The Spruce Grove Saints (19-28-6-0) will play host to the Blackfalds Bulldogs (14-37-2-0) in the Saints final regular season game ever at Grant Fuhr Arena on Saturday night.
How To Follow:
Tickets: bit.ly/TIXBLKMAR29
Listen: FREE Audio Stream
Watch: FloHockey
Breakdown:
Spruce Grove:
Overall Record: 19-28-6-0 (9th in Interior Conference – 18th in BCHL)
Home Record: 9-13-4-0
Road Record: 10-15-2-0
Power Play: 30-for-183 (16.4% – 19th in BCHL)
Penalty Kill: 139-for-184 (75.9% – 17th in BCHL)
Blackfalds:
Overall Record: 14-37-2-0 (11th in Interior Conference – 20th in BCHL)
Home Record: 8-17-2-0
Road Record: 6-20-0-0
Power Play: 34-for-180 (18.9% – 15th in BCHL)
Penalty Kill: 135-for-175 (77.1% – 14th in BCHL)
Season Series:
Saturday, September 21st @ Eagle Builders Centre (7-2 Saints) (BOXSCORE)
Friday, October 25th @ Eagle Builders Centre (4-3 Saints) (BOXSCORE)
Wednesday, November 20th @ Grant Fuhr Arena (6-4 Saints) (BOXSCORE)
Saturday, December 7th @ Eagle Builders Centre (6-5 Saints/OT) (BOXSCORE)
Saturday, March 8th @ Grant Fuhr Arena (4-2 Bulldogs) (BOXSCORE)
Saturday, March 29th @ Grant Fuhr Arena (7:00 PM)
Looking Back:
The Saints kept their playoff hopes alive in a big way on Friday night as they came from behind for a 4-3 overtime victory over the Brooks Bandits at Centennial Regional Arena. Matheson Mason, Marko Djordjevic and Josh Polak each found the back of the net in regulation before James Richards collected the overtime winning marker. Ryan De Kok was terrific in goal for Spruce Grove, turning aside 37 of the 40 shots thrown his way in his 10th win of the season.
Blackfalds will conclude their regular season in Spruce Grove following a 7-3 triumph over the Sherwood Park Crusaders on Friday at the Sherwood Park Arena. Former Crusader Nicholas DiPaolo had a hat-trick in the game while Dean Toskos, Luke Dahlen, Antoine Gauthier and Liam Hoff each scored singles while Kirill Kapustin made 40 saves on 43 shots in his 10th win of the season.
Saints Leading Scorers:
Josh Polak (20-18-38)
Austin Peters (10-24-34)
Ryan Johnstone (14-16-30)
Stephen Kirkpatrick (9-21-30)
Max Seguin (11-17-28)
Bulldogs Leading Scorers:
Joey Melo (17-21-38)
Luke Dahlen (13-16-29)
Nicholas DiPaolo (11-13-24)
Antoine Gauthier (10-14-24)
Thomas Neu (7-12-19)
What To Watch For:
Spruce Grove:
- Still Alive
The Saints victory on Friday night in Brooks kept the team’s playoff hopes alive as they sit one point behind the Okotoks Oilers for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Interior Conference. Spruce Grove will play their final regular season game ever at Grant Fuhr Arena and look to close out a building where they have built many great memories with a win and a hope that by the end of the night on Sunday, they will be a playoff team.
Blackfalds:
- Joey Melo – Forward – Georgetown, Ontario – University of Alaska-Anchorage
Earning four points in the last meeting between the two teams on March 8th, Melo has been playing his best hockey over the last month of the season and comes into Saturday having collected points in six of his last seven contests. The Anchorage commit has posted five goals and seven assists for 12 points in that span and will look for one final game to showcase his stuff.
The Saints and Bulldogs meet for the fifth of six times this season on Saturday in the final regular season game ever at Grant Fuhr Arena. Tickets can be purchased online on tickets.sgsaints.ca.
