***Game Delayed***
There was an accident on the highway near Moyie and the Spokane Chiefs bus had to wait to get through, so tonight's game will have a later start time.
Opening face-off will be around 7:50.
The Kootenay ICE will host Spokane tonight in their 2nd meeting of the
season.
On October 1st the ICE won 6-3.
It's the 1st half of a home-and-home with the rematch tomorrow afternoon in Spokane in the 1st ever WHL Outdoor Game.
ICE are 2nd in the East Conference and the Chiefs are 3rd in the West Conference.
ICE have won 4 of their last 5 games.
Steele Boomer is expected to play after missing 3 games to a hip injury.
Cody Eakin's debut with the ICE is a week away as he recovers from a hand injury.
Chiefs are 13-1-1 in their last 15 games.
Spokane's Tyler Johnson leads the WHL with 31 goals and is 3rd with 64 points.
Leaders
ICE
Goals - 22 Max Reinhart
Assists - 25 Kevin King
Points - 43 Kevin King, Max Reinhart
PM - 71 Matt Fraser
Defenseman - 32 Brayden McNabb
Rookie - 7 Adam Rossignol
+/- - +19 Max Reinhart
Chiefs
Goals - 31 Tyler Johnson
Assists - 33 Tyler Johnson
Points - 64 Tyler Johnson
PM - 162 Darren Kramer
Defenseman - 40 Brenden Kitchton
Rookie - 14 Collin Valcourt
+/- - +28 Brenden Kitchton
Head to Head
ICE
Kevin King 2-1-3
Elgin Pearce 0-3-3
James Martin 1-1-2
Max Reinhart 1-1-2
Matt Fraser 1-0-1
Brock Montgomery 1-0-1
Chiefs
Mitch Holmberg 1-0-1
Tyler Johnson 1-0-1
Steve Kuhn 1-0-1