PRE-GAME REPORT presented by St. Eugene | ICE head on the road, face the Tigers
Cranbrook, B.C. – The Kootenay ICE head onto the road for the second time this season and face the Medicine Hat Tigers on Saturday night.
Puck drop is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. MT.
ICE PREVIEW
ICE 2018-19 Club Leaders:
Goals: Brett Davis, Davis Murray (3)
Assists: Peyton Krebs (7)
Points: Peyton Krebs (9)
PIMS: Sam Huston (11)
Plus/ Minus: Davis Murray, Jakin Smallwood (+5)
Wins: Duncan McGovern (3)
The ICE are coming off of a 3-2 loss to the Regina Pats on Friday, October 12. Cam Hausinger and Jaeger White potted the goals for the ICE. Peyton Krebs collected an assist, which extended his point streak to six-straight games. ICE goaltender Duncan McGovern made 24 saves in the loss. The ICE outshot Regina 31-27. The ICE went 1-for-5 on the power play, 2-for-2 on the penalty kill and won 19-of-65 face-offs.
The ICE have amassed six points, which is good for fifth in the Central Division and ninth in the Eastern Conference.
UPCOMING MILESTONES:
ASSISTS
– ’98-born defenceman Dallas Hines is six assists away from 50 career WHL assists.
– ’01-born forward Peyton Krebs is one assist away from 50 career WHL assists.
– ’98-born forward Jaeger White is seven assists away from 50 career WHL assists.
GAMES
– ’98-born defenceman Dallas Hines is nine games away from 200 career WHL regular season games played.
– ’99-born forward Cam Hausinger is five games away from 200 career WHL regular season games played.
– ’99-born defenceman Jonathan Smart is 14 games away from 200 career WHL regular season games played.
– ’99-born forward Brett Davis is 11 games away from 200 career WHL regular season games played.
ICE STREAKS:
– ’01-born forward Peyton Krebs has points in six-straight games (2G, 7A).
– ’02-born forward Connor McClennon has five points (2G, 3A) in six games.
– ’98-born defenceman Dallas Hines has four points (0G, 4A) in six games.
– ’99-born forward Brett Davis has five points (3G, 2A) in four games.
– ’99-born forward Davis Murray has five points (3G, 2A) in five games.
TIGERS PREVIEW
Tigers 2018-19 Club Leaders:
Goals: James Hamblin (4)
Assists: Ryan Chyzowski (6)
Points: James Hamblin, Ryan Chyzowski (8)
PIMS: Trevor Longo (12)
Plus/ Minus: James Hamblin (+3)
Wins: Mads Sogaard, Jordan Hollett (2)
The Tigers continue a three-game homestand when they welcome the ICE on Saturday, October 13. This will be the Tigers’ fourth home game of the season. The Tigers are coming off of a 4-1 victory over the Prince George Cougars on Friday. Ryan Jevne picked up two goals in the win while Linus Nassen and Tyler Preziuso scored the others. Goaltender Mads Sogaard stopped 22-of-23 shots that came his way. The Tigers outshot the Cougars 30-23. They went 1-for-5 on the power play, 5-for-5 on the penalty kill and won 28-of-57 face-offs.
The Tigers have collected nine points, which is good for third in the Central Division and sixth in the Eastern Conference.
HEAD TO HEAD
This is the second time the ICE and the Tigers have faced each other this season. On Thanksgiving Monday, the ICE skated away with a 5-0 victory over the Tigers at Western Financial Place.
The ICE are 1-9-1-0 in the last 11 games against the Tigers at Canalta Centre. Overall, both home and away, the ICE are 4-16-2-0 in the last 22 games against the Tigers.
ICE v TIGERS COMPARISONS
| CATEGORY | ICE | TIGERS |
| PP | 7/26 (26.9%) | 8/40 (20.0%) |
| PK | 17/21 (81.0%) | 34/40 (85.0%) |
| GOALS FOR | 24 | 25 |
| GOALS AGAINST | 23 | 31 |
| STREAK | L-1 | W-1 |
| HOME RECORD | 3-2-0-0 | 1-2-0-0 |
| AWAY RECORD | 0-1-0-0 | 3-3-0-1 |
LISTEN
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