2014–15 KHL Medveščak Zagreb season

2014–15 KHL Medveščak Zagreb season
Division	6th Bobrov
Conference	13th Western
2014–15 record	17-6-5-32
Home record	10-2-4-15
Road record	7-4-1-17
Goals for	147
Goals against	191
Team information
President	Damir Gojanović
General Manager	Markoantonio Belinic Aaron Fox (Sports M.) Dragutin Ljubic (Team)
Coach	Doug Shedden Dean Fedorchuk (Asst.) Alan Letang (Asst.) Ivo Ratej (Asst.)
Captain	Andrew Murray C Mark Popovic A
Arena	Dom sportova (6.500) Arena Zagreb (15.200)
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Thomas (18)
Assists	Martin St. Pierre & Pascal Pelletier (23)
Points	Pascal Pelletier (39)
Penalties in minutes	Nathan Perkovich & Shaone Morrisonn (78)
Plus/minus	(+) Geoff Kinrade (+11) (–) Saša Martinović (-19)
Wins	Barry Brust & Cal Heeter (9)
Goals against average	Barry Brust (2.15)
<2013–14

The 2014–15 KHL Medveščak Zagreb season was the second season for the Zagreb-based club in the Kontinental Hockey League. Initially Mark French was announced as head coach of the team, but prior to the season starting he accepted an offer from the Calgary Hitmen, a major junior team in the Canadian-based Western Hockey League.^[1] He was replaced by Chuck Weber, who in turn was relieved of his duties due to poor play by the team and succeeded by Doug Shedden.^[2] During the season Medveščak participated in the Spengler Cup, the first time the club was invited to play in the tournament.

