The Brandon Wheat Kings made the 18-hour bus ride to Cranbrook for tonight's rematch of Saturday's 7-3 loss to the Ice in Brandon. Former Ice head coach Cory Clouston makes his return début as an opposing coach for the first time.
Gametime is 7PM at the Rec Plex.
The Ice are coming off a 7-3 win over the Wheaties Saturday in which Mackenzie Skapski made 33 saves for the win. Highlites are here.
Jesse Ismond scored twice as did Levi Cable. For Ismond it broke a scoring drought of some 15 games dating back to December 4 against Swift Current.
Cable, with two goals, is the second rookie to score two in as many games with Jon Martin notching a couple in the 6-5OT loss to Moose Jaw Friday.
The Ice were missing D Luke Paulsen (concussion) and F Drew Czerwonka (upper-body) and both aren't expected to play tonight. Paulsen is still indefinite and Czerwonka will be another two weeks.
Coming off a five-game road trip in which the club got eight of a possible ten points the Ice were 3-0-2 on the trip, with four of five games going to extra-time or a shootout. They sit tied for 3rd in the tight Eastern Conference with the Tigers, with a 27-13-3-3 record, two points back of the Warriors and nine back of the Central Division and Conference leading Edmonton Oil Kings.
F Max Reinhart has crept into the top 20 in WHL scoring, sitting 16th with 57 points (20 goals and 37 assists) and has 8 assists in his last four games.
F Sam Reinhart hasn't quite hold the team record for goals scored by a rookie 16-year--old yet. Seems F Drew Czerwonka might have something to say about it as he hit 16 in 08-09. F Nigel Dawes had 15 in 01-02. Sam now has 16 on the season and will break Czerwonka's mark with his next goal.
Former Ice forward Matt Fraser will make his NHL debut tonight for the Dallas Stars after being called up from the AHL Texas Stars where his second in team scoring with 21g and 14a for 35 points in 40 games, good for 22nd in the AHL. There's a story in the Dallas Morning News here.
G Peyton Lee made the most of his début with the Vancouver Giants. The 15-year-old goaltender from Cranbrook - who plays with the Pursuit of Excellence Midget program in Kelowna - was drafted by the Giants in the second round (28th overall) last May and was called up with the concussion injury to starter Adam Morrison and some indifferent play by back-up Jackson Whistle, hence the two starts over the weekend by Lee.
The Cranbrook Minor Hockey product stopped 24 of 26 shots Sunday in a 3-2 win over Seattle and 19 of 22 shots in a 4-3 win over Everett. There's highlites and coverage here, here and here.
For those who wondered, G Nathan Lieuwen's save against Edmonton did make the WHL Plays of the Week.
Mackenzie Skapski's toe-save in Brandon will likely get some consideration for Friday's version.
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Top 50 scores broke down in the East, players per team. Leth-1,Reg-1,RD-1,SC-1,Edm-4,MJ-2, PA-3,Cal-2 Brnd-4,MH-2,Skt-3,and Ktn-1How can PA have 3 in the top 50 and not be in the running for playoffs and Brandon have 4 and fighting for there lives for the last spot
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