AJHL update - Jan 26th

Kind of a crazy night in the AJHL tonight/Saturday... with 4 of 6 games ending up with very lopsided scores at the end. There's going to be a lot of 3+ point players and moves... I can foresee it already.
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Scores:

1. Sherwood Park Crusaders beat Bonnyville 3-1 in... Leduc. Relatively even game, with Bonnyville having a bit of a shot edge in the first and 3rd. A lot of PIM but no one cleared 15, so I wont get into that too much. Not bad turnout in Leduc - 790, for a non-league city for a regular season game. No one with 3 points in the game... probably one of maybe... 2 games, at most this will be the case.
2. Bandits beat Canmore 8-3 in Brooks. It was a tight game... until the 3rd period. When the mighty Bandits awaken... dang, watch out! Not sure what the heck happened in the intermission... but a 5 goal 3rd period for them, after a 3-3 game heading into the 3rd. Wow, 5 PP goals in the game also - both teams over 25% efficiency! Eagles' LD /F #8 Trey Phillips with 3 A's, but the Bandits had the main 3 pointers... LW #13 Anthony Petruzzelli (2G, 1A), RW # 15 Cam Maclise (1G, 2A) along with - RW #8 Mark Reners & C #21 Anthony Paskaruk (both with 3A).
3. Oilers beat Camrose 7-0 in Okotoks. A very dominant one-sided game for the Oilers from start to finish. A fair amount of penalties with 2 Kodiaks' with 17PIM (to save time I'm only going to hyperlink guys that clear 20PIM from now on). Oilers' D #10 Robbie Fisher (2G, 1a), C #12 Chris Collins (1G, 2A), & RW #17 Greg Lamoureux (1G, 2A) - all with 3 point outings.
4. Lloydminster beat the Saints 4-0 in Spruce Grove. A bit of a surprising result (no offense meant to the Bobcats)... until a person looks at the injury ravaged Saints lineup. I'll know for sure later, but from initial counts, I'm pretty sure the Saints had 7 AP skaters in the lineup alone! That is something else... I don't believe the Canucks even had so many at their most injured plagued time(s). Few penalties and few points in the game... one Bobcat goal was unassisted, 2 others only had 1 assist. Bobcats G #33 Devin Green with the shutout.
5. Thunder beat Grande Prairie 4-3 in OT in Drayton Valley. It was the Storm's game after the first with a 17-11 shot advantage though the score was tied. Shots wise, the Thunder took over after that big time, with a 27-12 advantage in the 2nd & 3rd before that one shot edge in OT (3-2), and in a sense that lone shot edge gave them the win. LW #17 Trevor Poirier, with the Thunder's OT winner.
6. Oil Barons beat Wolverines 6-0 tonight in Whitecourt. Major internet/phone problems at the Scott Safety Centre tonight (as I've been in touch with some involved with the team), but the game was definitely a 6-0 final, per a tweet from Tyler King (Kinger) and confirming it is a tweet from the Wolverines. It's currently stalled at 16:28 of the 3rd period on the online game sheet, but as it ended 6-0 the main credited game stats (besides shot and G #s and PIM) of Gs, As, Pts should be complete. Also according to Tyler King tweet, G #31 Tanner Jaillet becomes first G to post a shutout against the Jr A Wolverines, in the AJHL. Somehow the MOB didn't have anyone with more than 2 points - total team effort there in that regard. League leading scorer, Wolverines' LW #15 Mathieu Guertin is really making a run at former teammate LD/C #25 Mathieu Gagnon's PIM totals (259PIM... listed on a hidden profile - it's unfortunate that due to how the ESportsDesk sites are set up, now that Guertin is no longer with the Wolverines, his PIM total does not show in the league PIM list) - with a 26 PIM night which eventually led to being tossed before the last stats update for the game was made.Update on the game after stats were finalized: Loads of final penalties added in and changes made. Guertin is no longer listed as the PIM leader of the game, and no MOB player had over 20PIM. RD #28 Conner Dea with 29PIM, and RW #27 Trace Elson with 22PIM.

