The Kootenay ICE will host Red Deer tonight.
This is the first half of a home-and-home with the rematch tomorrow night in Red Deer.
Rebels lead the season series 2-1 with the home team winning each game.
The Rebels have outscored the ICE 10-6
Both clubs are coming off wins on Wednesday, the ICE beat Calgary 3-2 and Rebels won 3-1 over Chilliwack.
This is a battle for 1st place in the Central Division.
The ICE are 1 point ahead of the Rebels and the clubs have played the same amount of games.
Brayden McNabb has a 5-game point streak with 8 points during the streak. (3-5-8).
Max Reinhart has 8 goals in his last 8 games.
Reinhart leads the ICE with 17 goals and Kevin King has a team best 35 points.
Rebels goalie Darcy Kuemper leads the WHL in all the goalie categories.
Former ICE Captain Adam Cracknell will talk about his NHL debut during our intermission.
Head to Head
ICE
James Martin 1-1-2
Matt Fraser 1-1-2
Jesse Ismond 1-1-2
Hayden Rintoul 0-2-2
Steele Boomer 0-2-2
Nathan Lieuwen 2 GP 1-1-0-0 3.00 .898%
Rebels
Daulton Siwak 1-3-4
Turner Elson 2-1-3
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 1-2-3
Adam Kambietz 1-2-3
Darcy Kuemper 3 GP 2-1-0-0 1.67 .939% 1 SO
Season Leaders
ICE
Goals - 17 Max Reinhart
Assists - 20 Kevin King, Brayden McNabb
Points - 35 Kevin King
PM - 58 Matt Fraser
Defenseman - 25 Brayden McNabb
Rookie - 6 Eric Benoit
Rebels
Goals - 17 Andrej Kudrna
Assists - 35 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Points - 43 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
PM - 62 Alexander Petrovic
Defenseman - 26 Alexander Petrovic
Rookie - 12 Matthew Dumba