On Saturday Portland beat Spokane 3-2 to take a 3-games-to-2 lead in the series.
Winterhawks - Sven Bartschi 1-2-3, Ty Rattie 1-1-2, Craig Cunningham 1-0-1.
Chiefs - Tyler Johnson 1-0-1, Mitch Holmberg 1-0-1.
Game 6 is Monday in Spokane.
OHL - Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors are playing the Owen Sound Attack in the Finals. Series starts on Tuesday. Both teams will be in the Memoral Cup as Mississauga are the hosts.
QMJHL - Saint John Sea Dogs are in the Final and will meet the winner of the Quebec Remparts/Gatineau Olympiques series. Quebec leads 3 games to 2 with game 6 on Sunday.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Update
On Friday Spokane beat Portland 8-3 to even the series 2-2.
Chiefs - Levko Koper 3-1-4, Collin Valcourt 1-3-4, Tyler Johnson 1-2-3.
Winterhawks - Ryan Johansen 1-2-3, Joe Morrow 1-1-2.
Game 5 is tonight in Portland.
Game 6 is Monday in Spokane.
OHL - Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors are playing the Owen Sound Attack in the Finals. Series starts on Tuesday. Both teams will be in the Memoral Cup as Mississauga are the hosts.
QMJHL - Saint John Sea Dogs are in the Final and will meet the winner of the Quebec Remparts/Gatineau Olympiques series. Quebec leads 3 games to 2.
On Friday Gatineau 5 Quebec 3.
NHL
Interesting to watch the San Jose-Detroit series.
Red Wing Coach Mike Babcock (Spokane/Moose Jaw) and Sharks coach Todd McLellan (Swift Current) both have entertaining teams.
Chiefs - Levko Koper 3-1-4, Collin Valcourt 1-3-4, Tyler Johnson 1-2-3.
Winterhawks - Ryan Johansen 1-2-3, Joe Morrow 1-1-2.
Game 5 is tonight in Portland.
Game 6 is Monday in Spokane.
OHL - Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors are playing the Owen Sound Attack in the Finals. Series starts on Tuesday. Both teams will be in the Memoral Cup as Mississauga are the hosts.
QMJHL - Saint John Sea Dogs are in the Final and will meet the winner of the Quebec Remparts/Gatineau Olympiques series. Quebec leads 3 games to 2.
On Friday Gatineau 5 Quebec 3.
NHL
Interesting to watch the San Jose-Detroit series.
Red Wing Coach Mike Babcock (Spokane/Moose Jaw) and Sharks coach Todd McLellan (Swift Current) both have entertaining teams.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Update
The Kootenay ICE have advanced to their 3rd WHL Finals.
In 2000 they played against Spokane and 2002 against Red Deer. ICE won both in 6 games.
The West Final goes to game 4 tonight in Spokane with Portland leading 2 games to 1. The road team has won 2 of the 3 games. Last year they met in a 7 game 1st round matchup where the road team won all 7 games.
The winner of the West will have home ice advantage against the ICE in a series that should start May 6th and 7th.
In calls made to both home rinks it appears there should be no buildings conflicts for those 2 dates.
Games 3 and 4 should be May 10th & 11th in Cranbrook.
These are just guesses and the official schedule will be announced after the West Final.
Half of the teams going to the Memorial Cup are known as the host Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors are playing the Owen Sound Attack in the OHL Finals.
QMJHL has 3 teams remaining. Saint John Sea Dogs are in the Final and will meet the winner of the Quebec Remparts/Gatineau Olympiques series. Quebec leads 3 games to 1.
Saint John is 12-1 in the playoffs. Their goalie is former Wheat King/Thunderbird Jacob DeSerres.
ICE have won 11 games in a row and the WHL record in the playoffs is 12.
Calgary 09, Vancouver 06, Spokane 91, Swift Current 89 and Kamloops 84.
During the winning streak the ICE have trailed in games a combined 16 minutes and 12 seconds. In the last 3 games against Moose Jaw they never trailed. Against Saskatoon they trailed for 5:01 in game 4. In the Tigers series they trailed twice in the 3rd period of game 1 for a total of 11:11.
If the ICE were playing tonight they would have welcomed Steele Boomer and Drew Czerwonka back to the lineup, so both obviously will be ready for the Final. Brock Montgomery, who hasn't played in the last 2 rounds, will also be ready for the next series.
The WHL Bantam Draft is on Thursday. Since the ICE are still involved in the playoffs the radio station will not have extra reports during the day but we will have updates on every sportscast every hour. Director of Scouting Garnet Kazuik always gives us scouting reports on all the players selected and we usually contact most of the players selected.
The ICE have 10 picks in the first 7 rounds. Yes, even after the Cody Eakin trade the club still has that many picks in the early rounds. Last year they had 11 picks in the 1st 7 round and made no other selections.
ICE Picks - 1st, 3rd, 4th, Lethbridge 4th (Cason Machacek trade), 5th, Prince George 5th (Petr Senkerik trade), 6th, Brandon 6th (2010 Import pick trade), 7th, Everett 7th (2010 Bantam pick trade), 8th, 9th, 10th.
In the 2012 Bantam Draft the ICE have no 3rd round pick (Cody Eakin trade) and have no extra selections.
In 2000 they played against Spokane and 2002 against Red Deer. ICE won both in 6 games.
The West Final goes to game 4 tonight in Spokane with Portland leading 2 games to 1. The road team has won 2 of the 3 games. Last year they met in a 7 game 1st round matchup where the road team won all 7 games.
The winner of the West will have home ice advantage against the ICE in a series that should start May 6th and 7th.
In calls made to both home rinks it appears there should be no buildings conflicts for those 2 dates.
Games 3 and 4 should be May 10th & 11th in Cranbrook.
These are just guesses and the official schedule will be announced after the West Final.
Half of the teams going to the Memorial Cup are known as the host Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors are playing the Owen Sound Attack in the OHL Finals.
QMJHL has 3 teams remaining. Saint John Sea Dogs are in the Final and will meet the winner of the Quebec Remparts/Gatineau Olympiques series. Quebec leads 3 games to 1.
Saint John is 12-1 in the playoffs. Their goalie is former Wheat King/Thunderbird Jacob DeSerres.
ICE have won 11 games in a row and the WHL record in the playoffs is 12.
Calgary 09, Vancouver 06, Spokane 91, Swift Current 89 and Kamloops 84.
During the winning streak the ICE have trailed in games a combined 16 minutes and 12 seconds. In the last 3 games against Moose Jaw they never trailed. Against Saskatoon they trailed for 5:01 in game 4. In the Tigers series they trailed twice in the 3rd period of game 1 for a total of 11:11.
If the ICE were playing tonight they would have welcomed Steele Boomer and Drew Czerwonka back to the lineup, so both obviously will be ready for the Final. Brock Montgomery, who hasn't played in the last 2 rounds, will also be ready for the next series.
The WHL Bantam Draft is on Thursday. Since the ICE are still involved in the playoffs the radio station will not have extra reports during the day but we will have updates on every sportscast every hour. Director of Scouting Garnet Kazuik always gives us scouting reports on all the players selected and we usually contact most of the players selected.
The ICE have 10 picks in the first 7 rounds. Yes, even after the Cody Eakin trade the club still has that many picks in the early rounds. Last year they had 11 picks in the 1st 7 round and made no other selections.
ICE Picks - 1st, 3rd, 4th, Lethbridge 4th (Cason Machacek trade), 5th, Prince George 5th (Petr Senkerik trade), 6th, Brandon 6th (2010 Import pick trade), 7th, Everett 7th (2010 Bantam pick trade), 8th, 9th, 10th.
In the 2012 Bantam Draft the ICE have no 3rd round pick (Cody Eakin trade) and have no extra selections.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
From The ICE Office
Season Ticket Holders that purchased their eight game playoff package can come in and book their two game playoff package for the next round now! Their seats will be held until Tuesday at 5:00 pm.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Kootenay 7 Medicine Hat 2 Game 4 Playoff Game #14
Cranbrook, BC – Kootenay ICE forward Max Reinhart tied a WHL Record with 5 goals in a 7-2 win over the Medicine Hat Tigers, to win the Eastern Conference Finals, in WHL playoff action on Wednesday.
ICE opened the scoring as Max Reinhart’s long shot was stopped but the goalie didn’t know the puck was loose behind him in the crease and Reinhart jumped behind him to put the puck into the net.
Brayden McNabb assisted on the goal and has tied a Franchise Record with a 9 game point streak in the playoffs. (Martin Sagat 05, Adam Cracknell 05)
ICE made it 2-0 on a 2 on-1 break as Joe Antilla fed it to Max Reinhart who scored with a one time wrist shot high on the glove side.
Max Reinhart completed his 1st period hat-trick as he received a behind the net feed from Matt Fraser and while in the low slot his quick shot beat the goalie low on the stick side.
It’s the 2nd hat trick by the ICE in this years playoffs (Matt Fraser vs Moose Jaw) and is the 9th in Franchise history.
It’s the 3rd time an ICE player has scored 3 goals in one period of a playoff game. (Martin Sagat Apr 9/05 in Everett, Trevor Wasyluk Mar 24/99 in Calgary)
Reinhart also tied a Franchise Record with 3 points in a period of a playoff game. (Andrew Bailey, Martin Sagat,
Adam Taylor, Nigel Dawes, Trevor Wasyluk)
Tigers called their timeout after the 3rd goal against.
Tigers got on the board as the Kellan Tochkin scored with a wrist shot from the top of the circle that sprised the goalie high on the glove side.
ICE regained a 3 goal lead on another odd man rush as Kevin King got a backhand shot on net and the rebound was put in by Cody Eakin.
Eakin has scored a goal in 5 straight games.
Early in the 2nd period the Tigers made the score 4-2 as Wacey Hamilton fed a wide open Cole Grbavac who scored from the bottom of the circle.
ICE made it 5-2 as Hayden Rintoul’s point shot was stopped as the rebound was put in by Cody Eakin.
Tigers changed goalies as Deven Dubyk replaced Tyler Bunz.
At the end of a penalty kill Max Reinhart picked up a puck at centre ice and went in on a breakaway and scored his 4th goal of the game with a wrist shot through the legs of the new goalie.
In the 3rd period the ICE scored another shorthanded goal as Max Reinhart leaned into a backhand shot that beat the goalie high on the glove side.
Reinhart is the 4th player in WHL history to score 5 goals in a playoff game. (Dave Chartier, Don Nachbaur, Dave Kryskow)
Reinhart tied a Franchise Record with 2 shorthanded goals in a playoff game (Martin Sagat 05) and set a Record with 3 shorthanded goals in one playoff season.
3 career shorthanded goals is also a new Playoff Team Record.
Drew Czerwonka, who left game 3 on a stretcher, was cleared to play by the medical staff by didn’t play due to soreness. Czewronka fell into the end boards head/shoulder first and then was taken to hospital where the x-rays showed no problems.
ICE have won 11 playoffs games in a row and the WHL record is 12 and has been done 5 times.
In ICE Playoff History …
It’s the 6th time the ICE have clinched a series on home ice.
(11 Saskatoon, 03 Kamloops, 02 Red Deer, 02 Kelowna, 02 Prince George)
It’s the 6th time the ICE have swept a series.
(Saskatoon 11, Everett 05, Seattle 02, Moose Jaw 01, Red Deer 00)
ICE scratches – Brock Montgomery, Steele Boomer, Drew Czerwonka.
Tigers scratches – Dawson MacAuley (3rd goalie), Tyler Pitlick, Spenser Jensen, Sebastian Owuya.
Quotes:
ICE – Max Reinhart
On scoring 5 goals - “I think it was one of those games for me, especially in the 1st period every puck just found my stick and I was just able to find the back of the net. It’s a special feeling coming out and winning a game like this, having the crowd amped up as they were it was an unbelievable feeling here.”
On going into the WHL Finals – “We’re going to have to stay on track. We’ve got a good thing going and we can’t get too high or too low. We just can’t give up the style that we’re playing right now. What’s going for us right now is working and we’re going to have to keep on the same track.”
ICE – Cody Eakin
On named Eastern Conference Playoff MVP – “It’s great to win it. Everyone just buys into this team and it’s evident throughout through the whole playoffs. It’s been exciting for myself and the team and it’s incredible to do what we have so far.”
On 3 game winning goals vs Tigers – “There is so much going on behind the scenes that goes on that doesn’t always get pointed out. I kinda finished off a few games but there was obviously some great play made by my teammates.”
On winning at home – “Just a solid 2 way game by our team and when you have momentum like that and obviously when your playing in your own home barn and the crowd is just phenomenal. Our fans are on fire and they just give you that support, it’s just great.”
ICE – Nathan Lieuwen
On ICE getting an early 4-1 lead – “I just had to keep my head into the game. At the end of the day my job is to stop pucks. If I keep my mind on doing that then it happens. So I just had to stay focused.”
On facing Tigers potent offense – “I know they have a lot of speed up so I gotta be set right away, have a good gap on the guys coming in. I had to read the play as they like to do a lot of backdoor plays.”
ICE – Joey Leach
On winning the series – “It’s a great feeling to able to say we are the eastern Conference Champions but there is still a lot of work to do.”
Game Summary
Kootenay wins the series 4-0.
Kootenay to play Spokane or Portland in the WHL Finals.
1st Period
1. Kootenay, Reinhart 10 (McNabb) 6:20
2. Kootenay, Reinhart (2) 11 (Antilla, McNabb) 11:18
3. Kootenay, Reinhart (3) 12 (Fraser, Antilla) 13:02
4. Medicine Hat, Tochkin 5 (Parkkonen, Busenius) 14:17
5. Kootenay, Eakin 7 (King, Ismond) 18:54
Penalties – Carr MH (hooking) :16, Hamilton MH (slashing) 1:24.
2nd Period
6. Medicine Hat, Grbavac 10 (Hamilton, Tochkin) 4:42
7. Kootenay, Eakin (2) (Rintoul, Ismond) 6:40
8. Kootenay, Reinhart (4) 13 (Fraser) 9:15
Penalties – Konan MH (high sticking) 1:31, Antilla Ktn (cross checking) 7:17.
3rd Period
9. Kootenay, Reinhart (5) 14 (Fraser, Lieuwen) 4:50
Penalties – Kessy MH (roughing, unsportsmanlike) Ismond Ktn (double roughing) McNabb Ktn (slashing) 3:14, Kessy MH (roughing, misconduct) MH Konan (fighting, misconduct) MH Etem (fighting, game misconduct) Pearce Ktn (fighting, misconduct) McNabb (fighting, game misconduct) 12:25, Grbavac MH (slashing) 18:41.
Shots on goal by
Medicine Hat – 10 - 6 – 7 = 23
Kootenay - 11 – 11 – 13 = 35
Goal (shots-saves) – Medicine Hat: Tyler Bunz (L 4-6) (15-10) Deven Dubyk (6:40 second) (20-18) Kootenay: Nathan Lieuwen (W 12-2) (23-21)
Power plays (goals-chances) – Medicine Hat: 0/2 Kootenay: 0/6
Referees – Matt Kirk, Steve Papp
Linesmen – Jeff Jobson, Scott Sharun
Attendance – 3,474
ICE opened the scoring as Max Reinhart’s long shot was stopped but the goalie didn’t know the puck was loose behind him in the crease and Reinhart jumped behind him to put the puck into the net.
Brayden McNabb assisted on the goal and has tied a Franchise Record with a 9 game point streak in the playoffs. (Martin Sagat 05, Adam Cracknell 05)
ICE made it 2-0 on a 2 on-1 break as Joe Antilla fed it to Max Reinhart who scored with a one time wrist shot high on the glove side.
Max Reinhart completed his 1st period hat-trick as he received a behind the net feed from Matt Fraser and while in the low slot his quick shot beat the goalie low on the stick side.
It’s the 2nd hat trick by the ICE in this years playoffs (Matt Fraser vs Moose Jaw) and is the 9th in Franchise history.
It’s the 3rd time an ICE player has scored 3 goals in one period of a playoff game. (Martin Sagat Apr 9/05 in Everett, Trevor Wasyluk Mar 24/99 in Calgary)
Reinhart also tied a Franchise Record with 3 points in a period of a playoff game. (Andrew Bailey, Martin Sagat,
Adam Taylor, Nigel Dawes, Trevor Wasyluk)
Tigers called their timeout after the 3rd goal against.
Tigers got on the board as the Kellan Tochkin scored with a wrist shot from the top of the circle that sprised the goalie high on the glove side.
ICE regained a 3 goal lead on another odd man rush as Kevin King got a backhand shot on net and the rebound was put in by Cody Eakin.
Eakin has scored a goal in 5 straight games.
Early in the 2nd period the Tigers made the score 4-2 as Wacey Hamilton fed a wide open Cole Grbavac who scored from the bottom of the circle.
ICE made it 5-2 as Hayden Rintoul’s point shot was stopped as the rebound was put in by Cody Eakin.
Tigers changed goalies as Deven Dubyk replaced Tyler Bunz.
At the end of a penalty kill Max Reinhart picked up a puck at centre ice and went in on a breakaway and scored his 4th goal of the game with a wrist shot through the legs of the new goalie.
In the 3rd period the ICE scored another shorthanded goal as Max Reinhart leaned into a backhand shot that beat the goalie high on the glove side.
Reinhart is the 4th player in WHL history to score 5 goals in a playoff game. (Dave Chartier, Don Nachbaur, Dave Kryskow)
Reinhart tied a Franchise Record with 2 shorthanded goals in a playoff game (Martin Sagat 05) and set a Record with 3 shorthanded goals in one playoff season.
3 career shorthanded goals is also a new Playoff Team Record.
Drew Czerwonka, who left game 3 on a stretcher, was cleared to play by the medical staff by didn’t play due to soreness. Czewronka fell into the end boards head/shoulder first and then was taken to hospital where the x-rays showed no problems.
ICE have won 11 playoffs games in a row and the WHL record is 12 and has been done 5 times.
In ICE Playoff History …
It’s the 6th time the ICE have clinched a series on home ice.
(11 Saskatoon, 03 Kamloops, 02 Red Deer, 02 Kelowna, 02 Prince George)
It’s the 6th time the ICE have swept a series.
(Saskatoon 11, Everett 05, Seattle 02, Moose Jaw 01, Red Deer 00)
ICE scratches – Brock Montgomery, Steele Boomer, Drew Czerwonka.
Tigers scratches – Dawson MacAuley (3rd goalie), Tyler Pitlick, Spenser Jensen, Sebastian Owuya.
Quotes:
ICE – Max Reinhart
On scoring 5 goals - “I think it was one of those games for me, especially in the 1st period every puck just found my stick and I was just able to find the back of the net. It’s a special feeling coming out and winning a game like this, having the crowd amped up as they were it was an unbelievable feeling here.”
On going into the WHL Finals – “We’re going to have to stay on track. We’ve got a good thing going and we can’t get too high or too low. We just can’t give up the style that we’re playing right now. What’s going for us right now is working and we’re going to have to keep on the same track.”
ICE – Cody Eakin
On named Eastern Conference Playoff MVP – “It’s great to win it. Everyone just buys into this team and it’s evident throughout through the whole playoffs. It’s been exciting for myself and the team and it’s incredible to do what we have so far.”
On 3 game winning goals vs Tigers – “There is so much going on behind the scenes that goes on that doesn’t always get pointed out. I kinda finished off a few games but there was obviously some great play made by my teammates.”
On winning at home – “Just a solid 2 way game by our team and when you have momentum like that and obviously when your playing in your own home barn and the crowd is just phenomenal. Our fans are on fire and they just give you that support, it’s just great.”
ICE – Nathan Lieuwen
On ICE getting an early 4-1 lead – “I just had to keep my head into the game. At the end of the day my job is to stop pucks. If I keep my mind on doing that then it happens. So I just had to stay focused.”
On facing Tigers potent offense – “I know they have a lot of speed up so I gotta be set right away, have a good gap on the guys coming in. I had to read the play as they like to do a lot of backdoor plays.”
ICE – Joey Leach
On winning the series – “It’s a great feeling to able to say we are the eastern Conference Champions but there is still a lot of work to do.”
Game Summary
Kootenay wins the series 4-0.
Kootenay to play Spokane or Portland in the WHL Finals.
1st Period
1. Kootenay, Reinhart 10 (McNabb) 6:20
2. Kootenay, Reinhart (2) 11 (Antilla, McNabb) 11:18
3. Kootenay, Reinhart (3) 12 (Fraser, Antilla) 13:02
4. Medicine Hat, Tochkin 5 (Parkkonen, Busenius) 14:17
5. Kootenay, Eakin 7 (King, Ismond) 18:54
Penalties – Carr MH (hooking) :16, Hamilton MH (slashing) 1:24.
2nd Period
6. Medicine Hat, Grbavac 10 (Hamilton, Tochkin) 4:42
7. Kootenay, Eakin (2) (Rintoul, Ismond) 6:40
8. Kootenay, Reinhart (4) 13 (Fraser) 9:15
Penalties – Konan MH (high sticking) 1:31, Antilla Ktn (cross checking) 7:17.
3rd Period
9. Kootenay, Reinhart (5) 14 (Fraser, Lieuwen) 4:50
Penalties – Kessy MH (roughing, unsportsmanlike) Ismond Ktn (double roughing) McNabb Ktn (slashing) 3:14, Kessy MH (roughing, misconduct) MH Konan (fighting, misconduct) MH Etem (fighting, game misconduct) Pearce Ktn (fighting, misconduct) McNabb (fighting, game misconduct) 12:25, Grbavac MH (slashing) 18:41.
Shots on goal by
Medicine Hat – 10 - 6 – 7 = 23
Kootenay - 11 – 11 – 13 = 35
Goal (shots-saves) – Medicine Hat: Tyler Bunz (L 4-6) (15-10) Deven Dubyk (6:40 second) (20-18) Kootenay: Nathan Lieuwen (W 12-2) (23-21)
Power plays (goals-chances) – Medicine Hat: 0/2 Kootenay: 0/6
Referees – Matt Kirk, Steve Papp
Linesmen – Jeff Jobson, Scott Sharun
Attendance – 3,474
ICE Playoff Trivia Playoff Game #14
During every ICE broadcast we ask a trivia question.
Today’s Trivia question.
What is the ICE Franchise record for most career playoff game winning goals?
ANSWER – 7 Zdenek Blatny.
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Today’s Trivia question.
What is the ICE Franchise record for most career playoff game winning goals?
ANSWER – 7 Zdenek Blatny.
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Medicine Hat @ Kootenay Game 4 Playoff game #14
The Kootenay ICE will host Medicine Hat tonight in game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
ICE lead the series 3-0.
#1 - Kootenay 6-5 OT. Cody Eakin GW, Matt Fraser 2-2-4, Max Reinhart 1-2-3. Emerson Etem 2-2-4, Linden Vey 2-1-3.
#2 - Kootenay 3-0. Nathan Lieuwen 25 saves, Cody Eakin 1-2-3, Kevin King 1-1-2, Jesse Ismond 0-2-2.
#3 - Kootenay 3-1. Cody Eakin 1-2-3, Jesse Ismond 1-1-2.
ICE have won 10 games in a row.
Brayden McNabb has set a Franchise record with assists in 8 straight playoff games, assists by a defenseman in one playoff season (15), career playoff defenseman points (25), career playoff defenseman points (28) and has tied for points by a defenseman in one playoff season (18 Matt Waker 00).
Cody Eakin has tied a Franchise Record with 4 playoff game winning goals in one season (Matt Walker 00, Zdenek Blatny 00).
In ICE Playoff History ...
Chance to clinch a series - 22 times, won the game 15 times.
Chance to clinch a series at home - 9 times, won the game 5 times.
Chance to sweep - 6 times, won the game 5 times.
Listen for the Pre-Game Show at 6:30 on The Drive.
