GAME DAY: Hurricanes Visit Tigers in Second of Home-and-Home Set
Lethbridge, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes visit the Medicine Hat Tigers at 7:00pm at Co-op Place in the second of a home-and-home weekend.
The Hurricanes (16-38-1-1) enter on a four-game losing streak after suffering a 3-0 loss to the Tigers on Friday night at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena. It marked the fifth shutout loss of the season for the ‘Canes while Koen Cleaver made a season-high 49-saves in the loss. Lethbridge’s record fell to 4-5-1-0 in their last ten games. The Hurricanes enter tonight with a 6-21-1-0 record on the road this year.
The Tigers (38-9-5-3) enter with back-to-back victories following their 3-0 win over the Hurricanes Friday night. Luke Cozens, Andrew Basha and Markus Ruck scored in the win while Jordan Switzer made 26-saves for his second shutout of the season. Medicine Hat improved to 4-0-2-0 in their last six games with the victory. The Tigers enter tonight with a WHL-best 22-3-2-1 record at home this season.
Tonight will be the sixth of eight meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and Tigers; Lethbridge has posted an 0-5-0-0 record against Medicine Hat this year while having suffered nine-straight regular season games against the Tigers. The game can be streamed on Victory+, watched at Browns Socialhouse in Lethbridge or heard on 106.7 ROCK.
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VS. TIGERS: Tonight will be the sixth of eight head-to-head meetings between the Hurricanes and Tigers. This year, the ‘Canes have posted an 0-5-0-0 record against the Tigers after going 3-5-1-0 in nine games in the 2024-2025 regular season. Lethbridge fell four games to Medicine Hat in the Eastern Conference Championship Series. The ‘Canes have lost 15-straight games (pre-season, regular season and playoffs combined) to the Tigers dating back to last year. Lethbridge has posted an all-time record of 145-155-7-11 with seven ties against the Tigers.
2025-2026 REGULAR SEASON SERIES:
October 3rd/2025 – at Lethbridge (4-2 MH)
December 27th/2025 – at Lethbridge (5-1 MH)
January 10th/2026 – at Medicine Hat (7-4 MH)
January 31st/2026 – at Medicine Hat (8-4 MH)
February 20th/2026 – at Lethbridge (3-0 MH)
February 21st/2026 – at Medicine Hat
March 13th/2026 – at Lethbridge
March 14th/2026 – at Medicine Hat
2024-2025 REGULAR SEASON SERIES:
November 6th/2024 – at Lethbridge (7-6 LET)
December 6th/2024 – at Lethbridge (4-3 LET)
December 14th/2024 – at Medicine Hat (3-2 MH)
December 15th/2024 – at Lethbridge (4-1 LET)
December 28th/2024 – at Medicine Hat (4-0 MH)
February 17th/2025 – at Medicine Hat (5-1 MH)
March 14th/2025 – at Lethbridge (6-5 OT MH)
March 22nd/2025 – at Medicine Hat (10-1 MH)
2025-2026 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (20) – Owen Berge
Assists (29) – Easton Daneault
Points (38) – Easton Daneault
PIMS (100) – Gavin Lesiuk
Plus/Minus (+7) – Oli Chenier
Wins (10) – Koen Cleaver
Shutouts (1) – Koen Cleaver
Save % (.878) – Leif Oaten
Goals Against Average (4.11) – Leif Oaten
WHO’S HOT:
– Kade Duell has points in 3 of 4 games (1g-3a); 8 of 11 games (3g-6a); 21 of 33 games (12g-14a)
– Owen Berge has points in 2 of 3 games (2g); 6 of 9 games (9g); 21 of 35 games (16g-11a)
– Easton Daneault has points in 3 of 5 games (1g-2a); 7 of 10 games (2g-6a); 19 of 34 games (9g-14a)
– Kayden Longley has points in 3 of 5 games (1g-2a); 5 of 8 games (2g-6a); 19 of 36 games (5g-20a)
– Oli Chenier has points in 2 of 4 games (1g-3a); 4 of 10 games (4g-4a)
– Kyle Heger has points in 5 of 11 games (2g-5a); 9 of 16 games (3g-8a); 12 of 22 games (4g-10a)
– Kai Anderson has points in 2 of 5 games (1g-1a); 3 of 8 games (2g-1a); 4 of 11 games (3g-1a)
– Hudson Kibblewhite has points in 2 of 5 games (1g-1a); 3 of 7 games (1g-3a); 7 of 17 games (4g-4a)
– Matteo Fabrizi has points in 3 of 8 games (1g-2a); 5 of 12 games (2g-4a)
