BENCHED – Interview with Arber Xhekaj
Hamilton’s own Arber Xhekaj joined us to talk about recently being traded to The Hamilton Bulldogs from the Kitchener Rangers. This season Xhekaj has recorded six goals and 11 assists for 17 points in 18 games.
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Hamilton’s own Arber Xhekaj joined us to talk about recently being traded to The Hamilton Bulldogs from the Kitchener Rangers. This season Xhekaj has recorded six goals and 11 assists for 17 points in 18 games.

| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake O'Brien | 28 | 65 | 93 | 34 |
| Caleb Malhotra | 29 | 55 | 84 | 33 |
| Marek Vanacker | 47 | 35 | 82 | 39 |
| Adam Benak | 28 | 49 | 77 | 22 |
| Cooper Dennis | 34 | 40 | 74 | 48 |
| Charlie Paquette | 29 | 34 | 63 | -10 |
| Adam Jiricek | 19 | 40 | 59 | 31 |
| Gabriel Frasca | 24 | 30 | 54 | 8 |
| Jett Luchanko | 7 | 36 | 43 | 9 |
| Vladimir Dravecky | 9 | 19 | 28 | 24 |
| Edison Engle | 3 | 25 | 28 | 26 |
| Luca Testa | 15 | 11 | 26 | 11 |
| Owen Protz | 5 | 18 | 23 | 45 |
| Ben Danford | 3 | 17 | 20 | 2 |
| Zackary Sandhu | 3 | 16 | 19 | 19 |
| Sam McCue | 10 | 7 | 17 | 13 |
| Parker Holmes | 6 | 11 | 17 | 7 |
| Jeremy Freeman | 3 | 11 | 14 | -1 |
| Layne Gallacher | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 |
| Nikolas Rossetto | 6 | 3 | 9 | -9 |
| Aiden O'Donnell | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| Ryder Boulton | 4 | 4 | 8 | -2 |
| Camron Hankai | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| Philip Govedaris | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
| Dylan Tsherna | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Lucas Moore | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| Josh Avery | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| David Buchman | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 |
| Ryan Chamberlain | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tommy Karmiris | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| Patrick Babin | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 |
| Joseph Banas | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 |
| Andrew Pacheco | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| Joshua Giordano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Radley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kaden Wicklander | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Heath Bogart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gavin Christie | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 |
| Goalie | W | L | GAA | SAV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Egorov | 21 | 4 | 2.49 | .920 |
| Ryerson Leenders | 27 | 5 | 2.69 | .910 |