanaimo Clippers Vancouver / Edmonton

LEAGUE AJHL WHL WHL SMHL WHL WHL WHL MMHL WHL WHL WHL VIJHL SMHL AJHL LEAGUE WHL WHL RUS-U17 MMHL WHL WHL BCMML OJHL LEAGUE BCHL WHL

GP G A PTS 42 8 14 22 46 4 8 12 67 6 16 22 42 6 19 25 66 3 3 6 64 8 8 16 61 4 6 10 40 5 13 18 65 22 26 48 58 32 36 68 64 7 3 10 38 9 5 14 42 12 20 32 20 1 3 4 GP G A PTS 63 0 11 11 61 8 17 25 26 3 8 11 24 4 14 18 39 0 4 4 59 4 6 10 29 2 13 15 51 9 19 28 GP MP AVE SO 13 655 3.66 0 40 2168 3.38 1

PIM 6 44 14 4 37 16 34 6 96 31 22 120 12 28 PIM 64 45 36 32 28 16 32 46 PCT .880 .887

DRAFT Eligible 2017 Eligible 2017 Eligible 2017 Eligible 2018 Eligible 2017 Eligible 2017 Eligible 2017 Eligible 2018 Free Agent Free Agent Eligible 2018 Eligible 2017 Eligible 2018 Eligible 2017 DRAFT Eligible 2017 Eligible 2017 Eligible 2017 Eligible 2017 Eligible 2017 Eligible 2017 Eligible 2018 Eligible 2017 DRAFT Eligible 2017 Free Agent

MEMBER CLUBS OF THE

'WESTERN HOCKEY LEADUE

A80UT THE

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. Division

U.S. Division

EASTERN CONFERENCE East Division

Central Division

Kamloops Blazers Kelowna Rockets Prince George Cougars Vancouver Giants Victoria Royals

Everett Silvertips Portland Winterhawks Seattle Thunderbirds Spokane Chiefs Tri-City Americans

Brandon Wheat Kings Moose Jaw Warriors Prince Albert Raiders Regina Pats Saskatoon Blades Swift Current Broncos

Calgary Hitmen Edmonton Oil Kings Kootenay Ice Lethbridge Hurricanes Medicine Hat Tigers Red Deer Rebels

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The Western Hockey League started with just seven teams based in the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta in 1966. The WHL now has representation in all four Western Canadian provinces and the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. The WHL now consists of 22 member Clubs with 17 based in Canadian markets and five in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. The WHL is a member of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) whose membership is comprised of three major junior hockey leagues: the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and the Western Hockey League (WHL). At the conclusion of each league's playoffs, the CHL hosts the MasterCard Memorial Cup, a national championship tournament involving each of the three league champions and the tournament host. The WHL is regarded as one of the finest development leagues in the world today. Each season the WHL is one of the top leagues from which players are selected from in the NHL Draft. Currently over 20% of all NHL players are graduates of the WHL. The WHL is also a leading provider of post-secondary scholarships with over 325 scholarships awarded each year to current and graduate WHL players, more than any other league in North America.

Welcome to Kent …and to the Western Conference Champion Seattle Thunderbirds 2016-2017 season as the T-Birds pursue a return to the WHL Championship! This season starts with an exciting celebration at the first home game of the season as the T-Birds will raise a U.S. Division Champions Banner and a Western Conference Champions Banner. Ethan Bear, Keegan Kolesar and Scott Eansor, leading scorers for the T-Birds last season, return this year as the T-Birds defend their Western Conference Championship. Also returning are Nolan Volcan, Donovan Neuls, Alexander True, Turner Ottenbreit and the hero of Game 4 of the Western Conference Championship, Matthew Wedman. Watch for new Finnish forward Sami Moilanen, who the T-Birds selected in the annual Import Draft, and center Elijah Brown, the 2015 first overall Bantam Draft pick, to do big things. Returning this year is the T-Birds’ popular 2-for-Tuesday promotion, where fans can enjoy 2-for-1 tickets along with $2 concession specials! The very popular Pub Nights, Turkey Shoot and Ham Shoot are always fun nights. If you’re a new visitor to ShoWare Center, you should know we are very proud of this 8 year-old state-ofthe-art arena. The 6,125 seats, 20 suites, and incredible Heritage Club seating section have unmatched hockey sightlines throughout. While you’re in town, grab a bite at Kent Station, a contemporary, open air urban village with a variety of options for pre and post-game gatherings, but don’t leave your car there during an event as they will be towed. Walk a couple blocks south of the Center to discover the charm of historic downtown Kent where even more entertainment and dining choices await you. Go Birds!

