The Hurricanes and Swift Current Broncos will play each other twice over the next five days and tonight is their first of four meetings this season. The Hurricanes come into tonight’s game after a hard fought 4-3 OT win over the Moose Jaw Warriors on the weekend. That win gives them a record of 5-6-1-0 in the Central Division and 8^th overall in the East Conference. The Broncos are 2^nd in the East Division (4^th in Conference) at 5-5-3-1 and dropped a 5-1 decision to the Prince Albert Raiders on Sunday.

In 2011-2012, the Broncos won the season series 3-1 with the lone win for Lethbridge coming on December 17^th (their Teddy Bear Toss night) when they skated away with a 4-1 victory in front of 4,100 fans. Albin Blomqvist and Sam McKechnie scored their first career WHL goals against the Broncos last year and leading the way against Swift are veterans Russ Maxwell (1G, 2A) and Graham Hood (2G, 1A) who both have 3 points.

2011-2012 Season Matchup:

October 8^th: Lethbridge (3) Swift Current (6)

October 15^th: Lethbridge (3) Swift Current (9)

December 17^th: Lethbridge (4) Swift Current (1)

February 1^st: Lethbridge (4) Swift Current (6)

Powerplay: Lethbridge: 5/16 – Swift Current 5/18

Shots on Goal: Lethbridge: 119 – Swift Current 152

2012 – 2013 Stats:

Points (13) – Russell Maxwell

Goals (8) – Russell Maxwell

Assists (7) – Axel Blomqvist

PIM’s (33) – Jaimen Yakubowski           

Plus/Minus (+3) – Lenny Hackman, Daniel Johnston, Ryan Pilon

Overall Powerplay: 10/58 (17.2%)                                          Road Powerplay: 3/20 (15.0%)

Overall Penalty Kill: 18/55 (67.3%)                                        Road Penalty Kill: 8/19 (57.9%)

Division Comparison:

vs. Central Division:               3-2-0-0

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

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

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

Hot Hand:

Jay Merkley (3G, 1A) is on 4 game point streak

Russ Maxwell (3G, 3A) Brady Ramsay (1G, 4A) Axel Blomqvist (4A) are on 3 game point streaks.

Top Scorers – Lethbridge:                                      Top Scorers – Swift Current:

Russell Maxwell: 8G, 5A – 13 points                        Adam Lowry: 7G, 8A – 15 points

Jaimen Yakubowski: 5G, 3A – 8 points                    Coda Gordon: 5G, 10A – 15 points

Macoy Erkamps: 1G, 6A – 7 points                          Graham Black: 6G, 6A – 12 points

Axel Blomqvist: 0G, 7A – 7 points                            Ryon Moser: 4G, 6A – 10 points

Milestone Watch:

Spencer Galbraith – 2 PIM’s away from 200 for his career

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

Lenny Hackman – recorded his first career WHL point with 1 assist vs. Moose Jaw on October 20^th, 2012

Brady Ramsay – recorded his 50^th career point vs. Kamloops on October 19^th, 2012

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

Joel Topping – recorded his first career WHL point with his 1 assist vs. Tri City on October 5^th, 2012

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

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

Ty Rimmer – has played 100 career regular season WHL games (Oct 6^th.) Rimmer is 1 shutout shy from 10 in his career

COMMUNITY CORNER:

A long-forgotten secret passageway was found in the lowest level of the ENMAX Centre.  Your only chance to tour it is on October 27th between 6 and 8 PM during the B93 Halloween Night game.  Dress up for your chance to win prizes and remember, your ticket into the game will get you into the Dungeon of Doom…..if you dare! 

The Lethbridge Hurricanes are proud to announce “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. *This offer is for GROUPS OF 15 OR MORE ONLY.  For more details contact the Hurricanes office at (403) 328-1986.

Next up: The Hurricanes will wrap up their mini two game road swing through Saskatchewan with a visit to Moose Jaw on Wednesday, October 24^th. Game time will be 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. Remember, at home or on the road you can follow your Lethbridge Hurricanes with news and team headlines on Twitter @WHLHurricanes, play by play analysis @CanesCast or by checking out our website.   Fans can also follow us on our Official Facebook Fan Page at facebook.com/WHLHurricanes or check out the game live on WHL Web TV - log on to whl.ca for details and pricing. Fans can also drop by Pop's Pub South to watch the WHL Webcast live as they present all 36 Hurricanes road games this season.

(Photo Courtesy: CanesCast)