The Hurricanes and Wheat Kings are playing in the first of 4 meetings this season. The Hurricanes are entering tonight’s game last in the Division and the Conference after a 5-2 loss to the Saskatoon Blades over the weekend. The Wheat Kings enter the game having knocked off Medicine Hat 7-6 last night. The Tigers held leads of 2-0, 4-2, and 6-4 before the WK’s scored 3 goals in a span of 2 minutes in the 3^rd period to win.

Tonight’s game marks the return of Nick Buonassisi to the ENMAX Centre for the first time since the 20 year old was traded during the off-season to the Wheat Kings. As a member of the Hurricanes last year, Buono had 1G, 2A in 4 games vs. Brandon with the Wheat Kings winning the 2011-2012 season series 3-1-0-0.

Tonight also marks the return of Brady Ramsay who was suspended 5 games by the WHL for his actions vs. the Kootenay Ice on September 29^th. Before his suspension Ramsay had 1G in his 4 games played. The next game for the WK’s and Canes will be November 9^th in Brandon.

2012 – 2013 Stats:

Points (7) – Russell Maxwell

Goals (5) – Russell Maxwell, Sam McKechnie

Assists (4) – Graham Hood

PIM’s (25) – Spencer Galbraith                              

Plus/Minus (+1) – Reid Duke, Ryan Pilon

Overall Powerplay: 6/46 (13%)                               Home Powerplay: 3/26 (11.5%)

Overall Penalty Kill: 13/36 (63.9%)                        Home Penalty Kill: 5/17 (70.6%)

Division Comparison:

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

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

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

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

2011-2012 Season Matchup:

October 22^nd: Lethbridge (2) Brandon (4)

February 3^rd: Lethbridge (4) Brandon (2)

February 15^th: Lethbridge (2) Brandon (4)

March 2^nd: Lethbridge (2) Brandon (6)

Powerplay: Hurricanes – 1/15  Wheat Kings – 6/17

Shots on Goal: Hurricanes – 147 Wheat Kings - 152

Top Scorers – Lethbridge:                                      Top Scorers – Brandon:

Russ Maxwell: 5G, 2A – 7 points                              Ryan Pulock: 7G, 8A – 15 points

Jaimen Yakubowski: 3G, 3A – 6 points                    Alessio Bertaggia: 7G, 6A – 13 points

Sam McKechnie: 5G, 0A – 5 points                          Nick Buonassisi: 4G, 8A – 12 points

Graham Hood: 0G, 4A – 4 points                              Jens Meilleur: 4G, 6A – 10 points

Milestone Watch:

Brady Ramsay – 4 points shy of 50 for his career

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  

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.

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.

Next up: The Hurricanes streak of 6 games straight at home continues Friday, October 19th when the Kamloops Blazers roll into town.  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. 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.