VS. SASKATCHEWAN: The Calgary Roughnecks (2-2) head to Saskatoon to face the Saskatchewan Rush (2-1) in their first-ever game at SaskTel Centre. The Rush are coming off of a strong performance in Week 5 that saw them beat the West Division-leading Colorado Mammoth, 12-10. Rush star Mark Matthews lead Saskatchewan forwards with six points (4g, 2a), while Zack Greer (3g, 2a), Riley Loewen (3a) and Chris Corbeil (1g, 1a) provided solid efforts in the win. On the Roughnecks side, they enter the contest after a 15-13 win over the Vancouver Stealth on Jan. 30. Dane Dobbie was the Riggers’ offensive leader with eight points (3g, 5a). Jeff Shattler (3g, 2a), Wesley Berg (1g, 3a) and Curtis Dickson (4g, 1a) all had big nights for the ’Necks. Calgary’s defensive unit also contributed up front with tallies from Jon Harnett (1g, 1a), Greg Harnett (1g), netting the game winner, and rookie Tyson Bell (1g, 2a) who notched his first career NLL goal.
ON PAR: The Roughnecks are .500 for the first time since Feb. 8, 2014, when Calgary improved to 3-3 after posting a 15-13 road win over Minnesota. The Roughnecks then won their next three contests and remained above .500 for the duration of the 2014 regular season, finishing with a 12-6 record.
RECORD BOOK: On Jan. 9 in Buffalo, Dane Dobbie became the franchise’s all-time goal-scoring leader (275) after netting two goals, 1:07 apart, to pass the mark of 274 previously held by Kaleb Toth. Toth, who spent 11 of his 13 NLL seasons with Calgary, retired in December 2012. Dobbie, now in his ninth NLL season with the Roughnecks, leads the team with 22 points (nine goals, 13 assists) through four games played. He finished the 2015 campaign in the top-3 in team scoring with 36 goals and 31 assists for 67 points. Dobbie was selected by Calgary in the first round, fourth overall, in the 2007 NLL Draft.
STATS COMPARISON: 2016 REGULAR SEASON
Category Roughnecks (2-2) Rush (2-1)
Home Record 1-1 1-1
Away Record 1-1 1-0
Goals For 41 33
Goals Against 41 31
Power Play Pct. 52.00 30.00
Penalty Kill Pct. 60.00 46.67
Faceoffs Won-Taken 37-76 (48.7%) 42-75 (56.0%)
Loose Balls 251 192
Points Leader – Series Dickson and Dobbie (4) Church, Knight and Matthews (5)
Points Leader – Season Dobbie (22) Matthews (17)
STATS COMPARISON: 2015 REGULAR SEASON
Category Roughnecks (7-11) Rush (13-5)
Home Record 4-5 6-3
Away Record 3-6 7-2
Goals For 212 241
Goals Against 217 177
Power Play Pct. 55.29 46.60
Penalty Kill Pct. 64.36 62.67
Faceoffs Won-Taken 302-495 (61.0%) 253-490 (51.6%)
Loose Balls 1,066 1,186
Points Leader – Series Evans (24) Matthews (24)
Points Leader – Season Evans (130) Matthews (115)
ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES: VS. RUSH
Date At Result Date At Result
Jan. 13/06 CGY 11-9 W Feb. 18/12 CGY 12-8 W
Jan. 21/06 SAS (EDM) 12-9 W Mar. 9/12 SAS (EDM) 13-10 W
Feb. 17/06 CGY 12-11 L Mar. 10/12 CGY 16-9 W
Mar. 17/06 SAS (EDM) 16-9 W Apr. 21/12 SAS (EDM) 9-6 W
Jan. 13/07 SAS (EDM) 13-12 W Feb. 2/13 SAS (EDM) 18-15 W
Apr. 6/07 CGY 13-12 L Feb. 9/13 CGY 9-8 W
Apr. 14/07 SAS (EDM) 17-11 W Mar. 2/13 CGY 18-13 L
Apr. 5/08 SAS (EDM) 11-9 L Apr. 20/13 SAS (EDM) 12-11 OTW
Apr. 12/08 CGY 18-7 W Jan. 17/14 SAS (EDM) 15-8 L
Apr. 26/08 SAS (EDM) 12-8 W Mar. 14/14 CGY 15-7 L
Jan. 10/09 CGY 10-9 OTW Apr. 12/14 CGY 15-11 L
Mar. 13/09 SAS (EDM) 22-10 W Apr. 26/14 SAS (EDM) 14-13 OTW
Apr. 11/09 SAS (EDM) 14-13 W Jan. 24/15 CGY 16-8 L
Jan. 30/10 SAS (EDM) 14-11 L Mar. 8/15 SAS (EDM) 12-11 OTW
Feb. 5/10 CGY 13-8 W Apr. 10/15 CGY 9-8 W
Apr. 16/10 SAS (EDM) 15-14 OTW Apr. 11/15 SAS (EDM) 11-9 L
Jan. 28/11 SAS (EDM) 15-11 W Jan. 2/16 CGY 10-8 L
Jan. 29/11 CGY 12-11 OTW
Feb. 20/11 SAS (EDM) 12-11 W
Mar. 19/11 CGY 19-14 W
Regular Season Records
All-Time: 26-11
All-Time in CGY: 10-7
All-Time in EDM: 16-4
Last CGY Win: Apr. 10/15, 9-8 at the ’Dome
Last SAS (EDM) Win: Jan. 2/16, 10-8 at the ’Dome
MILESTONES
1 – Mike Poulin is one win away from 50
1 – Jeff Shattler is one PPA shy of 50
2 – Dan MacRae needs two points to reach 50
2 – Scott Carnegie is two games away from playing in 100 for his career
6 – Jeff Shattler is six PPG away from 50
6 – Karsen Leung is six loose balls shy of 200
6 – Curtis Manning needs six points to reach 50
7 – Tyler Digby is seven points away from 150
7 – Karsen Leung needs seven assists to reach 50
9 – Curtis Dickson is nine assists shy of 150
9 – Dane Dobbie is nine PPG away from 100
10 – Tyler Digby needs 10 games to reach 50
10 – Curtis Dickson is 10 loose balls away from 250
11 – Karsen Leung is 11 games shy of 50
13 – Bob Snider is 13 games away from 100
