Medicine Hat, Alb – Kootenay ICE forward Max Reinhart had 2 goals and 1 assist in a 4-1 win over the Medicine Hat Tigers in WHL action on Tuesday night.
Matt Fraser and Hayden Rintoul also scored for the ICE.
The ICE scored 2 shorthanded goals and 1 on the powerplay.
Max Reinhart, Cody Eakin and Matt Fraser are tied for the team lead with 34 goals.
Eakin extended his point streak to 5 games.
The Tigers are 12-2-2-4 in their last 20 games with both regulation losses against the ICE.
The ICE won the season series 4-1-1.
Head-to-Head in 6 games the Tigers scored 3 powerplay goals against the ICE and the ICE scored 4 shorthanded goals.
The ICE are tied with Saskatoon with a league leading 20 shorthanded goals.
3 of the goals have been scored by defensemen as Hayden Rintoul joins Luke Paulsen and Jagger Dirk.
If the playoffs started today the ICE would face Moose Jaw. They split the 4 games series 2-2.
The Tigers would meet Brandon and they split their 4 game series.
Tigers had a 5-1-0 record vs Red Deer and were 1-1-2 vs Saskatoon.
Tigers Linden Vey leads the WHL in scoring.
The only time(s) a Medicine Hat Tiger has won the WHL scoring was 1971-21 and 72-3 by Tom Lysak.
ICE have 2 games left in the regular season and will visit Lethbridge on Friday.
The ICE can still finish in 3rd place in the Conference Standings. They need to win their 2 remaining games and have the Tigers earn only 1 point in their remaining games.
Tigers can still catch Red Deer for 2nd place. They need to win both their games and have Red Deer lose both remaining games in regulation.
Remaining Schedule
Kootenay 2
Home 1 – Lethbridge
Away 1 – Lethbridge
Medicine Hat 2
Home 1 – Calgary
Away 1 – Calgary
ICE Scratches – Luke Paulsen (10th game shoulder 3 weeks), Brock Montgomery (11th game hip 1 week), Brett Teskey (3rd goalie).
Game Summary
Medicine Hat 44-18-4-4 Kootenay 44-21-1-4
Kootenay 2 2 0 - 4
Medicine Hat 0 1 0 - 1
1st Period-1, Kootenay, Reinhart 33 8:43 (SH). 2, Kootenay, Reinhart 34 (Eakin), 13:52 (PP). Penalties-Hurley Ktn (interference), 1:50; Fraser Ktn (slashing), 8:01; Tochkin M.h (high sticking, high sticking), 13:09.
2nd Period-3, Medicine Hat, Konan 4 (Kessy, Shinkaruk), 4:25 (PP). 4, Kootenay, Fraser 34 (Reinhart, Neibrandt), 16:29. 5, Kootenay, Rintoul 5 19:15 (SH). Penalties-Rossignol Ktn (tripping), 3:06; Leach Ktn (roughing), 16:54; Grbavac M.h (roughing), 16:54; McNabb Ktn (tripping), 17:49.
3rd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Neibrandt Ktn (instigator, major-fighting, 10-minute misconduct), 2:30; Grbavac M.h (major-fighting), 2:30; Tochkin M.h (hooking), 2:56; Pearce Ktn (hooking), 3:57; Ismond Ktn (hooking), 6:56; Leier M.h (interference), 10:12; Boomer Ktn (cross checking), 12:53; McNabb Ktn (cross checking), 19:07.
Shots on Goal-Kootenay 7-11-5-23. Medicine Hat 4-6-11-21.
Power Play Opportunities-Kootenay 1 / 3; Medicine Hat 1 / 9.
Goalies-Kootenay, Lieuwen 32-16-1-3 (21 shots-20 saves). Medicine Hat, Bunz 35-13-4-4 (23 shots-19 saves).
A-4,006
Referees-Andy Thiessen (11), Ryan Thompson (6).
Linesmen-Jeff Jobson (52), Greg Sarauer (68).