Suzette Cooke Mayor, City of Kent

Standings Western Conference B.C. Division Rank Team

GP W

L OTL SL PTS PCT

GA PIM

Home

Away

P10

STK

27 19

332

8-3-1-0

11-3-1-0

6-4-0-0

1-0-0-0

Prince George Cougars

40 0.741

Kamloops Blazers

28 15 12

31 0.554

369

10-4-1-0

5-8-0-0

6-4-0-0

1-0-0-0

Kelowna Rockets

26 15 11

30 0.577

459

7-6-0-0

8-5-0-0

6-4-0-0

2-0-0-0

Victoria Royals

5 Vancouver Giants Eastern Conference Central Division Rank Team 1

Medicine Hat Tigers

28 14 12

30 0.536

394

9-7-0-0

5-5-2-0

5-5-0-0

0-3-0-0

28 10 16

22 0.393

109 363

6-9-1-0

4-7-0-1

3-5-1-1

0-4-1-1

GP W

L OTL SL PTS PCT

27 21

GA PIM

Home

Away

P10

STK

43 0.796 138

8-3-1-0

13-2-0-0

10-0-0-0

372

Red Deer Rebels

28 13 11

30 0.536

111 383

8-4-1-0

5-7-1-2

4-4-1-1

1-0-0-0

Lethbridge Hurricanes

26 12 11

27 0.519

7-5-1-0

5-6-0-2

5-4-0-1

5-0-0-0

355

Edmonton Oil Kings

27 12 13

26 0.481

379

4-7-1-0

8-6-1-0

6-4-0-0

2-0-0-0

Calgary Hitmen

18 0.409

302

4-5-1-0

4-7-1-0

3-7-0-0

0-3-0-0

16 0.286

121 375

3-8-4-0

2-9-1-1

2-7-1-0

0-4-0-0

GA PIM

Home

Away

9-0-3-0

8-2-1-0

6 Kootenay ICE East Division Rank Team

GP W

L OTL SL PTS PCT

23 17

Regina Pats

38 0.826 122

343

P10

STK

7-2-1-0

1-0-1-0

Moose Jaw Warriors

24 15

34 0.708

255

7-4-3-0

8-1-1-0

6-2-2-0

2-0-0-0

Swift Current Broncos

28 14

34 0.607

356

7-4-1-1

7-4-1-3

4-3-0-3

1-0-0-0

Brandon Wheat Kings

25 13

29 0.580

383

9-4-2-0

4-5-1-0

7-3-0-0

1-0-0-0

Saskatoon Blades

28 10 16

22 0.393

113 375

4-5-1-0

6-11-1-0

2-7-1-0

0-1-1-0

11 0.212

2-8-1-0

3-12-0-0

1-9-0-0

0-9-0-0

6 Prince Albert Raiders Western Conference U.S. Division Rank Team

GP W

L OTL SL PTS PCT

GA PIM

26 19

Everett Silvertips

42 0.808

317

230

Home

Away

P10

STK

12-2-0-0

7-1-4-0

7-1-2-0

4-0-0-0

Tri-City Americans

28 16 10

34 0.607 103

347

9-4-1-0

7-6-1-0

5-4-1-0

0-1-0-0

Seattle Thunderbirds

25 13

29 0.580

301

5-4-0-1

8-5-2-0

6-2-2-0

2-0-1-0

Portland Winterhawks

5 Spokane Chiefs x = Clinched Playoff Position y = Teams who have clinched Division title

Wednesday, Nov 30 Kootenay 0 at Everett 5 Final Seattle 3 at Kamloops 4 Final OT Prince Albert 1 at Lethbridge 5 Final Saskatoon 3 at Red Deer 4 Final OT Portland 2 at Spokane 1 Final Kelowna 4 at Tri-City 1 Final Brandon 4 at Victoria 3 Final

27 14 12

29 0.537 105

321

7-7-1-0

7-5-0-0

6-3-1-0

6-0-1-0

25 10 10

25 0.500

364

5-6-3-1

5-4-1-0

4-4-2-0

0-2-0-0

Friday, Dec 2 Calgary at Swift Current 7:00 pm CST Moose Jaw at Prince Albert 7:00 pm CST Red Deer at Lethbridge 7:00 pm MST Saskatoon at Edmonton 7:00 pm MST Victoria at Prince George 7:00 pm PST Kelowna at Spokane 7:05 pm PST Portland at Tri-City 7:05 pm PST Brandon at Vancouver 7:30 pm PST Kootenay at Seattle 7:35 pm PST Medicine Hat at Everett 7:35 pm PST

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Saturday, Dec 3 Kootenay at Portland 2:00 pm PST Calgary at Moose Jaw 7:00 pm CST Prince Albert at Regina 7:00 pm CST Lethbridge at Red Deer 7:00 pm MST Vancouver at Kamloops 7:00 pm PST Victoria at Prince George 7:00 pm PST Brandon at Kelowna 7:05 pm PST Medicine Hat at Seattle 7:05 pm PST Spokane at Tri-City 7:05 pm PST

Wildcard Standings Western Conference B.C. Division Rank

Team

GP W

L OTL SL PTS PCT

STK

P10

Prince George Cougars

27 19

1-0-0-0

6-4-0-0

Kamloops Blazers

40 0.741

28 15 12

31 0.554

1-0-0-0

6-4-0-0

26 15 11

30 0.577

2-0-0-0

6-4-0-0

STK

P10

0-3-0-0

5-5-0-0

29 0.537 105

6-0-1-0

6-3-1-0

3 Kelowna Rockets Western Conference Wildcard Rank Team

GP W

Victoria Royals

28 14 12

30 0.536

Portland Winterhawks

27 14 12

L OTL SL PTS PCT

Spokane Chiefs

25 10 10

25 0.500

0-2-0-0

4-4-2-0

Vancouver Giants

28 10 16

22 0.393

109

0-4-1-1

3-5-1-1

Eastern Conference Central Division Rank

Team

GP W

L OTL SL PTS PCT

Medicine Hat Tigers

27 21

Red Deer Rebels

3 Lethbridge Hurricanes East Division Rank Team 1

Regina Pats

Moose Jaw Warriors

STK

P10

43 0.796 138

10-0-0-0

28 13 11

30 0.536

111

1-0-0-0

4-4-1-1

26 12 11

27 0.519

5-0-0-0

5-4-0-1

GP W

L OTL SL PTS PCT

STK

P10

23 17

38 0.826 122

1-0-1-0

7-2-1-0

24 15

34 0.708

2-0-0-0

6-2-2-0

3 Swift Current Broncos Eastern Conference Wildcard Rank Team

28 14

34 0.607

1-0-0-0

4-3-0-3

GP W

L OTL SL PTS PCT

STK

P10

Brandon Wheat Kings

25 13

29 0.580

1-0-0-0

7-3-0-0

Edmonton Oil Kings

27 12 13

26 0.481

2-0-0-0

6-4-0-0

Saskatoon Blades

28 10 16

22 0.393

113

0-1-1-0

2-7-1-0

Calgary Hitmen

18 0.409

0-3-0-0

3-7-0-0

Kootenay ICE

16 0.286

121

0-4-0-0

2-7-1-0

Prince Albert Raiders

11 0.212

0-9-0-0

1-9-0-0

Western Conference U.S. Division Rank

Team

GP W

L OTL SL PTS PCT

STK

P10

Everett Silvertips

26 19

42 0.808

4-0-0-0

7-1-2-0

Tri-City Americans

28 16 10

34 0.607 103

0-1-0-0

5-4-1-0

3 Seattle Thunderbirds Western Conference Wildcard Rank Team

25 13

29 0.580

2-0-1-0

6-2-2-0

GP W

L OTL SL PTS PCT

STK

P10

Victoria Royals

28 14 12

30 0.536

0-3-0-0

5-5-0-0

Portland Winterhawks

27 14 12

29 0.537 105

6-0-1-0

6-3-1-0

Spokane Chiefs

25 10 10

25 0.500

0-2-0-0

4-4-2-0

Vancouver Giants

28 10 16

22 0.393

109

0-4-1-1

3-5-1-1

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Conference Standings Western Conference Rank Team

GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA

P10

STK

Everett Silvertips

26 19 3

42 0.808 86

12-2-0-0

7-1-4-0

7-1-2-0

4-0-0-0

Prince George Cougars

27 19 6

40 0.741 97

8-3-1-0

11-3-1-0

6-4-0-0

1-0-0-0

Tri-City Americans

28 16 10

34 0.607 103 97

9-4-1-0

7-6-1-0

5-4-1-0

0-1-0-0

Kamloops Blazers

28 15 12

31 0.554 91

10-4-1-0

5-8-0-0

6-4-0-0

1-0-0-0

Kelowna Rockets

26 15 11

30 0.577 83

7-6-0-0

8-5-0-0

6-4-0-0

2-0-0-0

Victoria Royals

28 14 12

30 0.536 90

9-7-0-0

5-5-2-0

5-5-0-0

0-3-0-0

Seattle Thunderbirds

25 13 9

29 0.580 78

5-4-0-1

8-5-2-0

6-2-2-0

2-0-1-0

Portland Winterhawks

27 14 12

29 0.537 105 91

7-7-1-0

7-5-0-0

6-3-1-0

6-0-1-0

Spokane Chiefs

25 10 10

25 0.500 83

5-6-3-1

5-4-1-0

4-4-2-0

0-2-0-0

28 10 16

22 0.393 83 109

6-9-1-0

4-7-0-1

3-5-1-1

0-4-1-1

Home

Away

10 Vancouver Giants Eastern Conference Rank Team

GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA

Home

Away

P10

STK

Medicine Hat Tigers

27 21 5

43 0.796 138 79

8-3-1-0

13-2-0-0

10-0-0-0

Regina Pats

23 17 2

38 0.826 122 73

9-0-3-0

8-2-1-0

7-2-1-0

1-0-1-0

Moose Jaw Warriors

24 15 5

34 0.708 90

7-4-3-0

8-1-1-0

6-2-2-0

2-0-0-0

Swift Current Broncos

28 14 8

34 0.607 93

7-4-1-1

7-4-1-3

4-3-0-3

1-0-0-0

Red Deer Rebels

28 13 11

30 0.536 99 111

8-4-1-0

5-7-1-2

4-4-1-1

1-0-0-0

Brandon Wheat Kings

25 13 9

29 0.580 93

9-4-2-0

4-5-1-0

7-3-0-0

1-0-0-0

Lethbridge Hurricanes

26 12 11

27 0.519 84

7-5-1-0

5-6-0-2

5-4-0-1

5-0-0-0

Edmonton Oil Kings

27 12 13

26 0.481 79

4-7-1-0

8-6-1-0

6-4-0-0

2-0-0-0

Saskatoon Blades

28 10 16

22 0.393 69 113

4-5-1-0

6-11-1-0

2-7-1-0

0-1-1-0

Calgary Hitmen

22 8 12

18 0.409 50

4-5-1-0

4-7-1-0

3-7-0-0

0-3-0-0

Kootenay ICE

28 5 17

16 0.286 67 121

3-8-4-0

2-9-1-1

2-7-1-0

0-4-0-0

Prince Albert Raiders

26 5 20

11 0.212 54

2-8-1-0

3-12-0-0

1-9-0-0

0-9-0-0

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Leaders (Overall) Top 20 Scorers Rank Player

