Bruins game notes

Published on January 26, 2007 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Chilliwack Bruins News Release


Friday night is also Rain Check Night. Do not throw out your unused season tickets; bring them to the box office on Rain Check Nights! On these nights season ticket holders can bring their unused tickets to the Prospera Centre box office and exchange them for new game tickets. This is an excellent way to bring a group of your family and friends to the game with you, and hopefully create some lifelong Bruins fans.

Chilliwack Bruins game notes:

Tonight's game vs the Prince Albert Raiders is the first and only meeting this season between the two teams...The Bruins are 3-7 in their last ten games...Chilliwack is coming off of back to back shutout defeats at the hands of the Prince George Cougars. The Bruins goal less streak is at 124:30 entering tonight's game...The Bruins have been shutout eleven times this season...The Bruins play three games in three nights this weekend. Saturday they visit the Portland Winter Hawks. Sunday they are in Everett...The Bruins are in 5th place in the BC Division, three points back of the fourth place Kelowna Rockets. Kelowna has played two fewer games than Chilliwack. The Rockets are in Red Deer (Saturday) and Calgary this weekend (Sunday). The Bruins have two games remaining vs Kelowna this season, Tuesday February 20th in Kelowna and Saturday February 24th in Chilliwack...The top four teams in the BC Division will make the playoffs. The Bruins next home game is Wednesday February 14th vs the Seattle Thunderbirds.

Special Teams: The Bruins power is 47/330 (14.24%) on the season and 29/164 (17.68%) at home. Chilliwack has killed off 296/367 (80.65%) penalties this season. At home they have killed off 146/181 (80.66%).

Bruins Leaders: Goals: Mark Santorelli and Oscar Moller (20) Assists: Mark Santorelli (32) Points: Mark Santorelli (52) Powerplay Goals: Oscar Moller (10) Powerplay assists: Mark Santorelli (20) Penalty Minutes: Craig Lineker (90) Wins: Alex Archibald (6) Goals Against Average: Matt Esposito (2.77) Shutouts: Matt Esposito and Alex Archibald (2) Save Percentage: Matt Esposito (90.73)

Roster notes: The Bruins currently have 24 players on their active roster that includes 15 forwards, 8 defensemen, and 2 goaltenders... The team has 3 - 20 year olds, 4 - 19 year olds, 6 - 18 year olds, and 10 - 17 year olds and 1 16 year old...By location, Chilliwack has 4 Saskatchewan born players, 8 Alberta born players, 4 Manitoba born players, 6 BC born players, and one player from both Sweden and Finland.

Injuries: Forward Matt Cline (concussion) remains out indefinitely. Kevin Boutilier (concussion) has been cleared to play. Cody Hobbs (mono) will be a game time decision. Matt McCue (leg injury) is day to day. The Bruins have lost 137 man games to injury this season. Mark Santorelli and Cody Smuk are the only two Bruins to appear in every game this season.

In the system: 17 year old Forward Jadon Potter (Prince Albert Mintos, Saskatchewan Midget Hockey League) is tied for the league lead in points with 54 (22g 32a) through 31 games. 16 year old goaltender Mark Friesen (Pembina Valley Hawks, Manitoba Midget AAA League) was named to the league all star team and will play for Team Manitoba at the Canada Winter Games. Friesen has an 11-3-2 record with three shutouts and a goals against average of 2.01 this season. 15 year old forward Ryan Howse (Cariboo Cougars, BC Major Midget League) the 2nd overall selection in the 2006 WHL Bantam Draft is one of only three underage players named to Team BC for the 2007 Canada Winter Games. Through 22 games this season with the Cougars, Howse has 16 goals and 13 assists. Potter, Friesen and Howse are all expected to see action with the Bruins in February.

