Lethbridge Battles for 7-5 win
Canes tame Tabbies in wild one at the ENMAX Centre
rLethbridge, AB – Adding another chapter to the storied Southern Alberta rivalry the Lethbridge Hurricanes battled their way to a 7-5 win over the Medicine Hat Tigers on Wednesday night. The 3979 fans in attendance were treated to a classic hockey game which included everything – hits, fights and highlight reel goals. Brody Sutter(2) tallied the game winner with just under seven minutes remaining while Dwight King notched his 18th and 19th of the season. Mitch Versteeg (6), Carter Ashton (23), Brent Henke (7) and Kyle Beach (16) added the other Hurricanes markers, while Max Ross, Brennan Yadlowski and Drew Hoff each had a pair of helpers. Beach continued his torrid pace as he tallied the goal and an assist to bring his total to ten points (7G,3A) in his first seven games with the Canes this season. Lethbridge had a total of 14 different players get in on the point scoring as Juha Metsola had 19 saves to claim the win. The Canes now raise their record to 24-21-2-2 and will look to continue their winning ways on Friday as they play host to the Prince George Cougars.
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rScoring Summary
rMedicine Hat Tigers 5 at Lethbridge Hurricanes 7 – Status: Final
rJan 21, 2009 – Enmax Centre – Lethbridge, AB
r1st Period
rScoring – 1. Medicine Hat, T. King (13) (S. Ringrose, M. McCue) 3:18
r2. Lethbridge, B. Henke (7) (M. Reners) 5:16
r3. Medicine Hat, M. McCue (6) (S. Ringrose) 8:07
rPenalties – C. Orfino Let (interference) 9:33, B. Bosch M.h (roughing) 15:14, K. Beach Let (cross checking, roughing) 15:14, T. Dunstall M.h (holding) 19:30
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r2nd Period
rScoring – 4. Lethbridge, D. King (18) (C. Sceviour, B. Wright) 1:20 PP
r5. Medicine Hat, T. Ennis (21) (M. Isherwood, L. Vey) 7:14 PP
r6. Lethbridge, M. Versteeg (6) (B. Yadlowski, C. Braes) 10:56 PP
r7. Medicine Hat, J. Coyle (7) (B. Bosch, T. Kundratek) 14:13 PP
rPenalties – C. Grant M.h (tripping) 0:08, M. Ross Let (cross checking) 3:50, B. Yadlowski Let (hooking) 7:04, T. Dunstall M.h (cross checking) 9:00, B. Cameron M.h (holding) 11:03, M. Versteeg Let (tripping) 13:33, J. Stampohar M.h (major-fighting) 14:16, C. Castro Let (major-fighting) 14:16, B. Wright Let (interference) 18:20, Served by A. Fyten Let (too many men) 19:28
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r3rd Period
rScoring – 8. Lethbridge, C. Ashton (23) (B. Yadlowski, M. Ross) 0:45
r9. Lethbridge, D. King (19) (M. Ross, K. Beach) 3:53
r10. Medicine Hat, Z. Okal (13) (T. Ennis, T. King) 7:54 PP
r11. Lethbridge, B. Sutter (2) (D. Ryckman, D. Hoff) 13:15
r12. Lethbridge, K. Beach (16) (D. Hoff) 19:09 EN
rPenalties – T. Ennis M.h (holding) 0:39, B. Yadlowski Let (delay of game) 6:15, J. Frazer M.h (boarding) 8:24, L. Vey M.h (hooking) 10:47, T. King M.h (hooking) 15:13, B. Cameron M.h (roughing, roughing) 19:09, M. Isherwood M.h (10-minute misconduct) 19:09, M. McCue M.h (instigator, major-fighting, major-fighting, game misconduct, game misconduct) 19:09, K. Beach Let (roughing, 10-minute misconduct) 19:09, D. King Let (instigator, major-fighting, game misconduct, game misconduct) 19:09, C. Orfino Let (10-minute misconduct, game misconduct) 19:09, C. Sceviour Let (major-fighting) 19:09, T. Kundratek M.h (hooking) 19:51, T. King M.h (major-fighting) 19:54, C. Braes Let (major-fighting) 19:54
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rM.H Shots: 13 7 4 TOTAL: 24
rLET Shots: 7 10 18 TOTAL: 35
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rPower Play Conversion
rMedicine Hat Tigers 3-8. Lethbridge Hurricanes 2-10.
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rGoaltenders
rMedicine Hat Tigers
rHolfeld 21-14-3-2 Start: 1st 0:00 Min: 59:00 SV: 28 GA: 6 [L]
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rLethbridge Hurricanes
rMetsola 18-14-2-2 Start: 1st 0:00 Min: 60:00 SV: 19 GA: 5 [W]
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rStart : 7:04 PM
rEnd : 9:35 PM
rAttendance : 3979
rReferee I: Derek Zalaski (8)
rReferee II:
rLINESMAN I: Chris Carlson (92)
rLINESMAN II: Cody Rude (97)
