GAME DAY: Hurricanes Host Warriors for Second Time
Lethbridge, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes return to the ENMAX Centre tonight at 7:00pm as they welcome the Moose Jaw Warriors for the second time this season.
The Hurricanes (26-16-3-2) enter on a two-game winning streak after a convincing 10-2 win on Sunday afternoon in Edmonton over the Oil Kings. Hayden Smith had three goals and an assist while Tyson Zimmer scored twice; Anton Astashevich, Jett Jones, Miguel Marques, Cole Shepard and Nolan Bentham also scored in the win. Lethbridge improved to 5-1-3-1 in their last ten games while enter tonight with a 14-7-1-2 record on home-ice this season.
The Warriors (30-15-0-3) also enter on a two-game winning streak after earning 3-2 overtime win over the Medicine Hat Tigers on Saturday. Atley Calvert and Martin Rysavy scored in regulation while Jagger Firkus netted the overtime winner. Moose Jaw enters tonight with a record of 14-7-0-2 on the season, which ranks tied for second most road victories in the Eastern Conference.
Tonight will be the third of four meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and Warriors; Lethbridge has posted an 0-2-0-0 record against Moose Jaw after dropping a 5-3 contest to the Warriors on January 4th at the ENMAX Centre.
Tickets can be purchased by visiting the ENMAX Centre Ticket Centre, the Yates Memorial Theatre Ticket Centre, by calling 403-329-SEAT (7328) or online at www.lethbridgehurricanes.com.
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VS. WARRIORS: Tonight will be the third of four meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and Warriors. The ‘Canes have posted an 0-2-0-0 record against the Warriors so far this year after posting a record of 4-2-0-0 in six contests against Moose Jaw, including winning the final four meetings. Lethbridge has posted an all-time record of 84-77-5-1 with six ties, including a 52-49-4-0 with one tie at home.
2022-2023 REGULAR SEASON SERIES:
October 15th/2022 – at Moose Jaw (4-3 MJ)
January 4th/2023 – at Lethbridge (5-3 MJ)
February 1st/2023 – at Lethbridge
February 21st/2023 – at Moose Jaw
2021-2022 REGULAR SEASON SERIES:
November 5th/2021 – at Lethbridge (4-1 MJ)
November 14th/2021 – at Moose Jaw (3-2 MJ)
February 9th/2022 – at Moose Jaw (2-1 LET)
February 15th/2022 – at Lethbridge (1-0 SO LET)
March 12th/2022 – at Moose Jaw (5-2 LET)
April 15th/2022 – at Lethbridge (5-4 OT LET)
2022-2023 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (18) – Logan Wormald
Assists (24) – Cole Shepard
Points (41) – Cole Shepard
PIMS (69) – Joe Arntsen
Plus/Minus (+10) – Chase Pauls
Wins (19) – Harrison Meneghin
Shutouts (1) – Harrison Meneghin
Save % (.924) – Bryan Thomson
Goals Against Average (2.25) – Bryan Thomson
WHO’S HOT:
– Hayden Smith has points in 2 straight games (4g-2a); 3 of 4 games (5g-3a); 4 of 9 games (6g-2a)
– Chase Pauls has points in 2 straight games (2a); 5 of 9 games (1g-4a)
– Blake Swetlikoff has points in 2 straight games (1g-2a); 11 of 15 games (6g-11a)
– Cole Shepard has points in 4 of 6 games (4g-3a); 6 of 9 games (4g-6a); 29 of 45 games (17g-24a)
– Logan Wormald has points in 2 of 3 games (1g-2a); 4 of 6 games (3g-2a); 7 of 15 games (7g-3a)
– Jett Jones has points in 2 of 3 games (1g-3a); 4 of 6 games (2g-3a); 23 of 35 games (13g-21a)
– Joe Arntsen has points in 2 of 3 games (2a); 4 of 6 games (1g-3a)
– Nolan Bentham has points in 2 of 3 games (1g-2a)
– Trae Wilke has points in 2 of 3 games (2a)
– Tyson Laventure has points in 2 of 4 games (1g-2a); 5 of 9 games (5g-2a); 13 of 19 games (12g-10a)