Team GP G

Sam Steel

REG

19 17 24

Mason Shaw

Goals Rank

Player

Team GP G

Michael Rasmussen

28 20

Tyler Steenbergen

28 20

KTN

28 20

A PTS 35

Chad Butcher

24 12 27

Zak Zborosky

Cody Glass

POR

27 14 24

Several Players Tied

Adam Brooks

REG

Nikita Popugaev

25 19 18

Michael Spacek

25 14 21

Michael Rasmussen

28 20 13

David Quenneville

25 13 20

Steven Owre

Tyler Steenbergen

28 20 12

Jayden Halbgewachs

24 19 13

Skyler McKenzie

POR

27 15 17

Several Players Tied

32 31

Assists Rank Player

Team GP A

Mason Shaw

Adam Brooks

REG

17 29

Chad Butcher

24 27

Steven Owre

26 26

Several Players Tied

26 35

Penalty Minutes Rank Player

Team GP PIM

Zach Fischer

Dalton Yorke

Barrett Sheen

KTN

Several Players Tied

56 52

Minor Penalties Rank Player

Team GP MinPen

Major Penalties Rank Player

Team GP MajPen

Barrett Sheen

KTN

28 23

Zach Fischer

26 7

Dalton Yorke

28 21

* Riley McKay

SPO

19 6

Tyler Coulter

BDN

24 21

Dakota Odgers

Schael Higson

BDN

26 21

* Tristyn DeRoose

Several Players Tied

Jeff Faith

SPO

24 5

Team GP PPG

Team GP SHG

28 11

Mark Rassell

27 5

27 10

Austin Wagner

REG

18 4

REG

19 3

Tyler Steenbergen

Max Gerlach

MH REG

23 9

Sam Steel

David Quenneville

25 9

Several Players Tied

Michael Rasmussen

28 9

* Filip Ahl

25 6 15 6

Short Handed Goals Rank Player

Power Play Goals Rank Player

MJ VAN

Game Winning Goals Rank Player

Team GP GWG

Plus/Minus Rank Player

Team GP

SPO

21 5

Chase Harrison

REG

23 5

Sergey Zborovskiy

REG

28 5

Clayton Kirichenko

Adam Brooks

REG

Ty Schultz

Kailer Yamamoto * Filip Ahl

Tyler Steenbergen

Several Players Tied

Shootout Goals Rank Player

Team SOG SOA

Shootout Percentage Rank Player

Morgan Geekie

Stelio Mattheos

BDN

Noah Philp

KTN

Tyler Wong

LET

* Aleksi Heponiemi

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+/-

Team SOG SOA SO% 100.0

Leading Goalies Top 15 Goalies (by GAA) Rank Player

Team GP Mins W

Carter Hart

EVT

21 1211 14

1.59 0

0.000 527 495

0.939

Ty Edmonds

20 1146 15

2.15 1

0.750 540 499

0.924

L OTL SOL SO GA GAA SOW SOL SOGA SOA SO% SA SVS SV%

Connor Ingram

KAM

22 1294 12

2.23 0

0.000 720 672

0.933

Nick Schneider

22 1326 19

2.62 1

0.667 631 573

0.908

Griffen Outhouse

VIC

24 1294 14

2.64 1

0.727 723 666

0.921

Cole Kehler

POR

21 1172 12

2.76 1

1.000 642 588

0.916

Nicholas Sanders

14 606

2.77 1

0.500 291 263

0.904

Taz Burman

17 934

2.83 0

0.667 500 456

0.912

Michael Herringer

KEL

21 1226 13

2.94 0

0.000 641 581

0.906

Logan Thompson

BDN

2.95 2

1.000 313 286

0.914

549

Jordan Papirny

BDN

17 995

2.96 1

0.667 589 540

0.917

Zach Sawchenko

13 750

2.96 0

0.000 441 404

0.916

Travis Child

14 770

2.96 0

0.375 433 395

0.912

Rylan Toth

SEA

19 1066

3.04 0

0.000 483 429

0.888

Several Goaltenders Tied

Wins Rank

Player

Team W

Saves Rank

Player

Team SVS

Nick Schneider

Connor Ingram

KAM

672

Ty Edmonds

Griffen Outhouse

VIC

666

3.14

Carter Hart

EVT

Payton Lee

KTN

665

Griffen Outhouse

VIC

Ryan Kubic

VAN

646

Michael Herringer

KEL

Stuart Skinner

LET

625

Losses Rank Player

Team L

Ian Scott

Ryan Kubic

VAN

Stuart Skinner

LET

Several Goaltenders Tied

Mins Rank

Player

Team Mins

Ryan Kubic

VAN

1351

Nick Schneider

1326

Griffen Outhouse

VIC

1294

Connor Ingram

KAM

1294

Stuart Skinner

LET

1262

Shutouts Rank Player

Team SO

Carter Hart

EVT

Logan Flodell

SAS

2 3 4

* Riley Lamb Several Goaltenders Tied

Save Percentage Rank Player

Team GA SVS SV%

Carter Hart

EVT

32 495

Connor Ingram

KAM

48 672

0.933

Ty Edmonds

41 499

0.924

0.939

Griffen Outhouse

VIC

57 666

0.921

Jordan Papirny

BDN

49 540

0.917

Shootout Wins Rank Player

Team SOW

Logan Thompson

BDN

Several Goaltenders Tied

2 1

Shootout Percentage Rank Player

Team Saves Att SO%

Logan Thompson

BDN

1.000

Cole Kehler

POR

1.000

Cody Porter

CGY

0.800

Ty Edmonds

0.750

Rylan Parenteau

0.750

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Leaders (Rookies) Top 20 Scorers Rank Player

Team GP G

A PTS

Goals Rank

* Aleksi Heponiemi

* Filip Ahl

REG

23 17

* Rudolfs Balcers

KAM

28 16 13

* Rudolfs Balcers

KAM

28 16

* Filip Ahl

REG

23 17 10

* John Dahlstrom

25 13

* John Dahlstrom

25 13 14

* Nick Henry

REG

23 11

* Nick Henry

REG

23 11 11

* Joachim Blichfeld

POR

* Sami Moilanen

SEA

* Joachim Blichfeld

POR

* Trey Fix-Wolansky

EDM

* Henri Jokiharju

POR

* Luka Burzan

* Kristians Rubins

* Calen Addison

LET

* Ondrej Najman

SPO

Player

Team GP G

Assists Rank Player

Team GP A

* Aleksi Heponiemi

28 25

* Sami Moilanen

SEA

23 14

* John Dahlstrom

25 14

* Rudolfs Balcers

KAM

28 13

Several Players Tied

* Eetu Tuulola

EVT

* Ty Smith

SPO

Penalty Minutes Rank Player

Team GP PIM

* Dmitri Zaitsev

* Riley McKay

SPO

* Lane Gilliss

POR

* Tanner Sidaway

KTN

* Andrei Grishakov

CGY

* Tristyn DeRoose

VAN

* Montana Onyebuchi

EVT

* Zane Franklin

LET

Several Players Tied

Team GP MinPen

Major Penalties Rank Player

Team GP MajPen

KTN

25 17

* Riley McKay

SPO

19 6

19 11

* Tristyn DeRoose

VAN

15 6

Minor Penalties Rank Player 1

* Tanner Sidaway

* Riley McKay

SPO

* Trey Fix-Wolansky

EDM

27 11

* Dmitri Zaitsev

23 11

* Wyatte Wylie

EVT

26 11

Several Players Tied

Power Play Goals Rank Player

Team GP PPG

Short Handed Goals Rank Player

Team GP SHG

* Filip Ahl

REG

23 9

* Braydon Buziak

REG

16 1

* Joachim Blichfeld

POR

25 4

* Bryce Kindopp

EVT

21 1

* Cole Reinhardt

BDN

26 1

* Nick Henry

REG

23 3

* Sami Moilanen

SEA

23 3

Several Players Tied

Game Winning Goals Rank Player

Team GP GWG

Plus/Minus Rank Player

Team GP

* Filip Ahl

REG

23 5

* Rudolfs Balcers

KAM

* Rudolfs Balcers

KAM

28 3

* John Dahlstrom

11 11

+/-

* Ryan Chyzowski

16 2

* Kristians Rubins

* Trey Fix-Wolansky

EDM

27 2

* Dmitri Zaitsev

* Henri Jokiharju

POR

Several Players Tied

Shootout Goals Rank Player

Team SOG SOA

Shootout Percentage Rank Player

Team SOG SOA SO%

* Aleksi Heponiemi

* Jake Elmer

KTN

100.0

* Jake Elmer

KTN

* Andrei Grishakov

CGY

100.0

* Andrei Grishakov

CGY

* Kaid Oliver

VIC

100.0

* Kaid Oliver

VIC

* Aleksi Heponiemi

66.7

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Leaders (Defencemen) Goals Rank

Player

Team GP G

David Quenneville

28 10 21

Juuso Välimäki

28 10

21 10 19

Connor Hobbs

REG

21 10

Top 20 Scorers Rank Player

Team GP G

David Quenneville

25 13 20

Juuso Välimäki

Connor Hobbs

REG

A PTS

Josh Mahura

Aaron Irving

EDM

Several Players Tied

Chase Harrison

REG

Colton Bobyk

Artyom Minulin

Parker Wotherspoon

Clayton Kirichenko

Caleb Jones

POR

Keoni Texeira

POR

Ethan Bear

SEA

25 13

9 8

Assists Rank Player

Team GP A

Colton Bobyk

28 22

Chase Harrison

REG

23 21

Clayton Kirichenko

27 21

Juuso Välimäki

28 21

Several Players Tied

Kale Clague

BDN

Chaz Reddekopp

VIC

Penalty Minutes Rank Player

Team GP PIM

Noah Juulsen

EVT

Dalton Yorke

Dylan Coghlan

Schael Higson

BDN

Matt Sozanski

Kade Jensen

Brennan Menell

LET

Ryan Pouliot

KTN

Cal Foote

KEL

Igor Merezhko

LET

Team GP MinPen

Major Penalties Rank Player

Team GP MajPen

28 21

Jeff Faith

SPO

24 5

26 21

Ryan Pouliot

KTN

28 4

VAN

25 4

Minor Penalties Rank Player 1

Dalton Yorke

Schael Higson

BDN

Kade Jensen

28 20

Darian Skeoch

Ondrej Vala

KAM

28 20

Several Players Tied

Turner Ottenbreit

SEA

25 18

Power Play Goals Rank Player

Team GP PPG

Short Handed Goals Rank Player

Team GP SHG

David Quenneville

25 9

Kale Clague

BDN

Josh Mahura

26 6

Several Players Tied

Parker Wotherspoon

25 5

Several Players Tied

17 2 1

Game Winning Goals Rank Player

Team GP GWG

Plus/Minus Rank Player

Team GP

Ethan Bear

SEA

23 4

Chase Harrison

REG

Connor Hobbs

REG

21 3

Sergey Zborovskiy

REG

+/-

David Quenneville

25 3

Clayton Kirichenko

Kale Clague

BDN

17 2

Ty Schultz

Aaron Irving

EDM

27 2

David Quenneville

Team SOG SOA

Shootout Percentage Rank Player

Team SOG SOA SO%

POR

Caleb Jones

POR

100.0

Kord Pankewicz

LET

100.0

Shootout Goals Rank Player 1

Caleb Jones

Kord Pankewicz

LET

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Specialty Team Records Team Power Play Rank Team