So... with this game a confirmed final, this is what the AJHL standings should look like now, as I have them on EP (and YES I am aware of the out of date map... I have frustratingly basically given up hope on it ever getting updated. If I had the ability to upload the map update now, I would... but I don't, and it ticks me off royally that it STILL has not been updated, after first messaging about it in May 2012!):

2012 - 2013

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	Postseason
Group: North Division                  GP    W        L         OTW  OTL  GF    GA   +/-  Pts
1	Spruce Grove Saints	47	28	-	13	7	6	146	124	22	62	-
2	Whitecourt Wolverines	48	25	-	15	2	8	188	174	14	58	-
3	Bonnyville Pontiacs	49	25	-	16	2	8	139	140	-1	58	-
4	Grande Prairie Storm	47	27	-	17	3	3	148	128	20	57	-
5	Fort McMurray Oil Barons	49	26	-	19	5	4	140	142	-2	56	-
6	Drayton Valley Thunder	49	25	-	19	6	5	147	140	7	55	-
7	Sherwood Park Crusaders	48	23	-	19	2	6	144	149	-5	52	-
8	Lloydminster Bobcats	48	16	-	26	2	6	129	178	-49	38	-
Group: South Division
1	Brooks Bandits	47	43	-	2	2	2	238	87	151	88	-
2	Camrose Kodiaks	48	27	-	17	5	4	138	127	11	58	-
3	Okotoks Oilers	46	26	-	16	4	4	139	121	18	56	-
4	Drumheller Dragons	48	23	-	21	1	4	140	138	2	50	-
5	Canmore Eagles	46	20	-	21	2	5	124	159	-35	45	-
6	Olds Grizzlys	51	19	-	29	3	3	144	182	-38	41	-
7	Calgary Mustangs	49	17	-	27	1	5	137	175	-38	39	-
8	Calgary Canucks	48	14	-	31	1	3	114	191	-77	31	-

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Changes - to save time as I need to get to bed very soon, I will post the transfers onto EP and update hyperlinks tomorrow (it also helps me out tremendously that tomorrow/Sunday & Thursday are days off from AJHL play... I must, and will take full advantage of those days!):

Bonnyville:
*RW # 12 Christian Nypower was back with the Cold Lake Ice (NEAJBHL) for a game Friday.
*RW #14 T.J. "Thomas" Cunningham was not in the lineup for that game, but could have been for last night/Saturday's game as the NEAJBHL game sheet for the game is not currently up. not back in Ice lineup as of yet, so either he is hurt or... a healthy scratch... or... who knows. Still with the Pontiacs to me until otherwise proven.

*RW #89 Ty Carey back from injury (Upper body injury, day-to-day).
*C #10 Marc Dubeau back from injury (Cold/flu/illness, day-to-day).

Sherwood Park - no known changes since last game

Canmore:
*RW #13 Nils Moser, though still listed as hurt on AJ Eagles' stats/roster, is back from injury (Broken foot suffered in December, out indefinitely but hopeful to return for playoffs)... but still on reserve, and still an AP. I'll have to do some messaging tomorrow [Messaged] to see if he's fully carded with a Jr. B team somewhere (Banff & Cochrane, HJHL, are closest?), so hopefully will find out something. He must have been erroneously listed on game sheet last night, and it's since been removed that he played. I've been told he was still in crutches at Friday's Eagles game... so definitely didn't play.

Brooks:
*Bandits LD #3 Chris Muscoby has committed to the University of Vermont (NCAA) for this fall, as of today.
*Though still listed as hurt on AJ Bandits stats/roster, F #12 Tyson McCallum is back from injury (Upper body injury suffered Jan 11th, expected back Jan 25th - Feb 8th).

Okotoks:
*Strangely C Matt Forchuk - who's up from the UFA Bisons Midget AAAs (AMHL) & LW Jack Goranson - who's up from Red Deer Chiefs Midget AAAs (AMHL) are listed are both wearing #18 on the game sheet from the Oilers game last night/Saturday. Edit: What in the heck... both crossed out players have since been removed from the game sheet... I could see one of them being removed, but not both. I may have to re-edit Oilers stats from last night, along with the MOB/Wolverines game that was unable to be completed last night... hmm, very strange! Besides those 2 having their game credit removed, no other stats for the Oilers changed from last game. Maybe there was just 2 guys accidentally listed on the roster? Same thing happened for the DV/Storm game the other night - I went on and edited that LD #6 Allan MacPherson did not play (there was 19 Storm skaters listed up til then)... not a big deal to fix up hey! So it easily could be what happened to the Oilers roster for this game.

