ICE and Raiders Meet Again Atop East Division
Published on January 5, 2020 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Winnipeg Ice News Release
The top two teams in the east division will go head to head tonight as the top two teams in the East Division meet once again at the ICE Cave. The ICE come into this game just in front of the Raiders for 1st place, leading by four points after last nights win.
The ICE will look to build off of a 6-3 win over the Raiders a night ago which improved their record to 8-2-0-0 over the last ten games. The Raiders are coming off a weekend in which they lost both games and last night dropping a 6-3 decision to the ICE which dropped their record over the past ten games to 1-8-1-0.
The ICE have collected five of eight points against the Raiders this season going 2-1-1 over the four game span.. The Raiders won the first contest in late September in overtime. In the second meeting the Raiders won 3-1 but the ICE battle their way to a win last week in Prince Albert coming out on top 3-2 after a two goal third period. The ICE got another win last night topping the raiders 6-3 in front of a sold out ICE Cave.
WINNIPEG ICE PRINCE ALBERT RAIDERS
Record: 24-13-1-0 20-14-4-1
Last 10 Games: 8-2-0-0 1-8-1-0
Power Play: 34/166 (20.5%) 24/124 (19.4%)
Penalty Kill: 88/120 (73.3%) 115/140 (82.1%)
GF-GA: 138-134 130-105
Ranking:
1st East Division | 4th Eastern Conf.
2nd East Division | 5th Eastern Conf.
LAST GAME - 6-3 WIN OVER PRINCE ALBERT: The Prince Albert Raiders were in town for the first ICE home game of 2020. The ICE defeated the Raiders by a score of 3-2 in their last meeting on December 30th.
The ICE started the game off red hot, with Owen Pederson scoring 2 goals in a span of 11 seconds in the opening minutes of the game. Connor McClennon assisted on both goals and Peyton Krebs received a helper on Pederson's second goal. Prince Albert would respond halfway through the period with Ilya Usau getting his 12th of the season. The shots were 14-9 in favor of the Raiders after the first frame.
The second period saw another three goals, with McClennon giving the ICE a 3-1 lead before the Raiders would score 2 straight to tie the game up heading into the third period. Brayden Watts and Kaiden Guhle got the goals for Prince Albert.
The ICE then scored three unanswered goals in the third period to secure the 6-3 victory and put themselves four points above the Raiders in the East Division. Isaac Johnson got the game winning goal and set up Jackson Leppard for the insurance goal. Leppard would score another one before the game was over as the ICE beat the Raiders for a second straight time. The shots were 28-25 in favor of the Raiders as Liam Hughes made 22 saves in the win.
ICE 2019-20 Club Leaders:
Goals: Connor McClennon (20)
Assists: Connor McClennon (25)
Points: Connor McClennon (45)
PIMS: Jackson Leppard (52)
Plus/ Minus: Carson Lambos (+12)
Wins: Liam Hughes, Jesse Makaj (9)
RAIDERS 2019-20 Club Leaders:
Goals: Aliaksei Protas (20)
Assists: Aliaksei Protas (30)
Points: Aliaksei Protas (50)
PIMS: Jeremy Masella (53)
Plus/ Minus: Aliaksei Protas (+27)
Wins: Boston Bilous (15)
VS PRINCE ALBERT THIS SEASON: The Winnipeg ICE are 2-1-1-0 against the Raiders this season.
NEXT UP: Below are the next three games for the Winnipeg ICE:
Sunday, January 5th - Winnipeg vs Prince Albert
Wednesday, January 8th - Winnipeg vs Medicine Hat
Saturday, January 11th - Winnipeg vs Red Deer
The ICE and the Raiders will meet at 6:00PM tonight as the battle for first place in the east continues. Tickets can be purchased HERE.
If you buy a ticket to tonights game using the promo code BOBBLEHEAD you will receive a free ticket to the Peyton Krebs Mini Bobblehead night on January 11th. Free tickets can be picked up at the box office tonight any time after 4:30PM.
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