GAME DAY: Hurricanes Complete Road Trip in Regina on Sportsnet
Regina, SK – The Lethbridge Hurricanes will complete a five-game road trip this afternoon against the Regina Pats at the Brandt Centre on Rogers Sportsnet’s Saturday Showcase nation-wide at 1:30pm MT.
The Hurricanes (34-18-5-5) are coming off their second straight victory on Friday as they defeated the Moose Jaw Warriors 5-0 at Mosaic Place. Five different goal scorers lit the lamp in the win while Carl Tetachuk made 35-saves for his second shutout in six day. The ‘Canes improved to 17-9-4-1 on the road this year.
The Pats (18-42-1-2) were handed a 4-0 loss last night in Saskatoon to the Blades at SaskTel Centre. The defeat to Saskatoon was the Regina’s third straight setback. The Pats enter play tonight having posted a 10-20-0-0 record in 30 games at the Brandt Centre this season and are 3-1-0-0 in their last four home games.
Today will be the final of four meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and the Pats; Lethbridge has won two of the three meetings so far but Regina took the last one 2-1 in a shootout on February 5th in Lethbridge.
VS. PATS: Tonight will be the final of four meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and the Pats. The Hurricanes have posted a 2-0-0-1 record in the three games prior this season. Lethbridge has outscored Regina 13-8 in the three game season series. Tonight will be the return of Nick Henry and Jake Leschyshyn to Regina following a November trade to Lethbridge.
REGULAR SEASON SERIES: TOP 5 HURRICANES SCORERS
September 28th/2018 – at Regina (8-4 LET) Nick Henry – 25G, 60A – 85 points
October 10th/2018 – at Lethbridge (4-2 LET) Dylan Cozens – 31G, 45A – 76 points
February 5th/2019 – at Lethbridge (2-1 SO REG) Jordy Bellerive – 28G, 45A – 73 points
March 2nd/2019 – at Regina Jake Leschyshyn – 35G, 38A – 73 points Jake Elmer – 35G, 36A – 71 points
2018-2019 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (35) – Jake Elmer & Jake Leschyshyn Assists (60) – Nick Henry
Points (83) – Nick Henry
PIMS (112) – Koletrane Wilson Plus/Minus (+35) – Taylor Ross
Wins (19) – Carl Tetachuk Shutouts (2) – Carl Tetachuk
Save % (.905) – Carl Tetachuk Goals Against Average (2.99) – Carl Tetachuk
WHO’S HOT:
– Jake Elmer has points in 12 straight games (15g-10a); 13 of 14 games (15g-10a); 18 of 25 (19g-16a)
– Jake Elmer has goals in 11 straight games (15g)
– Dylan Cozens has points in 10 straight games (4g-11a); 14 of 21 games (7g-13a); 45 of 61 (31g-45a)
– Nick Henry has points in 6 straight games (4g-7a); 9 of 10 games (5g-11a); 14 of 19 games (7g-16a)
– Jake Leschyshyn has points in 5 straight games (2g-7a); 7 of 10 games (7g-8a); 38 of 55 games (32g-34a)
– Jackson Shepard has points in 2 straight games (1g-1a); 3 of 4 games (1g-3a)
– Calen Addison has points in 3 of 4 games (2g-3a); 8 of 13 games (4g-12a); 37 of 60 games (11g-50a)
– Logan Barlage has points in 2 of 3 games (2g); 4 of 8 games (4g-2a); 8 of 14 games (4g-6a)
– Igor Merezhko has points in 2 of 3 games (2a); 6 of 10 games (1g-7a); 8 of 14 games (3g-8a)
– Ty Prefontaine has points in 3 of 5 games (3a); 4 of 10 games (1g-4a)
– Jordy Bellerive has points in 4 of 6 games (3g-5a); 6 of 9 games (4g-7a); 42 of 62 games (28g-43a)
– Taylor Ross has points in 9 of 12 games (8g-5a); 14 of 26 games (8g-10a); 38 of 62 games (31g-30a)
– Koletrane Wilson has points in 5 of 14 games (5a); 6 of 19 games (6a); 13 of 39 games (13a)
– Noah Boyko has points in 2 of 7 games (2g-1a); 4 of 13 games (3g-3a)
– Danila Palivko has points in 2 of 7 games (3a); 4 of 13 games (1g-3a)
– Alex Cotton has points in 3 of 10 games (3a)
– Justin Hall has points in 2 of 13 games (1g-1a)
MILESTONE WATCH:
– Calen Addison is 4 games away from 200 career games
– Jake Leschyshyn is 8 assists away from 100 career assists
– Igor Merezhko is 1 games away from 250 career games
– Igor Merezhko is 1 points away from 100 career points
– Jake Elmer is 1 games away from 200 career games
– Nick Henry is 12 games away from 200 career games
– Nick Henry is 5 points away from 200 career points
– Scott Mahovlich is 4 games away from 150 career games
