Tylan Stephens, Kevin King and Andrew Bailey, with the third-period power play game-winner, all scored as the Ice held on to beat the Red Deer Rebels 3-2 last night.
Todd Mathews made 26 stops to get the win and push the club to at least the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference. Greg Meachem of the Red Deer Advocate has the gamer.
The loss eliminated the Rebels from playoff contention for the second straight season. That should change next season when uber-rookie Ryan Nugent-Hopkins joins them as a 16-year-old. He's that good that he should have an impact as a rookie as the early favourite as a top five pick in the 2011 NHL Draft
Kootenay had actually clinched a playoff spot earlier in the evening with Prince Albert losing to the Saskatoon Blades 5-4 in Prince Albert. With the win Kootenay improves to 32-27-2-6 good for 6th in the conference with 72 points and a point up on the Lethbridge Hurricanes. The game was Kootenay's game-in-hand and they didn't waste it, setting up a possible show-down next weekend as the Ice finish up the season with a home-and-home with the Hurricanes.
Medicine Hat is up next at the Arena in the 'Hat. The Tigers are at the Rec Plex Sunday night.
Watched the tail-end of the Calgary-Vancouver game last night, a 4-0 win for the Hitmen, which should dispell any notions of the best regular season team this year. The real season starts in two weeks.
Saturday . . .
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