The Kootenay ICE will host Edmonton tonight in the 6th and final meeting of the season.
The Oil Kings lead the season series 5-0 with the ICE holding a lead or tied in the 3rd period in 3 of the games.
October 5th in Edmonton - Oil Kings 2-1 SO
October 6th in Kootenay - Oil Kings 6-1
January 14th in Edmonton - Oil Kings 3-2 OT
Febraury 7th in Edmonton - Oil Kings 3-1
February 29th in Kootenay - Oil Kings 3-1
The ICE can finish anywhere from 5th to 8th in the Conference standings as they move into the final week of the regular season.
The Oil Kings have clinched 1st place in the Conference and are in a battle for the best record in the WHL.
The ICE are looking to regain some confidence as they lost 3 games last week and had the lead or were tied in the 3rd period in all of them.
The ICE are tied with Regina for 6th place in the Conference.
Edmonton has won 8 games in a row.
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/march14?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true
Leaders
ICE
Goals – 28 Max Reinhart, 27 Sam Reinhart
Assists – 48 Max Reinhart, 38 Jesse Ismond
Points – 76 Max Reinhart, 59 Sam Reinhart
Defenseman – 39 Joey Leach, 28 Jagger Dirk
Rookie – 59 Sam Reinhart, 14 Jaedon Descheneau
PM – 99 Jesse Ismond, 94 Spencer Wand, 93 Jagger Dirk
+/- - +25 Jagger Dirk, +23 Joey Leach
Avg – 2.38 Nathan Lieuwen, 3.12 Mackenzie Skapski
Oil Kings
Goals – 42 Michael St.Croix
Assists – 59 Dylan Wruck
Points – 100 Michael St.Croix
Defenseman – 52 Martin Gernat
Rookie – 52 Martin Gernat
PM – 137 Keegan Lowe
+/- - +40 Michael St.Croix
Avg – 2.47 Laurent Brossoit, 2.84 Tristan Jarry
Head to Head
ICE
Max Reinhart 2-3-5
Sam Reinhart 2-1-3
Jesse Ismond 1-2-3
Nathan Lieuwen 0-1-1-1 1.92 .943%
Mackenzie Skapski 0-2-0-0 4.50 .839%
Oil Kings
Dylan Wruck 0-7-7
Michael St.Croix 2-2-4
T.J. Foster 2-2-4
Laurent Brossoit 5-0-0-0 1.17 .958%
Streaks
Max Reinhart 2 games 0-2-2
Home
Max Reinhart 11-23-34
Jesse Ismond 8-20-28
Dylen McKinlay 11-13-24
Elgin Pearce 12-9-21
Sam Reinhart 12-9-21
Joey Leach 6-14-20
Brock Montgomery 9-10-19
Joe Antilla 6-13-19
Drew Czerwonka 7-9-16
Erik Benoit 7-8-15
Nathan Lieuwen 14-8-1-0 2.36 .918% 1 SO
Mackenzie Skapski 5-4-0-2 2.38 .912%
Road
Max Reinhart 17-25-42
Sam Reinhart 15-23-38
Jesse Ismond 7-18-25
Joe Antilla 8-15-23
Brock Montgomery 12-10-22
Joey Leach 4-15-19
Jagger Dirk 4-13-17
Drew Czerwonka 7-9-16
Erik Benoit 6-9-15
Dylen McKinlay 4-10-14
Nathan Lieuwen 13-11-3-2 2.39 .919% 2 SO
Mackenzie Skapski 4-2-0-0 4.19 .861%