– Tyson Zimmer has points in 2 of 5 games (2g-3a); 4 of 11 games (2g-5a); 24 of 45 games (13g-23a)
– Miguel Marques has points in 4 of 8 games (3g-1a); 7 of 14 games (3g-5a); 12 of 26 games (5g-8a)
– Anton Astashevich has points in 5 of 11 games (3g-5a); 9 of 23 games (3g-9a)
– Tristen Doyle has points in 6 of 12 games (2g-5a)
REGULAR SEASON MILESTONE WATCH:
– Logan McCutcheon is 8 games away from 150 career games
– Chase Pauls is 11 games away from 150 career games
– Nolan Bentham is 5 games away from 150 career games
– Joe Arntsen is 19 games away from 200 career games
– Joe Arntsen is 1 assist away from 50 career assists
– Cole Shepard is 10 points away from 100 career points
– Tyson Laventure is 14 points away from 100 career points
– Bryan Thomson is 1 win away from 50 career wins
NEWS & NOTES:
Thru 47: The Hurricanes enter tonight with a record of 26-16-3-2 (57 points) on the season after 47 games. The ‘Canes are 14-7-1-2 at home while posting a record of 12-9-2-0 on the road. In 2021-2022, Lethbridge had gone 20-24-1-2 after 47 contests. Lethbridge went 6-4-0-0 December and 6-2-3-1 in January.
Hot Hand: Hurricanes forward Hayden Smith is red-hot entering tonight’s game having racked up six points (4g-2a) in his last two games. The Chetwynd, BC, product had just seven points on the season prior to the last two outings. He netted his first career four-point game, including his first ever hat-trick, on Sunday in Edmonton in a 10-2 win over the Oil Kings at Rogers Place.
Cen-tendy: Overage goaltender Bryan Thomson became just the eighth netminder in Hurricanes history to play 100+ games with his victory over the Winnipeg ICE on January 27th. He is the first to reach the 100-game mark since Stuart Skinner, who is the all-time leader (182GP). Thomson is also one win shy of becoming the seventh goalie in ‘Canes history to reach the 50-win mark.
Streakin’: The Hurricanes enter play tonight having posted a 5-1-3-1 record in their last 10 games, collecting points in nine of those ten outings. Lethbridge has posted a 21-8-3-2 record in their last 34 games. The ‘Canes are equally as hot on home ice having gone an impressive 12-4-1-2 in their last 19 games on home ice while going 9-4-2-0 in their last 15 games away from home.
Strong PK: Entering tonight, the Hurricanes have allowed just five power play goals against in their last 15 games having killed 49-of-54 penalties taken in that span for a kill rate of 90.7%. Oppositions have gone just 10-for-75 in the last 21 games – resulting in an 86.7% kill rate for the Hurricanes in that span.
Central Scouting: A trio of Hurricanes – Noah Chadwick (147th), Logan Wormald (160th) and Harrison Meneghin (27th) – were ranked among North American Skaters and Goaltenders by the NHL Central Scouting Service’s Midterm Rankings. Chadwick and Wormald were ranked as ‘C’ Skaters on the Preliminary Players to Watch List while Meneghin was previously unranked.
Rookie Tendy: Hurricanes netminder Harrison Meneghin enters tonight with a 19-9-2-1 record, sitting one win shy of becoming the 14th goalie in ‘Canes history to reach 20-wins in a season – he would become just the fourth rookie goaltender to reach that mark. He enters tonight 17-6-2-1 record in his last 26 starts.
Faceoff King: Jett Jones enters tonight as the WHL leader in faceoffs taken this season with 1,174 draws taken, averaging 25.0 draws per game. Jones has won 20+ faceoffs in a game four times this season, becoming the first Hurricanes centre-man to accomplish that feat on four occasions since the WHL began tracking faceoffs in 2017, surpassing Jake Leschyshyn and Giorgio Estephan – who both did it twice.
