Thursday, December 2, 2010

November by the Numbers

As we enter a new month in the BCHL it's time to look back at the month of November for the Powell River Kings. I have have crunched the numbers and have come up with statistics that cover most areas with the team.

RECORD: 7-1-2-1
GF: 35
GA:22
HOME: 3-1-0-0
GF: 15
GA: 12
ROAD: 4-0-2-1
GF: 20
GA: 10
  • As you can tell by the number the Kings were actually a better team on the road last month. Just look at the goals for and against.
  • At home I saw a team and individual players put too much pressure on themselves to provide an entertaining product. Whether that was one too many passes or too much individual play, it had a direct result in their play.
  • Let's not push the panic button yet however. Winning three out of four games on home ice is pretty darn good and I'm sure a majority of coaches would be thrilled with that record. But one bad game as we saw with Nanaimo can leave a bad taste in your mouth.
  • How good was Powell River on the road? They only surrendered on average 1.4 goals per game. Furthermore, their opponent was only able to score more than one goal once. That was the 5-4 OT loss in Duncan. That span also includes shutting out the Nanaimo Clippers.
  • The Kings now are tied with Langley for the BCHL's best road record.
SPECIAL TEAMS:

POWER-PLAY: 8-53 15.1%
  • The Kings had 14 different players register at least one point on the man advantage and six players with multiple points.
  • Matt Garbowsky lead all players in power-play points with five (2-3-5) followed by Justin DaSilva with three (1-2-3) and four other tied with two points each.
  • Garbowsky was tied with Cohen Adair in goals (2) but lead in assists (3).
  • However as of today the power-play sits 13th (18.47%) only better than Cowichan, Vernon and Quesnel.
  • Kent Lewis stated last Friday his team needed to simplify their approach to the man advatange and capitalize on their opportunites.
  • How do you simplify your power-play? By putting pucks at the net from the point and converting on rebounds in front.
  • I expect you will see that simpler style starting tomorrow against Lanley.
PENATLY-KILL: 49-56 87.5%

  • Not much you can say about a team who owns the league's best PK overall (89.66), at home (87.14), and on the road (92.00).
  • Garbowsky lead the team in short-handed goals with two.
  • Cowichan was the only team to score two goals on the power-play in the same game in November.
  • Five times Powell River held their opponent without a power-play goal.
  • The Kings high mark was a nine for nine performance against the Express on November 20th.
  • Besides Garbowsky, I thought Andrew Pettitt was one of the Kings best penalty-killers. I can't recall a player blocking so many shots over this past month. As Geoff Grimwood said in one of our interviews, not many 35 goal guys do what he is willing to do.
  • I would be remiss not to show love to Mike Garteig and Sean Maguire as well. The old adage came true last month. Your goaltenders do have to be your best penalty-killers.
OFFENSE:

GF: 35
ESG: 27
PPG: 8

  • Only two Kings didn't record at least a single point in the month of November. Just goes to show the depth Powell River does have on hand. Kent Lewis told me when I first started, you must have four lines that can play at any given time. So far we are seeing that from the Kings.
  • What many hockey experts say for a team to be successful is that they needto be able to score five on five. Powell River did just that scoring 27 goals. That's 77 percent of their goals in November.
  • Garbowsky once again was leading the pack for the Kings. The 20 year-old recorded 15 points in 11 games. He also scored the most goals, collecting nine.
  • One thing that surprised me was Chad Niddery's scoring slump. The playmaker did not score in the month of November and hasn't scored since October 22nd in Merritt.  That's a 16 game stretch. However he had nine assists in eight games last month. He missed three games due to injury. 
  • Niddery is more of a playmaker than a scorer. Just look at his totals from one season ago.  He needs to look to shoot the puck more if he intends to break out of his slump.
  • Craig Dalrymple caught fire from the blue-line scoring four goals and adding five assists.  Two of his nine points were on the power-play.
  • Justin DaSilva wasn't far behind racking up eight points with two goals and six assists. DaSilva scored one PPG as well.
  • Speaking of sleepers, Brenden Forbes and Carter Shinkaruk both quietly put together strong Novembers. Forbes scored twice and had eight points whereas Shinkaruk scored three times for eight points.
  • Also having strong Novembers were Pettitt, Adair and Dan Schuler who had seven, six and five points respectively.
DEFENSE:

GA: 22
GAA: 2.00
SO: 1
1 GOAL GAMES: 6

  • The defense continues to be the story for Powell River this season in the BCHL. The Kings lead the league in goals against (58) and average (1.8). In fact, Powell River has surrenderd 20 goals less than second place Vernon.
  • Jason Yee and Jon Jutzi continue to develop into a top shut down pair in the BCHL. Yee and Jutzi see opposition team's top lines on a daily basis and for the most part shut down those units.
  • In the 11 games the Kings played in November, on average they surrendered 23.9 shots a game.
  • Powell River held their opponets under 30 shots eight times and 25 and under four times.
  • Mike Garteig was 4-1-2-0 with a 2.00 GAA and .920 Save Percentage including being named the BCHL player of the week for the week ending November 21st.
  • Sean Maguire was just very good when called upon going 3-0-0-1 with a 1.75 GAA and .934 save percentage including one shut out.
NOVEMBER REPORT CARD: A-

  • It's hard to find fault in the league's best team and third best in the country. However the Kings had two bad showings in the past month to Cowichan and Nanaimo, two teams below them in the standings.  It's not the losses that were discouraging, it was the effort displayed during those two games.  The team needs to be prepared to battle every night.  Those losses are a directt result of what can happen when the team isn't prepared to play 60 minutes.  Also the power-play needs to improve.  There are some talented players on the team who should be able to score more goals with the man advantage.

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