A weekend on home ice begins for the Spruce Grove Saints (17-23-5-0) as they host the Okotoks Oilers (20-23-2-0) on Friday night in the teams’ sixth and final meeting of the season at Grant Fuhr Arena.
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Breakdown:
Spruce Grove:
Overall Record: 17-23-5-0 (9th in Interior Conference – 18th in BCHL)
Home Record: 8-10-4-0
Road Record: 9-13-1-0
Power Play: 27-for-155 (17.4% – 17th in BCHL)
Penalty Kill: 137-for-182 (75.3% – 18th in BCHL)
Okotoks:
Overall Record: 20-23-2-0 (8th in Interior Conference – 16th in BCHL)
Home Record: 14-7-1-0
Road Record: 6-16-1-0
Power Play: 16-for-151 (10.6% – 21st in BCHL)
Penalty Kill: 118-for-156 (75.6% – 15th in BCHL)
Season Series:
Friday, December 6th @ Grant Fuhr Arena (7-3 Saints) (BOXSCORE)
Friday, December 13th @ Viking Rentals Centre (5-4 Oilers) (BOXSCORE)
Tuesday, January 14th @ Viking Rentals Centre (6-2 Oilers) (BOXSCORE)
Saturday, February 8th @ Viking Rentals Centre (8-1 Oilers) (BOXSCORE)
Sunday, February 23rd @ Grant Fuhr Arena (4-3 Oilers) (BOXSCORE)
Friday, March 7th @ Grant Fuhr Arena (7:00 PM)
Looking Back:
The Saints come back home after a two-game BC road trip that finished in the North Okanagan against the Vernon Vipers that saw a 4-2 loss on Saturday at Kal Tire Place. Austin Peters and Carson Lloyd each found the back of the net for the Saints while Bodee Weiss made 17 saves on 20 shots in his 12th loss of the season.
Okotoks makes their way into Friday night three points ahead of the Saints for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Interior Conference and are coming off of a 5-3 loss to the Cranbrook Bucks on Saturday at Western Financial Place. Kade Duell scored twice in the game while Cyle Clayton also found the back of the net in the losing effort. Olivier Ciarlo turned aside 24 of the 29 shots thrown his way in his 15th loss of the season.
Saints Leading Scorers:
Josh Polak (17-16-33)
Austin Peters (9-22-31)
Ryan Johnstone (14-15-29)
Stephen Kirkpatrick (8-18-26)
Max Seguin (11-13-24)
Oilers Leading Scorers:
Jackson Rowland (17-17-34)
Kade Duell (18-15-33)
Hunter Sawka (5-27-32)
Brett Wilson (14-16-30)
Brock Souch (11-15-26)
Who’s Hot:
Spruce Grove:
- Carson Lloyd – Defenceman – Toronto, Ontario
Goals in back-to-back games and three of his last four contests sees Lloyd coming into action on Friday riding a season-high three-game point streak as the defender has collected three goals and five assists for eight points in that time. The Toronto, Ontario native posted a goal against his former team in the Vipers on Saturday night and now carries a strong string of offensive play into a big weekend for the Saints with a lot of playoff implications.
- Matheson Mason – Forward – Toronto, Ontario – Lake Superior State University
One of three players (Mason, Lloyd and Austin Peters) to carry a five-game point streak into Friday night’s action, Mason has found his most consistent success this season over the last handful of games, scoring six goals and adding two assists for eight points during that five-game stretch. The LSSU commit had a four-game goal streak snapped on Saturday but has registered eight goals in his last eight games.
Okotoks:
- Kade Duell – Forward – Taber, Alberta
Points in nine of his last 10 games has Duell now second in team scoring, posting 43 points in 33 games and a team-high 18 goals on the season, helped by earning tallies in each of his last four games. The Taber native had a huge weekend for the Oilers, scoring five of his team’s six goals throughout their two games including a hat-trick on Friday night against the Chilliwack Chiefs in an 8-3 loss on home ice.
- Ryder de Nys – Defenceman – Canmore, Alberta
In his second full season with the Oilers, de Nys has posted 18 points from the blue line and plays in a lot of key situations for Okotoks and is on a strong stretch of play recently with points in each of his last four games. The Canmore native has posted six assists in his last four games, including a pair of assists on Saturday night in Cranbrook against the Bucks and has earned an assist in each of the four games he has played against the Saints this season.
The Saints and Oilers get set for their sixth of six head-to-head meetings in Spruce Grove on Friday night. Puck drop is slated for 7:00 PM with tickets available for purchase online at tickets.sgsaints.ca.
