Game 34 - ICE at Swift Current
December 30, 2021 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Winnipeg Ice News Release
ICE CHIPS
The Winnipeg ICE continue a four game, six day road trip tonight against the Broncos.
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 last night in Regina.
Winnipeg is currently in the midst of playing seven of eight games on the road.
ICE VS BRONCOS
The ICE are 3-0 vs Swift Current, with two games remaining after tonight (Oct 17 @ Wpg 3-1 W / Nov 19 @ SC 4-3 W / Nov 24 @ Wpg 7-0 W / tonight @ SC / Feb 12 @ Wpg / Feb 26 @ SC).
The ICE are 14-1 vs the Broncos in their last 15 games.
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 (3-8-11).
Mikey Milne is on a four game point streak (4-4-8).
Zach Benson is on a four 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
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
Western Hockey League Stories from December 30, 2021
- Lisowsky's Hat-Trick Paves Way to Victory over P.A. - Saskatoon Blades
- Tigers Avoid Sweep - Calgary Hitmen
- Oil Kings Comeback to Defeat Wheaties in a Shootout - Edmonton Oil Kings
- Raiders End 2021 with Loss to Blades in Saskatoon - Prince Albert Raiders
- Tips in the NHL: Dustin Wolf Called up to Calgary Flames - Everett Silvertips
- WHL Announces Pausing of Team Activities for Swift Current Broncos - Swift Current Broncos
- Tigers Sign Lindstrom - Medicine Hat Tigers
- Spokane Chiefs Seek Back-To-Back Wins against Seattle Thunderbirds - Spokane Chiefs
- WHL Pauses Swift Current Team Activities; Pats Game Postponed - Regina Pats
- Gameday Preview - December 30 vs Calgary - Medicine Hat Tigers
- Raiders Sign Ryder Ritchie to WHL Standard Player Agreement - Prince Albert Raiders
- WHL Announces Pausing of Team Activities for Swift Current Broncos - WHL
- Wheat Kings Entertain Edmonton in Unique Affair - Brandon Wheat Kings
- Wilke Signs with Hurricanes - Lethbridge Hurricanes
- Brandt and Canada Life Team up for $30,000 We Care Weekday Donation to SOFIA House - Regina Pats
- Blades Host Raiders in Final Game of 2021 - Saskatoon Blades
- Huuhtanen, Hofer Power Tips Past Cougars 4-2 in Prince George - Everett Silvertips
- Royals Blank Giants on the Strength of Tyler Palmer's 50 Save Shutout - Vancouver Giants
- Rebels Come on out on Top of High Scoring Affair with Raiders - Red Deer Rebels
- Rockets Crush Blazers - Kelowna Rockets
- Game 34 - ICE at Swift Current - Winnipeg Ice
- Silvertips Complete Midweek Sweep of Cougars - Prince George Cougars
- Palmer Earns First Career Shutout in Win against Giants - Victoria Royals
- Pats Unable to Complete Comeback in Loss to ICE - Regina Pats
- Raiders Fall to Rebels in High-Scoring Affair - Prince Albert Raiders
- ICE Prevail over Regina - Winnipeg Ice
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