GP ADV GF PP% SHGA

Team Penalty Kill Rank Team

GP TSH PPGA PK% SHGF

Medicine Hat Tigers

27 130 41 31.5 5

Medicine Hat Tigers

27 120 17

85.8 9

Regina Pats

23 109 33 30.3 2

Prince George Cougars

27 120 17

85.8 5

Tri-City Americans

28 124 35 28.2 3

Everett Silvertips

26 88

85.2 3

Brandon Wheat Kings

25 104 28 26.9 2

Tri-City Americans

28 113 18

84.1 4

Swift Current Broncos

28 121 31 25.6 4

Kamloops Blazers

28 123 21

82.9 5

Portland Winterhawks

27 120 30 25.0 4

Victoria Royals

28 125 23

81.6 1

Everett Silvertips

26 112 27 24.1 3

Edmonton Oil Kings

27 118 23

80.5 2

Spokane Chiefs

25 100 24 24.0 6

Regina Pats

23 123 24

80.5 14

Lethbridge Hurricanes

26 136 31 22.8 6

Portland Winterhawks

27 128 25

80.5 5

Kelowna Rockets

26 112 24 21.4 0

Seattle Thunderbirds

25 105 21

80.0 3

Red Deer Rebels

28 120 24 20.0 7

Brandon Wheat Kings

25 130 27

79.2 8

Victoria Royals

28 152 30 19.7 2

Swift Current Broncos

28 112 25

77.7 1

Edmonton Oil Kings

27 110 21 19.1 3

Calgary Hitmen

22 109 25

77.1 2

Prince George Cougars

27 111 21 18.9 3

Prince Albert Raiders

26 99

76.8 2

Moose Jaw Warriors

24 106 20 18.9 5

Kelowna Rockets

26 149 35

76.5 5

Seattle Thunderbirds

25 107 20 18.7 2

Spokane Chiefs

25 106 25

76.4 5

Kamloops Blazers

28 122 22 18.0 6

Red Deer Rebels

28 132 32

75.8 4

Saskatoon Blades

28 135 24 17.8 5

Kootenay ICE

28 126 31

75.4 1

Calgary Hitmen

22 102 14 13.7 5

Moose Jaw Warriors

24 81

75.3 3

Vancouver Giants

28 104 14 13.5 5

Vancouver Giants

28 118 32

72.9 0

Kootenay ICE

28 98

13 13.3 3

Lethbridge Hurricanes

26 105 29

72.4 1

Prince Albert Raiders

26 114 13 11.4 3

Saskatoon Blades

28 119 34

71.4 1

Team Overtime Performance Rank Team

GP W L SW SL PTS PCT

Edmonton Oil Kings

2 1

14 0.875

Red Deer Rebels

2 0

14 0.778

Moose Jaw Warriors

4 0

14 0.778

Swift Current Broncos

10 4

2 0

14 0.700

Kamloops Blazers

1 0

0.875

Vancouver Giants

1 0

0.800

Tri-City Americans

2 2

12 0.857

Kelowna Rockets

0 0

1.000

Lethbridge Hurricanes

1 0

0.700

Portland Winterhawks

1 1

0.875

Prince Albert Raiders

1 0

0.833

Calgary Hitmen

2 1

0.800

Everett Silvertips

4 0

0.667

Regina Pats

4 0

0.667

Medicine Hat Tigers

1 1

0.833

Prince George Cougars

2 1

0.750

Saskatoon Blades

2 0

0.667

Brandon Wheat Kings

3 3

11 0.786

Spokane Chiefs

4 0

Kootenay ICE

5 1

10 0.625

Seattle Thunderbirds

2 0

0.500

Victoria Royals

2 1

0.667

0.583

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Player Streaks Player Goal Streaks (Current) Rank GP Player

From

Kole Lind

Team KEL

Nov 18, 2016

Nov 30, 2016

Nikita Popugaev

Nov 18, 2016

Nov 26, 2016

Lane Bauer

EDM

Nov 23, 2016

Nov 27, 2016

4 3 Several Players Tied Player Goal Streaks (All Season) Rank GP Player

Team

From

Goals Assists Points

Sam Steel

REG

Oct 30, 2016

Nov 16, 2016

Ty Lewis

BDN

Oct 8, 2016

Oct 22, 2016

Brett Howden

Sep 30, 2016

Oct 8, 2016

4 5 Several Players Tied Player Assist Streaks (Current) Rank GP Player

Team

From

11 Adam Brooks

REG

Oct 30, 2016

Nov 26, 2016

11 Colton Bobyk

Nov 4, 2016

Nov 30, 2016

10 David Quenneville

Nov 5, 2016

Nov 29, 2016

Goals Assists Points 5

4 4 Several Players Tied Player Assist Streaks (All Season) Rank GP Player

Team

From

11 Adam Brooks

REG

Oct 30, 2016

Nov 26, 2016

11 Chase Harrison

REG

Oct 8, 2016

Nov 10, 2016

11 Colton Bobyk

Nov 4, 2016

Nov 30, 2016

10 David Quenneville

Nov 5, 2016

Nov 29, 2016

REG

Oct 22, 2016

Nov 20, 2016

5 9 Sam Steel Player Point Streaks (Current) Rank GP Player 1 2

17 Adam Brooks * 13 Aleksi Heponiemi

Goals Assists Points

Team

From

REG

Oct 12, 2016

Nov 26, 2016

Goals Assists Points 9

Oct 29, 2016

Nov 26, 2016

11 Colton Bobyk

Nov 4, 2016

Nov 30, 2016

10 David Quenneville

Nov 5, 2016

Nov 29, 2016

5 9 Several Players Tied Player Point Streaks (All Season) Rank GP Player

Team

From

17 Adam Brooks

REG

Oct 12, 2016

Nov 26, 2016

16 Chase Harrison

REG

Oct 8, 2016

Nov 22, 2016

* 13 Aleksi Heponiemi

Oct 29, 2016

Nov 26, 2016

Goals Assists Points

12 Tyler Sandhu

Oct 28, 2016

Nov 26, 2016

11 Colton Bobyk

Nov 4, 2016

Nov 30, 2016

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2016 - 17 Regular Season Team Statistics Kootenay ICE PLAYERS #

