Matt Needham

14 Matt Needham
Matt Needham
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    190
  • Hometown:
    Penticton, BC
  • Position:
    Forward
  • Eligibility:
    3
  • Program:
    BBA 3
  • Prev. Team:
    Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
  • gp
    30
  • p
    22
  • g
    9
  • a
    13
  • pim
    32
  • +/-
    -1
Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 30 30
Points 22 22
Goals 9 9
Assists 13 13
PIM 32 32
+/- -1 -1
Power-play goals 2 2
Short-handed goals 1 1
Empty net goals 1 1
Games started - -
Game-winning goals 1 1
Game-tying goals 0 0
Hat tricks 0 0
Shots 59 59
Recent results
Recent Games
Date Opponent Result
Jan 25 UPEI W, 5-1
Jan 26 UNB W, 3-2
Feb 1 Saint Mary's W, 6-5
Feb 2 at Acadia L, 6-3
Feb 8 at UNB L, 8-2
Feb 9 at UPEI L, 4-1
Game Log - Statistics
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg s fo fow fol fo%
Sep 18 Moncton L, 2-1 - 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 13 5 -
Sep 22 at Ottawa W, 5-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Acadia L, 2-1 - 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 6 -
Sep 29 Saint Mary's L by SO, 5-4 - 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 15 -
Oct 5 at Moncton L, 3-2 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 11 5 -
Oct 10 Acadia W, 5-2 - 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 - 10 4 -
Oct 12 at Saint Mary's L, 3-2 - 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 8 12 -
Oct 19 at Moncton W, 2-1 - 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 8 9 -
Oct 20 Dalhousie W, 2-1 - 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 6 6 -
Oct 24 at Dalhousie W, 5-3 - 1 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 10 5 -
Oct 26 Moncton W by SO, 5-4 - 1 0 1 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0 3 - 9 5 -
Oct 30 Saint Mary's W, 2-1 - 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 11 3 -
Nov 2 Acadia W by SO, 4-3 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 8 8 -
Nov 9 at UNB L, 8-1 - 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 9 7 -
Nov 16 UNB L, 5-1 - 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 12 7 -
Nov 17 UPEI L, 5-3 - 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 8 -
Nov 23 Dalhousie W, 4-1 - 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 9 3 -
Nov 24 Moncton W, 5-3 - 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 - 9 11 -
Nov 28 at Dalhousie L, 5-2 - 1 0 1 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 9 6 -
Dec 1 at Moncton L, 3-2 - 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 9 -
Jan 4 at Dalhousie L, 1-0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 15 9 -
Jan 11 UPEI W, 6-3 - 1 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 8 4 -
Jan 12 UNB W, 4-2 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 7 7 -
Jan 16 at Saint Mary's L, 4-3 - 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 5 8 -
Jan 18 at Acadia L, 5-0 - 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 12 6 -
Jan 22 at UPEI W, 5-1 - 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 10 -
Jan 25 UPEI W, 5-1 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 8 6 -
Jan 26 UNB W, 3-2 - 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 14 14 -
Feb 1 Saint Mary's W, 6-5 - 1 1 2 0 -2 1 0 0 0 0 5 - 7 11 -
Feb 2 at Acadia L, 6-3 - 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 6 10 -
Feb 8 at UNB L, 8-2 - 0 1 1 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 0 -
Feb 9 at UPEI L, 4-1 - 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 -
Career Stats - Statistics
Statistic gp g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg hat s fo fow fol fo%
2016-17 26 4 10 14 12 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 39 265 123 142 .464
2017-18 29 14 15 29 24 8 3 1 3 2 1 0 68 333 186 147 .559
2018-19 30 9 13 22 32 -1 2 1 1 1 0 0 59 452 237 215 .524
2019-20 21 9 15 24 8 -1 2 0 0 2 0 1 34 376 193 183 .513
Total 106 36 53 89 76 9 9 2 4 5 1 1 200 1426 739 687 .518
Split Stats - Statistics
Statistic gp g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg hat s fo fow fol fo%
Event
Total 30 9 13 22 32 -1 2 1 1 1 0 0 59 452 237 215 .524
Conference 30 9 13 22 32 -1 2 1 1 1 0 0 59 452 237 215 .524
Exhibition 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 18 13 5 .722
Location
Home 15 6 8 14 22 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 32 241 129 112 .535
Away 15 3 5 8 10 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 211 108 103 .512
Neutral - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 - - -
Result
Wins 15 6 8 14 28 8 2 1 1 1 0 0 39 235 129 106 .549
Losses 15 3 5 8 4 -9 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 217 108 109 .498
Ties - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 - - -
Month
September 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 13 21 .382
October 8 3 4 7 10 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 20 122 73 49 .598
November 7 4 4 8 6 -1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 111 61 50 .550
December 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 3 9 .250
January 8 1 1 2 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 138 74 64 .536
February 4 1 2 3 0 -9 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 35 13 22 .371
News mentions
X-Men to face Gaels in U SPORTS quarterfinal Friday evening
X-Men to face Gaels in U SPORTS quarterfinal Friday evening

The StFX X-Men are seeded No. 6 heading into the U SPORTS national championship in Lethbridge, Alta. March 14-17. They will face the No. 3 seeded Queens Gaels on Friday evening at 7:00 pm PT in quarterfinal action.

Photo credit Kendra Vigneau
X-Men top Huskies in high scoring affair

The StFX X-Men overcame the visiting Saint Mary’s Huskies by a 6-5 score line in a high scoring affair Saturday night at the Charles V. Keating Centre. With the win the X-Men kept the U SPORTS No. 4 ranked Huskies at bay from clinching an AUS first round bye.

