GAME DAY: Hurricanes Host Royals at 7pm
Lethbridge, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes kick off a three game home stand tonight at the ENMAX Centre as they welcome the Victoria Royals at 7:00pm.
The Hurricanes are coming off a 1-0-0-1 road trip in the United States after a 5-3 win last Friday over the Spokane Chiefs and a 6-5 shootout loss on Saturday against the Tri-City Americans. The Hurricanes enter play tonight with a 4-2-0-1 record on the season and sit second in the Central Division.
The Royals are in the midst of a six game road trip and are coming off a 5-1 victory last night in Medicine Hat against the Tigers to even their record at 4-4-0-0. The defending WHL Regular Season Champions from last year are currently 3-1-0-0 on their six game trip that will wrap up Friday in Edmonton.
The Hurricanes and Royals split two games last year, both in Victoria. Tonight will be the first of three meetings this year and the first of two visits the Royals will made to the Windy City.
Tickets for tonight’s game are still available online, by calling 403-329-SEAT (7328) or by visiting the ENMAX Centre and Yates Ticket Centre’s.
VS. ROYALS: Tonight will be the first of three meetings between the Hurricanes and the Royals. The teams split a pair of games last season, both coming in Victoria. Tonight will be the Royals first visit to Lethbridge since October 17th, 2014 when Victoria earned a 4-2 victory.
REGULAR SEASON SERIES: HURRICANE TOP 5 SCORERS
October 12th/2016 – at Lethbridge Ryley Lindgren – 5G, 6A – 11 points
November 4th/2016 – at Victoria Jesse Zaharichuk – 5G, 5A – 10 points
February 17th/2016 – at Lethbridge Tyler Wong – 5G, 3A – 8 points
Egor Babenko – 3G, 4A – 7 points
Brayden Burke – 0G, 7A – 7 points
2016-2017 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (5) – Ryley Lindgren & 2 others Assists (7) – Brayden Burke
Points (11) – Ryley LIndgren
PIMS (33) – Igor Merezhko Plus/Minus (+5) – Jesse Zaharichuk
Wins (4) – Stuart Skinner Shutouts (1) – Stuart Skinner
Save % (.899) – Stuart Skinner Goals Against Average (3.56) – Stuart Skinner
WHO’S HOT:
– Ryley Lindgren has points in 4 of 5 games (4g-4a); 5 of 7 games (5g-6a)
– Egor Babenko has points in 5 straight games (3g-3a)
– Brayden Burke has points in 4 straight games (7a)
– Tyler Wong has points in 4 straight games (5g-3a)
– Jesse Zaharichuk has points in 4 straight games (5g-5a)
– Giorgio Estephan has points in 3 straight games (4a)
– Colton Kroeker has points in 3 of 5 games (1g-3a)
– Jordy Bellerive has points in 4 of 5 games (1g-3a)
2016-2017 REGULAR SEASON LEAGUE LEADERS:
– Ryley Lindgren is tied 3rd in WHL Scoring with 11 points
– Ryley Lindgren is tied 4th in WHL Goals with 5
– Jesse Zaharichuk is tied 4th in WHL Scoring with 10 points
– Jesse Zaharichuk is tied 4th in WHL Goals with 5
– Tyler Wong is tied 4th in WHL Goals with 5
– Tyler Wong is 2nd in WHL Power Play Goals with 4
– Brayden Burke is tied 5th in WHL Assists with 7
– Igor Merezhko is 1st in WHL Penalty Minutes with 33
– Calen Addison is tied 3rd in WHL Defenseman Scoring with 6 points
– Calen Addison is 2nd in WHL Rookie Scoring with 6 points & tied 1st in WHL Rookie Assists with 4
– Stuart Skinner is tied 2nd in WHL Wins with 4
– Stuart Skinner is tied 1st in WHL Shutouts with 1
– Stuart Skinner is 6th in WHL Minutes by a Goalie with 337
MILESTONE WATCH:
– Tyler Wong is 3 goals away from 100 career goals
– Tyler Wong is 3 points away from 200 career points
– Ryley Lindgren is 6 games away from 200 career games
– Kord Pankewicz is 5 assists away from 100 career assists
– Giorgio Estephan is 7 games away from 200 career games
– Ryan Vandervlis is 10 games away from 100 career games
– Stuart Skinner is 6 wins away from 50 career wins