Leaders
ICE
Goals – 12 Matt Fraser
Assists – 15 Brayden McNabb
Points – 18 Matt Fraser, Brayden McNabb
Defenseman – 18 Brayden McNabb
Rookie – 1 Adam Rossignol, Eric Benoit
PM – 28 Kevin King
+/- - +16 Brayden McNabb
Avg – 0.00 Brett Teskey, 1.95 Nathan Lieuwen 3 SO
Tigers
Goals – 12 Linden Vey
Assists – 13 Linden Vey
Points – 25 Linden Vey
Defenseman – 15 Jace Coyle
Rookie – 9 Hunter Shinkaruk
PM – 31 Kale Kessy
+/- - +11 Linden Vey
Avg – 2.56 Tyler Bunz, 4.41 Deven Dubyk
Head to Head
ICE
Cody Eakin 3-4-7
Matt Fraser 2-2-4
Max Reinhart 2-2-4
Jesse Ismond 1-3-4
Kevin King 1-2-3
Brayden McNabb 0-3-3
Nathan Lieuwen 3-0 1.94 .928% 1 SO
Tigers
Emerson Etem 3-2-5
Linden Vey 2-2-4
Wacey Hamilton 1-0-1
Tyler Bunz 0-3 3.57 .901%
Streaks
Brayden McNabb - 8 games 2-12-14
Cody Eakin – 4 games 4-5-9
Kevin King - 2 games 1-2-3
Jesse Ismond - 2 games 1-3-4
Home
Brayden McNabb 2-8-10
Cody Eakin 3-6-9
Matt Fraser 3-3-6
Max Reinhart 5-0-5
Joe Antilla 3-1-4
Kevin King 0-4-4
Nathan Lieuwen 5-1 1.69 .933% 1 SO
Brett Teskey 0-0 0.00 1.000% 6 min
Road
Matt Fraser 9-3-12
Max Reinhart 4-8-12
Brayden McNabb 1-7-8
Joe Antilla 4-3-7
Cody Eakin 3-4-7
James Martin 0-4-4
Nathan Lieuwen 6-1 2.16 .927% 2 SO
ICE lead the series 3-0.
#1 - Kootenay 6-5 OT. Cody Eakin GW, Matt Fraser 2-2-4, Max Reinhart 1-2-3. Emerson Etem 2-2-4, Linden Vey 2-1-3.
#2 - Kootenay 3-0. Nathan Lieuwen 25 saves, Cody Eakin 1-2-3, Kevin King 1-1-2, Jesse Ismond 0-2-2.
#3 - Kootenay 3-1. Cody Eakin 1-2-3, Jesse Ismond 1-1-2.
ICE have won 10 games in a row.
Brayden McNabb has set a Franchise record with assists in 8 straight playoff games, assists by a defenseman in one playoff season (15), career playoff defenseman points (25), career playoff defenseman points (28) and has tied for points by a defenseman in one playoff season (18 Matt Waker 00).
Cody Eakin has tied a Franchise Record with 4 playoff game winning goals in one season (Matt Walker 00, Zdenek Blatny 00).
In ICE Playoff History ...
Chance to clinch a series - 22 times, won the game 15 times.
Chance to clinch a series at home - 9 times, won the game 5 times.
Chance to sweep - 6 times, won the game 5 times.
Listen for the Pre-Game Show at 6:30 on The Drive.
Leaders
ICE
Goals – 12 Matt Fraser
Assists – 15 Brayden McNabb
Points – 18 Matt Fraser, Brayden McNabb
Defenseman – 18 Brayden McNabb
Rookie – 1 Adam Rossignol, Eric Benoit
PM – 28 Kevin King
+/- - +16 Brayden McNabb
Avg – 0.00 Brett Teskey, 1.95 Nathan Lieuwen 3 SO
Tigers
Goals – 12 Linden Vey
Assists – 13 Linden Vey
Points – 25 Linden Vey
Defenseman – 15 Jace Coyle
Rookie – 9 Hunter Shinkaruk
PM – 31 Kale Kessy
+/- - +11 Linden Vey
Avg – 2.56 Tyler Bunz, 4.41 Deven Dubyk
Head to Head
ICE
Cody Eakin 3-4-7
Matt Fraser 2-2-4
Max Reinhart 2-2-4
Jesse Ismond 1-3-4
Kevin King 1-2-3
Brayden McNabb 0-3-3
Nathan Lieuwen 3-0 1.94 .928% 1 SO
Tigers
Emerson Etem 3-2-5
Linden Vey 2-2-4
Wacey Hamilton 1-0-1
Tyler Bunz 0-3 3.57 .901%
Streaks
Brayden McNabb - 8 games 2-12-14
Cody Eakin – 4 games 4-5-9
Kevin King - 2 games 1-2-3
Jesse Ismond - 2 games 1-3-4
Home
Brayden McNabb 2-8-10
Cody Eakin 3-6-9
Matt Fraser 3-3-6
Max Reinhart 5-0-5
Joe Antilla 3-1-4
Kevin King 0-4-4
Nathan Lieuwen 5-1 1.69 .933% 1 SO
Brett Teskey 0-0 0.00 1.000% 6 min
Road
Matt Fraser 9-3-12
Max Reinhart 4-8-12
Brayden McNabb 1-7-8
Joe Antilla 4-3-7
Cody Eakin 3-4-7
James Martin 0-4-4
Nathan Lieuwen 6-1 2.16 .927% 2 SO
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Kootenay 3 Medicine Hat 1 Game 3 Playoff Game #13
Cranbrook, BC – Kootenay ICE forward Cody Eakin had 1 goal and 2 assists in a 3-1 win over the Medicine Hat Tigers, in game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, in WHL playoff action on Tuesday.
ICE opened the scoring on a 2-man advantage as Cody Eakin at the blueline sent a slap pass to Max Reinhart at the far crease as he scored with a redirection.
Early in the 2nd period the Tigers tied the game 1-1 on the powerplay as Emerson Etem picked up the puck behind the net and tucked it in at the post before the goalie came across the crease. The goal snapped the Nathan Lieuwen’s shutout streak at 97:04.
ICE forward Drew Czerwonka was taken out of the game on a stretcher after he went for a big hit behind the Tigers net and missed the player and had a big collision into the end boards.
ICE took a 2-1 lead as Cody Eakin attacked a Tiger defenseman who couldn’t find the puck in his skates in the high slot and Eakin took the puck away and quickly snapped a shot that went through the goalies legs.
In the 3rd period Cody Eakin dropped a pass to Jesse Ismond at the top of the circle and he stepped into a slap shot that beat the goalie high on the glove side. The puck almost went through the net as it was stuck halfway through the mesh.
Cody Eakin has 3 goals in the series and have all been the game winners.
Eakin has 4 game winners in the playoffs which ties a Franchise for GW in one playoff season. (Matt Walker 00, Zdenek Blatny 00)
Brayden McNabb has set a Playoff Franchsie Record with 15 assists by a defenseman in a playoff season and has tied a record for points in a playoff season by a defenseman (18 Matt Walker 00).
15-year-old Sam Reinhart has joined the ICE for the remainder of the playoffs.
Last year against the ICE the Tigers came back from a 0-2 deficit to win 4 straight games and take the 1st round playoff meeting, but last year games 3 & 4 were in Medicine Hat.
In the 2008 playoffs the ICE won games 1 and 2 in Medicine Hat and went on to win the series in 5 games.
Tigers Cole Grbavac sat out game 2 of a 2-game league suspension.
Former ICE Head Coach Ryan McGill has been told by the Calgary Flames that they will not exercise the option on his contract.
ICE have won a Franchise Record 10 playoff games in a row.
In this years playoffs the Tigers are 5-2 on the road and the ICE are 5-1 at home.
ICE scratches – Brock Montgomery, Steele Boomer, John Neibrandt.
Tigers scratches – Dawson MacAuley (3rd goalie), Tyler Pitlick, Spenser Jensen, Cole Grbavac (suspension).
Quotes:
Tigers – Emerson Etem
On being down 3-0 - “I don’t think we really care. It’s a best of 7 series for a reason and we are obviously going to play every game likes it’s our last.”
On game 3 – “We thought we had a lot of chances tonight that we didn’t put home. We just gotta get more bodies around the net, he’s a great goalie obviously, we just need more shots.”
On ICE – “They’re doing a great job in the neutral zone clogging things up. We did a lot better job tonight and we are going to keep battling.”
ICE – Joe Antilla
On game 3 – “Going into tonight we felt if we played hard and played our way we could come out on top. We did everything we needed to do to get a victory so I’m happy with the outcome.”
On stopping the Tigers – “Vey and Etem have a ton of speed and great hands so we try to force them outside and hit them as much as we can and slow them down.”
On Czerwonka injury – “It’s tough to se a character guy like Drew go down. He an outstanding player and guy on to our team. We were sitting around for a long time and you need to focus in and try to get a few shifts in and get involved in the game again.”
On Game 4 on Wednesday – “If we continue to do what we’ve been doing and guys continue to step up when they need to step up we’ll be successful.”
ICE – Max Reinhart
On his goal – “It was a 5-on-3 and Cody Eakin had it at the middle of the point. I noticed the defenseman wasn’t paying attention to me behind him. I received the pass and just tipped it by his toe.”
On stopping the Tigers – “Really not letting anyone getting any momentum. We’re playing physical and good hard disciplined hockey.”
On game 4 on Wednesday – “We gotta come out and play the same way. We can’t let their top guys get going. They got a lot of skill out there and if you give them anytime their going to make plays. We got to keep grinding it down low and tire them out.”
Game Summary
Kootenay leads the series 3-0.
Game 4 is Wednesday in Cranbrook.
1st Period
1. Kootenay, Reinhart 9 (Eakin, King) 6:33 5-on-3 pp
Penalties – King Ktn (tripping) 1:00, Carr MH (holding) 4:55, Hamilton MH (tripping) 5:46, Kessy MH Fraser Ktn (roughing) 10:43, Ismond Ktn (unsportsmanlike) 13:11, Tochkin MH (interference) 14:07, Ismond Ktn (elbowing) 19:42.
2nd Period
2. Medicine Hat, Etem 10 (Vey, Coyle) 1:13 pp
3. Kootenay, Eakin 6 (Ismond, McNabb) 14:08
Penalties – Carr MH Eakin Ktn (roughing) 4:20, Kessy MH (goalie interference) 10:24, Konan MH (hooking) 18:50.
3rd Period
4. Kootenay, Ismond 2 (Eakin, Leach) 3:35
Penalties – Hamilton MH (interference) 8:46, Reinhart Ktn (roughing) 16:00, Bunz MH (delay of game) 16:49.
Shots on goal by
Medicine Hat - 9 - 5 – 9 = 23
Kootenay - 14 – 11 – 10 = 35
Goal (shots-saves) – Medicine Hat: Tyler Bunz (L 4-5) (35-32) Kootenay: Nathan Lieuwen (L 11-2) (23-22)
Power plays (goals-chances) – Medicine Hat: 1/4 Kootenay: 1/7
Referees – Matt Kirk, Steve Papp
Linesmen – Jeff Jobson, Scott Sharun
Attendance – 2,972
ICE opened the scoring on a 2-man advantage as Cody Eakin at the blueline sent a slap pass to Max Reinhart at the far crease as he scored with a redirection.
Early in the 2nd period the Tigers tied the game 1-1 on the powerplay as Emerson Etem picked up the puck behind the net and tucked it in at the post before the goalie came across the crease. The goal snapped the Nathan Lieuwen’s shutout streak at 97:04.
ICE forward Drew Czerwonka was taken out of the game on a stretcher after he went for a big hit behind the Tigers net and missed the player and had a big collision into the end boards.
ICE took a 2-1 lead as Cody Eakin attacked a Tiger defenseman who couldn’t find the puck in his skates in the high slot and Eakin took the puck away and quickly snapped a shot that went through the goalies legs.
In the 3rd period Cody Eakin dropped a pass to Jesse Ismond at the top of the circle and he stepped into a slap shot that beat the goalie high on the glove side. The puck almost went through the net as it was stuck halfway through the mesh.
Cody Eakin has 3 goals in the series and have all been the game winners.
Eakin has 4 game winners in the playoffs which ties a Franchise for GW in one playoff season. (Matt Walker 00, Zdenek Blatny 00)
Brayden McNabb has set a Playoff Franchsie Record with 15 assists by a defenseman in a playoff season and has tied a record for points in a playoff season by a defenseman (18 Matt Walker 00).
15-year-old Sam Reinhart has joined the ICE for the remainder of the playoffs.
Last year against the ICE the Tigers came back from a 0-2 deficit to win 4 straight games and take the 1st round playoff meeting, but last year games 3 & 4 were in Medicine Hat.
In the 2008 playoffs the ICE won games 1 and 2 in Medicine Hat and went on to win the series in 5 games.
Tigers Cole Grbavac sat out game 2 of a 2-game league suspension.
Former ICE Head Coach Ryan McGill has been told by the Calgary Flames that they will not exercise the option on his contract.
ICE have won a Franchise Record 10 playoff games in a row.
In this years playoffs the Tigers are 5-2 on the road and the ICE are 5-1 at home.
ICE scratches – Brock Montgomery, Steele Boomer, John Neibrandt.
Tigers scratches – Dawson MacAuley (3rd goalie), Tyler Pitlick, Spenser Jensen, Cole Grbavac (suspension).
Quotes:
Tigers – Emerson Etem
On being down 3-0 - “I don’t think we really care. It’s a best of 7 series for a reason and we are obviously going to play every game likes it’s our last.”
On game 3 – “We thought we had a lot of chances tonight that we didn’t put home. We just gotta get more bodies around the net, he’s a great goalie obviously, we just need more shots.”
On ICE – “They’re doing a great job in the neutral zone clogging things up. We did a lot better job tonight and we are going to keep battling.”
ICE – Joe Antilla
On game 3 – “Going into tonight we felt if we played hard and played our way we could come out on top. We did everything we needed to do to get a victory so I’m happy with the outcome.”
On stopping the Tigers – “Vey and Etem have a ton of speed and great hands so we try to force them outside and hit them as much as we can and slow them down.”
On Czerwonka injury – “It’s tough to se a character guy like Drew go down. He an outstanding player and guy on to our team. We were sitting around for a long time and you need to focus in and try to get a few shifts in and get involved in the game again.”
On Game 4 on Wednesday – “If we continue to do what we’ve been doing and guys continue to step up when they need to step up we’ll be successful.”
ICE – Max Reinhart
On his goal – “It was a 5-on-3 and Cody Eakin had it at the middle of the point. I noticed the defenseman wasn’t paying attention to me behind him. I received the pass and just tipped it by his toe.”
On stopping the Tigers – “Really not letting anyone getting any momentum. We’re playing physical and good hard disciplined hockey.”
On game 4 on Wednesday – “We gotta come out and play the same way. We can’t let their top guys get going. They got a lot of skill out there and if you give them anytime their going to make plays. We got to keep grinding it down low and tire them out.”
Game Summary
Kootenay leads the series 3-0.
Game 4 is Wednesday in Cranbrook.
1st Period
1. Kootenay, Reinhart 9 (Eakin, King) 6:33 5-on-3 pp
Penalties – King Ktn (tripping) 1:00, Carr MH (holding) 4:55, Hamilton MH (tripping) 5:46, Kessy MH Fraser Ktn (roughing) 10:43, Ismond Ktn (unsportsmanlike) 13:11, Tochkin MH (interference) 14:07, Ismond Ktn (elbowing) 19:42.
2nd Period
2. Medicine Hat, Etem 10 (Vey, Coyle) 1:13 pp
3. Kootenay, Eakin 6 (Ismond, McNabb) 14:08
Penalties – Carr MH Eakin Ktn (roughing) 4:20, Kessy MH (goalie interference) 10:24, Konan MH (hooking) 18:50.
3rd Period
4. Kootenay, Ismond 2 (Eakin, Leach) 3:35
Penalties – Hamilton MH (interference) 8:46, Reinhart Ktn (roughing) 16:00, Bunz MH (delay of game) 16:49.
Shots on goal by
Medicine Hat - 9 - 5 – 9 = 23
Kootenay - 14 – 11 – 10 = 35
Goal (shots-saves) – Medicine Hat: Tyler Bunz (L 4-5) (35-32) Kootenay: Nathan Lieuwen (L 11-2) (23-22)
Power plays (goals-chances) – Medicine Hat: 1/4 Kootenay: 1/7
Referees – Matt Kirk, Steve Papp
Linesmen – Jeff Jobson, Scott Sharun
Attendance – 2,972
ICE Trivia Playoff Game #13
During every ICE broadcast we ask a trivia question.
Today’s Trivia question.
What is the ICE Playoff record for most point by a defenseman in one season?
ANSWER – 18 Matt Walker in 2000 (5-13-18).
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Today’s Trivia question.
What is the ICE Playoff record for most point by a defenseman in one season?
ANSWER – 18 Matt Walker in 2000 (5-13-18).
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Medicine Hat @ Kootenay Game 3 Playoff Game #13
The Kootenay ICE will host Medicine Hat tonight in game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
ICE lead the series 2-0.
#1 - Kootenay 6-5 OT. Cody Eakin GW, Matt Fraser 2-2-4, Max Reinhart 1-2-3. Emerson Etem 2-2-4, Linden Vey 2-1-3.
#2 - Kootenay 3-0. Nathan Lieuwen 25 saves, Cody Eakin 1-2-3, Kevin King 1-1-2, Jesse Ismond 0-2-2.
Brayden McNabb has tied a Playoff Franchise Record with 14 assists in one season. (Gerard Dicaire)
McNabb has tied Cole Fischer for most career defenseman assists (24) and defenseman points (27).
15-year-old Sam Reinhart has joined the club for the rest of the playoffs.
Tigers Cole Grbavac will not play as he has received a 2 game suspension for his hit to the head on Steele Boomer in game 1. He missed game 2.
In ICE Playoff History ...
ICE win 1st 2 games – 8 times, have won the series 7 times. The only time they lost was last year to Medicine Hat.
ICE win 1st 2 games without home ice advantage – 2 times and won both times.
Listen for the Pre-Game Show at 6:30 on The Drive.
Leaders
ICE
Goals – 12 Matt Fraser
Assists – 14 Brayden McNabb
Points – 18 Matt Fraser
Defenseman – 17 Brayden McNabb
Rookie – 1 Adam Rossignol, Eric Benoit
PM – 26 Kevin King
+/- - +15 Brayden McNabb
Avg – 0.00 Brett Teskey, 2.03 Nathan Lieuwen 3 SO
Tigers
Goals – 12 Linden Vey
Assists – 12 Linden Vey
Points – 24 Linden Vey
Defenseman – 14 Jace Coyle
Rookie – 9 Hunter Shinkaruk
PM – 27 Kale Kessy
+/- - +11 Linden Vey
Avg – 2.50 Tyler Bunz, 4.41 Deven Dubyk
Head to Head
ICE
Matt Fraser 2-2-4
Cody Eakin 2-2-4
Max Reinhart 1-2-3
Joe Antilla 1-1-2
Kevin King 1-1-2
Brayden McNabb 0-2-2
Nathan Lieuwen 2-0 2.38 .917% 1 SO
Tigers
Emerson Etem 2-2-4
Linden Vey 2-1-3
Wacey Hamilton 1-0-1
Tyler Bunz 0-2 3.83 .895%
Streaks
Brayden McNabb - 7 games 2-11-13
Joe Antilla – 5 games 3-2-5
Cody Eakin – 3 games 3-3-6
Home
Brayden McNabb 2-7-9
Cody Eakin 2-4-6
Matt Fraser 3-3-6
Joe Antilla 3-1-4
Max Reinhart 4-0-4
Kevin King 0-3-3
Nathan Lieuwen 4-1 1.84 .929% 1 SO
Brett Teskey 0-0 0.00 1.000% 6 min
Road
Matt Fraser 9-3-12
Max Reinhart 4-8-12
Brayden McNabb 1-7-8
Joe Antilla 4-3-7
Cody Eakin 3-4-7
James Martin 0-4-4
Nathan Lieuwen 6-1 2.16 .927% 2 SO
ICE lead the series 2-0.
#1 - Kootenay 6-5 OT. Cody Eakin GW, Matt Fraser 2-2-4, Max Reinhart 1-2-3. Emerson Etem 2-2-4, Linden Vey 2-1-3.
#2 - Kootenay 3-0. Nathan Lieuwen 25 saves, Cody Eakin 1-2-3, Kevin King 1-1-2, Jesse Ismond 0-2-2.
Brayden McNabb has tied a Playoff Franchise Record with 14 assists in one season. (Gerard Dicaire)
McNabb has tied Cole Fischer for most career defenseman assists (24) and defenseman points (27).
15-year-old Sam Reinhart has joined the club for the rest of the playoffs.
Tigers Cole Grbavac will not play as he has received a 2 game suspension for his hit to the head on Steele Boomer in game 1. He missed game 2.
In ICE Playoff History ...
ICE win 1st 2 games – 8 times, have won the series 7 times. The only time they lost was last year to Medicine Hat.
ICE win 1st 2 games without home ice advantage – 2 times and won both times.
Listen for the Pre-Game Show at 6:30 on The Drive.
Leaders
ICE
Goals – 12 Matt Fraser
Assists – 14 Brayden McNabb
Points – 18 Matt Fraser
Defenseman – 17 Brayden McNabb
Rookie – 1 Adam Rossignol, Eric Benoit
PM – 26 Kevin King
+/- - +15 Brayden McNabb
Avg – 0.00 Brett Teskey, 2.03 Nathan Lieuwen 3 SO
Tigers
Goals – 12 Linden Vey
Assists – 12 Linden Vey
Points – 24 Linden Vey
Defenseman – 14 Jace Coyle
Rookie – 9 Hunter Shinkaruk
PM – 27 Kale Kessy
+/- - +11 Linden Vey
Avg – 2.50 Tyler Bunz, 4.41 Deven Dubyk
Head to Head
ICE
Matt Fraser 2-2-4
Cody Eakin 2-2-4
Max Reinhart 1-2-3
Joe Antilla 1-1-2
Kevin King 1-1-2
Brayden McNabb 0-2-2
Nathan Lieuwen 2-0 2.38 .917% 1 SO
Tigers
Emerson Etem 2-2-4
Linden Vey 2-1-3
Wacey Hamilton 1-0-1
Tyler Bunz 0-2 3.83 .895%
Streaks
Brayden McNabb - 7 games 2-11-13
Joe Antilla – 5 games 3-2-5
Cody Eakin – 3 games 3-3-6
Home
Brayden McNabb 2-7-9
Cody Eakin 2-4-6
Matt Fraser 3-3-6
Joe Antilla 3-1-4
Max Reinhart 4-0-4
Kevin King 0-3-3
Nathan Lieuwen 4-1 1.84 .929% 1 SO
Brett Teskey 0-0 0.00 1.000% 6 min
Road
Matt Fraser 9-3-12
Max Reinhart 4-8-12
Brayden McNabb 1-7-8
Joe Antilla 4-3-7
Cody Eakin 3-4-7
James Martin 0-4-4
Nathan Lieuwen 6-1 2.16 .927% 2 SO
Monday, April 25, 2011
From The ICE Office
ICE CHIPS: The KOOTENAY ICE enter this week’s action with a 2-0 record (0-0 at home, 2-0 on the road and 1-0 in overtime) after two games of the WHL HUSKY MOHAWK EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP against the MEDICINE HAT TIGERS…KOOTENAY advanced to the WHL HUSKY MOHAWK EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP after a 4-0 series victory versus the SASKATOON BLADES…The ICE advanced to the SEMI FINAL after a 4-2 series victory versus the MOOSE JAW WARRIORS in round one of the playoffs…KOOTENAY finished the 2010-2011 regular season 46-21-1-4 (26-8-1-1 at home, 20-13-0-3 on the road, 1-1 in overtime, 4-4 in shootouts) and in fourth place in the EASTERN CONFERENCE and sixth in the WHL…The ICE clinched a playoff spot for the 13th consecutive season which is the longest active streak in the WHL.
PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE: The ICE have a career playoff record of 79-58 (42-25 at home, 37-33 on the road, 21-10 in overtime)…KOOTENAY has played in 25 playoff series in franchise history and have a 15-10 career record...The ICE have 427 games of playoff experience…KEVIN KING (39), CODY EAKIN (35) and BRAYDEN MCNABB (32) lead the ICE in games played in the playoffs…MCNABB recorded his first WHL playoff goal on March 26 against MOOSE JAW…JOE ANTILLA recorded his first WHL playoff goal against the WARRIORS on March 26…NATHAN LIEUWEN recorded his first WHL playoff shutout on March 30 in MOOSE JAW…MATT FRASER recorded his first WHL playoff hat trick in MOOSE JAW on April 2…ADAM ROSSIGNOL recorded his first career WHL playoff point with an assist against the WARRIORS on April 2…NATHAN LIEUWEN recorded his second WHL playoff shutout on April 12 against SASKATOON…ERIK BENOIT recorded his first WHL playoff goal on April 22 in MEDICINE HAT…BRENDAN HURLEY recorded his first WHL playoff point with an assist in MEDICINE HAT on April 22…LUKE PAULSEN recorded his first WHL playoff point with an assist on April 22 in MEDICINE HAT…NATHAN LIEUWEN recorded his third WHL playoff shutout against MEDICINE HAT on April 23.
EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP: Games Three and Four of the WHL HUSKY MOHAWK EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP vs. MEDICINE HAT will be played in CRANBROOK on Wednesday, April 27th at 7:00 pm…If necessary, Game Six will be played at home on Sunday, May 1st at 6:00 pm…For ticket information please call the KOOTENAY ICE Office at 250-417-0322.
