Giancarlo Nadeau
The fifth meeting of the season between the White Rock Whalers and the North Vancouver Wolf Pack is taking place tonight. The contest will be the final regular season meeting at Harry Jerome before the two teams finish regular season play on February 7 in White Rock.
WHITE ROCK WHALERS
OVERVIEW
General Manager/Head Coach: Brien Gemmell
Assistant Coach: Adam Rossignol
Assistant Coach: Royce Rossignol
Assistant Coach: Josh Spencer
Record: 22-13-4-0
Road Record: 11-6-2-0
Last Game: A 3-2 loss against Richmond on January 13.
Goals For/Goals Against: 140 GF/122 GA (+18)
Power Play: 23/165 (13.94%)
Penalty Kill: 26/174 (85.06%)
Leading Scorers: Nathan Bran (40GP – 24G – 22A – 46PTS), Max Lyons (38GP – 14G – 22A – 36PTS), Derek Leroux (37GP – 12G – 24A – 36PTS)
TOP 2 SINCE THE LAST MEETING
BRAN 1-0-1-1
LYONS 0-0-0-0
WHALERS NOTES
- White Rock has scored 2 goals and given up 7 goals in two games.
- The Whalers are 0/7 on the man advantage in their past seven attempts.
- Nathan Bran has been held to one assist in his past four games.
- Bran, Lyons, and Leroux have been held to a combined total of 2 goals and an assist in the past three games.
- At 14.2%, the Whalers power play is 12th in the league.
- The Whalers are 6-4-0-0 in their past ten games.
- Travis Smythe leads the league with three short-handed assists.
NORTH VANCOUVER WOLF PACK
OVERVIEW
General Manager: Matt Samson
Head Coach: Mike Borrelli
Assistant Coaches: Matt Samson, Elias Godoy, Nathan Haaksma
Leadership Group: JJ Pickell (C), Ryan Hunter (A), Corson Penman (A), Matthew Carniel (A)
Record: 24-13-2-1
Home Record: 14-5-0-1
Last Game: A 4-3 win in Delta on Tuesday.
Goals For/Goals Against: 163 GF/134 GA (+29)
Power Play: 37/190 (19.47%)
Penalty Kill: 41/191 (78.53%)
Leading Scorers: JJ Pickell (40GP – 37G – 33A – 70PTS), Rylan Oatman (39GP – 19G – 46A – 65PTS), Matthew Carniel (39GP – 33G – 26A – 59PTS)
TOP 3 SINCE THE LAST MEETING
PICKELL – 2-3-0-3
OATMAN – 2-2-2-4
CARNIEL – 2-0-2-2
WOLF PACK NOTES
- The Wolf Pack have six power play goals on their last 19 opportunities.
- North Vancouver has stopped 11 of their past 12 penalty kill attempts.
- Matthew Carniel’s 24-game point streak came to an end in Delta on Tuesday.
- JJ Pickell (40GP – 37G – 33A – 70PTS) is four points away from tying the 74 points he had last season.
- The Wolf Pack are second in the PJHL with 8 short-handed goals against.
- The Wolf Pack are 6-3-1-0 in the past ten games.
- Captain JJ Pickell is tied for the league lead in goals (37) in 40 games with Theo Kochan who has 37 goals in 39 games.
- Rylan Oatman (39-19-46-65) has a nine-point lead amongst all PJHL rookies.
- Matthew Carniel leads the league with 12 power-play goals.
- Corson Penman leads the league with three short-handed goals.
- JJ Pickell has six game-winning goals.
GAME NOTES
- North Vancouver was 4-0 against White Rock last season
- The Wolf Pack are currently 2-2 against the Whalers, losing 10-5 on October 8, 7-1 on November 11, and winning 6-5 on December 7 and 4-0 on January 11.
- North Van has gone 12-4-2-0-0 against the Whalers for the past five seasons.
- The Wolf Pack are on a six-game winning streak, while White Rock has lost their past two games.
- The Whalers and Wolf Pack have both scored six short-handed goals.
- 38 goals have been scored between these two teams for the first four meetings this season (22 WR – 16 NV).
- The least number of goals scored in a single game between these two teams is four. It was a 4-0 win for the Wolf Pack on January 11.
THE LAST GAME
North Vancouver blanked the Whalers 4-0 on a late and snowy Thursday last week. Matthew Carniel (33), JJ Pickell (34), David Yoon (3), and Jason Scott (7) all scored for the home team. Brayden Burrows stopped all 27 shots fired his way.
WHAT’S NEXT?
NV: visits Port Moody tomorrow.
WR: hosts Grandview next Saturday.