Photo credit Kendra Vigneau
X-Men deliver 5-1 victory over Panthers

The StFX X-Men defeated the UPEI Panthers 5-1 Friday evening at the Charles V. Keating Centre. The game marked the second consecutive win over the same Panthers squad, and by the same 5-1 score as the X-Men also won in Charlottetown Tuesday evening.

Photo credit Kendra Vigneau
X-Men top Panthers 6-3

The StFX X-Men defeated UPEI Panthers by a 6-3 margin Friday evening at the Charles V Keating Centre. The crowd of over 400 people were treated to 60 minutes of physical hockey, with both teams taking advantage of their power play opportunities.

Photo credit UdeM Sports Information
Aigles Bleus edge X-Men by 3-2 score

The Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus edged the StFX X-Men 3-2 in AUS action Saturday night at the J-Louis Levesques Arena.  

Photo credit Trevor MacMillan
X-Men fall to Tigers 5-2

In their final home game of the first half of the season, the Dalhousie Tigers played host to the StFX X-Men at the Halifax Forum on Wednesday. Special teams made all the difference in this one as the Tigers capitalized to take the 5-2 win.

Photo credit Bryan Kennedy
Late third period goal lifts X-Men over Aigles Bleus

Cole MacDonald (Wetaskiwin, AB) scored the game winning goal with just under three minutes to play as the StFX X-Men defeated the Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus 5-3 Saturday night at the Charles V. Keating Centre. The crowd was treated to an entertaining 60 minutes of play, as the teams were tied after the first and second periods.

Photo credit Albert Banahene
X-Men defeat Tigers by 4-1 margin

The StFX X-Men defeated the visiting Dalhousie Tigers 4-1 at the Keating Centre on a snowy Friday evening. The crowd was treated to 60 minutes of fast-paced hockey, featuring a scoring blitz for the X-Men in the second period led by first star and Subway Player of the Game Adam Stevens (Bedford, NS) who scored a hat trick.

Photo credit Andrew Barkhouse
X-Men drop second game of weekend in 5-3 loss to Panthers

The UPEI Panthers defeated the StFX X-Men by a 5-3 score on Saturday evening, handed them their second loss of the weekend. 

Reds defeat X-Men 5-1
Reds defeat X-Men 5-1
Photo credit James West, UNB Sports Information
X-Men routed by Reds

Chris Clapperton (Cap d’Espoir, QC) scored once and assisted on three other goals as the UNB Reds routed the visiting St FX X-Men 8-1 on Friday.

Photo credit Kendra Vigneau
X-Men skate to shootout victory over Axemen

The StFX X-Men and Acadia Axemen needed a shootout to decide their Friday night game at the Charles V. Keating Centre and it was the home team X-Men who came out on top with the 4-3 win.

Photo credit Bryan Kennedy
X-Men win fifth straight game

The StFX X-Men won their fifth straight game 2-1 over their long-time rival Saint Mary’s Huskies in a tightly contested game Tuesday night at the Charles V. Keating Centre.

Photo credit Albert Banahene
X-Men come from behind to defeat Moncton in shootout

The StFX X-Men overcame a two-goal third period deficit to defeat the Aigles Bleus de Moncton 5-4 in a shootout in an intense, prolonged game evening at the Charles V Keating Centre. A crowd of over 400 spectators were treated to a rousing 60 minutes of lightning fast regulation play, five minutes of 3-on-3 overtime, and the eventual shootout.

Photo credit Trevor MacMillan
Wild third period leads to X-Men win

In Wednesday night hockey action at the Halifax Forum, after a quiet two periods, a flurry of late goals saw the StFX X-Men (3-2-2) take a 5-3 victory over the Dalhousie Tigers (1-6-0).

Photo credit Kendra Vigneau
X-Men top visiting Tigers 2-1

The StFX X-Men bested the visiting Dalhousie Tigers 2-1 Saturday night at the Charles V. Keating Centre to a crowd of over 600 spectators. The game featured the blue and white sporting pink accessories for the X-Men’s annual “Pink in the Rink” event supporting breast cancer research. 

Photo credit Mona Ghiz
Huskies edge X-Men 3-2

The Saint Mary's Huskies edged out the StFX X-Men with a late goal to keep their record at a perfect 4-0 in AUS men's hockey action at the Halifax Forum on Friday night.

Photo credit Rachel Drummond
X-Men outscore Acadia 5-2 for first win of the season

The StFX X-Men outplayed the Acadia Axemen Wednesday evening at the Charles V. Keating Centre, besting the visitors 5-2 after an intense, physical game that saw a combined 74 minutes of penalties incurred.

Photo credit Bryan Kennedy
Huskies come from behind to beat X-Men in shootout

Stephen Johnson (Moncton, NB) potted the game winning goal in a shootout for the Saint Mary’s Huskies as they overcame a three-goal deficit in the third period to defeat the StFX X-Men 5-4 Saturday night at the Antigonish Arena.

Photo credit Greg Mason
X-Men defeat Ottawa 5-2 in exhibition match

The StFX X-Men picked up their second win of the weekend with a 5-2 victory over the Ottawa Gee Gee’s in pre-season exhibition action Saturday evening.

Photo credit: UQTR Sports Information
X-Men shutout UQTR in pre-season exhibition

The StFX X-Men skated to a 3-0 shutout victory over the UQTR Patriotes Friday night in pre-season exhibition action.

Courtesy Bryan Kennedy
Aigles Bleus skate to exhibition win over X-Men

The Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus skated to a 2-1 win over the StFX X-Men Tuesday evening in pre-season exhibition play at the StFX Keating Centre. The game marked the first one for the X-Men this season.