Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Brandon @ Kootenay Game #50

The Kootenay ICE will host Brandon tonight.
This is the 3rd meeting of the year and the ICE lead the season series 2-0 with both wins coming in October.
Since beating the Wheat Kings on October 30th the ICE have had the best record in the WHL at 25-5-1-2.
The ICE are coming off a 5-2 loss in Prince Albert on Saturday, their 1st lost since December 13th.
The ICE are 5th in the Conference.
The Wheat Kings have won 4 of their last 5 and are 3rd in the Conference.
The ICE are back home after winning 2 of 3 games on a Saskatchewan road trip.
The club had their winning streak end at a Franchise Record 14 in a row.
One streak still going is the ICE have won 8 home games in a row.
The ICE are back home after playing 4 straight road games, winning 3 of them.
The Wheat King will be playing 3 road games in 4 days and have 1 road win in their last 4 games.
Max Reinhart has a 7 game point streak while linemates Jesse Ismond has 12 points in his last 6 games and Matt Fraser has 8 points in his last 4 games.
Brandon is led by Matt Calvert with 33 goals and 65 points and added Brent Raedeke, Travis Hamonic and Shayne Wiebe at the deadline.
It’ll be the biggest crowd off the year with it close to being a sellout.
Gametime 7p.