The Kootenay ICE will host Swift Current tonight in their first meeting of the season.
Last season they split their 4 meetings with the home team winning every game.
The ICE have lost 3 in a row and their last game was a 3-0 loss to Regina on Wednesday.
Swift Current have 1 win in the last 6 games and in their last game lost 4-0 to Lethbridge on Tuesday.
The Broncos have played in 5 overtime games this season.
3 players in this game will play for Team WHL next month with Kootenay's Sam Reinhart and Swift Current's Adam Lowry and Graham Black.
In the last 5 games the ICE powerplay is 1/21 and has given up 1 shorthanded goal.
After going 3 straight games with a powerplay goal scored against the ICE, the penalty kill has given up goals in 4 straight games.
This is the last game in October for the ICE who will play 6 road games and 6 home games in November.
ICE - Collin Shirley and Tanner Muth are day-to-day with minor injuries.
Broncos - Shea Howorko upper body indefinite.
ICE – vs East Division 2-2-0-0, at Home 3-6-0-0, in October 3-5-0-0, in Overtime 1-0, in Shootouts 0-0.
Broncos – vs Central Division 0-2-0-0, on Road 2-1-1-0, in October 4-6-0-0, in Overtime 1-3, in Shootouts 0-1.
Listen to the Pre-Game Show at 6:30 on The Drive.
Here is the link to tonight's FREEZE Magazine.
http://www.kootenayice.net/program
Leaders
ICE
Goals – 8 Montgomery
Assists – 9 Reinhart
Points – 12 Reinhart, Montgomery
Defenseman – 5 Dirk
Rookie – 6 Philp
PM – 34 Hubic
+/- - +2 Montgomery
Goalies – Skapski 3.34 .869% 1 SO, Hoflin 3.45 .873%
Broncos
Goals – 7 Lowry
Assists – 10 Gordon
Points – 15 Lowry, Gordon
Defenseman – 7 Nedomlel
Rookie – 4 Spagrud
PM – 34 Nedomlel
+/- - +3 Spagrud, Black
Goalies – Laurikainen 2.55 .918%, Bow 3.79 .901%
Home
Reinhart 3-8-11
Montgomery 7-3-10
Descheneau 2-5-7
Shirley 4-1-5
Benoit 2-2-4
Dirk 2-2-4
Philp 0-4-4
Czerwonka 0-4-4
Skapski 3-2-0-0 3.17 .866% 1 SO
Hoflin 0-4-0-0-0 3.45 .873%
PP – 17.9%
PK – 70.0%
Road
Philp 2-0-2
Descheneau 1-1-2
Montgomery 1-1-2
Leach 0-2-2
Martin 1-0-1
Muth 1-0-1
Dirk 0-1-1
Reinhart 0-1-1
Skapski 1-2-0-0 3.68 .874%
PP – 10.0%
PK - 80.0%