GAME DAY: Hurricanes Return Home, Welcome Hitmen
Lethbridge, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes return home tonight as they welcome the Calgary Hitmen to the ENMAX Centre at 7:00pm in the first of a three-game homestand.
The Hurricanes (13-10-2-0) enter after finishing a BC Division road trip with a 3-2-0-0 record after suffering a 6-4 loss on Friday in Prince George to the Cougars. Miguel Marques had a three-point (1g-2a) effort in the defeat while Joe Arntsen scored twice; Elias Knoester added the other goal in the loss while Harrison Meneghin made 25-saves. Lethbridge enters tonight with a 6-3-2-0 record in 11 home games so far this season.
The Hitmen (10-10-3-0) are coming off a 4-3 overtime loss in Red Deer to the Rebels on Tuesday. Chase Valliant, Keets Fawcett and Carter Yakemchuk scored in the loss while Ethan Buenaventura made 27-saves. Calgary enters tonight with points in five of their last seven games going 4-2-1-0 in that span. The Hitmen are 3-7-2-0 on the road this season after last night’s defeat.
Tonight will be the fourth of seven meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and Hitmen; Lethbridge has posted a 1-1-1-0 record in the previous three meetings against Calgary this year. Tickets for tonight’s game can be purchased by visiting the ENMAX Centre Ticket Centre, by calling 403-329-SEAT (7328) or online at www.enmaxcentre.ca.
DOWNLOAD GAME NOTES/STATS HERE: 2023-11-29 – LET vs. CGY
VS. HITMEN: Tonight will be the fourth of seven meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and Hitmen. Lethbridge has posted a 1-1-1-0 record against Calgary so far this season after posting a 4-3-0-0 record in seven meetings against the Hitmen last season; the ‘Canes are 12-5-1-0 over the last three seasons against the Hitmen. Lethbridge has posted an all-time record of 85-94-10-5 with six ties against the Hitmen while going 47-44-4-3 with four ties all-time at the ENMAX Centre.
2023-2024 REGULAR SEASON SERIES
October 18th/2023 – at Lethbridge (3-2 OT LET)
October 22nd/2023 – at Calgary (4-3 CGY)
October 27th/2023 – at Lethbridge (4-3 OT CGY)
November 29th/2023 – at Lethbridge
February 3rd/2024 – at Lethbridge
February 25th/2024 – at Calgary
March 17th/2024 – at Calgary
2022-2023 REGULAR SEASON SERIES:
December 17th/2022 – at LET (7-2 CGY)
January 15th/2023 – at CGY (4-1 LET)
February 15th/2023 – at LET (3-0 LET)
February 25th/2023 – at CGY (4-3 LET)
March 15th/2023 – at CGY (7-1 CGY)
March 17th/2023 – at LET (6-4 LET)
March 22nd/2023 – at LET (3-2 CGY)
2023-2024 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (13) – Brayden Edwards
Assists (18) – Miguel Marques
Points (27) – Miguel Marques
PIMS (56) – Landen Ward
Plus/Minus (+13) – Brayden Edwards
Wins (12) – Harrison Meneghin
Shutouts (2) – Harrison Meneghin
Save % (.917) – Harrison Meneghin
Goals Against Average (2.53) – Harrison Meneghin
WHO’S HOT:
– Logan Wormald has points in 6 straight games (4g-6a); 7 of 8 games (4g-6a); 12 of 15 games (6g-12a)
– Elias Knoester has points in 5 straight games (1g-4a); 7 of 9 games (3g-5a); 8 of 12 games (3g-6a)
– Brayden Edwards has points in 2 straight games (2g-1a); 5 of 7 games (6g-3a); 13 of 20 games (11g-9a)
– Miguel Marques has points in 2 straight games (2g-4a); 4 of 6 games (5g-7a); 11 of 22 games (9g-15a)
– Leo Braillard has points in 2 straight games (1g-1a); 6 of 7 games (3g-6a); 12 of 14 games (6g-12a)
– Kooper Gizowski has points in 2 straight games (1g-1a); 7 of 8 games (8g-1a); 9 of 12 games (11g-1a)
– Kooper Gizowski has goals in 6 of 8 games (8g)
– Noah Chadwick has points in 3 of 5 games (2g-2a); 7 of 11 games (3g-5a); 16 of 23 games (6g-13a)
