KIJHL Goaltenders: Workhorses

This is the first in a set of posts about KIJHL goalies. I figured I do a lot about the skaters, that is time to analyze the goalies so we can understand them more. (The data is from January 25 and does include games or stat corrections after that date).

Goalies had to appear in a minimum of 10 games, not necessarily play a full 600 minutes. (Only 35 meet the min. requirements)

This first post is about the workload the goalies carry. We will look at minutes played, and then next shots per game.

The first grouping looks at the top 25 goaltenders that have played the most minutes. I have added a category of MIN/60 which shows the number actual 60 minute games they have played. If this number is higher than the GP, this suggests that they have played games in OT. If it is less than the GP it suggests that they have played a partial game (either been relieved or came in for relief). If there was a game started field that was tracked it would be potentially be easier to tell who comes in for relief more often.

Rank	GOALIE	TEAM	GP	MP	MIN/60
1	Daniel Paul	North Okanagan Knights	35	2058	34.30
2	Brock Lefebvre	Creston Valley Thunder Cats	33	2002	33.37
3	Tyson Brouwer	Kimberley Dynamiters	31	1873	31.22
4	Nic Bruyere	Chase Heat	30	1786	29.77
5	Zane Steeves	100 Mile House Wranglers	29	1751	29.18
6	Jeff Orser	Fernie Ghostriders	27	1622	27.03
7	Anthony Galliart	Grand Forks Border Bruins	28	1601	26.68
8	Brett Soles	Osoyoos Coyotes	27	1541	25.68
9	Spencer Eschyschyn	Kamloops Storm	24	1477	24.62
10	Brady Lenardon	Kelowna Chiefs	24	1430	23.83
11	Connor McKay	Columbia Valley Rockies	24	1341	22.35
12	Patrick Kasper	Spokane Braves	24	1322	22.03
13	Trevor Dilauro	Revelstoke Grizzlies	23	1288	21.47
14	Blake Norman	Spokane Braves	22	1284	21.40
15	Matthew Huber	Summerland Steam	24	1248	20.80
16	Joseph Mcleod	Castlegar Rebels	21	1224	20.40
17	Michael Lenko	Sicamous Eagles	22	1218	20.30
18	Patrick Ostermann	Nelson Leafs	23	1200	20.00
19	Aidan Doak	Revelstoke Grizzlies	20	1196	19.93
20	Logan Sawka	Castlegar Rebels	19	1137	18.95
21	Giovanni Sambrielaz	Columbia Valley Rockies	22	1136	18.93
22	Stephen Heslop	Osoyoos Coyotes	17	1037	17.28
23	Joshua Tetlichi	Kelowna Chiefs	17	1002	16.70
24	Drake Poirier	Beaver Valley Nitehawks	16	957	15.95
25	Chandler Billinghurst	Princeton Posse	20	905	15.08

The other way to look at goaltender workload is the number of shots they face in a game. I have included their save percentage (to four decimal places) in this grouping.

Again, looking at the top 25 goalies. Four goalies face 40 or more shots per game! To me, what is impressive is goalies who face more than 35+ shots per game and have a SV% above .9000 despite the massive workload.

Rank	GOALIE	TEAM	SH	SV%	SHPG
1	Owen Sikkes	Golden Rockets	358	0.8687	44.3
2	Stephen Heslop	Osoyoos Coyotes	763	0.9384	44.1
3	Blake Norman	Spokane Braves	932	0.8938	43.6
4	Trevor Dilauro	Revelstoke Grizzlies	862	0.9060	40.2
5	Chandler Billinghurst	Princeton Posse	592	0.8851	39.2
6	Anthony Galliart	Grand Forks Border Bruins	1011	0.9209	37.9
7	Adam Derochie	100 Mile House Wranglers	500	0.9400	37.6
8	Nikki Maciurzynski	Grand Forks Border Bruins	484	0.8884	37.2
9	Connor McKay	Columbia Valley Rockies	806	0.9082	36.1
10	Daniel Paul	North Okanagan Knights	1229	0.9219	35.8
11	Michael Lenko	Sicamous Eagles	721	0.9168	35.5
12	Patrick Kasper	Spokane Braves	780	0.8577	35.4
13	Kolby Pauwels	Sicamous Eagles	459	0.8780	35.1
14	Jeff Orser	Fernie Ghostriders	947	0.9197	35.0
15	Zane Steeves	100 Mile House Wranglers	1018	0.9303	34.9
16	Logan Sawka	Castlegar Rebels	648	0.9151	34.2
17	Joseph Mcleod	Castlegar Rebels	694	0.9337	34.0
18	Brandon Butler	Fernie Ghostriders	377	0.9125	33.7
19	Tallon Kramer	Beaver Valley Nitehawks	364	0.9368	32.7
20	Brock Lefebvre	Creston Valley Thunder Cats	1075	0.9209	32.2
21	Giovanni Sambrielaz	Columbia Valley Rockies	598	0.8829	31.6
22	Nic Bruyere	Chase Heat	939	0.9286	31.5
23	Patrick Ostermann	Nelson Leafs	617	0.9028	30.9
24	Brett Soles	Osoyoos Coyotes	775	0.9368	30.2
25	Drake Poirier	Beaver Valley Nitehawks	479	0.8873	30.0