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IceCaps Recap – March 26th, 2015
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Josh W
By Josh W
Mar 26, 2015, 13:27 EDTUpdated: Invalid DateTime
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Courtesy: StJohnsIceCaps.com

Welcome to
the latest instalment of the IceCaps Recap where we review all the weekly
activities of the St. John’s Ice Caps, the AHL affiliation of the Winnipeg
Jets. Similar to the Future NHEhlers
weekly article, we review all the stats and news we can find for your IceCaps.


Continue
past the jump to read what went down.

The Statistics

Not a great week for the St. John’s IceCaps this week – then again losing 3 of 4 games won’t help. Their playoff chances are down to 0.1% so the IceCap’s playoff chances are all but mathematically eliminated.

Friday’s 1-3 Loss @ Worcester

[ IceCap’s Recap ] [ Hightlights ]
In a rare game the IceCaps outplayed the Worcester Sharks but did not have the PDO on their side to win. Connor Hellebuyck posted a Quality Start to try and help the team but ultimately lost due to not capitalizing on any of their 6 power play opportunities.  

Saturday’s 1-2 OT Loss @ Manchester

[ IceCap’s Recap ] [ Hightlights ]
The next night, after traveling from Wooster to Manchester, the tired IceCaps faced the Monarchs and were outclassed nearly 2 to 1. The IceCaps earned a lone goal from Kichton, set up from the newly acquired Armia. The IceCaps could not capitalize on any of their 5 power play opportunities and Connor Hellebuyck put up another Quality Start. Hellebuyck was recognized for his efforts with the second star of the night.

Sunday’s 3-2 Win @ Providence

[ IceCap’s Recap ] [ Hightlights ]
The IceCaps finally played another opponent after what seemed like an eternity of just Manchester or Worcester. With a third game in three days the IceCaps then travelled to Providence and were quite lucky to walk away the winners. St. John’s found themselves down 2-0 by the end of the second but were able to score three unanswered goals in the third. Not having any concept of being able to play any other goalie Connor Hellebuyck played his third game in three days and posted a Quality Start. The IceCaps still had not scored on the power play for the week at this point.

Wednesday’s 0-6 Loss @ Portland

[ IceCap’s Recap ]
The final game of this week was a complete blow out in favour of the Portland Pirates. Despite a low shooting event, allowed 4 power play opportunities, the IceCaps were shutout. Connor Hellebuyck had a rare Really Bad Start but the lack of being pulled suggests that the coaching staff is not aware they have another goalie on the roster.

The Players

NamePosGPGAPTS+/-PIMPPGSOGSoG/GSh%
16
John Albert
C
64
16
26
42
3
26.00
0.66
140
2.19
11.43%
27
Will O’Neill
D
64
10
31
41
-14
59.00
0.64
169
2.64
5.92%
13
Chase Balisy
LW
65
15
20
35
-13
26.00
0.54
90
1.38
16.67%
48
Carl Klingberg
LW
51
15
15
30
0
41.00
0.59
152
2.98
9.87%
14
Eric O’Dell
C
37
14
15
29
-4
34.00
0.78
106
2.86
13.21%
33
Joel Armia
RW
46
10
19
29
-1
45.00
0.63
104
2.26
9.62%
24
Scott Kosmachuk
RW
62
13
12
25
-17
60.00
0.40
111
1.79
11.71%
8
Brenden Kichton
D
57
8
16
24
-10
26.00
0.42
94
1.65
8.51%
19
Kyle MacKinnon
C
44
6
18
24
3
22.00
0.55
72
1.64
8.33%
34
JC Lipon
RW
67
4
19
23
-17
137.00
0.34
114
1.70
3.51%
28
Patrice Cormier
C
41
9
7
16
-12
64.00
0.39
69
1.68
13.04%
4
Keaton Ellerby
D
41
3
13
16
-10
32.00
0.39
68
1.66
4.41%
25
Blair Riley
RW
62
5
10
15
-9
109.00
0.24
58
0.94
8.62%
49
Julien Brouillette
D
42
5
9
14
-1
14.00
0.33
69
1.64
7.25%
50
Austen Brassard
RW
67
5
9
14
-13
55.00
0.21
65
0.97
7.69%
15
Jason Jaffray
LW
28
8
5
13
-4
16.00
0.46
45
1.61
17.78%
26
Nicolas Blanchard
LW
57
3
10
13
-7
77.00
0.23
68
1.19
4.41%
18
Ben Chiarot
D
24
4
5
9
0
21.00
0.38
64
2.67
6.25%
9
Ryan Olsen
C
58
4
5
9
-17
42.00
0.16
55
0.95
7.27%
7
Kris Fredheim
D
53
2
5
7
-6
26.00
0.13
55
1.04
3.64%
44
Julian Melchiori
D
68
1
5
6
-13
54.00
0.09
51
0.75
1.96%
29
Jordan Hill
D
31
1
3
4
-9
25.00
0.13
21
0.68
4.76%
21
Ben Walker
RW
29
1
2
3
-11
14.00
0.10
34
1.17
2.94%
17
Brandon MacLean
LW
35
0
2
2
-4
8.00
0.06
50
1.43
0.00%
47
Ryan Parent
D
17
0
1
1
-1
8
0.06
10
0.59
0.00%
41
Patrick Holland
RW
19
0
1
1
-2
6
0.05
7
0.37
0.00%
2
Peter Stoykewych
D
1
0
0
0
0
2
0.00
0
0.00
0.00%

The Goaltenders

NameGPMinGASOGAAWLOTSASVSSAV%
1
Connor Hellebuyck
55
3200:28:00
134
6
2.51
28
20
5
1751
1617
0.923
2
Peter Budaj
15
743:02:00
43
0
3.47
0
8
4
393
350
0.891
3
Jussi Olkinuora
4
185:40:00
13
0
4.20
2
1
0
90
77
0.856

The Transactions

The Schedule

The upcoming week shouldn’t be too difficult for the IceCaps.  They are playing a back-to-back on the road, with the tougher team on the second night.  With the IceCaps almost out of the playoff race hopefully the organization starts to look towards playing some of the other prospects to give them an opportunity.

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