GAME DAY: Hurricanes Pitstop at Home to Host McKenna and Tigers
Lethbridge, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes return home for one game as they welcome the Medicine Hat Tigers tonight at 7:00pm at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena.
The Hurricanes (8-5-1-0) enter on a two-game losing streak after suffering a 5-4 defeat in Red Deer to the Rebels on Saturday. Miguel Marques, Noah Chadwick, Gavin Lesiuk and Brayden Edwards scored in the loss while Koen Cleaver made 30-save. Lethbridge enters tonight with a 7-1-1-0 record at home this season while having posted a 3-4-0-0 record against Central Division opponents this season.
The Tigers (9-7-0-0) enter having their three-game winning streak end on Saturday with a 3-0 loss in Brandon to the Wheat Kings. Former Hurricanes netminder Harrison Meneghin made 35-saves in the contest while the Tigers allowed two empty-net goals in the game. Brandon outshot Medicine Hat 38-33 in the game. The Tigers enter with a 3-4-0-0 record on the road this year.
Tonight will be the first of eight meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and the Tigers; Lethbridge posted a 5-3-1-0 record in nine contests last year. Tickets for tonight’s game can be purchased by visiting the Yates Memorial Theatre or VisitLethbridge.com Arena Ticket Centre, by calling 403-329-SEAT (7328) or online at www.visitlethbridgearena.ca.
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VS. TIGERS: Tonight will be the first of eight meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and Tigers. Lethbridge posted a 5-3-1-0 record in nine meetings against Medicine Hat last season while going 2-0-0-0 against the Tigers in the pre-season this year. Over the last three seasons, the ‘Canes have posted a record of 18-5-1-1 in the 25 meetings while going 10-1-1-0 at home in that span. Lethbridge is 142-146-6-11 with seven ties all-time against Medicine Hat.
2024-2025 REGULAR SEASON SERIES
November 6th/2024 – at Lethbridge
December 6th/2024 – at Lethbridge
December 14th/2024 – at Medicine Hat
December 15th/2024 – at Lethbridge
December 28th/2024 – at Medicine Hat
February 17th/2025 – at Medicine Hat
March 14th/2025 – at Lethbridge
March 22nd/2025 – at Medicine Hat
2023-2024 REGULAR SEASON SERIES
November 3rd/2023 – at Medicine Hat (4-3 OT LET)
December 13th/2023 – at Lethbridge (6-2 MH)
December 14th/2023 – at Medicine Hat (7-2 MH)
December 30th/2023 – at Medicine Hat (4-2 LET)
January 12th/2024 – at Lethbridge (5-2 LET)
January 13th/2024 – at Medicine Hat (3-2 MH)
March 6th/2024 – at Lethbridge (5-1 LET)
March 22nd/2024 – at Lethbridge (3-2 OT MH)
March 23rd/2024 – at Medicine Hat (4-3 OT LET)
2024-2025 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (8) – Logan Wormald
Assists (14) – Miguel Marques
Points (21) – Miguel Marques
PIMS (28) – Trae Johnson
Plus/Minus (+8) – Three Players
Wins (6) – Brady Smith
Shutouts (0) – N/A
Save % (.892) – Koen Cleaver
Goals Against Average (2.99) – Brady Smith
WHO’S HOT:
– Miguel Marques has points in 8 straight games (6g-11a); 10 of 12 games (7g-14a)
– Brayden Edwards has points in 6 straight games (3g-7a); 10 of 11 games (6g-12a)
– Logan Wormald has points in 4 straight games (2g-4a); 12 of 13 games (8g-10a)
– Carsen Adair has points in 2 straight games (2a)
– Tristen Doyle has points in 4 of 5 games (4a)
– Logan McCutcheon has points in 2 of 4 games (2a); 6 of 10 games (1g-8a); 8 of 14 games (2g-10a)
– Will Sharpe has points in 2 of 4 games (2a); 6 of 9 games (2g-9a); 7 of 11 games (2g-10a)
– Noah Chadwick has points in 2 of 4 games (1g-3a); 5 of 12 games (2g-8a)
– Kooper Gizowski has points in 2 of 4 games (2a); 5 of 8 games (3g-2a)
– Leo Braillard has points in 2 of 4 games (1g-1a); 7 of 14 games (6g-2a)
– Gavin Lesiuk has points in 2 of 4 games (1g-1a)
– Shane Smith has points in 2 of 5 games (2g-2a); 4 of 8 games (2g-4a)
REGULAR SEASON MILESTONE WATCH:
– Logan McCutcheon is 5 games away from 250 career games
– Noah Chadwick is 11 points away from 100 career points
– Tristen Doyle is 15 games away from 150 career games
– Shane Smith is 1 game away from 150 career games
– Shane Smith is 11 points away from 100 career points
– Miguel Marques is 2 games away from 150 career games
– Kooper Gizowski is 11 games away from 200 career games
– Logan Wormald is 7 games away from 200 career games
– Logan Wormald is 5 assists away from 100 career assists
– Brayden Edwards is 7 games away from 200 career games
– Brayden Edwards is 7 points away from 150 career points
NEWS & NOTES:
Thru 14: The Hurricanes enter tonight with an 8-5-1-0 record (17 points) on the season after 14 games. The ‘Canes are 7-1-1-0 at home and 1-4-0-0 on the road so far this season. In 2023-2024, Lethbridge had posted an 8-5-1-0 record after 14 games. The ‘Canes were 8-5-2-0 last year after 15 games.
Wheels Up: Lethbridge is in a stretch where they will play nine of 11 games on the road. In November, the ‘Canes will play nine of their 12 games in the month away from home. On Friday, the ‘Canes will start a stretch of nine games in nine different cities. All told, in the month of November the Hurricanes are expected to travel over 7,000 kilometres.
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 0-2-0-0 to start the month of November.
Home Sweet Home: The ‘Canes have started the season 7-1-1-0 in their first nine games at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena. Lethbridge has posted a 17-5-5-0 record in their last 27 regular season home games dating back to last season. The Hurricanes have second-most home wins in the entire WHL.
Miggy Wiggy: Nashville Predators prospect Miguel Marques enters tonight on a career-high eight-game point streak having collected 17 points (6g-11a) in that span, including a career-high five assists on October 18th against his hometown Prince George Cougars. Dating back to last year, Marques has points in 18 of 25 games totaling 35 points (12g-23a). He is on pace for 115 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 12 of his last 13 games having collected 18 points (8g-10a) in that span. Wormald had a career-long eight game point streak during that span.
Eddy’s Ready: In 12 games since returning from Detroit Red Wings Main Camp, Brayden Edwards has racked up 18 points (6g-12a) along with 16 penalty minutes. Edwards has also gone 50.4% in the faceoff circle. The Abbotsford, BC, product set a career-high with 31 goals and 70 points in 2023-2024.
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 12 points (2g-10a) in 14 games while going plus-4 with 10 penalty minutes. Sharpe enters tonight having collected 11 points (2g-9a) in his last nine games.
NHL CSS: 2007-born players Kash Andresen, Will Sharpe and Koen Cleaver were listed by the NHL Central Scouting Service on their Preliminary Players to Watch List for the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. Sharpe was ranked as a ‘C’ skater while Andresen and Cleaver were both ranked as ‘W’ prospects.
Smitty Kickin’: Lethbridge netminder Brady Smith enters tonight having posted a 6-2-1-0 record so far this season with a 2.99 goals against average and a .891 save percentage. Dating back to last year, Smith has posted a record of 10-3-2-0 in his last 15 starts with a 2.63 GAA and an .902 SV%.
