GAME DAY: Hurricanes Kick Off Trip in Saskatoon
Saskatoon, SK – The Lethbridge Hurricanes open a three-game road trip tonight at 7:00pm as they visit the Saskatoon Blades at SaskTel Centre.
The Hurricanes (1-1-0-0) enter after earning a 5-4 win over the Medicine Hat Tigers on Friday night. Jett Jones scored twice while Noah Chadwick, Nolan Bentham and Cole Shepard added the others in the victory. Jared Picklyk earned his first victory of the season making 30-saves in the contest. Lethbridge enters 0-1-0-0 on the season away from home, but were 1-0-1-0 in two pre-season games on the road. Last year, the Hurricanes went 15-17-2-0 as the visitors.
The Blades (3-0-0-0) earned a convincing 8-3 win over the Swift Current Broncos on Saturday at SaskTel Centre. Eight different goal scorers lit the lamp in the victory while Ethan Chadwick made 24-saves in the win. Saskatoon has posted a 2-0-0-0 record this season. In 2021-2022, the Blades were 21-10-2-1 at home.
Tonight will be the first of four head-to-head meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and Blades, and the first of three in October. Lethbridge posted a 2-1-1-0 record against Saskatoon. Tonight’s game can be watched at Browns Socialhouse in Lethbridge, on WHL Live or heard on 106.7 ROCK.
DOWNLOAD GAME NOTES/STATS HERE: 2022-10-04 – LET at SAS
VS. BLADES: Tonight will be the first of four meetings on the season between the Hurricanes and Blades. Lethbridge posted a 2-1-1-0 record in four contests against Saskatoon last season, including a 0-1-1-0 record at SaskTel Place. The Hurricanes have posted an all-time record of 83-65-8-4 with five ties against the Blades while going 40-35-4-2 with two ties in Stoon.
2022-2023 REGULAR SEASON SERIES
October 4th/2022 – at Saskatoon
October 19th/2022 – at Lethbridge
October 29th/2022 – at Lethbridge
March 4th/2023 – at Saskatoon
2021-2022 REGULAR SEASON SERIES:
October 29th/2021 – at Lethbridge (4-3 LET)
February 11th/2022 – at Saskatoon (4-1 SAS)
March 9th/2022 – at Saskatoon (4-3 OT SAS)
April 6th/2022 – at Lethbridge (6-1 LET)
2022-2023 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (2) – Jett Jones
Assists (3) – Logan McCutcheon & Alex Thacker
Points (3) – Logan McCutcheon & Alex Thacker
PIMS (4) – Three Players
Plus/Minus (+2) – Jett Jones
Wins (1) – Jared Picklyk
Shutouts (0) – N/A
Save % (.846) – Harrison Meneghin
Goals Against Average (6.43) – Harrison Meneghin
WHO’S HOT (Dating Back to Last Regular Season):
– Alex Thacker has points in 9 straight games (4g-10a); 12 of 15 games (5g-14a)
– Joe Arntsen has points in 8 straight games (3g-9a)
– Brayden Edwards has points in 4 of 5 games (4g-2a); 11 of 13 games (9g-6a); 14 of 17 (10g-10a)
– Logan Wormald has points in 2 of 4 games (2a); 9 of 12 games (5g-6a)
– Miguel Marques has points in 5 of 8 games (1g-4a); 6 of 10 games (2g-4a)
– Jett Jones has points in 4 of 6 games (4g-2a); 7 of 11 games (5g-8a)
– Tyson Laventure has points in 4 of 6 games (7a); 9 of 12 games (2g-10a)
– Logan McCutcheon has points in 3 of 5 games (5a); 8 of 11 games (1g-9a)
– Cole Shepard has points in 7 of 9 games (4g-4a); 9 of 12 games (4g-6a)
– Chase Pauls has points in 6 of 11 games (4g-4a)
REGULAR SEASON MILESTONE WATCH:
– Logan McCutcheon is 3 games away from 100 career games
– Chase Pauls is 4 games away from 100 career games
– Joe Arntsen is 24 games away from 150 career games
– Jett Jones is 43 games away from 200 career games
– Jett Jones is 27 points away from 100 career points
– Alex Thacker is 12 assists away from 100 career assists
– Tristan Zandee is 18 games away from 100 career games
– Cole Shepard is 21 games away from 100 career games
– Tyson Laventure is 15 games away from 150 career games
NEWS & NOTES:
Thru 2: The Hurricanes enter tonight with a record of 1-1-0-0 (2 points) on the season after two games. The ‘Canes are 1-0-0-0 at home while posting a record of 0-1-0-0 on the road. In 2021-2022, Lethbridge had gone 2-0-0-0 after two contests. Lethbridge went 1-1-0-0 in September.
Nice Debuts: Forwards Cole Shepard and Tyson Zimmer made their Hurricanes debut on Friday. Shepard struck for a power play goal while Zimmer picked up an assist in the game. The duo skated on a line with Alex Thacker and combined for four points in the victory against Medicine Hat.
Gone Campin’: A pair of Hurricanes players attended NHL Training Camps. Joe Arntsen participated in Carolina Hurricanes Rookie Camp while newly acquired forward Cole Shepard attended Vancouver Canucks Main Camp where he appeared in one NHL pre-season game against the Calgary Flames.
Ty for Ty: On September 27th, the Hurricanes acquired 2004-born forward Tyson Zimmer from the Brandon Wheat Kings in exchange for a pair of draft picks. Zimmer appeared in 66 games for the Wheaties last season totaling 21 points (9g-12a). The ‘Canes also traded four-year veteran Ty Nash to the Winnipeg ICE in a separate trade.
Shep-Repped: On September 21st, the ‘Canes announced the acquisition of overage forward Cole Shepard from the Vancouver Giants in exchange for a third-round draft pick in 2023. Shepard had 20 points (7g-13a) in 28 games in 2021-2022 with the Giants. He is the younger brother of former Hurricanes forward Jackson Shepard who spent the 2018-2019 season in Lethbridge. He was re-assigned to Lethbridge by the Vancouver Canucks on Monday after appearing in one NHL pre-season game.
Solid Warm Up: The Hurricanes posted an impressive 3-0-1-0 record in their four-game pre-season. The ‘Canes earned wins against Medicine Hat and a pair against Red Deer. Lethbridge outscored their opposition 19 to 13 in the four games, an average of 4.75 to 3.25 per game.
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.
