Preseason: ICE at Brandon
September 9, 2022 – Western Hockey League (WHL) – Winnipeg Ice News Release
ICE CHIPS
The Winnipeg ICE are in Brandon for a 7:00 face off at Westoba Place to start their four game
WHL preseason schedule. The two teams return to The RINK Training Centre for a 7:00 face off
tomorrow night.
Winnipeg’s final two preseason games are against the Regina Pats:
– Thursday, Sept. 15 @ Regina, 8:00
– Saturday, Sept. 17 @ The RINK Training Centre, 7:00
The ICE open the 2022-23 WHL regular season schedule in Brandon Saturday, September 24.
ICE VS WHEAT KINGS
Winnipeg had an 8-1-1 record versus Brandon during the 2021-22 regular season led by
forward Matthew Savoie who registered 16 points (2 goals and 14 assists) in 10 games. Owen
Pederson and Mikey Milne led the ICE with six goals each.
ROSTER
The ICE preseason roster includes 19 forwards, 11 defenseman and 4 goaltenders.
– 21 players skated in at least one regular season game for the ICE last season (Benson,
Boucher, Bruce, Cowan, Cumby, Fraser, Friesen, Geekie, Harmacy, Hauser, Lambos,
McClennon, Mettimano, Milne, Oiring, Pederson, Savoie, Segafredo, Streule, Woo, Zloty).
– 27 players were selected by the ICE in the WHL Prospects Draft (Bambrick, Benson,
Boucher, Brown, Bruce, Cooper, Cowan, Cumby, Dale, Fraser, Geekie, Harmacy, Hauser,
Lambos, Lovsin, Marsden, McClennon, Mettimano, Milne, Moore, Morosov, Oiring,
Pederson, Savoie, Stenvig, Woo, Zloty).
– 9 players are from Manitoba (Bruce, Cowan, Friesen, Geekie, Harmacy, Lambos, Moore,
Woo, Wood).
INJURY REPORT
Daniel Hauser (broken ankle)
LOOKING BACK AT 2021-22
Six members of the Winnipeg ICE were named by the Western Hockey League as All Stars and
East Division nominees for the league’s annual awards.
WHL East Division First All-Star Team
Goaltender – Daniel Hauser (Chestermere, Alta.) – Winnipeg ICE
Defenceman – Carson Lambos (Winnipeg, Man.) – Winnipeg ICE
Defenceman – Denton Mateychuk (Dominion City, Man.) – Moose Jaw Warriors
Forward – Connor Bedard (North Vancouver, B.C.) – Regina Pats
Forward – Kyle Crnkovic (Chestermere, Alta.) – Saskatoon Blades
Forward – Matthew Savoie (St. Albert, Alta.) – Winnipeg ICE
Nominees for the Del Wilson Memorial Trophy presented by Real Canadian Superstore,
awarded annually to the WHL Goaltender of the Year:
B.C. Division – Dylan Garand (Victoria, B.C.) – Kamloops Blazers
Central Division – Sebastian Cossa (Fort McMurray, Alta.) – Edmonton Oil Kings
East Division – Daniel Hauser (Chestermere, Alta.) – Winnipeg ICE
U.S. Division – Taylor Gauthier (Calgary, Alta.) – Portland Winterhawks
Nominees for the Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy presented by Westland Insurance,
awarded annually to the WHL Humanitarian of the Year:
B.C. Division – Logan Stankoven (Kamloops, B.C.) – Kamloops Blazers
Central Division – Luke Prokop (Edmonton, Alta.) – Edmonton Oil Kings
East Division – Conor Geekie (Strathclair, Man.) – Winnipeg ICE
U.S. Division – Graham Sward (Abbotsford, B.C.) – Spokane Chiefs
Nominees for the Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy, awarded annually to the WHL’s
Coach of the Year:
B.C. Division – Kris Mallette – Kelowna Rockets
Central Division – Steve Konowalchuk – Red Deer Rebels
East Division – James Patrick – Winnipeg ICE
U.S. Division – Dennis Williams – Everett Silvertips
Nominees for the Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy, awarded annually to the WHL’s
Executive of the Year:
B.C. Division – Bruce Hamilton – Kelowna Rockets
Central Division – Brent Sutter – Red Deer Rebels
East Division – Matt Cockell – Winnipeg ICE
U.S. Division – Bil La Forge – Seattle Thunderbirds
Individually, the ICE had numerous players finish in the WHL regular season’s Top 10:
Daniel Hauser – 1st in shutouts with 8, 1st in goal against average at 2.00, tied for 1st in wins
with 34, 3rd in save percentage at .914