Prince Albert Raiders Game Notes:

Tuesday the Prince Albert Raiders concluded a 5 game home stand with a 2-1 victory over the Spokane Chiefs to give them a record of 3-1-1-0 in those five games...While the Raiders have won two in a row at home, they are currently on a six game road losing streak - their longest of the season...The Raiders last win away from the Art Hauser Centre was Dec.15 in Moose Jaw 5-1...The Raiders start their five game tour of the BC Division with a record of 21-22-3-2 (15-9-3-0 at home, 6-13-0-2 on the road, 1-3 in overtime, 4-2 in shoot outs) for 47 points, third in the WHL East, 3 behind second place Swift Current with two games in hand over the Broncos...They also lead fourth place Regina by 1 point...The Raiders are 11-1-1-1 when they lead after two periods, 7-2-2-0 when the game is tied after the second and 12-5-1-1 when they score first...The Raiders are averaging 20.9 minutes in penalties/game (15th in the league)...PA has 24 players on their roster-14 forwards, 8 defencemen and 2 goaltenders...They have two 20 year-olds, four 19 year-olds, eight 18 year-olds, eight 17 year-olds & two 16 year-olds.

SPECIAL TEAMS: The Raiders power play continues to be in a drought, going 0/5 against the Chiefs Tuesday...The Raiders are 0/15 with the man advantage in the past three games and 1/25 on the power play in their past five outings...Overall the Raiders have scored 44 power play goals in 287 tries (15.3% - 17th best in the WHL)...On the road are tied for 4th overall in the WHL with 23 power play goals in 122 chances (18.9%)...Spokane scored 1 goal in 6 chances Tuesday...Overall the Raiders have surrendered 67 power play goals in 312 short handed situations (78.5% - 20th in the league)...Away from home, the Raiders have given up 28 power play goals against in 144 opportunities (80.6% - tied with the Bruins for 11th in the league)...The Raiders have surrendered 10 short handed goals against and have scored 5.

UPCOMING GAMES: The Raiders continue their tour of the British Columbia Division tomorrow night in Vancouver...Tuesday they are in Kamloops and visit Kelowna Wednesday...They conclude the visit one week from tonight in Prince George...The Raiders return to the Prairies for another road game - Thursday, Feb.8 in Saskatoon before returning home Friday, Feb.9 to host Swift Current.

DRAFTED PLAYERS: Jeff May - Detroit '05 (5th round, 151st overall), Mike Gauthier - St. Louis '05 (6th round, 169th overall), Lukas Zeliska - Rangers '06 (7th round, 204th overall), John Flatters - Philadelphia '05 (6th round, 175th overall).

INJURY REPORT: Jordan Trach - Head (week to week).

RAIDER REPORT: Devon LeBlanc and Ryan McDonald were the goal scorers for the Raiders against Spokane Tuesday...Mike Gauthier, Blaine Tendler and Mike Hellyer picked up assists...Jesse Deckert posted the win in goal stopping 31 of 32 shots he faced...Deckert has allowed 2 goals in the past two games, stopping 64 of 66 shots he faced...McDonald, who has scored goals in 5 of the past 6 home games, has picked up points (9G, 9A) in 12 of the 18 games he has played as a Raider since being acquired from Regina Dec.7...Hellyer has moved into a tie for the team lead in scoring with Ryan DePape (36 pts.)...DePape returned to the lineup Tuesday after missing ten games with an injury...Tuesday was also Tendler's first game back in the lineup after missing eleven games with an injury...LeBlanc has scored in back to back games and now has 4 goals in ten games as a Raiders after being acquired from Red Deer Jan.1...Rookie Matt Robertson has now scored the most goals by a Raider in the past three seasons (23), is 3rd in the league for goals by a rookie, tied for 15th overall in goals, is tied for 7th in the league for game winning goals (5) and is 11th in WHL rookie scoring (33 pts.)...Deckert is 8th in the WHL for Save Percentage (.910) and is 15th in GAA (2.90)...Lukas Zeliska is tied for 7th among rookies in assists (21) and tied for 19th in scoring among rookies (24 pts.), but has not scored a goal since Oct.21...Mike Gauthier leads the WHL in penalty minutes (183)...Newly acquired John Flatters has 2 assists in seven games as a Raider after picking up 3 in 34 games this season with Vancouver...The Raiders acquired 19 year-old Flatters and prospect Nathan Deck from the Giants at the WHL trading deadline in exchange for A.J.Thelen...Jan.5 the Raiders acquired 17 year-old defenseman Colin Scherger (#8) from Seattle for the rights to 17 year-old goaltender Tyler Esau...Scherger had 1 assist in 15 games for the T'Bird's...Jordan Trach suffered a concussion in Lethbridge Jan.2 and has not played since...Zeliska, Shane Malone, Scherger and Trach were the Raider scratches Tuesday.

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