GAME DAY: Hurricanes Visit Rebels For Second Time
Lethbridge, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes will make their second of four visits to Red Deer tonight at 7:00pm to face the Rebels at Peavey Mart Centrium.
The Hurricanes (8-4-1-0) enter after suffering their first regulation loss of the season at home on Friday falling 5-3 to the Calgary Hitmen at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena. Logan Wormald, Landen Ward and Miguel Marques scored in the loss while Brady Smith made 36-saves. Lethbridge enters tonight with a 1-3-0-0 record on the road this season having lost their last three road contests.
The Rebels (7-5-1-0) enter having not played since a 5-3 loss in Lethbridge last Saturday. Ollie Josephson, Hunter Mayo and Jhett Larson scored in the loss while Chase Wutzke made 25-saves. Red Deer enters tonight with a 5-2-1-0 record at home this season having gone 2-2-0-0 in their last four on home ice.
Tonight will be the third of eight meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and Rebels; Lethbridge has posted a 2-0-0-0 record having earned a 2-1 overtime win in Red Deer in September. The game can be streamed on WHL Live, watched at Browns Socialhouse in Lethbridge or heard on 106.7 ROCK.
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VS. REBELS: Tonight will be the third of eight meetings during the regular season between the Hurricanes and the Rebels. The Hurricanes are 2-0-0-0 against the Rebels this season after going 4-2-0-0 against Red Deer in 2023-2024. In the last 59 regular season games dating back to February of 2015, the Hurricanes have posted a 41-14-4-1 record against the Rebels. Lethbridge is 113-89-9-7 with eight ties all-time against Red Deer.
2024-2025 REGULAR SEASON SERIES
September 21st/2024 – at Red Deer (2-1 OT LET)
October 26th/2024 – at Lethbridge (5-3 LET)
November 2nd/2024 – at Red Deer
December 13th/2024 – at Lethbridge
December 30th/2024 – at Red Deer
January 24th/20256 – at Lethbridge
February 8th/2025 – at Red Deer
February 12th/2025 – at Lethbridge
2023-2024 REGULAR SEASON SERIES
October 7th/2023 – at Red Deer (3-1 RD)
October 20th/2023 – at Lethbridge (4-1 LET)
December 29th/2024 – at Lethbridge (2-1 SO LET)
February 19th/2024 – at Red Deer (7-3 RD)
March 15th/2024 – at Lethbridge (5-2 LET)
March 16th/2024 – at Red Deer (3-2 LET)
2024-2025 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (8) – Logan Wormald
Assists (13) – Miguel Marques
Points (19) – Miguel Marques
PIMS (25) – Landen Ward
Plus/Minus (+10) – Logan McCutcheon
Wins (6) – Brady Smith
Shutouts (0) – N/A
Save % (.904) – Koen Cleaver
Goals Against Average (2.99) – Brady Smith
WHO’S HOT (Dating Back to Last Season):
– Miguel Marques has points in 7 straight games (5g-10a); 9 of 11 games (6g-13a); 16 of 22 (10g-21a)
– Brayden Edwards has points in 5 straight games (2g-5a); 9 of 10 games (5g-11a); 20 of 25 (15g-17a)
– Logan Wormald has points in 3 straight games (2g-2a); 11 of 12 games (8g-8a); 23 of 28 games (14g-19a)
– Kooper Gizowski has points in 2 of 3 games (2a); 5 of 7 games (3g-2a)
– Leo Braillard has points in 2 of 3 games (1g-1a); 6 of 11 games (5g-2a)
– Will Sharpe has points in 2 of 4 games (2a); 6 of 9 games (2g-9a); 7 of 11 games (2g-10a)
– Logan McCutcheon has points in 5 of 9 games (1g-7a); 7 of 13 games (2g-9a); 10 of 17 games (2g-13a)
– Tristen Doyle has points in 4 of 5 games (4a); 5 of 6 games (1g-4a); 6 of 10 games (1g-6a)
– Shane Smith has points in 2 of 5 games (2g-2a); 4 of 8 games (2g-4a)
REGULAR SEASON MILESTONE WATCH:
– Logan McCutcheon is 6 games away from 250 career games
– Noah Chadwick is 13 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 3 games away from 150 career games
– Kooper Gizowski is 12 games away from 200 career games
– Logan Wormald is 8 games away from 200 career games
– Logan Wormald is 7 assists away from 100 career assists
– Brayden Edwards is 8 games away from 200 career games
– Brayden Edwards is 10 points away from 150 career points
NEWS & NOTES:
Thru 13: The Hurricanes enter tonight with an 8-4-1-0 record (17 points) on the season after 13 games. The ‘Canes are 7-1-1-0 at home and 1-3-0-0 on the road so far this season. In 2023-2024, Lethbridge had posted a 7-5-1-0 record after 13 games. The ‘Canes were 8-5-1-0 last year after 14 games.
Strong Start: Lethbridge has started the season 8-4-1-0 in their first 13 games. The ‘Canes started the season 6-1-1-0 on the season which marked their third-best start in team history through eight games. The best start in Lethbridge’s history after 13 games was in 1996-1997 season when they started 12-1-0-0. The 8-4-1-0 start is the fifth-best start after 13 games in team history.
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 0-1-0-0 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 the best home-ice record in the entire WHL.
Miggy Wiggy: Nashville Predators prospect Miguel Marques enters tonight on a seven-game point streak having collected 15 points (5g-10a) 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 17 of 24 games totaling 33 points (11g-22a). He is on pace for 114 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 11 of his last 12 games having collected 16 points (8g-8a) in that span. Wormald had a career-long eight-game point streak end last Friday in Swift Current.
Eddy’s Ready: Brayden Edwards has been dominant since returning to the Hurricanes line up. In 10 games since returning from Detroit Red Wings Main Camp, he has racked up 15 points (5g-10a) along with 16 penalty minutes. Edwards has also gone 50.7% 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 13 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%.
