Brandon Wheat Kings Info For The Week Of Nov.4 — Nov. 10 —
The Brandon Wheat Kings have returned from their longest road trip of the 2013-14 Western Hockey League season.
After losing the first four games, the Wheat Kings scored back to back victories this past weekend to climb back to the .500 mark at 9-9-0.
Leading the way this past weekend were rookie netminder Jordan Papirny and 17-year old Jayce Hawryluk. A Roblin product, Hawryluk scored back to back hat tricks – his first two of his WHL career – and finished with eight points as Brandon doubled up on the Everett Silvertips 6-3 on Friday, before downing the Hurricanes 6-2 on Sunday afternoon in Lethbridge.
Papirny meanwhile was pressed into duty as veteran netminder Curtis Honey was unable to play over the weekend, due to an upper body injury.
After a couple of days off, the Wheat Kings will return to the ice on Wednesday, in preparation for the coming weekend that will see Brandon play three home games in five days, beginning Thursday night against the visiting Saskatoon Blades.
THIS WEEKEND’S SCHEDULE:
Thursday, November 7th vs. Saskatoon Blades @ 7pm
Friday, November 8th vs. Swift Current Broncos @ 7:30pm
Monday, November 11th vs. Lethbridge Hurricanes @ 2:30pm
THIS WEEKEND’S PROMOTIONS:
Friday night is RYAN PULOCK Bobblehead Night, presented by GIANT TIGER (Doors open at 6:30pm)
The first 2,000 fans will receive a Ryan Pulock Bobblehead
Remembrance Day is also KOCH FERTILIZER MINOR HOCKEY DAY (Doors Open at 1pm Monday)
THIS WEEK’S PRACTICE SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, November 6th @ 1:45pm
WHEAT KING PROSPECTS PICK UP HARDWARE:
Seven Wheat Kings prospects captured medals during this year’s Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup that concluded Sunday in Calgary. Captain Kale Clague led Alberta to a 4-2 victory over B.C. in the Gold Medal Championship while Tanner Kaspick scored three and Nolan Patrick set up six as Manitoba beat Saskatchewan 10-3 in the Bronze Medal game.
Both Clague and Patrick were chosen to the Tournament All Star Team.
Joining Clague on the Gold Medal winning team was defenceman TJ Brown of Red Deer. Other prospects on Team Manitoba included Ty Lewis, Dylan Thiessen and Linden McCorrister.
BRANDON WHEAT KINGS IMPACT PLAYER OF THE MONTH:
The first Impact Player of the Month for the 2013-14 season will be announced later today and the presentation will be made at this Friday night’s game against the Broncos.
BRANDON WHEAT KINGS JOIN MOVEMBER CAMPAIGN:
The Canadian Hockey League today announced the launch of the third season of a league-wide initiative with member clubs and players participating in Movember to help change the face of men’s health.
As an official global charity, Movember’s vision is to have an everlasting impact on the face of men’s health. During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of millions of moustaches around the world. Through the power of the moustache, vital funds and awareness are raised to combat prostate and testicular cancer and mental health challenges.
Last season 50 teams consisting of 792 registered members across the CHL, including the Western Hockey League’s Brandon Wheat Kings raised $175,583 and ranked 12th among all registered Canadian networks through their participation in Movember. The CHL helped contribute to the over $37 million raised by participants across Canada and the $117 million raised worldwide.
This season, the Brandon Wheat Kings will be represented by captain Ryan Pulock as well as veterans Quintin Lisoway, Colton Waltz, Taylor Green, Jayce Hawryluk, Jens Meilleur, Kord Pankewicz, Eric Roy and Nick Walters as well as rookies Braylon Shmyr and Brett Kitt.
Among the activities planned for this month in Brandon include the annual Movember Tip a Wheat King Night at Applebee’s, scheduled for Wednesday, November 27th.
BRANDON BITS:
Thanks to his eight points over the past two games, Hawryluk has taken over the team scoring lead with nine goals and 19 points. John Quenneville is next at 8-9-17 followed by Richard Nejezchleb with 14 points, including a club high 11 goals.
courtesy of BrandonWheatKings.com
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