WHL Lethbridge Hurricanes

Canes Acquire Mathews from Moose Jaw

Published on November 19, 2008 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Lethbridge Hurricanes News Release


Lethbridge, AB - Lethbridge Hurricanes General Manager, Roy Stasiuk, announced this afternoon the Canes have traded forward Cody Smuk; along with a 5th round draft pick in the 2009 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft to the Moose Jaw Warriors in exchange for the rights to 18 year old goaltender Todd Mathews and Moose Jaw's 6th round pick in the 2009 WHL Bantam Draft.

Mathews started 20 games last season with the Warriors as a rookie backup to Moose Jaw starting goaltender Joey Perricone, compiling a 9-5-0-1 record with a 2.75 goals against average and a save percentage of 0.895. With the Warriors early struggles this season Mathews had amassed a record of 3-7-0-1; before recently being reassigned to Notre Dame of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, where he won his first start this past weekend.

"At this point, our expectation is for Todd Mathews to remain at Notre Dame and continue to develop his skill and confidence. This move allows us to add an 18 year old goaltender with more then 30 WHL games under his belt and add overall depth to our roster at the goaltending position." said Stasiuk adding "With the addition of Drew Hoff and the return of forwards Garrett Taylor and Dan Iwanski from injury, we feel that this will also give Cody Smuk an opportunity to play more minutes for a different team as well as allowing him to play closer to his hometown of Saskatoon."

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