Friday 27 February 2015

Kimberley Dynamiters & Creston Valley ThunderCats series Review

Photo by Jonathan Righton
The series between the Kimberley Dynamiters and Creston Valley ThunderCats was by far the lowest scoring series in the first round of the KIJHL Playoffs.

Scoring
13 goals were scored this series. That is an average 2.60 goals per game. Which is amazing considering both teams were averaging above 6 goals per game during the regular season. Nine goals were scored by the Dynamiters, 6 PPG, 1 SHG and 2 even strength. The ThunderCats scored four goals, all at even strength.

Kimberley's scoring leader was Braden Saretsky with 2G & 2A over the five games.

Creston's scoring leader was Connor Ward with 2G over the five games.

 Close Matches
Three of the five games were decided by one goal, and if you remove the EN goal in game 4; four of the five games were decided by one goal. Having such low scoring and close games, made for one helluva an entertaining series.

 Goaltending
Was UNBELIEVABLE this series. Tyson Brouwer finished the series with a 0.78 GAA, .966 SV% and two shut outs in 307 minutes. Brock Lefebvre who started the series but was apparently injured in a practice, had a 1.31 GAA and a .952 SV% in 184 minutes. Mitchell Martell who came in as relief, maintained the pressure during his 117 minutes of play, posting a 2.05 GAA, & .923 SV%.

There have been 24 goalies that have so far played at least two games. When looking at the stats Brouwer & Lefebvre are 1 & 2 respectively in GAA, and Martell is 7th. They are in the exact same positions for SV%.

Defence
While there are no shot blocking stats, it was evident in this series. There has got to be so many black and blue players this series.

 Farewell's
Creston has four players born in 1994, which means they just played their last KIJHL game.

  • Kyle Richter, the mid-season pick-up posted a stellar 31 points in 23 games. He didn't dress in games 4 & 5.
  • Connor Ward, posted 18 goals through 49 games, and led Creston in playoff scoring.
  • Connor Kidd, the Calgary native finished his third season with the Cats, posting 37 points in 40 games. 
  • Marcel Fuchs, the Cats captain has been consistent over his three KIJHL seasons. He only missed 6 games over that time span. Solid. He has committed to play for Selkirk College next year.
I wish those four players the best of luck in the future, whether they pursue hockey or not, and all the best!

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