The Kootenay ICE are in Edmonton tonight.
This is the 5th meeting of the season, the ICE lead the season series 4-0.
The ICE have lost their last 3 games and have only 2 wins in their last 7 games.
One of those wins came in Edmonton.
The Oil Kings have a 4-1-0-1 record in their last 6 games.
After tonight the ICE have 5 games left in the regular season with 4 at home and 1
The ICE are coming off the month of February with a 7-6-1 record.
The Oil Kings recently had a season high 4 game winning streak.
For the first time in over 4 months the Kootenay ICE are on a 3-game losing slide.
They have won 2 of their last 7 games and both wins have come against teams who will not be playing in the playoffs.
The ICE magic number to clinch 4th place in the Conference is 12 points. Any combination of the ICE earning points and the Rebels not earning points adding up to 12 will give the ICE home ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs.