The Kootenay ICE will host the Saskatoon Blades tonight in the first of four meetings.
Last year during the regular season the Blades won the series 4-0.
In the 2nd round of the Playoffs the ICE won the series 4-0.
For the ICE this is the last game of a 7-game homestand and are 4-1-1 after a 5-1 win over Seattle last night.
The Blades have won 4 in a row after a 5-1 win in Medicine Hat last night.
Both teams have 29 points and tonight's winner will be in 1st place in the East Conference.
Medicine Hat is in 1st with 30 points but are idle tonight.
Red Deer also plays tonight and have 29 points.
Listen for the Pre-Game Show at 5:30 on The Drive.
Here is the link to tonight's FREEZE Magazine.
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Leaders
ICE
Goals – 8 Max Reinhart
Assists – 13 Max Reinhart
Points – 21 Max Reinhart
Defenseman – 14 Joey Leach
Rookie – 8 Sam Reinhart
PM – 36 Jesse Ismond
+/- - +11 Joey Leach
Avg – 1.85 Nathan Lieuwen, 2.50 Mackenzie Skapski
Blades
Goals – 16 Josh Nicholls
Assists – 13 Connor Cox
Points – 28 Josh Nicholls
Defenseman – 14 Duncan Siemens, Connor Cox
Rookie – 6 Brett Stovin
PM – 46 Dalton Thrower
+/- - +19 Connor Cox, Darren Dietz
Avg – Andrey Makarov 2.53, Adam Todd 4.32
Streaks
Eric Benoit 5 games 4-2-6
Brock Montgomery 4 games 3-2-5
Elgin Pearce 4 games 2-3-5
Dylen McKinlay 2 games 1-1-2
Jaedon Descheneau 2 games 0-2-2
Jesse Ismond 2 games 3-1-4
Joe Antilla 2 games 1-2-3
Home
Max Reinhart 5-9-14
Jesse Ismond 7-5-12
Elgin Pearce 5-6-11
Joey Leach 3-8-11
Joe Antilla 2-8-10
Brock Montgomery 3-6-9
Eric Benoit 5-2-7
Drew Czerwonka 3-4-7
Sam Reinhart 3-3-6
Adam Rossignol 3-3-6
Dylen McKinlay 3-3-6
Nathan Lieuwen 7-1-1-0 1.88 .937% 1 SO
Mackenzie Skapski 3-1-0-0 2.50 .900%
Road
Max Reinhart 3-4-7
Jagger Dirk 1-3-4
Jesse Ismond 0-4-4
Adam Rossignol 2-1-3
Eric Benoit 2-1-3
Elgin Pearce 1-2-3
Joey Leach 1-2-3
Brock Montgomery 0-3-3
Joe Antilla 0-3-3
Nathan Lieuwen 3-2-0-2 1.82 .934%