# 2013–14 St. John's IceCaps season

The 2013–14 St. John's IceCaps season was the franchise's third season in the American Hockey League, which began on October 4, 2013. The IceCaps hosted the 2014 All-Star Classic at Mile One Centre on February 11 and 12, in which American Hockey League all-star players played the Swedish team Färjestad BK.

## Off-season

Jason King, a 31-year-old who had been a winger for the IceCaps the previous two seasons, retired as a player on August 30 and became an assistant coach with the team effective this season. King had been limited to nine games last season due to concussion problems. In addition to King, St. John's saw the departure of many of its veteran players from the previous season, including forwards Aaron Gagnon, Jason Gregoire, Maxime Macenauer, Ben Maxwell and Ray Sawada, as well as defensemen Derek Meech and Travis Ramsey. Defenseman Dean Arsene also left the team, and Ivan Telegin, a 21-year-old forward who had been considered one of the organizations's better prospects, was suspended on September 29 after refusing to report to the IceCaps. Officials declined to elaborate on the failure to report except to say it was for "personal reasons".
The loss of veteran players meant the team underwent major changes in the off-season. St. John's signed new wingers Andrew Gordon and Jérôme Samson, two AHL veterans with more than 70 career points, which IceCaps officials hoped would improve the team's depth. Coach Keith McCambridge also thought those additions, as well as the signing of Blair Riley, would make the team's forwards faster and more physical. Patrice Cormier and Zach Redmond, who both saw time with the Winnipeg Jets the previous season, were assigned to St. John's during the final round of cuts from the NHL team's training camp. The IceCaps re-signed John Albert, Will O'Neill and Ryan Schnell. Goaltender Juho Olkinuora also joined the roster, having signed with the team the previous spring and played a single game for St. John's last season. Other off-season new additions included forwards Austen Brassard, J.C. Lipon, and Kyle MacKinnon, and defensemen Travis Ehrhardt, Brenden Kichton, Cody Lampl, Kris Fredheim, Jordan Hill, and Adam Pardy.
The IceCaps played three pre-season games against Syracuse Crunch in a Mary's Cup American Hockey League exhibition series. The first game on September 26 was a 5-2 loss to Syracuse Crunch, who scored three unanswered, unassisted goals in the third period. Samson and Carl Klingberg both allowed turnovers that led to Syracuse goals, and the Crunch scored an empty-netter after O'Neill surrendered the puck when he had to discard a broken stick. Syracuse then clinched the series with a 1-0 shutout on September 28. The IceCaps won 3-2 in the third and final game on September 29, ending a five-game pre-season losing streak against the Crunch. Gordon shot the game-winner in the third, scoring 27 seconds after Syracuse had tied the game. IceCaps defensemen Ehrhardt, Fredheim, Redmond and Julian Melchiori all sustained injuries before the start of the regular season.
2013–14 Preseason Game Log: 1–2–0–0 (Home: 1–1–0–0; Road: 0–1–0–0) :

## Regular season
### October

The IceCaps started the season with two home games against the Providence Bruins on October 4 and 5, losing the first one 4–3 in overtime after St. John's tied the game by scoring twice in the final two minutes of regulation. The IceCaps won the second game 5–1, with Eric O'Dell scoring his third career hat-trick. St. John's scored made more than 40 shots in each of the two opening games. The IceCaps lost their next two games in regulation, starting with a 3–2 defeat on October 11 against the Hamilton Bulldogs, who scored two-shorthanded goals against them. The next day they lost 6–3 to the Toronto Marlies, with T. J. Brennan scoring a hat-trick against them. St. John's then split a pair of home games against the Hershey Bears on October 18 and 19, winning the first one 5–1 after scoring four goals in the third period, including goals from Ben Chiarot and Jason Jaffray within 74 seconds of each other. They lost the next game 4–0, failing to score on 30 shots on goal and five power play opportunities.
Adam Pardy was called up to the Winnipeg Jets on October 19 to replace the injured Jacob Trouba. The IceCaps next departed on a six-game road trip, starting with three games in as many days. Fredheim returned to the roster on October 25, when St. John's dealt the Manchester Monarchs their first regulation loss of the season. The IceCaps lost their next two games, including a 5–3 loss to Manchester on October 26 in which they failed to score until the third period, and a 5-3 loss to Providence after allowing the first four goals. Chairot was recalled to Winnipeg on October 29 to replace the injured Paul Postma, making him the second defenseman along with Pardy to leave the IceCaps in a 10-day span. St. John's ended their two-game losing streak with a weekend sweep over the Portland Pirates on October 30 and November 1, with Carl Klingberg scoring two goals and an assist in the first game.

