Cranbrook, BC – Edmonton Oil Kings Curtis Lazar scored twice and Dylan Wruck had 3 assists in a 6-1 win over the Kootenay ICE in WHL action on Wednesday night.
The ICE gave up 3 1st period goals and is the 2nd time they gave 3 in a period this season. The other time was in the 3rd period in Calgary when one of the goals was an empty netter.
Michael St. Croix opened the scoring on a powerplay when he was left open in front of the net and buried a loose puck.
Curtis Lazar made it 2-0 after a faceoff win in the ICE zone and scored with a wrist shot high on the glove side.
With only 9 seconds left in the 1st period Stephane Legault banged in a rebound.
In the 2nd period Dylan Wruck stole the puck behind the ICE net and fed Lazar in the slot who scored with a one time through the goalies legs.
ICE scored early in the 3rd period on an odd-man rush finished by Jesse Ismond who picked the top corner on the stick side. Max Reinhart extended his point streak to 3 games with an assist.
Edmonton got that goal back less than 2 minutes later as Kristan Pelss created a partial breakaway and scored with a shot high on the stick side.
Mark Pysyk ended the scoring with a wrist shot that went into the net off the goalies’ shoulder.
The last win by Edmonton in Cranbrook was September 28, 2008.
The game was the start of a 3-game homestand for the ICE.
The Oil Kings wrapped up a 5-game in 6-night road trip and they finished with a 4-1-0-0 record.
Edmonton have played 10 games this season with 8 away from home.
Goalie Laurent Brossoit started all 5 games.
ICE will visit host Lethbridge on Friday.
ICE Scratches – Hubic, Czerwonka, Hurley.
Game Summary
Edmonton 6-2-1-1 Kootenay 4-2-0-2
1st Period
1, Edmonton, St. Croix 3 (Wruck, Sautner), 6:21 (PP).
2, Edmonton, Lazar 2 (Wruck), 18:00.
3, Edmonton, Legault 5 (Gernat, Foster), 19:52.
Penalties-Ismond Ktn (roughing), 5:34.
2nd Period
4, Edmonton, Lazar 3 (Wruck), 14:01.
Penalties-Martin Ktn (hooking), 9:20; St. Croix Edm (interference), 10:22; Pelss Edm (roughing), 16:46.
3rd Period
5, Kootenay, Ismond 3 (Reinhart), 8:48.
6, Edmonton, Pelss 3 10:15.
7, Edmonton, Pysyk 1 17:52.
Penalties-Montgomery Ktn (slashing), 14:32; Antilla Ktn (10-minute misconduct), 15:23.
Shots on Goal-Edmonton 9-10-10-29. Kootenay 8-13-11-32.
Power Play Opportunities-Edmonton 1 / 3; Kootenay 0 / 2.
Goalies-Edmonton, Brossoit 6-2-1-0 (32 shots-31 saves). Kootenay, Skapski 1-1-0-0 (29 shots-23 saves).
A-2,505
Referees-Trevor Hanson (19).
Linesmen-Steve Cochrane (125), Ian Shaver (74).