The Hurricanes and Swift Current Broncos are facing each other for the second time this week and the second of their four meetings this season. On Tuesday, the Canes posted a 4-0 shutout over Swift Current thanks to a 37 save performance from Ty Rimmer and goals from Russ Maxwell, Sam McKechnie, Jamal Watson and Spencer Galbraith. The Hurricanes come into the game after a 6-1 rout of the Regina Pats while the Broncos come enter the game after a 5-2 win over the Kootenay Ice. Tonight’s teams sit 4^th in their respective divisions while the Hurricanes are 8^th in the Conference, the Broncos are 6^th.

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. Leading the way against Swift last year were veterans Russ Maxwell (1G, 2A) and Graham Hood (2G, 1A) who both have 3 points.

2012 – 2013 Season Matchup:

October 23^rd: Lethbridge (4) Swift Current (0)

Powerplay: Lethbridge – 1/3  Regina – 0/5

Shots: Lethbridge – 26  Regina - 37

2012 – 2013 Stats:

Points (16), Goals (10) – Russell Maxwell

Assists (9), Rookie Points Leader (9) – Axel Blomqvist

PIM’s (38) – Jaimen Yakubowski        

Plus/Minus (+7) – Daniel Johnston

Overall Powerplay: 13/70 (18.6%)                                        Home Powerplay: 9/45 (20.0%)

Overall Penalty Kill: 18/68 (73.5%)                                      Home Penalty Kill: 10/41 (75.6%)

Division Comparison:

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

vs. East Division:                 3-3-0-0

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

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

Hot Hand:

Jay Merkley (5G, 3A) is on a 7 game point streak

Brady Ramsay (1G, 7A) is on a 6 game point streak.

Ty Rimmer has made 15 straight starts for the Hurricanes

Top Scorers – Lethbridge:                                      Top Scorers – Swift Current:

Russell Maxwell: 10G, 6A – 16 points                     Adam Lowry: 7G, 9A – 16 points

Sam McKechnie: 9G, 0A – 9 points                          Coda Gordon: 5G, 11A – 16 points

Jaimen Yakubowski: 5G, 4A -9 points                      Graham Black: 6G, 6A – 12 points

Brady Ramsay: 2G, 7A – 9 points                             Ryan Moser: 4G, 7A – 11 points

(2 others with 9 points each)

Milestone Watch:

Ty Rimmer is 10 saves shy of 500 this season.

Ty Rimmer surpassed 3,000 saves (reg. season) for his career. His 29 saves vs. Regina on October 26^th gave him 3,003

Axel Blomqvist is 6^th in WHL Rookie scoring (9A)

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) He recorded his 10^th career shutout on Oct. 23^rd vs. Swift Current.

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! 

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 6 game home stand continues Tuesday, October 30^th when they host the Vancouver Giants. Game time is 7:00pm and you can tune into the pregame show on 94.1 CJOC with Pat Siedlecki and Fred Jack. 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 at www.lethbridgehurricanes.com.  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 Credit: Darwin Knelsen)