Cranbrook - ICE defenseman Cason Machacek had a Gordie Howe Hatitrick in a 6-2 win over Lethbridge. Machacek had 2 goals and 1 assist. Jesse Ismond and Drew Czerwonka each had 1 goal and 1 assist, while Joe Antilla had 2 assists. Other goals from Max Reinhart & Jordan Bauer.
ICE will visit Lethbridge on Saturday.
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ICE Line-up
Goalies - Heemskerk, Lazaruk
Defense - Vanscourt, McNabb, Machacek, Rintoul, Frere, Leach
Forwards - Foucault, Fraser, Rossignol (15-year-old, 2008 7th round Bantam pick from Cloverdale, BC) Boomer, Ismond, Frieb, Czerwonka, Bailey, Reinhart, Antilla, Bauer, Cassivi
Not Dressed - Lieuwen, Stephens, Pacovsky, Stickland, Barteaux
NHL camps - Sylvester, King, Negrin
Hurricanes Line-up
Goalies - Anderson, Tadjdeh
Defense - Ryckman, Sutherland, Yadlowski, Versteeg, Alexiuk, Theriau
Forwards - Stevens (former ICE draft pick and former defenseman), Orfino, Braes, Iwanski, Fyten, Moser, Ashton, Chorneyko, Smuk, Castro
Not dressed - Metsola, Sbisa, Bancks, Sceviour, Boychuk, King, Reners, Fadden, Wright, Brossoit
Scoring Summary
1st Period
1. Kootenay, Machacek 1 (Czerwonka) 9:12
2nd Period
2. Kootenay, Machacek 2 (2) (Leach, Boomer) 2:05 pp
3. Lethbridge, Chorneyko (Theriau, Versteeg) 12:45 pp
4. Kootenay, Bauer 1 (Ismond) 13:30
5. Kootenay, Ismond 1 (Antilla, McNabb) 18:30 pp
3rd Period
6. Kootenay Czerwonka 1 (Fraser, Leach) 10:35 pp
7. Lethbridge Orfino (Smuk) 11:15
8. Lethbridge, Reinhart 1 (Antilla, Machacek) 18:29
Shots on goal by
Lethbridge - 3 - 14 - 6 = 23
Kootenay - 6 - 11 - 8 = 25
Goal (shot-saves) – Lethbridge: Brandon Anderson (11-13) Michael Tadjdeh (9:48 second)(8-12) Kootenay: Thomas Heemskerk (10-10) Kris Lazaruk (9:48 second) (11-13)
Power plays (goals-chances) - Lethbridge: 1/3 Kootenay: 3/10
Referee – Devin Klein
Linesmen – Mike Boisvert, Matthew Barker
Attendance – 562