GAME DAY: Hurricanes Face Wheat Kings in Remembrance Day Tilt
Brandon, MB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes will end a three-game road trip on Monday afternoon as they visit the Brandon Wheat Kings at 1:30pm MT at Westoba Place.
The Hurricanes (11-5-1-0) enter on a three-game winning streak after earning a 3-2 win on Sunday over the Regina Pats at the Brandt Centre. Miguel Marques, Brayden Edwards and Logan Wormald scored in the win while Brady Smith made 19-saves. Lethbridge’s three-game win streak matches a season long streak while they enter 3-4-0-0 on the road this year. The ‘Canes are one point shy of the Eastern Conference lead.
The Wheat Kings (9-4-2-1) enter on a seven-game point streak having gone 5-0-2-0 in that span, but are coming off a 5-4 overtime loss to the Prince Albert Raiders on Saturday. Dominik Petr scored twice while Marcus Nguyen and Caleb Hadland added the others in the loss that saw Brandon give up four third period goals. The Wheat Kings enter today with a 6-1-2-1 record at home.
Today will be the second of four meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and Wheat Kings; Lethbridge has posted a 1-0-0-0 record against Brandon this year. 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. WHEAT KINGS: Tonight will be the second of four meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and Wheat Kings. The ‘Canes are 1-0-0-0 against the Wheat Kings so far this season. Last year, Lethbridge posted an 0-3-1-0 record in the four game season series against Brandon, being shutout three times while being outscored 15-1. The Hurricanes have posted an all-time record of 76-85-4-1 with 10 ties against the Wheat Kings. Lethbridge is 29-55-1-1 with three ties all-time in Brandon.
2024-2025 REGULAR SEASON SERIES
October 12th/2024 – at Lethbridge (4-3 LET)
November 11th/2024 – at Brandon
February 28th/2025 – at Brandon
March 7th/2025 – at Lethbridge
2023-2024 REGULAR SEASON SERIES
October 11th/2023 – at Lethbridge (1-0 OT BRD)
January 20th/2024 – at Brandon (6-0 BRD)
February 9th/2024 – at Brandon (4-1 BRD)
March 8th/2024 – at Lethbridge (4-0 BRD)
2024-2025 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (11) – Logan Wormald
Assists (18) – Miguel Marques
Points (26) – Miguel Marques
PIMS (30) – Landen Ward & Trae Johnson
Plus/Minus (+12) – Logan Wormald
Wins (8) – Brady Smith
Shutouts (0) – N/A
Save % (.898) – Koen Cleaver
Goals Against Average (3.24) – Brady Smith
WHO’S HOT:
– Brayden Edwards has points in 9 straight games (7g-8a); 13 of 14 games (10g-13a)
– Logan Wormald has points in 7 straight games (5g-7a); 15 of 16 games (11g-13a)
– Tristen Doyle has points in 2 straight games (5a); 3 of 5 games (6a); 6 of 8 games (9a)
– Miguel Marques has points in 10 of 11 games (7g-15a); 12 of 15 games (8g-18a)
– Logan McCutcheon has points in 3 of 4 games (1g-3a); 4 of 7 games (1g-4a); 10 of 17 games (3g-12a)
– Noah Chadwick has points in 3 of 4 games (2g-4a); 4 of 7 games (2g-6a); 7 of 15 games (3g-11a)
– Will Sharpe has points in 3 of 4 games (4a); 4 of 7 games (5a); 9 of 14 games (2g-13a)
– Shane Smith has points in 2 of 3 games (2g-3a); 4 of 8 games (4g-5a); 6 of 11 games (4g-7a)
– Kooper Gizowski has points in 2 of 3 games (5a); 3 of 5 games (6a); 7 of 11 games (3g-7a)
– Landen Ward has points in 2 of 4 games (1g-1a)
– Carsen Adair has points in 2 of 5 games (2a)
– Gavin Lesiuk has points in 2 of 4 games (1g-1a)
– Leo Braillard has points in 3 of 6 games (3g-1a); 8 of 16 games (8g-2a)
REGULAR SEASON MILESTONE WATCH:
– Logan McCutcheon is 2 games away from 250 career games
– Noah Chadwick is 7 points away from 100 career points
– Tristen Doyle is 12 games away from 150 career games
– Shane Smith is 6 points away from 100 career points
– Kooper Gizowski is 9 games away from 200 career games
– Logan Wormald is 4 games away from 200 career games
– Logan Wormald is 2 assists away from 100 career assists
– Brayden Edwards is 4 games away from 200 career games
– Brayden Edwards is 2 points away from 150 career points
– Brayden Edwards is 13 assists away from 100 career assists
– Hayden Pakkala is 20 points away from 100 career points
NEWS & NOTES:
Thru 17: The Hurricanes enter tonight with an 11-5-1-0 record (23 points) on the season after 17 games. The ‘Canes are 8-1-1-0 at home and 3-4-0-0 on the road so far this season. In 2023-2024, Lethbridge had posted a 9-6-2-0 record after 17 games. The ‘Canes were 9-7-2-0 last year after 18 games.
Goals Galore: The ‘Canes enter play having scored a whopping 21 goals in their last four games averaging 5.25 goals per game in that span. The Hurricanes have scored 32 goals (4.57 avg) in their last seven contests. Lethbridge scored seven goals in back-to-back wins on Wednesday and Friday marking the first time since January of 2020 they scored seven-or-more in back-to-back games.
Wheels Up: Lethbridge are in a stretch where they will play nine games in nine different cities. The ‘Canes will play nine of their 12 games in the month of November on the road. All told, in the month of November the Hurricanes are expected to travel over 7,000 kilometres. Lethbridge is 2-0-0-0 in the stretch so far.
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 3-2-0-0 in 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 with points in 10 of his last 11 games. He had a career-high nine-game point streak end on November 8th in Moose Jaw after collecting 19 points (6g-13a) in that streak. Dating back to last year, Marques has points in 20 of 28 games totaling 40 points (13g-27a). He is on pace for 114 points 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 15 of his last 16 games having collected 24 points (11g-13a) in that span. Wormald had a career-long eight game point streak during that span. He is currently on a seven-game point streak having collected 12 points in that span (5g-7a). He’s on pace for 96 points.
Eddy’s Ready: In 14 games since returning from Detroit Red Wings Main Camp, Brayden Edwards has racked up 23 points (10g-13a) along with 18 penalty minutes and a plus-8 rating. Edwards has also gone 53.0% in the faceoff circle. The Abbotsford, BC, product is on pace for 107 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 15 points (2g-13a) in 16 games while going plus-1 with 10 penalty minutes. Sharpe enters tonight having collected 14 points (2g-12a) in his last 12 games.
Smitty Kickin’: Brady Smith enters tonight having posted an 8-2-1-0 record so far this season with a 3.24 goals against average and a .882 save percentage. Dating back to last year, Smith has posted a record of 12-3-2-0 in his last 17 decisions with a 2.73 GAA and an .901 SV%.
