The Spruce Grove Saints (1-4-0-0) return home for the second half of a weekend home-and-home set against the Sherwood Park Crusaders (4-1-0-0) on Saturday night at Grant Fuhr Arena.
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Breakdown:
Spruce Grove:
Overall Record: 1-4-0-0 (9th in Interior Conference – 19th in BCHL)
Home Record: 0-3-0-0
Road Record: 1-1-0-0
Power Play: 5-for-17 (29.4% – 6th in BCHL)
Penalty Kill: 13-for-17 (76.5% – 11th in BCHL)
Sherwood Park:
Overall Record: 4-1-0-0 (5th in Interior Conference – 7th in BCHL)
Home Record: 3-1-0-0
Road Record: 1-0-0-0
Power Play: 11-for-29 (37.9% – 2nd in BCHL)
Penalty Kill: 18-for-20 (90.0% – 4th in BCHL)
Season Series:
Friday, October 4th @ Sherwood Park Arena (9-4 Crusaders) (BOXSCORE)
Saturday, October 5th @ Grant Fuhr Arena (7:00 PM)
Saturday, November 16th @ Sherwood Park Arena (7:00 PM)
Friday, December 20th @ Sherwood Park Arena (7:00 PM)
Saturday, December 21st @ Grant Fuhr Arena (7:00 PM)
Friday, January 10th @ Grant Fuhr Arena (7:00 PM)
Friday, February 14th @ Grant Fuhr Arena (7:00 PM)
Looking Back:
Friday night marked the first of seven games between the Saints and Crusaders this season with Sherwood Park coming out on top by a 9-4 score at Sherwood Park Arena on Friday. Matheson Mason, Ryan Johnstone, William Seger and Josh Polak each collected markers for the Saints in the game while Ryan De Kok made 20 saves on 29 shots in his 3rd loss of the season.
Saints Leading Scorers:
Josh Polak (3-3-6)
Austin Peters (3-1-4)
Stephen Kirkpatrick (1-3-4)
Colin Doherty (2-1-3)
Ryan Johnstone (2-1-3)
Crusaders Leading Scorers:
Jeremy Loranger (6-6-12)
Kale Dach (1-9-10)
Poul Anderson (4-5-9)
Chris Battaini (4-3-7)
Matthew Croxall (3-3-6)
Who To Watch For:
Spruce Grove:
- Adam Lang – Defenceman – Sherwood Park, Alberta
Collecting a pair of assists a night ago in Sherwood Park, Lang will look to continue to push the offense from the blue line as the Saints look to fight their way back into the win column. Lang compiled nine assists in his 20 games played last season during the Saints BCHL season while also adding a pair of assists in three playoff contests.
- William Seger – Forward – Uppsala, Sweden
Getting into his first game with the Saints last night, the 6’6” forward was able to find the back of the net on a nice net drive and earn his first career BCHL goal in his first game. Seger fit in well on a line with Cole Kronewitt and Stephen Kirkpatrick and will look to keep his good play going into the second half of a home-and-home set.
Sherwood Park:
- Kale Dach – Forward – Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta – Penn State University
Back-to-back three assist games has Dach in a strong spot to begin his season as he has collected 10 points in just five contests thus far and has earned a point in each of his games played this season. The Penn State commit had 13 points in 12 games last season with the Crusaders in the BCHL and had a big playoffs with 12 points in nine postseason games.
- Poul Anderson – Forward – St. Louis Park, Minnesota – Maine University
Three points on Friday night for Anderson has him up to nine on the season and the Maine commit has found quite a home on the top line with Dach and Jeremy Loranger, who leads the league in scoring with 12 points. Anderson has earned five points in his last two games and has two three-point games to his credit this season.
The Saints and Crusaders play the second of their seven game season series on Saturday night. Puck drop is slated for 7:00 PM at Grant Fuhr Arena with tickets available online on tickets.sprucegrovesaints.ca.
