Game 33 - ICE at Regina
Published on December 29, 2021 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Winnipeg Ice News Release
ICE CHIPS
The Winnipeg ICE continue a four game, six day road trip tonight against the Pats.
The ICE earned a single point Monday night in Brandon falling 5-4 in overtime to the Wheat Kings. Jakin Smallwood, Jack Finley, Conor Geekie and Mikey Milne scored for Winnipeg, while Gage Alexander made 32 saves.
The ICE are currently in the midst of playing seven of eight games on the road.
ICE VS PATS
The ICE are 3-0 vs Regina this season, with three games remaining after tonight. (Oct 6 @ Wpg 5-2 W / Oct 15 @ Reg 4-2 W / Oct 16 @ Wpg 6-3 W / tonight @ Reg / Jan 15 @ Wpg / Jan 16 @ Wpg / Apr 1 @ Reg).
The ICE are 14-0-0-1 in their last 15 games played vs Regina. The last time the Pats beat the ICE was Friday, October 12, 2018 in Cranbrook, B.C. by a 3-2 score.
Since relocating to Winnipeg and the East Division, the ICE are 12-0 vs Regina.
WHO'S HOT
Daniel Hauser is 12-0-1 in 13GP this season.
Matthew Savoie is on a six game point streak (3-7-10).
Mikey Milne is on a four game point streak (2-4-6).
Zach Benson is on a four game point streak (0-5-5).
LEAGUE LEADERS
Connor McClennon leads all WHL players with 23 goals.
Matthew Savoie leads all WHL players with 34 assists.
Matthew Savoie leads all WHL players with 51 points.
Mikey Milne leads all WHL players with a plus minus rating of +30.
Ben Zloty leads all WHL players with 16 power play assists.
Jakin Smallwood shares the WHL lead with Ben King of Red Deer with six game winning goals.
Ben Zloty leads all WHL defensemen with 29 assists.
Ben Zloty leads all WHL defensemen with 33 points.
Nolan Orzeck leads all WHL defensemen with a plus minus rating of +26.
Matthew Savoie leads all WHL rookies with 17 goals, 10 power play goals, 14 power play assists, and a plus minus rating of +24.
Daniel Hauser leads all WHL goaltenders with a 1.84 goals against average.
WORLD JUNIOR HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP
ICE defensemen Carson Lambos is representing Team Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championship December 26 - January 5 in Edmonton and Red Deer. This marks the second straight World Junior Hockey Championship where a member of the Winnipeg ICE is playing for Team Canada. Forward Peyton Krebs had eight points (three goals and five assists) in seven games last year.
Defenseman Maximilian Streule is representing Team Switzerland.
OH CANADA
ICE forward Zach Benson took part in the Capital City Challenge November 26th to December 1st in Ottawa winning a Gold medal. In the Gold Medal game, Benson scored the tying goal for Team Black with 0.4 seconds remaining in regulation time to force overtime. They beat Team Red 5-4. Benson led all players in the event with seven goals and 12 points.
WHL HISTORY
With their 11th win of the season October 27th in Calgary, Winnipeg won the most consecutive games to open a WHL season since 2006 eclipsing the previous mark of 10 games set by the 2014-15 Kelowna Rockets and 2006-07 Vancouver Giants.
A 3-1 loss in Edmonton October 29th saw the ICE fall one game short of tying for the longest winning streak in WHL history to start a season. The 1988-89 Swift Current Broncos hold the record of 12 straight wins before losing in Saskatoon October 30, 1988.
KIA CHL TOP 10 RANKINGS - Week 12
Winnipeg ICE
2. Edmonton Oil Kings
3. Kingston Frontenacs
4. Charlottetown Islanders
5. Everett Silvertips
6. Quebec Remparts
7. Kamloops Blazers
8. Sherbrooke Phoenix
9. Mississauga Steelheads
10. Guelph Storm
ICE NAMED WHL PLAYER OF THE MONTH
November - Matthew Savoie 10GP 7-15-22
ICE NAMED WHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Nov 15 - Matthew Savoie 3GP 2-6-8
Oct 4 - Owen Pederson 2GP 3-3-6
ICE NAMED WHL GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK
Nov 15 - Gage Alexander 2GP 2-0, 1.00, .961
Nov 1 - Daniel Hauser 2GP 2-0, 1.00, .966, 1so
ROSTER
The ICE roster includes 14 forwards, 8 defenseman and 3 goaltenders.
- 7 players are from Manitoba (Bruce, Friesen, Geekie, Lambos, Muir, Swan, Woo).
- There are currently three 20-year-old players (Muir, Orzeck, Smallwood).