– Tyson Zimmer has points in 3 of 6 games (2g-3a); 4 of 9 games (3g-4a); 12 of 24 games (8g-8a)
– Tristen Doyle has points in 4 of 6 games (4a)
– Chase Pauls has points in 2 of 5 games (3a)
– Joe Arntsen has points in 2 of 5 games (2g-1a)
REGULAR SEASON MILESTONE WATCH:
– Logan McCutcheon is 13 points away from 100 career points
– Logan McCutcheon is 12 games away from 200 career games
– Joe Arntsen is 7 points away from 100 career points
– Kooper Gizowski is 4 points away from 50 career points
– Miguel Marques is 6 games away from 100 career games
– Logan Wormald is 13 games away from 150 career games
– Logan Wormald is 8 goals away from 50 career goals
– Brayden Edwards is 11 games away from 150 career games
– Brayden Edwards is 3 assists away from 50 career assists
– Tyson Zimmer is 11 points away from 100 career points
– Blake Swetlikoff is 8 points away from 100 career points
NEWS & NOTES:
Thru 25: The Hurricanes enter tonight with a 13-10-2-0 record (28 points) on the season after 25 games. The ‘Canes are 6-3-2-0 at home and 7-7-0-0 on the road so far this season. In 2022-2023, the Hurricanes had posted a 14-10-0-1 record after 25 games.
Back Home: The Hurricanes return home after a five-game BC Division road trip that spanned nearly 4,000 kilometres. The ‘Canes posted a 3-2-0-0 record on their longest road trip of the season. Lethbridge opens a three-game homestand tonight while they will play five of their last seven before Christmas at home.
Re-Assigned: The ‘Canes announced Tuesday they have re-assigned 2006-born forward Cole Cairns to the Steinback Pistons of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. Cairns appeared in nine games with the Hurricanes going pointless with 14 penalty minutes. Lethbridge now has 14 forwards on their roster.
Century Mark: Hurricanes forward Logan Wormald reached the 100-point plateau in his WHL career on November 22nd in Kamloops against the Blazers with a four-point performance. The Langley, BC, product enters play tonight with 101 points (42g-59a) in 137 career games with the ‘Canes. Wormald enters tonight on a six-game point streak having collected 10 points (4g-6a) in that span.
Giz-SCORE-ski: Third year forward Kooper Gizowski is red-hot entering play tonight. The Edmonton, AB, product has racked up 11 goals in his last 12 games. Gizowski has 13 points (12g-1a) in 23 games this season. He enters tonight with goals in six of his last eight games and has the fourth best shooting percentage in the WHL at 25%.
PP Key: The Hurricanes enter play tonight having gone 2-for-9 (22.2%) on the power play in their last two games while sitting with an overall power play rate of 18.3% on the season. The ‘Canes have posted a record of 7-2-0-0 this season when they score at least one power play goal in a game while going 5-2-0-0 with scoring 2-or-more in a contest. Lethbridge is 6-11-2-0 without a power play goal this year.
Swiss Pick: Leo Braillard has been terrific since joining the Hurricanes via CHL waivers from the QMJHL’s Shawinigan Cataractes. The 2005-born import forward has recorded 18 points (6g-12a) in 14 games while recording a point in all but two of those games. Braillard has 22 points (8g-14a) in 21 CHL games this season split between Shawinigan and Lethbridge.
The Work-horse: Hurricanes netminder Harrison Meneghin has been stellar this season. The Surrey, BC, product enters tonight with a 12-8-2-0 record on the season with a 2.53 goals against average and a .917 save percentage with two shutouts. Meneghin has started 11 of the last 12 games while having started 19 of the previous 21 games for the Hurricanes.