Lloydminster:
*A lot of missing game sheets of late on the NEAJBHL site that could possibly show that AP C #19 Ryley Wozniak was back with St. Paul Canadiens, so as of now he never left the Bobcats to me. If I find out otherwise later I'll link it in. Edit: Hmm, no Ryley on any of the now updated game sheets up to last night's game. Kind of strange - maybe the Bobcats we're able to carry him all weekend.

Spruce Grove - the absolute mess that is the Saints lineup, due to mass injury casualties... think I should message[-d] up Travis Ziegler (Saints play-by-play guy) to see if I got this mass confusion, sorted out right... [but have not heard back. Will try the Saints tweeters, for confirmation.]
*LD Jamie Vermeulen up from St. Albert Raiders Midget AAAs (AMHL) & played. Was #3, now #4
*RW/C Riley Simpson up from SSAC Athletics Midget AAAs (AMHL) & played. Was #20 [& #18], now #19.
*RW #14 Tyler Mrkonijc up from St. Albert Raiders Midget AAAs (AMHL) & played.
*RD Clayton Kirichenko up & played. Was #4 [& #2 & #37], now 21.
*RD Graydon Smith up from Leduc Oil Kings Midget AAAs (AMHL) & played. Was #4 [& #25], now #7
*RW Brett Smythe was back down with the St. Albert Raiders Midget AAAs (AMHL) on the 16th, & up & played Saturday. Was #14 [& #25], now #17

Grande Prairie:
*C/RW #23 John Webb could be with the Storm until Feb now, as the Sexsmith Vipers (NWJHL) don't play again until Feb 1st.

Drayton Valley - no known changes since last game

Fort McMurray:
*RD/F #25 Joey Stadnicki, returned to play from injury (Broken collarbone, expected back (after 6 weeks, as of Jan 17th) by Feb 28th). Edit: Will address this is Jan 28th post.
*D/C/F #8 Daniel Petten was back down with Fort McMurray Barons Midget AAs (NAMHL) last night.
*D/F #5 Taylor Graham & LD #10 Matt Purmal, were confirmed in email to me today from Trevor Howett today, as new permanent assistant captains per talking with MOB GM/Head Coach Gord Thibodeau.

Whitecourt:
*AP LD Jordan Davies was #5 now #2.
*LW #16 Jacques Bernier (was 17) was up and played last night, but will likely be back with CAC Edmonton Canadiens Midget AAAs (AMHL) for Feb 2nd.. was on last night's game sheet but was later removed.
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Quick suspension update:
January 25, 2013 - Brooks player, Alex Roberts, and Drumheller player, Mitchell Gartner, are each suspended for one (1) January 25, 2013 - Brooks player, Alex Roberts, and Drumheller player, Mitchell Gartner, are each suspended for one (1) game as a result of being involved in a secondary fight during a January 25, 2013 game in Brooks.  The suspensions are to be served during the respective teams’ next regularly scheduled League game., 2013 game in Brooks.  The suspensions are to be served during the respective teams’ next regularly scheduled League game.

So, RW #16 Alex Roberts, served one game Saturday and is eligible tomorrow/today/Monday for the Bandits. D/F #28 Mitchell Gartner will be at the least missing game Wednesday, and should be eligible to return Feb 2nd. Also according to what I heard through the grapevine - Gartner was outright released by the Dragons. My mind is over half tired now so this may be remembered incorrectly. Someone besides Bonnyville C #16 Travis Wellman was definitely released though.
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I had an extremely hard time pulling together to complete this post tonight... I think it is due to excitement and eagerness to start my new (4th) job! I'll likely post a bit about it tomorrow, but if anyone is curious check my Twitter cover... and it will give it away.

Need to sleep now though - am hoping to get the NWJHL fully up to date tomorrow!

AJHL combined Dec 21-23 post pt. 2

Sorry everyone, but pt. 1 had to become a split version of the original attempted post. I am literally falling asleep at the computer... eyes are so hazy I can barely type right now, and am yawning profusely... so this will be 'to be continued', unfortunately, tomorrow!
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Okay, so here goes part 2... a little later than planned as I really slept in for Xmas Eve.. haha! Here goes though...

Drumheller - they have been off since Thursday, but...
*3rd stringer & recent backup G #31 Garrett Storms, was back with KC Colts Midget AA (NAMHL) for game Saturday.