Name

Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SH SHA GW FG IG OT UA EN SOG SOA SOGW SO% Pt/G PIMPG SA SH%

22 Zak Zborosky

RW 28 20 8

-15 10

0.0

1.00 0.36

0.0

21 Matt Alfaro

28 9

15 24

-15 34

0.0

0.86 1.21

0.0

Cale Fleury

28 6

10 16

-18 27

0.0

0.57 0.96

0.0

18 Vince Loschiavo

28 4

-9

0.0

0.36 0.21

0.0

10 Barrett Sheen

LW 28 5

-3

0.0

0.32 2.00

0.0

28 0

-9

0.0

0.29 1.71

0.0

12 Noah Philp

28 3

-9

100.0 0.25 0.29

0.0

24 1

-6

0.0

0.29 0.42

0.0

27 Dylan Stewart

LW 19 2

-4

0.0

0.32 0.11

0.0

27 1

-19 44

0.0

0.22 1.63

0.0

17 Austin Wellsby

LW 28 1

-16 15

0.0

0.21 0.54

0.0

15 Fedor Rudakov

24 3

-7

0.0

0.21 0.58

0.0

14 Keenan Taphorn

RW 27 3

0.0

0.19 0.15

0.0

25 Tanner Sidaway

RW 25 1

-11 39

0.0

0.16 1.56

0.0

19 0

-1

0.0

0.21 0.26

0.0

23 Max Patterson

RW 20 2

-7

0.0

0.10 0.45

0.0

27 Jake Elmer

RW 5

-4

100.0 0.40 0.00

0.0

26 Kaeden Taphorn

LW 7

0.0

0.29 0.29

0.0

20 Michael King

25 1

-5

0.0

0.08 0.16

0.0

-2

0.0

0.67 0.00

0.0

Ryan Pouliot Dallas Hines Troy Murray

Sam Huston

*X 19 Peyton Krebs

LW 3

24 0

-9

0.0

0.08 0.33

0.0

-2

0.0

0.25 0.50

0.0

Reed Morison

*X 24 Eli Lieffers *

Nikita Radzivilyuk D

20 1

-6

0.0

0.05 1.00

0.0

*X 3

Loeden Schaufler D

-1

0.0

0.00 0.00

0.0

LW 2

0.0

0.00 0.00

0.0

0.00 0.00

0.0

19 Jared Legien

* 11 Bobby Russell D 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Goalies # Name GP Mins GA SO GAA W L OTL SL SA SVS SV% *

30 Payton Lee

19 1068 69

3.87 4

734

665

0.906

29 Jakob Walter

11 484

3.96 1

299

267

0.893

7.16 0

0.800

X 1

Declan Hobbs 3

142

Empty Net

Totals

33 1694 120 0

2 4.22 5

17 5

1120 1000 0.893

* indicates rookie X indicates inactive

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2016 - 17 Regular Season Team Statistics Seattle Thunderbirds PLAYERS # 8

Name

Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SH SHA GW FG IG OT UA EN SOG SOA SOGW SO% Pt/G PIMPG SA SH% 11 30

0.0

1.04 1.20

0.0

0.91 0.26

0.0

10 27

0.0

0.80 1.08

0.0

0.83 0.39

0.0

-4 12

0.0

0.64 0.48

0.0

10 16

-3 8

0.0

0.84 0.42

0.0

25 3

10 13

11 36

0.0

0.52 1.44

0.0

11 13

0.0

1.44 0.67

0.0

24 2

0.0

0.46 0.58

0.0

19 Donovan Neuls

RW 25 5

0.0

0.40 0.92

0.0

21 Matthew Wedman

24 3

-1 21

100.0 0.42 0.88

0.0

11 Elijah Brown

19 1

0.0

0.42 0.21

0.0

24 2

0.0

0.25 0.33

0.0

0.50 1.25

0.0

20 Zack Andrusiak (total) RW 20 2

-3 2

0.0

0.15 0.10

0.0

Scott Eansor

RW 23 7

26 Nolan Volcan

LW 25 10 10 20

25 Ethan Bear

23 8

16 Alexander True

25 10 6

12 Ryan Gropp

LW 19 6

13 Mathew Barzal 5

Turner Ottenbreit Jarret Tyszka

Reece Harsch

28 Keegan Kolesar *

25 11 15 26

18 Sami Moilanen

RW 8

14 21 11 19 16

6 9

RW 8

-2 0

0.000 0.25 0.00

0.0

SEA

RW 12 1

-1 2

0.000 0.08 0.17

0.0

24 Brandon Schuldhaus

-6 28

0.0

0.12 1.12

0.0

Cavin Leth

LW 5

-1 8

0.0

0.60 1.60

0.0

Bryan Allbee

25 0

-7 8

0.0

0.12 0.32

0.0

25 1

27 Ian Briscoe

11 2

0.0

0.18 0.00

0.0

23 Luke Ormsby

RW 21 1

-2 4

0.0

0.10 0.19

0.0

-5 18

0.0

0.09 0.78

0.0

0.14 0.29

0.0

LW 17 1

-2 15

0.0

0.06 0.88

0.0

*X 17 MacKenzie Wight RW 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Goalies # Name GP Mins GA SO GAA W L OTL SL SA SVS SV%