- 15 players who skated for the ICE return from last season (Alexander, Benson, Boucher, Bruce, Geekie, Hauser, Lambos, McClennon, Milne, Muir, Orzeck, Pederson, Prosofsky, Smallwood, Zloty).
- 17 players are selections by the ICE in the WHL Prospects Draft (Alexander, Benson, Boucher, Bruce, Edwards, Geekie, Hauser, Lambos, McClennon, Milne, Orzeck, Pederson, Prosofsky, Savoie, Stenvig, Woo, Zloty).
- 1 player was selected by the ICE in the 2021 CHL Import Draft (Streule).
- 14 players are eligible for the 2022 NHL Draft led by Matthew Savoie and Conor Geekie, who were selected first and second overall respectively by the ICE in the 2019 WHL Prospects Draft (Boucher, Bruce, Friesen, Geekie, Hauser, Milne, Pederson, Prosofsky, Savoie, Streule, Swan, Zloty).
TRANSACTIONS
Dec 27 - recalled goaltender Noah Stenvig from Delta Hockey Academy U17 Prep (CSSHL)
Dec 27 - signed forwards Miles Cooper, Hayden Moore and goaltender Noah Stenvig to WHL Standard Player Agreements
Dec 27 - recalled defenseman Jonas Woo from the Winnipeg Bruins (MU18HL)
Dec 20 - reassigned defenseman Josh Mettimano to The RINK Hockey Academy (CSSHL)
Dec 20 - reassigned defenseman Jonas Woo to the Winnipeg Bruins (MU18HL)
Dec 15 - acquired forward Alessandro Segafredo from the Seattle Thunderbirds in exchange for defenseman Martin Bohm and a sixth round pick in the 2024 WHL Prospects Draft
Dec 15 - recalled defenseman Jonas Woo from the Winnipeg Bruins (MU18HL)
Dec 10 - signed defenseman Jonas Woo to a WHL Standard Players Agreement
Dec 6 - acquired forward Jack Finley and a seventh round pick in the 2024 WHL Prospects
Draft from the Spokane Chiefs in exchange for forwards Chase Bertholet, James Form and a second round pick in the 2024 WHL Prospects Draft.
Dec 4 - recalled defenseman Josh Mettimano from The RINK Hockey Academy (CSSHL)
Dec 4 - reassigned defenseman Brandt Young to the Winnipeg Blues (MJHL)
Dec 3 - recalled defenseman Brandt Young from the Winnipeg Blues (MJHL)
Dec 2 - signed defenseman Josh Mettimano to a WHL Standard Players Agreement
Dec 1 - recalled defenseman Omen Harmacy from the Winnipeg Thrashers (MU18HL)
Dec 1 - reassigned forward Ty Fraser to the Lethbridge Hurricanes U18 AAA (AEHL)
Dec 1 - reassigned forward Aiden Oiring to the Southern Alberta Hockey Academy (CSSHL)
Nov 25 - reassigned defenseman Omen Harmacy to the Winnipeg Thrashers (MU18HL)
Nov 24 - recalled defenseman Omen Harmacy from the Winnipeg Thrashers (MU18HL)
Nov 20 - recalled forward Ty Fraser from the Lethbridge Hurricanes U18 AAA (AEHL)
Nov 13 - recalled forward Aiden Oiring from the Southern Alberta Hockey Academy (CSSHL)
Nov 8 - reassigned defenseman Omen Harmacy to the Winnipeg Thrashers (MU18HL)
Nov 7 - recalled defenseman Omen Harmacy from the Winnipeg Thrashers (MU18HL)
Oct 23 - acquired a conditional seventh round pick in the 2023 Prospects Draft from the Victoria
Royals in exchange for defenseman Anson McMaster
Oct 19 - assigned defenseman Brandt Young to Portage Terriers (MJHL)
Oct 7 - assigned goaltender Dawson Cowan to Winnipeg Blues (MJHL)
Oct 1 - acquired an eighth round pick in 2022 Prospects Draft from the Lethbridge Hurricanes in exchange for forward Rhys Raeside
Sept 27 - acquired a conditional ninth round pick in 2021 Prospects Draft from the Prince Albert
Raiders in exchange for forward Hayden Pakkala
Sept 23 - released defenseman Mike Ladyman
ICE ON AIR
The Winnipeg ICE have teamed up with Bell Media (99.9 Bounce FM, CFRW 1290 AM, CTV and Virgin Radio 103.1 FM) to share the excitement this WHL season.
All regular season and playoff games, presented by Royal LePage Dynamic Real Estate, can be heard on CFRW 1290 AM and viewed online at www.winnipegICE.ca with Brian Munz and Kevin Olzsewski.
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