Game 34 - ICE at Medicine Hat
January 1, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Winnipeg Ice News Release
ICE CHIPS
The Winnipeg ICE conclude a three game, six day road trip tonight against the Tigers.
Forward Jack Finley has scored in back to back games as the ICE have earned three out of a possible four points following a 5-4 overtime loss Monday in Brandon and a 4-2 victory Wednesday in Regina.
ICE VS TIGERS
The ICE are 2-0 this season against Medicine Hat with three games remaining after tonight (Nov 20 @ MH 4-2 W / Nov 27 @ Wpg 7-2 W / tonight @ MH / Feb 5 @ Wpg / Feb 6 @ Wpg / Feb 25 @ MH).
Connor McClennon leads the ICE with six points (two goals and four assists) versus the Tigers. Jakin Smallwood has a Winnipeg high three goals.
WELCOME TO THE DUB
16 year old defenseman Ashton Cumby made his WHL debut last night. The ICE recalled Cumby from the Lloydminster Bobcats of the Alberta Elite U18 AAA Hockey League yesterday afternoon.
The 6'5", 207 pound blue liner, from Bonnyville, Alberta, has 10 points (five goals and five assists) and 76 penalty minutes in 24 games with the Bobcats this season.
Cumby was selected in the fourth round, 80th overall in the 2020 WHL Prospects Draft.
Cumby is the eighth player the ICE have welcomed into the WHL this season (Omen Harmacy, Josh Mettimano, Evan Friesen, Jonas Woo, Brayden Edwards, Ty Fraser and Aiden Oiring).
WHO'S HOT
Daniel Hauser has won back to back starts and is 12-0-1 in 13GP this season.
Matthew Savoie is on a seven game point streak (4-7-11).
Mikey Milne is on a five game point streak (4-4-8).
Zach Benson is on a five game point streak (0-8-8).
Conor Geekie is on a two game point streak (1-2-3).
Jack Finley is on a two game goal scoring streak (2).
Jakin Smallwood is on a two game point streak (1-1-2).
LEAGUE LEADERS
Connor McClennon and Mikey Milne share the WHL lead for goals with 23.
Matthew Savoie leads all WHL players with 34 assists.
Matthew Savoie leads all WHL players with 52 points.
Mikey Milne leads all WHL players with a plus minus rating of +32.
Ben Zloty and Christoffer Sedoff of Red Deer share the WHL lead for power play assists with 16.
Jakin Smallwood and Ben King of Red Deer share the WHL lead for game winning goals with six.
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 +28.
Matthew Savoie leads all WHL rookies with 18 goals, 11 power play goals, 14 power play assists, and a plus minus rating of +23.
Daniel Hauser leads all WHL goaltenders with a 1.84 goals against average.
WORLD JUNIOR HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP
ICE defensemen Carson Lambos represented Team Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Edmonton and Red Deer. It marked the second straight World Junior Hockey Championship where a member of the Winnipeg ICE played for Team Canada. Forward Peyton Krebs had eight points (three goals and five assists) in seven games last year.
Defenseman Maximilian Streule represented 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, 9 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).
- 18 players are selections by the ICE in the WHL Prospects Draft (Alexander, Benson, Boucher, Bruce, Cumby, 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).
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.
TRANSACTIONS
2021
Dec 29 - recalled defenseman Ashton Cumby from the Lloydminster Bobcats U18 AAA (AEHL)
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
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