- Matt Keetley
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Matt Keetley 
Born April 27, 1986
Medicine Hat, AB, CANHeight 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight 189 lb (86 kg; 13 st 7 lb) Position Goaltender Catches Right team free agent NHL Draft 158th overall, 2005
Calgary FlamesPlaying career 2007–present Matt Keetley (born April 27, 1986 in Medicine Hat, Alberta) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently a free agent
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Personal life
Keetley spent his early years living in Richmound, Saskatchewan where he grew up playing minor hockey with future Medicine Hat Tigers teammate Stefan Meyer. During his teenage years Keetley's family moved to the city of Medicine Hat, Alberta, a community that is still his off season home.
Playing career
Keetley began his major junior career in 2003–04 with the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He initially began the season in the Alberta Midget Hockey League, but took over as the starting goalie for the Tigers during the 2004 WHL playoffs, subsequently leading the club to a President's Cup championship. In Keetley's draft year, he led the WHL with a 1.66 goals against average and a .933 save percentage. He was then drafted in the fifth round of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, 158th overall by the Calgary Flames.
Keetely returned to the WHL for two more seasons, putting together his most accomplished major junior campaign in 2006–07. In the regular season, Keetley led the league with 42 wins and was named to the WHL East First All-Star Team. In the playoffs, Keetley won the airBC Trophy as playoff MVP, leading the Tigers to their second WHL championship in four years. Advancing to the 2007 Memorial Cup, Keetley won the Hap Emms Memorial Trophy as the tournament's outstanding goaltender and was named to the Memorial Cup All-Star Team as the Tigers fell to tournament hosts and WHL runners-up, the Vancouver Giants.
During the Memorial Cup tournament, on May 22, 2007, the Flames signed Keetley to an entry-level contract.[1] In 2007–08, Keetley was assigned by the Flames to their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Quad City Flames. He was called up to play backup to Flames starter Miikka Kiprusoff on several occasions throughout the season. In a game against the Colorado Avalanche on November 5, 2007, Keetley made his NHL debut, replacing Kiprusoff with just under 10 minutes to go in the third period, making two saves.[2] Keetley completed his rookie professional season with a 10-8 record with Quad City to go with a 2.33 goals against average and a .933 save percentage.
To begin the 2008–09 season, Keetley was named AHL Player of the Week on October 27, 2008.[3] On February 10, 2009, Keetley was reassigned to Calgary's ECHL affiliate in Las Vegas for seven games before returning to Quad City's roster.[4] One year later, the Abbotsford Heat assigned Keetley to the Victoria Salmon Kings for conditioning purposes from November 10–17, 2009.[5] During his brief three game stint with Victoria, Keetley would record two wins and two shutouts and was named the ECHL's Goaltender of the Week on November 17, 2009, before he returned to the Heat's lineup.[6]
Awards
Major Junior
- Won the President's Cup/Ed Chynoweth Cup as WHL champions with the Medicine Hat Tigers in 2004 and 2007.
- Named to the WHL East Second All-Star Team in 2006.
- Named to the WHL East First All-Star Team in 2007.
- Awarded the airBC Trophy as WHL playoff MVP in 2007.
- Named to the Memorial Cup Tournament All-Star Team in 2007.
- Awarded the Hap Emms Memorial Trophy as Memorial Cup top goaltender in 2007.
Professional
- Named AHL Player of the Week on October 27, 2008.
- Named Reebok Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week on November 17, 2009.
- Named Ronald Allen Clothiers-Abbotsford Heat Player of the Month for December.
Career statistics
Regular season
Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2003–04 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 3 0 1 0 0 71 5 0 4.17 .881 2004–05 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 32 21 5 3 0 1846 51 6 1.66 .933 2005–06 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 62 42 13 -- 6 3741 130 6 2.09 .916 2006–07 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 55 42 11 -- 1 3258 119 6 2.19 .913 2007–08 Calgary Flames NHL 1 0 0 -- 0 9 0 0 0.00 1.000 2007–08 Quad City Flames AHL 26 10 8 -- 3 1393 54 1 2.33 .912 2008–09 Quad City Flames AHL 33 8 18 -- 4 1853 88 2 2.85 .892 2008–09 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 7 1 3 -- 3 429 19 0 2.66 .930 2009–10 Abbotsford Heat AHL 23 10 7 -- 2 1205 52 2 2.59 .912 2009–10 Victoria Salmon Kings ECHL 9 2 7 -- 0 484 31 2 3.84 .880 2010–11 Abbotsford Heat AHL 9 0 7 -- 1 424 25 0 3.54 .860 NHL Career totals 1 0 0 -- 0 9 0 0 0.00 1.000 AHL Career totals 91 28 40 -- 10 4875 219 5 2.83 .894 ECHL Career totals 17 3 10 -- 3 913 50 2 3.28 .905 WHL Career totals 152 105 30 3 7 8916 305 18 2.05 .918 Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2003–04 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 20 16 4 1182 38 4 1.92 .917 2004–05 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 3 1 0 103 8 0 4.66 .805 2005–06 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 13 9 2 864 30 0 2.08 .921 2006–07 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 23 16 7 1407 51 4 2.18 .920 2009–10 Victoria Salmon Kings ECHL 5 2 3 298 13 0 2.62 .904 WHL Career Totals 59 42 13 3556 127 8 2.14 .915 ECHL Career Totals 5 2 3 298 13 0 2.62 .904 See also
References
- ^ "Flames sign four WHL prospects". Western Hockey League. 2007-05-22. http://www.whl.ca/headlines/?id=7047&showToc=1. Retrieved 2008-11-09.[dead link]
- ^ "Avalanche maintain mastery over Flames". CBC. 2007-11-06. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2007/11/06/nhl-flames-avalanche.html. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ^ "Flames' goaltender Matt Keetley named AHL player of the week". Sports Network. 2007-10-27. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=mlh/news/news.aspx?id=4187643. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ^ "QC Flames and Wranglers Swap Goalies". Las Vegas Wranglers. 2009-02-10. http://lasvegaswranglers.com/news/headlines/index.html?article_id=66. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "Salmon Kings Assigned Goaltedner Keetley by Abbostford". Victoria Salmon Kings. 2009-11-10. http://www.salmonkings.com/news/406-salmonkingsassignedgoaltednerkeetleybyabbotsford.html. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
- ^ "Salmon Kings' Keetley Named ECHL Goaltender of the Week". Victoria Salmon Kings. 2009-11-17. http://www.salmonkings.com/news/414-salmonkingskeetleywinsgoaltenderoftheweek.html. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
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Categories:- 1986 births
- Abbotsford Heat players
- Calgary Flames draft picks
- Calgary Flames players
- Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
- Ice hockey people from Alberta
- Las Vegas Wranglers players
- Living people
- Medicine Hat Tigers alumni
- People from Medicine Hat
- Quad City Flames players
- Victoria Salmon Kings players
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