I’ll try my absolute best to keep this current and up to date my friends. I did a video thread for him last year and we are already 3 games deep into the WHL schedule for the Royals and Matty has 3 multi point games including a 4 point hat-trick opening night. Enjoy!
Mathew Phillips!
Game 1 VS Vancouver Giants / Sept 22nd
0:46 - Walks in from the left side and starts tic tac toe goal
1:20 - 1st in on the forecheck short handed; causes a turnover and then buries a shot in the slot
1:47 - Helps wins a puck battle along the boards that leads to a goal
2:26 - Give and go and finishes in tight short side top shelf
2:45 - Finishes a tic tac toe play for a hat-trick on opening night
Gamenotes ~ 3 G / 1 A / 4 pts / +3 / 5 SH / 0 PIM Game 2 @ Vancouver Giants / Sept 23rd
1:05 - Sets up a good screen in front on the PP - goal; secondary assist
1:40 - Bunch of quick passes on the PP, puck eventually pin balls in - primary assist
Gamenotes ~ 0 G / 2 A / 2 pts / E / 3 SH / 0 PIM Game 3 VS Kamloops Blazers / Sept 30th
0:05 - Sets up cycle on the PP that leads to goal - Secondary Assist
1:30 - Spin move from side of the net and jams - puck eventually finished by teammate - primary assist on PP
4:05 - Draws a penalty late in the 3rd on a partial break
4:15 - Starts a great set of passes that finishes with him setting up the primary assist on the winning goal from the penalty he drew.
Gamenotes ~ 0 G / 3 A / 3 pts / -1 / 7 SH / 2 PIM
Stat line for September - 3 GP / 3 G / 6 A / 9 pts / +2 / 15 SH / 2 PIM
0:10 - Is the decoy as he drives into the slot off the right wing - teammate buries his shot ~ no points
0:30 - Takes a minus on this play -- looks like he's late coming back into the zone.
3:30 - Great pass down low on the PP that leads to a finished tic tac toe goal ~ secondary assist.
Gamenotes ~ 0 G / 1 A / 1 pts / +1 / 4 SH / 0 PIM
Game 5 VS Kelowna Rockets/ Oct 4th
0:58 - Gorgeous give and go play starting at his blue line - he takes a pass in flight and then sauces it through for the breakaway finish ~ Primary Assist
1:44 - On the ice for the goal; a decoy around the net coming off the high boards - no points
2:50 - Great hands behind the net, lots of quickness until he dishes out for a one-timed finish ~ Primary Assist
3:15 - Another slick pass into the slot for a quick one-time finish ~ Primary Assist
Gamenotes ~ 0 G / 3 A / 3 pts / +3 / 1 SH / 0 PIM
Game 6 @ Kamloops Blazers/ Oct 6th
2:40 - 5 on 3 playing the left point on the box format ~ Secondary assist on the pretty passing play.
Gamenotes ~ 0 G / 1 A / 1 pts / E / 2 SH / 0 PIM
Game 7 VS Tri-City Americans/ Oct 10th
0:38 - Clear cut breakaway with a cheeky finish top shelf far blocker side; great goal
1:09 - Silky hands on the PP he dekes backward before dishing a soft pass down low - Primary assist
2:10 - Picks off a pass shorthanded and charges in on a clear cut breakaway; slick deke moving in tight before burying it five-hole; Amazing goal
2:54 - Takes a pass mid-ice where he slides into a stop before saucing a cross-ice feed to make a rush play - Gorgeous secondary assist
Gamenotes ~ 2 G / 2 A / 4 pts / +3 / 3 SH / 0 PIM
Game 8 VS Tri-City Americans/ Oct 11th
1:04 - A net front presence for the whole sequence it eventually leads to him planting himself in front before taking a dish off a rebound and sneaking it through the goal - Impressive goal for his size
1:40 - Starts a massive scrum standing up for a teammate after a solid chance for his line that includes much of the players on the ice
4:05 - Is on the ice for losing over-time goal
Gamenotes ~ 1 G / 0 A / 1 pts / -1 / 5 SH / 2 PIM
Game 9 VS Spokane Chiefs/ Oct 13th
2:14 - Secondary assist that we don't see here where he also drives to the net on the point shot creating havoc in front.
3:01 - Intercepts a pass in the O zone and moves in for a quick shot that's blocked and comes back to him where he then banks of a defender's stick and in - sneaky goal
4:11 - A quick bang bang play that sees the puck come to Matty where he sends a quick pass into the slot for a slick re-direct finish - great primary assist
Gamenotes ~ 1 G / 2 A / 3 pts / +2 / 2 SH / 2 PIM
Game 10 @ Seattle Thunderbirds/ Oct 14th
0:33 - Slick give and go play that he finishes on a calm play settling the puck before burying it ~ PP Goal
0:56 - Finishes an amazing passing play in tight by the goal; slick hands and vision ~ PP GOAL
Gamenotes ~ 2 G / 0 A / 2 pts / E / 2 SH / 0 PIM
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Stat line for October 7 GP / 6 G / 9 A / 15 pts / +8 / 19 SH / 4 PIM
__________________________________________________ _________________________ Cumulative stat line 10 GP / 9 G / 15 A / 24 pts / +10 / 34 SH / 6 PIM