Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Kootenay @ Red Deer Game #64

The Kootenay ICE are in Red Deer tonight.
This is the 6th meeting of the year, the ICE lead the series 3-2.
2 of the games have gone to overtime.
The ICE will be playing their 4th game in 5 nights and are coming off wins in Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.
Red Deer has won 5 of their last 6 games and their last game was a win against Prince George.
The ICE have clinched a playoff spot and now set their sights on clinching 4th place in the Conference.
The magic number is 14 points.
The race for 4th is between the ICE, Medicine Hat and Red Deer.
The ICE are also 5 points behind the 1st place Calgary Hitmen.
The Rebels are 9 points behind the ICE and have 2 games in hand and the clubs play each other 3 more time this season including tonight’s’ meeting.
In the head-to-head meetings Dustin Sylvester leads the ICE with 4 goals and 11 points against the Rebels.
Red Deer is led by Willie Coetzee who has 3 goals and 8 points against the ICE.
The ICE are 1 win away from earning 40 wins in the season.
The club has previously reached that plateau 6 times.