January 11, 2026 – Outdoorsman’s Night

🦌 Visit with local outdoors organizations & vendors on the concourse before & during the game!

 KIDS IN FREE – 100 free kids’ tickets available thanks to Riverside Payments!

🏒 Full team poster signing on the concourse after the game!

 

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SUNDAY FUNDAY

 

Show your Fred Meyer rewards card and receive a game ticket, burger basket & soda for just $23!

Fred Meyer rewards members who purchase the Sunday Funday deal will automatically be entered to win a $50 Fred Meyer gift card!

N A NUTSHELL:

The Wild finish the season series with the Giants, and do so on home ice.

 

THE SCENE-SETTER:

The newest Wenatchee Wild player earned his first goal in his new uniform, but Burke Hood stood in the way continuously as the Wild tried to battle back at the Vancouver Giants before taking a 2-1 loss Saturday. Kaleb Hartmann earned his first goal in a Giants uniform by sending home a one-timer from the blue line just 5:20 into the game, but with 7:08 to go in the first period, Caelan Joudrey found Levi Benson in front of the net for a shifty backhand drag, depositing a shot past Hood to tie the game going to the break. The deciding goal came from Jakob Oreskovic on the breakaway three-and-a-half minutes into the second period, depositing a shorthanded opportunity over Cal Conway’s shoulder and off the roof of the net to put Vancouver ahead 2-1. Wenatchee posted 31 shots in the final two periods, including a 19-2 mark on shots in the third period, but could never tie the game up again. Conway made 18 saves in taking the loss, and the teams combined to finish perfect on five penalty kills. Hood turned away 38 Wild chances to score his 15^th win of the season.

 

KNOW YOUR FOE:

Vancouver had dropped five of six going to the weekend, but turned the trend in its favor Friday with a 4-3 overtime win against the Tri-City Americans. Ryan Lin scored back-to-back goals less than three minutes apart in the first to put the Giants ahead 2-0, and Savin Virk and Lance McCloskey traded goals 44 seconds apart near the midway point of the contest. Jakub Vanecek scored 99 seconds into the third period to halve the lead, and Carter Kingerski’s goal at 12:38 tied it up again, but Mathis Preston pocketed the game-winner on the only shot of overtime at the 26-second mark. Lin added an assist to his two markers, while Preston had an assist to go with his goal. Lin has stormed up the WHL scoring leaderboard – with 50 points, he is the Western Conference’s top scorer among defensemen and third in the league, and his 20 assists on the power play ranks second overall on the circuit. The Giants are, however, one of five teams in the WHL with a penalty-killing mark under 70 percent. Incredibly, the home team has won all 11 games between the teams since the Winnipeg ICE moved to Wenatchee in the summer of 2023.

 

KILLER INSTINCT:

Wenatchee has gone 46-for-52 (88.5 percent) on the penalty kill over the last 14 games, climbing back to the top of the league in that category. The Wild have allowed multiple power play goals only once in that span, with a perfect performance in nine of those games.

 

TALKING TRADES:

The club made a trio of moves this past week ahead of Thursday evening’s trade deadline, starting with a deal to move Blake Vanek to the Calgary Hitmen for the rights to Lakeville South High School senior Carter Ernst, and a sixth-round pick in the 2029 WHL Prospects Draft. Wenatchee picked up Kelowna forward Levi Benson for a pair of draft picks Wednesday evening, but Dawson Seitz was traded to Prince George Thursday afternoon for a 2029 WHL draft pick. The club comes out of the trade deadline with two of its three available 20-year-old slots filled following Seitz’s move.

 

RHYME TIME / TOLL’S GOALS:

Defenseman Josh Toll remains atop the Wenatchee scoring leaderboard, after scoring goals in back-to-back games last Sunday at Portland and Friday against Moose Jaw. His 24 assists before scoring his first goal of the year obliterated the franchise record. He has been a pacesetter for the club over the last nine games, with 10 points in that stretch, including three multi-point efforts.

 

ONE MORE TO ONE HUNDRED:

Luka Shcherbyna has moved to within a single point of 100 for his WHL career, with 160 of his 162 appearances coming in a Wild uniform. Shcherbyna joined the club ahead of the 2023-24 season, playing in two previous WHL games as an affiliate player for the Spokane Chiefs.