### November

The IceCaps concluded their six-game road trip with a 3–0 loss to the Worcester Sharks on November 2, after which Zach Redmond was recalled by the Winnipeg Jets.

## Schedule and results

2013–14 Game Log – Regular season :
October: 4–5–1–0 (Home: 2–1–1–0; Road: 2–4–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsGamesheet
1October 4Providence4–3St. John'sOTPasquale6,2870–0–1–01Gamesheet
2October 5Providence1–5St. John'sPasquale6,2871–0–1–03Gamesheet
3October 11St. John's2–3HamiltonPasquale5,1931–1–1–03Gamesheet
4October 12St. John's3–6TorontoOlkinuora2,7561–2–1–03Gamesheet
5October 18Hershey1–5St. John'sPasquale6,2872–2–1–05Gamesheet
6October 19Hershey4–0St. John'sPasquale6,2872–3–1–05Gamesheet
7October 25St. John's3–2ManchesterPasquale3,9983–3–1–07Gamesheet
8October 26St. John's3–5ManchesterOlkinuora3,8393–4–1–07Gamesheet
9October 27St. John's2–5ProvidencePasquale5,0153–5–1–07Gamesheet
10October 30St. John's5–1PortlandPasquale1,3144–5–1–09Gamesheet :
November: 7–4–0–2 (Home: 2–1–0–2; Road: 5–3–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsGamesheet
11November 1St. John's4–2PortlandPasquale2,1275–5–1–011Gamesheet
12November 2St. John's0–3WorcesterPasquale2,7605–6–1–011Gamesheet
13November 8Manchester2–5St. John'sPasquale6,2876–6–1–013Gamesheet
14November 9Manchester3–2St. John'sPasquale6,2876–7–1–013Gamesheet
15November 13Worcester2–3St. John'sOTPasquale6,2877–7–1–015Gamesheet
16November 15Worcester3–2St. John'sSOPasquale6,2877–7–1–116Gamesheet
17November 16Worcester2–1St. John'sSOPasquale6,2877–7–1–217Gamesheet
18November 22St. John's2–1WB/ScrantonPasquale4,1368–7–1–219Gamesheet
19November 23St. John's2–5WB/ScrantonPasquale5,1028–8–1–219Gamesheet
20November 24St. John's4–3BridgeportPasquale3,5829–8–1–221Gamesheet
21November 27St. John's4–2HersheyPasquale8,61810–8–1–223Gamesheet
22November 29St. John's2–4SyracusePasquale5,43810–9–1–223Gamesheet
23November 30St. John's4–3BinghamtonSOOlkinuora3,71411–9–1–225Gamesheet :
December: 5–4–0–0 (Home: 3–1–0–0; Road: 2–3–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsGamesheet
24December 6WB/Scranton0–5St. John'sPasquale6,28712–9–1–227Gamesheet
25December 7WB/Scranton3–0St. John'sPasquale6,28712–10–1–227Gamesheet
26December 10Syracuse2–6St. John'sOlkinuora6,28713–10–1–229Gamesheet
27December 11Syracuse1–5St. John'sPasquale6,28714–10–1–231Gamesheet
28December 14St. John's3–0HamiltonOlkinuora3,11315–10–1–233Gamesheet
29December 15St. John's2–3TorontoHutchinson5,75115–11–1–233Gamesheet
30December 27St. John's2–5WorcesterOlkinuora3,69815–12–1–233Gamesheet
31December 28St. John's3–1ManchesterPasquale4,82216–12–1–235Gamesheet
32December 31St. John's2–4SpringfieldPasquale2,77816–13–1–235Gamesheet :
January: 9–3–0–0 (Home: 5–3–0–0; Road: 4–0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsGamesheet
33January 4Portland1–3St. John'sPasquale6,28717–13–1–237Gamesheet
34January 5Portland5–4St. John'sOlkinuora6,28717–14–1–237Gamesheet
35January 7Portland2–4St. John'sPasquale6,28718–14–1–239Gamesheet
36January 10Toronto3–2St. John'sPasquale6,28718–15–1–239Gamesheet
37January 11Toronto4–5St. John'sSOPasquale6,28719–15–1–241Gamesheet