Schedule and results

Regular season

2014–15 Game Log
September: 3–0–0–8 (Home: 2–0–0–4 ; Road: 1–0–0–4) Pts. 9 # Date Home team Score Away team Arena Attendance Record Recap 1 4 Slovan Bratislava 5 - 2 Medveščak Zagreb Slovnaft Arena 10,055 0-0-0-1 2 6 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 3 - 2 Medveščak Zagreb KRK Uralets 3,550 0-0-0-2 3 8 Ak Bars Kazan 4 - 2 Medveščak Zagreb TatNeft Arena 5,647 0-0-0-3 4 10 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 6 - 0 Medveščak Zagreb Magnitogorsk Arena 6,145 0-0-0-4 5 14 Medveščak Zagreb 5 - 2 Severstal Cherepovets Dom sportova 6,250 1-0-0-4 6 16 Medveščak Zagreb 1 - 4 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Dom sportova 5,000 1-0-0-5 7 18 Medveščak Zagreb 2 - 3 CSKA Moscow Dom sportova 5,800 1-0-0-6 8 21 Medveščak Zagreb 5 - 1 Lada Togliatti Dom sportova 5,800 2-0-0-6 9 24 Slovan Bratislava 1 - 4 Medveščak Zagreb Slovnaft Arena 7,985 3-0-0-6 10 26 Medveščak Zagreb 1 - 3 Slovan Bratislava Dom sportova 5,800 3-0-0-7 11 29 Medveščak Zagreb 1 - 5 SKA Saint Petersburg Dom sportova 5,800 3-0-0-8
October: 5-1-2-6 (Home: 3-0-1-2 ; Road: 2-1-1-4) Pts. 19 # Date Home team Score Away team Arena Attendance Record Recap 12 1 Medveščak Zagreb 0 - 5 SKA Saint Petersburg Dom Sportova 5,000 3-0-0-9 13 3 Medveščak Zagreb 3 - 2 Dinamo Riga Dom sportova 5,000 4-0-0-9 14 6 Jokerit 2 - 3 Medveščak Zagreb Hartwall Areena 9,351 5-0-0-9 15 8 SKA Saint Petersburg 5 - 2 Medveščak Zagreb Ice Palace 12,247 5-0-0-10 16 10 Dinamo Riga 4 - 3 Medveščak Zagreb Arena Riga 5,480 6-0-0-10 17 12 Atlant Mytishchi 5 - 2 Medveščak Zagreb Mytishchi Arena 6,300 6-0-0-11 18 14 Medveščak Zagreb 1 - 0 Slovan Bratislava Dom Sportova 5,500 7-0-0-11 19 18 HC Ugra 1 - 2 OT Medveščak Zagreb Arena Ugra 3,100 7-1-0-11 20 20 Traktor Chelyabinsk 2 - 4 Medveščak Zagreb Traktor Sport Palace 5,800 8-1-0-11 21 22 Lada Togliatti 2 - 1 Medveščak Zagreb Lada Arena 5,420 8-1-0-12 22 24 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 4 - 3 SO Medveščak Zagreb SCC Arena 3,500 8-1-1-12 23 28 Medveščak Zagreb 2 - 0 Sibir Novosibirsk Dom Sportova 5,000 9-1-1-12 24 29 Medveščak Zagreb 2 - 1 SO Metallurg Novokuznetsk Dom Sportova 5,000 9-2-1-12 25 31 Medveščak Zagreb 3 - 4 Admiral Vladivostok Dom Sportova 5.650 9-2-1-13
November: 3-1-1-6 (Home: 2-0-1-4 ; Road: 1-1-0-2) Pts. 12 # Date Home team Score Away team Arena Attendance Record Recap 26 2 Medveščak 2 - 5 Amur Dom Sportova 6,100 9-2-1-14 27 5 Barys Astana 4 - 1 Medveščak Kazakhstan Sports Palace 4,012 9-2-1-15 28 7 Metallurg Novokuznetsk 2 - 3 Medveščak Kuznetsk Palace 3,275 10-2-1-15 29 12 Slovan 1 - 2 SO Medveščak Slovnaft Arena 8,728 10-3-1-15 30 14 Medveščak 4 - 1 Atlant Dom Sportova 5,000 11-3-1-15 31 16 Medveščak 3 - 6 Vityaz Dom Sportova 5,500 11-3-1-16 32 19 Medveščak 2 - 5 Dinamo Minsk Dom Sportova 5,500 11-3-1-17 33 22 Medveščak 1 - 3 Jokerit Dom Sportova 6,200 11-3-1-18 34 25 Medveščak 3 - 1 Vityaz Dom Sportova 4,500 12-3-1-18 35 27 Medveščak 3 - 4 OT Lokomotiv Dom Sportova 4,500 12-3-2-18 36 29 Dinamo Minsk 4 - 3 Medveščak Minsk-Arena 15, 086 12-3-2-19
December: 1-1-0-4 (Home: 1-0-0-3 ; Road: 0-1-0-1) Pts. 5 # Date Home team Score Away team Arena Attendance Record Recap 37 3 Dinamo Moscow 2 - 3 SO Medveščak Luzhniki Arena 4,107 12-4-2-19 38 5 HC Sochi 6 - 2 Medveščak Bolshoy Ice Dome 7,794 12-4-2-20 39 8 Medveščak 3 - 5 Barys Dom Sportova 4,000 12-4-2-21 40 10 Medveščak 2 - 6 Avangard Dom Sportova 4.500 12-4-2-22 41 14 Medveščak 1 - 3 Salavat Yulaev Ufa Dom Sportova 5,200 12-4-2-23 42 22 Medveščak 5 - 3 Neftekhimik Dom Sportova 5,200 13-4-2-23
January: 5-2-1-2 (Home: 2-1-1-1; Road: 3-1-0-1) Pts. 20 # Date Home team Score Away team Arena Attendance Record Recap 43 4 Medveščak 5 - 4 Slovan Bratislava Dom Sportova 5,754 14-4-2-23 44 8 Atlant 2 - 3 Medveščak Mytishchi Arena 6,200 15-4-2-23 45 10 Vityaz 2 - 3 OT Medveščak Vityaz Ice Palace 4,950 15-5-2-23 46 12 Lokomotiv 4 - 3 Medveščak Arena 2000 8,409 15-5-2-24 47 15 Medveščak 3 - 4 OT Dynamo Moscow Dom sportova 5,000 15-5-3-24 48 17 Medveščak 3 - 2 OT Sochi Dom sportova 6,250 15-6-3-24 49 20 Medveščak 2 - 3 Atlant Dom sportova 5,150 15-6-3-25 50 22 Medveščak 4 - 2 Dynamo Minsk Dom sportova 5,250 16-6-3-25 51 28 Jokerit 1 - 4 Medveščak Hartwall Arena 9,591 17-6-3-25 52 30 Dinamo Riga 1 - 2 Medveščak Arena Riga 8,390 18-6-3-25
February: 0-0-2-6 (Home: 0-0-1-1 ; Road: 0-0-1-5) Pts. 2 # Date Home team Score Away team Arena Attendance Record Recap 53 1 SKA 5 - 2 Medveščak Ice Palace 12,177 18-6-3-26 54 3 Dynamo Minsk 3 - 2 Medveščak Minsk-Arena 13,810 18-6-3-27 55 11 Severstal 4 - 3 SO Medveščak Ice Palace 2,500 18-6-4-27 56 13 CSKA 5 - 2 Medveščak CSKA Ice Palace 4,190 18-6-4-28 57 15 Torpedo 3 - 1 Medveščak Trade Union Sport Palace 5,500 18-6-4-29 58 17 Vityaz 3 - 1 Medveščak Vityaz Ice Palace 1,820 18-6-4-30 59 20 Medveščak 1 - 3 Dinamo Riga Dom Sportova 5,700 18-6-4-31 60 22 Medveščak 4 - 5 SO Jokerit Dom Sportova 6,200 18-6-5-31

