The Kootenay ICE are in Edmonton tonight for the 3rd meeting of the season, the Oil Kings lead the season series 2-0.
October 5 in Edmonton - Oil Kings 2-1 SO
October 12 in Kootenay - Oil Kings 6-1
The ICE are coming off a 2-1 SO win in Red Deer on Wednesday and the Oil Kings won 6-2 in Medicine Hat on Thursday.
The ICE tied for 3rd in the East Conference, have won 2 in a row and their last 3 game winning streak was in November.
The Oil Kings are 18-3-0-1 at home and are in 1st Place in the Conference.
Former ICE Captain Ryan Russell scored his 1st NHL goal for Columbus last night.
On the day off in Edmonton on Friday the ICE attended the NHL game between the Oilers and Ducks. Former ICE Assistant Coach Brad Lauer is now an Assistant with Anaheim.
Listen for the Pre-Game Show at 6:30 on The Drive.
Leaders
ICE
Goals – 20 Max Reinhart, 17 Elgin Pearce
Assists – 29 Max Reinhart, 26 Jesse Ismond
Points – 49 Max Reinhart, 37 Jesse Ismond
Defenseman – 23 Joey Leach, 17 Jagger Dirk
Rookie – 33 Sam Reinhart, 7 Jaedon Descheneau
PM – 69 Jesse Ismond, 58 Dirk
+/- - +21 John Neibrandt, +17 Max Reinhart
Avg – 2.09 Nathan Lieuwen, 3.10 Mackenzie Skapski
Oil Kings
Goals – 25 Michael St. Croix
Assists – 42 Michael St. Croix
Points – 67 Michael St. Croix
Defenseman – 25 Martin Gernat
Rookie – 25 Martin Gernat
PM – 95 Keegan Lowe
+/- - +25 Dylan Wruck
Avg – 2.49 Laurent Brossoit, 2.63 Tritan Jarry
Head to Head
ICE
Max Reinhart 1-1-2
Jesse Ismond 1-0-1
Dylen McKinlay 0-1-1
Luke Paulsen 0-1-1
Nathan Lieuwen 0-0-0-1 0.92 .963%
Mackenzie Skapski 0-1-0-0 6.00 .793
Oil Kings
Dylan Wruck 0-4-4
Curtis Lazar 2-0-2
TJ Foster 1-1-2
Martin Gernat 0-2-2
Laurent Brossoit 2-0-0-0 0.96 .964%
Streaks
Jesse Ismond 2 games 0-2-2
Home
Max Reinhart 8-17-25
Elgin Pearce 12-7-19
Jesse Ismond 7-12-19
Joey Leach 6-9-15
Dylen McKinlay 5-9-14
Joe Antilla 3-10-13
Eric Benoit 6-6-12
Drew Czerwonka 4-8-12
Brock Montgomery 5-6-11
Sam Reinhart 6-4-10
Mackenzie Skapski 4-2-0-1 2.26 .918%
Nathan Lieuwen 10-4-1-0 2.32 .921% 1 SO
Road
Max Reinhart 12-12-24
Sam Reinhart 6-17-23
Jesse Ismond 4-14-18
Drew Czerwonka 7-7-14
Joe Antilla 2-12-14
Brock Montgomery 7-5-12
Elgin Pearce 5-4-9
Dylen McKinlay 3-6-9
Luke Paulsen 1-8-9
Jagger Dirk 1-8-9
Nathan Lieuwen 9-6-0-2 1.88 .932% 1 SO
Mackenzie Skapski 2-1-0-0 4.59 .838%