2014–15 KHL Medveščak Zagreb season

2014–15 KHL Medveščak Zagreb
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)
Penalty 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)

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

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 [61] Archived 2014-12-28 at the Wayback Machine 2 28 December 2014 HC Davos 0 - 1 Vaillant Arena, Davos, Switzerland 6,300 0-2 [62] Archived 2014-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
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 [63] Archived 2014-12-30 at the Wayback Machine

Player statistics

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

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

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
1		Mate Tomljenović	G	R	30	2014	Zagreb, Croatia
30		Mark Owuya	G	L	34	2014	Stockholm, Sweden
31		Mark Dekanich	G	L	37	2013	North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
34		Cal Heeter	G	L	35	2014	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
4		Geoff Kinrade	D	L	38	2014	Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
6		Mark Popovic	D	L	41	2013	Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada
23		Saša Martinović	D	L	39	2011	Füssen, West Germany
24		Andrew Hutchinson	D	R	44	2014	Evanston, Illinois, United States
36		Mark Flood	D	R	39	2014	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
77		Mathieu Carle	D	R	36	2013	Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
82		Shaone Morrisonn	D	L	41	2014	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
89		Mark Katic	D	L	34	2013	Porcupine, Ontario, Canada
8		Dario Kostović	LW	R	43	2011	Split, Croatia
9		Bill Thomas	RW/C	R	40	2013	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
12		Brandon Segal	RW	R	40	2014	Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
16		Mike Glumac	C/RW	R	44	2013	Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
17		Andrew Murray (A)	LW	L	42	2013	Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada
18		Ville Leino	LW	R	40	2014	Savonlinna, Finland
19		Pascal Pelletier	RW	L	40	2014	Labrador City, NL, Canada
25		Eric Beaudoin	LW/C	L	43	2014	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
14		Krys Kolanos		R	42	2014	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
92		Kurtis McLean	C	R	43	2014	Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada
38		James Wright	C	R	34	2014	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
62		Patrick Bjorkstrand	C	L	31	2013	Herning, Denmark
74		Nathan Perkovich	RW	R	38	2012	Canton, Michigan, United States
93		Martin St. Pierre	C	L	40	2014	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
94		Edwin Hedberg	LW	R	30	2014	Medellín, Colombia

Source: Eliteprospects.

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

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

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
13 February 2015	Ville Leino	Kloten
15 February 2015	Patrick Bjorkstrand	SaiPa
17 February 2015	Martin St. Pierre	Lausanne

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

Players eligible for the Croatian national ice hockey team

Date	Player
30 January 2015	Nathan Perkovich

References