The ICE are in the playoffs for the 16 consecutive year, the longest active streak in the WHL.
The Tigers have made the postseason 12 years in a row, 2nd longest active streak in the WHL.
All-time the ICE have a playoff record of 162 games, 93-70, 50-30 at home, 43-40 on road, 24-12 in overtime.
History
16 times the ICE have not had home-ice advantage and have won the series 8 times. (14 Calgary, 11 Portland, 11 Medicine Hat, 11 Saskatoon, 08 Medicine Hat, 03 Kamloops, 02 Spokane, 00 Calgary)
The ICE have played 30 playoff series and have won 18 and lost 12.
15 times the ICE have won game 1 of a series and have won that series 11 times.
8 times the ICE have won game 1 of a series on the road and have won that series 6 times.
15 times the ICE have split the 1st 2 games of a series and have won that series 8 times.
8 times the ICE have split the 1st 2 games of a series on the road and have won that series 5 times.
When the ICE have a chance to clinch a series they have a record of 18 wins and 7 losses.
When the ICE have a chance to clinch a series on the road they have a record of 11 wins and 3 losses.
Regular season record since the trade deadline
ICE – 28 games 18-8-0-2 38 points.
Tigers – 31 games 20-10-0-1 41 points.
This is the 4th time the ICE and Tigers are meeting in the playoffs.
The team that was lower in the standings won all 3 series.
2009 1st round – Kootenay won 4-1.
2010 1st round – Medicine Hat won 4-2
2011 East Final – Kootenay won 4-0.4
The ICE have a career playoff record of 12-6 vs Tigers, 6-2 at home, 6-3 on road.
In overtime the ICE have a record of 2-0.
Head-to-Head during the regular season – ICE 3-3-0-0, Tigers 3-3-0-0.
The home team won all 6 regular season meetings.
Career Playoff Stats Leaders
Games
ICE – Jagger Dirk 38, Zach Franko 30, Landon Cross 26, Sam Reinhart 26, Jaedon Deschenau 19, Zach McPhee, 19, Luke Philp 18, Jon Martin 17, Tyler King 15. (Tim Bozon 19)
Tigers – Dylan Bredo 51, Curtis Valk 41, Tyler Lewington 26, Chad Labelle 25, Trevor Cox 24, Kyle Becker 20. (Hunter Shinkaruk 30)
Memorial Cup Experience
ICE – Jagger Dirk 5 games, Sam Reinhart 1.
Tigers – None.
Goals
ICE – Zach Franko 10, Jaedon Descheneau 10, Luke Philp 7, Sam Reinhart 7, Levi Cable 6, Jagger Dirk 4, Austin Vetterl 2, Matt Alfaro 1, Landon Cross 1, Tyler King 1, Jon Martin 1, Rinat Valiev 1, Kyle O’Connor 1. (Tim Bozon 9)
Tigers – Curtis Valk 18, Trevor Cox 7, Cole Sanford 4, Chad Butcher 3, Dylan Bredo 4, Miles Koules 3, Kyle Becker 2, Steve Owre 2, Chad Labelle 2, Tommy Vannelli 1, Tyler Lewington 1, Steve Owre 1. (Hunter Shinkaruk 9)
Assists
ICE – Sam Reinhart 19, Zach Franko 12, Jaedon Deschenau 11, Jagger Dirk 11, Luke Philp 8, Rinat Valiev 7, Austin Vetterl 5. (Tim Bozon 2)
Tigers – Dylan Bredo 16, Curtis Valk 15, Trevor Cox 11, Cole Sanford 9, Miles Koules 6. (Hunter Shinkaruk 17)
Points
ICE – Sam Reinhart 26, Zach Franko 22, Jaedon Descheneau 21, Luke Philp 15, Jagger Dirk 15, Levi Cable 9, Rinat Valiev 8, Austin Vetterl 7. (Tim Bozon 11)
Tigers – Curtis Valk 33, Dylan Bredo 20, Trevor Cox 18, Cole Sanford 13, Miles Koules 9, Kyle Becker 6. (Hunter Shinkaruk 26)
Wins
ICE – Mackenzie Skapski 4, Wyatt Hoflin 4.
Tigers – Marek Langhamer 5.
Coach
ICE – Ryan McGill 76 50-26 .658%.
Tigers – Shaun Clouston 41 21-20 .512%.
The ICE have had 3 hat-tricks in this years’ post season and now have 12 in their history.
Jaedon Descheneau is the first to have 2 hat-tricks in one post season.
Descheneau and Duncan Milroy are tied with 2 career playoff hat-tricks.
(Levi Cable 14, Jaedon Descheneau twice 14, Max Reinhart 11, Matt Fraser 11, Dale Mahovsky 05,
Martin Sagat 05, Duncan Milroy 03 & 02, Zdenek Blatny 01, Marek Svatos 01, Trevor Wasyluk 99)
Jaedon Descheneau has tied a Franchise record with 4 game winning goals in one post season.
(Cody Eakin 11, Matt Fraser 11, Matt Walker 00, Zdenek Blatny 00)