38January 17Manchester1–4St. John'sPasquale6,28720–15–1–243Gamesheet
39January 18Manchester6–0St. John'sPasquale6,28720–16–1–243Gamesheet
40January 20Manchester0–2St. John'sHutchinson6,28721–16–1–245Gamesheet
41January 24St. John's5–4ProvidenceHutchinson8,54222–16–1–247Gamesheet
42January 25St. John's6–2HartfordHutchinson5,06323–16–1–249Gamesheet
43January 26St. John's3–1ProvidenceHutchinson9,73124–16–1–251Gamesheet
44January 31St. John's7–4PortlandHutchinson1,73425–16–1–253Gamesheet :
February: 8–3–0–1 (Home: 3–2–0–0; Road: 5–1–0–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsGamesheet
45February 1St. John's3–1ManchesterHutchinson4,84626–16–1–255Gamesheet
46February 4Providence3–2St. John'sHutchinson6,28726–17–1–255Gamesheet
47February 5Providence3–4St. John'sSOPasquale6,28727–17–1–257Gamesheet
48February 8Worcester2–5St. John'sHutchinson6,28728–17–1–259Gamesheet
49February 9Worcester4–2St. John'sHutchinson6,28728–18–1–259Gamesheet
50February 14St. John's2–3ProvidenceHutchinson6,75928–19–1–259Gamesheet
51February 16St. John's4–3ManchesterSOHutchinson5,39428–19–1–360Gamesheet
52February 18St. John's7–5PortlandHutchinson1,61829–19–1–362Gamesheet
53February 21St. John's5–1WorcesterHutchinson3,50930–19–1–364Gamesheet
54February 22St. John's3–1WorcesterHutchinson4,08731–19–1–366Gamesheet
55February 23St. John's6–5PortlandBeskorowany1,94632–19–1–368Gamesheet
56February 28Binghamton2–6St. John'sHutchinson6,28733–19–1–370Gamesheet :
March: 8–3–0–1 (Home: 5–1–0–0; Road: 3–2–0–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsGamesheet
57March 1Binghamton0–1St. John'sHutchinson6,28734–19–1–372Gamesheet
58March 7Bridgeport2–3St. John'sHutchinson6,28735–19–1–374Gamesheet
59March 8Bridgeport2–3St. John'sOTHutchinson6,28736–19–1–376Gamesheet
60March 12Portland1–5St. John'sHutchinson6,28737–19–1–378Gamesheet
61March 14Portland7–4St. John'sHutchinson6,28737–20–1–378Gamesheet
62March 15Portland2–3St. John'sBeskorowany6,28738–20–1–380Gamesheet
63March 21St. John's6–1HartfordBeskorowany5,11339–20–1–382Gamesheet
64March 22St. John's2–1BridgeportSOBeskorowany3,85540–20–1–384Gamesheet
65March 23St. John's5–4SpringfieldOlkinuora3,85241–20–1–386Gamesheet
66March 26St. John's2–3SyracuseBeskorowany4,43241–21–1–386Gamesheet
67March 28St. John's1–2BinghamtonBeskorowany4,06841–22–1–386Gamesheet
68March 29St. John's1–2HersheySOBeskorowany10,50641–22–1–487Gamesheet :
April: 5–1–1–1 (Home: 2–1–0–1; Road: 3–0–1–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsGamesheet
69April 4Springfield7–8St. John'sOTBeskorowany6,28741–22–2–488Gamesheet
70April 5Springfield3–1St. John'sBeskorowany6,28741–23–2–488Gamesheet
71April 8Hamilton1–3St. John'sBeskorowany6,28742–23–2–490Gamesheet
72April 9Hamilton4–3St. John'sSOBeskorowany6,28742–23–2–591Gamesheet
73April 12Hartford7–2St. John'sComrie6,28743–23–2–593Gamesheet
74April 13Hartford2–6St. John'sBeskorowany6,28744–23–2–595Gamesheet
75April 18St. John's6–0WorcesterHutchinson4,90945–23–2–597Gamesheet
76April 19St. John's5–4PortlandHutchinson55046–23–2–599Gamesheet :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1-point) :

