The Kootenay ICE will host the Swift Current Broncos in their final game before the X-mas break.
It's the second meeting of the season.
December 4th in Swift Current - Broncos 2-1.
The ICE have 1 win in 6 games played in December and are 1-4-1 in the last 6 games at the Rec-Plex.
The Broncos have won 3 of their last 4 games.
The ICE are 3rd in the East Conference and the Broncos are 10th.
The ICE have lost the last 3 games against teams who are currently out of a playoff spot.
It's the final game until January 7th for Sam Reinhart (Pacific), Jaedon Descheneau (Pacific), Spencer Wand (West) and Jon Martin (West) who will be in the U-17 tournament in Windsor, Ontario. They will miss 5 games.
Broncos Coda Gordan has been invited to the 2012 Top Prospects Game and is tied with Sam Reinhart for 5th in Rookie scoring.
The Broncos powerplay is ranked 3rd in the WHL and the ICE penalty kill is ranked 3rd in the league.
Listen for the Pre-Game Show at 6:30 on The Drive.
Here is the link to tonight's FREEZE Magazine.
http://issuu.com/kootenayice/docs/december_16?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true
Leaders
ICE
Goals – 16 Max Reinhart, 11 Jesse Ismond, Elgin Pearce
Assists – 22 Max Reinhart, 21 Jesse Ismond
Points – 38 Max Reinhart, 32 Jesse Ismond
Defenseman – 21 Joey Leach, 11 Luke Paulsen
Rookie – 29 Sam Reinhart
PM – 55 Jesse Ismond, 25 Joey Leach
+/- - +19 John Neibrandt
Avg – 2.05 Nathan Lieuwen, 2.89 Mackenzie Skapski
Broncos
Goals – 20 Taylor Vause
Assists – 24 Adam Lowry
Points – 41 Taylor Vause
Defenseman – 26 Reece Scarlett
Rookie – 29 Coda Gordon
PM – 95 Andy Blanke
+/- - +7 Coda Gordon
Avg – 3.59 Jon Groenheyde, 4.08 Austin Smith
Head to Head
ICE
Jesse Ismond 1-0-1
Sam Reinhart 0-1-1
Max Reinhart 0-1-1
Nathan Lieuwen 0-1-0-0 2.05 .909%
Broncos
Adam Lowry 1-0-1
Graham Black 1-0-1
Jon Groenheyde 1-0-0-0 1.00 .970%
Streaks
Jesse Ismond 4 games 1-4-5
Max Reinhart 3 games 0-3-3
Home
Max Reinhart 6-11-17
Jesse Ismond 7-8-15
Joey Leach 5-9-14
Elgin Pearce 7-6-13
Joe Antilla 2-8-10
Eric Benoit 5-4-9
Dylen McKinlay 4-5-9
Brock Montgomery 3-6-9
Drew Czerwonka 3-4-7
Sam Reinhart 3-3-6
Adam Rossignol 3-3-6
Nathan Lieuwen 7-3-1-0 2.35 .920% 1 SO
Mackenzie Skapski 3-2-0-0 2.42 .904%
Road
Sam Reinhart 6-17-23
Max Reinhart 10-11-21
Jesse Ismond 4-13-17
Drew Czerwonka 6-7-13
Joe Antilla 2-11-13
Brock Montgomery 7-4-11
Luke Paulsen 1-8-9
Elgin Pearce 4-4-8
Eric Benoit 3-4-7
Joey Leach 2-5-7
Dylen McKinlay 2-5-7
Jagger Dirk 1-6-7
Nathan Lieuwen 8-5-0-2 1.81 .935% 1 SO
Mackenzie Skapski 2-0-0-0 3.69 .859%