DID YOU KNOW: KOOTENAY has won a franchise record nine consecutive playoff games (March 30 – April 23) …The ICE have won a franchise high six straight games on the road (March 30 – April 23)…NATHAN LIEUWEN, who was named CHL GOALIE OF THE WEEK for the week ending April 17th , has set a franchise record for the most shutouts during a playoff season with three and has tied the career record for most shutouts in the playoffs with DAN BLACKBURN (three – 2000 and 2001 playoffs)…MATT FRASER is tied for first in the WHL in goals scored during the playoffs with 12…JOE ANTILLA is first in the League in short handed goals in the playoffs with two…STEELE BOOMER, JOEY LEACH and BRAYDEN MCNABB are tied for first in the WHL for short handed assists during the playoffs with two…CODY EAKIN, who was named WHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK for the week ending April 24th, was named to the SECOND WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STAR TEAM…BRAYDEN MCNABB, who was named WHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK for the week ending April 17th, was named to the FIRST WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STAR TEAM.
SCORING STREAKS: BRAYDEN MCNABB (2-11-13) has recorded at least a point in his last seven games…JOE ANTILLA (3-3-6) has recorded at least a point in his last five games…CODY EAKIN (3-3-6) has recorded at least a point in his last three games.
TRANSACTION: KOOTENAY has called up Forward SAM REINHART (November 6, 1995) from the NW VANCOUVER GIANTS – BCMML for the remainder of the playoffs…REINHART is fresh off the TELUS CUP in HALIFAX, NS where he played in seven games and recorded seven goals and 13 assists for 20 points.
UPCOMING WEEK:
Tuesday April 26 ICE vs Medicine Hat 7:00 pm (102.9 FM – The Drive)
Wednesday April 27 ICE vs Medicine Hat 7:00 pm (102.9 FM – The Drive)
Thursday April 28 Travel Day
Friday April 29 ICE @ Medicine Hat 7:30 pm (102.9 FM – The Drive)*
Saturday April 30 Travel Day
Sunday May 1 ICE vs Medicine Hat 6:00 pm (102.9 FM – The Drive)*
*if necessary
WEEK IN REVIEW:
Friday, April 22 – Kootenay 6 @ Medicine Hat 5 – OT – Record 1-0 – Attendance: 4,006
Goals:
1 – Czerwonka (1) from Paulsen and Pearce
2 – Reinhart (8) from Fraser
3 – Benoit (1) from Hurley and Fraser
4 – Fraser (11) from Reinhart
5 – Fraser (12) from Reinhart and McNabb
6 – Eakin (4) from Antilla
Goalie: Nathan Lieuwen (30 Saves, 5 GA)
Saturday, April 23 – Kootenay 3 @ Medicine Hat 0 – Record 2-0 – Attendance: 4,006
Goals:
1 – Eakin (5) from Ismond and McNabb
2 – King (1) from Eakin and Ismond
3 – Antilla (7) from Eakin and King
Goalie: Nathan Lieuwen (25 Saves, 0 GA)
PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE: The ICE have a career playoff record of 79-58 (42-25 at home, 37-33 on the road, 21-10 in overtime)…KOOTENAY has played in 25 playoff series in franchise history and have a 15-10 career record...The ICE have 427 games of playoff experience…KEVIN KING (39), CODY EAKIN (35) and BRAYDEN MCNABB (32) lead the ICE in games played in the playoffs…MCNABB recorded his first WHL playoff goal on March 26 against MOOSE JAW…JOE ANTILLA recorded his first WHL playoff goal against the WARRIORS on March 26…NATHAN LIEUWEN recorded his first WHL playoff shutout on March 30 in MOOSE JAW…MATT FRASER recorded his first WHL playoff hat trick in MOOSE JAW on April 2…ADAM ROSSIGNOL recorded his first career WHL playoff point with an assist against the WARRIORS on April 2…NATHAN LIEUWEN recorded his second WHL playoff shutout on April 12 against SASKATOON…ERIK BENOIT recorded his first WHL playoff goal on April 22 in MEDICINE HAT…BRENDAN HURLEY recorded his first WHL playoff point with an assist in MEDICINE HAT on April 22…LUKE PAULSEN recorded his first WHL playoff point with an assist on April 22 in MEDICINE HAT…NATHAN LIEUWEN recorded his third WHL playoff shutout against MEDICINE HAT on April 23.
EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP: Games Three and Four of the WHL HUSKY MOHAWK EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP vs. MEDICINE HAT will be played in CRANBROOK on Wednesday, April 27th at 7:00 pm…If necessary, Game Six will be played at home on Sunday, May 1st at 6:00 pm…For ticket information please call the KOOTENAY ICE Office at 250-417-0322.
DID YOU KNOW: KOOTENAY has won a franchise record nine consecutive playoff games (March 30 – April 23) …The ICE have won a franchise high six straight games on the road (March 30 – April 23)…NATHAN LIEUWEN, who was named CHL GOALIE OF THE WEEK for the week ending April 17th , has set a franchise record for the most shutouts during a playoff season with three and has tied the career record for most shutouts in the playoffs with DAN BLACKBURN (three – 2000 and 2001 playoffs)…MATT FRASER is tied for first in the WHL in goals scored during the playoffs with 12…JOE ANTILLA is first in the League in short handed goals in the playoffs with two…STEELE BOOMER, JOEY LEACH and BRAYDEN MCNABB are tied for first in the WHL for short handed assists during the playoffs with two…CODY EAKIN, who was named WHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK for the week ending April 24th, was named to the SECOND WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STAR TEAM…BRAYDEN MCNABB, who was named WHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK for the week ending April 17th, was named to the FIRST WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STAR TEAM.
SCORING STREAKS: BRAYDEN MCNABB (2-11-13) has recorded at least a point in his last seven games…JOE ANTILLA (3-3-6) has recorded at least a point in his last five games…CODY EAKIN (3-3-6) has recorded at least a point in his last three games.
TRANSACTION: KOOTENAY has called up Forward SAM REINHART (November 6, 1995) from the NW VANCOUVER GIANTS – BCMML for the remainder of the playoffs…REINHART is fresh off the TELUS CUP in HALIFAX, NS where he played in seven games and recorded seven goals and 13 assists for 20 points.
UPCOMING WEEK:
Tuesday April 26 ICE vs Medicine Hat 7:00 pm (102.9 FM – The Drive)
Wednesday April 27 ICE vs Medicine Hat 7:00 pm (102.9 FM – The Drive)
Thursday April 28 Travel Day
Friday April 29 ICE @ Medicine Hat 7:30 pm (102.9 FM – The Drive)*
Saturday April 30 Travel Day
Sunday May 1 ICE vs Medicine Hat 6:00 pm (102.9 FM – The Drive)*
*if necessary
WEEK IN REVIEW:
Friday, April 22 – Kootenay 6 @ Medicine Hat 5 – OT – Record 1-0 – Attendance: 4,006
Goals:
1 – Czerwonka (1) from Paulsen and Pearce
2 – Reinhart (8) from Fraser
3 – Benoit (1) from Hurley and Fraser
4 – Fraser (11) from Reinhart
5 – Fraser (12) from Reinhart and McNabb
6 – Eakin (4) from Antilla
Goalie: Nathan Lieuwen (30 Saves, 5 GA)
Saturday, April 23 – Kootenay 3 @ Medicine Hat 0 – Record 2-0 – Attendance: 4,006
Goals:
1 – Eakin (5) from Ismond and McNabb
2 – King (1) from Eakin and Ismond
3 – Antilla (7) from Eakin and King
Goalie: Nathan Lieuwen (25 Saves, 0 GA)
Eakin POW
The Western Hockey League announced today that Kootenay Ice forward Cody Eakin is the WHL Player of the Week.
Eakin picked up four points, scoring two goals and two assists to go with a +2 rating in two road games over the last week, helping the Ice to a 2-0 series lead over the Medicine Hat Tigers in the Husky WHL Eastern Conference Championship Series.
On Friday, April 22nd, the Kootenay Ice were in Medicine Hat for the Eastern Conference Championship series opener against the Tigers at The Arena. Eakin scored the OT winner in the first extra frame to lift the Ice to a 6-5 win over the Tigers. The next night, Saturday, April 23rd, Eakin scored the game winning goal, added two assists and was named the games 1st Star as the Ice shut-out the Tigers 3-0.
The Kootenay Ice have a 2-0 series lead over the Medicine Hat Tigers in the Husky WHL Eastern Conference Championship with the series shifting to Cranbrook, BC for games three and four, scheduled for Tuesday, April 26th and Wednesday, April 27th at 7:00pm MT in the Rec Plex.
Eakin, a 19 year old from Winnipeg, MB, joined the Ice at the 2011 WHL Trade Deadline after spending over three seasons with the Swift Current Broncos. The Broncos made him their 1st round (6th overall) selection at the 2006 WHL Bantam Draft and was selected in the 3rd round (85th overall) in the 2009 NHL Draft by the Washington Capitals. Eakin helped Team Canada to a Silver Medal at the 2011 World Junior Championships and was recently named a 2010-11 WHL Eastern Conference Second Team All Star.
The WHL has also nominated Mac Carruth of the Portland Winterhawks for the CHL Goaltender of the Week Award. Carruth posted a 1-1-0-0 record this past week, stopping 75 of 78 shots faced for a 1.51 goals-against average and 0.962 save percentage. Carruth, a native of Shorewood, MN, helped the Winterhawks to a 1-1 series tie this past week in the Kal Tire WHL Western Conference Championship against the Spokane Chiefs.
Eakin picked up four points, scoring two goals and two assists to go with a +2 rating in two road games over the last week, helping the Ice to a 2-0 series lead over the Medicine Hat Tigers in the Husky WHL Eastern Conference Championship Series.
On Friday, April 22nd, the Kootenay Ice were in Medicine Hat for the Eastern Conference Championship series opener against the Tigers at The Arena. Eakin scored the OT winner in the first extra frame to lift the Ice to a 6-5 win over the Tigers. The next night, Saturday, April 23rd, Eakin scored the game winning goal, added two assists and was named the games 1st Star as the Ice shut-out the Tigers 3-0.
The Kootenay Ice have a 2-0 series lead over the Medicine Hat Tigers in the Husky WHL Eastern Conference Championship with the series shifting to Cranbrook, BC for games three and four, scheduled for Tuesday, April 26th and Wednesday, April 27th at 7:00pm MT in the Rec Plex.
Eakin, a 19 year old from Winnipeg, MB, joined the Ice at the 2011 WHL Trade Deadline after spending over three seasons with the Swift Current Broncos. The Broncos made him their 1st round (6th overall) selection at the 2006 WHL Bantam Draft and was selected in the 3rd round (85th overall) in the 2009 NHL Draft by the Washington Capitals. Eakin helped Team Canada to a Silver Medal at the 2011 World Junior Championships and was recently named a 2010-11 WHL Eastern Conference Second Team All Star.
The WHL has also nominated Mac Carruth of the Portland Winterhawks for the CHL Goaltender of the Week Award. Carruth posted a 1-1-0-0 record this past week, stopping 75 of 78 shots faced for a 1.51 goals-against average and 0.962 save percentage. Carruth, a native of Shorewood, MN, helped the Winterhawks to a 1-1 series tie this past week in the Kal Tire WHL Western Conference Championship against the Spokane Chiefs.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Telus Cup Day 7
Sam Reinhart was held off the scoresheet as the Giants finished in 4th place.
Reinhart finished 2nd in scoring 7 GP 7-13-20 and is now eligible to join the ICE for the remainder of the playoffs.
Box Score 1 2 3 Total
Lions du Lac St-Louis (QUE) 0 3 2 5
Vancouver NW Giants (PAC) 2 1 0 3
Goals/Penalties
First Period
Goals:
15:17 PAC 16 Jackson Houck (7 Cam Marks, 14 Alex Kerfoot) PP
18:32 PAC 16 Jackson Houck (7 Cam Marks, 2 Joseph Carvalho) PP
Penalties:
13:57 QUE 27 Jonathan Drouin (Hooking)
17:22 QUE 27 Jonathan Drouin (Interference)
Second Period
Goals:
02:02 PAC 14 Alex Kerfoot (7 Cam Marks, 2 Joseph Carvalho) PP
04:47 QUE 22 Alexandros Soumakis (9 Kurt Etchegary, 7 Michael Matheson)
08:45 QUE 25 Maxim Côté (6 Andrew Rossy, 20 Patrick Walsh)
14:55 QUE 20 Patrick Walsh (10 Anthony Duclair)
Penalties:
01:41 QUE 4 Anthony Cortese (Interference)
10:34 PAC 18 Chris Critchley (Slashing)
11:26 QUE 25 Maxim Côté (Cross Checking)
Third Period
Goals:
17:26 QUE 10 Anthony Duclair (2 Ryan Patulli, 20 Patrick Walsh)
19:59 QUE 10 Anthony Duclair (20 Patrick Walsh, 7 Michael Matheson) EN
Penalties:
09:54 QUE 20 Patrick Walsh (Cross Checking)
09:54 PAC 16 Jackson Houck (Roughing)
Goaltenders
Lions du Lac St-Louis 33 François Brassard
Vancouver NW Giants 1 Daniel Cotton 35 Scott Legault
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Lions du Lac St-Louis 3 14 5 22
Vancouver NW Giants 8 9 11 28
Reinhart finished 2nd in scoring 7 GP 7-13-20 and is now eligible to join the ICE for the remainder of the playoffs.
Box Score 1 2 3 Total
Lions du Lac St-Louis (QUE) 0 3 2 5
Vancouver NW Giants (PAC) 2 1 0 3
Goals/Penalties
First Period
Goals:
15:17 PAC 16 Jackson Houck (7 Cam Marks, 14 Alex Kerfoot) PP
18:32 PAC 16 Jackson Houck (7 Cam Marks, 2 Joseph Carvalho) PP
Penalties:
13:57 QUE 27 Jonathan Drouin (Hooking)
17:22 QUE 27 Jonathan Drouin (Interference)
Second Period
Goals:
02:02 PAC 14 Alex Kerfoot (7 Cam Marks, 2 Joseph Carvalho) PP
04:47 QUE 22 Alexandros Soumakis (9 Kurt Etchegary, 7 Michael Matheson)
08:45 QUE 25 Maxim Côté (6 Andrew Rossy, 20 Patrick Walsh)
14:55 QUE 20 Patrick Walsh (10 Anthony Duclair)
Penalties:
01:41 QUE 4 Anthony Cortese (Interference)
10:34 PAC 18 Chris Critchley (Slashing)
11:26 QUE 25 Maxim Côté (Cross Checking)
Third Period
Goals:
17:26 QUE 10 Anthony Duclair (2 Ryan Patulli, 20 Patrick Walsh)
19:59 QUE 10 Anthony Duclair (20 Patrick Walsh, 7 Michael Matheson) EN
Penalties:
09:54 QUE 20 Patrick Walsh (Cross Checking)
09:54 PAC 16 Jackson Houck (Roughing)
Goaltenders
Lions du Lac St-Louis 33 François Brassard
Vancouver NW Giants 1 Daniel Cotton 35 Scott Legault
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Lions du Lac St-Louis 3 14 5 22
Vancouver NW Giants 8 9 11 28
Russia 6 Canada 4 U-18
Canada finishes in 4th Place.
Morgan Rielly 2-1-3
Ryan Murray 3-7-10
Reece Scarlett 0-0-0
Colin Smith 2-1-3
Travis Ewanyk 0-1-1
Mark McNeill 0-6-6
Mike Williamson, Head Coach
Mark Lamb, Assistant Coach
Box Score 1 2 3 Total
Canada (CAN) 1 2 1 4
Russia (RUS) 1 4 1 6
First Period
Goals:
11:36 RUS 16 Nikita Kucherov
18:47 CAN 14 Ryan Murphy (18 Alan Quine) PP
Penalties:
05:13 CAN 7 Daniel Catenacci (Slashing)
18:23 RUS 14 Maxim Shuvalov (Elbowing)
Second Period
Goals:
03:07 CAN 18 Alan Quine (23 Mark Scheifele, 14 Ryan Murphy) PP
07:40 RUS 10 Nail Yakupov (11 Roman Konkov)
08:24 RUS 28 Vladimir Tkachev (10 Nail Yakupov)
10:25 RUS 10 Nail Yakupov (28 Vladimir Tkachev) SH
15:42 RUS 16 Nikita Kucherov (25 Mikhail Grigorenko, 23 Albert Yarullin) PP
17:59 CAN 5 Ryan Murray (15 Eric Locke ) PP
Penalties:
01:26 RUS (Too Many Men)
02:08 RUS 9 Nikita Nesterov (Hooking)
08:53 RUS 27 Alexander Kuvaev (Tripping)
14:52 CAN 6 Scott Harrington (Interference)
17:53 RUS 11 Roman Konkov (Tripping)
Third Period
Goals:
18:20 CAN 20 Brett Ritchie (14 Ryan Murphy)
19:56 RUS 10 Nail Yakupov (16 Nikita Kucherov) EN
Penalties:
10:56 CAN 8 Cody Ceci (Holding)
Goaltenders
Canada 1 Andrew D'Agostini
Russia 1 Andrei Vasilevski
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Canada 7 18 17 42
Russia 14 14 5 33
Morgan Rielly 2-1-3
Ryan Murray 3-7-10
Reece Scarlett 0-0-0
Colin Smith 2-1-3
Travis Ewanyk 0-1-1
Mark McNeill 0-6-6
Mike Williamson, Head Coach
Mark Lamb, Assistant Coach
Box Score 1 2 3 Total
Canada (CAN) 1 2 1 4
Russia (RUS) 1 4 1 6
First Period
Goals:
11:36 RUS 16 Nikita Kucherov
18:47 CAN 14 Ryan Murphy (18 Alan Quine) PP
Penalties:
05:13 CAN 7 Daniel Catenacci (Slashing)
18:23 RUS 14 Maxim Shuvalov (Elbowing)
Second Period
Goals:
03:07 CAN 18 Alan Quine (23 Mark Scheifele, 14 Ryan Murphy) PP
07:40 RUS 10 Nail Yakupov (11 Roman Konkov)
08:24 RUS 28 Vladimir Tkachev (10 Nail Yakupov)
10:25 RUS 10 Nail Yakupov (28 Vladimir Tkachev) SH
15:42 RUS 16 Nikita Kucherov (25 Mikhail Grigorenko, 23 Albert Yarullin) PP
17:59 CAN 5 Ryan Murray (15 Eric Locke ) PP
Penalties:
01:26 RUS (Too Many Men)
02:08 RUS 9 Nikita Nesterov (Hooking)
08:53 RUS 27 Alexander Kuvaev (Tripping)
14:52 CAN 6 Scott Harrington (Interference)
17:53 RUS 11 Roman Konkov (Tripping)
Third Period
Goals:
18:20 CAN 20 Brett Ritchie (14 Ryan Murphy)
19:56 RUS 10 Nail Yakupov (16 Nikita Kucherov) EN
Penalties:
10:56 CAN 8 Cody Ceci (Holding)
Goaltenders
Canada 1 Andrew D'Agostini
Russia 1 Andrei Vasilevski
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Canada 7 18 17 42
Russia 14 14 5 33
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Kootenay 3 Medicine Hat 0 Game 2 Playoff Game #12
Medicine Hat, Alb – Kootenay ICE goalie Nathan Lieuwen made 25 saves and Cody Eakin had 1 goal and 2 assists in a 3-0 win over Medicine Hat, in the 2nd game of the Eastern Conference Finals, in WHL Playoff action on Saturday night.
Lieuwen has 3 shutouts in the playoffs which is a Franchise Record for one season and has tied Dan Blackburn with 3 career shutouts. (Blackburn had two in 00 and one in 01)
Kevin King had 1 goal and 1 assist, Jesse Ismond had 2 assists and Joe Antilla scored into an empty net.
Eakin has 3 game winners in the playoffs and 2 in this series.
Brayden McNabb extended his point streak to 7 games with a 1st period assist. McNabb has a Playoff Franchise Record with assists in 7 straight games.
McNabb has tied Cole Fischer for most career playoff assists by a defenseman (24) and career playoff points by a defenseman (27).
Tigers Cole Grbavac didn’t play due to a WHL suspension for his hit to the head to Steele Boomer in game 1. Length of the suspension has not been announced.
ICE have set a Playoff Franchise Record with an 9-game winning streak.
ICE have set a record with 6 straight road wins.
Nathan Lieuwen was the 6th goalie to ever be selected in the 1st round of the Bantam Draft.
Tyler Bunz was the 7th goalie to be selected in the 1st round of the Bantam Draft.
The ICE have no players on their roster from outside of Canada.
The Tigers have two players from California, one from Minnesota, one from Finland and one from Sweden.
In ICE Playoff History …
ICE win 1st 2 games – 8 times, have won the series 7 times. The only time they lost was last year to Medicine Hat.
ICE win 1st 2 games without home ice advantage – 2 times and won both times.
ICE scratches – Brock Montgomery, Steele Boomer.
Tigers scratches – Tyler Pitlick, Spenser Jensen, Cole Grbavac (suspension).
Game Summary
Kootenay leads the series 2-0.
Game 3 is Tuesday in Cranbrook.
Kootenay 1 1 1 - 3
Medicine Hat 0 0 0 - 0
1st Period-1, Kootenay, Eakin 5 (Ismond, McNabb), 3:57. Penalties-No Penalties
2nd Period-2, Kootenay, King 1 (Eakin, Ismond), 14:32. Penalties-Leach Ktn (elbowing), 1:19; Tochkin M.h (roughing), 3:53; Hamilton M.h (high sticking), 6:05; King Ktn (slashing), 11:06; Hamilton M.h (cross checking), 18:24.
3rd Period-3, Kootenay, Antilla 7 (Eakin, King), 18:41 (EN). Penalties-Eakin Ktn (tripping), 9:00; Owuya M.h (delay of game), 14:27; Kessy M.h (kneeing), 19:38.
Shots on Goal-Kootenay 17-14-9-40. Medicine Hat 7-11-7-25.
Power Play Opportunities-Kootenay 0 / 5; Medicine Hat 0 / 3.
Goalies-Kootenay, Lieuwen 10-2-0-0 (25 shots-25 saves). Medicine Hat, Bunz 4-3-1-0 (39 shots-37 saves).
A-4,006
Referees-Adam Byblow (23), Derek Zalaski (8).
Linesmen-Sean Dufour (50), Jason Roy (94).
Lieuwen has 3 shutouts in the playoffs which is a Franchise Record for one season and has tied Dan Blackburn with 3 career shutouts. (Blackburn had two in 00 and one in 01)
Kevin King had 1 goal and 1 assist, Jesse Ismond had 2 assists and Joe Antilla scored into an empty net.
Eakin has 3 game winners in the playoffs and 2 in this series.
Brayden McNabb extended his point streak to 7 games with a 1st period assist. McNabb has a Playoff Franchise Record with assists in 7 straight games.
McNabb has tied Cole Fischer for most career playoff assists by a defenseman (24) and career playoff points by a defenseman (27).
Tigers Cole Grbavac didn’t play due to a WHL suspension for his hit to the head to Steele Boomer in game 1. Length of the suspension has not been announced.
ICE have set a Playoff Franchise Record with an 9-game winning streak.
ICE have set a record with 6 straight road wins.
Nathan Lieuwen was the 6th goalie to ever be selected in the 1st round of the Bantam Draft.
Tyler Bunz was the 7th goalie to be selected in the 1st round of the Bantam Draft.
The ICE have no players on their roster from outside of Canada.
The Tigers have two players from California, one from Minnesota, one from Finland and one from Sweden.
In ICE Playoff History …
ICE win 1st 2 games – 8 times, have won the series 7 times. The only time they lost was last year to Medicine Hat.
ICE win 1st 2 games without home ice advantage – 2 times and won both times.
ICE scratches – Brock Montgomery, Steele Boomer.
Tigers scratches – Tyler Pitlick, Spenser Jensen, Cole Grbavac (suspension).
Game Summary
Kootenay leads the series 2-0.
Game 3 is Tuesday in Cranbrook.
Kootenay 1 1 1 - 3
Medicine Hat 0 0 0 - 0
1st Period-1, Kootenay, Eakin 5 (Ismond, McNabb), 3:57. Penalties-No Penalties
2nd Period-2, Kootenay, King 1 (Eakin, Ismond), 14:32. Penalties-Leach Ktn (elbowing), 1:19; Tochkin M.h (roughing), 3:53; Hamilton M.h (high sticking), 6:05; King Ktn (slashing), 11:06; Hamilton M.h (cross checking), 18:24.
