GAME DAY: Hurricanes Begin Nine Games in Nine Cities Stretch in Moose Jaw
Moose Jaw, SK – The Lethbridge Hurricanes open a three-game road trip tonight at 6:00pm MT when they visit the Moose Jaw Warriors at the Moose Jaw Events Centre.
The Hurricanes (9-5-1-0) enter having ended a two-game losing streak on Wednesday with a see-saw 7-6 victory over the Medicine Hat Tigers at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena. Leo Braillard scored twice while Logan McCutcheon, Brayden Edwards, Kash Andresen, Logan Wormald and Cameron Norrie scored in the game. Lethbridge enters tonight with a 1-4-0-0 record on the road this year having lost their last four-straight games away from home. The ‘Canes lead the Central Division.
The Warriors (4-11-2-0) enter with a 1-8-1-0 record in their last 10 games after ending their five-game BC Division road trip on Saturday with a 6-2 loss in Vancouver to the Giants. Rilen Kovacevic and Ethan Hughes scored in the loss while Dimitri Fortin stopped 19 of 20 shots in relief of Jackson Unger. Moose Jaw has posted a 2-4-0-0 record in six home games so far this season.
Tonight will be the second of five meetings between the Hurricanes and the defending WHL Champion Warriors; Lethbridge has gone 1-0-0-0 so far this season against Moose Jaw. It will also mark the first game in a stretch where the ‘Canes will play nine games in nine different cities with eight of those on the road. The game can be streamed on WHL Live, watched at Browns Socialhouse in Lethbridge or heard on 106.7 ROCK.
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VS. WARRIORS: Tonight will be the second of five meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and Warriors. Lethbridge has posted a 1-0-0-0 record so far this season against Moose Jaw after going 3-2-0-0 in five meetings last year. The ‘Canes have posted a 13-7-0-0 record in the last 20 regular season meetings dating back to the 2019-2020 season. Lethbridge is 89-80-5-1 with six ties all-time against Moose Jaw while going 33-51-1-1 with five ties all-time on the road.
2024-2025 REGULAR SEASON SERIES
October 4th/2024 – at Lethbridge (4-3 LET)
November 8th/2024 – at Moose Jaw
December 3rd/2024 – at Lethbridge
January 7th/2025 – at Moose Jaw
January 11th/2025 – at Moose Jaw
2023-2024 REGULAR SEASON SERIES
October 6th/2023 – at Lethbridge (4-0 LET)
October 13th/2023 – at Moose Jaw (4-3 MJ)
January 17th/2024 – at Moose Jaw (6-3 MJ)
February 21st/2024 – at Lethbridge (6-3 LET)
March 9th/2024 – at Moose Jaw (3-2 SO LET)
2024-2025 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (9) – Logan Wormald
Assists (16) – Miguel Marques
Points (23) – Miguel Marques
PIMS (30) – Landen Ward & Trae Johnson
Plus/Minus (+9) – Logan McCutcheon
Wins (6) – Brady Smith
Shutouts (0) – N/A
Save % (.898) – Koen Cleaver
Goals Against Average (3.39) – Brady Smith
WHO’S HOT:
– Miguel Marques has points in 9 straight games (6g-13a); 11 of 13 games (7g-16a)
– Brayden Edwards has points in 7 straight games (4g-8a); 11 of 12 games (7g-13a)
– Logan Wormald has points in 5 straight games (3g-5a); 13 of 14 games (9g-11a)
– Logan McCutcheon has points in 2 straight games (1g-2a); 3 of 5 games (1g-3a); 9 of 15 games (3g-11a)
– Noah Chadwick has points in 2 straight games (1g-3a); 3 of 5 games (1g-5a); 6 of 13 games (2g-10a)
– Will Sharpe has points in 2 straight games (2a); 3 of 5 games (3a); 8 of 12 games (2g-11a)
– Kooper Gizowski has points in 2 of 3 games (3a); 3 of 5 games (4a); 6 of 9 games (3g-4a)
– Landen Ward has points in 2 of 3 games (1g-1a)
– Carsen Adair has points in 2 of 3 games (2a)
– Tristen Doyle has points in 4 of 6 games (4a)
– Leo Braillard has points in 3 of 5 games (3g-1a); 8 of 15 games (8g-2a)
– Shane Smith has points in 3 of 6 games (2g-4a); 5 of 9 games (2g-6a)
– Gavin Lesiuk has points in 2 of 4 games (1g-1a)
