Wheat Kings Look for Redemption in Lethbridge

December 3, 2021 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Brandon Wheat Kings News Release

Wheat Kings Regular Season Record: 9-12-0-1 Home: 6-6-0-0 Road: 3-6-0-1

Head Coach: Don MacGillivray | 88 WHL games coached (PA, BWK) | All-Time Record: 39-42-6-1

Tonight's Matchup: The Brandon Wheat Kings continue a four-game road trip tonight in Lethbridge. It's the second meeting of the season between these two clubs, and the first in Lethbridge since February 29th, 2020. That night, Cole Reinhardt scored the game winner midway through the 3rd period to lift the BWK to victory. In the only meeting this season, Brandon picked up a 5-2 win on the heels of a two-goal night from Landon Roberts.

Last Time Out: 3-0 L @ Swift Current: The Wheat Kings fired a season high 47 shots on goal on Wednesday night, but couldn't beat Isaac Poulter. The Winnipeg, MB native earned his 3rd shutout of the season, and earned redemption after being pulled in Brandon a week earlier.

TOP 5 WHEAT KINGS SCORERS

Nolan Ritchie - 9G - 16A - 25 Points

Ridly Greig - 12G - 11A - 23 Points

Nate Danielson - 4G - 12A - 14 Points

Rylen Roersma - 8G - 6A - 14 Points

Chad Nychuk - 5G - 8A - 13 Points

STATS LEADERS:

Goals (12) - Ridly Greig | Assists (16) - Nolan Ritchie

Points (25) - Nolan Ritchie | PIMS (42) - Ridly Greig

Plus/Minus (9) - Ridly Greig | Shots (79) - Ridly Greig

Wins (6) - Ethan Kruger | Shutouts (0) - None

Save % (.899) - Ethan Kruger | Goals Against Average (3.38) - Ethan Kruger

NEWS & NOTES:

No Days Off: The Brandon Wheat Kings are currently in the midst of a jam packed portion of the WHL schedule. The BWK will play four games in five nights, twice over the course of the next two weeks. That totals up to eight games in a twelve day span. Add in over 2000+ KM of travel, and this could be a make or break portion of the calendar for the Wheat Kings.

World Junior Hopefuls: Ridly Greig and Vinny Iorio made the list of 15 WHL'ers who will head to Calgary next week to take part in Hockey Canada's World Junior Selection Camp. Both players will look to make the team and help Canada avenge their silver medal from one year ago.

Speaking of Silver: The Wheat Kings will welcome back rookie defenseman Quinn Mantei to the lineup this weekend. The native of Weyburn, SK is fresh off a silver medal performance with Team Canada Red at the Capital City Challenge U17 tournament in Ottawa. Mantei recorded an assist in the final on Wednesday night, and lined up on the top defensive pairing in the last three games of the event.

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