The Kootenay ICE are in Saskatoon tonight for their 2nd meeting of the year.
November 19th the Blades won 2-1.
ICE are coming off a 3-2 overtime shootout win in Brandon last night.
Blades last game was Friday and they beat Everett 4-3 in overtime.
ICE are 1st in the Central Division.
Blades are 1st in the East Division and are 2 points ahead of the ICE for 1st place in the Conference.
ICE have the best road winning percentage in the WHL .694 (12-5-0-1).
Blades have the best home winning percentage in the WHL .885 (11-1-0-1).
This will the 4th road game in 5 nights for the ICE (2-1-0-0).
This is the end of the schedule where the ICE will have played 9 of 10 games on the road. They will finish above .500 (5-3-1-0). The lone home game was an overtime loss.
Both team will be without their leading point getter as ICE Kevin King is day-to-day with an infection in his elbow and Blades Curtis Hamilton is at Canada's camp.
ICE are without 2 defenseman as Brayden McNabb (Canada camp) and Hayden Rintoul (knee 1-2 weeks) are unavailable.
Listen for the Pre-Game Show at 4:30 on The Drive.