3rd Period-3, Kootenay, Antilla 7 (Eakin, King), 18:41 (EN). Penalties-Eakin Ktn (tripping), 9:00; Owuya M.h (delay of game), 14:27; Kessy M.h (kneeing), 19:38.
Shots on Goal-Kootenay 17-14-9-40. Medicine Hat 7-11-7-25.
Power Play Opportunities-Kootenay 0 / 5; Medicine Hat 0 / 3.
Goalies-Kootenay, Lieuwen 10-2-0-0 (25 shots-25 saves). Medicine Hat, Bunz 4-3-1-0 (39 shots-37 saves).
A-4,006
Referees-Adam Byblow (23), Derek Zalaski (8).
Linesmen-Sean Dufour (50), Jason Roy (94).
ICE Trivia Playoff Game #12
During every ICE broadcast we ask a trivia question.
Today’s Trivia question.
Who scored the overtime goal for the ICE in the 2008 playoff series in Medicine Hat?
ANSWER – Arnaud Jacquemet.
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Today’s Trivia question.
Who scored the overtime goal for the ICE in the 2008 playoff series in Medicine Hat?
ANSWER – Arnaud Jacquemet.
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Kootenay @ Medicine Hat Game 2 Playoff Game #12
The Kootenay ICE are in Medicine Hat tonight for game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
ICE lead the series 1-0.
#1 - Kootenay 6-5 OT. Cody Eakin GW, Matt Fraser 2-2-4, Max Reinhart 1-2-3. Emerson Etem 2-2-4, Linden Vey 2-1-3.
Brayden McNabb has set a Playoff Franchise record with assists in 6 straight game.
Steele Boomer is out after leaving the game in the 3rd period when he was hit in the head by Cole Grbavac who has a received a suspension from the WHL. Length is TBD.
ICE have set a Playoff Franchise Record with an 8-game winning streak.
ICE have tied a record with 5 straight road wins. (02 & 00)
In ICE Playoff History ...
Win game 1 - 13 times, won the series 9 times.
Win game 1 without home ice advantage - 6 times, won the series 4 times.
Listen for the Pre-Game Show at 7 on The Drive.
Leaders
ICE
Goals – 12 Matt Fraser
Assists – 13 Brayden McNabb
Points – 18 Matt Fraser
Defenseman – 16 Brayden McNabb
Rookie – 1 Adam Rossignol, Eric Benoit
PM – 24 Kevin King
+/- - +13 Joe Antilla
Avg – 0.00 Brett Teskey, 2.21 Nathan Lieuwen 2 SO
Tigers
Goals – 12 Linden Vey
Assists – 12 Linden Vey
Points – 24 Linden Vey
Defenseman – 14 Jace Coyle
Rookie – 9 Hunter Shinkaruk
PM – 25 Kale Kessy
+/- - +14 Linden Vey
Avg – 2.57 Tyler Bunz, 4.41 Deven Dubyk
Head to Head
ICE
Matt Fraser 2-2-4
Max Reinhart 1-2-3
Drew Czerwonka 1-0-1
Eric Benoit 1-0-1
Cody Eakin 1-0-1
Nathan Lieuwen 1-0 4.55 .857%
Tigers
Emerson Etem 2-2-4
Linden Vey 2-1-3
Wacey Hamilton 1-0-1
Tyler Bunz 5.46 .838%
Streaks
Matt Fraser – 5 games 8-2-10
Joe Antilla – 3 games 2-1-3
Home
Brayden McNabb 2-7-9
Cody Eakin 2-4-6
Matt Fraser 3-3-6
Joe Antilla 3-1-4
Max Reinhart 4-0-4
Kevin King 0-3-3
Nathan Lieuwen 4-1 1.84 .929% 1 SO
Brett Teskey 0-0 0.00 1.000% 6 min
Road
Matt Fraser 9-3-12
Max Reinhart 4-8-12
Brayden McNabb 1-6-7
Joe Antilla 3-3-6
Cody Eakin 2-2-4
James Martin 0-4-4
Nathan Lieuwen 5-1 2.50 .918% 1 SO
ICE lead the series 1-0.
#1 - Kootenay 6-5 OT. Cody Eakin GW, Matt Fraser 2-2-4, Max Reinhart 1-2-3. Emerson Etem 2-2-4, Linden Vey 2-1-3.
Brayden McNabb has set a Playoff Franchise record with assists in 6 straight game.
Steele Boomer is out after leaving the game in the 3rd period when he was hit in the head by Cole Grbavac who has a received a suspension from the WHL. Length is TBD.
ICE have set a Playoff Franchise Record with an 8-game winning streak.
ICE have tied a record with 5 straight road wins. (02 & 00)
In ICE Playoff History ...
Win game 1 - 13 times, won the series 9 times.
Win game 1 without home ice advantage - 6 times, won the series 4 times.
Listen for the Pre-Game Show at 7 on The Drive.
Leaders
ICE
Goals – 12 Matt Fraser
Assists – 13 Brayden McNabb
Points – 18 Matt Fraser
Defenseman – 16 Brayden McNabb
Rookie – 1 Adam Rossignol, Eric Benoit
PM – 24 Kevin King
+/- - +13 Joe Antilla
Avg – 0.00 Brett Teskey, 2.21 Nathan Lieuwen 2 SO
Tigers
Goals – 12 Linden Vey
Assists – 12 Linden Vey
Points – 24 Linden Vey
Defenseman – 14 Jace Coyle
Rookie – 9 Hunter Shinkaruk
PM – 25 Kale Kessy
+/- - +14 Linden Vey
Avg – 2.57 Tyler Bunz, 4.41 Deven Dubyk
Head to Head
ICE
Matt Fraser 2-2-4
Max Reinhart 1-2-3
Drew Czerwonka 1-0-1
Eric Benoit 1-0-1
Cody Eakin 1-0-1
Nathan Lieuwen 1-0 4.55 .857%
Tigers
Emerson Etem 2-2-4
Linden Vey 2-1-3
Wacey Hamilton 1-0-1
Tyler Bunz 5.46 .838%
Streaks
Matt Fraser – 5 games 8-2-10
Joe Antilla – 3 games 2-1-3
Home
Brayden McNabb 2-7-9
Cody Eakin 2-4-6
Matt Fraser 3-3-6
Joe Antilla 3-1-4
Max Reinhart 4-0-4
Kevin King 0-3-3
Nathan Lieuwen 4-1 1.84 .929% 1 SO
Brett Teskey 0-0 0.00 1.000% 6 min
Road
Matt Fraser 9-3-12
Max Reinhart 4-8-12
Brayden McNabb 1-6-7
Joe Antilla 3-3-6
Cody Eakin 2-2-4
James Martin 0-4-4
Nathan Lieuwen 5-1 2.50 .918% 1 SO
Telus Cup Day 6
London Jr. Knights 4 - Vancouver NW Giants 3 OT
Winnipeg Thrashers 4 - Lions du Lac St-Louis 3 2OT
Sam Reinhart had 1 assist as the Giants will play in the Bronze Medal game on Sunday. (6 GP 7-13-20)
Box Score 1 2 3 OT1 Total
London Jr. Knights (CEN) 2 0 1 1 4
Vancouver NW Giants (PAC) 0 2 1 0 3
Goals/Penalties
First Period
Goals:
11:26 CEN 15 Stuart King (17 Wyatt Coghill)
14:53 CEN 17 Wyatt Coghill (15 Stuart King, 7 Adam Rzeszutko)
Penalties:
01:06 PAC 21 Geoffrey Soo (Hooking)
Second Period
Goals:
05:18 PAC 16 Jackson Houck (22 Mitch Fyffe, 7 Cam Marks)
14:11 PAC 14 Alex Kerfoot (8 Scott Patterson)
Penalties:
08:39 CEN 12 Brett Dyck (Hooking)
15:48 PAC 12 Taylor Tanti (Tripping)
Third Period
Goals:
06:43 CEN 13 Nicholas Erb (7 Adam Rzeszutko)
09:19 PAC 16 Jackson Houck (14 Alex Kerfoot, 23 Sam Reinhart) PP
Penalties:
08:51 CEN 6 Matthew Heffernan (Inter. on Goaltender)
10:08 CEN 11 Matthew Schurr (Cross Checking)
15:43 CEN 15 Stuart King (Tripping)
Overtime
Goals:
03:34 CEN 7 Adam Rzeszutko (14 Paul Hopkins)
Penalties:
None
Goaltenders
London Jr. Knights 1 Craig Wood
Vancouver NW Giants 1 Daniel Cotton
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 OT1 Total
London Jr. Knights 11 7 7 2 27
Vancouver NW Giants 6 7 14 0 27
WHL listed players.
Vancouver
Sam Reinhart – Kootenay
Jackson Houck – Vancouver
Joseph Carvalho – Prince George
Bo Pellah – Spokane
Mitch Fyffe – Regina (originally drafted by Kootenay)
Alex Kerfoot – Seattle
Dexter Dancs – Vancouver
Winnipeg
Dylan Kuczek – Brandon
Corey Petrash – Prince George
Lyrik Friesen - Everett
Winnipeg Thrashers 4 - Lions du Lac St-Louis 3 2OT
Sam Reinhart had 1 assist as the Giants will play in the Bronze Medal game on Sunday. (6 GP 7-13-20)
Box Score 1 2 3 OT1 Total
London Jr. Knights (CEN) 2 0 1 1 4
Vancouver NW Giants (PAC) 0 2 1 0 3
Goals/Penalties
First Period
Goals:
11:26 CEN 15 Stuart King (17 Wyatt Coghill)
14:53 CEN 17 Wyatt Coghill (15 Stuart King, 7 Adam Rzeszutko)
Penalties:
01:06 PAC 21 Geoffrey Soo (Hooking)
Second Period
Goals:
05:18 PAC 16 Jackson Houck (22 Mitch Fyffe, 7 Cam Marks)
14:11 PAC 14 Alex Kerfoot (8 Scott Patterson)
Penalties:
08:39 CEN 12 Brett Dyck (Hooking)
15:48 PAC 12 Taylor Tanti (Tripping)
Third Period
Goals:
06:43 CEN 13 Nicholas Erb (7 Adam Rzeszutko)
09:19 PAC 16 Jackson Houck (14 Alex Kerfoot, 23 Sam Reinhart) PP
Penalties:
08:51 CEN 6 Matthew Heffernan (Inter. on Goaltender)
10:08 CEN 11 Matthew Schurr (Cross Checking)
15:43 CEN 15 Stuart King (Tripping)
Overtime
Goals:
03:34 CEN 7 Adam Rzeszutko (14 Paul Hopkins)
Penalties:
None
Goaltenders
London Jr. Knights 1 Craig Wood
Vancouver NW Giants 1 Daniel Cotton
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 OT1 Total
London Jr. Knights 11 7 7 2 27
Vancouver NW Giants 6 7 14 0 27
WHL listed players.
Vancouver
Sam Reinhart – Kootenay
Jackson Houck – Vancouver
Joseph Carvalho – Prince George
Bo Pellah – Spokane
Mitch Fyffe – Regina (originally drafted by Kootenay)
Alex Kerfoot – Seattle
Dexter Dancs – Vancouver
Winnipeg
Dylan Kuczek – Brandon
Corey Petrash – Prince George
Lyrik Friesen - Everett
USA 5 Canada 4 OT U-18
Canada will play against Russia in the Bronze Medal game after losing 5-4 in OT to USA in the semi-finals.
USA will meet Sweden in the Gold Medal Game.
Box Score 1 2 3 Total
United States (USA) 1 1 2 4
Canada (CAN) 1 0 3 4
First Period
Goals:
04:37 CAN 20 Brett Ritchie (14 Ryan Murphy, 18 Alan Quine) PP
11:14 USA 11 J.T. Miller
Penalties:
02:47 USA 8 Robbie Russo (Tripping)
03:52 USA 14 Reid Boucher (Delay of Game)
15:51 USA 25 Dan Carlson (Boarding)
Second Period
Goals:
16:10 USA 14 Reid Boucher
Penalties:
00:16 CAN 17 Colin Smith (10-Minute Misconduct)
04:30 CAN 7 Daniel Catenacci (Boarding)
04:55 CAN 9 Brent Andrews (High Sticking)
11:06 CAN 5 Ryan Murray (Slashing)
Third Period
Goals:
06:43 USA 16 Zach Larraza (26 Travis Boyd) SH
07:16 USA 14 Reid Boucher (11 J.T. Miller) SH
09:15 CAN 20 Brett Ritchie (19 Nick Cousins, 18 Alan Quine) PP
18:25 CAN 14 Ryan Murphy (5 Ryan Murray) PP EN
19:09 CAN 23 Mark Scheifele (5 Ryan Murray)
Penalties:
05:53 USA 23 Rocco Grimaldi (Hooking)
08:41 USA 22 Tyler Biggs (Roughing)
17:51 USA 18 Cole Bardreau (Delay of Game)
Overtime
Goals:
04:22 USA 22 Tyler Biggs
Penalties:
None
Goaltenders
United States 1 John Gibson
Canada 30 Malcolm Subban
USA will meet Sweden in the Gold Medal Game.
Box Score 1 2 3 Total
United States (USA) 1 1 2 4
Canada (CAN) 1 0 3 4
First Period
Goals:
04:37 CAN 20 Brett Ritchie (14 Ryan Murphy, 18 Alan Quine) PP
11:14 USA 11 J.T. Miller
Penalties:
02:47 USA 8 Robbie Russo (Tripping)
03:52 USA 14 Reid Boucher (Delay of Game)
15:51 USA 25 Dan Carlson (Boarding)
Second Period
Goals:
16:10 USA 14 Reid Boucher
Penalties:
00:16 CAN 17 Colin Smith (10-Minute Misconduct)
04:30 CAN 7 Daniel Catenacci (Boarding)
04:55 CAN 9 Brent Andrews (High Sticking)
11:06 CAN 5 Ryan Murray (Slashing)
Third Period
Goals:
06:43 USA 16 Zach Larraza (26 Travis Boyd) SH
07:16 USA 14 Reid Boucher (11 J.T. Miller) SH
09:15 CAN 20 Brett Ritchie (19 Nick Cousins, 18 Alan Quine) PP
18:25 CAN 14 Ryan Murphy (5 Ryan Murray) PP EN
19:09 CAN 23 Mark Scheifele (5 Ryan Murray)
Penalties:
05:53 USA 23 Rocco Grimaldi (Hooking)
08:41 USA 22 Tyler Biggs (Roughing)
17:51 USA 18 Cole Bardreau (Delay of Game)
Overtime
Goals:
04:22 USA 22 Tyler Biggs
Penalties:
None
Goaltenders
United States 1 John Gibson
Canada 30 Malcolm Subban
Friday, April 22, 2011
Kootenay 6 Medicine Hat 5 OT Game 1 Playoff Game #11
Medicine Hat, Alb – Kootenay ICE forward Cody Eakin scored at 5:59 in overtime is a 6-5 win over the Medicine Hat Tigers, in the 1st game of the Eastern Conference Finals, in WHL Playoff action on Friday night.
ICE led 3-1 after 1, the game was tied 3-3 after 2 and Tigers had leads of 4-3 and 5-4 in the 3rd.
Matt Fraser had 2 goals and 2 assists including tying the game on a late 5-on-3 powerplay. Max Reinhart had 1 goal and 2 assists with Drew Czerwonka and Eric Benoit also scoring.
Nathan Lieuwen made 2 stunning stops in overtime on Emerson Etem and Cole Grbavac.
Steele Boomer left the game late in the 3rd period after receiving a hit to the head.
For the Tigers Emerson Etem had 2 goals and 2 assists, Linden Vey 2 goals and 1 assists and Wacey Hamilton had the other goal.
ICE have set a Playoff Franchise Record with an 8-game winning streak.
They have tied a record with 5 straight road wins. (02 & 00)
The ICE gave up 5 goals against in the entire 4 game series vs Saskatoon and gave up 5 in 50 minutes vs Medicine Hat.
Going into the series the ICE had outscored their opposition 33-19 and the Tigers outscored their opponents 53-35.
ICE Head Coach Kris Knoblauch and Tigers Head Coach Shaun Clouston were both Assistant Coaches for their respective clubs last year when the played in the 1st round of the playoffs.
Former ICE Head Coach Cory Clouston is the younger brother of Shaun.
The ICE will be adding 15-year-old Sam Reinhart to the roster on Monday after he finishes competing in the Telus Cup (National Midget Championships). So far in 5 games he has 7 goals and 12 assists and leads the tournament with 19 points. He plays for the Vancouver NW Giants who have advanced to the playoff round this weekend.
Twice in this years’ playoffs the Tigers have comeback to win a game when trailing 4-1. (Game 4 vs Brandon (in Winnipeg) and Game 5 in Red Deer)
In ICE Playoff History …
Without home ice advantage – 11 times, have won the series 5 times.
Win game 1 – 13 times, won the series 9 times.
Win game 1 on the road – 6 times, won the series 4 times.
ICE scratches – Brock Montgomery, Adam Rossignol.
Tigers scratches – Tyler Pitlick, Spenser Jensen, Patrik Parkkonen.
Game Summary
Kootenay leads the series 1-0.
Game 2 is Saturday in Medicine Hat.
Kootenay 3 0 2 1 - 6
Medicine Hat 1 2 2 0 - 5
1st Period-1, Kootenay, Czerwonka 1 (Paulsen, Pearce), 1:45. 2, Kootenay, Reinhart 8 (Fraser), 11:01. 3, Medicine Hat, Vey 11 (Etem), 14:04. 4, Kootenay, Benoit 1 (Hurley, Fraser), 14:21. Penalties-Coyle M.h (interference), 5:13; Martin Ktn (elbowing), 16:06; McNabb Ktn (cross checking), 18:02.
2nd Period-5, Medicine Hat, Etem 8 (Theriau, Carr), 11:22. 6, Medicine Hat, Vey 12 (Etem), 15:23. Penalties-McNabb Ktn (interference), 9:43; Czerwonka Ktn (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 16:36; Petryk M.h (cross checking), 16:36; King Ktn (kneeing), 16:51; Vey M.h (hooking), 18:11.
3rd Period-7, Medicine Hat, Etem 9 (Vey), 4:03. 8, Kootenay, Fraser 11 (Reinhart), 7:12. 9, Medicine Hat, Hamilton 4 (Tochkin, Busenius), 10:03 (PP). 10, Kootenay, Fraser 12 (Reinhart, McNabb), 18:05 (PP). Penalties-Hurley Ktn (tripping), 5:00; Czerwonka Ktn (interference), 8:15; Owuya M.h (high sticking), 11:20; Grbavac M.h (interference), 17:03; Theriau M.h (tripping), 17:03.
OT Period-11, Kootenay, Eakin 4 (Antilla), 5:59. Penalties-No Penalties
Shots on Goal-Kootenay 9-12-11-1-4-37. Medicine Hat 9-9-11-6-35.
Power Play Opportunities-Kootenay 1 / 5; Medicine Hat 1 / 6.
Goalies-Kootenay, Lieuwen 9-2-0-0 (29 shots-24 saves). Medicine Hat, Bunz 4-3-0-0 (33 shots-27 saves).
A-0
Referees-Brett Montsion, Andy Thiessen (11).
Linesmen-Michael Roberts (87), Cory Lundquist (128).
ICE led 3-1 after 1, the game was tied 3-3 after 2 and Tigers had leads of 4-3 and 5-4 in the 3rd.
Matt Fraser had 2 goals and 2 assists including tying the game on a late 5-on-3 powerplay. Max Reinhart had 1 goal and 2 assists with Drew Czerwonka and Eric Benoit also scoring.
Nathan Lieuwen made 2 stunning stops in overtime on Emerson Etem and Cole Grbavac.
Steele Boomer left the game late in the 3rd period after receiving a hit to the head.
For the Tigers Emerson Etem had 2 goals and 2 assists, Linden Vey 2 goals and 1 assists and Wacey Hamilton had the other goal.
ICE have set a Playoff Franchise Record with an 8-game winning streak.
They have tied a record with 5 straight road wins. (02 & 00)
The ICE gave up 5 goals against in the entire 4 game series vs Saskatoon and gave up 5 in 50 minutes vs Medicine Hat.
Going into the series the ICE had outscored their opposition 33-19 and the Tigers outscored their opponents 53-35.
ICE Head Coach Kris Knoblauch and Tigers Head Coach Shaun Clouston were both Assistant Coaches for their respective clubs last year when the played in the 1st round of the playoffs.
Former ICE Head Coach Cory Clouston is the younger brother of Shaun.
The ICE will be adding 15-year-old Sam Reinhart to the roster on Monday after he finishes competing in the Telus Cup (National Midget Championships). So far in 5 games he has 7 goals and 12 assists and leads the tournament with 19 points. He plays for the Vancouver NW Giants who have advanced to the playoff round this weekend.
Twice in this years’ playoffs the Tigers have comeback to win a game when trailing 4-1. (Game 4 vs Brandon (in Winnipeg) and Game 5 in Red Deer)
In ICE Playoff History …
Without home ice advantage – 11 times, have won the series 5 times.
Win game 1 – 13 times, won the series 9 times.
Win game 1 on the road – 6 times, won the series 4 times.
ICE scratches – Brock Montgomery, Adam Rossignol.
Tigers scratches – Tyler Pitlick, Spenser Jensen, Patrik Parkkonen.
Game Summary
Kootenay leads the series 1-0.
Game 2 is Saturday in Medicine Hat.
Kootenay 3 0 2 1 - 6
Medicine Hat 1 2 2 0 - 5
1st Period-1, Kootenay, Czerwonka 1 (Paulsen, Pearce), 1:45. 2, Kootenay, Reinhart 8 (Fraser), 11:01. 3, Medicine Hat, Vey 11 (Etem), 14:04. 4, Kootenay, Benoit 1 (Hurley, Fraser), 14:21. Penalties-Coyle M.h (interference), 5:13; Martin Ktn (elbowing), 16:06; McNabb Ktn (cross checking), 18:02.
2nd Period-5, Medicine Hat, Etem 8 (Theriau, Carr), 11:22. 6, Medicine Hat, Vey 12 (Etem), 15:23. Penalties-McNabb Ktn (interference), 9:43; Czerwonka Ktn (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 16:36; Petryk M.h (cross checking), 16:36; King Ktn (kneeing), 16:51; Vey M.h (hooking), 18:11.
3rd Period-7, Medicine Hat, Etem 9 (Vey), 4:03. 8, Kootenay, Fraser 11 (Reinhart), 7:12. 9, Medicine Hat, Hamilton 4 (Tochkin, Busenius), 10:03 (PP). 10, Kootenay, Fraser 12 (Reinhart, McNabb), 18:05 (PP). Penalties-Hurley Ktn (tripping), 5:00; Czerwonka Ktn (interference), 8:15; Owuya M.h (high sticking), 11:20; Grbavac M.h (interference), 17:03; Theriau M.h (tripping), 17:03.
OT Period-11, Kootenay, Eakin 4 (Antilla), 5:59. Penalties-No Penalties
Shots on Goal-Kootenay 9-12-11-1-4-37. Medicine Hat 9-9-11-6-35.
Power Play Opportunities-Kootenay 1 / 5; Medicine Hat 1 / 6.
Goalies-Kootenay, Lieuwen 9-2-0-0 (29 shots-24 saves). Medicine Hat, Bunz 4-3-0-0 (33 shots-27 saves).
A-0
Referees-Brett Montsion, Andy Thiessen (11).
Linesmen-Michael Roberts (87), Cory Lundquist (128).
ICE Trivia Playoff Game #11
During every ICE broadcast we ask a trivia question.
Today’s Trivia question.
How many times have the ICE been in the East Conference Final?
ANSWER – Once, 2000 vs Calgary.
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Today’s Trivia question.
How many times have the ICE been in the East Conference Final?
ANSWER – Once, 2000 vs Calgary.
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Kootenay @ Medicine Hat East Final Game 1 Playoff Game #11
The Kootenay ICE are in Medicine Hat tonight for game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final.
ICE - 1st round 4-2 over Moose Jaw, 2nd round 4-0 over Saskatoon.
Tigers - 1st round 4-2 over Brandon, 2nd round 4-1 over Red Deer.
This is the 3rd playoff meeting in the last 4 years between the clubs.
10 - Medicine Hat won 4-2 in 1st round.
08 - Kootenay won 4-1 in 1st round.
The Kootenay ICE won the regular season meetings with a 4-1-1-0 record.
Listen for the Pre-Game Show at 7 on The Drive.