0.0

0.00 0.00

0.0

Anthony Bishop

15 Layne Bensmiller

RW 7

*X 22 Dillon Hamaliuk

31 Rylan Toth

19 1066 54

* 29 Matt Berlin (total) 6

* 1

23 0

3.04 9

9 1

483 429 0.888

289

1.87 3

0 1

115 106 0.922

SPO

6.07 0

0 0

SEA

279

1.72 3

0 1

111 103 0.928

Carl Stankowski

151

2.38 1

0 0

Empty Net Totals

27 1496 73

3 46

0.750 0.885

5 1

2.90 13 9 2

651 578 0.888

* indicates rookie X indicates inactive

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Last Game…The Kamloops Blazers defeated the T-Birds 4-3 in overtime November 30 in Kamloops. Ethan Bear, Mathew Barzal and Ryan Gropp scored in the game. Barzal and Gropp each had an assist. Goalie Matt Berlin made 17 saves. Deven Sideroff scored twice, including the overtime game-winning goal, and Rudolfs Balcers and Spencer Bast also scored for the Blazers. Kamloops goalie Connor Ingram had 52 saves in the game as the T-Birds had a season high 55 shots in the game. Barzal Invited to Canada’s National Junior Team Selection Camp…Seattle Thunderbirds general manager Russ Farwell Tuesday morning announced Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Hockey League, has selected center Mathew Barzal to take part in Canada’s National Junior Team Selection Camp. The Selection Camp runs from December 10 to December 14 in Blainville, Quebec, and will determine Canada’s roster for the 2017 World Junior Championship. The 2017 World Junior Championship is December 26, 2016, to January 5, 2017, in Toronto and Montreal. Barzal played for Canada at the 2016 World Junior Championship in Helsinki, Finland. He had a goal and two assists in five games. Barzal has 13 points on two goals and 11 assists in nine games since returning from the New York Islanders. Barzal was selected by the Islanders in the first round, 16th overall, of the 2015 NHL Draft. He appeared in two games with the Islanders this season. Last season Barzal had 27 goals and 61 assists for 88 points in 58 games. Barzal 4th in Career Assists…Mathew Barzal is in fourth place in T-Birds history in career assists with 157. He is one ahead of Tyler Metcalfe who had156 career assists. Barzal passed Dustin Johner (152) and Chris Wells (152) November 25 in Kennewick when he had three assists in 5-2 win over Tri-City. Glen Goodall (290), Victor Gervais (237) and Lindsay Vallis (158) are the three players ahead of Barzal. Barzal passed Shea Theodore (154), in sixth place, in the game against Victoria on November 26. Past 10…The T-Birds are 6-2-2-0 in their past 10 games. They have 37 scored 39 goals and given up 26 goals. They have scored five goals in a game five times in the last 10 games. Fastest Goal To Start…The goal by Nolan Volcan 43 seconds into the game against the Tri-City Americans November 25 is the fastest goal by a T-Bird to start a game this season. The T-Birds won the game 5-2. Berlin Back With Birds…Goalie Matt Berlin has rejoined the T-Birds from Sherwood Park in the AJHL. Berlin has played in four games this season and is 3-0-1-0 with a save percentage of .922 and a goal against average of 1.87. NHL Central Scouting Rankings…The NHL released its player watch list for November on Thursday. Three T-Birds were listed on the November watch list. They are defenseman Jarret Tyszka, right wing Sami Moilanen and center Matthew Wedman. Each of the three were given a letter ranking that indicates where NHL Central Scouting thinks they could be drafted in 2017. Tyszka received a “B” ranking which means he is a second or third round draft candidate. Moilanen and Wedman received “C” rankings which means they are fourth through sixth round draft candidates. Streaking Birds…Mathew Barzal has a three-game point streak with two goals and seven assists in the last three games…Ryan Gropp has a three-game goal streak with a goal in each of the last three games…Ethan Bear has a threegame goal streak with three goals and three assists in the last three games…Scott Eansor has a three-game assist streak with four assists in the last three games. Gropp Going…Ryan Gropp has six goals and 10 assists in the last 16 games. He had a team high nine-game point streak snapped in the 4-3 win over Lethbridge on November 18. Eansor Tops Scoring…Captain Scott Eansor leads the team in scoring with 26 points on 11 goals and 15 assists in 25 games. He had a five-game goal streak (five goals, four assists) snapped in the loss to Everett on November 23. Eansor

has 10 goals and eight assists in the last 14 games. Eansor had the T-Birds first hat trick of the season when he scored three goals at Moose Jaw in a 5-1 win on November 5. Eansor has scored two shorthanded goals this season. Sami Second…Sami Moilanen has seven goals and 14 assists for 22 points in 23 games to put him second on the team ins scoring. He has three goals and seven assists in the last seven games. Nifty Nolan…Nolan Volcan is third on the team in scoring. Volcan has 10 goals and 10 assists for 20 points in 25 games. Volcan has two goals and four assists in the last six games. Bear From The Blue Line…Ethan Bear has seven goals and 10 assists in the last 14 games he has played. Goal Leaders…Center Scott Eansor leads the team in goals scored with 11. Nolan Volcan and Alexander True each have 10 goals. Three For Otto…Defenseman Turner Ottenbreit had three assists on November 12 in a 5-3 win over Vancouver. He had a three-game point streak (one goal, three assists) snapped in the loss to Everett on November 23. Ottenbreit has three goals and 10 assists for 13 points this season. Three Over 200 GPs…Three T-Birds have played over 200 games with the T-Birds. They are Ethan Bear (220), Ryan Gropp (211) and Scott Eansor (204). Keegan Kolesar is at 197 games played. Gropp at 15th in goals scored…Ryan Gropp has 88 goals in his T-Birds career putting him in 15th place all time in goals scored by a T-Bird. Greg Scott is 10th on the list with 96 goals and Aaron Gagnon is fifth on the list with 123 goals. First For Harsch…Defenseman Reece Harsch scored his first career goal in the 5-1 win over Moose Jaw on November 5. Harsch had the T-Birds third goal of the game. He also had an assist in the game. Road Swing…The T-Birds went 4-2-0-0 on a six-game road trip to the East Division. They beat Swift Current Broncos 2-1 in the first game, lost 6-3, to the Regina Pats in the second game and beat the Saskatoon Blades 4-3 in the third game. They beat the Prince Albert Raiders 5-2 in the fourth game, lost the fifth game, 3-2, to the Brandon Wheat Kings and won the final game against the Moose Jaw Warriors. 2 in 17… The first two goals, by Nolan Volcan at 4:26 and Ryan Gropp at 4:43, in the third period at Prince Albert Wednesday, November 2, were scored in 17 seconds which is the fastest two goals scored by the T-Birds this season. 3 in 40…The first three goals, by Nolan Volcan at 4:26, Ryan Gropp at 4:43 and Dillon Hamaliuk at 5:06, at Prince Albert Wednesday, November 2, were scored in 40 seconds which is the fastest three goals scored by the T-Birds this season. High Shots…The T-Birds put up a season high 55 shots on goal against Kamloops on November 30 in Kamloops in a 4-3 overtime loss. They had 18 shots in the first period, 20 shots in the second period and 17 shots in the third period. The TBirds had 46 shots at Portland on November 19. They had seven shots in the first period, 25 in the second period and 14 in the third period. The 25 shots in the second period was season high for most shots in a period. The T-Birds had 45 shots on October 11 against Spokane. First For Briscoe…Center Ian Briscoe scored his first career WHL goal October 22 against the Kelowna Rockets. T-Birds Select Sami Moilanen in Import Draft…The T-Birds selected right wing Sami Moilanen from Finland in the first round, 49th overall, of the 2016 CHL Import Draft. Moilanen played 38 games last season with the Jokerit U-20 team in Finland. He had 21 goals and 14 assists for 35 points with 20 penalty minutes. Moilanen was a member of the gold medal winning Finnish team at the U-18 World Championship in April. He played in seven games at the tournament in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and had an assist. Finland beat Sweden 6-1 in the gold medal game. Moilanen, a 1999-born forward, played for Finland at the 2015 World U-17 Hockey Challenge in November. He appeared in three games and did not register a point. Moilanen and Alexander True, from Denmark, are the T-Birds two Import players this season. 2016-17 Roster…The T-Birds roster currently stands at 25 players with 16 forwards, 7 defensemen and 3 goalies. 2016-17 Age Breakdown…The T-Birds currently have three 20-year-olds, eight 19-year-olds, five 18-year-olds, seven 17-year-olds and three 16-year-olds.

