GAME DAY: Hurricanes Visit Oil Kings in Rematch
Edmonton, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes make their final of four visits to Rogers Place this afternoon at 4:00pm in the final of eight meetings against the Edmonton Oil Kings.
The Hurricanes (26-29-3-1) had their two-game winning streak end on Friday with a 5-2 loss to the Oil Kings at the ENMAX Centre. Brayden Edwards scored his first career multi-goal game in the defeat while Bryan Thomson made 23-saves in the loss. Lethbridge enters play today with a 12-17-1-0 record on the road but are 5-3-1-0 in their last nine road contests.
The Oil Kings (46-12-2-1) earned their second straight win with the 5-2 victory in Lethbridge on Friday. Jakub Demek, Josh Williams, Justin Sourdif, Dylan Guenther and Carter Souch scored in the victory while Sebastian Cossa made 32-saves for his 31st victory of the year. Edmonton has posted a 28-3-0-0 record on home ice this season – the most home wins in the entire WHL.
Today will be the final of eight meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and Oil Kings; Lethbridge has posted a 1-5-0-1 record against Edmonton this season, while going 0-3-0-0 in the three previous trips to Rogers Place. Today’s game can be watched at Browns Socialhouse in Lethbridge, on WHL Live or heard on 106.7 ROCK.
DOWNLOAD GAME NOTES/STATS HERE: 03-27-2022 – LET at EDM
VS. OIL KINGS: Today will be the final of eight meetings this season between the Hurricanes and Oil Kings. Lethbridge is 1-5-0-1 in the previous six meetings so far this season being outscored 31-10 in the seven previous outings. The ‘Canes were 1-4-1-0 in six meetings during the 2020-2021 campaign against Edmonton. The ‘Canes have posted an all-time record of 40-44-4-3 in 89 regular season games against the Oil Kings.
2021-2022 REGULAR SEASON SERIES
October 6th/2021 – at Lethbridge (2-1 EDM)
October 15th/2021 – at Edmonton (4-0 EDM)
November 2nd/2021 – at Edmonton (7-0 EDM)
November 26th/2021 – at Lethbridge (3-2 LET)
January 16th/2022 – at Lethbridge (5-4 SO EDM)
January 30th/2022 – at Edmonton (6-0 EDM)
March 25th/2022 – at Lethbridge (5-2 EDM)
March 27th/2022 – at Edmonton
2021-2022 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (33) – Justin Hall
Assists (42) – Alex Thacker
Points (61) – Justin Hall
PIMS (79) – Joe Arntsen
Plus/Minus (+2) – Miguel Marques
Wins (18) – Bryan Thomson
Shutouts (1) – Bryan Thomson
Save % (.895) – Bryan Thomson
Goals Against Average (3.25) – Bryan Thomson
WHO’S HOT:
– Joe Arntsen has points in 3 straight games (4a); 5 of 10 games (5a)
– Brayden Edwards has points in 2 straight games (2g-1a); 5 of 6 games (3g-5a)
– Yegor Klavdiev has points in 5 of 6 games (4g-6a); 9 of 12 games (4g-13a); 14 of 22 games (7g-16a)
– Logan Wormald has points in 3 of 4 games (4a); 5 of 13 games (1g-6a); 19 of 40 games (9g-19a)
– Miguel Marques has points in 2 of 3 games (1g-1a)
– Noah Chadwick has points in 2 of 3 games (1g-1a)
– Justin Hall has points in 4 of 6 games (4g-2a); 8 of 12 games (10g-5a); 28 of 47 games (32g-23a)
– Nolan Bentham has points in 4 of 6 games (2g-2a); 6 of 12 games (2g-4a)
– Jett Jones has points in 4 of 7 games (1g-3a); 8 of 12 games (6g-4a); 9 of 15 games (7g-4a)
– Logan McCutcheon has points in 2 of 4 games (1g-1a); 7 of 12 games (1g-7a); 11 of 22 games (1g-11a)
– Alex Thacker has points in 2 of 4 games (3a); 3 of 7 games (4a); 21 of 45 games (6g-31a)
– Ty Nash has points in 2 of 5 games (3a); 7 of 14 games (4g-6a)
– Tyson Laventure has points in 2 of 5 games (1g-2a); 5 of 12 games (2g-5a)
REGULAR SEASON MILESTONE WATCH:
– Justin Hall is 17 points away from 150 career points
– Kade Nolan is 13 points away from 50 career points
– Corson Hopwo is 7 games away from 200 career games
– Corson Hopwo is 4 goals away from 50 career goals
– Jett Jones is 4 games away from 150 career games
– Alex Thacker is 23 assists away from 100 career assists
– Alex Thacker is 7 points away from 100 career points
– Ty Nash is 9 games away from 150 career games
– Tyson Laventure is 9 points away from 50 career points
