WHL Brandon Wheat Kings

Wheat Kings To Battle Blades

Published on February 6, 2010 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Brandon Wheat Kings News Release


Saskatoon, Sask. -- Fresh off Friday night's impressive 4-0 victory over the Central Division leading Kootenay Ice, the Brandon Wheat Kings travel to Saskatoon Saturday night for another round in the Battle for the Western Hockey League's Eastern Conference.

The Wheat Kings moved into first place in the WHL's overall standings with Friday night's win and with that victory, they remain one point up on the second place Blades in the Conference. Saskatoon kept pace with Brandon last night with a 5-4 Overtime Shootout win in Regina.

Winners of seven straight games, the Wheat Kings enter Saturday's game having won four of five meetings between the two teams this season, including a 5-2 win two weeks ago.

While Matt Calvert (8-1-9) and Brayden Schenn (1-8-9) lead Brandon in scoring against the Blades in this year's season series, its right-winger Scott Glennie that enters the game as the hottest scoring Wheat King. The Dallas Stars first round draft choice, who was chosen Brandon's Tip Top Player of the Month for January, is currently riding a personal 8-game point scoring streak. During that stretch, the Winnipeg product has seven goals and 19 points.

In Friday's win, Glennie had a goal and an assist for the Wheat Kings, who led 1-0 and 2-0 at the period breaks. Schenn, Aaron Lewadniuk and Alexander Urbom also scored for the Wheat Kings, who received a stellar 16-save performance in goal by veteran Jacob DeSerres. The shutout was his first as a Wheat King and eighth of his Western League career.

How do the Wheat Kings and Blades match up?

Brandon Saskatoon

Team Record 37-16-0-3 77 points 35-12-3-3 76 points

Division Ranking 1st East 2nd East

Conference Ranking 1st Eastern 3rd Eastern

League Ranking 1st 5th

Past 10 Games 9-1-0-0 5-3-2-0

Streak 7-0-0-0 1-0-0-0

Last Game 4-0 Win vs. Kootenay (Feb 5 2010) Final 5-4 Win @ Regina (Feb 5 2010) Final SO

Home Record 19-5-0-2 17-5-3-0

Away Record 18-11-0-1 18-7-0-3

GF 240 189

GA 167 162

PP% (56/264) 21.2 (37/234) 15.8

PP (Home)% (33/136) 24.3 (20/105) 19.0

PP (Away)% (23/128) 18.0 (17/129) 13.2

PK% (55/223) 75.3 (43/258) 83.3

PK (Home)% (22/97) 77.3 (15/112) 86.6

PK (Away)% (33/126) 73.8 (28/146) 80.8

Leading Rookie Rajala (17-25-42) Siemens (2-12-14)

Most PIM Miller - 115 McNaught - 144

Team PIM/GM 16.6/game 19.2/game

Leading Scorers Calvert (35-37-72) Hulak (23-40-63)

Schenn (23-44-67) Wintoneak (21-35-56)

Lewadniuk (28-36-64) Elliott (19-29-48)

Glennie (23-41-64) Patterson (17-26-43)

Fehr (22-35-57) Viedensky (10-28-38)

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