The Spruce Grove Saints (15-9-4-0) conclude a three-game home stand on Friday night when the Brooks Bandits make their final trip to Grant Fuhr Arena this regular season.
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Breakdown:
Spruce Grove:
Overall Record: 15-19-4-0 (9th in Interior Conference – 17th in BCHL)
Home Record: 7-8-3-0
Road Record: 8-11-1-0
Power Play: 20-for-121 (16.5% – 17th in BCHL)
Penalty Kill: 113-for-151 (74.8% – 18th in BCHL)
Brooks:
Overall Record: 27-8-0-2 (3rd in Interior Conference – 3rd in BCHL)
Home Record: 13-4-0-1
Road Record: 14-4-0-1
Power Play: 39-for-166 (23.5% – 9th in BCHL)
Penalty Kill: 117-for-136 (86.0% – 2nd in BCHL)
Season Series:
Friday, October 11th @ Grant Fuhr Arena (3-1 Bandits) (BOXSCORE)
Saturday, November 9th @ Grant Fuhr Arena (7-3 Brooks) (BOXSCORE)
Saturday, January 25th @ Centennial Regional Arena (5-2 Bandits) (BOXSCORE)
Friday, February 7th @ Grant Fuhr Arena (7:00 PM)
Friday, March 28th @ Centennial Regional Arena (7:00 PM)
Looking Back:
Spruce Grove will look to make it back-to-back wins following a big 5-3 victory over the West Kelowna Warriors on Saturday night at Grant Fuhr Arena. Matheson Mason scored two third period markers, including the game winner, while Colin Doherty, Ethan Kronewitt and Josh Polak added singles in the winning cause. Bodee Weiss was terrific in goal for the Saints as the 20-year-old turned aside 32 of the 35 shots he faced for his 7th win of the season and first as a member of the Saints.
The Bandits come in after collected four of a possible six points on a three-game BC road trip which concluded with a 6-3 triumph over the Vernon Vipers on Sunday afternoon at Kal Tire Place. Jace Letourneau scored twice in the game for Brooks while Caden Drury, Keith McInnis, Cooper Pierson and Mathis Dufour found the back of the net with singles in the win. Chris Quizi turned aside 28 of the 31 shots thrown his way as he earned his 3rd win of the season.
Saints Leading Scorers:
Josh Polak (15-15-30)
Ryan Johnstone (14-12-26)
Austin Peters (7-16-23)
Max Seguin (10-11-21)
Ethan Kronewitt (7-12-19)
Bandits Leading Scorers:
Nathan Free (23-25-48)
Parker Lalonde (21-17-38)
Nick Peluso (17-20-37)
Ethan Beyer (8-21-29)
Keith McInnis (8-15-23)
Who To Watch For:
Spruce Grove:
- Ethan Kronewitt – Forward – Stony Plain, Alberta
A penalty shot goal in Saturday’s victory over the Warriors coupled with an assist gave the Stony Plain native a multi-point effort to help his team to their 15th win of the season. Kronewitt’s penalty shot tally gave even more life to a game that was boiling all night long and the three-year Saint has enjoyed a fairly good run of offense over the last few games, posting points in four of his last six contests and earning a goal and three assists for four points during that span.
- Matheson Mason – Forward – Toronto, Ontario – Lake Superior State University
A pair of goals in Saturday’s win plus an assist gave Mason his second three-point contest of the season, joining his effort from October 5th against the Sherwood Park Crusaders when he identically had two goals and an assist. The LSSU commit has been playing good hockey despite not factoring in on the scoresheet and will hope that the big night on Saturday turns the tide for him offensively. When Mason has created, the following game has always been an effective as he has earned points in back-to-back games three of four times this season.
Brooks:
- Keith McInnis – Defenceman – Red Deer, Alberta – University of Minnesota-Duluth
Sitting 11th in points from the blueline this season, McInnis has been excellent on the back end for the Bandits and has points in three of his last four games, including a big three-point night that came against the Saints on January 24th in Brooks. Set to join Josh Polak at UMD, McInnis has two goals and three assists for five points over his last four games and is coming off of his 8th goal of the season on Sunday afternoon in Vernon.
- Nathan Free – Forward – Calgary, Alberta – Penn State University
The 6th leading scorer in the BC Hockey League had a strong weekend in BC where he collected three goals and an assist for four points over three games and comes into Friday’s game having scored a goal in each of the three matchups against the Saints this season, tallying four markers throughout the season series. A Penn State commit, Free has been good against just about everyone this season and has four goals and assist in his last four games while the Calgary native’s 23 goals this season are good for 5th in the league in goal scoring.
The Saints and Bandits do battle for the fourth of five times this season with puck drop slated for 7:00 PM on Friday night at Grant Fuhr Arena. Tickets are available for purchase online at tickets.sprucegrovesaints.ca.
