The Kootenay ICE are in Edmonton tonight for game 1 of the 1st round playoff series.
It's the first ever playoff meeting.
During the regular season the Oil Kings won all 6 meetings, 2 in overtime and 1 in an overtime shootout.
The ICE are in the playoffs for the 14th consecutive season and are the defending WHL Champions.
The Oil Kings won the WHL regular season banner.
Of the active players career playoff experience the ICE have the 4th most most games played (282), led by Joe Antilla and Max Reinhart with 29 games each.
The Oil Kings are ranked 14th (96) are a led by Tyler Maxwell with 16 (w/Everett) and 11 for Jordan Peddle (w/Swift Current).
Listen for the Pre-Game Show at 6:30 on The Drive.
Regular Season Leaders
ICE
Goals – 28 Max Reinhart, 28 Sam Reinhart
Assists – 50 Max Reinhart, 39 Jesse Ismond
Points – 78 Max Reinhart, 62 Sam Reinhart
Defenseman – 43 Joey Leach, 29 Jagger Dirk
Rookie – 62 Sam Reinhart, 14 Jaedon Descheneau
PM – 105 Jesse Ismond, 101 Jagger Dirk, 98 Spencer Wand,
+/- - +23 Joey Leach, +22 Jagger Dirk
Avg – 2.50 Nathan Lieuwen, 3.12 Mackenzie Skapski
Oil Kings
Goals – 45 Michael St. Croix
Assists – 60 Michael St. Croix
Points – 105 Michael St. Croix
Defenseman – 55 Martin Gernat
Rookie – 55 Martin Gernat
PM – 139 Keegan Lowe
+/- - +41 Martin Gernat
Avg – 2.47 Laurent Brossoit, 2.93 Tristan Jarry
Head to Head
ICE
Max Reinhart 2-5-7
Sam Reinhart 2-2-4
Jesse Ismond 1-2-3
Jagger Dirk 2-0-2
Joey Leach 1-1-2
Joe Antilla 0-2-2
Nathan Lieuwen 0-1-2-1 2.62 .920%
Mackenzie Skapski 0-2-0-0 4.50 .839%
Oil Kings
Dylan Wruck 0-7-7
Michael St. Croix 3-2-5
T.J. Foster 2-3-5
Rhett Rachinski 2-3-5
Mark Pysyk 1-3-4
Martin Gernat 0-4-4
Stephane Legault 1-2-3
Laurent Brosssoit 5-0-0-0 1.17 .958%
Tristan Jarry 1-0-0-0 3.75 .879%
Home
Max Reinhart 11-25-36
Jesse Ismond 9-21-30
Dylen McKinlay 11-14-25
Sam Reinhart 13-11-24
Joey Leach 8-16-24
Elgin Pearce 13-9-22
Brock Montgomery 10-12-22
Joe Antilla 6-15-21
Erik Benoit 6-8-16
Drew Czerwonka 7-9-16
Mackenzie Skapski 5-4-0-2 2.38 .912%
Nathan Lieuwen 14-8-3-0 2.60 .911% 1 SO
Road
Max Reinhart 17-25-42
Sam Reinhart 15-23-38
Jesse Ismond 7-18-25
Joe Antilla 8-15-23
Brock Montgomery 12-10-22
Joey Leach 4-15-19
Jagger Dirk 4-13-17
Drew Czerwonka 7-9-16
Erik Benoit 6-9-15
Dylen McKinlay 4-10-14
Nathan Lieuwen 13-12-3-2 2.41 .917% 2 SO
Mackenzie Skapski 4-2-0-0 4.19 .861%