REGULAR SEASON MILESTONE WATCH:
– Logan McCutcheon is 4 games away from 250 career games
– Noah Chadwick is 9 points away from 100 career points
– Tristen Doyle is 14 games away from 150 career games
– Shane Smith is 9 points away from 100 career points
– Miguel Marques is 1 game away from 150 career games
– Kooper Gizowski is 10 games away from 200 career games
– Logan Wormald is 6 games away from 200 career games
– Logan Wormald is 4 assists away from 100 career assists
– Brayden Edwards is 6 games away from 200 career games
– Brayden Edwards is 5 points away from 150 career points
– Brayden Edwards is 13 assists away from 100 career assists
NEWS & NOTES:
Thru 15: The Hurricanes enter tonight with a 9-5-1-0 record (19 points) on the season after 15 games. The ‘Canes are 8-1-1-0 at home and 1-4-0-0 on the road so far this season. In 2023-2024, Lethbridge had posted an 8-5-2-0 record after 15 games. The ‘Canes were 8-6-2-0 last year after 16 games.
Wheels Up: Lethbridge is in a stretch where they will play nine of 11 games on the road. In November, the ‘Canes will play nine of their 12 games in the month away from home. On Friday, the ‘Canes will start a stretch of nine games in nine different cities. All told, in the month of November the Hurricanes are expected to travel over 7,000 kilometres.
October Gone: The Hurricanes ended the month of October with a 3-1 victory over the Swift Current Broncos on October 30th. Lethbridge ended the month with a 5-2-1-0 record while going 5-0-1-0 at home during the month. The ‘Canes are 1-2-0-0 to start the month of November.
Home Sweet Home: The ‘Canes have started the season 8-1-1-0 in their first 10 games at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena. Lethbridge has posted an 18-5-5-0 record in their last 28 regular season home games dating back to last season. The Hurricanes has the most home wins in the entire WHL.
Miggy Wiggy: Nashville Predators prospect Miguel Marques enters tonight on a career-high nine-game point streak having collected 19 points (6g-13a) in that span. Dating back to last year, Marques has points in 19 of 26 games totaling 37 points (12g-25a). He is on pace for 117 points this season and has five-straight multi-point contests while having collected eight so far this season.
Do The Worm: Hurricanes 19-year-old forward Logan Wormald has been on a tear to start the new season. The Langley, BC, product enters tonight with points in 13 of his last 14 games having collected 20 points (9g-11a) in that span. Wormald had a career-long eight game point streak during that span. He is currently on a five-game point streak having collected eight points in that span (3g-5a).
Eddy’s Ready: In 13 games since returning from Detroit Red Wings Main Camp, Brayden Edwards has racked up 20 points (7g-13a) along with 16 penalty minutes. Edwards has also gone 51.4% in the faceoff circle. The Abbotsford, BC, product is on pace for 108 points this season.
No Jynx: Will Sharpe has had a great start to his sophomore season in the WHL. The 17-year-old draft eligible defenceman as collected 13 points (2g-11a) in 14 games while going plus-2 with 10 penalty minutes. Sharpe enters tonight having collected 12 points (2g-10a) in his last 10 games.
NHL CSS: 2007-born players Kash Andresen, Will Sharpe and Koen Cleaver were listed by the NHL Central Scouting Service on their Preliminary Players to Watch List for the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. Sharpe was ranked as a ‘C’ skater while Andresen and Cleaver were both ranked as ‘W’ prospects.
Smitty Kickin’: Brady Smith enters tonight having posted a 6-2-1-0 record so far this season with a 3.40 goals against average and a .877 save percentage. Dating back to last year, Smith has posted a record of 10-3-2-0 in his last 15 decisions with a 2.63 GAA and an .902 SV%.
