PRE-SEASON GAME DAY: Hurricanes Visit Tigers
Lethbridge, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes continue the 2022 ENMAX Pre-Season tonight at 7:00pm as they visit the Medicine Hat Tigers at Co-Op Place.
The Hurricanes (1-0-0-0) enter after earning a 7-3 victory in the pre-season opener against the Tigers on Friday night. Tristan Zandee, Logan Wormald and Hayden Smith all had three points in the win while five players had multi-point efforts. Lethbridge has won nine-straight pre-season and regular season games against the Tigers dating back to the start of last year.
The Tigers (0-1-0-0) will look for their first win of the pre-season tonight in their second of four exhibition games. Medicine Hat was led by overage forward Dallon Melin on Friday who scored twice in his Tigers debut while Oskari Kuntonen added the other in the losing cause.
Tonight will be the first of two pre-season meetings between the Hurricanes and Tigers before eight regular season meetings starting Saturday, September 24th.
DOWNLOAD GAME NOTES/STATS HERE: 09-10-2022 – LET at MH
VS. TIGERS: Tonight will be the second of a back-to-back pre-season set between the Hurricanes and the Tigers at the ENMAX Centre. Lethbridge posted a perfect 8-0-0-0 record against Medicine Hat during the regular season in 2021-2022, marking the first time in franchise history the ‘Canes swept the Tigers in a season. The two teams will meet eight times in the regular season this coming season, starting September 24th with the season opener.
2022-2023 REGULAR SEASON SERIES
September 24th/2022 – at Medicine Hat
September 30th/2022 – at Lethbridge
November 5th/2022 – at Medicine Hat
December 9th/2022 – at Lethbridge
December 27th/2022 – at Lethbridge
February 4th/2023 – at Medicine Hat
February 10th/2023 – at Lethbridge
February 11th/2023 – at Medicine Hat
2021-2022 REGULAR SEASON SERIES:
November 19th/2021 – at Lethbridge (7-3 LET)
December 17th/2021 – at Lethbridge (6-4 LET)
December 18th/2021 – at Medicine Hat (5-3 LET)
January 15th/2022 – at Medicine Hat (6-3 LET)
February 19th/2022 – at Medicine Hat (2-1 LET)
February 26th/2022 – at Lethbridge (9-2 LET)
April 1st/2022 – at Lethbridge (6-3 LET)
April 2nd/2022 – at Medicine Hat (6-1 LET)
2022 ‘CANES PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE:
Friday, Sept. 9th – vs. Medicine Hat (7-3 LET)
Saturday, Sept. 10th – at Medicine Hat
Friday, Sept. 16th – vs. Red Deer
Saturday, Sept. 17th – at Red Deer
2021-2022 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (34) – Justin Hall
Assists (50) – Alex Thacker
Points (74) – Justin Hall
PIMS (97) – Joe Arntsen
Plus/Minus (+8) – Brayden Edwards
Wins (23) – Bryan Thomson
Shutouts (1) – Bryan Thomson
Save % (.899) – Bryan Thomson
Goals Against Average (3.12) – Bryan Thomson
2022 PRE-SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (2) – Tristan Zandee & Logan Wormald
Assists (3) – Hayden Smith
Points (3) – Tristan Zandee, Logan Wormald, Hayden Smith
PIMS (2) – Three Players
Plus/Minus (+4) – Logan Wormald, Brayden Edwards
Wins (1) – Harrison Meneghin
Shutouts (0) – N/A
Save % (.938) – Harrison Meneghin
Goals Against Average (2.07) – Harrison Meneghin
REGULAR SEASON MILESTONE WATCH:
– Logan McCutcheon is 6 games away from 100 career games
– Chase Pauls is 7 games away from 100 career games
– Alex Thacker is 15 assists away from 100 career assists
NEWS & NOTES:
Tune Up SZN: The Hurricanes will play four games during their 2022 ENMAX Pre-Season schedule with a pair of games against the Medicine Hat Tigers and the Red Deer Rebels. The ‘Canes posted a 2-2-0-0 record in four exhibition contests in 2021. Lethbridge is 1-0-0-0 in the 2022 Pre-Season.
20-Goal Guy: Hurricanes co-captain Jett Jones is the only returning 20-goal scorer from the 2021-2022 season. Jones finished last year with 20 goals and 42 points in 68 games, finishing fourth in team-scoring. Only Justin Hall (34) and Yegor Klavdiev (21) had more goals last year.
Off-Season Moves: Over the off-season, the ‘Canes made a collection of trades, including the acquisition of 2002-born forward Cole Carrier from the Regina Pats in exchange for a sixth-round draft pick in 2023. Carrier appeared in 65 games in 2021-2022 with the Pats totaling 27 points (15g-12a). The ‘Canes also traded forward Reid MacKay and Briley Wood and defenceman Easton Kovacs for draft picks.
Overage Quartet: The Hurricanes will enter the 2022-2023 season with four overage players on their roster as a result of a lower-body injury to goaltender Bryan Thomson. In addition to Thomson, the ‘Canes also have forwards Jett Jones, Alex Thacker and Cole Carrier on their roster.
Fresh Ink: The ‘Canes recently signed 2006-born defenceman Kale Tipler to a WHL Standard Player Agreement. The Edgerton, AB product was a sixth-round (122nd overall) pick in the 2021 WHL Prospects Draft. Tipler will play for the Lloydminster Bobcats U18 AAA team this season.
2007 Group: Lethbridge enters the 2022 ENMAX Pre-Season with four 2007-born players on their 31-man roster. Will Sharpe, Kash Andresen, Koen Cleaver and Carsen Adair, who were all drafted in the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft will start the exhibition season with the big club.
AA: Hurricanes have added European forward Anton Astashevich. The Belarus-born forward spent the 2021-2022 season with the Calgary Hitmen totaling seven points (2g-5a) in 45 regular season games. Astashevich will be the only import on the Hurricanes roster.
