The Kootenay ICE will visit Portland this afternnon in the only meeting of the season.
Last year in Cranbrook the ICE won 4-1.
The last regular season meeting in Portland was December 1/10 and the ICE won 5-3.
The clubs also met in the 2011 WHL Final.
The ICE 3-game winning streak was halted with a 7-4 loss in Seattle on Wednesday.
Portland has won 14 of their last 15 games, including 9 straight wins at home, have best winning percentage in the WHL and beat Vancouver 3-0 on Wednesday.
ICE injuries – Brock Montgomery upper body 1-2 weeks, Spencer Wand upper body 1-2 weeks.
Winterhawks injuries – Adam de Champlain lower body day-to-day, Alex Schoenborn lower body day-to-day.
ICE – vs US Division 0-1-0-0, on Road 2-4-0-0, in November 3-4-1-0, in Overtime 1-1, in Shootouts 0-0.
Winterhawks – vs Central Division 2-0-0-0, at Home 10-2-0-0, in November 8-1-0-0, in Overtime 0-1, in Shootouts 0-0.
Listen to the Pre-Game Show at 3:30 on The Drive.
Leaders
ICE
Goals – 11 Montgomery
Assists – 15 Descheneau
Points – 20 Reinhart
Defenseman – 9 Dirk, Leach
Rookie – 9 Philp
PM – 42 Martin
+/- - +6 Montgomery
Goalies – Skapski 3.23 .881% 3 SO, Hoflin 3.32 .864%
Winterhawks
Goals – 15 Rattie
Assists – 27 Petan
Points – 40 Petan
Defenseman – 21 Pouliot
Rookie – 21 Bjorkstrand
PM – 55 Mahon, De Champlain
+/- - +27 Wotherspoon
Goalies – Carruth 1.41 .947% 2 SO, Burke 2.97 .886% 1 SO
Streaks
Philp – 3 games 1-2-3
Descheneau – 4 games 1-6-7
McPhee – 2 games 2-0-2
Montgomery – 3 games 3-2-5
Prochazka – 2 games 1-1-2
Cable – 2 games 0-2-2
Home
Reinhart 7-8-15
Montgomery 7-5-12
Descheneau 3-9-12
Shirley 5-2-7
Dirk 2-5-7
Benoit 3-3-6
O’Connor 3-3-6
Philp 1-5-6
Leach 1-4-5
Cable – 1-4-5
Skapski 5-4-0-0 3.36 .872% 2 SO
Hoflin 0-5-1-0-0 3.32 .864%
PP – 16.9%
PK – 75.4%
Road
Descheneau 1-6-7
Montgomery 4-1-5
Reinhart 1-4-5
Leach 0-4-4
Philp 2-1-3
McPhee 2-0-2
Boyd 2-0-2
Dirk 0-2-2
Cable 0-2-2
Skapski 2-4-0-0 3.18 .890% 1 SO
PP – 13.0%
PK – 78.3%