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).