ICE, Wheat Kings Meet in Cranbrook
October 24, 2018 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kootenay Ice News Release
Cranbrook, B.C. - The Kootenay ICE (3-5-2-1) begin a three-game homestand when it welcomes the Brandon Wheat Kings (6-2-2-1) to Western Financial Place on Wednesday, October 24, 2018.
Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. MT.
ICE PREVIEW
ICE 2018-19 Club Leaders:
Goals: Jaeger White (6)
Assists: Peyton Krebs (9)
Points: Peyton Krebs (13)
PIMS: Brad Ginnell, Davis Murray (17)
Plus/ Minus: Jakin Smallwood (+6)
Wins: Duncan McGovern (3)
The ICE are coming off of a 6-3 loss to the Edmonton Oil Kings on Sunday, October 21, 2018. Brett Davis, Peyton Krebs and Kaeden Taphorn scored the goals for the ICE while Cam Hausinger, Jakin Smallwood, Martin Bodak and Jaeger White picked up the assists. Goaltender Jesse Makaj stopped 28-of-34 shots that came his way. The ICE were outshot 34-33. They went 1-for-6 on the power play, 5-for-8 on the penalty kill and won 30-of-65 faceoffs.
The ICE have amassed nine points this season, which is good for sixth in the Central Division and 10th in the Eastern Conference.
The ICE have a home record of 3-2-1-0.
UPCOMING MILESTONES:
ASSISTS
- '98-born defenceman Dallas Hines is six assists away from 50 career WHL assists.
- '98-born forward Jaeger White is six assists away from 50 career WHL assists.
GAMES
- '98-born defenceman Dallas Hines is five games away from 200 career WHL regular season games played.
- '99-born defenceman Jonathan Smart is eight games away from 200 career WHL regular season games played.
- '99-born forward Brett Davis is five games away from 200 career WHL regular season games played.
- '01-born forward Peyton Krebs is 15 games away from 100 career WHL regular season games played.
ICE STREAKS:
- '01-born forward Peyton Krebs has 12 points in 10 games (3G, 9A).
- '99-born forward Brett Davis has nine points (4G, 5A) in six games.
- '99-born forward Davis Murray has seven points (4G, 3A) in nine games.
- '98-born forward Jaeger White has 10 points (6G, 4A) in 10 games.
- '99-born forward Cam Hausinger has seven points (3G, 4A) in seven games.
- '00-born forward Brad Ginnell has three points (0G, 3A) in three games.
WHEAT KINGS PREVIEW
Wheat Kings 2018-19 Club Leaders:
Goals: Stelio Mattheos (12)
Assists: Schael Higson (9)
Points: Stelio Mattheos (19)
PIMS: Schael Higson (21)
Plus/ Minus: Braden Schneider (+10)
Wins: Jiri Patera (6)
Wednesday's game will be game number two of a seven-game road trip for the Wheat Kings, which started the previous night in Lethbridge. The road trip includes dates against Lethbridge, Kootenay, Victoria, Vancouver, Prince George, Kamloops and Kelowna. The next home date for the Wheat Kings is November 9.
The Wheat Kings are coming off of a 2-1 loss to the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Tuesday, October 23. Stelio Mattheos scored the lone goal for Brandon while Zach Wytinck and Connor Gutenberg picked up the assists. Goaltender Jiri Patera stopped 25-of-27 shots that came his way. The Wheat Kings outshot the Hurricanes 35-27. They went 1-for-4 on the power play, 2-for-4 on the penalty kill and won 29-of-64 face-offs.
The Wheat Kings have collected 15 points this season, which is good for third in the East Division and fourth in the Eastern Conference.
The Wheat Kings have a road record of 2-1-1-0.
HEAD TO HEAD
This will be the first meeting of the season between the ICE and the Wheat Kings. Both teams will meet three more times before the 2018-19 campaign done. The next meeting will be in mid-January in Brandon.
The ICE went 3-1-0-0 against the Wheat Kings last season, including 2-0-0-0 at Western Financial Place.
The ICE are 4-1-1-0 in the last six games against the Wheat Kings at Western Financial Place. Overall, both home and away, the ICE are 5-6-1-0 against the Wheat Kings.
CATEGORY ICE WHEAT KINGS
PP 12/50 (24.0%) 10/38 (26.3%)
PK 34-43 (79.1%) 29/44 (65.9%)
GOALS FOR 37 43
GOALS AGAINST 45 34
STREAK L-6 L-2
HOME RECORD 3-2-1-0 4-1-1-1
AWAY RECORD 0-3-2-1 2-1-1-0
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