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)
← 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	[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.^[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	A	SO	PIM	TOI
Barry Brust	19	9	8	2	597	40	557	93.3	2.15	1	2	47	1116:38
Cal Heeter	22	9	9	2	609	54	555	91.1	2.65	0	0	2	1223:33
Mark Owuya	13	2	6	2	325	33	292	89.8	2.98	0	0	0	664:26
Mark Dekanich	12	0	10	0	291	47	244	83.8	4.76	0	0	4	591:54
Mate Tomljenović	1	0	1	0	9	3	6	66.7	9.00	0	0	0	20:0

Final roster


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
1	Mate Tomljenović	G	R	31	2014	Zagreb, Croatia
30	Mark Owuya	G	L	35	2014	Stockholm, Sweden
31	Mark Dekanich	G	L	38	2013	North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
34	Cal Heeter	G	L	35	2014	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
4	Geoff Kinrade	D	L	39	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	35	2013	Porcupine, Ontario, Canada
8	Dario Kostović	LW	R	44	2011	Split, Croatia
9	Bill Thomas	RW/C	R	41	2013	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
12	Brandon Segal	RW	R	41	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	41	2014	Labrador City, NL, Canada
25	Eric Beaudoin	LW/C	L	44	2014	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
14	Krys Kolanos		R	43	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	32	2013	Herning, Denmark
74	Nathan Perkovich	RW	R	38	2012	Canton, Michigan, United States
93	Martin St. Pierre	C	L	41	2014	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
94	Edwin Hedberg	LW	R	30	2014	Medellín, 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]

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