GAME DAY: Hurricanes Visit Hockeytown North
Saskatoon, SK – The Lethbridge Hurricanes continue a five-game road trip on Wednesday as they travel to face the Prince Albert Raiders at 6:00pm MT.
The Hurricanes (32-18-5-5) had their three-game winning streak snapped last night in Saskatoon against the Blades. Nick Henry, Jake Elmer, Logan Barlage and Taylor Ross scored in the losing cause. The ‘Canes fell to 15-9-4-1 on the road with the defeat.
The Raiders (49-8-1-2) enter on a three-game winning streak and are 8-1-1-0 in their last ten games. Raiders are coming off a convincing 7-1 win over the Brandon Wheat Kings on Saturday at the Art Hauser Centre. Prince Albert will search for their 50th win of the year, a mark they’ve reached three prior times in their history but not since 1991-1992.
Tonight will be the final of four meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and the Raiders; Prince Albert has won all three meetings thus far and six straight against the ‘Canes dating back to last season.
VS. RAIDERS: Tonight will be the final of four meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and the Raiders. The Hurricanes have posted a 0-3-0-0 record against Prince Albert so far this season. The Hurricanes have lost six straight games against the Raiders dating back to last year.
REGULAR SEASON SERIES: TOP 5 HURRICANES SCORERS
October 5th/2018 – at Lethbridge (5-1 PA) Nick Henry – 24G, 58A – 82 points
November 22nd/2018 – at Prince Albert (5-1 PA) Dylan Cozens – 28G, 44A – 72 points
February 9th/2019 – at Lethbridge (6-5 PA) Jordy Bellerive – 28G, 43A – 71 points
February 27th/2019 – at Prince Albert Jake Leschyshyn – 34G, 35A – 69 points Jake Elmer – 32G, 33A – 65 points
2018-2019 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (34) – Jake Leschyshyn Assists (58) – Nick Henry
Points (82) – Nick Henry
PIMS (112) – Koletrane Wilson Plus/Minus (+31) – Koletrane Wilson & Taylor Ross
Wins (17) – Carl Tetachuk Shutouts (1) – Carl Tetachuk
Save % (.903) – Carl Tetachuk Goals Against Average (3.07) – Carl Tetachuk
WHO’S HOT:
– Jake Elmer has points in 10 straight games (12g-7a); 11 of 12 games (12g-8a); 16 of 23 games (16g-13a)
– Jake Elmer has goals in 9 straight games (12g)
– Dylan Cozens has points in 8 straight games (1g-10a); 12 of 19 games (4g-12a); 43 of 59 (28g-44a)
– Nick Henry has points in 3 straight games (3g-5a); 7 of 8 games (4g-9a); 12 of 17 games (6g-14a)
– Jake Leschyshyn has points in 3 straight games (1g-4a); 5 of 8 games (6g-5a); 36 of 53 games (31g-32a)
– Ty Prefontaine has points in 3 straight games (3a); 4 of 8 games (1g-4a)
– Calen Addison has points in 2 straight games (2g-2a); 7 of 12 games (4g-11a); 36 of 59 games (11g-49a)
– Jackson Shepard has points in 2 straight games (2a)
– Jordy Bellerive has points in 3 of 4 games (3g-3a); 5 of 7 games (4g-5a); 41 of 60 games (28g-41a)
– Taylor Ross has points in 9 of 10 games (8g-5a); 14 of 24 games (8g-10a); 38 of 60 games (31g-30a)
– Igor Merezhko has points in 5 of 8 games (1g-6a); 7 of 12 games (3g-7a); 13 of 30 games (4g-12a)
– Koletrane Wilson has points in 4 of 12 games (4a); 5 of 17 games (5a); 12 of 37 games (12a)
– Noah Boyko has points in 2 of 5 games (2g-1a); 4 of 11 games (3g-3a)
– Logan Barlage has points in 3 of 6 games (3g-2a); 7 of 12 games (3g-6a)
– Danila Palivko has points in 2 of 5 games (3a); 4 of 11 games (1g-3a)
– Alex Cotton has points in 3 of 8 games (3a)
– Justin Hall has points in 2 of 11 games (1g-1a)
MILESTONE WATCH:
– Calen Addison is 6 games away from 200 career games
– Jake Leschyshyn is 1 games away from 250 career games
– Jake Leschyshyn is 11 assists away from 100 career assists
– Igor Merezhko is 3 games away from 250 career games
– Igor Merezhko is 2 points away from 100 career points
– Jake Elmer is 4 games away from 200 career games
– Nick Henry is 14 games away from 200 career games
– Nick Henry is 8 points away from 200 career points
– Scott Mahovlich is 4 games away from 150 career games
