The Kootenay ICE will visit Saskatoon tonite in the 3rd meeting of the season.
The season series is tied 1-1.
October 12th in Cranbrook – ICE 4-3
November 2nd in Cranbrook – Blades 3-2 OT
The ICE ended a 6-game road losing slide with a 5-4 overtime shootout win in Prince Albert last night.
The Blades have won 5 in a row after a 4-3 win over Swift Current last night.
ICE injuries – Joey Leach upper body 1-3 weeks, Tanner Muth upper body 1-2 weeks, Brock Montgomery upper body 1-2 weeks.
Blades injuries – Jessey Astles upper body indefinite, Kyle Schmidt upper body 1 month+, Brett Stovin upper body 3 weeks, Nick Zajac upper body 1 month+, Andrey Makarov WJHC Camp.
ICE – vs East Division 6-4-1-0, on Road 3-9-0-0, in December 2-4-0-0, in Overtime 1-1, in Shootouts 2-0.
Blades – vs Central Division 5-4-0-1, at Home 5-7-0-0, in December 5-2-0-0, in Overtime 3-0, in Shootouts 1-1.
Listen to the Pre-Game Show at 5:30 on The Drive.
Leaders
ICE
Goals – 12 Montgomery
Assists – 18 Reinhart
Points – 29 Reinhart
Defenseman – 12 Dirk
Rookie – 16 Philp
PM – 60 Martin
+/- - +3 Leach
Goalies – Hoflin 3.34 .883%, Skapski 3.44 .886% 3 SO
Blades
Goals – 26 Nicholls
Assists – 23 McColgan
Points – 42 Nicholls
Defenseman – 17 Dietz, Pufahl
Rookie – 12 Revel
PM – 81 Sutter
+/- - +12 Thrower
Goalies – Makarov 2.84 .908% 4 SO, Moodie 5.40 .843%
Head to Head
ICE
Montgomery 2-1-3
Reinhart 1-1-2
Dirk 1-1-2
Benoit 1-1-1
Descheneau 0-2-2
Boyd 1-0-1
Hoflin 0-0-1-0 2.85 .850%
Skapski 1-0-0-0 3.00 .900%
PP – 12.5%
PK – 100.0%
Blades
Nicholls 4-2-6
McColgan 2-2-4
Stransky 0-3-3
Makarov 1-1-0-0 2.94 .906%
Streaks
Shirley - 2 games 1-2-3
Cable – 2 games 0-2-2
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 7-5-0-0 3.35 .885% 2 SO
Hoflin 0-6-1-0-0 3.39 .869%
PP – 14.8%
PK – 74.3%
Road
Reinhart 2-8-10
Descheneau 2-7-9
Montgomery 5-1-6
Philp 5-1-6
Leach 0-5-5
Cable 1-3-4
Dirk 0-4-4
Hoflin 0-1-0-0 3.02 .938%
Skapski 3-8-0-0 3.54 .887% 1 SO
PP – 10.9%
PK – 69.8%