GAME DAY: Hurricanes Made Quick Trip to Red Deer
Lethbridge, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes travel to Red Deer to face the Rebels tonight at 5:00pm at the ENMAX Centrium.
The Hurricanes (22-21-6-0) are coming off their second straight overtime loss on Friday as they were handed a 3-2 defeat by the Moose Jaw Warriors. The ‘Canes fell behind 2-0 in the game and battled back as Keltie Jeri-Leon and Jadon Joseph each scored in the game. The Hurricanes enter play tonight with a 9-13-2-0 on the road this season.
The Rebels (12-25-8-3) are coming off a 3-2 overtime victory last night over the Kelowna Rockets at home. Mason McCarty and Josh Tarzwell scored in regulation while Kristian Reichel netted the overtime winning goal. The win was just Red Deer’s second in their last ten games as they are 2-5-2-1 in that span.
Tonight will be the fourth meeting this season between the Hurricanes and the Rebels; Lethbridge has posted a 3-0-0-0 record against Red Deer this season and are 15-1-1-0 in their last 17 regular season match-ups against the Rebels dating back to February 13th, 2015.
2017-2018 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (31) – Jordy Bellerive Assists (40) – Calen Addison
Points (66) – Jordy Bellerive
PIMS (60) – Matthew Stanley Plus/Minus (+16) – Igor Merezhko
Wins (29) – Logan Flodell Shutouts (3) – Logan Flodell
Save % (.909) – Logan Flodell Goals Against Average (3.14) – Logan Flodell
WHO’S HOT:
– Brad Morrison has points in 7 straight games (3g-9a); 10 of 11 games (7g-12a)
– Dylan Cozens has points in 6 straight games (5g-8a); 8 of 11 games (6g-9a); 25 of 37 games (15g-23a)
– Jordy Bellerive has points in 3 straight games (2g-1a); 6 of 7 games (6g-3a); 38 of 47 (30g-34a)
– Jadon Joseph has points in 2 straight games (2g-1a); 5 of 7 games (3g-4a); 7 of 13 games (4g-5a)
– Zane Franklin has points in 2 straight games (3a); 4 of 7 games (2g-5a); 12 of 25 games (6g-11a)
– Keltie Jeri-Leon has points in 4 of 5 games (3g-3a); 5 of 8 games (4g-3a)
– Jake Elmer has points in 4 of 5 games (2g-3a)
– Owen Blocker has points in 2 of 4 games (1g-1a); 3 of 7 games (1g-2a)
– Tate Olson has points in 2 of 6 games (1g-2a); 3 of 11 games (1g-3a); 4 of 13 games (1g-4a)
– Taylor Ross has points in 5 of 6 games (4g-4a); 8 of 13 games (7g-8a); 12 of 19 games (11g-10a)
– Igor Merezhko has points in 2 of 4 games (1g-4a); 4 of 9 games (1g-6a)
– Calen Addison has points in 8 of 15 games (12a); 10 of 19 games (1g-14a); 19 of 33 games (4g-30a)
2017-2018 REGULAR SEASON LEADERS:
– Jordy Bellerive is tied 13th in WHL Scoring with 66 points & is tied 12th in WHL Goals with 31
– Jordy Bellerive is tied 7th in WHL Power Play Goals with 12 & tied 14th in WHL Power Play Assists with 18
– Calen Addison is tied 7th in WHL Defenseman Scoring with 47 points & tied 2nd in WHL PP Assists with 26
– Calen Addison is 14th in WHL Assists with 40
– Dylan Cozens is tied 2nd in WHL Rookie Scoring with 39 points & tied 2nd in WHL Rookie Goals with 16
– Logan Flodell is 2nd in WHL Games Played with 43 & 2nd in WHL Minutes by a Goaltender with 2481
– Logan Flodell is 2nd in WHL Shots Faced with 1427 & 2nd in WHL Saves with 1297
– Logan Flodell is tied 1st in WHL Wins with 29 & 3rd in Shutouts with 3
MILESTONE WATCH:
– Tate Olson is 3 assists away from 100 career assists
– Tate Olson is 10 games away from 300 career games
– Jordy Bellerive is 12 assists away from 100 career assists
– Jordy Bellerive is 17 games away from 100 games
– Jadon Joseph is 2 games away from 100 career games
– Owen Blocker is 19 games away from 100 career games
