2023-24 Brantford Bulldogs Statistics
Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Team Record: 37-20-9 (SO: 0-2) - 85 points
Finishing 2nd in the OHL's East Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Jay McKee (37-20, 9 OTL)
Location: Brantford, Ontario, Canada
2023-24 Brantford Bulldogs RosterTeam Record: 37-20-9 (SO: 0-2) - 85 points
Finishing 2nd in the OHL's East Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Jay McKee (37-20, 9 OTL)
Location: Brantford, Ontario, Canada
The Brantford Bulldogs of the Ontario Hockey League ended the 2023-24 season with a record of 37 wins and 20 losses (and 9 overtime losses), with a 0-2 showing in shootouts for 85 points finishing second in the OHL's East Division.
The Bulldogs netted 267 goals and surrendered 243. Marek Vanacker scored 36 goals for Brantford, and Florian Xhekaj tallied 30 or more also. Jake O'Brien contributed 51 assists. Matteo Drobac earned 28 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.26 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Jay McKee coached the team. The 2023-24 Brantford Bulldogs lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marek Vanacker | D | 68 | 36 | 46 | 82 | 55 | +7 | 4 | 5 | 206 | 17.5 |
| Patrick Thomas | C | 57 | 21 | 45 | 66 | 10 | +9 | 8 | 1 | 89 | 23.6 |
| Florian Xhekaj | LW | 63 | 34 | 31 | 65 | 81 | +17 | 5 | 1 | 174 | 19.5 |
| Jake O'Brien | D | 61 | 13 | 51 | 64 | 10 | +4 | 8 | 0 | 96 | 13.5 |
| Nick Lardis | RW | 37 | 29 | 21 | 50 | 12 | +5 | 6 | 0 | 171 | 17.0 |
| Ben Bujold | C | 63 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 16 | +19 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 18.9 |
| Cole Brown | RW | 65 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 45 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 132 | 12.1 |
| Zakary Lavoie | RW | 31 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 14 | +7 | 8 | 0 | 153 | 11.8 |
| Lawson Sherk | C | 65 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 53 | -10 | 1 | 3 | 120 | 9.2 |
| Jorian Donovan | D | 34 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 34 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 10.3 |
| Calvin Crombie | RW | 60 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 74 | +11 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 17.9 |
| Lucas Moore | D | 66 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 47 | +24 | 2 | 0 | 87 | 5.7 |
| Luca Testa | D | 48 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 28 | +6 | 5 | 0 | 115 | 12.2 |
| Noah Nelson | C | 62 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 21 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 10.6 |
| Tomas Hamara | D | 26 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 14 | +17 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 1.5 |
| Adrian Rebelo | LW | 50 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 27 | +9 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 17.1 |
| Daniil Sobolev | D | 31 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 26 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 7.4 |
| Owen Protz | D | 30 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4.5 |
| Cedricson Okitundu | D | 43 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 50 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 12.8 |
| Noah Roberts | D | 53 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 84 | +12 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0.0 |
| Noah Van Vliet | D | 36 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6.1 |
| Masen Wray | D | 34 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 |
| Daniel Chen | D | 47 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0.0 |
| Dylan Tsherna | D | 37 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Callum Cheynowski | D | 25 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.0 |
| Joshua Avery | C | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Braeden O'Keefe | LW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Niko Krmpotic | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| David Egorov | D | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matteo Drobac | G | 52 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Radley | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Briir Long | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Carson Lloyd | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1293 | 266 | 442 | 708 | 797 | 117 | 49 | 14 | 2114 | 12.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Egorov | 22 | 1166:00 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 3.86 | 575 | 500 | .870 | |
| Matteo Drobac | 52 | 2922:00 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 159 | 3.26 | 1475 | 1316 | .892 | |
| Empty Net | 29:00 | 0 | 7 | 14.48 | ||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 4117 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 241 | 3.51 | 2057 | 1816 | .883 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marek Vanacker | D | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Thomas | C | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Florian Xhekaj | LW | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake O'Brien | D | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Lardis | RW | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | -7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Bujold | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cole Brown | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zakary Lavoie | RW | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lawson Sherk | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Calvin Crombie | RW | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lucas Moore | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luca Testa | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Noah Nelson | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adrian Rebelo | LW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniil Sobolev | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Owen Protz | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cedricson Okitundu | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Noah Roberts | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dylan Tsherna | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Niko Krmpotic | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matteo Drobac | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 114 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 58 | -53 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matteo Drobac | 6 | 364:00 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3.79 | 182 | 159 | .874 |
| Empty Net | 0 | 6:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40.00 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 370 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4.38 | 186 | 159 | .855 |
