The Kootenay ICE are in Lethbridge tonight for the 1st half of a home and home.
The season series is tied 1-1 with the Hurricanes win coming in an overtime shootout.
ICE are on their longest losing streak of the season with 3 straight defeats and are 4th in the Conference.
In the 3 games the ICE have been outscored 16-10. In the 3rd period they have been outscored 10-5.
Hurricanes lost 10-2 in Red Deer on Wednesday and are tied for 8th in the Conference.
ICE are without Matt Fraser (day-to-day), Steele Boomer (4 weeks), Joey Leach (4 weeks) and Luke Paulsen (1-2 weeks).
Defenseman Mike Simpson has joined the club and will play in his 1st game tonight while forward Levi Cable will play in his 2nd.
Goalie Mackenzie Skapski will be the back-up tonight and is scheduled to play in his 1st game on Saturday.
Listen for the Pre-Game Show at 6:30 on The Drive.
Leaders
ICE
Goals - 25 Max Reinhart
Assists - 29 Kevin King
Points - 50 Max Reinhart, Kevin King
PM - 80 Matt Fraser
Defenseman - 42 Brayden McNabb
Rookie - 8 Adam Rossignol
+/- - +20 Max Reinhart
Hurricanes
Goals - 26 Cam Braes
Assists - 23 Austin Fyten
Points - 46 Cam Braes
PM - 152 Cason Machacek
Defenseman - 18 Landon Oslanski
Rookie - 20 Alex Kuvaev
+/- - +6 Austin Fyten
Head To Head
ICE
Drew Czerwonka 2-1-3
Joe Antilla 1-2-3
Kevin King 1-2-3
Steele Boomer 0-3-3
Brayden McNabb 0-3-3
Max Reinhart 2-0-2
Nathan Lieuwen 1-0-0-1 2.90 .882%
Hurricanes
Graham Hood 2-0-2
Mitch Maxwell 1-1-2
Philip Tot 1-1-2
Reid Jackson 0-2-2
Brandon Anderson 1-1-0-0 4.64 .873%
Streaks
Cody Eakin 6 games 9-6-15
Brayden McNabb 4 games 3-4-7