The Kootenay ICE will visit Calgary this afternoon 3rd meeting of the season.
Season series is tied 1-1.
September 22nd in Calgary – Hitmen 5-1
November 11th in Calgary – ICE 4-0
This is the first half of a home-and-home with the rematch Tuesday in Cranbrook.
The ICE are coming off a 2-0 loss in Edmonton on Friday and had a November record of 4-7-1-0.
The Hitmen loss 4-0 to Saskatoon on Friday and went 9-2-0-0 in November.
ICE injuries – Brock Montgomery upper body 1 week.
Hitmen injuries – Calder Brook upper body indefinite, Darian Henry upper body day-to-day, Alex Roach lower body day-to-day.
ICE – vs Central Division 4-6-0-0, on Road 2-7-0-0, in December 0-0-0-0, in Overtime 1-1, in Shootouts 1-0.
Hitmen – vs Central Division 9-2-1-1, at Home 8-5-1-1, in December 0-0-0-0, in Overtime 2-1, in Shootouts 2-2.
Listen to the Pre-Game Show at 1:30 on The Drive.
Leaders
ICE
Goals – 11 Montgomery
Assists – 15 Descheneau, Reinhart
Points – 24 Reinhart
Defenseman – 10 Leach, Dirk
Rookie – 12 Philp
PM – 49 Hubic
+/- - +6 Montgomery
Goalies – Skapski 3.19 .889% 3 SO, Hoflin 3.39 .879%
Hitmen
Goals – 16 Sylvester
Assists – 17 Macek
Points – 28 Macek
Defenseman – 18 Roach
Rookie – 11 Padakin
PM – 73 Henry
+/- - +16 Roach
Goalies – Driedger 2.33 .921% 1 SO, Shields 3.61 .876%
Head to Head
ICE
Montgomery 3-0-3
Reinhart 0-3-3
Leach 0-2-2
Descheneau 0-2-2
McPhee 1-0-1
Philp 1-0-1
Skapski 1-1-0-0 2.50 .896% 1 SO
PP – 15.4%
PK – 100%
Hitmen
Henry 1-2-3
Jones 2-0-2
Macek 1-1-2
Sylvester 1-1-2
Driedger 1-0-0-0 1.00 .964%
Shields 0-1-0-0 3.01 .897%
Streaks
Montgomery - 3 games 3-2-5
Home
Reinhart 8-10-18
Montgomery 7-5-12
Descheneau 3-9-12
Philp 3-6-9
Benoit 3-5-8
Dirk 2-6-8
Shirley 5-2-7
O’Connor 3-3-6
Martin 3-2-5
Leach 1-4-5
Cable – 1-4-5
Skapski 6-4-0-0 3.23 .881% 2 SO
Hoflin 0-5-1-0-0 3.45 .859%
PP – 16.4%
PK – 74.6%
Road
Descheneau 1-6-7
Reinhart 1-5-6
Montgomery 4-1-5
Leach 0-5-5
Philp 2-1-3
Prochazka 2-1-3
Cable 1-2-3
Hoflin 0-1-0-0 3.02 .938%
Skapski 2-6-0-0 3.15 .898% 1 SO
PP – 10.0%
PK – 78.1%