GAME DAY: Hurricanes Host Hitmen in Homestand Finale
Lethbridge, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes welcome the Calgary Hitmen tonight at 6:00pm at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena in the final of a four-game homestand.
The Hurricanes (10-18-0-1) enter having earned a 2-1 victory on Friday over the Wenatchee Wild in their annual Teddy Bear Toss game. Kayden Longley scored the teddy goal while Grady Pichette scored his first WHL goal as the game-winner. Leif Oaten was outstanding making 36-saves in the victory. Lethbridge enters tonight with a 7-6-0-0 record in their last 13 games while having gone 5-3-0-1 in their last nine home games. The ‘Canes overall home record is 5-8-0-1 on the season.
The Hitmen (13-8-3-1) enter after ending a six-game losing streak on Friday with a 3-2 win over the Prince Albert Raiders at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Calgary scored three unanswered goals in the win as Wyatt Pisarczyk, Kale Dach and Calder Hamilton scored in the win. Eric Tu made 29-saves in the victory. The Hitmen enter play with a 7-2-2-1 record on the road this season.
Tonight will be the fifth of eight meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and Hitmen; Lethbridge has posted a 2-2-0-0 record against Calgary so far this year. The Hurricanes will host Santa and Mrs. Claus during the game as fans are encouraged to wear their Ugly Christmas Sweater to the game. Lethbridge will host a post-game skate with the ‘Canes following the contest. Tickets for tonight’s game can be purchased by visiting the Yates Memorial or VisitLethbridge.com Arena Ticket Centre’s, by calling 403-329-SEAT (7328) or online at www.visitlethbridgearena.ca.
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VS. HITMEN: Tonight will be the fifth of eight head-to-head meetings between the Hurricanes and Hitmen. So far this season, Lethbridge has posted a 2-2-0-0 record against Calgary while having gone 2-5-1-0 in eight meetings during the 2024-2025 season. The Hurricanes defeated the Hitmen in seven games in the second-round of the WHL Playoffs last spring. The ‘Canes have posted an all-time record of 92-101-12-5 with six ties against the Hitmen while going 51-48-4-3 with four ties all-time in Lethbridge.
2025-2026 REGULAR SEASON SERIES:
September 19th/2025 – at Lethbridge (5-3 CGY)
September 20th/2025 – at Calgary (4-0 LET)
October 5th/2025 – at Calgary (5-2 CGY)
October 17th/2025 – at Lethbridge (7-6 OT LET)
December 6th/2025 – at Lethbridge
January 11th/2026 – at Calgary
January 30th/2026 – at Lethbridge
March 21st/2026 – at Calgary
2024-2025 REGULAR SEASON SERIES:
September 29th/2024 – at Calgary (3-1 CGY)
October 19th/2024 – at Calgary (6-1 CGY)
November 1st/2024 – at Lethbridge (5-3 CGY)
December 27th/2024 – at Lethbridge (4-1 LET)
January 25th/2025 – at Lethbridge (3-2 CGY)
February 2nd/2025 – at Calgary (4-3 LET)
February 11th/2025 – at Calgary (3-2 OT CGY)
March 15th/2025 – at Lethbridge (3-1 CGY)
2025-2026 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (15) – Luke Cozens
Assists (21) – Luke Cozens
Points (36) – Luke Cozens
PIMS (49) – Matteo Fabrizi
Plus/Minus (+5) – Logan Wormald
Wins (7) – Koen Cleaver
Shutouts (1) – Koen Cleaver
Save % (.877) – Leif Oaten
Goals Against Average (4.23) – Leif Oaten
WHO’S HOT:
– Kayden Longley has points in 4 of 5 games (2g-2a); 7 of 10 games (2g-6a); 10 of 18 games (3g-8a)
– Owen Berge has points in 6 of 8 games (3g-4a); 8 of 12 games (5g-5a); 10 of 17 games (6g-7a)
– Luke Cozens has points in 3 of 4 games (1g-5a); 4 of 6 games (2g-5a); 17 of 29 games (15g-21a)
– Easton Daneault has points in 2 of 3 games (2g); 3 of 8 games (3g-1a); 12 of 27 games (3g-16a)
– Enzo DiDomenicantonio has points in 2 of 3 games (2a); 4 of 7 games (4a)
– Grady Pichette has points in 3 of 5 games (1g-2a); 4 of 8 games (1g-3a)
– Hudson Kibblewhite has points in 4 of 6 games (2g-6a); 6 of 12 games (4g-6a)
– Logan Wormald has points in 2 of 4 games (2a); 6 of 9 games (4g-4a); 19 of 27 games (13g-19a)