## Playoffs
### Game log

The St. John's IceCaps entered the Calder Cup playoffs as the 4th seed in the Eastern Conference. They began the playoffs playing the Albany Devils where they went on to win the series in 4 games. In the Eastern Conference Semifinals they defeated the Norfolk Admirals in a Game 6. They moved on the Conference Finals for the second time in team history where they went on to defeat the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-0 route of Game 6, winning their first Richard F. Canning Trophy.
They faced the Texas Stars in the Calder Cup Finals where they would go on to lose in a Game 5 overtime lose.
2014 Calder Cup Playoffs :
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Albany Devils: St. John's won series 3–1
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 25St. John's2–1AlbanyHutchinson6,5721–0Recap
2April 26St. John's2–4AlbanyHutchinson8,0261–1Recap
3April 30Albany0–1St. John'sHutchinson6,2872–1Recap
4May 2Albany1–4St. John'sHutchinson6,2873–1Recap :
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Norfolk Admirals: St. John's won series 4–2
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1May 6Norfolk3–1St. John'sHutchinson6,2870–1Recap
2May 7Norfolk1–2St. John'sHutchinson6,2871–1Recap
3May 10St. John's5–3NorfolkHutchinson3,9572–1Recap
4May 12St. John's5–1NorfolkHutchinson2,1123–1Recap
5May 13St. John's2–3NorfolkOTHutchinson1,7363–2Recap
6May 16Norfolk2–5St. John'sHutchinson6,2874–2Recap :
Eastern Conference Final vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins: St. John's won series 4–2
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1May 24Wilkes-Barre/Scranton3–2St. John'sHutchinson6,2870–1Recap
2May 25Wilkes-Barre/Scranton1–2St. John'sHutchinson6,2871–1Recap
3May 28St. John's5–0Wilkes-Barre/ScrantonHutchinson3,5532–1Recap
4May 29St. John's2–1Wilkes-Barre/ScrantonHutchinson3,3823–1Recap
5May 31St. John's2–4Wilkes-Barre/ScrantonHutchinson4,6603–2Recap
6June 3Wilkes-Barre/Scranton0–5St. John'sHutchinson6,2874–2Recap :
Calder Cup Final vs. Texas Stars: Texas won series 4–1
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1June 8St. John's3–6TexasHutchinson5,6250–1Recap
2June 9St. John's2–1TexasHutchinson5,2241–1Recap
3June 11Texas2–1St. John'sOTHutchinson6,2871–2Recap
4June 16Texas4–3St. John'sOTHutchinson6,2871–3Recap
5June 17Texas4–3St. John'sOTHutchinson6,2871–4Recap :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Playoff series win :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes Updated as of June 10, 2014
Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Jason Jaffray | 76 | 18 | 41 | 59 | 13 | 48 |
| Andrew Gordon | 76 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 3 | 43 |
| Jérôme Samson | 68 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 6 | 49 |
| Kael Mouillierat | 60 | 20 | 33 | 53 | 1 | 48 |
| Brenden Kichton$^*$ | 76 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 8 | 14 |
| John Albert | 63 | 28 | 17 | 45 | 6 | 20 |
| Carl Klingberg | 65 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 15 | 42 |
| Eric O'Dell | 42 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 9 | 35 |
| J.C. Lipon$^*$ | 72 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 0 | 136 |
| Kyle MacKinnon | 71 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 17 | 32 |
| Will O'Neill | 68 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 6 | 80 |
| Adam Lowry$^*$ | 64 | 17 | 16 | 33 | −1 | 49 |
| Patrice Cormier$^‡$ | 61 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 98 |
| Zach Redmond$^‡$ | 40 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 18 | 26 |
| Blair Riley | 71 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 133 |
| Ben Chiarot | 65 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 29 | 96 |
| Jordan Hill | 68 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 54 |
| Julian Melchiori | 50 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 32 |
| Josh Lunden | 23 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| Paul Postma | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| Austen Brassard$^*$ | 29 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 26 |
| Kris Fredheim | 48 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 46 |
| Brandon MacLean | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Travis Ehrhardt | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 |
| Ryan Schnell | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 120 |
| Josh Morrissey | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ian O'Connor$^‡$ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| Cody Sol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton Beck | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Pardy$^‡$ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 9 |
| Cody Lampl | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 32 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Andrew Gordon | 18 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 22 |
| Will O'Neill | 15 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −1 | 27 |
| Eric O'Dell | 18 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 16 |
| Zach Redmond | 18 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 |
| Jason Jaffray | 17 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| Kael Mouillierat | 18 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −1 | 14 |
| Josh Morrissey | 17 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| Brenden Kichton | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| John Albert | 18 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| Jérôme Samson | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −1 | 2 |
| Patrice Cormier | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| Carl Klingberg | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| Kyle MacKinnon | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Blair Riley | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| Adam Lowry | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| Ben Chiarot | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| Jordan Hill | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Josh Lunden | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| Kris Fredheim | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| J.C. Lipon | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining team. Stats reflect time with the team only. $^‡$Left the team mid-season $^*$Rookie

### Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on Ice; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV = Saves; SA = Shots against; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalty minutes Updated as of November 4, 2013
Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SV | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Tyler Beskorowany | 12 | 683 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 2.20 | 370 | 345 | .932 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Hutchinson | 24 | 1383 | 17 | 5 | 53 | 2.30 | 687 | 634 | .923 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edward Pasquale | 31 | 1851 | 17 | 13 | 75 | 2.43 | 938 | 863 | .920 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jussi Olkinuora$^*$ | 10 | 554 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 3.25 | 280 | 250 | .893 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Comrie | 2 | 113 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.35 | 70 | 58 | .829 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SV | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Michael Hutchinson | 18 | 1086 | 12 | 6 | 32 | 1.77 | 525 | 557 | .943 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^‡$Left the team mid-season $^*$Rookie

## Milestones

| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| J.C. Lipon | 1st AHL Game 1st AHL Goal | October 4, 2013 |
| Adam Lowry | 1st AHL Goal | October 4, 2013 |
| Brenden Kichton | 1st AHL Game 1st AHL Assist | October 4, 2013 |
| Brenden Kichton | 1st AHL Goal | October 5, 2013 |
| Austen Brassard | 1st AHL Game 1st AHL Goal | October 18, 2013 |
| J.C. Lipon | 1st AHL Assist | October 25, 2013 |
| Ian O'Connor | 1st AHL Assist | October 26, 2013 |