The number one team in the WHL and CHL make their first of two trips to the ENMAX Centre this season as the Kamloops Blazers visit Lethbridge tonight. The Hurricanes are coming off their best game of the season in which 6 different goal scorers led the team to a win over Brandon, while Kamloops is coming off a hard fought 5-4 Shootout win over the Edmonton Oil Kings Wednesday. The Hurricanes currently sit 5^th in the East Conference with a record of 4-6-0-0 and they are 11^th in the Conference while the Blazers are tops overall at 10-0-0-1.

The Hurricanes are led by Russ Maxwell who has 9 points in 10 games while JC Lipon of the Blazers (who is the WHL and CHL player of the Week for the 2^nd straight week) has 27 points (11G, 16A) in 11 games. Last season the team met out west with the Blazers winning both games by scores of 7-4 (October 21^st) and 3-0 (January 18^th)  Russ Maxwell had a goal against Kamloops last year, while Jay Merkley and Graham Hood added assists.

2011-2012 Season Matchup:

October 21^st: Lethbrige (4) Kamloops (7)

January 18^th: Lethbridge (0) Kamloops (3)

Powerplay: Hurricanes – 1/7  Kamloops – 2/9

Shots on Goal: Hurricanes – 54  Kamloops - 80

2012 – 2013 Stats:

Points (9) – Russell Maxwell

Goals (6) – Russell Maxwell

Assists (5) – Graham Hood, Macoy Erkamps

PIM’s (27) – Spencer Galbraith                              

Plus/Minus (+1) – Axel Blomqvist, Reid Duke, Ryan Pilon, Jaimen Yakubowski

Overall Powerplay: 9/52 (17.3%)                          Home Powerplay: 6/32 (18.8%)

Overall Penalty Kill: 13/39 (66.7%)                      Home Penalty Kill: 5/20 (75.0%)

Division Comparison:

vs. Central Division:               2-2-0-0

vs. East Division:                  1-2-0-0

vs. BC Division:                      1-0-0-0

vs. US Division:                      0-2-0-0

Top Scorers – Lethbridge:                                      Top Scorers – Kamloops:

Russell Maxwell: 6G, 3A – 9 points                           JC Lipon: 11, 16 – 27 points

Jaimen Yakubowski: 4G, 3A – 7 points                    Colin Smith: 7G, 16A – 23 points

Macoy Erkamps: 1G, 5A – 6 points                          Tim Bozon: 8G, 8A – 16 points

Sam McKechnie: 5G, 0A – 5 points                          Brendan Ranford: 5G, 10A – 15 points

Milestone Watch:

Brady Ramsay – 4 points shy of 50 for his career

Spencer Galbraith – 4 PIM’s away from 200 for his career

Russ Maxwell – played in his 150^th career game on October 17^th vs. Brandon

Ty Rimmer – played in his 100^th career regular season WHL game Oct 6^th vs. Spokane. Rimmer is also 1 shutout shy from 10 in his career

Remi Laurencelle – recorded his first career WHL goal vs. Spokane October 6^th 2012.

Axel Blomqvist – recorded his first career WHL point with 1 assist vs. Spokane on October 6^th, 2012

Joel Topping – recorded his first career WHL point with 1 assist vs. Tri City (his brother Mitch’s team) on October 5^th, 2012

Graham Hood – hit the 100 career point milestone with 1 assist vs. Kootenay on September 29th

COMMUNITY CORNER:

The Lethbridge Hurricanes are proud to announce that “OKTOBERFEST” is coming!!

Join us on Friday, October 26^th (vs. Regina) or on Saturday, October 27^th (Swift Current) for Oktoberfest. For only $19 dollars per person, you’ll enjoy a ticket to the Hurricanes game, 1 Beer and 1 Bratwurst all for only 19 dollars per person. For more details contact the Hurricanes office at (403) 328-1986.

*This offer is for GROUPS OF 15 OR MORE ONLY.

Social Media Saturday: Fans stay tuned for our 1^st “Social Media Saturday” this weekend when the Hurricanes host the Moose Jaw Warriors. We want YOU to pick the Hardest Working Hurricane by sending us your vote on Twitter. Be sure to follow us on @WHLHurricanes 

Every Friday home game throughout the season is also “Food Bank Fridays”.  Be sure to bring a non-perishable food item for the Lethbridge Food Bank. Also look for the Food Bank on the concourse and be sure to enter your name into draw for a weekly prize (winners announced during the game) Help us help the Food Bank on October 19^th, and 26^th.

EXCLUSIVE for Season Ticket Holders:

This season we’re introducing the Perfect Attendance! We want to reward our Season Ticket Holders for their perfect attendance. If their season ticket is scanned for every home game during the Hurricanes 2012-2013 regular season, they will be entered in a draw to win a free season ticket in 2013-2014.

Next up: The Hurricanes wrap-up their 6 game home stand Saturday, October 20^th when they host the Moose Jaw Warriors. Game time is at 7:00pm and you can tune in to 94.1 CJOC starting at 6:30 to hear the pre-game show with Pat Siedlecki and Fred Jack. You can always follow your Lethbridge Hurricanes at home or on the road with news and team headlines on Twitter @WHLHurricanes, play by play analysis @CanesCast or follow us on our Official Facebook Fan Page at facebook.com/WHLHurricanes. You can also check out the game live on WHL Web TV - log on to whl.ca for details and pricing. Fan can also drop by Pop's Pub South to watch the WHL Webcast live as they present all 36 Hurricanes road games this season.