Leaders
ICE
Goals – 10 Matt Fraser
Assists – 12 Brayden McNabb
Points – 15 Brayden McNabb
Defenseman – 15 Brayden McNabb
Rookie – 1 Adam Rossignol
PM – 22 Hayden Rintoul, Kevin King, Jesse Ismond
+/- - +12 Brayden McNabb
Avg – 0.00 Brett Teskey, 1.96 Nathan Lieuwen 2 SO
Tigers
Goals – 10 Linden Vey
Assists – 11 Linden Vey, Joyce Coyle
Points – 21 Linden Vey
Defenseman – 14 Jace Coyle
Rookie – 9 Hunter Shinkaruk
PM – 25 Kale Kessy
+/- - +12 Linden Vey
Avg – 2.03 Tyler Bunz, 4.41 Deven Dubyk
Head to Head in Regular Season
ICE
Brayden McNabb 2-5-7
Matt Fraser 2-5-7
Max Reinhart 3-3-6
Joe Antilla 4-1-5
Kevin King 2-3-5
Nathan Lieuwen 4-1-1-0 2.16 .928%
Tigers
Linden Vey 5-3-8
Dylan Busenius 1-3-4
Emerson Etem 0-4-4
Tyler Pitlick 2-1-3
Wacey Hamilton 1-2-3
Tyler Bunz 2-4-0-0 3.16 .894%
Streaks
Brayden McNabb – 5 games 2-9-11
Matt Fraser – 5 games 8-2-10
Joe Antilla – 3 games 2-1-3
Jesse Ismond – 2 games 1-1-2
Home
Brayden McNabb 2-7-9
Cody Eakin 2-4-6
Matt Fraser 3-3-6
Joe Antilla 3-1-4
Max Reinhart 4-0-4
Kevin King 0-3-3
Nathan Lieuwen 4-1 1.84 .929% 1 SO
Brett Teskey 0-0 0.00 1.000% 6 min
Road
Max Reinhart 3-6-9
Matt Fraser 7-1-8
Brayden McNabb 1-5-6
Joe Antilla 3-1-5
James Martin 0-4-4
Nathan Lieuwen 4-1 2.07 .931% 1 SO
ICE - 1st round 4-2 over Moose Jaw, 2nd round 4-0 over Saskatoon.
Tigers - 1st round 4-2 over Brandon, 2nd round 4-1 over Red Deer.
This is the 3rd playoff meeting in the last 4 years between the clubs.
10 - Medicine Hat won 4-2 in 1st round.
08 - Kootenay won 4-1 in 1st round.
The Kootenay ICE won the regular season meetings with a 4-1-1-0 record.
Listen for the Pre-Game Show at 7 on The Drive.
Leaders
ICE
Goals – 10 Matt Fraser
Assists – 12 Brayden McNabb
Points – 15 Brayden McNabb
Defenseman – 15 Brayden McNabb
Rookie – 1 Adam Rossignol
PM – 22 Hayden Rintoul, Kevin King, Jesse Ismond
+/- - +12 Brayden McNabb
Avg – 0.00 Brett Teskey, 1.96 Nathan Lieuwen 2 SO
Tigers
Goals – 10 Linden Vey
Assists – 11 Linden Vey, Joyce Coyle
Points – 21 Linden Vey
Defenseman – 14 Jace Coyle
Rookie – 9 Hunter Shinkaruk
PM – 25 Kale Kessy
+/- - +12 Linden Vey
Avg – 2.03 Tyler Bunz, 4.41 Deven Dubyk
Head to Head in Regular Season
ICE
Brayden McNabb 2-5-7
Matt Fraser 2-5-7
Max Reinhart 3-3-6
Joe Antilla 4-1-5
Kevin King 2-3-5
Nathan Lieuwen 4-1-1-0 2.16 .928%
Tigers
Linden Vey 5-3-8
Dylan Busenius 1-3-4
Emerson Etem 0-4-4
Tyler Pitlick 2-1-3
Wacey Hamilton 1-2-3
Tyler Bunz 2-4-0-0 3.16 .894%
Streaks
Brayden McNabb – 5 games 2-9-11
Matt Fraser – 5 games 8-2-10
Joe Antilla – 3 games 2-1-3
Jesse Ismond – 2 games 1-1-2
Home
Brayden McNabb 2-7-9
Cody Eakin 2-4-6
Matt Fraser 3-3-6
Joe Antilla 3-1-4
Max Reinhart 4-0-4
Kevin King 0-3-3
Nathan Lieuwen 4-1 1.84 .929% 1 SO
Brett Teskey 0-0 0.00 1.000% 6 min
Road
Max Reinhart 3-6-9
Matt Fraser 7-1-8
Brayden McNabb 1-5-6
Joe Antilla 3-1-5
James Martin 0-4-4
Nathan Lieuwen 4-1 2.07 .931% 1 SO
Telus Cup Day 5
London Jr. Knights 4 Vancouver NW Giants 1
Sam Reinhart scored a goal and leads the tournament in scoring 5 GP 7-12-19.
Saturday's Semi-Finals ...
London Jr. Knights - Vancouver NW Giants
Winnipeg Thrashers - Lions du Lac St-Louis
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Matthew Schurr and Wyatt Coghill scored 1:21 apart early in the second period to break open a 1-0 game as the London Jr. Knights kept alive their chances of making the semifinals at the 2011 TELUS Cup with a 4-1 win over the Vancouver North West Giants on Friday morning.
The loss was the first of the tournament for the Giants (4-1), who had already clinched first place in the round robin, while the Jr. Knights (1-2-2) earned their first win after skating to ties in their last two games.
Despite coming into the game as the underdogs, the Jr. Knights needed just 3:03 to open the scoring – Paul Hopkins capitalized on a Giants turnover and beat Scott Legault on a breakaway to give London a surprising 1-0 lead.
The Jr. Knights dominated the opening period, outshooting Vancouver 20-6, but Hopkins’ goal was the only one of the first 20 minutes.
It didn’t take long for London to increase its lead once the puck dropped to start the second, as Schurr made it 2-0 just 1:37 into the period and Coghill pushed the advantage to three 81 seconds later, racing down the left wing and blasting a shot over the glove of Legault.
The vaunted Vancouver power play, which had failed on its first two opportunities in the first period, got the Giants on the board just past the midway point of the second, with Sam Reinhart scoring his seventh goal of the tournament, tying him with linemate Alex Kerfoot for the tournament’s goal-scoring lead.
But London quelled the Vancouver momentum with a goal in the dying seconds of the second period off the stick of Connor Hogg, who stepped out from the corner and beat Legault.
Both teams will wait for the conclusion of play on Friday to find out their Saturday fates – London will find out if their quest for a national championship will continue, while Vancouver will find out who they’ll face in the semifinals.
London Jr. Knights (CEN) 1 3 0 4
Vancouver NW Giants (PAC) 0 1 0 1
Goals/Penalties
First Period
Goals:
03:03 CEN 14 Paul Hopkins
Penalties:
00:51 CEN 15 Stuart King (Checking to the Head)
00:51 CEN 15 Stuart King (10-Minute Misconduct)
04:37 CEN 2 Dylan Wilson-Foote (Tripping)
Second Period
Goals:
01:37 CEN 11 Matthew Schurr (14 Paul Hopkins, 9 Conor Carson)
02:58 CEN 17 Wyatt Coghill (4 Marcus Gverdys, 16 Stavros Mandrapilias)
12:22 PAC 23 Sam Reinhart (16 Jackson Houck, 14 Alex Kerfoot) PP
19:42 CEN 10 Connor Hogg (4 Marcus Gverdys, 16 Stavros Mandrapilias)
Penalties:
07:14 PAC 21 Geoffrey Soo (Tripping)
10:50 CEN 9 Conor Carson (High Sticking)
Third Period
Goals:
None
Penalties:
01:25 CEN 3 Mike Mandarelli (Hooking)
04:56 PAC 4 Austin Barr (High Sticking)
09:33 PAC 10 Alex Roberts (Interference)
Goaltenders
London Jr. Knights 1 Craig Wood
Vancouver NW Giants 35 Scott Legault
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
London Jr. Knights 20 6 14 40
Vancouver NW Giants 6 6 13 25\
Halifax Titans 3 - Winnipeg Thrashers 3
St. John's Privateers 1 - Lions du Lac St-Louis 6
Sam Reinhart scored a goal and leads the tournament in scoring 5 GP 7-12-19.
Saturday's Semi-Finals ...
London Jr. Knights - Vancouver NW Giants
Winnipeg Thrashers - Lions du Lac St-Louis
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Matthew Schurr and Wyatt Coghill scored 1:21 apart early in the second period to break open a 1-0 game as the London Jr. Knights kept alive their chances of making the semifinals at the 2011 TELUS Cup with a 4-1 win over the Vancouver North West Giants on Friday morning.
The loss was the first of the tournament for the Giants (4-1), who had already clinched first place in the round robin, while the Jr. Knights (1-2-2) earned their first win after skating to ties in their last two games.
Despite coming into the game as the underdogs, the Jr. Knights needed just 3:03 to open the scoring – Paul Hopkins capitalized on a Giants turnover and beat Scott Legault on a breakaway to give London a surprising 1-0 lead.
The Jr. Knights dominated the opening period, outshooting Vancouver 20-6, but Hopkins’ goal was the only one of the first 20 minutes.
It didn’t take long for London to increase its lead once the puck dropped to start the second, as Schurr made it 2-0 just 1:37 into the period and Coghill pushed the advantage to three 81 seconds later, racing down the left wing and blasting a shot over the glove of Legault.
The vaunted Vancouver power play, which had failed on its first two opportunities in the first period, got the Giants on the board just past the midway point of the second, with Sam Reinhart scoring his seventh goal of the tournament, tying him with linemate Alex Kerfoot for the tournament’s goal-scoring lead.
But London quelled the Vancouver momentum with a goal in the dying seconds of the second period off the stick of Connor Hogg, who stepped out from the corner and beat Legault.
Both teams will wait for the conclusion of play on Friday to find out their Saturday fates – London will find out if their quest for a national championship will continue, while Vancouver will find out who they’ll face in the semifinals.
London Jr. Knights (CEN) 1 3 0 4
Vancouver NW Giants (PAC) 0 1 0 1
Goals/Penalties
First Period
Goals:
03:03 CEN 14 Paul Hopkins
Penalties:
00:51 CEN 15 Stuart King (Checking to the Head)
00:51 CEN 15 Stuart King (10-Minute Misconduct)
04:37 CEN 2 Dylan Wilson-Foote (Tripping)
Second Period
Goals:
01:37 CEN 11 Matthew Schurr (14 Paul Hopkins, 9 Conor Carson)
02:58 CEN 17 Wyatt Coghill (4 Marcus Gverdys, 16 Stavros Mandrapilias)
12:22 PAC 23 Sam Reinhart (16 Jackson Houck, 14 Alex Kerfoot) PP
19:42 CEN 10 Connor Hogg (4 Marcus Gverdys, 16 Stavros Mandrapilias)
Penalties:
07:14 PAC 21 Geoffrey Soo (Tripping)
10:50 CEN 9 Conor Carson (High Sticking)
Third Period
Goals:
None
Penalties:
01:25 CEN 3 Mike Mandarelli (Hooking)
04:56 PAC 4 Austin Barr (High Sticking)
09:33 PAC 10 Alex Roberts (Interference)
Goaltenders
London Jr. Knights 1 Craig Wood
Vancouver NW Giants 35 Scott Legault
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
London Jr. Knights 20 6 14 40
Vancouver NW Giants 6 6 13 25\
Halifax Titans 3 - Winnipeg Thrashers 3
St. John's Privateers 1 - Lions du Lac St-Louis 6
Thursday, April 21, 2011
WHL Award Nominees
Calgary, AB - The Western Hockey League today announced the WHL Eastern and Western Conference finalists for the 2010-11 WHL Player of the Year. The two finalists for WHL Player of the Year were determined through voting by General Managers, coaches, broadcast and media representatives of all WHL Member Clubs.
In the WHL's Eastern Conference, which includes the East and Central Divisions, the Player of the Year Nominee is goaltender Darcy Kuemper of the Red Deer Rebels.
Kuemper enjoyed an outstanding season for the Red Deer Rebels, backstopping them to their first Central Division title since the 2003-04 season. The 20-year-old from Saskatoon, SK, appeared in 62 games for the Rebels during the 2010-11 WHL regular season, posting a 45-12-3-2 record as the Rebels finished with 104 points in the standings.
Kuemper led all WHL goaltenders in wins (45), goals-against average (1.86) and save percentage (.933) during the regular season, helping the Rebels to the WHL’s best defensive record. In addition, Kuemper tied a WHL single-season record by posting 13 shutouts. During the regular season, Kuemper maintained a high level of consistency, losing back-to-back decisions on only two occasions. He was named the Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Week on three different occasions during the regular season – the only goalie in the CHL to win the award three times this year – and was named the Vaughn WHL Goaltender of the Month for January.
Originally selected by the Spokane Chiefs in the 3rd round, 45th overall, of the 2005 WHL Bantam Draft, Kuemper was acquired by the Rebels in 2007 and has played 178 regular-season games for Red Deer over the last three seasons. Kuemper was drafted by the Minnesota Wild in the 6th round, 161st overall, in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
In the WHL's Western Conference, which includes the B.C. and U.S. Divisions, the Player of the Year Nominee is forward Tyler Johnson of the Spokane Chiefs.
Johnson, a 20-year-old from Spokane, WA, starred his hometown Chiefs during the 2010-11 WHL regular season, scoring 53 goals and 62 assists for 115 points in 71 games to lead the Chiefs to a 48-18-4-2 record for 102 points and a second-place finish in the U.S. Division.
Johnson finished first among all WHL players with 53 goals and finished second in the WHL scoring race with 115 points. One of just two players to reach the 50-goal plateau this season, Johnson tied for fifth in the WHL with 17 power play markers, tied for second in the WHL with six shorthanded goals, and tied for 10th among WHL players with seven game-winning goals. A consistent offensive producer for the Chiefs, Johnson recorded at least one point in 57 of the 71 games he played this season. He was named the Husky WHL Player of the Month for December.
Johnson has played four seasons in the WHL, all with his hometown Chiefs, recording 128 goals and 154 assists for 282 points in 266 regular-season games. The 5’9”, 175-lb center, who helped the Chiefs win the 2008 WHL Championship and MasterCard Memorial Cup, was never chosen in the NHL Entry Draft, but signed an entry-level contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning in March 2011.
The recipients of all WHL individual awards will be announced at the 2011 WHL Awards Luncheon, which will be held in Calgary, Alberta, at the Round-Up Centre on Wednesday, May 4, 2011.
2011 WHL Awards Finalists
WHL Player of the Year, Four Broncos Memorial Trophy
Eastern Conference – Darcy Kuemper (Saskatoon, SK), Red Deer Rebels
Western Conference – Tyler Johnson (Spokane, WA), Spokane Chiefs
WHL Rookie of the Year, Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy
Eastern Conference – Matt Dumba (Calgary, AB), Red Deer Rebels
Western Conference – Sven Bartschi (Langenthal, SUI), Portland Winterhawks
WHL Goaltender of the Year, Del Wilson Trophy
Eastern Conference – Darcy Kuemper (Saskatoon, SK), Red Deer Rebels
Western Conference – James Reid (Calgary, AB), Spokane Chiefs
WHL Defenceman of the Year, Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy
Eastern Conference – Stefan Elliott (North Vancouver, BC), Saskatoon Blades
Western Conference – Tyson Barrie (Victoria, BC), Kelowna Rockets
WHL Most Sportsmanlike Player Award, Brad Hornung Trophy
Eastern Conference – Stefan Elliott (North Vancouver, BC), Saskatoon Blades
Western Conference – Tyler Johnson (Spokane, WA), Spokane Chiefs
WHL Scholastic Player of the Year, Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Memorial Trophy
Eastern Conference – Adam Lowry (Calgary, AB), Swift Current Broncos
Western Conference – Colin Smith (Edmonton, AB), Kamloops Blazers
WHL Coach of the Year, Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy
Eastern Conference – Jesse Wallin, Red Deer Rebels
Western Conference – Don Nachbaur, Spokane Chiefs
WHL Executive of the Year, Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy
Eastern Conference – Lorne Molleken, Saskatoon Blades
Western Conference – Mike Johnston, Portland Winterhawks
WHL Humanitarian of the Year, Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy
Eastern Conference – Spencer Edwards (Coquitlam, BC), Moose Jaw Warriors
Western Conference – Jeff Einhorn (Red Deer, AB), Chilliwack Bruins
WHL Marketing / Communications Award
Eastern Conference – Calgary Hitmen, Mike Moore
Western Conference – Tri-City Americans, Brian Sandy
WHL Regular Season Champions, Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy
Saskatoon Blades: GP – 72 W – 56 L – 13 OTL – 1 SL – 2 Pts – 115
WHL Top Scorer – Bob Clarke Trophy
Linden Vey – (Wakaw, SK) Medicine Hat Tigers
GP – 69 G – 46 A – 70 Pts – 116 PIM - 36
In the WHL's Eastern Conference, which includes the East and Central Divisions, the Player of the Year Nominee is goaltender Darcy Kuemper of the Red Deer Rebels.
Kuemper enjoyed an outstanding season for the Red Deer Rebels, backstopping them to their first Central Division title since the 2003-04 season. The 20-year-old from Saskatoon, SK, appeared in 62 games for the Rebels during the 2010-11 WHL regular season, posting a 45-12-3-2 record as the Rebels finished with 104 points in the standings.
Kuemper led all WHL goaltenders in wins (45), goals-against average (1.86) and save percentage (.933) during the regular season, helping the Rebels to the WHL’s best defensive record. In addition, Kuemper tied a WHL single-season record by posting 13 shutouts. During the regular season, Kuemper maintained a high level of consistency, losing back-to-back decisions on only two occasions. He was named the Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Week on three different occasions during the regular season – the only goalie in the CHL to win the award three times this year – and was named the Vaughn WHL Goaltender of the Month for January.
Originally selected by the Spokane Chiefs in the 3rd round, 45th overall, of the 2005 WHL Bantam Draft, Kuemper was acquired by the Rebels in 2007 and has played 178 regular-season games for Red Deer over the last three seasons. Kuemper was drafted by the Minnesota Wild in the 6th round, 161st overall, in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
In the WHL's Western Conference, which includes the B.C. and U.S. Divisions, the Player of the Year Nominee is forward Tyler Johnson of the Spokane Chiefs.
Johnson, a 20-year-old from Spokane, WA, starred his hometown Chiefs during the 2010-11 WHL regular season, scoring 53 goals and 62 assists for 115 points in 71 games to lead the Chiefs to a 48-18-4-2 record for 102 points and a second-place finish in the U.S. Division.
Johnson finished first among all WHL players with 53 goals and finished second in the WHL scoring race with 115 points. One of just two players to reach the 50-goal plateau this season, Johnson tied for fifth in the WHL with 17 power play markers, tied for second in the WHL with six shorthanded goals, and tied for 10th among WHL players with seven game-winning goals. A consistent offensive producer for the Chiefs, Johnson recorded at least one point in 57 of the 71 games he played this season. He was named the Husky WHL Player of the Month for December.
Johnson has played four seasons in the WHL, all with his hometown Chiefs, recording 128 goals and 154 assists for 282 points in 266 regular-season games. The 5’9”, 175-lb center, who helped the Chiefs win the 2008 WHL Championship and MasterCard Memorial Cup, was never chosen in the NHL Entry Draft, but signed an entry-level contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning in March 2011.
The recipients of all WHL individual awards will be announced at the 2011 WHL Awards Luncheon, which will be held in Calgary, Alberta, at the Round-Up Centre on Wednesday, May 4, 2011.
2011 WHL Awards Finalists
WHL Player of the Year, Four Broncos Memorial Trophy
Eastern Conference – Darcy Kuemper (Saskatoon, SK), Red Deer Rebels
Western Conference – Tyler Johnson (Spokane, WA), Spokane Chiefs
WHL Rookie of the Year, Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy
Eastern Conference – Matt Dumba (Calgary, AB), Red Deer Rebels
Western Conference – Sven Bartschi (Langenthal, SUI), Portland Winterhawks
WHL Goaltender of the Year, Del Wilson Trophy
Eastern Conference – Darcy Kuemper (Saskatoon, SK), Red Deer Rebels
Western Conference – James Reid (Calgary, AB), Spokane Chiefs
WHL Defenceman of the Year, Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy
Eastern Conference – Stefan Elliott (North Vancouver, BC), Saskatoon Blades
Western Conference – Tyson Barrie (Victoria, BC), Kelowna Rockets
WHL Most Sportsmanlike Player Award, Brad Hornung Trophy
Eastern Conference – Stefan Elliott (North Vancouver, BC), Saskatoon Blades
Western Conference – Tyler Johnson (Spokane, WA), Spokane Chiefs
WHL Scholastic Player of the Year, Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Memorial Trophy
Eastern Conference – Adam Lowry (Calgary, AB), Swift Current Broncos
Western Conference – Colin Smith (Edmonton, AB), Kamloops Blazers
WHL Coach of the Year, Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy
Eastern Conference – Jesse Wallin, Red Deer Rebels
Western Conference – Don Nachbaur, Spokane Chiefs
WHL Executive of the Year, Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy
Eastern Conference – Lorne Molleken, Saskatoon Blades
Western Conference – Mike Johnston, Portland Winterhawks
WHL Humanitarian of the Year, Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy
Eastern Conference – Spencer Edwards (Coquitlam, BC), Moose Jaw Warriors
Western Conference – Jeff Einhorn (Red Deer, AB), Chilliwack Bruins
WHL Marketing / Communications Award
Eastern Conference – Calgary Hitmen, Mike Moore
Western Conference – Tri-City Americans, Brian Sandy
WHL Regular Season Champions, Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy
Saskatoon Blades: GP – 72 W – 56 L – 13 OTL – 1 SL – 2 Pts – 115
WHL Top Scorer – Bob Clarke Trophy
Linden Vey – (Wakaw, SK) Medicine Hat Tigers
GP – 69 G – 46 A – 70 Pts – 116 PIM - 36
Telus Cup Day 4
Vancouver NW Giants 4 - Lions du Lac St-Louis 2
Sam Reinhart had 1 goal and 2 assists as the Giants improved to 4-0. They'll play their final round robin game on Friday.
Vancouver NW Giants (PAC) 1 1 2 4
Lions du Lac St-Louis (QUE) 0 1 1 2
Goals/Penalties
First Period
Goals:
07:24 PAC 14 Alex Kerfoot (7 Cam Marks, 23 Sam Reinhart) PP
Penalties:
06:36 QUE 18 Dylan Trevis (10-Minute Misconduct)
06:36 QUE 18 Dylan Trevis (Checking to the Head)
10:55 PAC 22 Mitch Fyffe (Hooking)
13:45 PAC 4 Austin Barr (Roughing)
17:25 PAC 14 Alex Kerfoot (Cross Checking)
Second Period
Goals:
06:47 QUE 7 Michael Matheson (25 Maxim Côté, 27 Jonathan Drouin) PP
08:19 PAC 16 Jackson Houck (23 Sam Reinhart, 17 Bo Pellah) PP
Penalties:
02:04 QUE 25 Maxim Côté (High Sticking)
06:23 PAC 22 Mitch Fyffe (Roughing)
07:14 QUE 10 Anthony Duclair (High Sticking)
10:01 QUE 2 Ryan Patulli (Hooking)
13:59 QUE 24 David Montgomery (Roughing)
17:19 PAC 22 Mitch Fyffe (High Sticking)
17:19 QUE 20 Patrick Walsh (Slashing)
19:08 PAC 12 Taylor Tanti (Slashing)
Third Period
Goals:
05:25 QUE 20 Patrick Walsh (10 Anthony Duclair, 2 Ryan Patulli)
13:23 PAC 23 Sam Reinhart (3 Mitchell Steinke) PP
13:55 PAC 22 Mitch Fyffe
Penalties:
03:15 QUE 10 Anthony Duclair (Slashing)
06:02 PAC 9 Dexter Dancs (Slashing)
09:41 PAC 24 Joel Issigonis (Slashing)
12:40 QUE 24 David Montgomery (Cross Checking)
16:18 QUE 9 Kurt Etchegary (10-Minute Misconduct)
16:18 QUE 9 Kurt Etchegary (High Sticking)
18:54 QUE 7 Michael Matheson (Cross Checking)
19:10 QUE 27 Jonathan Drouin (Spearing)
19:10 PAC 17 Bo Pellah (Slashing)
19:10 PAC 24 Joel Issigonis (Slashing)
Goaltenders
Vancouver NW Giants 1 Daniel Cotton
Lions du Lac St-Louis 33 François Brassard
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Vancouver NW Giants 7 11 10 28
Lions du Lac St-Louis 9 14 11 34
London Jr. Knights 2 - Halifax Titans 2
St. John's Privateers 2 - Winnipeg Thrashers 2
Sam Reinhart had 1 goal and 2 assists as the Giants improved to 4-0. They'll play their final round robin game on Friday.