– Carsen Adair has points in 2 of 7 games (2a); 3 of 9 games (4a)
– Will Scott has points in 3 of 11 games (5a); 5 of 19 games (1g-8a); 7 of 23 games (1g-10a)
– Andrew Petruk has points in 3 of 6 games (1g-2a); 5 of 13 games (2g-4a)
– Nathan Maloney has points in 5 of 11 games (2g-4a); 6 of 13 games (3g-4a); 17 of 33 games (3g-20a)
REGULAR SEASON MILESTONE WATCH:
– Brayden Smith is 18 games away from 100 career games
– Kayden Longley is 12 points away from 100 career points
– Oli Chenier is 15 assists away from 50 career assists
– Hudson Kibblewhite is 3 points away from 50 career points
– Hudson Kibblewhite is 29 games away from 150 career games
– Matteo Fabrizi is 8 assists away from 50 career assists
– Gavin Lesiuk is 15 games away from 100 career games
– Owen Berge is 20 assists away from 50 career assists
– Owen Berge is 20 games away from 200 games
NEWS & NOTES:
Thru 56: The Hurricanes enter tonight with a 16-38-1-1 record (34 points) on the season after 56 games. The ‘Canes are 10-17-0-1 at home and 6-21-1-0 on the road. In 2024-2025, Lethbridge had posted a
34-18-3-1 record after 56 games. The ‘Canes are 1-4-1-0 in the month of February after going 4-9-0-0 record in the month of January. Lethbridge is on pace to record 19 victories this year.
Berge Burying: Hurricanes 19-year-old forward Owen Berge enters tonight red hot of late. The Edmonton, AB, product enters having racked up nine goals in his last nine games while having collected 10 goals in his last 11 outings. He leads the Hurricanes with 20 goals this year. Since joining Lethbridge, he has recorded 31 points (19g-12a) in 41 games. He’s on pace for 25 goals and 45 points this season.
Put It in the Win Column: Entering tonight, the Hurricanes have posted a record of 4-5-1-0 in their last 10 games after a 3-0 loss to the Medicine Hat Tigers on Friday night at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena. The streak also includes the ‘Canes only three-game winning streak of the season and first since February of 2025. Lethbridge has posted a record of 3-3-0-0 in their previous five home games as well.
Surging Special Teams: Lethbridge’s special teams have been strong of late. The ‘Canes power play has gone 15-for-56 (26.8%) over their last 16 games having scored at least one power play goal in nine of those 16 games. Meanwhile, the Hurricanes penalty kill has gone 52-for-68 (76.5%) over the last 21 contests keeping the opponent without a power play goal in eight of those 21 games.
4-or-More: The Hurricanes have found their scoring touch of late. Entering tonight, Lethbridge has scored at least four goals in seven of their last 11 games having totaled 36 goals in those 11 games averaging 3.27 goals per game – almost an average of an entire goal more per game than their season average. The ‘Canes have posted a 13-7-0-0 record this year when scoring four-or-more goals in a game.
Top Prospect: Hurricanes defenceman Kyle Heger represented Team East at the 2026 WHL Prospects Game in Vancouver on February 18th. The Eagan, Minnesota product was one of 15 rearguards to take part in the game. Heger finished with a plus-1 rating while recording one shot on goal in the game. It was the first WHL Prospects Game held in over 25-years dating back to the 1999-2000 season.
New Leadership Group: The ‘Canes announced a new leadership group for the remainder of the 2025-2026 season following the WHL Trade Deadline. Owen Berge, Kayden Longley, Carsen Adair and Hudson Kibblewhite will serve as Alternate Captains for the rest of the season while Lethbridge will go without a Captain for the rest of the season.
Midterm Ranked: Three Hurricanes players were ranked by NHL Central Scouting on the Midterm Rankings on January 12th. Kyle Heger (67th), Gavin Lesiuk (177th) and Nathan Maloney (220th) were all ranked among North American skaters. Of the three, Maloney was the lone player not ranked by Central Scouting on the Preliminary Players to Watch List in October.
