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Pre Game Report Presented by Imperial Steel - ICE vs Warriors - April 21, 2021

Published on April 21, 2021 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Winnipeg Ice News Release


April 21, 2021, 9:00pm (MB)

Winnipeg ICE vs Moose Jaw Warriors

Brandt Centre, Regina SK

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LAST GAME: ICE 5 Broncos 2, Monday, April 19. Zach Benson had his first WHL multi-goal game as Winnipeg rebounded from an OT loss to Brandon with a convincing win over Swift Current. Benson, a 2020 WHL Draft first round pick, opened and closed the scoring to up his total to eight goals. Peyton Krebs (11), Mikey Milne (4), and James Form (2) notched the others for the ICE while Conor Geekie chipped in with a pair of assists. Gage Alexander stopped 16 for the win as Winnipeg claimed the season series 3-1-0-0.

SCENE SETTER: The ICE (14-5-1-0) have a point in nine of the last ten games (8-1-1-0) going into this evening's contest with the Warriors (8-11-1-0). Winnipeg is 3-and-0 against Moose Jaw this season, but used two third-period goals to pull away in the last meeting and wrap up the two points after the Warriors turned a 4-0 ICE lead into a 4-3 game.

2021 SEASON SERIES:

Date Opponent Score Record PP PK Goalie Scorers

Mar. 18 @ MJ W5-2 1-0-0-0 1/4 1/2 Stankowski 26/28 9,19,17,12,23

Mar. 28 vMJ W4-1 2-0-0-0 1/6 5/5 Hauser 20/21 23,19,12 ,10

Apr. 7 @ MJ W6-3 3-0-0-0 3/3 3/4 Alexander 32/35 19,94(2),9, 12,23

NOTABLE:

Krebs tops the leaderboard: Peyton Krebs leads the WHL with 37 points in 20 games (11 goals, 26 assists) with all of those points coming on a point streak that's now at 19-games. Krebs' impressive run has him two shy of Mike Comrie's club record point streak set in 2000-01.

TRACK STATS LEADERS HERE: See all ICE players among the WHL stats leaders here.

McClennon's Magical Run Ends: Connor McClennon's run of four consecutive multipoint games, and 12-game point streak (9 goals, 12 assists), ended Monday, April 19th @ SC. On April 12th versus Regina, McClennon scored to reach 100 points for his WHL career.

Pederson's Streak Stops: Forward Owen Pederson's stretch of three consecutive multipoint games, and nine-game point streak (6 goals, 10 assists), ended Monday April 19th @ SC. The Stony Plain, AB product appeared in his 100th WHL game versus Swift Current, Monday, March 15th.

Smallwood Reaches 150: ICE forward Jakin Smallwood played his 150th WHL game Sunday, April 18th versus Brandon. The Leduc, AB product reached the milestone with 38 goals and 32 assists

Geekie Lighting The Lamp: Conor Geekie, the second overall pick in the 2019 WHL Draft, has eight points in his last six games (3 goals, 5 assists). The 16-year-old 19 points in 20 games.

Geekie Wins It: 2004-born Conor Geekie's first career game winning goal was an overtime winner as the ICE beat Prince Albert in OT Saturday, April 10th.

Zach Attack: 2005-born Zach Benson had his first WHL multi-goal game Monday, April 19th @ SC. It was the fifth multipoint game of the season for Winnipeg's first-round pick in the 2020 WHL Draft.

Krebs Milestone Man: Krebs hit 150 WHL assists with two helpers against Moose Jaw Sunday, March 28th. Also, Peyton's goal versus Swift Current Friday, March 26th was the 200th point of his WHL career. Krebs' first point was an assist in Lethbridge in his WHL debut on November 16, 2016.

Mr. Zero: Gage Alexander picked up his first WHL shutout versus Prince Albert Friday, April 2nd stopping all 31 shots sent his way.

Muir reaches 200: Forward Cole Muir played his 200th WHL game Wednesday, April 15 versus Brandon. Muir, who was acquired from Regina in the 2017-18 season, played 187 games for the ICE and 13 with the Pats to reach the mark.

McClennon Logs 100th game: Connor McClennon played his 100th Western Hockey League game vs Brandon, Thursday, March 25th. The second overall pick in the 2017 WHL Draft reached a century with 88 points to his credit (39 goals, 49 assists).

100 for Milne: Forward Mikey Milne skated in his 100th WHL contest Wednesday, April 15 versus Brandon. The Abbotsford, BC product debuted for the ICE against Calgary in November of 2018.

ICE streak ends: Winnipeg had a six-game win streak end Wednesday, April 15 with a 5-3 loss to Brandon. The streak was the club's longest since relocating to Manitoba. The ICE outscored the opposition 24-11 in the six games with 11 power play goals.

Powerplay Consistency: The ICE have scored a powerplay goal in 17 of their 20 games, and have 30 powerplay goals in 91 advantages (33 %). Winnipeg was 22.5% effective on the powerplay last season, tops in the East Division scoring 58 PPG in 63 games.

PK Boost: Winnipeg penalty killers are 58-for-71 on the season (81.7%) with two shorthanded goals.

Back-to-Back: Winnipeg's has played five back-to-back sets in the Hub, and has a 4-1-0-0 mark in the second games of those sets so far. The club plays a total of six back-to-backs this season.

Home Kings: 7-2-1-0 at home to start 2021, the ICE went 20-8-1-0 within the East Division in 2019-20 for the best record among the six teams.

Winning Ways: Winnipeg's 38 total wins, and 22 home wins, were also East Division highs a season ago.

WHL Draft Dandies: six of the 26 players on the ICE roster are WHL Draft first round picks (Leppard [PG], Krebs, McClennon, Lambos, Geekie, and Benson).

WHL Firsts From The Hub:

April 16 vs Swift Current, Owen Boucher notched his first WHL point with an assist.

April 3 @ Regina, Skylar Bruce scored his first WHL goal.

March 23 vs Regina, Chase Bertholet scored his first WHL goal.

March 18th @ Moose Jaw, Skyler Bruce and Rhys Raeside each recorded their first WHL point assisting on Cole Muir's insurance goal, while goalie Carl Stankowski notched his first ICE win.

March 15th vs Swift Current, Zach Benson had his first goal, first assist, and first multi-point game. 2004-born Conor Geekie notched his first assist to earn his first point streak (2 games). After scoring 85 QMJHL goals, Anderson MacDonald notched his first Dub goal. And, 2004 born goalie Daniel Hauser collected the win in his first WHL appearance.

Puck drops at 9:00PM CDT tonight, catch all the action live on CFRW 1290 AM, iHeartRadio App and winnipegICE.ca. Pre-game show starts at 8:30PM CDT with Mitch Peacock and Kevin Olszewski. Tonights game is also available on WHL Live on CHL TV.

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