Tournaments

2014 Spengler Cup
Preliminary round - Group Cattini Game Date Opponent Score Location Attendance Series Recap 1 27 December 2014 Team Canada 1 - 3 Vaillant Arena, Davos, Switzerland 6,300 0-1 2 28 December 2014 HC Davos 0 - 1 Vaillant Arena, Davos, Switzerland 6,300 0-2
Quarterfinals Game Date Opponent Score Location Attendance Series Recap 3 29 December 2014 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 0 - 3 Vaillant Arena, Davos, Switzerland 5,934 0-3

Player statistics

Last updated: 3 Mar, 2015.
Source: Kontinental Hockey League.^[3]

Skaters

Forwards Player GP G A Pts PIM +/- Pascal Pelletier 57 16 23 39 44 -11 Bill Thomas 60 18 18 36 22 +4 Martin St. Pierre 57 10 23 33 58 -16 Brandon Segal 54 10 15 25 52 -10 James Wright 53 15 4 19 39 -2 Matt Anderson 35 9 10 19 30 +1 Edwin Hedberg 37 8 7 15 8 +6 Ville Leino 28 7 8 15 28 -1 Patrick Bjorkstrand 55 7 8 15 2 -11 Aaron Palushaj 25 3 9 12 26 -1 Mike Glumac 52 5 3 8 72 -16 Andrew Murray 51 3 4 7 14 -12 Brock Trotter 16 1 5 6 41 -1 Nathan Perkovich 50 4 1 5 78 -8 Krystofer Kolanos 6 3 2 5 2 0 Kurtis McLean 11 2 3 5 6 +1 Anthony Stewart 12 1 1 2 6 -2 Eric Beaudoin 3 1 0 1 2 -4 Darren Haydar 4 0 1 1 0 -3 Jason Krog 5 0 1 1 6 -3 Marcel Rodman 9 0 0 0 39 -2 Dario Kostović 12 0 0 0 4 0 Mike Hedden 12 0 0 0 9 -2

