Saskatoon, Sask – Kootenay ICE forward Max Reinhart scored his 3rd career hat-trick in a 6-1 win over the Saskatoon Blades in WHL action on Wednesday night.
The ICE have set a Franchise record with their 7th straight road win.
The ICE opened the scoring as Joe Antilla helped win a battle for the puck in the Blades zone, Sam Reinhart found Max Reinhart in the slot and his one-time slap shot squeaked through the goalies’ legs.
Max Reinhart made it 2-0 coming down the left wing with a slap shot that zipped past the goalie on the stick side.
Luke Paulsen, Brock Montgomery and Max Reinhart all hit the goal post/cross bar during the period.
Blades scored the only goal of the second period on a deflection by Jake Trask.
The goal ended Nathan Lieuwen’s shutout streak at 96:35.
After killing off a early third period penalty the ICE took a 3-1 leqad on a 2-on-none break with Brock Montgomery finishing with a redirection of a pass from Jesse Ismond.
Max Reinhart completed the hat-trick with a back door pass from Sam Reinhart.
Blades changed goalies as Adam Todd replaced Andrey Makarov.
Eric Benoit notched his 8th of the year with a partial break to the net and his wrist shot beat the new goalie on the stick side.
Sam Reinhart earned his 4th assist as his one-time shot is stopped and Jon Martin put in the rebound.
Max Reinhart has points in 7 straight games. 7-8-15
Sam Reinhart extended his point streak to 6 games and has 18 points in his last 18 periods. 4-14-18
Joe Antilla has a 6 game point streak. 2-7-9
Brock Montgomery has 5 goals in his last 5 games and a 3 game point streak. 4-1-5
Jesse Ismond has a 3 game point streak. 1-4-5
The ICE will visit Prince Albert on Friday.
ICE Scratches – Hubic, McKinlay, Descheneau.
Eric Benoit returned after missing 5 games to an upper body injury.
Game Summary
Saskatoon 18-9-0-1 Kootenay 19-5-1-2
1st Period
1, Kootenay, M.Reinhart 13 (S.Reinhart), 11:00.
2, Kootenay, M.Reinhart 14 (S.Reinhart, Paulsen), 13:56.
Penalties-Leach Ktn (hooking), 0:24; Zajac Sas (inter. on goaltender), 4:08; Hurley Ktn (slashing), 14:35; Montgomery Ktn (slashing), 18:10; Dirk Ktn (roughing), 19:39; Sutter Sas (embellishment), 19:39.
2nd Period
3, Saskatoon, Trask 9 (Schmidt), 16:21.
Penalties-Olsen Sas (boarding), 1:17; Cox Sas (slashing), 8:21; Leach Ktn (boarding), 11:47.
3rd Period
4, Kootenay, Montgomery 8 (Ismond), 3:41.
5, Kootenay, M.Reinhart 15 (S.Reinhart, Antilla), 6:29.
6, Kootenay, Benoit 8 (Montgomery), 8:46.
7, Kootenay, Martin 2 (S.Reinhart, Benoit), 18:00.
Penalties-Ismond Ktn (tripping), 1:35; Ismond Ktn (roughing), 15:02; Trask Sas (roughing), 15:02.
Shots on Goal-Kootenay 8-11-10-29. Saskatoon 5-9-7-21.
Power Play Opportunities-Kootenay 0 / 3; Saskatoon 0 / 5.
Goalies-Kootenay, Lieuwen 14-4-1-2 (21 shots-20 saves). Saskatoon, Makarov 16-8-0-0 (22 shots-18 saves); Todd 1-0-0-1 (7 shots-5 saves).
A-4,019
Referees-Chris Crich (80), Curtis Howe (27).
Linesmen-Jonny Bast (129), Jarett Gelowitz (45).