# 2014–15 KHL Medveščak Zagreb season

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
#DateHome teamScoreAway teamArenaAttendanceRecordRecap
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
#DateHome teamScoreAway teamArenaAttendanceRecordRecap
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
#DateHome teamScoreAway teamArenaAttendanceRecordRecap
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
#DateHome teamScoreAway teamArenaAttendanceRecordRecap
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
#DateHome teamScoreAway teamArenaAttendanceRecordRecap
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
#DateHome teamScoreAway teamArenaAttendanceRecordRecap
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
GameDateOpponentScoreLocationAttendanceSeriesRecap
1
27 December 2014
Team Canada
1 - 3
Vaillant Arena, Davos, Switzerland
6,300
0-1
Archived 2014-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
2
28 December 2014
HC Davos
0 - 1
Vaillant Arena, Davos, Switzerland
6,300
0-2
Archived 2014-12-28 at the Wayback Machine :
Quarterfinals
GameDateOpponentScoreLocationAttendanceSeriesRecap
3
29 December 2014
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
0 - 3
Vaillant Arena, Davos, Switzerland
5,934
0-3
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. | 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 | 36 | 2014 | St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| 4 | Geoff Kinrade | D | L | 39 | 2014 | Nelson, British Columbia, Canada |
| 6 | Mark Popovic | D | L | 42 | 2013 | Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada |
| 23 | Saša Martinović | D | L | 40 | 2011 | Füssen, West Germany |
| 24 | Andrew Hutchinson | D | R | 44 | 2014 | Evanston, Illinois, United States |
| 36 | Mark Flood | D | R | 40 | 2014 | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
| 77 | Mathieu Carle | D | R | 37 | 2013 | Gatineau, Quebec, Canada |
| 82 | Shaone Morrisonn | D | L | 42 | 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 | 43 | 2013 | Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada |
| 18 | Ville Leino | LW | R | 41 | 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 | 44 | 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 | 39 | 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.

### 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