Vancouver NW Giants (PAC) 1 1 2 4
Lions du Lac St-Louis (QUE) 0 1 1 2
Goals/Penalties
First Period
Goals:
07:24 PAC 14 Alex Kerfoot (7 Cam Marks, 23 Sam Reinhart) PP
Penalties:
06:36 QUE 18 Dylan Trevis (10-Minute Misconduct)
06:36 QUE 18 Dylan Trevis (Checking to the Head)
10:55 PAC 22 Mitch Fyffe (Hooking)
13:45 PAC 4 Austin Barr (Roughing)
17:25 PAC 14 Alex Kerfoot (Cross Checking)
Second Period
Goals:
06:47 QUE 7 Michael Matheson (25 Maxim Côté, 27 Jonathan Drouin) PP
08:19 PAC 16 Jackson Houck (23 Sam Reinhart, 17 Bo Pellah) PP
Penalties:
02:04 QUE 25 Maxim Côté (High Sticking)
06:23 PAC 22 Mitch Fyffe (Roughing)
07:14 QUE 10 Anthony Duclair (High Sticking)
10:01 QUE 2 Ryan Patulli (Hooking)
13:59 QUE 24 David Montgomery (Roughing)
17:19 PAC 22 Mitch Fyffe (High Sticking)
17:19 QUE 20 Patrick Walsh (Slashing)
19:08 PAC 12 Taylor Tanti (Slashing)
Third Period
Goals:
05:25 QUE 20 Patrick Walsh (10 Anthony Duclair, 2 Ryan Patulli)
13:23 PAC 23 Sam Reinhart (3 Mitchell Steinke) PP
13:55 PAC 22 Mitch Fyffe
Penalties:
03:15 QUE 10 Anthony Duclair (Slashing)
06:02 PAC 9 Dexter Dancs (Slashing)
09:41 PAC 24 Joel Issigonis (Slashing)
12:40 QUE 24 David Montgomery (Cross Checking)
16:18 QUE 9 Kurt Etchegary (10-Minute Misconduct)
16:18 QUE 9 Kurt Etchegary (High Sticking)
18:54 QUE 7 Michael Matheson (Cross Checking)
19:10 QUE 27 Jonathan Drouin (Spearing)
19:10 PAC 17 Bo Pellah (Slashing)
19:10 PAC 24 Joel Issigonis (Slashing)
Goaltenders
Vancouver NW Giants 1 Daniel Cotton
Lions du Lac St-Louis 33 François Brassard
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Vancouver NW Giants 7 11 10 28
Lions du Lac St-Louis 9 14 11 34
London Jr. Knights 2 - Halifax Titans 2
St. John's Privateers 2 - Winnipeg Thrashers 2
Canada 4 Germany 3 U-18
Canada has advanced to play USA in the Semi-Finals with Russia playing Sweden in the pther Semi-Final.
Canada (CAN) 1 1 2 4
Germany (GER) 2 0 1 3
First Period
Goals:
01:15 CAN 5 Ryan Murray (24 Mark McNeill) PP
06:57 GER 11 Leonhard Pfoderl (7 Max Meirandres) PP
12:52 GER 22 Tobias Rieder (11 Leonhard Pfoderl)
Penalties:
00:52 GER 27 Kilian Keller (Hooking)
02:10 CAN 21 Seth Griffith (Interference)
03:05 CAN 6 Scott Harrington (Delay of Game)
06:16 CAN 21 Seth Griffith (Slashing)
Second Period
Goals:
19:49 CAN 20 Brett Ritchie (5 Ryan Murray)
Penalties:
04:58 GER 19 Christian Kretschmann (Slashing)
06:37 GER 12 Oliver Mebus (Tripping)
08:50 CAN 10 Austen Brassard (Hooking)
15:47 CAN 18 Alan Quine (Holding)
16:06 CAN 5 Ryan Murray (Slashing)
Third Period
Goals:
01:57 GER 16 Alexander Ackermann (24 Sebastian Uvira)
10:47 CAN 4 Morgan Rielly (3 Slater Koekkoek , 24 Mark McNeill) PP
15:18 CAN 19 Nick Cousins (4 Morgan Rielly ) PP
Penalties:
08:57 GER 13 Lars Grozinger (Holding)
13:38 GER 15 Daniel Fischbuch (Tripping)
Goaltenders
Canada 30 Malcolm Subban
Germany 30 Marvin Cüpper
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Canada 11 19 17 47
Germany 9 14 8 31
Canada (CAN) 1 1 2 4
Germany (GER) 2 0 1 3
First Period
Goals:
01:15 CAN 5 Ryan Murray (24 Mark McNeill) PP
06:57 GER 11 Leonhard Pfoderl (7 Max Meirandres) PP
12:52 GER 22 Tobias Rieder (11 Leonhard Pfoderl)
Penalties:
00:52 GER 27 Kilian Keller (Hooking)
02:10 CAN 21 Seth Griffith (Interference)
03:05 CAN 6 Scott Harrington (Delay of Game)
06:16 CAN 21 Seth Griffith (Slashing)
Second Period
Goals:
19:49 CAN 20 Brett Ritchie (5 Ryan Murray)
Penalties:
04:58 GER 19 Christian Kretschmann (Slashing)
06:37 GER 12 Oliver Mebus (Tripping)
08:50 CAN 10 Austen Brassard (Hooking)
15:47 CAN 18 Alan Quine (Holding)
16:06 CAN 5 Ryan Murray (Slashing)
Third Period
Goals:
01:57 GER 16 Alexander Ackermann (24 Sebastian Uvira)
10:47 CAN 4 Morgan Rielly (3 Slater Koekkoek , 24 Mark McNeill) PP
15:18 CAN 19 Nick Cousins (4 Morgan Rielly ) PP
Penalties:
08:57 GER 13 Lars Grozinger (Holding)
13:38 GER 15 Daniel Fischbuch (Tripping)
Goaltenders
Canada 30 Malcolm Subban
Germany 30 Marvin Cüpper
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Canada 11 19 17 47
Germany 9 14 8 31
Kootenay vs Medicine Hat, 1 more day to go
The Kootenay ICE are venturing into familiar territory and an unfamiliar situation as they’re headed to Medicine Hat for the start of the WHL’s Eastern Conference Final.
The ICE and Tigers met 6 times during the regular season with ICE winning the series with a 4-1-1 record. Two of the ICE wins came in the 4,006-seat Arena in Medicine Hat. But, for the ICE it’s their 1st appearance in the WHL’s Final Four since 2005 when they lost in the West Final to the Kelowna Rockets. Back then the ICE regularly went deep into the playoffs as they won the League titles in 2000 and 2002.
The teams’ have followed similar paths in this years post season as the ICE took out Moose Jaw in 6 games in the 1st round and then upset Saskatoon 4 straight in the 2nd round. The Tigers eliminated Bandon in 6 games in the 1st round and pulled off an upset of Red Deer in 5 games.
For the ICE it will be a 9 days between games as they took out the Blades on April 6th at the Cranbrook Rec-Plex. Assistant Coach Todd Johnson says there are mostly positives with a long break at this time of the season “We had a few guys who had some bumps and bruises, so it’s nice they can have a chance to get healthy and have a couple of days off. We’re not reading too much into the break, it’s going to be the guys preparing themselves and focusing themselves to be ready to go on Friday.”
One of the players who needed some healing was forward Drew Czerwonka who missed 3 games in the Moose Jaw series with a shoulder injury and feels stronger heading into the weekend “We have a few guys beaten up here so the break is allowing us to heal. We still have to practice hard and practice with a high tempo so we are ready for Medicine Hat. All the boys are working hard and we are ready to get going.”
The ICE are on a Franchise Record tying 7-game playoff winning streak and are coming off a series win over the CHL’s #2 ranked Saskatoon Blades. Forward Jesse Ismond says it also helps the confidence knowing they had success against the Tigers during the regular season “With Saskatoon series we didn’t have a good regular season series (0-4 record) but we have played well against Medicine Hat and it’s good to have going into the series. We know they’re a skilled team and if you give them time and space they’re going to execute.”
The game plan for the ICE will be similar to the previous rounds where they played highly skilled teams in the Warriors and Blades. Defenseman Luke Paulsen says it’s no secret who they have to try and shutdown in the series “We know quite a lot about them, we’ve played them a lot over the years. We know what they can do, they have a lot of scoring up front and if we can keep playing the way we’ve been playing we’ll be fine.” Ismond agrees “They’ve got some good skilled players in (Linden) Vey and (Emerson) Etem and we know we need be hard on those guys like we were with (Brayden) Schenn and (Curtis) Hamilton.”
Even tough the ICE and Tigers have developed a rivalry of the last few years the ICE have nothing but respect for the Medicine Hat organization. Czerwonka says they deserve to be where they are, “They have some highly skilled players and we will need to play physical.” Johnson had a chance to watch the Tigers in person as they beat the Rebels in game 5 on Saturday and says they were the better team “They’re a confident group and they all are playing very very well.”
It’ll be the 2nd series in a row that the ICE will have to start on the road as they’ll meet in a building that is loud and has lively boards which creates a wild atmosphere. Czerwonka says it’s a unique place to play “It’s crazy, their fans are pretty rowdy, it’s loud all the time. It’s a great environment to play in.” Ismond says it’s a great place to play “It’s intense, it’s fast, it’s everything the playoffs are about. It’s almost reckless in there at times.”
The ICE have won their last 4 road games in this years’ playoffs and Johnson says sometimes it’s a positive to start on the road “I find it’s easier. The pressure is on the home team as they have to win those 2 games or they lose home ice advantage. For us it’s going in there and trying to set the tone on how we want to play in the series.” Paulsen says they approach each game the same “We bring our work ethic every night and it doesn’t matter where we are playing right now. That’s a good thing right now and not having home ice advantage is not hurting us right now.”
Along with playing each other 6 times a year in the regular season, this will be the 3rd playoff meeting between the clubs in the last 4 years. In 2008 the ICE, without home ice advantage, won the series in 5 games including winning the 1st 2 games on the road. Last year the Tigers came back from a 0-2 series deficit and won the next 4 games to win the series. Both meetings happened in the 1st round. This time around the winner will advance to play Portland or Spokane in the WHL Finals. Familiar or unfamiliar there is no better place to be at this time of the season.
The ICE and Tigers met 6 times during the regular season with ICE winning the series with a 4-1-1 record. Two of the ICE wins came in the 4,006-seat Arena in Medicine Hat. But, for the ICE it’s their 1st appearance in the WHL’s Final Four since 2005 when they lost in the West Final to the Kelowna Rockets. Back then the ICE regularly went deep into the playoffs as they won the League titles in 2000 and 2002.
The teams’ have followed similar paths in this years post season as the ICE took out Moose Jaw in 6 games in the 1st round and then upset Saskatoon 4 straight in the 2nd round. The Tigers eliminated Bandon in 6 games in the 1st round and pulled off an upset of Red Deer in 5 games.
For the ICE it will be a 9 days between games as they took out the Blades on April 6th at the Cranbrook Rec-Plex. Assistant Coach Todd Johnson says there are mostly positives with a long break at this time of the season “We had a few guys who had some bumps and bruises, so it’s nice they can have a chance to get healthy and have a couple of days off. We’re not reading too much into the break, it’s going to be the guys preparing themselves and focusing themselves to be ready to go on Friday.”
One of the players who needed some healing was forward Drew Czerwonka who missed 3 games in the Moose Jaw series with a shoulder injury and feels stronger heading into the weekend “We have a few guys beaten up here so the break is allowing us to heal. We still have to practice hard and practice with a high tempo so we are ready for Medicine Hat. All the boys are working hard and we are ready to get going.”
The ICE are on a Franchise Record tying 7-game playoff winning streak and are coming off a series win over the CHL’s #2 ranked Saskatoon Blades. Forward Jesse Ismond says it also helps the confidence knowing they had success against the Tigers during the regular season “With Saskatoon series we didn’t have a good regular season series (0-4 record) but we have played well against Medicine Hat and it’s good to have going into the series. We know they’re a skilled team and if you give them time and space they’re going to execute.”
The game plan for the ICE will be similar to the previous rounds where they played highly skilled teams in the Warriors and Blades. Defenseman Luke Paulsen says it’s no secret who they have to try and shutdown in the series “We know quite a lot about them, we’ve played them a lot over the years. We know what they can do, they have a lot of scoring up front and if we can keep playing the way we’ve been playing we’ll be fine.” Ismond agrees “They’ve got some good skilled players in (Linden) Vey and (Emerson) Etem and we know we need be hard on those guys like we were with (Brayden) Schenn and (Curtis) Hamilton.”
Even tough the ICE and Tigers have developed a rivalry of the last few years the ICE have nothing but respect for the Medicine Hat organization. Czerwonka says they deserve to be where they are, “They have some highly skilled players and we will need to play physical.” Johnson had a chance to watch the Tigers in person as they beat the Rebels in game 5 on Saturday and says they were the better team “They’re a confident group and they all are playing very very well.”
It’ll be the 2nd series in a row that the ICE will have to start on the road as they’ll meet in a building that is loud and has lively boards which creates a wild atmosphere. Czerwonka says it’s a unique place to play “It’s crazy, their fans are pretty rowdy, it’s loud all the time. It’s a great environment to play in.” Ismond says it’s a great place to play “It’s intense, it’s fast, it’s everything the playoffs are about. It’s almost reckless in there at times.”
The ICE have won their last 4 road games in this years’ playoffs and Johnson says sometimes it’s a positive to start on the road “I find it’s easier. The pressure is on the home team as they have to win those 2 games or they lose home ice advantage. For us it’s going in there and trying to set the tone on how we want to play in the series.” Paulsen says they approach each game the same “We bring our work ethic every night and it doesn’t matter where we are playing right now. That’s a good thing right now and not having home ice advantage is not hurting us right now.”
Along with playing each other 6 times a year in the regular season, this will be the 3rd playoff meeting between the clubs in the last 4 years. In 2008 the ICE, without home ice advantage, won the series in 5 games including winning the 1st 2 games on the road. Last year the Tigers came back from a 0-2 series deficit and won the next 4 games to win the series. Both meetings happened in the 1st round. This time around the winner will advance to play Portland or Spokane in the WHL Finals. Familiar or unfamiliar there is no better place to be at this time of the season.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Telus Cup Day 3
Vancouver NW Giants 4 - St. John's Privateers 3
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. – Jackson Houck scored the game-tying goal early in the third period and helped set up Sam Reinhart for the game-winner six minutes later as the Vancouver North West Giants survived a scare on Wednesday night, beating the St. John's Privateers 4-3.
The win leaves the Giants (3-0) as the tournament's lone unbeaten team, while the Privateers (1-2) saw their semifinal chances take a hit despite holding leads of 2-1 and 3-2 through the first 40 minutes. Coming off its first win of the tournament 24 hours earlier, St. John's came out with jump against the Pacific Region champions, but fell victim to the vaunted Vancouver power play, which converted for the eighth time in 13 chances when Alex Kerfoot snapped a shot past Matt Jenkins.
It took just 46 seconds for the Privateers to reply, however, as Marcus Power drove to the Vancouver net and snuck a shot through the pads of Giants netminder Scott Legault to ignite the hometown crowd at Mile One Centre. Fans were barely back in their seats at the start of the second period when Justin O'Reilly went crossbar and in on Legault to give St. John's its first lead of the game at 2-1.
Penalties came back to haunt the Privateers, though, with the Giants pulling even on another man advantage; Joel Issigonis tipped home a Bo Pellah shot just shy of the midway point of the middle frame.
St. John's took its third and final lead at 14:12 of the second when Danny Wicks buried a neat little feed from Power, who finished with a goal and two assists.
Once again the Giants turned to their power play, although it was a fortuitous bounce off the corner boards that allowed Kerfoot and Reinhart to set up Houck for his fourth goal of the tournament.
The Privateers had a glorious opportunity to retake the lead when Power was awarded a penalty shot shortly after Houck's goal, but the St. John's captain had his forehand deke stymied by the pad of Legault, who kept the game tied.
That set up the Kerfoot-to-Reinhart combination that has been so reliable for the Giants all week. Kerfoot found Reinhart in front, and the son of former NHLer Paul Reinhart buried it behind Jenkins to give Vancouver its first lead since 1-0.
Reinhart's goal was the only one not scored with the man advantage by Vancouver, although it came just 20 seconds after a St. John's penalty had ended, with Vancouver's top power play unit still on the ice. Vancouver tries to run its record to 4-0 on Thursday after when it takes on the Lions du Lac St-Louis (3:30 p.m. NT), while the Privateers will look to keep their semifinal hopes alive against the Winnipeg Thrashers (7 p.m. NT).
Halifax Titans 3 - Lions du Lac St-Louis 9
Winnipeg Thrashers 2 - London Jr. Knights 2
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. – Jackson Houck scored the game-tying goal early in the third period and helped set up Sam Reinhart for the game-winner six minutes later as the Vancouver North West Giants survived a scare on Wednesday night, beating the St. John's Privateers 4-3.
The win leaves the Giants (3-0) as the tournament's lone unbeaten team, while the Privateers (1-2) saw their semifinal chances take a hit despite holding leads of 2-1 and 3-2 through the first 40 minutes. Coming off its first win of the tournament 24 hours earlier, St. John's came out with jump against the Pacific Region champions, but fell victim to the vaunted Vancouver power play, which converted for the eighth time in 13 chances when Alex Kerfoot snapped a shot past Matt Jenkins.
It took just 46 seconds for the Privateers to reply, however, as Marcus Power drove to the Vancouver net and snuck a shot through the pads of Giants netminder Scott Legault to ignite the hometown crowd at Mile One Centre. Fans were barely back in their seats at the start of the second period when Justin O'Reilly went crossbar and in on Legault to give St. John's its first lead of the game at 2-1.
Penalties came back to haunt the Privateers, though, with the Giants pulling even on another man advantage; Joel Issigonis tipped home a Bo Pellah shot just shy of the midway point of the middle frame.
St. John's took its third and final lead at 14:12 of the second when Danny Wicks buried a neat little feed from Power, who finished with a goal and two assists.
Once again the Giants turned to their power play, although it was a fortuitous bounce off the corner boards that allowed Kerfoot and Reinhart to set up Houck for his fourth goal of the tournament.
The Privateers had a glorious opportunity to retake the lead when Power was awarded a penalty shot shortly after Houck's goal, but the St. John's captain had his forehand deke stymied by the pad of Legault, who kept the game tied.
That set up the Kerfoot-to-Reinhart combination that has been so reliable for the Giants all week. Kerfoot found Reinhart in front, and the son of former NHLer Paul Reinhart buried it behind Jenkins to give Vancouver its first lead since 1-0.
Reinhart's goal was the only one not scored with the man advantage by Vancouver, although it came just 20 seconds after a St. John's penalty had ended, with Vancouver's top power play unit still on the ice. Vancouver tries to run its record to 4-0 on Thursday after when it takes on the Lions du Lac St-Louis (3:30 p.m. NT), while the Privateers will look to keep their semifinal hopes alive against the Winnipeg Thrashers (7 p.m. NT).
Halifax Titans 3 - Lions du Lac St-Louis 9
Winnipeg Thrashers 2 - London Jr. Knights 2
3rd Round Matchups
Medicine Hat - 427 GP MC
Kootenay - 383 GP
History – 3rd meeting. 10 Medicine Hat won 4-2 1st round. 08 Kootenay won 4-1 1st round.
Season – Kootenay 4-1-1-0. Medicine Hat 2-4-0-0.
October 26th – Kootenay 3 at Medicine Hat 2
December 4th – Medicine Hat 3 at Kootenay 2 OT
December 28th – at Kootenay 6 Medicine Hat 3
December 29th – at Medicine Hat 3 Kootenay 2
February 18th – at Kootenay 4 Medicine Hat 1
March 15th – Kootenay 4 at Medicine Hat 1
29 Brett Teskey 1 GP 0-0 0.00 1.000 6 min
31 Nathan Lieuwen 13 GP 8-3 1.95 .926% 2 SO
2 Hayden Rintoul 20 GP 1-6-7 28pm
3 Brayden McNabb 30 GP 3-22-25 40pm
4 James Martin 20 GP 1-6-7 16pm
5 Jagger Dirk 10 GP 0-0-0 7pm
6 Luke Paulsen 10 GP 0-0-0 0pm
7 Kevin King 37 GP 7-13-20 56pm
8 Adam Rossignol 5 GP 0-1-1 0pm
9 Cody Eakin 33 GP 10-11-21 24pm
11 Matt Fraser 29 GP 12-8-20 36pm
12 Sam Reinhart 1 GP 0-0-0 0pm
15 Steele Boomer 26 GP 3-8-11 14pm
17 Elgin Pearce 16 GP 1-3-4 8pm
18 Jesse Ismond 18 GP 1-3-4 39pm
19 Drew Czerwonka 15 GP 1-4-5 14pm
20 Joe Antilla 20 GP 6-4-10 10pm
21 Brock Montgomery 10 GP 2-0-2 4pm
22 Eric Benoit 10 GP 0-0-0 2pm
23 Max Reinhart 20 GP 9-7-16 14pm
24 Joey Leach 19 GP 1-1-2 24pm
25 Brendan Hurley 10 GP 0-0-0 6pm
27 John Neibrandt 10 GP 0-0-0 7pm
GP – 37 King, 33 Eakin, 30 McNabb, 29 Fraser, 26 Boomer, 20 Rintoul, 20 Martin, 20 Antilla, 20 Reinhart,
19 Leach, 18 Ismond, 16 Pearce, 15 Czerwonka,
G - 12 Fraser, 10 Eakin, 9 Reinhart, 7 King, 6 Antilla, 3 McNabb, 3 Boomer,
A - 22 McNabb, 13 King, 11 Eakin, 8 Fraser, 8 Boomer, 7 Reinhart, 6 Rintoul, 6 Martin, 5 Antilla,
Pts – 25 McNabb, 21 Eakin, 20 Fraser, 20 King, 16 Reinhart, 11 Boomer, 10 Antilla, 7 Rintoul, 7 Martin,
5 Pearce,
PM – 56 King, 40 McNabb, 39 Ismond, 36 Fraser, 28 Rintoul, 24 Eakin, 24 Eakin, 20 Leach,
W - 8 Lieuwen,
Avg – 1.95 Lieuwen, Teskey 0.00,
SO – 2 Lieuwen,
Coach – Kris Knoblauch 1 season Kootenay 10 8-2 .800%
Game 7 – Kootenay 4 1-3 .250%
MC – Kootenay 7 3-4
30 Tyler Bunz 20 GP 10-9 2.77 .910% 1 SO
33 Deven Dubyk 7 GP 4-1 4.32 .872%
2 Dylan Busenius 11 GP 0-0-0 8pm
3 Scott McKay 23 GP 1-1-2 19pm
4 Jace Coyle 34 GP 7-14-21 30pm MC
5 Thomas Carr 32 GP 3-5-8 28pm
6 Matthew Konan 34 GP 1-11-12 26pm
7 Tyler Pitlick
9 Hunter Shinkaruk 10 GP 4-5-9 0pm
12 Sam Dezman
14 Cole Grbavac 26 GP 9-8-17 41pm
15 Linden Vey 39 GP 14-23-37 18pm
16 Kellan Tochkin 20 GP 6-6-12 29pm
17 Reid Petryk 11 GP 1-3-4 6pm
18 Curtis Valk 11 GP 1-4-5 6pm
20 Boston Leier 10 GP 3-2-5 2pm
21 Spencer Jensen 1 GP 0-0-0 0pm
23 Alex Theriau 18 GP 1-7-8 12pm
24 Patrik Parkkonen 3 GP 0-0-0 0pm
25 Scott Ramsay 1 GP 0-0-0 0pm
26 Emerson Etem 23 GP 14-12-26 2pm
27 Dylan Bredo 21 GP 1-4-5 4pm
29 Sebastian Owuya 11 GP 1-5-6 14pm
34 Kale Kessy 22 GP 4-5-9 35pm
36 Wacey Hamilton 39 GP 8-15-23 63pm
GP – 39 Vey, 39 Hamilton, 34 Coyle, 34 Konan, 32 Carr, 26 Grbavac, 23 McKay, 23 Etem, 22 Kessy,
21 Bredo, 20 Tochkin, 20 Bunz, 18 Theriau,
G - 14 Etem, 14 Vey, 9 Grbavac, 7 Hamilton, 7 Coyle, 6 Tochkin, 4 Shinkaruk, 4 Kessy, 3 Carr,
A - 23 Vey, 15 Hamilton, 14 Coyle, 12 Etem, 11 Konan, 8 Grbavac, 7 Theriau, 6 Tochkin, 5 Carr, 5 Shinkaruk, 5 Owuya, 5 Kessy,
Pts – 37 Vey, 26 Etem, 23 Hamilton, 21 Coyle, 17 Grbavac, 12 Konan, 12 Tochkin, 9 Shinkaruk, 9 Kessy,
8 Carr, 8 Theriau, 6 Owuya, 5 Valk, 5 Leier, 5 Bredo,
PM – 63 Hamilton, 41 Grbavac, 35 Kessy, 30 Coyle, 29 Tochkin, 28 Carr, 26 Konan,
W - 10 Bunz, 4 Dubyk,
Avg – 2.77 Bunz, 4.32 Dubyk,
SO – 1 Bunz,
Coach – Shaun Clouston 1 season Medicine Hat 11 8-3 .727%
Game 7 – Medicine Hat 10 7-3 .700%
MC – Medicine Hat 20 12-8 .600%
Portland - 427 GP MC 2 GP
Spokane – 460 GP MC 8 GP
History – 9th meeting. 10 Portland won 4-3 1st round, 03 Spokane won 4-3 1st round, 01 Portland won 4-1 West Final, 98 Portland won 4-3 West Final, 96 Spokane won 4-3 1st round, 92 Spokane won 4-2 1st round, 87 Portland won 5-0 1st round, 86 Portland won 5-4 1st round.
