Arborg Ice Dawgs

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Arborg Ice Dawgs
City Arborg, Manitoba
Address 437 Crosstown Avenue
Arborg, Manitoba R0C 0A0
League Keystone Junior Hockey League
Founded 2006
History Arborg Ice Dawgs
2006 - Present
Home Arena Arborg & District Arena
Colours Blue, Yellow, and White
Manager Ron Rogowsky
Head Coach Dave Sigvaldason
Team Captain Myles Willis
Keystone Cups 0
League Titles 0

The Arborg Ice Dawgs are a Junior "B" ice hockey team based in Arborg, Manitoba. They play in the Keystone Junior Hockey League (KJHL).

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[edit] Team history

[edit] 2006-2007: First season

The Arborg Ice Dawgs joined the Keystone Junior Hockey League as an expansion club for the 2006-07 season, and they played their first KJHL game October 5, 2006 against the St. Boniface Saints (Formerly known as the Winnipeg Jr B Saints). The Ice Dawgs got their first hockey club win against the St. Malo Warriors in St. Malo, Manitoba. They won their first game by a final score of 5-4. Arborg didn't get their first home win until November 4, 2007 against the Norway House North Stars. The Ice Dawgs completely downed the North Stars with a final of 8-1. In just his rookie season, team leading scorer Brennan Zasitko finished the year with 61 points (20, 41) in just 35 games, Zasitko was tied in 8th place with 2 other players. Tough guy Bryant Gudmundson lead the team in penalty minutes, finishing 5th among the entire league with 204 penalty minutes. The Ice Dawgs finished 6th in the final standings, and where knocked out in the first round by the North Winnipeg Satellites in 6 games.

[edit] Season-by-Season Standings

This is a list of the last two seasons completed by the Ice Dawgs.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Records as of April 8, 2008.

Season GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
2007-08 40 27 12 0 1 55 224 148 2nd Lost in 2nd Round, 4-0 (North Stars)
2006-07 40 18 20 2 0 38 188 194 6th Lost in 1st Round, 4-2 (Satellites)

[edit] Players

[edit] Current roster

As of April 8, 2008. [1]

Goaltenders
# Player Height Weight Birthdate Birthplace
30 Flag of Canada Jason Pitz
31 Flag of Canada Sean Smith 6.05 200 06/21/1987 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Defencemen
# Player Height Weight Birthdate Birthplace
4 Flag of Canada Scott Bobbee – A 6.00 200 01/01/1987 Arborg, Manitoba, Canada
5 Flag of Canada Graham Campbell 01/01/1989 Arborg, Manitoba, Canada
3 Flag of Canada Cole Gudmundson 5.10 190 05/02/1988 Lundar, Manitoba, Canada
24 Flag of Canada Robert MacKay – A 5.09 220 01/24/1987 Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba, Canada
94 Flag of Canada Darcy Sigurdson 6.00 187 07/16/1989 Arborg, Manitoba, Canada
2 Flag of Canada Kyle Sigurdson 6.00 200 06/21/1987 Arborg, Manitoba, Canada
Forwards
# Player Height Weight Birthdate Birthplace
16 Flag of Canada Parker Abuda 5.10 200 03/24/1988 Arborg, Manitoba, Canada
19 Flag of Canada Jesse Balfour 6.00 180 02/21/1988 Stonewall, Manitoba, Canada
10 Flag of Canada Kris Bjarnason 6.00 210 01/01/1987 Riverton, Manitoba, Canada
15 Flag of the United States Mason Cossette 6.03 190 01/01/1987 Austin, Texas, United States
12 Flag of Canada Roger Fecteau 5.08 155 01/01/1989 Riverton, Manitoba, Canada
15 Flag of Canada Dan Fitzsimmons 5.11 180 05/19/1986 Ashern, Manitoba, Canada
20 Flag of Canada Jon Fitzsimmons 5.11 185 01/01/1988 Ashern, Manitoba, Canada
17 Flag of Canada Bryant Gudmundson 6.02 175 10/26/1989 Arborg, Manitoba, Canada
27 Flag of Canada Brett Gulay 5.11 215 01/01/1987 Arborg, Manitoba, Canada
14 Flag of Canada Evan Melanchuk – A 5.11 166 01/01/1988 Fisher Branch, Manitoba, Canada
21 Flag of Canada Tim Mulvena 5.09 200 01/01/1987 Ashern, Manitoba, Canada
22 Flag of Canada Myles Willis – C 5.10 170 01/01/1987 Stonewall, Manitoba, Canada

[edit] Franchise Scoring Leaders

[[Image:|right|thumbnail|250px|Team Photo 2006-2007]] These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed KJHL regular season.

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty In Minutes

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
* Jesse Balfour F 51 43 65 108 80
* Myles Willis F 43 36 50 86 83
* Parker Abuda F 70 33 45 78 118
* Evan Melanchuk F 70 32 42 74 148
* Bryant Gudmundson F 66 37 29 66 413
Brennan Zasitko F 35 20 41 61 154
* Tim Mulvena F 50 31 26 57 40
* Jon Fitzsimmons F 74 17 25 42 84
* Dan Fitzsimmons F 55 14 22 36 47
* Lucas Stout F 64 5 23 28 208

* = current Ice Dawg' player

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