Defensemen Player GP G A Pts PIM +/- Mark Flood 60 8 15 23 30 -9 Mathieu Carle 45 1 18 19 38 -11 Andrew Hutchinson 53 4 11 15 75 -5 Geoff Kinrade 39 0 11 11 18 +11 Mark Katic 32 4 5 9 37 -5 Mark Popovic 46 2 6 8 20 -5 Shaone Morrisonn 48 0 7 7 78 +4 Saša Martinović 58 2 3 5 42 -19 Branislav Mezei 8 0 0 0 14 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player GP W L SOP SOG GA SV SV% GAA G A SO PIM TOI Barry Brust 19 9 8 2 597 40 557 93.3 2.15 0 1 2 47 1116:38 Cal Heeter 22 9 9 2 609 54 555 91.1 2.65 0 0 0 2 1223:33 Mark Owuya 13 2 6 2 325 33 292 89.8 2.98 0 0 0 0 664:26 Mark Dekanich 12 0 10 0 291 47 244 83.8 4.76 0 0 0 4 591:54 Mate Tomljenović 1 0 1 0 9 3 6 66.7 9.00 0 0 0 0 20:0 Final roster # Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace 1 Tomljenović, MateMate Tomljenović G R 23 2014 Zagreb, Croatia 30 Owuya, MarkMark Owuya G L 27 2014 Stockholm, Sweden 31 Dekanich, MarkMark Dekanich  G L 30 2013 North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 34 Heeter, CalCal Heeter G L 28 2014 St. Louis, Missouri, United States 4 Kinrade, GeoffGeoff Kinrade D L 31 2014 Nelson, British Columbia, Canada 6 Popovic, MarkMark Popovic D L 34 2013 Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada 23 Martinović, SašaSaša Martinović D L 32 2011 Füssen, West Germany 24 Hutchinson, AndrewAndrew Hutchinson D R 36 2014 Evanston, Illinois, United States 36 Flood, MarkMark Flood D R 32 2014 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada 77 Carle, MathieuMathieu Carle D R 29 2013 Gatineau, Quebec, Canada 82 Morrisonn, ShaoneShaone Morrisonn D L 33 2014 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 89 Katic, MarkMark Katic D L 27 2013 Porcupine, Ontario, Canada 8 Kostović, DarioDario Kostović LW R 36 2011 Split, Croatia 9 Thomas, BillBill Thomas RW/C R 33 2013 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States 12 Segal, BrandonBrandon Segal RW R 33 2014 Richmond, British Columbia, Canada 16 Glumac, MikeMike Glumac C/RW R 36 2013 Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada 17 Murray, AndrewAndrew Murray (A) LW L 35 2013 Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada 18 Leino, VilleVille Leino LW R 33 2014 Savonlinna, Finland 19 Pelletier, PascalPascal Pelletier RW L 33 2014 Labrador City, NL, Canada 25 Beaudoin, EricEric Beaudoin LW/C L 36 2014 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 14 Kolanos, KrysKrys Kolanos R 35 2014 Calgary, Alberta, Canada 92 McLean, KurtisKurtis McLean  C R 36 2014 Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada 38 Wright, JamesJames Wright C R 26 2014 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada 62 Bjorkstrand, PatrickPatrick Bjorkstrand C L 24 2013 Herning, Denmark 74 Perkovich, NathanNathan Perkovich RW R 31 2012 Canton, Michigan, United States 93 St. Pierre, MartinMartin St. Pierre C L 33 2014 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 94 Hedberg, EdwinEdwin Hedberg LW R 22 2014 Medelin, Colombia Source: Eliteprospects.[4] Coaching staff Head Coach: Doug Shedden Assistant Coach: Dean Fedorchuk Assistant Coach: Alan Letang Assistant Coach: Ivo Ratej Jr. Goalie Coach: Klemen Mohorič Roster changes Source: eliteprospects.com[5] Players Joining Date Player Former team Contract terms 2 May 2014 Andrew Hutchinson EV Zug 1 year 13 May 2014 Shaone Morrisonn HC TPS 1 year 6 November 2014 Mark Flood Charlotte Checkers 1 year 6 November 2014 Matt Anderson HC Spartak Moscow 1 year 24 June 2014 Pascal Pelletier Utica Comets 1 year 24 June 2014 Brock Trotter No team 1 year 8 July 2014 Brandon Segal Hershey Bears 1 year 25 July 2014 Martin St. Pierre Hamilton Bulldogs 1 year 29 July 2014 Mate Kresimir Tomljenovic HC 07 Detva 1 year 4 August 2014 Anthony