The Prince George Cougars make their first trip to Lethbridge this season with their final visit in mid-February. The two teams met in a back to back weekend set last year in PG with the Cougars sweeping the weekend series. Lethbridge comes into the game sitting 5^th in the Central Division with a record of 2-5-0-0 and overall they are 10^th in the East Conference. The Canes have dropped 3 straight and are taking on a Cougars team that are 3^rd in the BC Division and 4^th in the West with a record of 5-1-1-0.

Although he’ll still be sitting out the 4^th game of his 5 game suspension tonight Brady Ramsay had 2 goals against PG last year while Macoy Erkamps had 2 assists.

2011-2012 Season Matchup:

January 13^th: Lethbridge (3) – Prince George (6)

January 14^th: Lethbridge (2) – Prince George (4)

Powerplay: Hurricanes: 2/7 – Prince George: 3/15

Shots on Goal: Hurricanes: 93 – Prince George: 67

2012 – 2013 Stats:

Points (5) – Russ Maxwell, Jaimen Yakubowski

Goals (3) – Russ Maxwell, Sam McKechnie, Jaimen Yakubowski

Assists (2) – Russ Maxwell, Macoy Erkamps, Graham Hood, Spencer Galbraith, Jaimen Yakubowski, Axel Blomqvist   

PIM’s (23) – Spencer Galbraith                              

Plus/Minus (+2) – Jaimen Yakubowski

Overall Powerplay: 4/34 (11.8%)                           

Overall Penalty Kill: 11/29 (62.1%)         

Top Scorers – Lethbridge:

Russell Maxwell: 3G, 2A – 5 points

Jaimen Yakubowski: 3G, 2A – 5 points

Sam McKechnie: 3G, 0A – 3 points

Dan Johnston: 1G, 1A – 2 points

(5 others with 2 points each)

Top Scorers – Prince George:

Colin Jacobs: 7G, 6A – 13 points

Caleb Belter: 3G, 4A – 7 points

Zach Pochiro: 3G, 3A – 6 points

Brock Hirsche: 3G, 3A – 6 points

(1 other with 6 points)

Milestone Watch:

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

Brady Ramsay – 4 points shy of 50 for 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

DID YOU KNOW?:

- Follow the leader: The Lethbridge Hurricanes named 20-year old forward Graham Hood the 22nd Captain in Hurricanes history this week. Hood follows in the footsteps of three of his former teammates – Brody Sutter, Cam Braes (2011-2012), Mike Reddington (2010-11) and Carter Bancks (2009-10) who have worn the “C” during his time in Lethbridge.

- CSS Says:  Central Scouting released its “preliminary watch list” for 2012 and two Lethbridge Hurricanes will be heavily scouted this season. Defenceman Adam Henry (who is sidelined until January with a heart condition) and rookie Forward Axel Blomqvist are in the preliminary rankings. Henry finished with 21 points (4G, 17A) in 60 games last year while Blomqvist had 46 points in 38 games with Rogle J18 last season. 

COMMUNITY CORNER:

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 12^th, 19^th, and 26^th.

Fans, the Lethbridge Hurricanes are giving you another reason to celebrate!

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! All for just $32.00 For the month of October, that means $32 for this coming weekend October 12th and 13th when we host the Prince George Cougars and Saskatoon Blades, the October 19^th/20^th and October 26^th/27^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 continue their 6 game home stand against the Saskatoon Blades Saturday, October 13^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 and Fred Jack.