– Kade Duell has points in 4 of 7 games (5g-2a); 6 of 10 games (5g-4a); 9 of 17 games (5g-8a)
– Nathan Maloney has points in 2 of 5 games (2a); 9 of 14 games (1g-13a); 13 of 22 games (2g-16a)
– Kai Anderson has points in 2 of 5 games (1g-1a); 4 of 10 games (4g-1a)
REGULAR SEASON MILESTONE WATCH:
– Carsen Adair is 5 games away from 100 career games
– Brayden Smith is 27 games away from 100 career games
– Luke Cozens is 10 games away from 150 career games
– Kayden Longley is 5 games away from 150 career games
– Logan Wormald is 2 goals away from 100 career goals
– Logan Wormald is 6 assists away from 150 career assists
– Logan Wormald is 8 points away from 250 career points
– Hudson Kibblewhite is 11 points away from 50 career points
– Owen Berge is 7 points away from 50 career points
– Koen Cleaver is 4 games away from 50 career games
NEWS & NOTES:
Thru 29: The Hurricanes enter tonight with a 10-18-0-1 record (21 points) on the season after 29 games. The ‘Canes are 5-8-0-1 at home and 5-10-0-0 on the road. In 2024-2025, Lethbridge had posted a 16-11-1-1 record after 29 games. The ‘Canes have posted a 1-1-0-0 record in the month of December.
Homecoming: The ‘Canes are in the midst of a four-game homestand which ties their longest homestand of the season. The Hurricanes have posted a 5-3-0-1 record in their last nine games on home-ice at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena. Lethbridge is in a stretch of 11 of 15 games at home for the ‘Canes while 15 of the next 23 will be at home for the ‘Canes.
Road Trip Wrap: Lethbridge ended a season-long seven-game road trip last Friday with a 6-2 loss in Prince George to the Cougars. The Hurricanes ended their trip with a 3-4-0-0 record while posting a 3-3-0-0 record through six games in British Columbia. In total, the ‘Canes traveled over 5,000 kilometres on their 13-day road trip which is a longer distance than traveling from Los Angeles to New York City.
November Reflections: The Hurricanes ended their 11-game month of November with a 6-5-0-0 record ending the month with a 6-3 win over the Moose Jaw Warriors on November 28th. The ‘Canes posted a record of 3-1-0-0 at home and a 3-4-0-0 record on the road during the month. Lethbridge averaged 3.82 goals per game during the month which is a 0.61 goals per game increase from their season average.
Big Trade: On November 9th, the Hurricanes acquired 2006-born forward Kayden Longley, prospect Grayson Bauer along with five draft picks including a conditional first-round pick in 2026 from the Kelowna Rockets in exchange for overage forward Shane Smith and the WHL rights to 2007-born import forward Vojtech Cihar. He made his ‘Canes debut on November 12th in Penticton; since joining the Hurricanes, Longley has collected seven points (2g-5a) in eight games.
Tremendous Duo: Logan Wormald and Luke Cozens have combined for 28 goals and 68 points this season for the Hurricanes. The duo has combined to score 31.1% of Lethbridge’s goals this season. Both Cozens and Wormald enter tonight sitting in the top-17 in WHL scoring.
Book of Firsts: This season, a total of eight Hurricanes players have registered their first WHL goals including Will Scott, Nathan Maloney, Kade Duell, Tyden Lafournaise, Easton Daneault, Kai Anderson, Tomas Malinek and Grady Pichette have struck for the first time. Four others: Enzo DiDomenicantonio, Jake Evans, Mykolas Skadauskas and Lukas Lima are still in search of their first WHL goals.
Top-20 Worm: Logan Wormald enters tonight having collected 32 points (13g-19a) along with 35 penalty minutes in 29 games this year with the Hurricanes. He has collected 242 career points (98g-144a) in 265 games with the Hurricanes as he enters 17th all-time in points sitting two points back of Wes Walz for 16th all-time. Wormald is 17th all-time in goals (98) sitting one goal back of Cam Braes for 16th all-time; he sits tied for 12th with Randy Perry in all-time games played in Hurricanes history.