Fort McMurray:
*RW #17 Adam Wilcox, according to a Friday tweet from Tyler King/Kinger, responding to an inquiry on Wilcox' status, was "ill" that night and did not play for the MOB. Not exactly sure about what sort of illness, or if it's just a day-to-day thing, but unless/until I find out more, I've listed it as "Illness, status uncertain" - for the time being. Anyways - he played Thursday, missed Friday, and was back to play Saturday's game... yikes 3 straight game nights would be tiring!

Grande Prairie:
*LW/C #29 Mike Forsyth - served "Two game suspension for check from behind on Canmore D John Stevens Dec 19th, eligible to return Jan 4th" and even though there's no games til Jan I may as well take it down. Regarding RD #4 Stevens, from a tweet I received that night, Stevens sounded alright but had a 'black eye' - so good to hear there, and he ended up not missing any games playing again for Canmore Thursday.
*LD #6 Allan MacPherson, back playing with Calgary Flames Midget AAA (AMHL) on Saturday.
*C/LW #26 Chase Thudium, younger brother of current Storm regular W #21 Dylan Thudium, scored his first career AJHL goal in 2nd game on Saturday. His Red Deer Chiefs Midget AAA (AMHL) team has been off since Thursday, so to me/what I have listed on EP - he is still unofficially on the Storm roster over the holidays.

Lloydminster:
*Must have missed posting it, but G #1 Joey Desrosiers has been back with Leduc Oil Kings Midget AAA (AMHL) since last Sunday, the 16th.
*C #19 Ryley Wozniak... I'm not 100% on it, but am just about certain he was kept on the active AJ Bobcats stats/roster since going back and playing for St. Paul Canadiens (NEAJBHL Jr B) for the 14th & 19th, so for that reason alone I'm going to leave him as is on EP (active w/St. Paul) and not bother with a recall that likely didn't actually happen since playing there on the 14th.

Okotoks:
*LD #3 Kyle Krabben is still listed as injured on AJ Oilers stats/roster, but played in their last 2012 game Friday.
*Absolutely no idea about what is going on with C #25 Tanner Ockey. As seen on a previous post, Ockey appeared to be recalled Dec 7th as he was added to the Oilers active stats/roster (as I screenshot there). He then played for the Oilers on the 8th & 11th and hasn't played with the Oilers or Calgary Royals Midget AAA (AMHL) he was recalled from, either/since. He's not listed with an AP on the Oilers roster, so it appears he was still up with the Oilers but either hurt (and it didn't get added/listed) or he's been a healthy scratch for them since.

Olds:
*D #25 Cale Brown recalled from Mountainview Colts (HJHL) to play Friday (wearing the same #24 he did in earlier callup) and Saturday (wearing #25).
*D/LW #26 Chaydan Lauber recalled from Southeast Tigers Minor Midget AAA (AMMHL) for game today for Grizzlys and playing.

Sherwood Park:
*LD #26 Tyler Dea, back playing with St. Albert Raiders Midget AAA (AMHL) on Saturday.

Spruce Grove:
*RD #4 Graydon Smith, I must have missed before, has been down with Leduc Oil Kings Midget AAA (AMHL) since last Sunday, the 16th.
*LW #14 (formerly #25) Kevin Yasinski, recalled & played Saturday for Saints. From Grande Prairie Storm Midget AAA (AMHL).
*Another #4, LD Connor James, was recalled & played Saturday for Saints as well, but was back with Lloydminster Bobcats Midget AAA (AMHL) for game Sunday.

Whitecourt:
*LD/C #55 Mathieu Gagnon has returned to the Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) as of game on Friday. Looks like that creates another vacancy in assistant captains now, as I believe C #19 Jerome Raymond is captain and the only 'official' A left now is recently named (on the 14th) D #6 Dalton Olsen. As it stands, Gagnon currently has a 66PIM lead for most in the league (with 259mins), with 4 less games played than next nearest - Olds F #9 Dylan Hubbs (with 193mins) - with about 20 games left, I can definitely see Hubbs taking that 'title' over.
*LW #17 Jacques Bernier, was back playing with CAC Edmonton Canadians Midget AAA (AMHL) for game Sunday.
*According to tweets from an updater for the Wolverines - only the coaching staff has the ability to add new players on the AJHL Wolverines roster, or he would have already added currently #-less C Charles Inglis to their AJ stats/roster page.
*Also according to same updater, the Wolverines 18th player Friday night was currently unknown #'d LW Jacob Schofield, but as I said above - only the coaching staff have the ability to add players, so this updater was unable to add him to the Wolverines game sheet for that game as of yet.
*According to a tweet from the Wolverines, their new assistant captain (with departures of former captain C #16 Jamie Johnson, and assistant captain LD/C #55 Mathieu Gagnon) is LD #24 Matthew Abt.

