The Kootenay ICE will host Edmonton tonight.
This is the 3rd meeting of the season and the ICE have won by scores of 4-1 and 4-3 in an overtime shootout.
Including last year the ICE have won 8 games in a row against Edmonton.
The ICE are coming off a 4-2 win in Calgary.
Edmonton played last night in Spokane and lost 4-3.
The ICE are in a 3-way battle for 1st place in the East Conference with Red Deer and Saskatoon.
Edmonton is a couple wins away from being in 8th place.
The ICE have gone 9-1-0-1 in their last 11 games even though they've battled injuries to the defensive core and now to their forward staff.
Kevin King (1-4-5), Steele Boomer (1-3-4) and Brayden McNabb (0-3-3) each have 3 game point streaks.
The ICE don’t have a player in the top 35 of the scoring race but have a league best 10 players with 11 or more points.
In 2 games against Edmonton Luke Paulsen leads the ICE with 3 points (1-2-3).
James Martin, Jesse Ismond and Joe Antilla each have 2 points against the Oil Kings.
Edmonton’s Dylan Wruck has earned 3 points (1-2-3) in the 2 games against the ICE.
Kevin King will play his 286th career game which will tie him with Andrew Bailey for 5th All-Time.
King has become the 13th player in team history to reach 100 career assists and needs 1 goal to be the 13th to reach 70 career goals.
Joey Leach is ranked 9th All-Time with a +47 rating.
Head to Head
ICE
Luke Paulsen 1-2-3
James Martin 1-1-2
Jesse Ismond 1-1-2
Joe Antilla 0-2-2
Oil Kings
Dylan Wruck 1-2-3
Josh Lazowski 1-1-2
Griffin Reinhart 0-2-2
ICE Home Stats
Kevin King 6-7-13
Max Reinhart 5-5-10
Matt Fraser 3-6-9
Jesse Ismond 3-5-8
Luke Paulsen 2-6-8
Steele Boomer 1-7-8
Listen for the Pre-Game Show at 6:30 on The Drive.