GAME DAY: Hurricanes host Swift Current

Tonight it’s Wesbridge Construction Food Bank Night. Fans can buy their tickets for ONLY $15 at either the Lethbridge Food Bank or the Interfaith Food Bank with all proceeds benefitting both organizations. We’re also encouraging all fans coming to the game to bring a non-perishable food item and help us fill a truck and the food bins to help out the food banks. Volunteers from the organizations will also have a table on the concourse accepting any other donations. Thank you for your support of the Interfaith and Lethbridge Food Banks and thank you to Wesbridge Construction for sponsoring tonight’s game!

Hurricanes vs. Broncos

This is the first of 4 meetings this season between the Hurricanes and Broncos. The Hurricanes are playing their first game since the weekend when they suffered back to back OT losses and now sit 10^th in the East Conference with a record of 5-9-2-1. Swift Current is 3^rd in the East and is coming off a 2-1 loss to Medicine Hat Tuesday night. Zane Jones leads the way with 9 goals for the team, but Riley Sheen is the points leader with 15 points (3G, 12A) in 17 games.

The Hurricanes went 0-4 against Swift Current in 2013-2014 season after being outscored 19-10. Three Canes all had 3 points against Swift Current last season: Jamal Watson (2G, 1A), Riley Sheen and Tyler Wong (1G, 2A each).

Listen Live: If you can’t make the game, be sure and tune in to Rock 106 and hear the call of the game from Dustin Forbes.

Hurricanes Top Scorers:                                  Broncos Top Scorers:

Riley Sheen: 3G, 12A – 15 points                       Coda Gordon: 9G, 14A – 23 points

Zane Jones: 9G, 5A – 14 points                          Jake DeBrusk: 10G, 11A – 21 points

Jamal Watson: 8G, 4A – 12 points                      Colby Cave: 4G, 14A – 18 points

Tyler Wong: 6G, 6A – 12 points                           Carter Rigby: 9G, 6A – 15 points

                                   

2014-2015 STATS:

Power play (overall): The PP is 9/69 (13%) … (home): the PP 4/33 (12.1%)

Penalty Kill (overall): The PK is 14/71 & ranked 11th (80.3%) … (home): the PK is 7/29 (75.9%)

Division Matchups:

Central: 2-3-1-0              East: 3-2-1-0                 BC: 0-4-0-1                    US: 0-0-0-0

 

Stats Leaders:

Goals (9) – Zane Jones

Points (15), Assists (12) – Riley Sheen

Plus/Minus (+2) – Tyler Wong, Pavel Skumatov

PIM’s (36) – Carter Folk

Hot Hand:

5 game point streak: Tyler Wong (4G, 4A)

Tyler Wong also has points in 9 of his last 10 games (6G, 6A)

3 game point streak: Jamal Watson (4G, 1A), Zane Jones (3G, 2A)

 

-First WHL Goal: Andrew Nielsen (Oct. 25^th vs. PA)…Kade Jensen (Oct. 24^th vs. Saskatoon)…Dexter Bricker (Oct. 8^th vs. PG)…Pavel Skumatov (Sept. 19^th vs. Medicine Hat). … Stuart Skinner won his 1^st career WHL game on Oct. 1^st (50 saves). –First Hat Trick: Carter Folk (Oct. 24^th vs. Saskatoon)

-Games: 250 Club – Nick Walters (Oct. 17^th vs. Victoria) … 200 Club – Zane Jones (Oct. 18^th vs. Regina) … 150 Club – Lenny Hackman (Oct. 8^th vs. PG) … Riley Sheen is 1 game from 200

–Points: Club 100 Jamal Watson (Oct. 24^th vs. Saskatoon) and Riley Sheen (Oct. 11^th vs. Kelowna)

-In the Crease: 15-year old Stuart Skinner is ranked 9^th in the WHL in saves (373) and is ranked 9^th in the WHL in Save Percentage (.912)

 

–Jamal Watson is the longest serving Hurricane on the roster with 221 games played, the career record of games played is 336 by Shane Peacock (1989-94)

NEWS & NOTES:

U17 Hockey Challenge Update: 1998 born goalie Stuart Skinner is playing for Canada Team Black at the U17 Hockey Challenge in Sarnia-Lambton, ON. In their first game, Skinner made 13 saves in a 5-1 loss to Russia. Team Black posted their first win Tuesday, 4-3 over Finland. Team Black is 1-2-0-1 after quarterfinal action. Team Black plays Slovakia at 1:00pm (local time) this afternoon.

Canes Moves: On Oct. 28^th, the Lethbridge Hurricanes announced that 18-year old left winger Steven Alldridge has decided to retire. Acquired ahead of last year’s trade deadline as part of the Corbin Boes trade, Alldridge played 15 games with the Canes before being sidelined with a shoulder injury. He spent the summer rehabbing his injury which continued into this season. The Hurricanes also reassigned right winger Michal Holub to the West Kelowna Warriors in the BCHL. Holub was acquired prior to the 2013 trade deadline which saw Russ Maxwell go to the Seattle Thunderbirds. Holub played 20 games with the Hurricanes registering 1 goal.

NHL’s Watchful Eye: 2^nd year Centre, Giorgio Estephan has caught the eye of the NHL’s Central Scouting Bureau. On the preliminary Draft Watch List for the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, the 6’0, 184 pound native of Edmonton was listed as a WHL “C” skater indicating a 4^th to 6^th round candidate. Estephan was drafted in the 1^st round (4^th overall) by Lethbridge in the 2012 WHL Bantam Draft and last year finished with 24 points (12G, 12A) in 64 games….NHL Camps: Nick Walters signed an Amateur Tryout Agreement with the Columbus Blue Jackets and attended their Prospects Camp in September where he competed at the NHL Prospect Tournament in Traverse City, Michigan.

Home away from Home: Fans don’t forget to visit Browns Socialhouse for all your Hurricanes action. Never miss a game when the team is on the road. Go to Browns at #30 – 334 University Drive West and enjoy the game!

 

NEXT GAME: The Hurricanes host the defending Memorial Cup Champion Edmonton Oil Kings tomorrow night. It’s Military Appreciation Night and we’re encouraging everyone to show their support by wearing RED as well. Game time is 7:00pm with the pregame show on Rock 106 starting at 6:45.