And that concludes my likely final AJHL update for 2012.

Happy holidays to you & yours - and it will 'back to our regularly scheduled programming' here for me, January 3rd, 2013!

Whitecourt Wolverines add C Charles Inglis & other team notes

Just a brief tidbit before my 'other' nearly completed blog post explaining my lack of a HUGE AJHL update today (Sorry! Definitely not intentional!)... this went unnoticed by pretty much sickly 'absentee me' of the last few days, and the entire community on the AJHL Hockey Talk forum... but:

As first tweeted by Tyler King/Kinger on the 19th and confirmed by the Wolverines on the 20th, the Wolverines have added former 60 point WHL scorer, C Charles Inglis (as also tweeted by Kinger),  to the team. He's yet to be added on the AJHL's Wolverines stats/roster as of now (4:36am MST - first screenshot below) though neither has LD #4 Landon Hall yet (who's been playing every game since signing as far as I know) nor RD/F #9 Michael Claffey (though he was listed as an AP from and may have been reassigned back to the Spruce Grove Regals of the CapJHL but as I am a few days behind I haven't got to checking yet and will wait til tomorrow now, but he's yet to play with the Regals as of now, 5:21am Dec 23rd, since being signed by the Wolverines on the 13th), let alone added to the AJHL system with a profile (also as of now).

As a person may also notice, I've yet to get the Wolverines stats after that game updated onto EP, mainly due to my recent sickness and other stuff (discussed in soon to be posted, post).

He's also not listed on the current game sheet from Friday's game between the Sherwood Park Crusaders and the Wolverines in Whitecourt, though strangely there's only 17 skaters listed on the Wolverines roster on the very same game sheet... and to me it seems awfully strange for a team to only play 17 skaters after announcing adding a guy the day before... no??? (though as it MAY get updated, I've included a screenshot to show this below).

I have absolutely nothing against the Wolverines (as I posted somewhere to the same effect, I also praised their facility there - the Scott Safety Centre - awesome restaurant/lounge setup between 2 rinks!), but after the mess of errors I spotted on the 11th (game 5 on the link and the links posted there), I really have to wonder about their updater(s) - thinking that maybe he/she/they neglected Inglis on the game sheet.

In his long WHL career between Saskatoon, Prince George, Red Deer and Kamloops he totaled in the regular season, 290GP 92G 85A 177Pts a -23 +/- and 440PIM. Also in the playoffs in 2009-11 for Saskatoon (09-10) & Prince George (2011) he played 20GP with 3G 1A 4Pts a -2 +/- and 12PIM. That was capped off by his 2010-11 season where he scored the above mentioned 60 points in 69gms for Prince George.

Kind of surprising he didn't get traded to/picked up by another WHL team with his WHL scoring history, but I guess in the end of it, the Wolverines gave him 'an offer he couldn't refuse' to join them for at least the time being.
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As some keen observers may also notice from above screenshot of Wolverines roster on game sheet from December 21st, LW #17 Jacques Bernier was again recalled from CAC Edmonton Canadians Midget AAA (AMHL) to play. He could very well have been back with the CAC team for game(s) yesterday (Saturday) & today (Sunday)... but I am definitely not checking that until... well, you'll find out next post.
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Also, changes for the Wolverines, after trading away then captain C #16 Jamie Johnson, as listed in this tweet by the Wolverines on the 14th:
New captain is C #19 Jerome Raymond, and LD/C #25 Mathieu Gagnon & D #6 Dalton Olsen take over as A's with a 3rd to be named later. RW #9 Brady Goebel was wearing an A earlier in the season as well as I previously had listed on EP, but as he's also been dealt, obviously he wont become a new 3rd A.

And that's all for this longer-than-intended post.