Saturday October 31 vs Saskatoon
Warriors Ride Broncos
The Moose Jaw Warriors improved to 11-5 with a 7-3 win last night over the Swift Current Broncos. Quinton Howden and Ryan Stanton had a goal and three points each; Brendan Rowinski had two goals; Jason Bast and Thomas Frazee had a goal and two points each; Nathan MacMaster scored his first goal of the year; Kendall McFaul, Dylan Hood, and Antonin Honejsek picked up assists; Jeff Bosch made 24 saves for the win. Cody Eakin led the Broncos with two goals; Justin Dowling had a goal and two points. The Warriors were 2/2 on the power play and ¾ on the penalty kill.
v. Saskatoon
Tonight is the first meeting of the season between the Warriors and Saskatoon Blades. Moose Jaw was 2-6 against the Blades last season. The Blades outscored the Warriors 53-22. Moose Jaw is 18-20-0-1 against the Blades in the last five years; posting a 13-7 record at home in that time.
Brendan Rowinski had four goals and six points against the Blades last season (two goals as a member of the Calgary Hitmen); Dylan Hood had three goals and five points; Quinton Howden had two goals and five points; Jason Bast, Dylan McIlrath, Riley Reinbolt, Kevin Smith, and Cody Smuk had a goal and three points each; Clinton Atkinson had three assists; Jeff Bosch was2-2 with a 5.94gaa and .823sv%.
Burke Gallimore led the Blades with five goals and 17 points against the Warriors; Adam Chorneyko had five goals and 14 points; Curtis Hamilton had six goals and 11 points; Walker Wintoneak had six goals and 10 points; Derek Hulak had five goals and 10 points; Gaelan Patterson had four goals and nine points; Josh Nicholls had three goals and eight points; Chris Langkow, Colin Joe, and Travis Toomey had two goals and seven points each; Jyri Niemi and Teigan Zahn had two goals and five points each; Adam Morrison was 3-1 with a 2.27gaa and .901sv%; Braden Holtby was 3-1 with a 3.26gaa and .879sv%.
Hamonic & Howden named to Team WHL
Moose Jaw Warriors Travis Hamonic and Quinton Howden have been named to Team WHL for the upcoming Subway Super Series. Both will play in the November 26th game in Kelowna, BC.
This is the second time that Hamonic will take part in the series. Hamonic goes into the weekend tied for scoring on the Warriors roster with seven goals and 20 points. Hamonic won an Under 18 gold medal last season at the Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament in the Czech Republic; he was taken part in the last two World Junior Summer Evaluation camps and attended last years World Junior camp.
This marks the first time that Howden will take part in the Super Series. Howden goes into the weekend 4th in Warriors scoring with seven goals and 16 points. Howden won an Under 18 gold medal this summer at the Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament in the Czech Republic.
This is the seventh straight year that the CHL’s best players have squared off against Team Russia in preparation of the World Junior Hockey Championships. The series is used by Hockey Canada in their evaluation process prior to their final selection camp in December. The series goes from November 16-26th across Canada, with games in Western Canada being played November 25th in Victoria, BC and November 26th in Kelowna, BC.
Bosch Nominated for National Honour
Warrior goalie Jeff Bosch was nominated for this weeks CHL Goaltender of the Week Award. Bosch was 2-0 last week, recording one shutout, and posting a .500gaa and .969sv%. In 10 games this season Bosch has a 7-3 record and a 3.14gaa.
Milestone Watch
- Warriors Captain Jason Bast is the teams reigning iron man. Bast hasn’t missed a game in two seasons and has missed just one game in the last three years. Bast has played in 286 games with the Warriors. Bast has dressed in 221 consecutive games; the last game he missed was October 21st in Red Deer.
- Dylan Hood has played in 190 WHL games.
- Ryan Stanton has played in 197 games with the Warriors.
- Chad Suer has suited up in 190 games with the Warriors.
Hot & Cold
- Travis Hamonic has points in 11 straight games. Hamonic has six goals and 15 points.
- Ryan Stanton has a goal and four points in the last five games.
- Cody Smuk is pointless in his last three games. He has two goals and six points in the last 6 games.
- Thomas Frazee snapped a three game pointless streak last night. He has two goals and six points in his last seven games.
- Brendan Rowinski has four goals and eight points in his last seven games.
- Dylan Hood has three goals and five points in his last five games.
- Jason Bast has eight goals and 14 points in his last nine games. Bast has one goal and three points in his last five games.
- Quinton Howden snapped a four game pointless streak last night. Howden has five goals and 12 points in his last nine games.
- Spencer Edwards has a goal and three points in his last five games.
- Antonin Honejsek has a goal and four points in his last five games.
- Jesse Paradis has two goals and three points in his last six games.
Upcoming Schedule
November 3rd @ Saskatoon
November 4th @ Prince Albert
November 6th v. Medicine Hat
November 7th v. Prince George
November 13th @ Regina