Gage Alexander – 5th in goals against average at 2.40, tied for 8th in save percentage at .911
Ben Zloty – tied for 6th in assists with 56, 3rd in assists by a defenceman with 56, tied for 5th in
points by a defenceman with 64, 6th in plus/minus by a defenceman at +38, tied for 7th in power
play assists by a defenceman with 27, tied for 3rd in first goals scored by a defenceman with 3,
4th in points per game by a defenceman with 1.03
Carson Lambos – 5th in plus/minus by a defenceman at +42
Nolan Orzeck – 1st in plus/minus at +62
Zach Benson – tied for 3rd in first goals scored with 8, 6th in rookie points with 63, 9th in rookie
goals with 25, tied for 10th in rookie game winning goals with 4, 1st in rookie first goals scored
with 8, 8th in rookie assists with 38, 3rd in rookie plus/minus at +40, tied for 10th in rookie game
winning goals with 4, 5th in rookie points per game at 1.09
Skyler Bruce – appeared in all 68 games
Cole Muir – appeared in all 68 games
Maximilian Streule – 10th in rookie plus/minus at +27
Jakin Smallwood – appeared in all 68 games
Mikey Milne – appeared in all 68 games, 10th in goals with 38, 2nd in plus/minus at +56
Conor Geekie – tied for 5th in plus/minus at +46
Matthew Savoie – 9th in WHL points with 90, tied for 8th in assists with 55, 1st in plus/minus at
+54, 1st in rookie points with 90, 2nd in rookie goals with 35, 2nd in rookie power play goals with
12, tied for 10th in rookie game winning goals with 4, 2nd in rookie assists with 55, 3rd in rookie
power play assists with 22, 1st in rookie plus/minus at +54, 1st in rookie points per game at 1.38
Connor McClennon – tied for 6th in goals with 43, tied for 7th in power play goals with 13, tied
for 3rd in first goals scored with 8
Daniel Hauser, Gage Alexander and Dawson Cowan combined for 12 shutouts. The WHL
record for most shutouts in a season belongs to the 2003-04 Kelowna Rockets when Kelly
Guard and Derek Yeomans combined for 14.
WHO ENDED THE REGULAR SEASON ON A ROLL
Daniel Hauser was on a personal four game winning streak
Mikey Milne was on a three game goal scoring streak (3) and four game point streak (3-6-9)
Connor McClennon was on a four game point streak (3-2-5)
Matthew Savoie was on a three game point streak (3-3-6)
Zach Benson was on a two game goal scoring streak (2) and three game point streak (2-1-3)
Owen Pederson was on a two game point streak (1-1-2)
Carson Lambos was on a two game point streak (0-2-2)
TRANSACTIONS
SEPTEMBER 2022
7 – signed defenceman Chase Bambrick
7 – signed forward Daniel Morozov
7 – signed goaltender Keegan Maddocks
AUGUST 2022
9 – acquired forward Briley Wood from the Lethbridge Hurricanes in exchange for a sixth round
pick in the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft
JULY 2022
29 – acquired a third round pick in the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft in exchange for goaltender
Gage Alexander
26 – acquired defenseman Jaren Brinson from the Prince George Cougars in exchange for a
fourth round pick in the 2024 WHL Prospects Draft
20 – acquired forward Josh Medernach and a third round pick in the 2023 WHL Prospects Draft
from the Red Deer Rebels in exchange for defenceman Tanner Brown and a seventh round pick
in the 2023 WHL Prospects Draft
11 – signed Assistant Coach Taras McEwen
JUNE 2022
10 – acquired a fourth round pick in the 2023 WHL Prospects Draft from the Prince George
Cougars in exchange for forward Chase Wheatcroft
1 – signed forward Ashton Brown
ICE ON AIR
The Winnipeg ICE have teamed up with Bell Media (103.1 FM Virgin Radio, CFRW 1290 AM,
99.9 Bounce FM and CTV) to share the excitement this WHL season.
All regular season and playoff games can be heard on CFRW 1290 AM and viewed online at
www.winnipegICE.ca,
WHL Live on CHL TV
with Brian Munz and Kevin Olzsewski.
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