The Kootenay ICE will host Medicine Hat tonight in the 3rd meeting of the season.
The season series is tied 1-1 with the home team winning each game.
November 4th in Medicine Hat – Tigers 3-1
January 11th in Cranbrook – ICE 7-5
The ICE have won 11 of their 12 games including 6 straight at home.
In the last 12 games the ICE have trailed 9 times and have come back to win 8 of those games.
Kootenay has trailed in each of the last 8 games and have come back to win 7 times.
The Tigers have won 3 games in a row and have outscored their opposition by a combined score of 9-1.
Joey Leach has played 249 career regular season games and will become the 16th in Franchise history to each the 250-game milestone.
Tanner Muth has played in 199 career regular season games, 71 w/ICE and 128 w/Seattle & Swift Current.
Brock Montgomery has 98 career points and is looking to be 31st forward to reach 100 points with the ICE.
ICE injuries – Sam Reinhart lower body day-to-day, Jon Martin 1 game suspension.
Tigers injuries – Ty Stanton lower body day-to-day, Miles Koules illness day-to-day.
ICE – vs Central Division 9-10-0-0, at Home 13-12-1-0, in January 9-1-0-0, in Overtime 2-1, in Shootouts 4-0.
Tigers – vs Central Division 10-10-1-0, on Road 7-14-2-1, in January 7-3-0-1, in Overtime 2-2, in Shootouts 4-1.
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 – 23 Reinhart
Assists – 29 Descheneau
Points – 50 Reinhart
Defenseman – 20 Dirk
Rookie – 26 Philp
PM – 81 Hubic
+/- - +16 Leach
Goalies – Skapski 3.01 .904% 3 SO, Hoflin 3.67 .880%
Tigers
Goals – 27 Valk
Assists – 35 Pearce
Points – 60 Valk
Defenseman – 19 Lewington
Rookie – 26 Koules
PM – 87 Lewington
+/- - +10 McVeigh
Goalies – Lanigan 2.79 .911% 3 SO, Langhamer 3.34 .897% 1 SO
Head to Head
ICE
Reinhart 4-1-5
Descheneau 0-4-4
Montgomery 3-0-3
Philp 1-2-3
Hoflin 1-0-0-0 1.67 .965%
Skapski 0-1-0-0 4.29 .875%
PP – 42.9%
PK – 66.7%
Tigers
Pearce 3-1-4
Valk 1-3-4
Shinkaruk 1-2-3
Leier 1-2-3
Lanigan 1-1-0-0 3.53 .894%
Streaks
Reinhart 10 games 10-6-16
Descheneau 10 games 7-9-16
Home
Reinhart 15-14-29
Descheneau 6-15-21
Montgomery 13-6-19
Philp 6-10-16
Cable – 3-11-14
Leach 2-11-13
Dirk 2-9-11
Shirley 6-2-8
O’Connor 4-4-8
Skapski 12-6-0-0 2.85 .902% 2 SO
Hoflin 1-6-1-0-0 3.25 .881%
PP – 17.1%
PK – 78.7%
Road
Reinhart 8-13-21
Descheneau 7-14-21
Philp 8-2-10
Dirk 0-9-9
Montgomery 5-3-8
Boyd 3-3-6
Cable 2-4-6
Leach 1-5-6
Skapski 8-11-0-0 3.17 .906% 1 SO
Hoflin 0-2-0-0 6.03 .875%
PP – 12.1%
PK – 68.6%