Friday, February 18, 2011

Medicine Hat @ Kootenay Game #58

The Kootenay ICE will host the Medicine Hat Tigers tonight at the Rec-Plex.
The season series is tied 2-2.
ICE have won 4 games in a row for the first time since November and have won 7 of the last 8 games.
Tigers are 0-0-2-1 in their last 3 games.
The clubs are tied for 3rd place in the Conference and both teams have 15 games left.
Steele Boomer will return after missing 10 games to an ankle injury.

It's Jersey Off The Back Night and fans will have the opportunity to place bids on the third jerseys during the game.
The winning bid on each jersey will get to meet the players after the game and then will receive their jersey at the conclusion of the playoffs. Also up for silent auction that evening will be a limited amount of WHL practice jerseys.
All proceeds from the auction will go towards the Kootenay ICE Scholarship Fund.

Listen for the Pre-Game Show at 6:30 on The Drive.

Leaders
ICE
Goals - 29 Reinhart
Assists - 39 Brayden McNabb
Points - 64 Max Reinhart
PM - 93 Matt Fraser
Defenseman - 54 Brayden McNabb (3rd in WHL)
Rookie - 8 Adam Rossignol, Eric Benoit
+/- - +28 Max Reinhart
GAA - 2.81 Nathan Lieuwen (6th in WHL)

Tigers
Goals - 38 Linden Vey (3rd in WHL)
Assists - 57 Linden Vey
Points - 95 Linden Vey (1st in WHL)
PM - 130 Cole Grbavac
Defenseman - 29 Thomas Carr
Rookie - 56 Tyler Pitlick
+/- - +30 Emerson Etem
GAA - 2.53 Tyler Bunz (3rd in WHL)

Head to Head
ICE
Brayden McNabb 4-1-5
Joe Antilla 3-1-4
Matt Fraser 1-3-4
Kevin King 1-3-4
Brendan Hurley 2-0-2
Nathan Lieuwen 2-1-1 2.74 .917%

Tigers
Linden Vey 3-3-6
Tyler Pitlick 2-1-3
Wacey Hamilton 1-2-3
Curtis Valk 2-0-2
Tyler Bunz 2-2-0 3.00 .904%

Streaks
Kevin King - 10 games 7-9-16
Matt Fraser - 10 games 9-11-20 (goals in 7 straight)
Cody Eakin - 6 games 7-8-15
Max Reinhart - 4 games 3-5-8
Nathan Lieuwen - 5 wins in a row