Red Deer, Alb – Red Deer Rebel goalie Darcy Kuemper had 28 saves and Daulton Siwak 1 goal and 3 assists in a 5-0 win over the Kootenay ICE in WHL action on Tuesday night.
Kuemper leads the WHL with 16 wins and 4 shutouts.
It’s the 2nd time the ICE have been held without a goal this season.
The loss ended the ICE road winning streak at 5 games.
Brendan Hurley has been cleared to return to game action after missing 13 games with a hand injury.
ICE 4-game trip through the United Stated starts in Tri City on Friday.
ICE Scratches – Eric Benoit (5th game knee 1 week), Brendan Hurley (13th game hand day-to-day).
Game Summary
Red Deer 16-7-1-1 Kootenay 16-6-0-2
Kootenay 0 0 0 - 0
Red Deer 0 3 2 - 5
1st Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Petrovic R.d (kneeing), 3:44; Weller R.d (high sticking), 4:30; Fraser Ktn (major-fighting), 11:56; Ferguson R.d (major-fighting), 11:56; King Ktn (roughing, roughing), 16:38; Magnus Ktn (major-fighting), 16:38; Petrovic R.d (roughing), 16:38; Siwak R.d (major-fighting), 16:38.
2nd Period-1, Red Deer, Archer 2 (Nugent-Hopkins, Petrovic), 5:36. 2, Red Deer, Elson 8 (Siwak, Kambeitz), 12:37. 3, Red Deer, Siwak 6 (Kambeitz, Cowen), 19:57. Penalties-Deagle R.d (tripping), 6:20; Pearce Ktn (instigator, major-fighting, 10-minute misconduct), 10:32; Dumba R.d (major-fighting), 10:32; Czerwonka Ktn (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 20:00; Petrovic R.d (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 20:00.
3rd Period-4, Red Deer, Cowen 1 (Siwak, Petrovic), 8:20. 5, Red Deer, Ferguson 6 (Siwak, Elson), 12:12 (PP). Penalties-Ismond Ktn (roughing), 8:36; Cowen R.d (roughing), 8:36; Boomer Ktn (slashing), 9:46; Paulsen Ktn (tripping), 9:46; Mayor R.d (high sticking), 16:31; Ismond Ktn (charging), 19:10; McNabb Ktn (roughing), 19:10; Mayor R.d (roughing), 19:10.
Shots on Goal-Kootenay 8-10-10-28. Red Deer 9-14-8-21.
Power Play Opportunities-Kootenay 0 / 4; Red Deer 1 / 5.
Goalies-Kootenay, Lieuwen 11-4-0-1 (31 shots-26 saves). Red Deer, Kuemper 16-4-1-1 (28 shots-28 saves).
A-3,756
Referees-Jon Stephenson (38), Colin Watt (72).
Linesmen-Chad Huseby (59), Cory Lundquist (128).