Season – Portland 4-5-0-0. Spokane 5-3-1-0.
October 8th - Portland 3 at Spokane 2
October 9th - Portland 2 at Spokane 1
November 21st – Spokane 3 at Portland 1
December 4th – at Spokane 4 Portland 3
December 8th – at Spokane 9 Portland 3
January 12th – Spokane 4 at Portland 3
January 23rd – at Portland 6 Spokane 5 OT
February 9th – Portland 10 at Spokane 5
March 20th – Spokane 6 at Portland 3
GP – 68 Cunningham, 23 Morrow, 23 Rutkowski, 23 Rattie, 23 Boychuk, 23 Johansen, 23 Niederreiter,
23 Jordan, 21 Carruth, 21 Aronson, 20 Ross,
G - 23 Cunningham, 15 Niederreiter, 12 Johansen, 8 Morrow, 6 Ross, 6 Rutkowski, 6 Rattie, 6 Boychuk, 4 Morrow,
A - 28 Cunningham, 20 Johansen, 19 Niederreiter, 11 Bartschi, 9 Morrow, 9 Rattie, 8 Ross, 8 Rutkowski,
8 Aronson, 7 Aronson,
5 Bartschi, 6 Boychuk,
Pts – 51 Cunningham, 34 Niederreiter, 32 Johansen, 15 Rattie, 14 Rutkowski, 14 Ross, 14 Bartschi, 13 Morrow,
12 Boychuk, 10 Aronson,
PM – 59 Morrow, 51 Cunningham, 51 Ross, 48 Boychuk, 47 Jordan, 32 Niederreiter, 25 Aronson, 24 Rattie, 23 Jordan, 21 Morrow,
W - 13 Carruth,
Avg – 3.19 Carruth,
SO – 1 Carruth,
Coach – Mike Johnston 2 seasons Portland 23 14-9 .609%
Game 7 – Portland 9 3-6 .333%
MC – Portland 16 10-6, 18 10-8 (Portland/Edmonton)
GP – 56 Koper, 49 Johnson, 45 Cowen, 30 Kuhn, 30 Baldwin, 30 Miller, 29 Gal, 26 Kitchton, 24 Bardaro,
18 Reid, 18 Marantz, 17 Uher,
G - 18 Johnson, 12 Koper, 9 Gal, 6 Kuhn, 6 Miller, 5 Kramer, 4 Holmberg, 3 Marantz, 3 Cowen,
A - 20 Koper, 15 Johnson, 14 Cowen, 9 Kuhn, 7 Marantz, 6 Kitchton, 6 Uher, 5 Vandane, 5 Valcourt,
Pts – 33 Johnson, 32 Koper, 17 Cowen, 15 Kuhn, 11 Gal, 10 Miller, 9 Marantz, 8 Uher, 7 Kitchton, 6 Kramer,
PM – 54 Koper, 41 Johnson, 37 Cowen,
W - 11 Reid,
Avg – 2.79 Reid,
SO – 1 Reid,
Coach – Don Nachbaur 12 seasons Seattle/Tri City/Spokane 105 50-55 .476%
Game 7 – Spokane 8 4-4 .500%
MC – Spokane 12 9-3 .750%
Kootenay - 383 GP
History – 3rd meeting. 10 Medicine Hat won 4-2 1st round. 08 Kootenay won 4-1 1st round.
Season – Kootenay 4-1-1-0. Medicine Hat 2-4-0-0.
October 26th – Kootenay 3 at Medicine Hat 2
December 4th – Medicine Hat 3 at Kootenay 2 OT
December 28th – at Kootenay 6 Medicine Hat 3
December 29th – at Medicine Hat 3 Kootenay 2
February 18th – at Kootenay 4 Medicine Hat 1
March 15th – Kootenay 4 at Medicine Hat 1
29 Brett Teskey 1 GP 0-0 0.00 1.000 6 min
31 Nathan Lieuwen 13 GP 8-3 1.95 .926% 2 SO
2 Hayden Rintoul 20 GP 1-6-7 28pm
3 Brayden McNabb 30 GP 3-22-25 40pm
4 James Martin 20 GP 1-6-7 16pm
5 Jagger Dirk 10 GP 0-0-0 7pm
6 Luke Paulsen 10 GP 0-0-0 0pm
7 Kevin King 37 GP 7-13-20 56pm
8 Adam Rossignol 5 GP 0-1-1 0pm
9 Cody Eakin 33 GP 10-11-21 24pm
11 Matt Fraser 29 GP 12-8-20 36pm
12 Sam Reinhart 1 GP 0-0-0 0pm
15 Steele Boomer 26 GP 3-8-11 14pm
17 Elgin Pearce 16 GP 1-3-4 8pm
18 Jesse Ismond 18 GP 1-3-4 39pm
19 Drew Czerwonka 15 GP 1-4-5 14pm
20 Joe Antilla 20 GP 6-4-10 10pm
21 Brock Montgomery 10 GP 2-0-2 4pm
22 Eric Benoit 10 GP 0-0-0 2pm
23 Max Reinhart 20 GP 9-7-16 14pm
24 Joey Leach 19 GP 1-1-2 24pm
25 Brendan Hurley 10 GP 0-0-0 6pm
27 John Neibrandt 10 GP 0-0-0 7pm
GP – 37 King, 33 Eakin, 30 McNabb, 29 Fraser, 26 Boomer, 20 Rintoul, 20 Martin, 20 Antilla, 20 Reinhart,
19 Leach, 18 Ismond, 16 Pearce, 15 Czerwonka,
G - 12 Fraser, 10 Eakin, 9 Reinhart, 7 King, 6 Antilla, 3 McNabb, 3 Boomer,
A - 22 McNabb, 13 King, 11 Eakin, 8 Fraser, 8 Boomer, 7 Reinhart, 6 Rintoul, 6 Martin, 5 Antilla,
Pts – 25 McNabb, 21 Eakin, 20 Fraser, 20 King, 16 Reinhart, 11 Boomer, 10 Antilla, 7 Rintoul, 7 Martin,
5 Pearce,
PM – 56 King, 40 McNabb, 39 Ismond, 36 Fraser, 28 Rintoul, 24 Eakin, 24 Eakin, 20 Leach,
W - 8 Lieuwen,
Avg – 1.95 Lieuwen, Teskey 0.00,
SO – 2 Lieuwen,
Coach – Kris Knoblauch 1 season Kootenay 10 8-2 .800%
Game 7 – Kootenay 4 1-3 .250%
MC – Kootenay 7 3-4
30 Tyler Bunz 20 GP 10-9 2.77 .910% 1 SO
33 Deven Dubyk 7 GP 4-1 4.32 .872%
2 Dylan Busenius 11 GP 0-0-0 8pm
3 Scott McKay 23 GP 1-1-2 19pm
4 Jace Coyle 34 GP 7-14-21 30pm MC
5 Thomas Carr 32 GP 3-5-8 28pm
6 Matthew Konan 34 GP 1-11-12 26pm
7 Tyler Pitlick
9 Hunter Shinkaruk 10 GP 4-5-9 0pm
12 Sam Dezman
14 Cole Grbavac 26 GP 9-8-17 41pm
15 Linden Vey 39 GP 14-23-37 18pm
16 Kellan Tochkin 20 GP 6-6-12 29pm
17 Reid Petryk 11 GP 1-3-4 6pm
18 Curtis Valk 11 GP 1-4-5 6pm
20 Boston Leier 10 GP 3-2-5 2pm
21 Spencer Jensen 1 GP 0-0-0 0pm
23 Alex Theriau 18 GP 1-7-8 12pm
24 Patrik Parkkonen 3 GP 0-0-0 0pm
25 Scott Ramsay 1 GP 0-0-0 0pm
26 Emerson Etem 23 GP 14-12-26 2pm
27 Dylan Bredo 21 GP 1-4-5 4pm
29 Sebastian Owuya 11 GP 1-5-6 14pm
34 Kale Kessy 22 GP 4-5-9 35pm
36 Wacey Hamilton 39 GP 8-15-23 63pm
GP – 39 Vey, 39 Hamilton, 34 Coyle, 34 Konan, 32 Carr, 26 Grbavac, 23 McKay, 23 Etem, 22 Kessy,
21 Bredo, 20 Tochkin, 20 Bunz, 18 Theriau,
G - 14 Etem, 14 Vey, 9 Grbavac, 7 Hamilton, 7 Coyle, 6 Tochkin, 4 Shinkaruk, 4 Kessy, 3 Carr,
A - 23 Vey, 15 Hamilton, 14 Coyle, 12 Etem, 11 Konan, 8 Grbavac, 7 Theriau, 6 Tochkin, 5 Carr, 5 Shinkaruk, 5 Owuya, 5 Kessy,
Pts – 37 Vey, 26 Etem, 23 Hamilton, 21 Coyle, 17 Grbavac, 12 Konan, 12 Tochkin, 9 Shinkaruk, 9 Kessy,
8 Carr, 8 Theriau, 6 Owuya, 5 Valk, 5 Leier, 5 Bredo,
PM – 63 Hamilton, 41 Grbavac, 35 Kessy, 30 Coyle, 29 Tochkin, 28 Carr, 26 Konan,
W - 10 Bunz, 4 Dubyk,
Avg – 2.77 Bunz, 4.32 Dubyk,
SO – 1 Bunz,
Coach – Shaun Clouston 1 season Medicine Hat 11 8-3 .727%
Game 7 – Medicine Hat 10 7-3 .700%
MC – Medicine Hat 20 12-8 .600%
Portland - 427 GP MC 2 GP
Spokane – 460 GP MC 8 GP
History – 9th meeting. 10 Portland won 4-3 1st round, 03 Spokane won 4-3 1st round, 01 Portland won 4-1 West Final, 98 Portland won 4-3 West Final, 96 Spokane won 4-3 1st round, 92 Spokane won 4-2 1st round, 87 Portland won 5-0 1st round, 86 Portland won 5-4 1st round.
Season – Portland 4-5-0-0. Spokane 5-3-1-0.
October 8th - Portland 3 at Spokane 2
October 9th - Portland 2 at Spokane 1
November 21st – Spokane 3 at Portland 1
December 4th – at Spokane 4 Portland 3
December 8th – at Spokane 9 Portland 3
January 12th – Spokane 4 at Portland 3
January 23rd – at Portland 6 Spokane 5 OT
February 9th – Portland 10 at Spokane 5
March 20th – Spokane 6 at Portland 3
GP – 68 Cunningham, 23 Morrow, 23 Rutkowski, 23 Rattie, 23 Boychuk, 23 Johansen, 23 Niederreiter,
23 Jordan, 21 Carruth, 21 Aronson, 20 Ross,
G - 23 Cunningham, 15 Niederreiter, 12 Johansen, 8 Morrow, 6 Ross, 6 Rutkowski, 6 Rattie, 6 Boychuk, 4 Morrow,
A - 28 Cunningham, 20 Johansen, 19 Niederreiter, 11 Bartschi, 9 Morrow, 9 Rattie, 8 Ross, 8 Rutkowski,
8 Aronson, 7 Aronson,
5 Bartschi, 6 Boychuk,
Pts – 51 Cunningham, 34 Niederreiter, 32 Johansen, 15 Rattie, 14 Rutkowski, 14 Ross, 14 Bartschi, 13 Morrow,
12 Boychuk, 10 Aronson,
PM – 59 Morrow, 51 Cunningham, 51 Ross, 48 Boychuk, 47 Jordan, 32 Niederreiter, 25 Aronson, 24 Rattie, 23 Jordan, 21 Morrow,
W - 13 Carruth,
Avg – 3.19 Carruth,
SO – 1 Carruth,
Coach – Mike Johnston 2 seasons Portland 23 14-9 .609%
Game 7 – Portland 9 3-6 .333%
MC – Portland 16 10-6, 18 10-8 (Portland/Edmonton)
GP – 56 Koper, 49 Johnson, 45 Cowen, 30 Kuhn, 30 Baldwin, 30 Miller, 29 Gal, 26 Kitchton, 24 Bardaro,
18 Reid, 18 Marantz, 17 Uher,
G - 18 Johnson, 12 Koper, 9 Gal, 6 Kuhn, 6 Miller, 5 Kramer, 4 Holmberg, 3 Marantz, 3 Cowen,
A - 20 Koper, 15 Johnson, 14 Cowen, 9 Kuhn, 7 Marantz, 6 Kitchton, 6 Uher, 5 Vandane, 5 Valcourt,
Pts – 33 Johnson, 32 Koper, 17 Cowen, 15 Kuhn, 11 Gal, 10 Miller, 9 Marantz, 8 Uher, 7 Kitchton, 6 Kramer,
PM – 54 Koper, 41 Johnson, 37 Cowen,
W - 11 Reid,
Avg – 2.79 Reid,
SO – 1 Reid,
Coach – Don Nachbaur 12 seasons Seattle/Tri City/Spokane 105 50-55 .476%
Game 7 – Spokane 8 4-4 .500%
MC – Spokane 12 9-3 .750%
WHL Active Players Playoff Experience Stats
Active Players Playoff Experience (MC = Memorial Cup Experience)
1. Spokane – 460 GP MC 8 GP
2. Medicine Hat - 427 GP MC
3. Portland - 416 GP MC 2 GP
4. Kootenay - 383 GP
Games Played
68 Cunningham
56 Koper
49 Johnson
45 Cowen
39 Vey
39 Hamilton
37 King
34 Coyle
34 Konan
33 Eakin
32 Carr
30 McNabb
30 Kuhn
30 Baldwin
30 Miller
29 Fraser
29 Gal
Goals
23 Cunningham
18 Johnson
15 Niederreiter
14 Etem
14 Vey
12 Fraser
12 Johansen
12 Koper
10 Eakin
9 Reinhart
9 Grbavac
9 Gal
8 Morrow
7 King
7 Hamilton
7 Coyle
6 Antilla
6 Tochkin
6 Ross
6 Rutkowski
6 Rattie
6 Boychuk
6 Kuhn
6 Miller
Assists
28 Cunningham
23 Vey
22 McNabb
20 Johansen
20 Koper
19 Niederreiter
15 Hamilton
15 Johnson
14 Coyle
14 Cowen
13 King
12 Etem
11 Eakin
11 Konan
11 Bartschi
Points
51 Cunningham
37 Vey
34 Niederreiter
33 Johnson
32 Johansen
32 Koper
26 Etem
25 McNabb
23 Hamilton
21 Coyle
21 Eakin
20 Fraser
20 King
17 Grbavac
17 Cowen
16 Reinhart
Penalty Minutes
63 Hamilton
59 Morrow
56 King
54 Koper
51 Cunningham
51 Ross
48 Boychuk
47 Jordan
41 Grbavac
41 Johnson
40 McNabb
39 Ismond
37 Cowen
36 Fraser
35 Kessy
Wins
13 Carruth
11 Reid
10 Bunz
8 Lieuwen
4 Dubyk
Goals Against Average
1.95 Lieuwen, Teskey 0.00
2.77 Bunz
2.79 Reid
3.19 Carruth
4.32 Dubyk
Shutouts
2 Lieuwen
1 Bunz
1 Carruth
1 Reid
Coach Wins
Don Nachbaur 12 seasons Seattle/Tri City/Spokane 105 50-55 .476%
Mike Johnston 2 seasons Portland 23 14-9 .609%
Kris Knoblauch 1 season Kootenay 10 8-2 .800%
Shaun Clouston 1 season Medicine Hat 11 8-3 .727%
1. Spokane – 460 GP MC 8 GP
2. Medicine Hat - 427 GP MC
3. Portland - 416 GP MC 2 GP
4. Kootenay - 383 GP
Games Played
68 Cunningham
56 Koper
49 Johnson
45 Cowen
39 Vey
39 Hamilton
37 King
34 Coyle
34 Konan
33 Eakin
32 Carr
30 McNabb
30 Kuhn
30 Baldwin
30 Miller
29 Fraser
29 Gal
Goals
23 Cunningham
18 Johnson
15 Niederreiter
14 Etem
14 Vey
12 Fraser
12 Johansen
12 Koper
10 Eakin
9 Reinhart
9 Grbavac
9 Gal
8 Morrow
7 King
7 Hamilton
7 Coyle
6 Antilla
6 Tochkin
6 Ross
6 Rutkowski
6 Rattie
6 Boychuk
6 Kuhn
6 Miller
Assists
28 Cunningham
23 Vey
22 McNabb
20 Johansen
20 Koper
19 Niederreiter
15 Hamilton
15 Johnson
14 Coyle
14 Cowen
13 King
12 Etem
11 Eakin
11 Konan
11 Bartschi
Points
51 Cunningham
37 Vey
34 Niederreiter
33 Johnson
32 Johansen
32 Koper
26 Etem
25 McNabb
23 Hamilton
21 Coyle
21 Eakin
20 Fraser
20 King
17 Grbavac
17 Cowen
16 Reinhart
Penalty Minutes
63 Hamilton
59 Morrow
56 King
54 Koper
51 Cunningham
51 Ross
48 Boychuk
47 Jordan
41 Grbavac
41 Johnson
40 McNabb
39 Ismond
37 Cowen
36 Fraser
35 Kessy
Wins
13 Carruth
11 Reid
10 Bunz
8 Lieuwen
4 Dubyk
Goals Against Average
1.95 Lieuwen, Teskey 0.00
2.77 Bunz
2.79 Reid
3.19 Carruth
4.32 Dubyk
Shutouts
2 Lieuwen
1 Bunz
1 Carruth
1 Reid
Coach Wins
Don Nachbaur 12 seasons Seattle/Tri City/Spokane 105 50-55 .476%
Mike Johnston 2 seasons Portland 23 14-9 .609%
Kris Knoblauch 1 season Kootenay 10 8-2 .800%
Shaun Clouston 1 season Medicine Hat 11 8-3 .727%
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Telus Cup Day 2
Sam Reinhart had 1 goal and 3 assists as the Vancouver NW Giants improved to 2-0 with a 6-1 win over Halifax.
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Alex Kerfoot had a hat trick and added two assists and Sam Reinhart finished with agoal and three helpers as the Vancouver North West Giants continued their offensive roll through the 2011 TELUS Cup, beating the Halifax Titans 6-1 on Tuesday afternoon at Mile One Centre.
Through two games Kerfoot (five goals, eight assists) and Reinhart (four goals, nine assists) sit tied atop the tournament scoring chart with 13 points in two games, a remarkable pace at any level, let alone anational championship.
After scoring four times in the first 10 minutes and six times in the first period of their win overWinnipeg on Monday, the Giants (2-0) managed just a single goal in the opening frame against Halifax (1-1), a power play marker off the stick of Reinhart.
But the flood gates opened in period two, thanks in large part to Vancouver’s play with the man advantage. Kerfoot and Cam Marks scored power play goals in the second period, sandwiched between even-strength markers from Kerfoot and Sean Lan, sending the Giants to the dressing room up 5-0 after 40 minutes.
Alex MacNeil ruined the shutout bid of Daniel Cotton early in the third period before Kerfoot finished off his hat trick on a beautiful feed from Reinhart, capping the scoring.
The Giants are the first team to win their first two games by at least five goals since the Prince Albert Mintos in 2006, who won the gold medal, and they’re the first B.C. team to start 2-0 at the National MidgetChampionship since the Burnaby Winter Club in 1982 – the team that won the province’s lone national title.
Vancouver will try to run its record to 3-0 on Wednesday when it meets the host St. John’s Privateers (7p.m. NT), while the Titans will take on the Lions du Lac St-Louis in the day’s matinee.
Box Score 1 2 3 Total
Vancouver NW Giants (PAC) 1 4 1 6
Halifax Titans (ATL) 0 0 1 1
First Period
Goals:
04:04 PAC 23 Sam Reinhart (14 Alex Kerfoot, 16 Jackson Houck) PP
Penalties:
02:49 ATL 17 Damon MacEachern (Slashing)
08:58 ATL 5 Zachery Anderson (Hooking)
12:09 PAC 8 Scott Patterson (Roughing)
19:53 PAC 16 Jackson Houck (Roughing)
Second Period
Goals:
02:05 PAC 19 Sean Lan (3 Mitchell Steinke)
04:43 PAC 7 Cam Marks (23 Sam Reinhart, 14 Alex Kerfoot) PP
07:20 PAC 14 Alex Kerfoot (17 Bo Pellah, 2 Joseph Carvalho) PP
14:30 PAC 14 Alex Kerfoot (23 Sam Reinhart, 12 Taylor Tanti)
Penalties:
03:02 ATL 4 Mitchell Henneberry (Holding)
06:06 ATL 10 John Macdonald (Slashing)
16:08 ATL 22 Brennan Saulnier (Interference)
18:25 ATL 20 Jordan Keizer (Interference)
18:25 PAC 14 Alex Kerfoot (Roughing)
18:51 PAC 3 Mitchell Steinke (Holding)
Third Period
Goals:
01:57 ATL 9 Alex MacNeil (22 Brennan Saulnier, 14 Tyler Mathieu)
15:51 PAC 14 Alex Kerfoot (23 Sam Reinhart, 10 Alex Roberts)
Penalties:
05:59 PAC 10 Alex Roberts (Kneeing)
09:21 PAC 4 Austin Barr (Slashing)
18:03 ATL 12 Patrick MacIsaac (Slashing)
Goaltenders
Vancouver NW Giants 1 Daniel Cotton
Halifax Titans 33 Shawn Jeffrey, 35 Jacob Fancy
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Vancouver NW Giants 12 9 4 25
Halifax Titans 8 10 7 25
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Lions du Lac St-Louis 0 - Winnipeg Thrashers 2
London Jr. Knights 3 - St. John's Privateers 5
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Alex Kerfoot had a hat trick and added two assists and Sam Reinhart finished with agoal and three helpers as the Vancouver North West Giants continued their offensive roll through the 2011 TELUS Cup, beating the Halifax Titans 6-1 on Tuesday afternoon at Mile One Centre.
Through two games Kerfoot (five goals, eight assists) and Reinhart (four goals, nine assists) sit tied atop the tournament scoring chart with 13 points in two games, a remarkable pace at any level, let alone anational championship.
After scoring four times in the first 10 minutes and six times in the first period of their win overWinnipeg on Monday, the Giants (2-0) managed just a single goal in the opening frame against Halifax (1-1), a power play marker off the stick of Reinhart.
But the flood gates opened in period two, thanks in large part to Vancouver’s play with the man advantage. Kerfoot and Cam Marks scored power play goals in the second period, sandwiched between even-strength markers from Kerfoot and Sean Lan, sending the Giants to the dressing room up 5-0 after 40 minutes.
Alex MacNeil ruined the shutout bid of Daniel Cotton early in the third period before Kerfoot finished off his hat trick on a beautiful feed from Reinhart, capping the scoring.
The Giants are the first team to win their first two games by at least five goals since the Prince Albert Mintos in 2006, who won the gold medal, and they’re the first B.C. team to start 2-0 at the National MidgetChampionship since the Burnaby Winter Club in 1982 – the team that won the province’s lone national title.
Vancouver will try to run its record to 3-0 on Wednesday when it meets the host St. John’s Privateers (7p.m. NT), while the Titans will take on the Lions du Lac St-Louis in the day’s matinee.
