Derek Schutz

Age: 20

Height: 6-3. Weight: 198

Number: 25

Hometown: Yorktown, Saskatchewan

Position: Center

Last year: 5 goals, 12 assists, 133 penalty minutes.

NHL draft status: Free agent. Former third-round pick of the Calgary Flames.

Quick check: Missed 16 games with shoulder separation suffered in the second game. Come Saturday night, he will have appeared in parts of six seasons with Spokane.

Coach’s comment: “His (pro) career is on the line - he needs a good season - but regardless of how things are going for him personally, he’s always with you. Great human being.”