GAME DAY: Hurricanes Open 24-Game Season in Edmonton Tonight
Lethbridge, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes begin their 24-game 2021 regular season tonight as they visit the Edmonton Oil Kings at the Downtown Community Arena at 7:00pm MT.
The Hurricanes return to action for the first time since March 7, 2020, which spans 356 days. Lethbridge will be led by a strong nucleus of returning players, including both goaltenders Carl Tetachuk and Bryan Thomson, and an influx of young talent.
The Oil Kings, who finished atop the Central Division in 2019-2020, also return a strong collection of their roster from last season. Edmonton has a total of 15 players from last years team, including NHL draft picks Jake Neighbours and Matthew Robertson.
Tonight will be the first of a home-and-home set to begin the new season, and the first of six head-to-head meetings this year. Lethbridge posted a 3-1-0-0 record in the four match-ups last season, including 1-1-0-0 in Edmonton.
Tonight’s game can be streamed on the all-new WHL Live on CHL TV at www.watch.chl.ca, viewed at Browns Socialhouse in Lethbridge or broadcast live on 106.7 ROCK and www.1067rock.ca.
DOWNLOAD GAME NOTES/STATS HERE: 02-26 – LET Kit
VS. EDMONTON OIL KINGS: Tonight will be the first of back-to-back meetings between the Hurricanes and Oil Kings to begin the shortened season. Lethbridge and Edmonton will face off six times this season. Last year, the ‘Canes posted a 3-1-0-0 record in the four games they played, including a 1-1-0-0 record in Edmonton at Rogers Place. Over the last five seasons, the Hurricanes have posted a 17-9-2-0 record against Edmonton while going 38-35-2-3 all-time against the Oil Kings.
2019-2020 REGULAR SEASON SERIES:
September 29th/2019 – at Edmonton (5-2 LET)
November 8th/2019 – at Lethbridge (4-3 SO LET)
February 17th/2020 – at Edmonton (5-3 EDM)
February 28th/2020 – at Lethbridge (5-4 SO LET)
WHO’S HOT (Dating Back to Last Year):
– Mitch Prowse has points in 3 straight games (3a); 8 of 14 (1g-10a)
– Alex Cotton has points in 2 straight games (2g); 5 of 8 (2g-6a)
– Alex Thacker has points in 4 of 11 games (1g-4a); 8 of 14 (1g-8a)
– Ty Nash has points 3 of 10 games (2g-2a); 8 of 19 (4g-5a)
– Chase Wheatcroft has points in 6 of 12 games (1g-5a)
– Logan Barlage has points in 3 of 8 games (1g-5a)
– Trevor Thurston has points in 2 of 7 games (1g-2a)
– Dino Kambeitz has points in 2 of 7 games (2g-2a)
– Jett Jones has points in 4 of 10 games (1g-3a)
– Zack Stringer has points in 4 of 7 games (3g-1a)
REGULAR SEASON MILESTONE WATCH:
– Joe Arntsen is 7 games away from 50 career games
– Justin Hall is 5 points away from 50 career points
– Mitchell Prowse is 11 games away from 250 career games
– Mitchell Prowse is 19 points away from 100 career points
– Dino Kambeitz is 10 games away from 200 career games
– Dino Kambeitz is 28 points away from 100 career points
– Zack Stringer is 12 points away from 50 career points
– Noah Boyko is 10 points away from 50 career points
– Trevor Thurston is 4 games away from 50 career games
– Logan Barlage is 8 goals away from 50 career goals
– Logan Barlage is 25 assists away from 100 career assists
– Alex Cotton is 22 points away from 100 career points
– Carl Tetachuk is 22 games away from 100 career games
– Carl Tetachuk is 5 wins away from 50 career wins
