The Kootenay ICE will host Calgary tonight in the 5th meeting of the season.
The Hitmen lead the season series 3-1.
September 22nd in Calgary – Hitmen 5-1
November 11th in Calgary – ICE 4-0
December 2nd in Calgary – Hitmen 4-1
December 4th in Cranbrook – Hitmen 6-1
The ICE ended a 4-game losing slide with a 7-3 win in Spokane on Saturday.
This is the 10th time in the last 11 years that the ICE have a home game on New Years’ Eve and the 3rd time that Calgary is the opposition.
Calgary split a home-and-home against Lethbridge on the weekend.
The Hitmen have lost only 2 road games all season.
ICE injuries – Collin Shirley U-17.
Hitmen injuries – Josh Thrower U-17, Jake Virtanen U-17, Viktor Rask WJHC.
ICE – vs Central Division 4-10-0-0, at Home 7-12-1-0, in December 3-8-0-0, in Overtime 1-1, in Shootouts 2-0.
Hitmen – vs Central Division 14-5-1-1, on Road 13-1-0-1, in December 7-3-0-1, in Overtime 2-1, in Shootouts 2-3.
Listen to the Pre-Game Show at 4:30 on The Drive.
Here is the link to tonight's FREEZE Magazine.
http://www.kootenayice.net/program
Leaders
ICE
Goals – 13 Reinhart
Assists – 21 Descheneau
Points – 33 Reinhart
Defenseman – 15 Dirk
Rookie – 18 Philp
PM – 67 Hubic
+/- - +4 Leach
Goalies – Skapski 3.33 .895% 3 SO, Hoflin 3.82 .870%
Hitmen
Goals – 20 Sylvester
Assists – 27 Macek
Points – 43 Macek
Defenseman – 25 Roach
Rookie – 17 Padakin
PM – 82 Helgesen
+/- - +21 Brassart, Macek
Goalies – Dreidger 2.23 .923% 1 SO, Shields 2.89 .897% 1 SO
Head to Head
ICE
Montgomery 4-0-4
Reinhart 0-4-4
Cable 0-2-2
Descheneau 0-2-2
Leach 0-2-2
Skapski 1-3-0-0 3.75 .873% 1 SO
PP – 11.5%
PK – 80.0%
Hitmen
Macek 2-5-7
Chase 4-1-5
Brassart 0-5-5
Jones 2-2-4
Sylvester 1-3-4
Driedger 2-0-0-0 1.00 .957%
Shields 1-1-0-0 2.00 .934%
Home
Reinhart 9-10-19
Descheneau 4-10-14
Montgomery 7-5-12
Philp 3-7-10
Benoit 3-7-10
Shirley 6-2-8
O’Connor 4-4-8
Dirk 2-6-8
Cable – 2-6-8
Skapski 7-6-0-0 3.18 .890% 2 SO
Hoflin 0-6-1-0-0 3.39 .869%
PP – 14.1%
PK – 75.3%
Road
Reinhart 4-10-14
Descheneau 2-11-13
Philp 6-2-8
Montgomery 5-2-7
Dirk 0-7-7
Leach 1-5-6
Cable 2-3-5
Skapski 4-10-0-0 3.47 .899% 1 SO
Hoflin 0-2-0-0 6.03 .875%
PP – 11.7%
PK – 68.3%