The Hurricanes and Moose Jaw Warriors are meeting for the second time this season and the second time in less than a week. The Canes are entering tonight’s game after posting their first shutout of the season last night when they blanked Swift Current 4-0. The win improved the Hurricanes record to 6-6-1-0 on the season which is good for 4^th in the Central Division and 7^th in the East Conference. Moose Jaw is 4th in the East Division at 5-5-1-1 and they're 1 point back of the Canes in the Conference. The Warriors haven’t played since they dropped a 4-3 OT decision to the Hurricanes on the weekend. In that game, Moose Jaw held the lead 3 times and each time the Canes came back to tie it up on goals from Sam McKechnie, Spencer Galbraith and Jamal Watson. Jaimen Yakubowski scored the winner at 3:20 of OT for the win despite the Canes getting outshot 45-39.

In 2011-2012, the Hurricanes and Warriors played 4 times with the Warriors winning the season series 3-1. Lethbridge won their final meeting of the year by a score of 2-1.

2012-2013 Season Matchup:

October 20^th: Lethbridge (4) - Moose Jaw (3) / OT

Shots: Lethbridge (39) - Moose Jaw (45)

Powerplay: Lethbridge 1/4 – Moose Jaw 2/8

2012 – 2013 Stats:

Points (14) – Russell Maxwell

Goals (9) – Russell Maxwell

Assists (8) – Axel Blomqvist

Rookie Points Leader (8) – Axel Blomqvist

PIM’s (38) – Jaimen Yakubowski           

Plus/Minus (+5) – Daniel Johnston

Overall Powerplay: 11/61 (18%)                           Road Powerplay: 4/23 (17.4%)

Overall Penalty Kill: 18/60 (70.0%)                      Road Penalty Kill: 8/24 (66.7%)

Division Comparison:

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

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

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

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

Hot Hand:

Jay Merkley (3G, 3A) is on a 5 game point streak

Russ Maxwell (4G, 3A) Brady Ramsay (1G, 5A) Axel Blomqvist (5A) are on 4 game point streaks.

Spencer Galbraith (2G) Sam McKechnie (2G) are on 2 game point streaks

Ty Rimmer has made 13 straight starts for the Hurricanes

Top Scorers – Lethbridge:                                      Top Scorers – Moose Jaw:

Russell Maxwell: 9G, 5A – 14 points                        Sam Fioretti: 11G, 8A – 19 points

Jaimen Yakubowski: 5G, 3A – 8 points                    Morgan Rielly: 3G, 12A – 15 points

Axel Blomqvist: 0G, 8A – 8 points                            Brayden Point: 4G, 7A – 11 points

Sam McKechnie: 7G, 0A – 7 points                          Travis Brown: 2G, 8A – 10 points

(3 others with 7 points each)

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 recorded his 1^st shutout as a Hurricane on October 23^rd, 2012. 37 saves vs. Swift Current)

COMMUNITY CORNER:

This weekend is our final 2 for $32 weekend this month.

What’s 2 for $32?

It’s simple, just stop by the (ENMAX) Ticket Centre and purchase a ticket for each night of a Friday / Saturdayback to back home stand and receive a complimentary pop for each game courtesy of the ENMAX Centre!

2 for $32 ... not only do you save on your ticket price, but enjoy a complimentary pop for each game courtesy of the ENMAX Centre!

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 return home from their two game road trip and begin their second stretch of 6 straight games at home. It all starts Friday, October 26^th vs. Regina. Game time is 7:00pm and you can tune into the pregame show on 94.1 CJOC with Pat Siedlecki and Fred Jack.