GAME DAY: Hurricanes End First Half in Medicine Hat
Lethbridge, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes complete their first half of the season tonight when they visit the Medicine Hat Tigers at Co-Op Place at 7:00pm.
The Hurricanes (11-11-2-0) enter after earning a 6-4 win last night against the Tigers at the ENMAX Centre. Justin Hall scored twice while Logan Barlage, Ty Nash, Jett Jones and Noah Boyko added the others in the win; Jared Picklyk made 27-saves in the win. Lethbridge enters 3-0-1-0 in their last four games and are 6-2-2-0 in their last four outings.
The Tigers (5-17-3-1) dropped their 17th game in their last 18 on Friday against the Hurricanes. Lukas Svejkovsky, Reid Andresen, Oren Shtrom and Brayden Boehm scored in the loss in Lethbridge. Medicine Hat enters tonight sitting last in the WHL standings with just 14 points on the year. The Tigers have gone 3-6-1-0 at home this season.
Tonight will be the third meeting of eight on the season between the Hurricanes and Tigers; Lethbridge has won both match-ups so far this year by a combined 13-7. Tonight’s game can be watched at Browns Socialhouse in Lethbridge, on WHL Live or heard on 106.7 ROCK.
DOWNLOAD GAME NOTES/STATS HERE: 12-18-2021 – LET at MH
VS. TIGERS: Tonight will be the third of eight meetings this season between the Hurricanes and Tigers. It will be the second of a home-and-home set to head into the Christmas break. This season, the Hurricanes have posted a 2-0-0-0 record against the Tigers outscoring them 13-7 in the two contests. Lethbridge has posted an all-time record of 126-141-5-10 with seven ties.
2021-2022 REGULAR SEASON SERIES
November 19th/2021 – at Lethbridge (7-3 LET)
December 17th/2021 – at Lethbridge (6-4 LET)
December 18th/2021 – at Medicine Hat
January 15th/2022 – at Medicine Hat
February 19th/2022 – at Medicine Hat
February 26th/2022 – at Lethbridge
April 1st/2022 – at Lethbridge
April 2nd/2022 – at Medicine Hat
2021-2022 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (12) – Justin Hall
Assists (20) – Alex Thacker
Points (28) – Justin Hall
PIMS (46) – Trevor Thurston
Plus/Minus (+3) – Justin Hall
Wins (8) – Bryan Thomson
Shutouts (0) – N/A
Save % (.902) – Bryan Thomson
Goals Against Average (3.31) – Bryan Thomson
WHO’S HOT:
– Yegor Klavdiev has points in 2 straight games (2a)
– Noah Boyko has points 2 straight games (2g-1a); 4 of 5 games (4g-3a); 6 of 9 games (5g-5a)
– Alex Thacker has points in 2 straight games (1g-2a); 3 of 5 games (2g-3a); 5 of 10 games (2g-10a)
– Chase Wheatcroft has points in 2 straight games (2a); 3 of 4 games (1g-2a); 8 of 15 games (4g-9a)
– Jett Jones has points in 3 of 4 games (2g-2a); 5 of 7 games (2g-4a); 11 of 17 games (6g-7a)
– Justin Hall has points in 2 of 3 games (3g); 3 of 6 games (5g); 12 of 19 games (11g-11a)
– Logan Wormald has points in 2 of 3 games (2a); 6 of 8 games (4g-5a); 7 of 10 games (5g-7a)
– Logan McCutcheon has points in 2 of 4 games (3a); 3 of 7 games (4a); 5 of 12 games (1g-5a)
– Nolan Bentham has points in 2 of 4 games (2a); 3 of 6 games (3a); 4 of 7 games (1g-3a)
– Ty Nash has points in 3 of 5 games (4g-1a); 5 of 10 games (6g-1a)
– Chase Pauls has points in 2 of 5 games (2a); 3 of 8 games (4a)
– Logan Barlage has points in 2 of 4 games (1g-2a); 4 of 10 games (3g-3a)
REGULAR SEASON MILESTONE WATCH:
– Nolan Bentham is 24 games away from 100 career games
– Joe Arntsen is 10 games away from 100 career games
– Justin Hall is 10 goals away from 50 career goals
– Kade Nolan is 22 games away from 150 career games
– Trevor Thurston is 21 games away from 100 career games
– Chase Wheatcroft is 3 games away from 100 career games
– Logan Barlage is 3 assists away from 100 career assists
