The Kootenay ICE will host Calgary tonight in the 7th meeting of the season and first half of a home-and-home to wrap-up the regular season.
The season series is tied 3-3.
September 22nd in Calgary – Hitmen 5-1
November 11th in Calgary – ICE 4-0
December 2nd in Cranbrook – Hitmen 4-1
December 4th in Calgary – Hitmen 6-1
December 31st in Cranbrook – ICE 3-2
February 23rd in Cranbrook – ICE 5-1
The ICE are 8th in the Conference and could still move up one spot in the standings.
The Hitmen have clinched 3rd place in the Conference and need one more win or Saskatoon loss to clinch home ice advantage for at least the first 2 rounds of the playoffs.
The ICE will hand out their Year-Awards at 7 and the opening face-off will be around 7:25.
ICE injuries – Zach McPhee upper body 1-2 weeks, Levi Cable lower body 2-4 weeks.
Hitmen injuries – Greg Chase lower body day-to-day, Jaynen Rissling upper body day-to-day.
ICE – vs Central Division 16-16-0-0, at Home 21-13-1-0, in March 2-5-0-0, in Overtime 3-2, in Shootouts 4-0.
Hitmen – vs Central Division 18-10-1-1, on Road 23-11-0-1, in March 5-2-0-0, in Overtime 4-1, in Shootouts 3-4.
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 – 33 Reinhart
Assists – 48 Reinhart
Points – 81 Reinhart
Defenseman – 35 Dirk
Rookie – 42 Philp
PM – 97 Martin
+/- - +22 Leach
Goalies – Skapski 2.75 .911% 7 SO, Hoflin 3.72 .886%
Hitmen
Goals – 39 Sylvester
Assists – 48 Sylvester
Points – 87 Sylvester
Defenseman – 49 Roach
Rookie – 38 Padakin
PM – 122 Rissling
+/- - +42 oach
Goalies – Driedger 2.50 .915% 2 SO, Shields 2.99 .894% 2 SO
Head to Head
ICE
Montgomery 7-1-8
Cable 2-4-6
Reinhart 0-6-6
Leach 0-5-5
Descheneau 1-2-3
Skapski 3-3-0-0 3.00 .899% 1 SO
PP – 12.8%
PK – 87.0%
Hitmen
Macek 2-5-7
Sylvester 2-4-6
Chase 4-1-5
Brassart 0-5-5
Jones 3-1-4
Padakin 3-1-4
Driedger 2-0-0-0 1.00 .957%
Shields 1-3-0-0 2.77 .917%
Streaks
Descheneau 7 games 6-6-12, 10 of 11 games 12-6-18
Reinhart 6 games 4-7-11
Montgomery 5 games 3-4-7
Philp 2 games 1-1-2
Home
Reinhart 19-23-42
Descheneau 10-25-35
Montgomery 19-11-30
Philp 10-13-23
Cable – 8-14-22
Leach 3-16-19
Dirk 3-14-17
Shirley 7-6-13
Skapski 20-7-0-0 2.32 .919% 4 SO
Hoflin 1-6-1-0-0 3.25 .881%
PP – 19.1%
PK – 82.4%
Road
Descheneau 18-21-39
Reinhart 14-25-39
Montgomery 12-7-19
Philp 9-10-19
Dirk 0-18-18
Cable 6-6-12
Leach 3-9-12
Skapski 13-17-1-0 3.13 .904% 3 SO
Hoflin 0-4-0-0 4.68 .892%
PP – 18.3%
PK – 73.5%