GAME DAY: Hurricanes Visit Rebels
Lethbridge, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes continue their busy stretch as they travel to Red Deer to take on the Rebels tonight at 7:00pm at Westerner Park Centrium.
The Hurricanes (15-7-0-3) had a two-game winning streak snapped last night by the hands of the Prince Albert Raiders at the ENMAX Centre with a 5-3 loss. Noah Boyko, D-Jay Jerome and Logan Barlage scored in the defeat as the Hurricanes outshot the opposition for the ninth straight game.
The Rebels (7-12-0-3) are also coming off a loss to the Raiders on Wednesday when Red Deer fell 7-1. The Rebels enter play tonight having posted a 3-5-0-1 record in their last ten games while they sit 2-6-0-3 at home this season.
Tonight will be the third of six meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and the Rebels as the two have split a pair of games so far this season with the road team winning both games. The game can be seen at both Browns Socialhouse locations in Lethbridge or heard on 106.7 ROCK. You can also watch the game online at www.whllive.com.
VS. REBELS: Tonight will be the third of six meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and the Rebels. The ‘Canes have posted a 1-1-0-0 record through two games so far this season as the road team has won both games in the season series. Lethbridge has posted a 21-5-1-1 record in the last 28 regular season meetings dating back to February of 2015.
2019-20 REGULAR SEASON SERIES: TOP 5 SEASON SCORERS
September 27th/2019 – at Lethbridge (5-2 RD) Dylan Cozens – 16G, 16A – 32 points
October 22nd/2019 – at Red Deer (4-3 LET) Oliver Okuliar – 17G, 14A – 31 points
November 23rd/2019 – at Red Deer Alex Cotton – 7G, 18A – 25 points
December 11th/2019 – at Lethbridge Calen Addison – 4G, 19A – 23 points
January 17th/2020 – at Lethbridge D-Jay Jerome – 11G, 10A – 21 points
February 5th/2020 – Red Deer
2019-2020 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (17) – Oliver Okuliar Assists (19) – Calen Addison
Points (32) – Dylan Cozens
PIMS (29) – Koletrane Wilson Plus/Minus (+21) – Ty Prefontaine
Wins (9) – Carl Tetachuk Shutouts (2) – Carl Tetachuk
Save % (.925) – Carl Tetachuk Goals Against Average (2.07) – Carl Tetachuk
2019 PRE-SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (3) – Rylan Thiessen Assists (3) – Four players
Points (4) – Chase Wheatcroft & Alex Thacker
PIMS (11) – Koletrane Wilson Plus/Minus (+2) – Chase Wheatcroft & Oliver Okuliar
Wins (1) – Carl Tetachuk Shutouts (0) – N/A
Save % (.905) – Carl Tetachuk Goals Against Average (2.38) – Carl Tetachuk
WHO’S HOT:
– Dino Kambeitz has points in 3 straight games (1g-3a); 6 of 7 games (1g-6a); 10 of 13 games (5g-7a)
– Zack Stringer has points in 3 straight games (1g-6a); 4 of 9 games (2g-8a)
– Logan Barlage has points in 3 straight games (3g-1a); 4 of 7 games (4g-1a)
– Noah Boyko has points in 3 straight games (3g)
– D-Jay Jerome has points in 2 straight games (2g-1a); 6 of 9 games (7g-4a); 10 of 16 games (9g-8a)
– Koletrane Wilson has points in 2 straight games (2a)
– Oliver Okuliar has points in 2 of 3 games (1g-1a); 13 of 15 games (13g-9a); 14 of 17 games (15g-9a)
– Okuliar has goals in 9 of 14 games (13g)
– Jett Jones has points in 2 of 3 games (1g-1a); 7 of 16 games (3g-6a); 8 of 19 games (3g-7a)
– Danila Palivko has points in 2 of 3 games (2a); 3 of 5 games (3a); 6 of 9 games (6a)
– Dylan Cozens has points in 9 of 12 games (8g-10a); 14 of 18 games (11g-12a); 18 of 23 games (16g-16a)
– Calen Addison has points in 8 of 10 games (2g-12a); 12 of 17 games (3g-15a); 15 of 23 games (5g-17a)
– Alex Cotton has points in 8 of 9 games (4g-8a); 11 of 14 games (4g-13a); 12 of 16 games (6g-14a)
– Ty Prefontaine has points in 2 of 4 games (2a); 5 of 9 games (5a)
REGULAR SEASON MILESTONE WATCH:
– Calen Addison is 14 points away from 200 career points
– Danila Palivko has 14 games away from 100 career games
– Oliver Okuliar is 9 games away from 100 career CHL games
– D-Jay Jerome is 8 games away from 200 career games
– Noah Boyko is 17 games away from 100 career games
– Dylan Cozens is 3 assists away from 100 career assists
