Cranbrook, BC – Kootenay ICE defenseman Joey Leach had 4 assists in a 5-1 win over the Red Deer Rebels in WHL action on Wednesday night.
Rebels opened the scoring as Lane Scheidl was allowed to come off the corner boards and was alone in the low slot and scored with a high back hand.
In the second period the ICE scored 2 goals 17 seconds apart.
Kevin King tied the game 1-1 with a wrist shot from the boards the went in far side on the stick side.
Max Reinhart came into the Rebels zone on a 2-on-1 break and fed a wide open Matt Fraser at eh back door and made the score 2-1.
Rebels called their time out after the goal.
ICE made the score 3-1 early in the third period as Brock Montgomery fired a shot that went under the goalies’ arm and into the net.
The Rebels’ pulled their goalie with 2 ½ minutes left and Kevin King would scored from the Rebels’ blueline to make the score 4-1.
Jesse Ismond found a wide open Elgin Pearce in the low slot and tucked it around the fallen goalie to make the score 5-1.
ICE scratches – Luke Paulsen and Brendan Hurley.
The ICE will visit Red Deer on Friday and host Edmonton on Saturday.
Game Summary
Red Deer 39-26-0-5 Kootenay 41-24-3-2
1st Period
1. Red Deer, Scheidl 7 10:40
Penalties – Reinhart Ktn (cross checking) 2:24, Siwak RD (kneeing) 18:32.
2nd Period
2. Kootenay, King 26 (Ismond, Leach) :49
3. Kootenay, Fraser 32 (Reinhart, Leach) 1:06
Penalties – Leach Ktn (interference) 5:06, Nugent-Hopkins RD (slashing) 9:24, Ferguson RD (double roughing) McNabb Ktn (roughing) Reinhart Ktn (roughing) 13:08.
3rd Period
4. Kootenay, Montgomery 11 (Pearce, Leach) 3:19
5. Kootenay, King (2) (Sylvester, Leach) 17:58 en
6. Kootenay Pearce 3 (Ismond, Pacovsky) 18:45
Penalties – Coetzee RD (tripping) 5:50, McNabb Ktn (tripping) 9:26, Pearce Ktn (tripping) 13:20.
Shots on goal by
Red Deer – 14 – 5 – 5 = 24
Kootenay – 18 – 6 – 11 = 35
Goal (shots-saves) – Red Deer: Darcy Kuemper (L 28-21-0-4) Kootenay: Todd Mathews (W 31-14-3-2)
Power plays (goals-chances) – Red Deer: 0/4 Kootenay: 0/3
Referees – Ryan Bonnett, Pat Smith
Linesmen – Bobby Bedingfield, Jim Maniago
Attendance – 2,727