Wednesday WHL Action: Warriors v Raiders
Last Game… Noah Gregor picked up two assists for the Warriors October 9th in a 3-1 win over the Kootenay Ice at Mosaic Place. Brett Howden, Tanner Eberle, and Torrin White had one each; Jiri Smejkal, Jack Rodewald, Jaimen Yakubowski, and Brayden Point had one assist each; Zach Sawchenko made 17 saves in the win. Moose Jaw was –for-8 on the power play and 3-for-3 on the penalty kill.
Warriors v Prince Albert… Tonight is the second meeting of the season between the Warriors and Raiders, and the first in Moose Jaw. In their only meeting this season, Oct 3rd in Prince Albert, the Raiders posted a 3-2 shootout win.
Brayden Point leads the Warriors with two assists against the Raiders; Brett Howden and Jack Rodewald had one goal each; Justin Paulic is 0-0-0-1 with a 1.85gaa and .939sv%. Craig Leverton leads the Raiders with two goals against the Warriors; Sawyer Lange had two assists; Nick McBride is 1-0 with a 1.85gaa and .933sv%.
Last season Moose Jaw was 6-1-1 against Prince Albert. Brayden Point led Moose Jaw with eight goals and 16 points; Tanner Eberle had four goals and 11 points; Zach Sawchenko was 3-0 with a 3.00gaa and .893sv%; Justin Paulic was 3-1-1 with a 3.37aa and .902sv%. Leon Draisaitl led Prince Albert with five goals and ten points; Sawyer Lange had eight assists; Nick McBride was 2-1 with a 3.41gaa and .882sv%.
Streaking Sawchenko… 16-year-old goalie Zach Sawchenko had his shutout streak snapped October 9th against Kootenay with just over two minutes remaining in the game. Sawchenko’s streak lasted close to four games, he recorded back-to-back and went a total of 229:10 of shutout hockey. This was the longest streak since the 2003-2004 season when 20-year-old Mike Broduer recorded back-to-back shutouts, and had a shutout streak that lasted 145:24 from October 24 to November 10.
Who’s Hot
- Alexey Sleptsov has four assists in the last four games
- Tyler Brown has two goals in the last four games
- Jayden Halbgewachs has a goal and three points in his last four games
- Jiri Smejkal has two assists in the last two games
- Jack Rodewald has points in five straight games (4-3-7pts)
- Brayden Point has points in three straight games (0-5-5pts)
- Noah Gregor has four assists in the last four games
- Brett Howden has points in four straight games (3-1-4pts)
- Tanner Eberle has four goals and six points in the last five games
- Zach Sawchenko has won four straight starts
Milestone Watch
- Brayden Point played his 150th WHL game October 9
- Jaimen Yakubowski played his 200th WHL game October 9
- Jack Rodewald is nine games shy of 200 for his career
- Reid Zalitach is two games shy of 100 for his career
- Jack Rodewald is five goals away from 50 for his career
- Jack Rodewald is six assists away from 50 for his career
- Brayden Point is 6 assists away from 100 for his career
- The Moose Jaw Warriors recorded their 900th win in franchise history October 9
Upcoming Schedule
- October 17 v Portland
- October 18 @ Swift Current
- October 24 @ Medicine Hat
- October 25 @ Red Deer
