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Hockey is back at the Burnaby Winter Club! Here is everything you need to know ahead of tonight’s game against Chilliwack.
CHILLIWACK JETS
OVERVIEW
GENERAL MANAGER: Clayton Robinson
HEAD COACH: Jacob Mangone
LEADERSHIP GROUP: Erich Rommel (A), Matteo Marini (A)
2005-BORN PLAYERS from last year: 2 – Erich Rommel (F), Matteo Marini
LEADING SCORERS: Nikita Kulikov (34GP-17G-40A-57PTS), Ryder Vanderkooi (40GP-19G-28A-47PTS), Mark Myronov (37GP-11G-33A-44PTS)
RECORD: 39-9-0-0 / 78 PTS (2nd)
AWAY: 19-5-0-0 / 38 PTS (2nd)
HOME: 20-4-0-0 / 40 PTS (2nd)
HEAD-TO-HEAD: 2-1 (previous season), 8-2-1 (all-time)
GOALS FOR/GOALS AGAINST: 243 GF (4th) /123 GA (2nd)
POWER PLAY: 24.1% (3rd)
PENALTY KILL: 84.6% (4th)
JETS NOTES
- The Jets only have two 20-year-old players in tonight’s game.
- Chilliwack was shorthanded 299 times, more than any other team.
- Chilliwack had the most shorthanded goals for with 16.
- The Jets have announced 2 trades this summer that has seen the team acquire DREYTON HAYWARD (D, 05’) and SETH MOZES (F, 06’)
- Chilliwack tied Delta with 5 overtime wins for the most of any team last season.
GONE FROM THE TEAM
3 players have aged out for the Chilliwack Jets from last year’s team: Kaelan Huibers (F), Jacob Lindhout (F), Easton Green (D).
GREEN – committed to Adrian College (ACHA) for the upcoming season. Green played a significant role on the Jets’ blueline and will be hard to replace.
HOW IT ENDED
The Chilliwack Jets outscored the Abbotsford Pilots 25-11 en route to a first round sweep that would advance them to the Harold Brittain Finals to play the Ridge Meadows Flames. Ridge Meadows won the first game 9-0 and didn’t look back as they gave the Jets a taste of their own medicine with a sweep.
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BURNABY STEELERS
OVERVIEW
GENERAL MANAGER: Bobby Buchan
HEAD COACH: Enio Sacilotto
2005-BORN PLAYERS from last year: 1 – Colby Longeau (F)
LEADING SCORERS: Kori Belanger (48GP-20G-31A-51PTS), Steven Konechny (47GP-26G-22A-48PTS), Gabe Adam (40GP-11G-30A-41PTS)
RECORD: 27-19-2-0 / 56 PTS (7th)
HOME: 14-9-1-0 / 29 PTS (9th)
AWAY: 13-10-1-0 / 27 PTS (7th)
HEAD-TO-HEAD: 1-2 (previous season), 3-6-2 (all-time)
GOALS FOR/GOALS AGAINST: 180 GF (9th) /152 GA (4th)
POWER PLAY: 21.6% (6th)
PENALTY KILL: 82.4% (6th)
STEELERS NOTES
- The Steelers had the second-most shootout wins last year with three.
- The Steelers were the most disciplined team in the PJHL last season only taking 545 penalty minutes.
GONE FROM THE TEAM
9 players have aged out for the Steelers from last season: Aidan Teixeira (F), Noah Gibbons (F), Steven Konechny (F), Kassius Kler (F), Gabe Adam (D), Markus Johansen (D), Cameron Lee (D), Ronin Geraghty (G), and Shayan Kermany (G)
GERAGHTY – The PJHL Goaltender of the Year for last season is committed to the University of Victoria for the upcoming season. Geraghty spent his entire PJHL career with the Steelers starting 96 games and registering 8 shutouts.
HOW IT ENDED
The last time the Steelers played a hockey game they were called the Grandview Steelers. The team went on a four-game win streak including a 5-4 win in Chilliwack to close out the season, but failed to qualify for the post-season missing the playoffs by one point.
