The Kootenay ICE will host Everett tonight.
This is the first and only meeting this year between the clubs.
Last year the ICE won 6-3 in Everett.
The last meeting in Cranbrook was November 9th 2007, ICE won 8-2.
In the 6 year history of the Silvertips, the ICE have a won 5 of the 6 regular season and playoff meetings played in Cranbrook with the other game ending in a tie.
This is game 3 of a 5-game homestand for the ICE which lost the first 2 games and scored only 1 goal in the 2 games combined.
Todd Mathews will start in net for the ICE as Nathan Lieuwen has returned home to recover from a concussion.
The ICE are 5 games below .500.
Everett is starting a 6-game road trip through the Central Division and are 2 games above .500 under new Head Coach Craig Hartsburg.
Steele Boomer and Brayden McNabb are tied for the team lead with 15 points. Silvertips are led in goals by Tyler Maxwell and in points by Shane Harper.
Former ICE netminder Thomas Heemskerk makes his 1st appearance in Canbrook since requesting a trade last season.
Pre-Game is at 6:30 on the Drive.
Gametime 7.