The Kootenay ICE will host the Medicine Hat Tigers tonight in the 2nd half of a home-and-home and is the 6th and final meeting of the season.
ICE lead the season series 3-2.
October 18 in Medicine Hat - Tigers 2-1
December 9 in Kootenay - Tigers 6-4
December 10 in Medicine Hat - ICE 3-2
January 8 in Kootenay - ICE 3-2
March 7 in Medicine Hat - ICE 2-1
The ICE are 5th in the Conference and have clinched a playoff spot for the 14th straight season.
The Tigers are 3rd in the Conference.
Joe Antilla will play in career game #336 which surpasses Kevin King for 2nd all-time regular season games for the ICE.
The ICE have not won back-to-back games in a month.
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/march9?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true
Leaders
ICE
Goals – 28 Max Reinhart, 27 Sam Reinhart
Assists – 46 Max Reinhart, 38 Jesse Ismond
Points – 74 Max Reinhart, 59 Sam Reinhart
Defenseman – 38 Joey Leach, 28 Jagger Dirk
Rookie – 59 Sam Reinhart, 14 Jaedon Descheneau
PM – 95 Jesse Ismond, 94 Spencer Wand, 93 Jagger Dirk
+/- - +26 Jagger Dirk, +24 Joey Leach
Avg – 2.37 Nathan Lieuwen, 3.12 Mackenzie Skapski
Tigers
Goals – 56 Emerson Etem
Assists – 45 Emerson Etem
Points – 101 Emerson Etem
Defenseman – 51 James Bettauer
Rookie – 32 Jayden Hart
PM – 145 Kale Kessy
+/- - +26 Emerson Etem
Avg – 2.55 Tyler Bunz, 3.24 Kenny Cameron
Head to Head
ICE
Max Reinhart 0-4-4
Jesse Ismond 0-4-4
Dylen McKinlay 1-2-3
Erik Benoit 0-3-3
Mackenzie Skapski 0-1-0-0 1,82 .929%
Nathan Lieuwen 3-1-0-0 2.26 .922%
Tigers
Emerson Etem 4-0-4
Jayden Hart 0-4-4
Trevor Cox 2-1-3
Tyler Bunz 2-2-0-0 2.57 .912%
Kenny Cameron 0-1-0-0 2.94 .914%
Streaks
Brock Montgomery 3 games 2-1-3
Home
Max Reinhart 11-22-33
Jesse Ismond 8-20-28
Dylen McKinlay 11-13-24
Elgin Pearce 12-9-21
Sam Reinhart 12-9-21
Joey Leach 6-14-20
Brock Montgomery 9-9-18
Joe Antilla 5-13-18
Drew Czerwonka 7-9-16
Erik Benoit 7-8-15
Nathan Lieuwen 14-7-1-0 2.38 .918% 1 SO
Mackenzie Skapski 5-4-0-2 2.38 .912%
Road
Max Reinhart 17-24-41
Sam Reinhart 15-23-38
Jesse Ismond 7-18-25
Joe Antilla 8-15-23
Brock Montgomery 12-10-22
Joey Leach 3-15-18
Jagger Dirk 4-13-17
Drew Czerwonka 7-9-16
Erik Benoit 6-9-15
Dylen McKinlay 4-10-14
Nathan Lieuwen 13-10-3-2 2.36 .919% 2 SO
Mackenzie Skapski 4-2-0-0 4.19 .861%