The Kootenay ICE will visit Medicine Hat tonight in the 5th meeting of the season.
The season series is tied 2-2 with the home team winning every game.
November 4th in Medicine Hat – Tigers 3-1
January 11th in Cranbrook – ICE 7-5
January 23rd in Cranbrook - ICE 3-2
February 10th in Medicine Hat – Tigers 3-2
The ICE are 21-5-1 in their last 27 games.
The ICE are in 8th place in the Conference standings.
Sam Reinhart has assists in his last 8 games and has tied a Franchise Record. (John Negrin 07-08 0-10-10, Dale Mahovsky 04-05 7-13-20)
The Tigers have won 3 games in a row and are in 6th place in the Conference.
ICE injuries – Tanner Muth upper body day-to-day, Jeff Hubic 1 game suspension.
Tigers injuries – None.
ICE – vs Central Division 13-13-0-0, on Road 12-17-1-0, February 8-2-0-0, in Overtime 3-2, in Shootouts 4-0.
Tigers – vs Central Division 12-12-1-0, at Home 21-12-0-0, in February 8-4-0-0, in Overtime 2-2, in Shootouts 5-1.
Listen to the Pre-Game Show at 6:30 on The Drive.
Leaders
ICE
Goals – 29 Reinhart
Assists – 41 Descheneau, Reinhart
Points – 70 Reinhart
Defenseman – 32 Dirk
Rookie – 36 Philp
PM – 95 Martin
+/- - +19 Leach
Goalies – Skapski 2.70 .911% 6 SO, Hoflin 3.71 .883%
Tigers
Goals – 41 Valk
Assists – 43 Pearce
Points – 81 Valk
Defenseman – 22 Lewington
Rookie – 36 Koules
PM – 109 Lewington
+/- - +8 Pearce, Ryckman
Goalies – Lanigan 2.82 .914% 4 SO, Langhamer 3.34 .899% 2 SO
Head to Head
ICE
Reinhart 4-4-8
Descheneau 1-7-8
Montgomery 6-0-6
Philp 2-2-4
Skapski 1-2-0-0 3.25 .889%
Hoflin 1-0-0-0 1.67 .963%
PP – 35.3%
PK – 72.2%
Tigers
Pearce 3-3-6
Valk 2-4-6
Shinkaruk 2-2-4
Cox 2-2-4
Lanigan 2-2-0-0 3.03 .900%
Streaks
Reinhart 8 games 2-10-12, 24 of 25 games 16-21-37
Descheneau 3 games 6-1-7
Home
Reinhart 17-21-38
Descheneau 8-24-32
Montgomery 18-8-26
Philp 9-12-21
Cable – 7-13-20
Dirk 3-14-17
Leach 3-12-15
Shirley 7-5-12
Skapski 18-6-0-0 2.36 .918% 4 SO
Hoflin 1-6-1-0-0 3.25 .881%
PP – 19.0%
PK – 81.3%
Road
Reinhart 12-20-32
Descheneau 13-17-30
Philp 8-7-15
Dirk 0-15-15
Montgomery 9-5-14
Cable 4-6-10
Leach 2-8-10
Skapski 12-14-1-0 3.00 .906% 2 SO
Hoflin 0-3-0-0 5.16 .888%
PP – 14.3%
PK – 72.7%