Box Score 1 2 3 Total
Vancouver NW Giants (PAC) 1 4 1 6
Halifax Titans (ATL) 0 0 1 1
First Period
Goals:
04:04 PAC 23 Sam Reinhart (14 Alex Kerfoot, 16 Jackson Houck) PP
Penalties:
02:49 ATL 17 Damon MacEachern (Slashing)
08:58 ATL 5 Zachery Anderson (Hooking)
12:09 PAC 8 Scott Patterson (Roughing)
19:53 PAC 16 Jackson Houck (Roughing)
Second Period
Goals:
02:05 PAC 19 Sean Lan (3 Mitchell Steinke)
04:43 PAC 7 Cam Marks (23 Sam Reinhart, 14 Alex Kerfoot) PP
07:20 PAC 14 Alex Kerfoot (17 Bo Pellah, 2 Joseph Carvalho) PP
14:30 PAC 14 Alex Kerfoot (23 Sam Reinhart, 12 Taylor Tanti)
Penalties:
03:02 ATL 4 Mitchell Henneberry (Holding)
06:06 ATL 10 John Macdonald (Slashing)
16:08 ATL 22 Brennan Saulnier (Interference)
18:25 ATL 20 Jordan Keizer (Interference)
18:25 PAC 14 Alex Kerfoot (Roughing)
18:51 PAC 3 Mitchell Steinke (Holding)
Third Period
Goals:
01:57 ATL 9 Alex MacNeil (22 Brennan Saulnier, 14 Tyler Mathieu)
15:51 PAC 14 Alex Kerfoot (23 Sam Reinhart, 10 Alex Roberts)
Penalties:
05:59 PAC 10 Alex Roberts (Kneeing)
09:21 PAC 4 Austin Barr (Slashing)
18:03 ATL 12 Patrick MacIsaac (Slashing)
Goaltenders
Vancouver NW Giants 1 Daniel Cotton
Halifax Titans 33 Shawn Jeffrey, 35 Jacob Fancy
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Vancouver NW Giants 12 9 4 25
Halifax Titans 8 10 7 25
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Lions du Lac St-Louis 0 - Winnipeg Thrashers 2
London Jr. Knights 3 - St. John's Privateers 5
Sweden 4 Canada 2 U-18
Canada finished the round robin with a 3-1 record. The loss puts them in 2nd place in their pool and will have to win 3 straight games to get the Gold medal as they now will advance to the quarter-finals to play Germany.
Sweden (SWE) 0 0 4 4
Canada (CAN) 1 0 1 2
First Period
Goals:
12:59 CAN 19 Nick Cousins
Penalties:
00:00 SWE 14 Jeremy Boyce-Rotevall (10-Minute Misconduct)
00:00 CAN 9 Brent Andrews (10-Minute Misconduct)
01:33 CAN 18 Alan Quine (Interference)
04:34 SWE 2 Jonas Brodin (Holding)
08:59 SWE 9 Mikael Vikstrand (Roughing)
15:27 CAN 6 Scott Harrington (Tripping)
19:56 CAN 22 Travis Ewanyk (Charging)
Second Period
Goals:
None
Penalties:
05:13 CAN 18 Alan Quine (Holding)
07:48 SWE 30 Niklas Lundstrom (Delay of Game)
14:44 CAN 22 Travis Ewanyk (Charging)
17:51 SWE 22 Emil Lundberg (Slashing)
Third Period
Goals:
01:47 CAN 14 Ryan Murphy
02:04 SWE 28 Linus Froberg (19 Oscar Klefbom)
14:14 SWE 11 Gustav Bjorklund (29 Filip Forsberg)
14:52 SWE 19 Oscar Klefbom
19:34 SWE 30 Niklas Lundstrom EN
Penalties:
03:44 CAN 6 Scott Harrington (Tripping)
05:14 SWE 21 Mika Zibanejad (Interference)
18:25 CAN 14 Ryan Murphy (Roughing)
Goaltenders
Sweden 30 Niklas Lundstrom
Canada 30 Malcolm Subban
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Sweden 6 10 6 22
Canada 9 13 14 36
Sweden (SWE) 0 0 4 4
Canada (CAN) 1 0 1 2
First Period
Goals:
12:59 CAN 19 Nick Cousins
Penalties:
00:00 SWE 14 Jeremy Boyce-Rotevall (10-Minute Misconduct)
00:00 CAN 9 Brent Andrews (10-Minute Misconduct)
01:33 CAN 18 Alan Quine (Interference)
04:34 SWE 2 Jonas Brodin (Holding)
08:59 SWE 9 Mikael Vikstrand (Roughing)
15:27 CAN 6 Scott Harrington (Tripping)
19:56 CAN 22 Travis Ewanyk (Charging)
Second Period
Goals:
None
Penalties:
05:13 CAN 18 Alan Quine (Holding)
07:48 SWE 30 Niklas Lundstrom (Delay of Game)
14:44 CAN 22 Travis Ewanyk (Charging)
17:51 SWE 22 Emil Lundberg (Slashing)
Third Period
Goals:
01:47 CAN 14 Ryan Murphy
02:04 SWE 28 Linus Froberg (19 Oscar Klefbom)
14:14 SWE 11 Gustav Bjorklund (29 Filip Forsberg)
14:52 SWE 19 Oscar Klefbom
19:34 SWE 30 Niklas Lundstrom EN
Penalties:
03:44 CAN 6 Scott Harrington (Tripping)
05:14 SWE 21 Mika Zibanejad (Interference)
18:25 CAN 14 Ryan Murphy (Roughing)
Goaltenders
Sweden 30 Niklas Lundstrom
Canada 30 Malcolm Subban
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Sweden 6 10 6 22
Canada 9 13 14 36
Monday, April 18, 2011
Telus Cup Day 1
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Sam Reinhart scored a hat trick and added six assists, finishing with a remarkable nine points, as the Vancouver North West Giants opened the 2011 TELUS Cup with a 12-5 rout of the Winnipeg Thrashers on Monday afternoon.
Alex Kerfoot added two goals and five assists and Jackson Houck had a hat trick of his own as Vancouver’s top line combined for 19 points, helping the Giants become the first team since Magog in 2000 to score a dozen goals in a game at the National Midget Championship.
The 17 total goals tied the all-time record for combined goals in a game, set in Magog’s 14-3 win over Richmond Hill at the 2000 tournament.
The game got off to a wild start, as Joel Issigonis, Scott Patterson, Houck and Reinhart scored for Vancouver, while Tyler Kauk replied for Winnipeg, all within the first 10 minutes. Kerfoot and Houck added goals for the Giants before the end of the opening period to send the Pacific Region champions to the dressing room with a 6-2 lead.
Reinhart and Kerfoot each had five points in the first 20 minutes.
The Thrashers cut into the lead by a single goal in the second period and were down 8-5 after two, but four unanswered goals by the Giants in the final frame rounded out the scoring.
In addition to the scoring exploits of the top line, Dexter Dancs and Giants captain Mitch Fyffe also put their names on the scoresheet, helping make Vancouver just the seventh team in the tournament’s 33-year history to score at least 12 goals.
The Giants will look continue the offensive momentum when they take on the Halifax Titans on Tuesday afternoon (3:30 p.m. NT), while the Thrashers will look to rebound against the Lions du Lac St-Louis in the day’s early game (noon NT).
First Period
Goals:
01:51 PAC 24 Joel Issigonis (22 Mitch Fyffe)
03:21 PAC 8 Scott Patterson (14 Alex Kerfoot, 23 Sam Reinhart)
03:51 WST 8 Tyler Kauk (10 Adam Henry)
05:36 PAC 16 Jackson Houck (23 Sam Reinhart, 14 Alex Kerfoot) PP
09:59 PAC 23 Sam Reinhart (7 Cam Marks, 14 Alex Kerfoot) PP
14:44 PAC 14 Alex Kerfoot (23 Sam Reinhart)
15:49 PAC 16 Jackson Houck (14 Alex Kerfoot, 23 Sam Reinhart)
19:57 WST 22 Sean Collins (3 Tanner Quinn)
Penalties:
04:25 WST 7 Riley Kuryk (Holding)
09:47 WST 4 Cody Danylchuk (Boarding)
10:14 PAC 18 Chris Critchley (Hooking)
Second Period
Goals:
06:28 WST 16 Justin Derlago (21 Tyrenn Bauer)
07:51 PAC 22 Mitch Fyffe (23 Sam Reinhart, 12 Taylor Tanti)
09:40 WST 10 Adam Henry (37 Connor Lockhart)
11:05 PAC 14 Alex Kerfoot
13:55 WST 15 Corey Petrash (11 Regan Stire) PP
Penalties:
12:26 PAC 17 Bo Pellah (Tripping)
Third Period
Goals:
00:29 PAC 23 Sam Reinhart (14 Alex Kerfoot)
04:29 PAC 23 Sam Reinhart (7 Cam Marks, 2 Joseph Carvalho) PP
08:21 PAC 16 Jackson Houck (14 Alex Kerfoot, 23 Sam Reinhart) PP
09:29 PAC 9 Dexter Dancs (10 Alex Roberts)
Penalties:
03:21 WST 19 Lyrik Friesen (Slashing)
04:01 WST 3 Tanner Quinn (Tripping)
07:35 WST 20 Dylan Kuczek (Cross Checking)
Goaltenders
Winnipeg Thrashers 35 Teagan Sacher On 1/20:00 Off 1/5:16
1 Alex Henry On 1/5:16 Off 3/00:00
Vancouver NW Giants 1 Daniel Cotton On 3/20:00 Off 3/00:00
35 Scott Legault On 1/20:00 Off 2/00:00
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Winnipeg Thrashers 11 15 8 34
Vancouver NW Giants 16 11 8 35
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Lions du Lac St-Louis 5 - London Jr. Knights 4
Halifax Titans 6 - St. John's Privateers 3
Alex Kerfoot added two goals and five assists and Jackson Houck had a hat trick of his own as Vancouver’s top line combined for 19 points, helping the Giants become the first team since Magog in 2000 to score a dozen goals in a game at the National Midget Championship.
The 17 total goals tied the all-time record for combined goals in a game, set in Magog’s 14-3 win over Richmond Hill at the 2000 tournament.
The game got off to a wild start, as Joel Issigonis, Scott Patterson, Houck and Reinhart scored for Vancouver, while Tyler Kauk replied for Winnipeg, all within the first 10 minutes. Kerfoot and Houck added goals for the Giants before the end of the opening period to send the Pacific Region champions to the dressing room with a 6-2 lead.
Reinhart and Kerfoot each had five points in the first 20 minutes.
The Thrashers cut into the lead by a single goal in the second period and were down 8-5 after two, but four unanswered goals by the Giants in the final frame rounded out the scoring.
In addition to the scoring exploits of the top line, Dexter Dancs and Giants captain Mitch Fyffe also put their names on the scoresheet, helping make Vancouver just the seventh team in the tournament’s 33-year history to score at least 12 goals.
The Giants will look continue the offensive momentum when they take on the Halifax Titans on Tuesday afternoon (3:30 p.m. NT), while the Thrashers will look to rebound against the Lions du Lac St-Louis in the day’s early game (noon NT).
First Period
Goals:
01:51 PAC 24 Joel Issigonis (22 Mitch Fyffe)
03:21 PAC 8 Scott Patterson (14 Alex Kerfoot, 23 Sam Reinhart)
03:51 WST 8 Tyler Kauk (10 Adam Henry)
05:36 PAC 16 Jackson Houck (23 Sam Reinhart, 14 Alex Kerfoot) PP
09:59 PAC 23 Sam Reinhart (7 Cam Marks, 14 Alex Kerfoot) PP
14:44 PAC 14 Alex Kerfoot (23 Sam Reinhart)
15:49 PAC 16 Jackson Houck (14 Alex Kerfoot, 23 Sam Reinhart)
19:57 WST 22 Sean Collins (3 Tanner Quinn)
Penalties:
04:25 WST 7 Riley Kuryk (Holding)
09:47 WST 4 Cody Danylchuk (Boarding)
10:14 PAC 18 Chris Critchley (Hooking)
Second Period
Goals:
06:28 WST 16 Justin Derlago (21 Tyrenn Bauer)
07:51 PAC 22 Mitch Fyffe (23 Sam Reinhart, 12 Taylor Tanti)
09:40 WST 10 Adam Henry (37 Connor Lockhart)
11:05 PAC 14 Alex Kerfoot
13:55 WST 15 Corey Petrash (11 Regan Stire) PP
Penalties:
12:26 PAC 17 Bo Pellah (Tripping)
Third Period
Goals:
00:29 PAC 23 Sam Reinhart (14 Alex Kerfoot)
04:29 PAC 23 Sam Reinhart (7 Cam Marks, 2 Joseph Carvalho) PP
08:21 PAC 16 Jackson Houck (14 Alex Kerfoot, 23 Sam Reinhart) PP
09:29 PAC 9 Dexter Dancs (10 Alex Roberts)
Penalties:
03:21 WST 19 Lyrik Friesen (Slashing)
04:01 WST 3 Tanner Quinn (Tripping)
07:35 WST 20 Dylan Kuczek (Cross Checking)
Goaltenders
Winnipeg Thrashers 35 Teagan Sacher On 1/20:00 Off 1/5:16
1 Alex Henry On 1/5:16 Off 3/00:00
Vancouver NW Giants 1 Daniel Cotton On 3/20:00 Off 3/00:00
35 Scott Legault On 1/20:00 Off 2/00:00
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Winnipeg Thrashers 11 15 8 34
Vancouver NW Giants 16 11 8 35
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Lions du Lac St-Louis 5 - London Jr. Knights 4
Halifax Titans 6 - St. John's Privateers 3
Canada 5 Norway 0 U-18
Canada improves to 3-0 and will play Sweden on Tuesday.
First Period
Goals:
00:58 CAN 19 Nick Cousins (20 Brett Ritchie, 23 Mark Scheifele)
07:39 CAN 23 Mark Scheifele (24 Mark McNeill, 22 Travis Ewanyk) PP
12:23 CAN 17 Colin Smith (9 Brent Andrews, 7 Daniel Catenacci)
Penalties:
07:34 NOR 22 Marcus Noteng (Cross Checking)
17:48 NOR 9 Andreas Heier (High Sticking)
Second Period
Goals:
10:06 CAN 23 Mark Scheifele (5 Ryan Murray) PP
Penalties:
07:09 NOR 24 John Nicolay Nasgaard (Interference)
08:49 NOR 25 Iver Haaland (Interference)
16:59 CAN 20 Brett Ritchie (Tripping)
Third Period
Goals:
11:01 CAN 3 Slater Koekkoek (16 Charles Simard-Hudon) PP
Penalties:
04:41 CAN 7 Daniel Catenacci (Checking to the Head)
06:41 CAN 7 Daniel Catenacci (10-Minute Misconduct)
09:39 NOR 14 Jorgen Karterud (Holding)
12:30 NOR 25 Iver Haaland (Interference)
13:02 CAN 20 Brett Ritchie (High Sticking)
18:32 NOR 25 Iver Haaland (Tripping)
Goaltenders
Canada 1 Andrew D'Agostini
Norway 1 Steffen Soberg
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Canada 23 19 21 63
Norway 6 4 9 19
First Period
Goals:
00:58 CAN 19 Nick Cousins (20 Brett Ritchie, 23 Mark Scheifele)
07:39 CAN 23 Mark Scheifele (24 Mark McNeill, 22 Travis Ewanyk) PP
12:23 CAN 17 Colin Smith (9 Brent Andrews, 7 Daniel Catenacci)
Penalties:
07:34 NOR 22 Marcus Noteng (Cross Checking)
17:48 NOR 9 Andreas Heier (High Sticking)
Second Period
Goals:
10:06 CAN 23 Mark Scheifele (5 Ryan Murray) PP
Penalties:
07:09 NOR 24 John Nicolay Nasgaard (Interference)
08:49 NOR 25 Iver Haaland (Interference)
16:59 CAN 20 Brett Ritchie (Tripping)
Third Period
Goals:
11:01 CAN 3 Slater Koekkoek (16 Charles Simard-Hudon) PP
Penalties:
04:41 CAN 7 Daniel Catenacci (Checking to the Head)
06:41 CAN 7 Daniel Catenacci (10-Minute Misconduct)
09:39 NOR 14 Jorgen Karterud (Holding)
12:30 NOR 25 Iver Haaland (Interference)
13:02 CAN 20 Brett Ritchie (High Sticking)
18:32 NOR 25 Iver Haaland (Tripping)
Goaltenders
Canada 1 Andrew D'Agostini
Norway 1 Steffen Soberg
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Canada 23 19 21 63
Norway 6 4 9 19
From The ICE Office
ICE CHIPS: The KOOTENAY ICE advanced to the WHL HUSKY MOHAWK EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES to face the MEDICINE HAT TIGERS, after a 4-0 series victory versus the SASKATOON BLADES…The ICE advanced to the SEMI FINAL after a 4-2 series victory versus the MOOSE JAW WARRIORS…KOOTENAY finished the 2010-2011 regular season 46-21-1-4 (26-8-1-1 at home, 20-13-0-3 on the road, 1-1 in overtime, 4-4 in shootouts) and in fourth place in the EASTERN CONFERENCE and sixth in the WHL…The ICE clinched a playoff spot for the 13th consecutive season which is the longest active streak in the WHL.
PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE: The ICE have a career playoff record of 77-58 (42-25 at home, 35-33 on the road, 20-10 in overtime)…KOOTENAY has 382 games of playoff experience…KEVIN KING (37), CODY EAKIN (33) and BRAYDEN MCNABB (30) lead the ICE in games played in the playoffs…MCNABB recorded his first WHL playoff goal on March 26 against MOOSE JAW…JOE ANTILLA recorded his first WHL playoff goal against the WARRIORS on March 26…NATHAN LIEUWEN recorded his first WHL playoff shutout on March 30 against MOOSE JAW…MATT FRASER recorded his first WHL playoff hat trick in MOOSE JAW on April 2…ADAM ROSSIGNOL recorded his first career WHL playoff point with an assist against the WARRIORS on April 2…NATHAN LIEUWEN recorded his second WHL playoff shutout on April 12 against SASKATOON.
EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP: Games Three and Four of the WHL HUSKY MOHAWK EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP vs. MEDICINE HAT will be played in CRANBROOK Tuesday, April 26th and Wednesday, April 27th at 7:00 pm…If necessary, Game Six will be played at home on Sunday, May 1st at 6:00 pm…For ticket information please call the KOOTENAY ICE Office at 250-417-0322.
DID YOU KNOW: The ICE have swept a playoff series five times in franchise history (SASKATOON – 2011, EVERETT – 2005, SEATTLE – 2002, MOOSE JAW – 2001, RED DEER – 2000)…The last time KOOTENAY won a series at home was in 2003 against KAMLOOPS defeating them in six games…The ICE have won a franchise tying seven consecutive playoff games (2005 – March 30 – April 12; 2002 – April 2 – April 20) …MATT FRASER is tied for first in the WHL in goals scored during the playoffs with ten…JOE ANTILLA is first in the League in short handed goals in the playoffs with two…STEELE BOOMER, JOEY LEACH and BRAYDEN MCNABB are tied for first in the WHL for short handed assists during the playoffs with two…MCNABB, who is tied for first in the League in plus / minus with a plus 12, was named WHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK for the week ending April 17th…MCNABB has been named to the FIRST WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STAR TEAM…CODY EAKIN has been named to the SECOND WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STAR TEAM.
SCORING STREAKS: BRAYDEN MCNABB (2-9-11) and MATT FRASER (8-2-10) have each recorded at least a point in their last five games…JOE ANTILLA (2-2-4) has recorded at least a point in his last three games.
ONE YEAR AGO: After Game Six of the 2009-2010 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER FINAL series versus the MEDICINE HAT TIGERS, the ICE were eliminated from the playoffs with a 2-4 record.
UPCOMING WEEK:
Tuesday April 19 Practice 3:45 – 5:45pm Cranbrook Rec Plex
Wednesday April 20 Practice 3:45 – 5:45pm Cranbrook Rec Plex
Thursday April 21 Travel Day
Friday April 22 ICE @ Medicine Hat 7:30 pm (102.9 FM – The Drive)
Saturday April 23 ICE @ Medicine Hat 7:30 pm (102.9 FM – The Drive)
WEEK IN REVIEW:
Tuesday, April 12 – Kootenay 3 vs Saskatoon 0 – Record 3-0-0 – Attendance: 3,065
Goals:
1 – Ismond (1) from McNabb and Fraser
2 – McNabb (3)
3 – Antilla (6) from Czerwonka and McNabb
Goalie: Nathan Lieuwen (22 Saves, 0 GA)
Wednesday, April 13 – Kootenay 5 vs Saskatoon 2 – Record 4-0-0 – Attendance: 3,021
Goals:
1 – Reinhart (6) from Fraser and McNabb
2 – Fraser (9) from Eakin and Ismond
3 – Reinhart (7) from McNabb
4 – Fraser (10) from Antilla and Pearce
5 – Eakin (3) from McNabb and Leach
Goalie: Nathan Lieuwen (33 Saves, 2 GA)
PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE: The ICE have a career playoff record of 77-58 (42-25 at home, 35-33 on the road, 20-10 in overtime)…KOOTENAY has 382 games of playoff experience…KEVIN KING (37), CODY EAKIN (33) and BRAYDEN MCNABB (30) lead the ICE in games played in the playoffs…MCNABB recorded his first WHL playoff goal on March 26 against MOOSE JAW…JOE ANTILLA recorded his first WHL playoff goal against the WARRIORS on March 26…NATHAN LIEUWEN recorded his first WHL playoff shutout on March 30 against MOOSE JAW…MATT FRASER recorded his first WHL playoff hat trick in MOOSE JAW on April 2…ADAM ROSSIGNOL recorded his first career WHL playoff point with an assist against the WARRIORS on April 2…NATHAN LIEUWEN recorded his second WHL playoff shutout on April 12 against SASKATOON.
EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP: Games Three and Four of the WHL HUSKY MOHAWK EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP vs. MEDICINE HAT will be played in CRANBROOK Tuesday, April 26th and Wednesday, April 27th at 7:00 pm…If necessary, Game Six will be played at home on Sunday, May 1st at 6:00 pm…For ticket information please call the KOOTENAY ICE Office at 250-417-0322.
DID YOU KNOW: The ICE have swept a playoff series five times in franchise history (SASKATOON – 2011, EVERETT – 2005, SEATTLE – 2002, MOOSE JAW – 2001, RED DEER – 2000)…The last time KOOTENAY won a series at home was in 2003 against KAMLOOPS defeating them in six games…The ICE have won a franchise tying seven consecutive playoff games (2005 – March 30 – April 12; 2002 – April 2 – April 20) …MATT FRASER is tied for first in the WHL in goals scored during the playoffs with ten…JOE ANTILLA is first in the League in short handed goals in the playoffs with two…STEELE BOOMER, JOEY LEACH and BRAYDEN MCNABB are tied for first in the WHL for short handed assists during the playoffs with two…MCNABB, who is tied for first in the League in plus / minus with a plus 12, was named WHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK for the week ending April 17th…MCNABB has been named to the FIRST WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STAR TEAM…CODY EAKIN has been named to the SECOND WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STAR TEAM.
SCORING STREAKS: BRAYDEN MCNABB (2-9-11) and MATT FRASER (8-2-10) have each recorded at least a point in their last five games…JOE ANTILLA (2-2-4) has recorded at least a point in his last three games.
ONE YEAR AGO: After Game Six of the 2009-2010 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER FINAL series versus the MEDICINE HAT TIGERS, the ICE were eliminated from the playoffs with a 2-4 record.
UPCOMING WEEK:
Tuesday April 19 Practice 3:45 – 5:45pm Cranbrook Rec Plex
Wednesday April 20 Practice 3:45 – 5:45pm Cranbrook Rec Plex
Thursday April 21 Travel Day
Friday April 22 ICE @ Medicine Hat 7:30 pm (102.9 FM – The Drive)
Saturday April 23 ICE @ Medicine Hat 7:30 pm (102.9 FM – The Drive)
WEEK IN REVIEW:
Tuesday, April 12 – Kootenay 3 vs Saskatoon 0 – Record 3-0-0 – Attendance: 3,065
Goals:
1 – Ismond (1) from McNabb and Fraser
2 – McNabb (3)
3 – Antilla (6) from Czerwonka and McNabb
Goalie: Nathan Lieuwen (22 Saves, 0 GA)
Wednesday, April 13 – Kootenay 5 vs Saskatoon 2 – Record 4-0-0 – Attendance: 3,021
Goals:
1 – Reinhart (6) from Fraser and McNabb
2 – Fraser (9) from Eakin and Ismond
3 – Reinhart (7) from McNabb
4 – Fraser (10) from Antilla and Pearce
5 – Eakin (3) from McNabb and Leach
Goalie: Nathan Lieuwen (33 Saves, 2 GA)
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