The Rookiesâ&#x20AC;¦The T-Birds have 9 players on the roster who are WHL rookies. They are right wing Zack Andrusiak, center Elijah Brown, right wing Wyatt Bear, right wing Sami Moilanen, right wing Luke Ormsby, center Ian Briscoe, goalie Matt Berlin, defenseman Reece Harsch, and goalie Carl Stankowski. NHL DRAFTEES (3) / SIGNEES* (3) / FREE AGENT TRYOUTS (2) Round # Players 1st 1 Barzal (15, New York Islanders*) 3rd 1 Kolesar (15, Columbus*) 5th 1 E. Bear (15, Edmonton*) FA Tryouts 2 Ottenbreit (15, Rangers), Eansor (15, Canadiens) HOW ACQUIRED Round # Player (year) 1st 6 Gropp (11), Barzal (12), Kolesar (12), Tyszka (14), Brown (15) 2nd 4 E. Bear (12), Volcan (13), Wedman (14), Stankowski (15) 5th 3 Schuldhaus (13), W. Bear (14-102nd), Briscoe (14-104th) 8th 2 Neuls (12), Harsch (14) 9th 1 Ormsby (14) Euro 2 True (14), Moilanen (15) List 1 Eansor Trade 7 Ottenbreit, Allbee, Bensmiller, Toth, Bishop, Andrusiak, Berlin 2016-17 RECORD by MONTH and DAY OF WEEK Month Games Record Home Road September 2 1-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-1-0-0 October 9 3-5-0-1 2-3-0-1 1-2-0-0 November 14 9-3-2-0 3-1-0-0 6-2-2-0 December 12 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 January 12 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 February 14 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 March 9 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 Totals 72 13-9-2-1 5-4-0-1 8-5-2-0 2016-17 TEAM RECORDS 1-goal games 2-goal games 3-plus-goal games Scoring first Opponent scoring first Leading after 1 period Trailing after 1 period Tied after 1 period Leading after 2 periods Trailing after 2 periods Tied after 2 periods Overtime Record Shootout Record Out-shooting opponent Out-shot by opponent Shots are even vs. BC vs. US vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE vs. Central vs. East vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE

3-2-2-1 4-2 6-5 10-0-0-1 3-9-2-0 9-0-0-1 1-6-1-0 3-3-1-0 11-0-0-0 1-8-0-0 1-1-2-1 0-1 0-1 7-6-2-0 6-2-0-0 0-1-0-1 4-1-1-1 3-5-1-0 7-6-2-1 2-1-0-0 4-2-0-0 6-3-0-0

Day Games Monday 1 Tuesday 11 Wednesday 9 Thursday 0 Friday 22 Saturday 22 Sunday 7 Totals 72

Win Loss OTL SOL 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 9 2 1

KOOTENAY ICE MEDIA NOTES ICE CHIPS: The KOOTENAY ICE enter tonight’s matchup with a 5-17-5-1 record (3-8-4-0 at home, 2-9-1-1 on the road, 1-5 in overtime, 1-1 in shootouts)...After tonight’s action KOOTENAY will complete their three-game U.S. DIVISION road trip in PORTLAND December 3 before returning home to host REGINA December 6. ROSTER BREAKDOWN: KOOTENAY is currently carrying 24 players (two goaltenders, eight defensemen and 14 forwards)...The ICE roster is made up of three 1996-born players, three 1997-born players, nine 1998-born players, five 1999-born players, and four 2000-born players...KOOTENAY has 11 first-year players on its roster. DID YOU KNOW: KOOTENAY holds a 23-8-1-0 lifetime record versus SEATTLE (10-5-0-0 at home, 13-3-1-0 on the road, 6-1-0 in overtime)...Tonight marks the lone meeting of the regular season between the ICE and the THUNDERBIRDS with KOOTENAY having posted a 0-1-0-0 record in the 2015-16 season series…Forward ZAK ZBOROSKY is tied for the WHL lead in goals with 20…ZBOROSKY led the ICE in NOVEMBER scoring with 11 points (8-3-11)…Goaltender PAYTON LEE surpassed 10,000 career regular season minutes played November 27 versus EDMONTON…LEE, who is third among WHL netminders with 665 saves, set a franchise record for saves in a period (25) November 15 versus MEDICINE HAT…Forward JAKE ELMER scored his first career WHL goal November 26 against SWIFT CURRENT…ELMER also recorded his first career WHL point (assist) and first career shootout winner in his ICE debut November 23 against the REBELS…Forward ELI LIEFFERS scored his first career WHL goal November 25 in RED DEER…Goaltender JAKOB WALTER collected his first WHL win (40 saves) and first WHL point (assist) November 16 against the HURRICANES…Defenseman CALE FLEURY was named as a “C” prospect in NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING’s November Players To Watch List November 17…Forward VINCE LOSCHIAVO is three appearances away from 150 career games played…Forward NOAH PHILP is five outings away from 100 career games played…KOOTENAY averages the fewest penalty minutes per game in the CENTRAL DIVISION (13.4) and have had the fewest power play opportunities (98) in the WHL. TRANSACTIONS: The ICE have recalled Defenseman BOBBY RUSSELL (March 23, 2000) from the VALLEY WEST HAWKS of the BRITISH COLUMBIA MAJOR MIDGET LEAGUE…KOOTENAY returned Forward ELI LIEFFERS (March 26, 2000) to the SASKATOON CONTACTS of the SASKATCHEWAN MIDGET HOCKEY LEAGUE November 28…The ICE acquired Forward JAKE ELMER (December 31, 1998) from the REGINA PATS November 21 in exchange for a ninth round selection in the 2017 WHL BANTAM DRAFT. INJURIES / SUSPENSION: Forward MAX PATTERSON will be out of the KOOTENAY lineup day to day with an upper body injury…Forward KAEDEN TAPHORN will be out of the ICE lineup day to day with an upper body injury…Defenseman NIKITA RADZIVILYUK will be out of the ICE lineup indefinitely with an upper body injury…Forward SHANE ALLAN will be out of the KOOTENAY lineup indefinitely with a lower body injury…Defenseman TROY MURRAY has been suspended four games after incurring a checking from behind major and game misconduct November 27 versus EDMONTON. ONE YEAR AGO: After 28 games of the 2015-16 season the ICE were 6-20-2-0, after 29 games 6-21-2-0 and after 30 games 6-22-2-0.

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