The Kootenay ICE will host Edmonton tonight in the 5th meeting of the season.
The Oil Kings lead the season series 4-0 with 2 wins in extra time.
October 5 in Edmonton - Oil Kings 2-1 SO
October 12 in Kootenay - Oil Kings 6-1
January 14 in Edmonton - Oil Kings 3-2 OT
February 7 in Edmonton - Oil Kings 3-1
The ICE are back home after going 2-2-0-0 in a 4-game road trip and are 5th in the Conference.
The Oil Kings have won their last 2 games, clinched a playoff spot and are 1st in the Conference.
It will be the second time the ICE will play a game on Febraury 29th, in 2000 they beat Portland 4-2.
Drew Czerwonka is out 3-5 weeks with a lower body injury.
Luke Paulsen is day-to-day with an upper body injury.
Listen for the Pre-Game Show at 6:30 on The Drive.
Here is the link to tonight's FREEZE Magazine.
http://issuu.com/kootenayice/docs/february29?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true
Leaders
ICE
Goals – 26 Max Reinhart, 26 Sam Reinhart
Assists – 44 Max Reinhart, 36 Jesse Ismond
Points – 70 Max Reinhart, 57 Sam Reinhart
Defenseman – 38 Joey Leach, 27 Jagger Dirk
Rookie – 57 Sam Reinhart, 14 Jaedon Descheneau
PM – 93 Jesse Ismond, 92 Jagger Dirk, 91 Spencer Wand
+/- - +27 Joey Leach, +25 Jagger Dirk, +23 John Neibrandt
Avg – 2.39 Nathan Lieuwen, 3.12 Mackenzie Skapski
Oil Kings
Goals – 39 Michael St. Croix
Assists – 56 Michael St. Croix
Points – 95 Michael St. Croix
Defenseman – 47 Martin Gernat
Rookie – 47 Martin Gernat
PM – 129 Keegan Lowe
+/- - +36 Michael St. Croix
Avg – 2.51 Laurent Brossoit, 2.77 Tristan Jarry
Head to Head
ICE
Max Reinhart 1-3-4
Sam Reinhart 2-0-2
Jesse Ismond 1-1-2
Nathan Lieuwen 0-1-1-1 1.92 .943%
Mackenzie Skapski 0-1-0-0 6.00 .793%
Oil Kings
Dylan Wruck 0-6-6
Michael St. Croix 2-1-3
TJ Foster 1-2-3
Mark Pysyk 1-2-3
Stephane Legault 1-2-3
Laurent Brossoit 4-0-0-0 1.21 .954%
Home
Max Reinhart 10-21-31
Jesse Ismond 8-18-26
Dylen McKinlay 11-13-24
Elgin Pearce 12-9-21
Joey Leach 6-14-20
Sam Reinhart 11-8-19
Brock Montgomery 8-9-17
Joe Antilla 5-12-17
Drew Czerwonka 7-9-16
Erik Benoit 7-8-15
Mackenzie Skapski 5-3-0-2 2.31 .905%
Nathan Lieuwen 13-7-1-0 2.44 .916% 1 SO
Road
Max Reinhart 16-23-39
Sam Reinhart 15-23-38
Jesse Ismond 7-18-25
Joe Antilla 7-15-22
Brock Montgomery 11-9-20
Joey Leach 3-15-18
Drew Czerwonka 7-9-16
Jagger Dirk 4-12-16
Dylen McKinlay 4-10-14
Nathan Lieuwen 12-9-3-2 2.35 .920% 2 SO
Mackenzie Skapski 4-2-0-0 4.19 .861%