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