Stewart Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 1 year 31 August 2014 Branislav Mezei HC Vityaz Podolsk 1 year 15 September 2014 Aaron Palushaj Charlotte Checkers 1 year 15 September 2014 James Wright Winnipeg Jets 1 year 12 October 2014 Ville Leino Buffalo Sabres 1 year 15 October 2014 Geoff Kinrade Bern 1 year 17 October 2014 Edwin Hedberg Modo Hockey 1 year 1 November 2014 Mark Owuya Lulea HF Try-out 10 January 2014 Cal Heeter Evansville Icemen 1 year 21 November 2014 Krys Kolanos No team 1 year 1 December 2014 Kurtis McLean Jokerit 1 year 17 December 2014 Eric Beaudoin No team 1 year[6] Players Leaving Date Player New team 9 April 2014 Erik Nyström Djurgården 5 May 2014 Matt Ellison Dinamo Minsk 5 May 2014 Ivan Svarny Dinamo Minsk 5 May 2014 Jonathan Cheechoo Dinamo Minsk 6 May 2014 Charles Linglet Dinamo Minsk 7 May 2014 Ryan Vesce Dinamo Minsk 2 June 2014 Matt Murley Slovan Bratislava 11 June 2014 Michael Ryan Ässät 15 June 2014 Geoff Waugh Villacher SV 27 June 2014 Kurtis Foster Slovan Bratislava 7 July 2014 Hugh Jessiman Vienna Capitals 22 July 2014 Luke Walker Graz 99ers 26 August 2014 Alex Westlund China Dragon 19 September 2014 Christian Engstrand AIK 2 October 2014 Jason Krog Villacher SV 2 October 2014 Darren Haydar Villacher SV 14 October 2014 Anthony Stewart Unknown 24 October 2014 Branislav Mezei HK Nitra 30 October 2014 Mike Hedden Ässät 10 November 2014 Barry Brust HC Ugra 21 November 2014 Aaron Palushaj Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 3 December 2014 Matt Anderson Neftekhimik 7 December 2014 Marcel Rodman Klagenfurter AC 18 December 2014 Brock Trotter Dinamo Riga 2 February 2015 Krys Kolanos Unknown[7] 13 February 2015 Ville Leino Kloten[8] 15 February 2015 Patrick Bjorkstrand SaiPa[9] 17 February 2015 Martin St. Pierre Lausanne[10] Player signings This is the list of all players that extended their contracts with Medveščak: Date Player Contract prolonged until 23 April 2014 Mark Dekanich End of season 23 April 2014 Mark Katic End of season 25 April 2014 Saša Martinović End of season 25 April 2014 Mike Glumac End of season 25 April 2014 Andrew Murray End of season 25 April 2014 Patrick Bjorkstrand End of season 25 April 2014 Nathan Perkovich End of season 25 April 2014 Charles Linglet End of season 25 April 2014 Bill Thomas End of season 25 April 2014 Jonathan Cheechoo End of season 27 April 2014 Mark Popovic End of season 5 May 2014 Mathieu Carle End of season 18 July 2014 Dario Kostović End of season 1 September 2014 Brock Trotter End of season 17 December 2014 Mark Owuya End of season Players lost via retirement Date Player 22 July 2014 Alan Letang[11] Players eligible for the Croatian national ice hockey team Date Player 30 January 2015 Nathan Perkovich[12] References http://www.medvescak.com/en/khl/mark-french-accepts-offer-from-calgary-hitmen-no1091 http://www.medvescak.com/en/khl/from-zug-to-zagreb-shedden-is-the-bears%E2%80%99-new-coach-no1285 "2014-15 Regular season players statistics". Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved September 11, 2013. "2014-15 Team roster". http://www.eliteprospects.com/transfer.php?team=1150 http://www.medvescak.com/khl/beaudoin-dolazi-owuya-ostaje-trotter-odlazi-no1504 http://www.medvescak.com/khl/medvescak-raskinuo-ugovor-s-kolanosom-no1616 http://www.medvescak.com/khl/leino-odlazi-u-svicarsku-no1650 http://www.medvescak.com/khl/bjorkstrand-zavrsava-sezonu-u-finskoj-saipi-no1654 http://www.medvescak.com/khl/st-pierre-medvescak-zamijenio-lausannom-no1659 http://www.medvescak.com/khl/andquotigracki-put-sam-zavrsio-na-najboljem-mogucem-mjestu---s-vama-u-zagrebuandquot-no1110 http://www.medvescak.com/khl/perkovich-pradjed-bi-mi-bio-jako-ponosan-sto-igram-za-hrvatsku-no1604