Caught the Ice game just as the first period was coming to a close last night so I'll spare the recap and save that for the weekend wrap up tonight as the Regina Pats are in town.
Max Reinhart got a goal and two helpers as did Joe Antilla as the Ice beat the Chiefs 4-3.
Drew Czerwonka and Jon Martin got the other goals.
The Ice improve to 32-18-4-4 and 72 points, 4th in the Eastern Conference, two shy of Medicine Hat for 3rd and only one clear of Saskatoon and Calgary - but with a game in hand on all three.
Biggest concern right now is Drew Czerwonka. He left the game after going down after a collision awkwardly on his knee. One hopes that it's a Charlie Horse but the way he was grabbing the outside thigh/left knee makes one wonder about a strained ACL, or worse. Had a torn one of those when I was 20 so hopefully it's the former.
He's out for tonight as the Ice have recalled F Luke Philp from the Canmore Eagles of the AJHL. Philp, 16, leads that team in scoring with 16 goals and 30 assists for 46 points in 48 games.
Czerwonka also tweeted that he won't be playing in Regina this Wednesday as the Ice begin the road trip through the Prairies, stating, "Won't be playing in Regina this wednesday. Sorry for people who already had tickets!"
Yes, I've finally given in to the one aspect of new technology that holding out made me older than I am - Twitter. @jeffbromley1
Couldn't help it. Too much good info almost instantaneously distributed. I was watching the Calgary/Dallas game Thursday night and following Jamie Benn's scary skate cut on his leg and his status, less than a period later his brother tweeted that he would be okay.
Back to the game:
Mackenzie Skapski recovered nicely from a whiff on the first Spokane goal and earned the win, he's 8-5-0-2 on the season with a .889 save percentage and a 3.11 GAA.
Blogged earlier about the Pearce/Descheneau/Martin line. They were dynamic last night. Martin got his 6th of the season and the 16-year-old has a nose for the net. He's rebound goal in the second was the eventual game-winner.
Good crowd at 2873.
Pats are here tonight. 7PM
1 comments:
Nice to see the young guys doing so well. Were Sam has tappered off, the rest of the rookie forwards have picked up the slack. Far as the rookie dmen go, with all 3 in negative territory there combined minus(-21) is still better than Rintoul's -33 who was traded to Victory pre season. Watch out for Sam to start lighting up.
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