ICE Take on Division Leading Raiders
March 8, 2020 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Winnipeg Ice News Release
The ICE and Raiders will meet for the sixth and final time this season. Both teams are coming into this one on their third game in three nights as the ICE picked up two wins of the Moose Jaw Warriors in a home and home series. The Raiders went 1-0-1 in their home and home series with the Wheat Kings.
The ICE come into this one after beating the Warriors last night. Michal Teply and Owen Pederson each had two goals a piece while Peyton Krebs had a goal and two assists and was a plus 5 rating on the night. That made it back to back wins for the ICE as they claw closer to the Brandon Wheat Kings and look to grab home ICE advantage in the first round of the WHL playoffs.
The ICE look to continue what they have built over the last two games, giving up only two goals and keeping their record over the last 10 games to 5-5-0-0 and have themselves sitting in third place in the East Division. The Raiders are looking to keep on going as they sit with an 8-1-1-0 record over their last 10 games.
WINNIPEG ICE PRINCE ALBERT RAIDERS
Record: 36-24-1-0 36-17-6-4
Last 10 Games: 5-5-0-0 8-1-1-0
Power Play: 55/251 (21.9%) 45/201 (21.6%)
Penalty Kill: 143/187 (76.5%) 182/221 (82.4%)
GF-GA: 222-205 210-157
Ranking: 3rd East Division | 6th Eastern Conf.
1st East Division | 3rd Eastern Conf.
LAST GAME - 7-1 WIN OVER MOOSE JAW: The ICE were back at the ICE Cave for the first time since February 19th, after a 3 game road trip to Alberta, followed by a match-up with the Moose Jaw Warriors last night, as the ICE took the 4-1 victory in Moose Jaw.
The ICE wasted no time scoring in front of the home crowd as Michal Teply put one past Warriors' goalie Brock Gould, just 4:08 minutes into the game. The Warriors looked to get the game tied up as Reece Harsch got booked for a double high sticking minor at 12:13. The ICE however, scored twice shorthanded during the penalty to take a 3-0 lead into the first intermission. Peyton Krebs and Owen Pederson got the two shorthanded goals as both came on breakaways. Gage Alexander received his first start in nearly five months for the ICE and made four saves in the opening period, as his counterpart Gould made ten.
It was more of the same for the ICE in the second as Teply got his second of the game on the powerplay at 6:22 of the second period. Eric Alarie would score his 7th of the season to put the Warriors on the board. The ICE would score their third shorthanded goal of the game as Pederson scored his second after freezing Gould and then sniping it top corner. Shots were 24-12 in favor of the ICE after two periods.
The ICE continued to score in the third as Nino Kinder deflected a Nolan Orzeck shot for his 12th goal of the season. Isaac Johnson scored his 25th of the season to but a big emphasis on a 7-1 win for the ICE. Shots were 43-14 in favor of Winnipeg as Gage Alexander made 13 saves for his first career victory.
ICE 2019-20 Club Leaders:
Goals: Michal Teply (28)
Assists: Peyton Krebs (45)
Points: Isaac Johnson (69)
PIMS: Jackson Leppard (73)
Plus/ Minus: Carson Lambos (+19)
Wins: Liam Hughes (19)
RAIDERS 2019-20 Club Leaders:
Goals: Aliaksei Protas (31)
Assists: Aliaksei Protas (49)
Points: Aliaksei Protas (80)
PIMS: Jeremy Masella (83)
Plus/ Minus: Aliaksei Protas, Zack Hayes (+38)
Wins: Max Paddock (23)
VS PRINCE ALBERT THIS SEASON: The Winnipeg ICE are 2-2-1-0 against the Raiders this season.
NEXT UP: Below are the next three games for the Winnipeg ICE:
Wednesday, Mar 11 - Winnipeg @ Regina
Friday, Mar 13 - Winnipeg vs Saskatoon
Saturday, Mar 14 - Winnipeg vs Regina
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