Edmonton, Alb – The Edmonton Oil Kings beat the Kootenay ICE 3-1 in WHL action on Tuesday afternoon.
In the first period the ICE (29-16-4-4) opened the scoring on the powerplay as Joey Leach’s attempted shot was deflected to Sam Reinhart who snapped a shot off the goalies’ arm into the net.
The ICE were a combined 0-for-8 on the powerplay in the 3 previous meetings against Edmonton.
The Oil Kings (35-12-2-4) tied the game late in the second period on an odd-man rush with Griffin Reinhart near the net for a redirection goal.
In the third period the Oil Kings had a 4-on-3 powerlay and Michael St. Croix gave them a 2-1 lead.
Rhett Rachinski added insurance with an empty net goal.
The ICE came into the game on a 2 game winning streak, the last winning streak longer than 2 games was November 30th when they won 6 in a row.
The ICE will host Red Deer on Friday.
ICE Scratches – Luke Paulsen (17th game, 1-2 weeks), Levi Cable (3rd game 1 week).
Max Reinhart returned after missing 5 games.
Elgin Pearce (Birthday today) and Max Reinhart (Birthday last Saturday) both turned 20 in the past week.
Game Summary
Edmonton 35-12-2-4 Kootenay 29-16-4-4
1st Period
1, Kootenay, S.Reinhart 23 (Leach, M.Reinhart), 11:36 (PP).
Penalties-Gernat Edm (tripping), 11:12; Czerwonka Ktn (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 14:04; Lowe Edm (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 14:04; Gernat Edm (tripping), 18:10.
2nd Period
2, Edmonton, Reinhart 12 (St. Croix, Wruck), 17:52.
Penalties-Leach Ktn (high sticking), 2:23; Reinhart Ktn (hooking), 11:02; Wand Ktn (major-fighting), 14:22; Sieben Edm (instigator, major-fighting, 10-minute misconduct), 14:22.
3rd Period
3, Edmonton, St. Croix 34 (Wruck, Reinhart), 7:42 (PP).
4, Edmonton, Rachinski 17 (Legault), 19:16 (EN).
Penalties-Leach Ktn (cross checking), 0:22; Ismond Ktn (slashing), 6:53; Lowe Edm (roughing), 6:53; Dirk Ktn (high sticking), 7:22; Reinhart Ktn (cross checking), 11:15; Rachinski Edm (interference), 11:33.
Shots on Goal-Kootenay 6-8-13-27. Edmonton 9-14-12-35.
Power Play Opportunities-Kootenay 1 / 4; Edmonton 1 / 5.
Goalies-Kootenay, Lieuwen 22-12-4-2 (34 shots-32 saves). Edmonton, Brossoit 30-10-2-3 (27 shots-26 saves).
A-0
Referees-Colin Stefanyk (14), Jon Stephenson (38).
Linesmen-Chris Carlson (92), Cory Lundquist (128).