The Kootenay ICE will visit Saskatoon tonight in the 4th and final meeting of the season.
The Blades lead the season series 2-1
October 12th in Cranbrook – ICE 4-3
November 12th in Cranbrook – Blades 3-2 OT
December 15th in Saskatoon – Blades 5-2
ICE injuries – None.
Blades injuries – Jessey Astles upper body indefinite.
Lanndon Peel has joined the club and will wear jersey #28.
The Blades are the oldest team in the league with 17 players 19 or older, the ICE have 5 players in those age groups.
ICE – vs East Division 7-6-1-0, on Road 4-13-0-0, in January 5-1-0-0, in Overtime 1-1, in Shootouts 2-0.
Blades – vs Central Division 7-6-0-1, at Home 8-10-0-0, in January 2-2-0-0, in Overtime 3-0, in Shootouts 1-1.
Raiders – vs Central Division 10-4-0-1, at Home 14-7-0-3, in January 2-4-0-0, in Overtime 2-0, in Shootouts 3-3.
Pats – vs Central Division 5-9-0-0, at Home 11-9-2-0, in January 3-3-0-0, in Overtime 3-2, in Shootouts 1-2.
Listen to the Pre-Game Show at 5:30 on The Drive.
Leaders
ICE
Goals – 19 Reinhart
Assists – 26 Descheneau
Points – 43 Reinhart
Defenseman – 19 Dirk, Leach
Rookie – 24 Philp
PM – 81 Hubic
+/- - +11 Leach
Goalies – Skapski 3.15 .900% 3 SO, Hoflin 3.67 .880%
Blades
Goals – 30 Nicholls
Assists – 32 McColgan
Points – 51 Nicholls
Defenseman – 24 Dietz
Rookie – 12 Revel
PM – 106 Sutter
+/- - +12 Thrower
Goalies – Makarov 2.82 .909% 4 SO, Moodie 5.01 .846%
Head to Head
ICE
Dirk 1-3-4
Montgomery 2-1-3
Reinhart 1-1-2
McPhee 1-1-2
Deschenau 0-2-2
Hoflin 0-0-1-0 2.85 .850%
Skapski 1-1-0-0 4.00 .887%
PP – 8.3%
PK – 75.0%
Blades
Nicholls 4-4-8
McColgan 2-4-6
Stransky 2-3-5
Burns 1-2-3
Moodie 1-0-0-0 2.00 .926%
Makarov 1-1-0-0 2.94 .906%
Streaks
Descheneau 6 games 3-6-9
Reinhart 6 games 6-3-9
Philp 2 Games 2-1-3
Montgomery 2 games 3-1-4
Home
Reinhart 15-13-28
Descheneau 6-15-21
Montgomery 13-6-19
Philp 6-9-15
Cable – 3-11-14
Leach 2-11-13
Dirk 2-10-12
Shirley 6-2-8
O’Connor 4-4-8
Skapski 12-6-0-0 2.85 .902% 2 SO
Hoflin 1-6-1-0-0 3.25 .881%
PP – 17.1%
PK – 78.7%
Road
Reinhart 4-11-15
Descheneau 3-11-14
Philp 7-2-9
Montgomery 5-3-8
Dirk 0-7-7
Leach 1-5-6
Cable 2-3-5
Skapski 4-11-0-0 3.51 .898% 1 SO
Hoflin 0-2-0-0 6.03 .875%
PP – 11.7%
PK – 67.2%